It Began With You
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I always isolated myself from people and felt it was okay to be alone even if that meant I'd never be able to feel romance or even have a sort of friendship someone. I'm a college freshmen in Seoul, I work a part time job at a internship in the shady parts of my home town. It began in middle school when I got bullied about how I looked. I started wearing a mask and cut ties with my family after my mom abused me into many pageants even though she knew I had my fathers genetics. Apart from that it felt nice being invisible to people until he came along and unlocked my dusty old barred cell door...
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