The Black Kid With His Hoodie Up

Darius Price
Jan 10, 2020 · 4 min read
Photo by Sandeep Swarnkar on Unsplash

The kid didn’t give a fuck. Why should he, he had nothing to lose. The kid heard you talking, but you assumed otherwise because of the stoic expression on his face. The kid always kept his hoodie up, he didn’t like the attention. He wore his headphones religiously and like most high schoolers of his generation, he believed his iPhone 6s was a better way to communicate than words. The kid had friends but preferred isolation. He was…