You make me feel special | Twice

Big and Small

Tzuyu didn't fully understand what was going on. All she knew was that she was going to die. She had watched as, one-by-one, each of her friends and family were taken from her. The Giants would come, pull the fronts off their houses as if they were fitted with hinges and. They would come, all dressed in white, with masks and gloves and they would take you away and you never came back.

There had been a village, full of fun and laughter and love and light. Now it was a ghost town. Tzuyu could walk the streets yelling and calling and nobody would answer. She knew for certain that she was next. It was only a matter of time.

Before she was ready, Tzuyu heard the familiar groan of the doors that contained her village from inside her bedroom. Two big white double doors that opened to reveal a female Giant. She was dressed in her white coat and her mask and her gloves and she made a beeline to Tzuyu.

Tears came to Tzuyu's eyes and panic overtook her as the Giant knelt and opened the front of her house. She stood, tears streaming down her cheeks, staring into the Giant's eyes. They looked at her for a moment, before pulling down their mask revealing their delicate face, their eyes displaying Tzuyu's pathetic reflection. She was too small to resist. She would be taken away. She would die.

But something unexpected happened. The Giant's eyes welled up. Crying real tears, just like Tzuyu. Then she removed her gloves and reached forward, placing her hand on the floor of Tzuyu's bedroom. It was an invitation to step on. Not a grasping hand like all the other Giants had had before.

For some reason, the Giant's sad eyes brought comfort to Tzuyu.

"Let's get you out of here." The Giant breathed, their voice almost deafening to Tzuyu's tiny ears. "I'm not doing this anymore."

Tzuyu didn't know what she was talking about, but as she moved to climb onto the hand of the Giant, she knew she would be safe.