Two.
Tale of Erithea (Nothing)Two.
"Ugh, I thought I closed the curtains last night." Yoojin muttered to herself as she groggily rubbed away the sleep from her eyes. She started to sit up but was hit with a sharp pain to her left side and so lied back down.
Tears trickled down her pale cheeks as she tugged at her hair, an overwhelming feeling of sadness gripping her soul.
*So it wasn't a dream.*
She sat up slowly. She scanned her surroundings to find her phone, but realised she wasn't in her bedroom.
*Where am I?* she panicked.
The walls were an ecru colour and the wooden floorboards were a dark brown. The bed sheets were stark white with thin blue stripes. It smelled of cinnamon and apple and the sun's rays lit the room ever so slightly. The bedside table was white and matched the door which was plain and simple. What alarmed her was the still, snoring body of that was hunched over on the mattress beside her, a black hood covering their face.
She silently threw her legs over the other side of the bed and examined the gash which now seemed more like a healing scar. It was throbbing intensely but she bit her lip and held it in. She got up and walked towards the door.
CREAK!
The sleeping lump stirred and stopped snoring. He sat up and looked at her in bewilderment through the mask that covered his mouth and nose. Yoojin stared at him in horror- not recognising him- afraid that he would harm her. The pain of her wound was agonizing now, so much that she crumpled to the floor then out again. The tall boy rushed to her side before placing her on the bed again so she could rest.
***
"Yah!" 9 year old Yoojin screamed, "That's my ice cream! You have your own." she said as she snatched the ice cream cone from her best friend's hands.
"Sorry Yoojin, I couldn't help it! It just looked so good I couldn't resist resist." the boy reasoned as if it were the most heavenly ice cream he had ever tasted.
"Well, I won't forgive you," she trailed off.
"But I said I was sorry!" He whined, staring into the younger girl's hazel colored eyes.
"Unless..." she carried on.
"Unless?"
"Unless you push me on the swing set until I get bored!" Yoojin giggled while running straight to t
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