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You start this particular Thursday like you did with every other day; resting in bed and scrolling through various posts on Instagram

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You start this particular Thursday like you did with every other day; resting in bed and scrolling through various posts on Instagram.

The curtains to your window flow up and down like ghosts, dancing with the wind that blew into your room. The once quiet road grew increasingly busier now that the sun has rose; Cars pass by without problem, and you could hear the 'whoosh!' when they did.

The air grows warmer, back to the sunny and windy Mondstadtian weather that was oh-so familiar. You sink deeper into your mattress, shifting your body into a more comfortable position.

Insouciantly, you stare at the shadow your body casted upon the floorboards.

A beat passes and you look back at your screen. Why not text Rosaria? It's been a minute since the last time you've talked to your friend, after all.

(Not really. You guys talked a day ago.)

-- Messages

6:55am

[name]
mornin rosaria

rosaria
Good morning, [name]

[name]
did u sleep well

rosaria
For 3 hours, yes

[name]
😠
ill take that ig
i slept for 4ish hours

rosaria
Quit flexing 😐

[name]
hah
i got a whole more hour of sleep than u

rosaria
Whatever.

[name]
🐺

rosaria
...Ok then
I need to get ready for school
Bye [nickname]

[name]
awe u leavin me already 🙁
wait
school
fuck

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You shut your phone, putting it aside. The happiness and serenity that once filled your body was harshly ripped away from you as you realized (once again) that spring break has ended and you needed to return to work.

You lie in bed thinking about nothing and everything simultaneously. Just the idea of getting up seemed impossibly distant right now.

Why couldn't you just stay here forever; atop the soft mattress, between the warm sheets, against the smooth pillow; blissful as ever? Do you have to go to school?

Yes, [name]. Yes you do.

Damn it.

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