[Death by Mirrors]

For the record, it is possible to induce bullying if a 14-year-old tells other teenagers they're too smart to have sex. Of course a hint of snobbery never sits well with the monkeys, especially at a time where asexuality didn't even exist (in the minds of the public, that is). There was asexual reproduction in biology class, which concentrated on the fact one cell split itself into two, and the workbook very much confirmed humans were a sexual species. So, there.

Back then I was that innocent kiddo who would still rather invite friends over to build Lego castles and watch cartoons. Lumped together with a horde of hormone driven wannabe adults prone to catching "the stupid" (as observed whenever one of these other teenagers got a crush on someone, then started acting all weird). Someone once coined the term An Anthropologist on Mars for Temple Grandin, which pretty much sums up how I felt during high school. I meticulously studied the average teenager from a distance to prepare myself for the time hormones would hit me as well. It just never happened; not the way it did for them.

Had I known the term asexual during those years, I might have felt... well, not at home, but maybe at a cool uncle's place who will allow me to nap on their couch every once in a while.