Chapter 33: Under the Starry Sky
Eirin was out of breath as she arrived in the dormitory’s hallway, on the third floor, towards her room. It was surprising that those people didn’t chase after her till the dormitories. It would have been too bothersome if they did.
’I don’t know if I’ll be able to stop myself from getting mad at them if they follow me here,’ the teenage girl thought as she slammed her body on her bed the moment she arrived inside the room.
It appeared that her roommate, Coleen, hadn’t arrived in their room. "Where did she go, though?" Eirin stared at the ceiling while wondering. "Does she hate being with me that much?" Negative thoughts once again filled Eirin’s head. These things didn’t matter to her before because there was just one person she wanted to please, but now, it’s coming back to eat her.
"This is so hard."
Eirin closed her eyes for a moment, but the exhaustion caused her to fall asleep without realizing it. She learned too much information today, and she couldn’t even follow the lessons about the world of Proprius.
Everything was draining. The new surroundings, the indifference from some teachers, the interest of those random students towards her, and the hostility of her roommate. Eirin could not find any sort of solace in this new place. All of it was slowly suffocating her, and she had no idea how to deal with it.
"Ah!" Eirin screamed, causing her roommate Coleen, who was already doing her skincare routine and preparing to sleep startled. "I’m sorry," she apologized. She had just realized that she had fallen asleep without working on the homework one of their teachers told them to do.
’Was I too tired? I skipped dinner again!’
Eirin groaned after looking at the time. It was already nearing 9 pm. She rushed to her table, putting every notebook she had on top of it.
"What are you doing?"
"Oh, I’m sorry but can I keep my lights on for a little while? I... forgot to do my homework."