March 7, 20XX
I head to class and wait for class to start. But where is Xiu Ying? She usually always before me. "𝓞𝓞𝓞𝓞𝓞~ 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮." I'm on my phone, pretending to be checking something. I keep checking the time.
9:55am
"𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮" She can't be late. "𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓸𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮?" No. She has to be fine.9:58am
"𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓱𝓪" She is just late. That's it. "𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓴𝓲𝓭𝓷𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓭? 𝓑𝔂 𝓪 𝓹𝓼𝔂𝓬𝓱𝓸 𝓮𝔁-𝓫𝓸𝔂𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭, 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮. 𝓞𝓻 𝓨𝓸𝓾'𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓹𝓼𝔂𝓬𝓱𝓸 𝓮𝔁-𝓫𝓸𝔂𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭. 𝓗𝓪𝓱𝓪 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽'𝓭 𝓫𝓮 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰."
10:00am
"okay class, turn to page-" the professor says. She is gonna walk into class. Late but she will be here. "𝓜𝓪𝔂𝓫𝓮." She never came "𝓞𝓱 𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓵." I get up walk out of class. "𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓷𝔁𝓲. 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓷𝔁𝓲. 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓷𝔁𝓲." "Shut up!" "𝓧𝓲𝓾 𝓨𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓲𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓾𝓹. 𝓘 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓻...𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓼𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰." "Shut up!" I stop in my tracks. Wait. It's March 7th. I can get my pills. "𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓷𝔁𝓲." I run to my car. I turn it on and drive to the pharmacy near my house. I walk in and pick them up at the counter. "Remember, 2 pills a day." The pharmacist says. I thank him and drive back home. I lay on the couch. I have the bottle of pills in my hand. "𝓓𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓷𝔁𝓲." I take one out of the bottle and take one. I close my eyes. I feel better. I feel relaxed. I pick up a picture of Xiu Ying. You're gonna be fine. I'll talk to her tomorrow. I fall asleep next to her picture.