The Zachary Disease

​When I was in elementary school I was mercilessly bullied by a student for reasons I couldn't understand. The Zachary disease was equivalent to what would be considered cooties, except it was spread by touch and I was the exclusive carrier of it. Fortunately i didn't realize that was meant to bully me till much much later down the road. I could never understand why Eric was so angry at me when I touched people and said you got the Zachary disease now, it was his game after all.