Ch.1: Mirror

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Foggy evening, sad skies, raining cats and dogs ... it's just an average winter night at Eric's hometown, who, just like the lightning that stroke interrupting peace, could not find stillness.

Wind blew so loudly and the room felt unsettled as if it was made out of straws, and that, along with the darkness and coldness of the room, worsened the feelings of our already hypervigilant man Eric.

His heart could come out of his chest at any given moment. He wrapped his body in a blanket and tried to relax himself by doing a breathwork to release tension, but he was too anxious that he got distracted from the fact that he's been laying on his bed in silence, staring at the clock for around an hour and a half now.

Just like that, Eric was having one of his usual panic attacks, except for this was a severe one. It's never felt as exhausting as it feels now, and this added a creepy vibe to his messy room.

There was too much clutter, smelly underwear, dirty t-shirts and jeans on the floor, and a thick layer of dust on his desk, on which he left a pile of books and medical references when he came back home totally exhausted and depleted.

His bestfriend, Stephen, who is also a medical student in the same school, has called him 7 times, but Eric was too wrapped up in his mind that he hadn't even noticed.

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           ~Phone call~
           <My Whore>
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   ✅Answer | ❌Decline
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✅👆🏻    

-"Yo Bro! this is the eighth time I call you! Have you been at some hospital delivering a baby!"

Eric sighs audibly:
-"Forgive me Steph"

-"Are you okay man? You sound EXHAUSTED!"

-"I'm fine... it's just... me and my head"

-"Take it easy bro... you're okay.. you're safe"

-"I'm trying.."

Then comes a moment of silence that was painfully loud, so Stephen tried to change the vibe
-"Wanna hangout?"

-"in this cold?! I'm freezing under my blanket!"

-"why not? You know... chasing girls, hooking up, having fun!"

-"doing WHAT!!"

-"Eeeh just kidding... cheer up bro"

-"Cheer up about what? That wasn't even funny"

-"OK.. then don't.. stay bitter... or you know what? Go get your ass a hot drink and start studying.. I suppose you'll enjoy it little nerd."

-"you're kidding me right?! YOU are the one who should get their shit together! All the time we were in the library.. I've been studying.. real time.. because I knew I am not usually able to stay focused at home.. but you?! You never stopped scrolling through your damn phone! I don't even know why you followed me to the library"

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