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Girl above is who I would think of as Skylin. If you don't like the pic, you can always make up your own version of her.
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Hi, my name is Skylin, I'm 18 years old and I'm feeling restless right now. It's currently 6:27, I woke up 2 hours ago, and I still haven't been able to go back to sleep. My breathing has become heavy and I've started to sweat slightly from moving so much in bed while trying to find a comfortable spot, but to no avail. I decide to give up on trying and get up from my bed to go out for a short walk around the city to see if it'll help get some energy out so I can sleep again. I walk out of my room and through the hallway to get to the stairs and begin to walk down to the first floor. I walk into the living room and grab my favorite light blue hoodie from the back of my couch to go with my black leggings and made my way to the door. As I was walking, I swiftly reached down and picked up a pair of my silver converse that were on the floor in the hallway leading to the front door and leaned against the wall to my right to balance myself while trying to slip on my shoes. Being my lazy self, I didn't even bother to crouch down and tie my shoes, so instead, I just tucked the laces into the sides of my converse, hoping that they wouldn't get too loose while I take my little stroll to the the city of Seoul. Since it was early in the morning, there weren't as many people crowding the streets and sidewalks, so it was a lot easier and much more peaceful for early risers to go from place to place, like myself (even though I'm not usually an early riser but didn't have much of a choice this morning). I smoothen out my hoodie and take a last glimpse in the mirror on the wall to make sure I look decent enough to go out into public and walk out of my house, out into the cool morning breeze, taking in a deep breath of fresh air. I started walking for awhile, not paying much mind to where I'm going since I walk the same path basically everyday, so my feet just know where to go by now. After a few minutes of going over anything that came to mind, I focused back into the world and realized that was in the center of the city, just where I was hoping to get to. Since it was still early in the morning, I decided to go to a nearby cafe and get some hot tea to start my day off with a nice drink that will hopefully help me relax a bit. I've been very stressed out these past few weeks ever since I graduated college. I was able to graduate early since I was way ahead of my grade and was moved to a more advanced class for people like me, and as a reward for our hard working and studying, we get degrees earlier than most other people. A while after I received my degrees, my parents decided to move to America for a new/fresh life and left me with our 2 story, old but beatuiful, house since I'm old enough to live on my own. Although I love being at the house by myself in peace and quiet, I get pretty lonely since I have practically no friends. In school, I was too shy to start a conversation with anyone and I had been too caught up in studying and trying to keep good grades to even think about socializing; therefore, getting a housemate was out of the question, so I am always alone at my house. At least, in a way, I sort of have an older friend, yet she feels like an aunt figure more than anything, and she is the proud and kind owner of my favorite little cafe, Crumpets&Coffee.
Speaking of the cafe, that's exactly where I plan on going to right now because they've always made my favorite tea, hot raspberry with a teaspoon of sugar and a few drops of mint flavoring. I began to make my way over to Crumpets&Coffee while thinking about things I might bring up as a conversation for the owner since I always enjoy talking with her. I finally found the cafe and opened the door slowly instantly greeted by the wonderful smell of freshly brewed coffee and baked sweets as I entered the cozy little building. Once the owner, Izabell, noticed my presence, she gave me a warm welcome with a bright smile and instantly began making my drink since she knew I always get the same thing. Since there weren't very many people here, as usual, most of the tables were open so I chose to sit at one of the booths in the corner of the room next to a window that gave a beautiful view of the pink, yellow, and orange glaze that was appearing through a bundle of cirrus clouds as it just began to rise above the horizon. I stared outside, lost in thought as I took a deep breath and took in the beauty of the sky's wondrous colors.
After a bit, I returned from my inner thoughts and got comfortable in my spot, heaving out a big sigh and slouching my body into the back of the booth. I was patiently waiting for my drink, hoping that the heat of the tea could melt away some of the stress that has been building up on my shoulders lately. Izabell, clearly noticing my slouched stature, quickly walked over to me with the steaming hot cup of tea in her hands and put it on the table in front of me while taking a seat on the other side of the booth."Are you ok Skylin? I've never seen you look this dreadful before" she said with a concerned tone. "It's nothing really. I've just been stressed out with being home alone and having to deal with all of these new responsibilities and stuff on my own, it's just a lot for me to take in." " Well you know you can talk to me right? If you need help understanding anything, just remember that you are always welcome here and I'll be happy to help you out. I know it's a little weird to be hearing this from a lady that's much older than you, but no one should be going through these things alone, especially a girl as fragile, beautiful, and kind as you are." She said in a very sweet tone. My face flushed slightly, having never heard anyone say something like that to me before; as that was said though, I just looked down at the table and staying quiet. I wasn't used to hearing things like that. Even if was used to it though, it's not like I would ever believe it, there was no reason for me to. For my whole life, I never had any self confidence or self esteem and became very pessimistic for myself when my physical appearance, capabilities, or talents were put into question, not to mention the fact that I was a complete and utter jinx. Every time I hoped or looked forward to something, the exact opposite would happen. Over the years though, I've learned not to hope for things, knowing that if I were to believe in something too much, then I would just be disappointed with the results considering that it never turned out the way I would like it to. I suddenly realized how long I was spaced-out for and mentally shook my head of the depressing thoughts, focusing back into what was going on. I glanced at Isabell and realized that she was still looking at me with a small smile; not in a creepy way, more of a comforting and knowing way, as if she were letting me know that she was aware of my zoning out, but was patient with it. I shyly gave a little smile back, looking down to my tea and noticing that it was just the right temperature to drink from now. As I lifted the slightly steaming cup up to my mouth, Isabell quickly reached for it, covering the whole top of the teacup blocking the liquid from touching my lips as she gently moved it away from my mouth and out of my hand. Chuckling, she said, "Sorry sweetie, I just realized that I forgot to put in the mint flavoring. Can't drink your favorite tea without your favorite ingredient." She stood up with the cup in hand and hurried into a room in the back of the cafe where I'm guessing they kept the extra ingredients or things for flavoring. After a few seconds, she came back out with a big smile on her face and headed towards me with the now perfect cup of tea. "Sorry about that, hopefully this'll help calm your nerves a bit. And remember to come and talk to me if you're ever feeling overwhelmed or confused with something, or even if you're just feeling lonely, ok?" I nod my head and kindly smiled back at her.
When she left to get back to work I pushed my long, chestnut colored hair behind my ear and began to drink my tea while staring out the window and observed the people that were walking by. I swallowed the first sip and noticed a different taste in the tea. I took a sip or 2 more to see if it was just me, or the tea was actually different, but I soon just dropped the subject and assumed that it was a new type of mint flavoring. Yet, I still couldn't get over the fact that this new strange flavor in the tea was a bit bitter, and made my mouth feel a little bit more dry each time I took another drink of the tea. After a bit more of spacing out and glancing back at the people walking by outside, I finished a little more than 3/4 of the tea and seemed about ready to go on with my day. I paid for my tea at the counter, left the cozy cafe, and started to make my way through all of the roads and alleyways to get back to my quiet little neighborhood. Once I was about 3 blocks away from where I lived I started to feel a weird dizzy feeling and my legs weakened slightly, but ignored it, mentally hoping that I wouldn't get a headache later on from the achingand managed to walk all the way down to my street, where there was only silence in every house so I guessed they were all either still asleep or at work. When my house was in sight, I started to walk faster to it but stopped abruptly when a weird buzzy feeling went through my whole body and I temporarily lost my sight. Everything remained pitch black all around me for about 5 or 6 seconds until I could see again. I looked at all of my surroundings and it all seemed normal, until I noticed something strange happening to everything around me. Wait...... is everything getting bigger?! No! I'm getting smaller!!! I began to tremble in fear, not knowing what was happening to me or why, and my sight started getting closer and closer to the ground with each passing second and everything surrounding me began to get ginormous. The shrinking suddenly stopped and I looked around, noticing how much bigger everything had become, and I took a guess that I was now about 4 cm tall. I shuddered thinking about what could happen to someone my size and began to slightly panic. "How is this even possible?" I asked myself while looking around to try and find a safe way to my house. 'Wait, how do I even expect to get in my house? I am like 4 cm tall now, how am I supposed to reach the doorknob? Not to mention the fact that I literally can't reach anything now.' I thought while kicking the concrete in frustration. I suddenly heard loud footsteps coming from behind me and I quickly turned around to see a gigantic man walking my direction while looking at something on his phone.
While he was walking, I had to quickly dodge his right foot that was just about to step on me, and without thinking, I grabbed onto his shoelace and jumped onto his shoe. Luckily, I was light enough for him not to notice that I was there, and I held onto his shoelaces tightly as he walked, hoping not to fall off. After what seemed about 10 minutes, he finally stopped walking and ended up in front of a pretty big and modern looking dorm. He put his phone in his pants pocket and took a key out of the other and unlocked the front door to what I'm guessing is where he lived. "IM HOME!!" The man screamed out through the whole dorm as he opened the door. 'Wait, I know that voice. It sounds exactly like him, but that's impossible.' I thought as I started to hear multiple footsteps running down the stairs. As I looked up, I saw 3 other men that looked very familiar and seemed to all be around their 20's. I squinted my eyes as much a possible and noticed that the 3 boys standing in front of me were..............Jungkook, Jimin, and Jhope?! I looked up further to see the face of the man who's foot I was sitting on and realized that it was V! Wait, then that means that I'm in BTS's dorm right now?! Oh no...
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