𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗕*𝗟𝗟𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗧! [wednesday, netflix]

i. the brain is my number one enemy

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THE HUMAN BRAIN IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE GREAT UNKNOWNS.

People come out of year-long comas speaking fluent Mandarin or French or any other language without even having touched a word of it, strokes which cause people to speak in a different accent and for some reason smell toast prior to having a stroke, and many more. However, Karin Lee's main problem with the brain, more specifically hers, is that she just wishes that she didn't have to think about certain things or have a seemingly normal thought spiral into conspiracies or potential (and most negative) outcomes to things.

Here, I'll give you an example: I was out with friends the other day, having dinner at a restaurant after a great day. These friends were my ride home, and I get a text from my mom berating me for staying out late (it was 10:30). And then another text, saying that I could never hang out with these friends again. Now, realistically, there was nothing she could do to severely punish me; I needed my phone and laptop for school. The worst she could do was take away my collections, but I knew she didn't have the effort to do that.

And yet, my mind spiraled. What if she yells at me? I've had such an amazing day and what if this ruins it? What if she does x and what will I do if she does y?

What if she hits me again?

Needless to say, that was when I had my very first anxiety attack. At the tender age of 17. In a mall outside some noodle restaurant. With one of my friends. In front of a bunny statue looking thing, I don't know, I can't remember.

Anyway, back to this work of fiction that I've left sitting in my works for months, Karin Lee had a severe overthinking problem, like me and a lot of other people in the world. I'm sure the number's in the millions, but back to the story. Karin was the type of person to get too far in her head, but for some reason in tests and exams, she could think straight and move on to the next task. It was weird.

I mean, when you're a 16 year old girl that can become invisible at will and has powers that come straight out of a Spider-man movie, the last thing one would think she'd have was an overthinking problem and crippling anxiety. Her hands have an incredibly tight grip on the surface of whatever she climbs, no matter the angle she was climbing at. Even when she would hold something, it would sometimes stick to her hand.

There was more to Karin than these traits I've listed; she has a major obsession with books, she's 5'9, and there is nothing she loves more than handing Jericho High's badminton team defeat after defeat. Ever since her and her older sister made the move to Jericho from New York City so Karin could attend Nevermore Academy to control her abilities, Karin has been the biggest pain in the ass to that high school. From graffiti to consecutive loses in almost every sport (Weems had gotten Karin signed up to all of them), she is Jericho's worst nightmare.

And yet, Karin's sister lives in the flat right above the Weathervane, a popular café near the town square, and Karin lives there too, working part-time at the café to help with rent. She was on a scholarship anyway.

"Hey! Wake up!"

Karin Lee jumped, falling off of the bench she was sitting on and unintentionally going invisible. She hit the grass with a groan. Sudden noises and actions would make her, how you say, jumpy? She winced at how bright it was, groaning softly as she covered her eyes, squinting through the gaps between her fingers to see who had woken her up from her unplanned mid-day nap. She spotted the red hair and sunglasses, sighing before curling up into a ball. She was invisible, she could've stood up for all June Hwang knew.