Before // Zion Kuwonu

Chapter 29

Album is released. It's been a month since it was released and it's already been reviewed as the number on album of the year.

The boys have been crazy busy with interviews, meet and greets, rehearsals, and performances.

I havent seen Zion in two weeks but understandingly we made plans to come in a couple of days. All it's been is rushed facetime calls that last for no more than 5 minutes before either on of us has to go.

Me on the other hand, has been hectic also. College projects have increased a ridiculous amount not only with my academic classes, but I'm filled with art assignments.

I'm currently living the stereotypical college art student life. Getting 5 hours maximum of sleep every night. Having a mental breakdown every other day. Havent seen much friends lately with the exception of Dylan being her roommate and Taylor and I going to the library to work.

After all my projects are due in a week, its finals week but over two whole weeks. If you did the math correctly, it's mid May and school is over in three weeks, mid June.

Thank god.

Right now, I've been up late night like always, 4:00 am, drawing a self portrait.

I have to draw a self-portrait, a pencil drawing of an emotion, paint a warm colored theme painting, a huge portrait painting, two graphic design concepts, and sculpt a figure of an animal.

Thats a shit load of work, not even counting my academic classes.

Already completing half of that work, my ass is working non stop and I have a Calculus class at 9:00 am tomorrow.

Pulling an all nighter.

I just want to take a breath with a friend or Zion. But I work throughout until the sun rises and I'm completely burnt out.

Unable to drink coffee, I down three cups of tea that will probably make me need to go pee all day long. It's better than the constant feeling of needing to puke when I drink coffee.

Time flies by yet is the slowest when I'm drawing. Almost finished with my drawing, probably needing about four more hours on it.

May seem like a lot but it isnt. At least I made a smart desicion to get the paintings out of the way first and be left with the easier projects.

My alarm on my phone rings, signaling I need to start getting ready for my Math class.

I've been so sleep deprived, my eyes cant have in my contacts for long periods of time so I have to wear my glasses.

I quickly take a shower, brush my teeth, doing my quick skincare routine and skipping makeup. Throwing on Zions hoodie that he lent me the first time we ever met personally, I pull up some skinny jeans and my slip on vans.

I gather my materials I need for today's classes, having Literature class right after. I'm surprised how well my black jansport backpack has been holding up being three years old with a bunch of books.

I race into the kitchen, pulling out an apple, granola bar, and fruit cup I have stored in there and walking out the door.

It's a ten minute walk to my Math class across campus and usually Taylor catches me since we have class together.

The warm weather warms my body up, But I simply dont care. I love this hoodie. Due to the heat, my hair ends up drying much faster than normal.

In my ear, my earbud plays the album. Everytime Zion sings his verse, it makes me smile even as we've been too busy to see each other.