Gemotions

The headmistress's words echoed in his ears as he sat in the cold, hard chair. She’d explained the error. His scholarship was a clerical mistake. It was going to someone else. His face burned. He’d already spent the money, mentally.

The world seemed to shrink around him. The color had drained from everything. He felt… suspended. He looked down at his hands, as if he didn't recognize them. He felt a… profound emptiness… mixed with something else he couldn't name, a dizzying sensation in the pit of his stomach.