a guy in my year died yesterday

a student in my year group died yesterday and the teachers told us today. he fell sickly on monday and died on tuesday.

i never talked to him, he never even looked at me or knew who i was and i never cared about him at all. his death doesn’t affect me in any way, but i still can’t fathom the idea of him just not being here anymore. i’ve dealt with a death of someone close to me, but that was much different. he was 15 years old, he was my age. he’ll never experience getting a real job, he’ll never experience GCSEs, he’ll never go to sixth form/college/university or whatever his plan was. it’s just weird thinking about it and seeing videos of him on people’s snapchat and whatever. i’ll be moving on in life and doing my final exams, doing work, growing up while he stays 15 forever. i’ve read about young people dying, i’ve seen a lot of stories but this is different too. i’m not really sad or anything since i never knew him personally, but i feel really weird. sort of empty.