problems 《k. bokuto》

three

╰─▸ ❝ crying over peas

Mika couldn't fall asleep for her usual Monday nap, meaning she was just lying there in bed, feeling awful.

Earlier that day, she had gotten back her score on the math test she had studied for. She didn't fail, she just ended up getting a grade that was less than she anticipated. She had studied strenuously for the test, so getting a poor score on it was not what she was hoping for.

To add to it, one of the guys in her department, Tōma Arita, had been asking twice as many questions then he did before about volleyball.

He claimed it was because his roommate played volleyball, so he didn't want to seem like an idiot in front of him, but Mika was very close to just ignoring him.

Artita had also asked Mika what her favorite snack was, to which she answered, wasabi peas. She wasn't sure why he was asking, but she was hoping it was to compensate for him asking so many questions.

Mika didn't think it could get worse than that, her Spotify had chosen violence that day.

It just played sad song after sad song. Even if Mika skipped, another one popped up.

Yes, she could've just turned her music off, but Mika absolutely hated the silence when she was trying to do something, so she chose to suffer from music.

"Yes it's you, I welcome death with."

"As the World Caves In" by Matt Maltese.

Mika took a deep breath. Feeling a tear slide down her face, she quickly wiped it away.

The empty feeling she was accustomed to feeling made its appearance as thoughts of her and Eita together flashed through her memory. That line hit a different spot in Mika's heart.

Mika sat up, pausing her music. She grabbed her notebook, getting out of her bed.

"I'm going to the park to study," Mika said, putting her jacket on, and putting her hair into a ponytail. "I'll be back before dinner."

Ayame sent her a thumbs up, they were all studying, but she was the only one not listening to her music on full volume.

Mika smiled, quickly leaving for the park.

Mika played her more cheerful playlist, though, they just made her think of Eita.

Their taste in music had become so intertwined that most songs in Mika's playlist reminded her of him.

So she quickly decided to listen to her mix generated by Spotify, hoping for something different.

"Paradise" by Rude-α

That lifted Mika's spirits a bit.

When Mika got to the park, she sat under her favorite tree, opening up her notebook, writing down all of her thoughts and feelings she was dealing with.

She knew it probably wasn't healthy, but Mika usually didn't like being sympathized with by her roommates, so she would usually write down her feelings.

She had decided that once she had written out a certain feeling or thought she had, it was on the page, out of her mind.

It worked for her, which was all that really mattered to her.

Along with it, she would fold a paper crane for each topic she wrote, keeping them in a jar back in her dorm. Her roommates knew if the number of cranes had increased by a lot, it was probably the time to talk to Mika.