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𝐁𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 (𝐒𝟏𝐄𝐏𝟏): 𝕸𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖆𝖑

𝘈 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸...

𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥

𝘛𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴,

𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦,

"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴"

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦-𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦.

– " 𝕸𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖆𝖑 " 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐍𝐇𝐘𝐏𝐄𝐍

     𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐈 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘. I was supposed to meet up with my cousin, Chloe, who worked part-time at the old classical music store nearby, and head home together. But I only found out recently that she had already left an hour before my lessons ended because she wasn't feeling well. So here I was walking back all alone. By 10 pm, I finally reached the bus stop, and nothing screams "danger" louder than the creepy silence of the city I live in.

During the day, the streets buzz with life that it feels like an outdoor party is happening but at night, especially at this time, everyone either is working late or already inside their homes. Honestly, I like it since it's calming and peaceful. But the route home from the night academy always leaves me feeling anxious and jumpy. It makes me want to just run back home every night.

"Of course, I can't do that- I live on the other side of the city," I muttered under my breath as I looked down the street to see if the city bus would appear but it didn't.

Not until another five minutes later which was weird considering how it always showed up just as I rounded up the corner from the night academy. That left me wondering if something had happened before it got here.

When it finally arrived at the bus stop, I pushed back my thoughts about the driver being late, and entered the bus then paid the fare with my phone like every other night and went to the very back to my usual spot before sitting by the window. There weren't many people on the city bus and most of them were elderly people returning home from their volunteer work at the old factory a few blocks down. Ever since I moved here two years ago, I've gotten used to the city life and have familiarized myself with every route and people I'd encounter in the last 730 days. I've had small chit-chats with the older ladies and even shared dad jokes with the uncles and played here and there with the children I'd sometimes sit beside with their mom.

That was pretty much my life outside the house and school. The little interaction I have with the other people feels nice, especially after a life of having to move to different cities and towns because of my family's old secret. I sometimes wonder what life would have been like if I was born normal like Chloe... then would I have grown up my whole life in this very city instead of moving around every year?