"Me? Oh, yeah, I'm fine!" Tang smiles politely, waving off your concern for him. But, he was in fact not fine. He has been sat, staring vacantly at everyone else having a use in helping set up for the Chinese New Year festival, while he was left on the sidelines. Again.

He felt so useless and unhelpful - like a waste of space to all his friends. His self esteem has never been the best, but recently it has taken more and more hits- and he was so tired of constantly trying to prove himself.