Red Dragon

Description

Chuntao stars in a period drama co-staring her best friend as the love interest.

Foreword

Some moron decided to suggest exercise helps period cramps, once upon a time. Now, every single list Chuntao looks up says she shouldn’t be a slug and should get up and run around the block or offer salutations to the sun.

Complete and utter bull. How is she supposed to exercise when she can barely sit up straight? Her uterus and spine are attached and want to stay safely small and curled.

She yanks every ethically-produced faux fur coat from her closet, kicking the fallen hangers back and throwing the door shut on the mess. The coats pile onto her bare bed, followed by every plush toy and pillow she finds until her bed resembles the aftermath of a home goods store explosion. Reaching behind her, she unhooks her bra and pulls it out of her sleeve, kicks off her jeans, and curls into a ball, clutching a large stuffed panda bear.

It’s easier on her twisted guts, but she feels the beginning of a muscle cramp in her back and wants to cry at the unfairness.

Something scratches at her bedroom door, and it's only after a solid minute that Chuntao groans and slides off her plush mountain. Candy, her tiny white dog, sits outside, looking up at her with round, wet eyes. Usually, she'd go to pieces over how adorable her puppy is, but today, with a red war raging inside her, she only scowls and throws an arm out beside her. "Well? Get in here."

Candy sniffs at her bare toes, just to be sure the girl is actually her girl, and tup-tups inside. She follows her girl to the bed, but she falls face-first without lifting Candy up! She's too short to hop up herself, and reaching as far as she can with her forelegs and trying to climb with her hind feet doesn't get her anywhere fast, either.

Finally, she tires herself out and sits on the plush rug with a high whine. Her girl moans, so she whines again and yips for good measure. Mama!

Chuntao groans but rolls onto her side and slithers to the edge of her bed, letting her arms dangle like jellyfish tentacles. "C'mere, you spoiled thing." It takes a couple tries, but she lifts Candy and rolls onto her other side, clutching the little dog to her chest. "You're so pure and unaware. Be grateful you’re spayed and are spared this torture." Candy wriggles and shuffles around a little, just to get comfortable, and settles with a supportive to her girl's chin.

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bookworm514 #1
At first I was confused when I read “stars in a period drama” because I took it as acting in a historical tv show. It took me an embarrassingly long time to understand what you actually meant lol