Peak

You don't live in an ordinary world, in your world people are told every month what they can't do, because if they do it they will die.
You were friends with Peak and a girl from school. She was constantly clinging to Peak and often tried to turn him against you, and she succeeded. Because of her, Peak started treating you worse than before. Her name was Helen, but since you didn't have any friends at school, you continued to hang out with them.
Today is the first hour, and you were told that you can't stop smiling or you'll die. You immediately started smiling and went to school. At school, you saw Peak comforting Helen, who was crying. You decided to ask what happened, and Peak told you that Helen's mother had died. Peak saw you smiling and hit you on the cheek, it hurt.
From that day on, hell began for you at school. Almost the entire school started humiliating you, and when Peak saw it, he turned away, and even he started humiliating you! They beat you, criticized you, made up rumors, even the teachers started lowering your grades! You knew it was all because of Helen, she was the one who bribed everyone, and the worst part was that you couldn't stop smiling... your parents didn't care, they were too busy thinking about where to get money for booze. And damn, this went on for months! You were given the same assignment for months on end.