Anon was there

[transcription]

never got bullied but I remember a kid that did when I was growing up. Let's call him Mike.
scrawny. pasty kid. Curly hair, ginger, wore glasses.
no friends
constantly picked on by everyone
I was pretty much the only kid that was pleasant to him. Never really had it in me to be a dick to people.
Didn't talk to him much though. Mostly just a smile and a headnod in the hallways
spent most of his lunches writing and drawing in a notebook by himself
everyday, constant bullying
one day on the bus home, it was worse than usual. Don't remember what exactly was said, but it was bad.
I sat there and minded my own business
kid goes home and hangs himself
next day at school, everyone talked about how much they missed him and how they all loved him
words cannot describe my disgust
his funeral is coming up, I go only kid from my school that shows up his mother runs up to me
you must be Phil! Mike always told me how you two were best friends! He always told me about all the fun you guys had etc etc
It dawns on me
everyday at lunch he was writing down made up stories of he and I hanging out and having a good time
the thing that really haunts me, the thing that still keeps me up some nights now, 15 years later, is what she said next
I just know that if you were on that bus you would have stopped them