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▬▬▬ ❛ ❏ 01. 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 !

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♡︎  TOMORROW !

YOUR LIFE HAD NEVER been peachy, but you never expected to end up in this predicament. You come from nothing. Poor and young, you could never pay for the large sum of money that was your college tuition. It shouldn't have come as a shock to you, you knew from the beginning it'd be extremely expensive — but you thought you'd be getting a scholarship. By assumption, you went into your applications with the thought in mind that your record would heighten the bar for the administration, bringing them to the conclusion of a full-ride scholarship. That didn't happen.

Disbelief wasn't even the word to describe how you felt. It was the dead of night, but you were wide awake. Your hand held your head, your index and middle finger rubbing over your temples. How were you going to pay for this? You could barely pay to independently feed yourself, so how in the world were you going to scrounge up enough money to pay your tuition? Four years. Four years worth of money and you hadn't even paid the deposit yet.

You stood up from your seat at your desk, walking over to your bed. You grabbed your phone, pulling it off the charger cord and immediately going to your contacts. The phone rang until he picked up — your best friend, Kuroo Tetsuro. "( y/n )? What's going on?"

Groggy was his voice as he spoke to you. His eyes were squinting, adjusting to the harsh brightness of his phone screen. You could hear him shuffling, his phone adjusting to the full sight of his face. "I got in, Tetsu."

"Huh?" You set your phone up on your desk, clicking back to the email. "Uni, Tetsuro. I got in."

You saw the excitement flash in his eyes, his body sitting upwards immediately. "Holy— congrats, (y/n)!" You hear him indistinctly speaking in the background, your mind blocking his voice out. His excitement was the last of your worries, considering you couldn't share that bliss with him. "Thanks."

"You don't sound too happy... everything good?" The boy inquired. You stayed silent for a moment, your eyes still rereading that email. You damn near wanted to cry. Your dream had been crushed. "No, not really. I- I don't know how I'm gonna pay for this,"

"I thought.. I thought I'd be getting a scholarship. I can't pay for this, I don't know what I'm going to do," Your tone is stressed. You sigh tiredly, slumping lazily in your chair. "I don't think I can go. I might.. have to decline, Tetsu."

The words make you cringe. You don't want to decline — it's been your dream for a long time to pursue nursing. Too much family has passed, leaving only your parents and you. A small family, and that's it. You don't have anyone else, and you thought being a nurse could prevent others from living your pain. Declining and being stuck would only destroy that hope, you know that because it already has. It's unfair— you feel like the world has thrown you into an ultimatum. "What?! No, no way!"

"(n/n), you can't give up so easily! There's always a way, you can—"

"Not this time." Disappointment is laced in your words. You close your computer, darkness enveloping your bedroom. Picking up your phone, you walk back to your bed, seating yourself on the mattress. "Sorry for waking you, I just needed to talk this through."

"(n/n)—"

You cut him off again. "Goodnight, Tetsu." With that, you abruptly hang up the phone. You sigh, plopping back onto the mattress. Fuck. This sucks.

You'll have to come up with something tomorrow.

𝓢AV SPEAKS ! ⋆ ་ ᳝ i'm baaacckkkk hehe ! i'm excited to be writing this again, many many changes ahead <3 promise yall i'm here to stay (:
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