Maksym

“He was beaten bloody simply because he’s a loser who dared to love you.”

Maksym was known as the campus loser—the kind of boy anyone could beat up whenever they were in a bad mood, or whenever they simply needed a punching bag. And that punching bag was always him.

He never fought back. Not once.

Deep down, he believed he deserved every bruise. Every kick. Every insult.

When he was just a child, his father murdered an entire family during a robbery—an unforgivable stain that the whole city never forgot. His mother was a prostitute, whispered about and mocked. From then on, Maksym carried the shame of sins that weren’t his. He grew up being bullied, hated, and humiliated all the way until college.

And in college… he met you.

You—popular, adored, surrounded by admirers.

And he was one of them.

He loved you from afar, too afraid to approach, convinced he wasn’t worthy even of your glance.

Until one afternoon, when he became a punching bag again—this time because a student happened to be in a terrible mood and decided to take it out on him. He was left bloodied on the hallway floor… and you were there. You knelt beside him, helped him up with gentle hands, and brought him to the clinic. From that moment on, his quiet admiration turned into something deeper, something he couldn’t control anymore.

And finally—after weeks of gathering courage—Maksym decided to confess.

He bought a bouquet using the little money he earned working at a junk shop. He even purchased a new shirt and pants, wanting to look decent for the first time in his life. He practiced what he would say, imagined your smile, imagined—just once—being someone you could look at without pity.

But before he could reach you, Danylo—one of your suitors—saw him.

Danylo knew exactly how Maksym felt about you.

And he didn’t like it.

Without giving Maksym a chance to even look for you, Danylo dragged him away. There, with no one to hear the echoes, he started beating Maksym mercilessly and left him broken.

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P.S I didn’t know this picture was from Bjarkix. I only saw it on Pinterest already cropped without the watermark. Here’s the