Hiraeth

Chapter 5- The Forbidden Question

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A woman lying on her bed shifts to the left, then she moves to the right. She rolls over, then positions herself differently. She goes under her blanket feeling cold, but later on removes it after finding herself hot.

Dawn finally sits up and sighs. As someone who most of the time has the ability to sleep anywhere, anytime, and in any situation, she feels frustrated. This almost never happens. What am I so anxious for?

She even tried making up scenarios in her head to lull herself to sleep, as it's always been a method for her. But no matter how many situations she's imagined or pictured, she just can't force herself to sleep, and this pissed the woman.

With a frown on her face, Dawn removes the tangled blanket off her legs. Unable to find her slippers, her feet touch the cold floor and she shivers. After moments of searching side to side and under the bed, she finally sighs in relief after finding the footwear she's been looking for.

Tonight may just be a little too frustrating for the woman.

She zips open her backpack and grabs a gray sweatshirt, wearing it to prevent herself from the coldness. The woman then grabs her phone and starts her little walk to the first floor, her feet going to the direction of the piano.

The black beauty proudly stands at the side of the living room, and with Dawn's long, slender fingers she touches the piano, feeling its clean state.

Her mother cares about this piano very much after all. It would be a miracle to find it dirty and dusty, seeming unused.

She lifts the lid and lets it rest, and without realizing it, Dawn smiles softly at the sight of the familiar black and white keys.

Her right hand's second finger touches F, and her fourth finger places itself on A flat. Her left hand placed on the same notes, on a lower octave.

She makes her left hand press the keys first, her right hand soon following.

Memories of hearing those same notes floods the woman's mind. Her once frustrated and tangled head now serene and at peace, the memories flowing in like a river.

Ah, not again. Dawn thinks, sighing as she realizes she's about to remember yet another memory of her. But really at this point, this is not in the slightest bit surprising.

There was an event in the university, and they had the chance to spend the whole day in the booths, or watch the shows and competitions happening. To sum it all up, the students were about to have a rather fun day.

But an unfortunate event came up. Though it is nothing serious, Bell and Marie both had their menstruation and started to have period cramps and mood swings.

At the time, no rather, even until now, Dawn finds this a big nuisance.

Though she really doesn't have the right to complain since even her friends get a taste of an annoying Dawn when it's that time of the month for her.

But Dawn was really not in the mood to take care of two women with menstruations. After all, who would choose that over hanging out with your crush in the grassy field, hugging her from the back?

Anyone in their right minds absolutely would choose the latter.

But unfortunately for her, the two felt extreme pain, their lower abdomens hurting and their feelings getting easily bruised. As a result, the two basically cried in front of her, and though being the easily annoyed woman she is, Dawn decides to agree.