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Inhale, Exhale

Winter

Winter

Aug 16, 2020

Me being the antisocial person I am, it’s pretty hard working in the shop. It should be easy, right? All I have to do is take an order and give them the ice-cream. Well, considering that I slightly panic over the fact that I have to talk to people and that I’ll make a mistake, it’s never easy. Unless it’s a calm day, those are always the best.

Work had just ended and I was getting everything I needed. The sun is only going to set in another hour or so, I have some time to get home before it gets dark.

It’s not that I dislike the dark, I don’t really care. But it gets cold at night, which I hate. Even if I take a sweater or hoodie, it does nothing. Absolutely nothing. Winter isn’t going to be a good time for me.

After saying my goodbyes to my boss and the people who work with me, I left. I walked down the sidewalk while watching only my feet, and seeing how the light from behind me in the sky slowly darkened into an orange mixed with red colour. There were cars in the distance and probably passing by next to me, but I wasn’t really paying attention to that. I honestly wasn’t paying attention to anything.

After some time, I got distracted by my hair for some reason. Now that I think about it, I should really stop plaiting my hair almost everyday. Since just tying it up normally doesn’t take long at all, but for some reason I really enjoy plaiting my hair. Though I should probably trim it soon before I get split ends. Who knows, I most likely already have split ends.

I should also most probably wash my hair, I’ve been a bit too lazy to do that. How long has it been? I think the last time I washed my hair was on Saturday or Sunday. Holy hell that’s pretty bad, I should start taking better care of it again. And probably wash it, thoroughly.

At this point I’m going to go bald if I don’t take better care of it.


. . .


I sighed as I closed the door to the entrance of my apartment.

Kicking off my shoes and untying my hair after walking into my room, I decided to finally take a shower, I feel dirty anyway.

When I finished showering and washing my hair for the first time in two days, I changed into something comfortable and went to make ‘dinner’. I’m not an amazing cook, I can cook enough to keep me alive, but I somewhat suck at cooking. And so I ended up eating two minute noodles for dinner. Better than nothing at all. I really need to have a normal eating schedule. I’m a human stick, I can’t get thinner than I already am.

When I finished eating I cleaned my apartment for a bit and did the dishes, better than nothing, I needed to clean it anyway. After I made sure everything that needed to be done was completed, I went straight to my room, turned the heater on and got into bed.

It’s only Autumn, the weather is already changing since there’s not much of the season left. This sucks.

I’ve never liked the cold, ever. Winter is my worst enemy, I swear some would think I have hypothermia if they saw me during Winter. I either look like a walking corpse or a vampire, based on what others have told me.

Sitting in bed and wrapping myself in a blanket with the heater on for a whole three months is how I usually deal with it. Even when I wasn’t living by myself, and the area is for some reason so much colder than Damien and Katelyn’s house. Which I hate, so, so much.

I suppose that I have to get used to it though, which I doubt will ever happen. But, a guy can dream I guess.

So, I’ll probably just sit like this in bed everyday until this season is over. Excluding work and having to see Vivienne.

It’s only the middle of March. How great, Winter is already next month.

I am actually going to die this time. 


Ally2212
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This is kind of short. Sorry for missing an upload last week, life has been crazy recently~

I've been thinking that I should maybe make something so peeps can know what August's triggers are (for both asthma & anxiety) but I'm still not too sure if I should do that.

Anyway, thanks for reading! x

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Gabriella Marie
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Okay, replying to the authors note, I think that making something that explains how August gets triggered is a good idea, because I think it will help us readers to somewhat get an understanding of when and why he would get triggered, by the way, thanks for another amazing chapter! I look forward to reading more in the future (no pressure though). <3

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