It was Christmas Eve 24 December 2035 (present time)
Old street, The Coffe Shop ,Tokyo
(Typing sounds of the sleek laptop keyboard)
A waitress walks towards the cozy waiting room pushing the glass door she comes in. With an order book and pen in her hand she approaches table no.5
"Is this miss Yuni Lin ?"
The women shuts close the screen off her laptop removing her glasses she answers
"Yes"
"Sir will be an hour late he had an appointment last minute, till then would you like to have something, yuni ma'am?"
"Yes sure, I would like a black coffe please "
"In a minute mam thank you for your patience "
Yuni nods her head with a pleasant smile .
"*Sighs* Well it's pretty cold.. I think I can wait another hour then "she says scrunching of her woolen white scarf wrapped around her neck .
Even in the rushing bustle and excitement of the Christmas Eve she finds herself lost in her own thoughts .
("I can't believe it has been 8 years since then and suddenly one day I am here again? I don't know if I am ready for what is gonna come but it has been a long time now maybe those things are not so serious anymore " )she chuckles softly talking to herself
("Well things were quite confusing those days we were still learning alot of things , To be honest I still remember everything about that very first day when my life turned upside down and that dream ..")
.....
"A glass shelter? ....oak trees ....cold"
She breaths heavily ,with mist blowing from her shivering lips .
Between the dense woods covered in fog ,with cold breeze lingering her pale white cheeks and the moist grass beneath her bare feet she walks and walks ..
towards the white door engraved with an essence of rosary of that glass shelter shining with an unaccountable warmth , as if it called her within her soul .
Until suddenly everything burned into flames
Turning everything into black ashes of nothingness.
Darkness and nothingness.
She felt the increasing warmth of her body with a burning sensation over her soul.
*Wake up*
*Wake up *
"Wake up it's just a dream!" She wakes up yelling, finding herself laying on her bed .
She sits up straight with dizziness in her head
"ouch...another one?" She looks at her arm with scratch marks over her wrists . With numbness she stares at her sheets in silence.
*alarm rings 7am*
March 11, 2027
"Ahh this useless alarm " she slams off the alarm on her bedside table.
She jolts off her blanket, rubbing her eyes she walks towards the window, a sudden beam of light brights up her gloomy room as she draws the curtains open.
She stares at her reflect in the window with the same old emptiness in her eyes .
She looks at her wrist staring at the scar she says
" I wonder what story i have for this one ...last time it was that I tripped in the bathroom floor tho ...those dreams are getting more frequent these days"
as she was lost in her own thoughts she hears a knock on her door
*knock knock knock *
"yuni are u awake yet ? , be quick or you will be late .. try and reach in time, atleast on the first day of college , it puts on a good impression you know....are you listening to what am saying? " it was her mom speaking aloud through her door .
"Yes mom..." , she bawls from her room
"good get down once you are ready "
"why not mom....who can deny your orders .." yuni murmurs .
She then gazes through her window at the wooden swing with it's ropes worned out of love ,hung from the big old elm tree in their backyard.
"I should probably get ready....or I'll get late"
she quickly gets ready ,with her uniform on she grabs her headset tosses it into her bag with her dairy, some subject books and pens and rushes down to the kitchen.
"great you were quick " says her mom as she removes her apron.
"yeah ,kinda" says yuni as she places her bag on the table and sits on the dining chair near the kitchen area.
Her mom looks at her with breakfast in her hand ,
She *sighs * "yuni what's up with your hair!!??"
she places the plate on the table and with a grumpy expression she says ,
"you almost look like you had no sleep at all !! come here I'll make your hair atleast for the very first day " she moves forward and raises her hand over yuni's head .
yuni grabs her mother's hand in a quick reflex ,
" what.. am good this way and either ways I am not interested in marking any impression on anyone.. more than that I am planning on not being noticed so I think am in the best form for that "
yuni's mother looks at her with fierce eyes suddenly her eyes lands on yuni's wrist , shocked with a concerned look she asks ,
" what happened did you fell again ?? "
yuni quickly drops her hand hiding the scar ,
" yeah ...i think the bathroom tiles are too slippery for me " .
with regretful eyes her mother gazes at her , " hmm I know ,this is the second time you have faced this , those tiles will be changed very soon.."
she sits beside yuni with hands on the table she looks at yuni and says
" but ...am trying my best , the schedule is a bit overwhelming plus i have plenty of bank work to do , you know how life has been since your dad...."
*Thump*
yuni stands of the chair slamming her hands on the table leaving the statement incomplete,
" I am not asking you for anything mom ...i am seriously not "
yuni's mother holds her hands ,
" I am your mother yuni and I will do my best to get you everything you want but just .."
yuni jerks off her hands from her mother's, with teary eyes she yells ," you know I don't like talking about it don't you!!, can't you just stop now ??!!! "
she grabs her bag and leaves the house slamming the door .
She runs down the alley leading towards the central park and stops beneath a cherry tree and sobs as she bursts out of tears .
wiping her tears she takes out her headset from her bag plugs it in her phone and plays her favourite music in full volume .
* soft music plays*
she takes a long breath and closes her eyes
*'The lost bird ..where have u been ,
open your wings and fly u have to be seen ..'*
"It had to happen today ??... Not on the first day of my college...*tsk*" she says as she watched the petals shed off the branches
In between the mesmerising lyrics she hears a faint yell *hey you !! *
*watch out!!*
she opens her eyes with a confused look on her face and spots a guy running towards her . *the ball !!* she hears it again
the moment she removes her headset , she looks up in the sky and spots a basketball coming right towards her .
With a panicked reflex she quickly doges it off , the basketball strikes off the tree and bounces back to the guy and hits his head .
The guy falls down from the strike.
yuni rushes towards him with embarrassment she says, " are you alright??"
offering him a helping hand
The guy slaps off her hand and sits up straight with one hand on is head
"ouch"
with a painful expression he looks at yuni and says
"Um yeah am good ..what can a mere ball do to me ....ouch"
He was a tall , fair, black haired good looking arrogant guy, who almost looked like a serial killer with pierced ears and homeless looking messy hairs well that's what yuni thought.
The guy stands up and looking at yuni he notices the headset around her neck , it was bustling the same song .
With an arrogant face he says " *tsk* no wonder you weren't able to hear me ..with music that loud ...damn i can hear it till here "
yuni clicks off the pause button , "um yeah am sorry I wasn't in my senses "
" yeah I can surely see that , well it's the very first day of my college and look what have you done to my face !!"
pointing his index finger on the red spot on his head
" what else can I expect from a looser like you , a looser with a music sense so bad "he says brushing of dust from the sleeve of his imported black denim jacket
yuni glares at him with shocking expressions
"excuse me ? "
As soon as the guy could speak anything the basketball hits his head again , the guy collapses
"This is what u expect" says yuni brushing both her hands off.
She looks at her watch '10:00 am' " oh noo no no shit , I am late " saying this she rushes off to her university.
*THE LIGHT BEARERS * says the main gate .It was the most reputed university in the city with excellent education system and huge infrastructure .
Yuni rushes over the main building finding the staircase , at around second floor she walks down a corridor reading the class numbers sequentially looking for her class
" 13 c...13 ..c ..where is it gosh don't tell me it's on another floor "
she reaches the end of the corridor unable to find her class
"This is... the music room ahh as expected it's not here"
she slowly starts to walk the other way out backwards ,as soon as she turns around she bumps into a guy , she opens her eyes landing straight at the badge on the guy's vest saying * Lucus Brown, class president* she looks up at a glance to see it was a guy ,he was a tall good looking hazel eyed guy with a clean look and sleek glasses
" are you alright?" He says as he fix his glasses up his nose bridge
yuni as she gets herself together from the startlement says
" huh yeah ...I am so sorry I was in a hurry I didn't notice you being there in the corridor at all "
" no worries well I was just heading to the music class didn't expect someone here ...I haven't seen you around before , you are new here i believe "
"yes I mean it's my first day here so just finding my class ..it was a rushy day so .. you know .."
" no issue " , he moves next to yuni bending at her shoulders to see the form,
" lemme help you out" he says
" oh ! sure thanks ..." She opens up the form pointing out the class number
" It says 13 c "
" ohh it's that way of the corridor second last class " says lucus pointing out the direction for her
"Ohh I see ...alright thanks "
"It's fine .. um I am lucus by the way nice to see you, and you?" He raises his hand offering a formal handshake
With a faint smile she says"I am yuni , yuni lin nice meeting you too"
*Bell rings*
Interrupted by the bell
"ohh.. I think I am getting late for my class I will go now ...and thanks again" she says with a slight bow in order to thank him as she starts to move towards her class
"Um yeah no problem...see you around" says lucus
yuni rushes off and slides the door of the class , the class was filled with a bustle of chats and excitement of the very first day , between the noise she hears a voice
"yuni here I am !!!"
she looks around the class and spots her friend sammy already waving at her
*Sammy linda , a ginger haired with that golden retriever energy, who is always media updated her dream is to become the most famous influencer, but the only thing she lacks is a proper boyfriend *ouch*, *sad music plays* never have she ever experienced romance in her life and that was like an unhealing wound of hers,her mother says it's because she snoars like a pig when she sleeps , but to yuni she was one of the most supportive people she had ever seen, once she taught yuni how to bark like a cat in grade second they are besties since then *
With a relief yuni places her bag on the desk and sits beside sammy
"ahh finally" she says with a relaxed expression
"where were you ?, I thought you are not gonna come oh my lords , I even texted you in the morning but you didn't reply , ughh I thought I will be all alone !" says sammy as she chew on her gum
" sorry about that it was a hectic morning today "
"why so ??"
"ahh don't ask about it I'll puke"
"come on what is it!!, spill the tea baby girl " says sammy as she snaps off her fingers
Between their conversation suddenly the classroom door slides open ,there is a sudden silence in the room as the teacher enters the class .
yuni whispers "I'll tell u later " .
Everyone stands up from the places in order to greet the teacher with a respectful bow.
As the teacher starts of with the introductional session the classroom door bangs open
Everyone looks at the entrance at gasp with the thud of the door
Yuni unbothered by the incidence continues to stare at the swirling pen between her fingers suddenly a similar voices rings her attention
"Good morning....'SIR' .."
sammy with a confused look on her face " what the hell is going on ?...do you" she looks at yuni staring at the entrance with a pale shocked expression on her face
"Wait yuni ? Do you know this guy ?"
#This is Yuni lin a 20 year old girl , unbothered from the world around her , a girl lost within her own thoughts and her own realm with a not so normal life. Little did she know that from this day her life is gonna change forever as her mystical fate unfolds for something that was not so normal to believe in #