"Can I exhale for a minute? Can I get this out in the open? Can I sit down for a second? Can I breathe?"
~Exhale by Sabrina Carpenter~
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A/N: I edited this (and wrote part of it) while recovering from wisdom teeth removal so just... bear with me haha. I may come back and edit as needed.
Warnings: abuse, addiction, anxiety, homophobia, depression, domestic violence, grief, gun violence, language, panic attacks, sexual harassment/assault, violence, weapons, and other mature themes
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Tory's POV
It's the last day of our team events. I'm on the balcony of the arena to get some space from my team and get in the zone. It's not working.
Today's the day we're either eliminated or move onto the captain championships on live TV. This is what I've been working for... what I've been working through to get to.
It started with Silver bringing the Sekai Taikai panel to the Valley to get Cobra Kai in. Then I joined Miyagi-Do and qualified to go. I was even almost their female captain. Then everything went to shit.
All I want to do is make my mom proud. But from that, I cut off Piper, which I can't seem to get past. My mom wouldn't have wanted that. She loved Piper, too. It's all bullshit.
I want to be a better fighter and teammate, but they're both constantly on my mind. All my betrayals are. I cut off Zion, Sam, Robby, all of Miyagi-Do. It feels like these decisions I've made that I thought were for the best have just turned for the worst.
Now I'm hearing that Silver is back and one of the coaches or owners or whatever of the team that bitch Zara is on? Kreese is clearly on edge after Zion yesterday and Silver today. Even Kwon and Sensei Kim seem off in their own way. I don't understand what's going on, and I don't have the time to care. We need the win today.
"What's up, my Karate Squad?" an annoying voice speaks up from beside of me.
I glance to my right and see Zara on her phone vlogging or live-streaming or something. I roll my eyes.
"All the way to the quarterfinals, and the Queen of Karate is still undefeated." God, give me a break. "What's my secret? All day I work hard."
Zara glances at me, smirks, then turns back to her phone.
"But at night, I play even harder."
Suddenly I act on my anger and walk over, snatch her stupid phone out of her stupid hand, and film myself.
"Zara's real secret is she's a two-faced bitch who doesn't give a shit about her karate sisters unless it's to steal their boyfriends," I tell the livestream full of 200,000 viewers as I recall the night before. "I know because I watched her go after a taken guy last night, knowing too well that he had a girlfriend. Who knows how many others-"
"Hey, give me that!" she finds a way around me to get her phone back.
"Enough!" Sensei Kim walks over as I fight her for the phone. Sensei Kim takes the phone and hands it to Zara, "Leave."
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