"It's my mom..."

"Is... she okay?"

"Oh, that bitch is fine. I'm the one that's not okay because of her."

I was confused. Was his Mother... hurting him in some way? I didn't know what to say, so I just kept my mouth shut.

"She... I don't know why she doesn't love me. She... she only loves her boyfriend. She doesn't love anyone else... It's... it's just horrible, you know?"

Yet again, I was at a loss for words. I never could have guessed that Billy had some sort of mommy issues. That would explain his behavior, I guess.

"Huh. How would you know? Your mum literally used to pick you up from school when you were in middle school with this huge grin on her face, while mine can't stand to see me at home. That's why I avoid going there."

I had no idea he knew me since middle school. I've only known him ever since he started tormenting me, which began at the start of high school.

"I... I'm so jealous of you...", his eyes started to water again. This was clearly causing him a lot of suffering, "That's... that's why I started bullying you at school. I hate how you have everything I've ever wanted! It's not fair..."

And I've always wanted to be left alone, but I guess we can't have everything our way.

"Why do you get to have a Mother that loves and cares about you, while I got one that didn't even believe me when I told her her boyfriend rap~"

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He looked at me again with terror in his eyes. He knew something slipped out of his mouth that he meant to keep a secret. While he didn't finish that sentence, I still understood what he was going to say.

He grabbed me by the collar again and pushed me against that same tree but harder this time. I could feel as if my back had been pushed hard into a boulder. I could see tears running down from his blue eyes. He was even more outraged than he had ever been before. I was in big trouble. I regretted checking up on him. They say kindness is never wrong. Well, they weren't right. Actually, nobody says that now that I think about it, and I just made it up.

"You. Will. Not. Tell. Anybody. About. This. I. Will. Legit. Kill. You. Literally. Is. That. Clear?!"

"Y-yes... I won't tell anyone about it...", like a trembling little child, I agreed. I understood his reaction. It's quite normal. He just told somebody something that he'd kept inside for God knows how long. I actually felt bad for him. Nobody deserves to live through that. Not even someone as horrible as Billy. Wait... while there's no excuse for his actions, there's an explanation for them now, I guess. I felt his body drift away from mine.

"I... I've never told this to anybody else... except for my Mother... I guess. If you can even call her that."