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You have had enough...
If only you hadn't wished you had a new violin.
If only you just accepted Mari's passion for the piano and left her alone.
If only you hadn't agreed to doing a recital.
You were sick of it.. sick of everything. You missed being you. You missed Mari the real Mari. The Mari that would hug you everyday. The Mari that would let you sleep in her bed and comfort you after a nightmare. The Mari that made the best cookies and made picnics for you and all of your friends. The Mari that was sweet and kind.
You missed sketching wonderlands in your sketchbook. You misssd telling your cold and strict dad amazing fantasy stories when he came home from work. You missed looking out the window during class and thinking of playing with your friends. You can't do that anymore since all thats on your mind is recital, recital, recital. Violin, violin, violin. Duet, duet, duet! You missed drinking lemon tea with your mom before and after school. You missed the japanese dinners your mom would make on the weekdays and the korean dinners your dad made on the weekends. Even though you still have all of those it's not the same. You can't sit and enjoy dinner because you have to hurry and practice on the stupid violin. You can't enjoy anything when your shoulder hurts and your fingers are cramped from practicing every.. single.. day.
You can't sneak out with Kel anymore since you are always tired at the end of the day. You can't read and draw with Basil anymore since you barely get anytime to. You can't go to the playground and sit on the swings with Aubrey anymore because once you come home from school you have to do homework then practice then eat dinner then practice some more. You can't eat anymore of Hero's delicious snacks because again you barely can get out of the house after school. The worst thing is that you just keep making mistakes and because of that Mari gets mad. You hate when Mari is mad. She rarely ever is but this stupid recital just had to ruing everything. It's not the same.. nothing is the same. You are just so tired, oh so tired. Tired of practicing and practicing and practicing. It's finally time to get rid of this dreadful thing.
You raise the violin high above your head.
The violin your friends have went out of their way to get you.
Hero and Mari helped Daphne and Bowen with their family's bakery.
Aubrey and Basil sold lemonade and cookies.
And Kel was a delivery boy delivering newspapers every morning for 2 months. Kel hates mornings.
You breath in...
and out.
In... out.
In... out.
In...
CRASH!!
You threw the violin down the stairs..
["Sunny what the hell!!?!"]
["Why would you do that Sunny!? Today's the day of the recital and you just threw all of our progress out the door!!!"]
["Me and out friends but so much hard work into that and you just- you just.. URGH!!"]
["How could you Sunny how could you!? Not only do you keep making mistakes and be utterly useless you threw EVERYTHING away Sunny EVERYTHING!!"]
You couldn't hear anything. Your ears were ringing. You just wanted to leave. You wanted to go to Hero and Kel's house. They would understand you. They knew you and they knew Mari too. They know how much of a perfectionist Mari is. Sure they'll be mad about the violin but they'll understand. You attempt to go down the stairs but something blocks you. You. Have. Had. Enough.
The ringing in your ears get louder as rage fills your body. Your brain automatically sends a signal causing you to shove whatever the thing that was blocking you was. The ringing begins to fade and you could've sworn you heard a tiny little gasp and..
["Mari... ?"]
You open your squinted eyes and your face immediately forms into horror as you look at the sight infront of you.
Oh..
Oh no..
Oh no no no..
Oh no no no no no..
That thing was your beloved, perfect, and kind sister. [It's fine.. it's fine. She's okay because she's Mari.] That's what you tell yourself as you slowly descend down the stairs.
["Mari?"] You say in a hushed whisper.
["Mari please wake up.."] You start to shake your beloved sister, but she won't wake up. You take a few deep breathes then lift her by the shoulders and begin to drag her up the stairs. [She's just tired. She'll be okay.] She was lighter than you thought. Once you finally reach the bedroom you tuck her into bed and wait. [She'll wake up she has to wake up.] You check her pulse.. it's not there. You start breathing rapidly. Tears well up in your eyes. You check it again.. and again.. and again. it's not there. [This person is not breathing] You begin to cry and cry and cry.. A hushed voice come from behind you and you ignore it.
["Sunny.. Sunny listen to me.."] You hear the voice say. ["Everything is going to be okay Sunny. Just trust me."] Everytime you blink your vision gets blurrier and blurrier. Your ears started to ring once again and the voice was muffled. You started to move like how the voice instructed you to and pick Mari up from her bed. Darkness filled your vision. You can only hear the sliding of a door. then rustling then creaking. You were now outside in your backyard. Basil was holding your hand as he led you back into the house.You looked up at him. His face showed pure horror. He was looking behind you. You turned around and..
You shouldn't have looked. You just shouldn't have
You hear voices behind you. They seemed to have seen what you seen because you can hear screams and yells. Your friends.. they all run past you and Basil. Aubreapy collapses and vomits and Kel kneels down to comfort her. Hero tries to untie the knot as fast as he can. They're all begging and crying, but it's all a lie. ["Everything is going to be okay.. everything is going to be okay.. everything is going to be okay."] Basil mumbles the same words right beside you over and over again as you hear sirens get louder and louder.
Everything
Is.
Going.
To.
Be.
Okay.