Penguin_online
"...that it would be better if we separated. For the sake of everyone."
- South Korea?
In the family of 16-year-old Paula, things had been going downhill for a long time.
After years full of sleepless nights caused by her parents' loud, ongoing arguments and the following quiet, joyless days, she simply couldn't take it anymore.
She wasn't the only one.
Her older brother Martin, as well as her mother, had realized long ago that things couldn't continue like this. Paula's mother had still tried to save the family situation - also for the sake of Paula's younger sister.
Paula was aware of all this, yet she didn't know how she could support her mother in any way, and so, to distract herself, she simply spent a lot of time with her best friend.
Her whole life, she had wondered what it would have been like to grow up somewhere else, to not have to go through this exhausting everyday life that simply didn't feel like home.
She dreamed of finally breaking free from the monotonous routine one day and discovering the colorful, carefree, free sides of the world.
To laugh and to discover the FUN PART of the chaos of her teenage years.
But reality looked different!!
Until one day, her life took an unforeseen, chaotic turn...
And one day... she met him.
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This story is largely based on a true story. (ofc not including the parts with Cortis lol)
TW!! FAMILY ISSUES, INSECURITY (BODY + IDENTITY)