Bree couldn't find her headphone that morning which was horrible. The thought of skipping class crossed her mind but she had a test today and her roommate already dragged her out of bed.
Everything just went downhill after that.
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The classroom was supposed to be quiet, but Bree could make out the sound of pencil tapping onto the table, students mumbling as they think, the ticking clock, all those small noises that could crumble her peaceful world.
She reached for her ears, trying to block the noises. Head down, forehead pressed to table. She was sure she could hear her own sobs, tears dripping to her still empty exam paper.
The whispering became louder. They were talking about her, she was sure. She's a big girl now. Big girls don't cry.
She felt a hand on her shoulder and the dam just broke.
Her cries became louder and the class erupted into chaos, everything became too loud for her. The ringing in her ears became louder, making her dizzy, just make it stop. Make it stop. Make it stop. Makeitstop. Makeitstop. Makeitstopmakeitstopmakeitstop-
Someone touched her skin and she snapped.
Everything happened so quickly. She wanted to slap whoever touches her. Don't touch her! It hadn't registered to her that she suddenly summoned a magic circle without her magical pen or how sparks of fire appeared from her fingers. She never realized how her hand just exploded, creating even more chaos. The explosion sent her backward, crashing to the wall without any protection. Chaos erupted but the tiredness off everything just worn her out. She didn't care if everyone would see her as pathetic for curling up, crying loudly like a baby.
The door slammed open. "We're here!" Was that... Wait. Who was that? Ozan, right? The monkey boy?
Somebody touch her face and she tried to resist, but the grip was firm and gentle at the same time.
"Hey. Hey. Listen to me." Wait. She knows that voice. Wasn't that her dorm representative? The caterpillar? Quinn. Yeah. Yeah. That was Quinn.
"It's okay. It's okay." Their voice was gentle and soothing. "Just focus on me. Don't listen to anything else. You hear me?"
Bree gulped, but she nodded.
"Good. Keep listening to me. See my hand?"
Bree lifted her head. Through the blurriness, she could make up a hand and Quinn's face. Without any sound, she grabbed the hand, squeezing it tightly, feeling the soft fabric of their sleeve.
"Good. It's real, right? Can you feel the fingers? Try to count it."
Bree's hand moved to the palm of Quinn's hand, running her fingers onto them. "F-Five."
"Great," Quinn said, reaching for Bree's shoulder with their other hand gently. "You remember where you are?"
"C-Classroom. T-The test."
"Right. Are you still breathing deeply?"
Bree nodded. And even as Quinn watched, the poor girl closed her eyes for a moment, sucking in a deep breath.
"Quinn." Glancing behind them, Ozan passed a blanket.
"Thank you." Quinn grabbed the blanket and draped it over Bree's head.
Bree's hands grasped the blanket, sighing in relief. She pulled the blanket closer to herself, sniffing the sweet smell that doesn't sting her nose. "Soft."
"Yes. It's soft." Quinn squeezed her shoulder again, just to ground her.
Bree blinked tiredly. Her vision finally focused and she could see everything clearly. The classroom was empty, only Quinn and Ozan in there. "Quinn..."
"Hey there." Quinn smiled at him. "How do you feel?"
"Tired." Bree sighed.
"I'm sure you are. How about we go back to the dorm. Let's find that headphone of yours."
Bree nodded. She let Quinn and Ozan guided her out of the classroom.
Acutely she noticed a burn mark on her table. But she was too tired to think.
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Quinn and Ozan are OC from chessdaze on Tumblr. They make a fan-school for Disney sidekicks, comic reliefs, and background characters. The school will be mentioned in the main story at one point.
Quinn Neander is twisted from the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland (https://chessdaze.tumblr.com/post/628657988620681216/l-a-p-i-n-h-o-l-e-founded-on-the-curiosity-and)
Ozan Bell is twisted from Abu from Aladdin (https://chessdaze.tumblr.com/post/628725804104302592/w-o-n-d-r-o-u-s-founded-on-the-cleverness-and)
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