Think I'm reaching my limit Can I exhale for a minute?
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"Fuck!" Jiwon exclaimed, slamming the door close behind her and leaned against it, slowly gliding down. As soon as her body hit the floor, she felt angry hot tears threaten to spill from her eyes.
"Hey, what's going on?" Seonhee asked, walking from the kitchen and towards the girl. As soon as she realised Jiwon was crying, she hurried to her, crouching down in front of her and grabbing her hands to cup them.
"Jungwon. A-and Riki- all of them-" Jiwon stumbled over her words, yet her body failed her and she felt her throat closing up, her mouth drying.
Every part of her body was trembling individually, her hands shaking in Seonhee's calm grip. Her heart was palpitating simultaneously with the high-pitched roar ringing in her ears.
"Hey, Jiwon. It's alright, just breathe," Seonhee muttered softly but to Jiwon it was faint, being overtaken by all her senses being flooded in that moment.
Tears were continuously streaming down her face and onto her hands, finding it harder to breathe with every second that passed.
"I- I can't-" Jiwon croaked out, gasping for air as soon as she did. It was like a weight was pressing against her chest and all she could think about was how much she wanted to throw up.
She was becoming extremely overwhelmed by the second and put her hands into fists, her nails digging into her palms to try and distract herself.
"It's okay Jiwon, can you look at me?" Seonhee's voice finally entered her ears and she shot her head up, meeting her best friend's empathetic eyes. "Okay, that's good. You're good, Jiwon, you're okay."
"Liars. They're all liars," Jiwon managed to get out, her voice shaking at every syllable. Seonhee didn't know why she was suddenly having this panic attack but before she could ask her why, she focused on getting her to calm down.
"I'm here Jiwon, I'm here," Seonhee repeated soothingly, Jiwon nodding in slow movements. "Can you breathe with me? Yeah?"
After Jiwon nodded, Seonhee began counting and helping Jiwon to breathe somewhat normally again, hopefully calming her down from her panic attack. For a bit, it didn't do much yet after a few minutes, Jiwon's breathing was finally back to normal. Her tears had also slowed down and now left stains on her red cheeks.
"There you go. What happened?" Seonhee finally asked when she deemed Jiwon to be stable enough to answer. Taking a few breaths, Jiwon started explaining what had happened.
