There
was this one time when I saw him sitting in a circle with some of his friends
during the break, discussing something that sounded really boring to my ears.
But even then, I still managed to get along with their conversation, hoping to
find more facts about him.
I
heard them mentioning the word ‘Marvel’ a few times before then they talked
about some heroic actions that those superheroes did in the movie. I wasn’t
someone who was interested in action-superhero movies like them at all, but I
did have heard about Marvel at some point in my life. And so, with that tiny
piece of information I had, I didn’t wanna lose my chance to get his attention.
What I did is, I jumped to their conversation right away the second he caught
me gazing at him.
“Oh,
so you all are into Marvel movies too? That’s so cool! I absolutely love them
as well!”
They
paused their conversation instantly as they turned their backs. Then a second
later, all eyes were fixed on me. A wave of regret washed over me, I
think I shouldn’t be in the spotlight.
“For
real?! Which superhero is your favorite?” One of the boys with curled hair
asked me with tons of enthusiasm in his eyes. And without hesitation, I coolly
replied, “Of course Wonder Woman, who else do you think is gonna be my
favorite?”
There
was a moment of silence.
So,
I added, “You know? The… uh, female one in red?” thinking they weren’t getting
it. And just like that, the whole class started laughing when I realized
everyone had been tuned in to my crap talk.
Of
course I didn’t know what was wrong at first. But then him—yes, one of the
biggest motivations I showed up to school—explained to me as he struggling to
keep a straight face that Wonder Woman is a character from DC Comics, not
Marvel.
I
feel the pain just to write this down, to be honest. I wish I was a mole at
that time, so I could just tunnel down into the ground and bury my face
forever. But since I couldn’t be it, all I did was join them and laugh at
myself, then acted like a dummy who keep her wrong opinion and said,
“Either Marvel or DC, they both are the same, right? lmaokshgy2dy7bcdheiw.”
