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TW - anxiety attack
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At the beginning of May, your campaign with Calvin Klein went public. The ad went viral due to your graceful aura and sweet personality that shined through one of your interviews. You weren't used to the attention very much—not as much as you were getting anyway.
It was almost overwhelming but you were still so grateful for the experience. You didn't want any of this new attention to get in the way of your personal life. Especially with news of the Summer show being around the corner. Emiko had already announced it was between Giselle and Coppélia. You were leaning more towards Giselle as was a majority of the class.
That was practically all you could think about on your drive home from the supermarket. You only wanted to focus on ballet right now, nothing else. The thought of doing any other campaign or ad of any sort didn't sound appealing to you at all.
It just sounded too overwhelming. You didn't even know who to talk to about how you felt until you stopped at a red light and Atsumu's name flashed in your mind. Of course, he might understand more than anyone.
You quickly grab your phone while glancing at the stop light a few times to make sure it isn't changing as you press the call button under your boyfriend's contact. You wait as the phone rings, then rings again, and again, and again.
Finally, Atsumu picks up and the light has turned green so you slowly press on the gas.
"Hi Tsumu," you smile even though he can't see you.
"Hi beautiful," he greets back and you can hear the grin on his face. "What did you call for?" he asks as you turn on your left turn signal and turn down the street. "I just wanted to talk to you about something—if you're not busy right now," you tell him and there's silence on his part.
You wait to speak again because of the silence and you briefly hear Atsumu whispering on the other side. "Atsumu did you hear me?" you question and you almost thought he was going to ignore you again. "Huh—oh, no I'm here, I'm listening," he stumbles over his words and you sigh quietly.
"Are you busy right now? Because it can wait," you tell him, expecting him to say no and give you the attention he usually would. "Actually, I am sort of. Can I call ya back?" he says, and you feel your heart drop a little bit. "Yeah, that's fine," you say before hanging up.
You're not sure why you're feeling so upset over that. Your eyes start to water and your throat is growing tighter. You try your best not to cry because you're so close to your apartment now but you know as soon as you get inside you'll probably start breaking down.
