Touching incident

Tomorrow I have social studies and English tests. Haish. English don't really need to study, SS I think just read through okay liao.

Today, my level had a badminton interclass, and I went to watch. I have a classmate, normally very mischievous and playful, he's from the badminton CCA, the only badminton player in our class. Maybe he feels some sort of responsibility, maybe it's because he wants to play, but he still came to school today, spending more than half of the day in the sick bay, and looking pale.

He played in all the matches we had today, winning some, losing some, but obviously the fever was affecting his accuracy and control. And I think he felt bad for losing, yet he was still teased. He was sweating like hell, lips and face extremely pale, and yet still refused to stop playing. Sometimes being too stubborn isn't too good. At times like this, I wonder if he prefers people acting like normal rather than caring too much, because he was acting as if nothing was wrong.

One game consists of one male doubles, one female doubles, and one mix doubles. I was in the last mix doubles with this sporty guy from my class, and I feel so bad for losing. We lost the male doubles, won the female doubles, and I lost the mix doubles. And my partner was being so nice about it. T.T thanks for being so kind. I kept saying sorry...*sigh*

Anyways, at the end, he took his temperature again, and it turned out to be 39.5 degrees cellcius, and that's waaay too high to be doing sports, but he refused to go home.

There was a major jam at the bus stop, and his best friend had offered to bring him home, since they live so close by. Me and my friends offered to pay for the cab fare. But apparently, due to the jam, they couldn't couldn't find any cabs or buses. Then they had to call his father to fetch him, so he had to go back into school to wait.

That brings me to the thought, if he had a fever since yesterday, why did his parents allow him to come to school? Was it because they didn't know? But he went home midway through school yesterday, yet came to school with a fever today. So if they know, do they want him to come to school despite that? Or do they not care enough, and coming to school was his choice?

No matter what, I guess I kinda admire him. Coming to school despite being sick, pressing on despite his high fever, and yet managing to act as if nothing was wrong. Really, first time seeing these kinds of situations in reality.