Calm before the storm

The suns rays jumped against my eyelids, causing them to flutter open and very quickly shut themselves again, the soft duvet entombing me in its splendour as i wince at the light again - forcing my eyes open trying to remember the night before.

"Fuck" my soft utterance was shrouded in acceptance as the events of last night cascaded against my bandaged forehead.

"Fuck" repeating the word for the sake of repeating it didn't help the growing headache nor the one my future self would have to deal with.

"Fuck me" absently getting out of bed I step over my bit too chubby cat, thankfully not having woken him up in my sleep, if that could be called sleep. When I think of sleep, I usually attach good connotations toward it, like waking up comfy without a massive headache or sleeping peacefully and not waking at every hour due to your lung packing up shop.

"Whatever, I'll just need to bother Fu Xuan and borrow her painkillers" i mutter to myself and justify that no over the counter stuff will help this, this pounding against my skull, as if a tiny guy is going at it over and over and over…

"All right! I get it, please stop tiny guy" I speak to myself as I get in front of the mirror, my slow trudge towed my bathroom taking too long, long enough for me to shout at the little guy going to town at using a sledgehammer against my skull.

"Hehahe what am I saying" my small laugh somewhat subsides the pain, albeit for a moment - and as if to make up for any amount of reprieve I had, if any, my head suddenly starts pounding against itself twice as hard

My small gasps of pain turn into longer controlled motions as I inhale some cheap pills, fuck this I need something stronger

I rummage through the empty cupboards cursing my past self for the lack of medicines, hissing at the pain as I wipe my sweaty forehead, brushing locks of blue out of the way as I reach for my phone, only then remembering it's in my room

My groan would most definitely be heard by neighbours if I had any, dragging my lags toward my room, I silently curse my past self again

"Who buys a house like this, tch" clicking my tongue at the sod who bought this house, I make my way to my room and notice that Mop is awake.

Forsaking my previous mission of a phone i summon all of my energy to walk a little faster toward him.

Mops bleary eyes roll at the daily sight as he contents himself to laying on his stomach, watching the pitiful sight coming toward him

"Mop-Mop!" I cried out as if I hadn't seen him in years, my hands brushed his pristine long hair, as Mops exasperated look pierces my chest - i physically stumble back and kind on the bed, whispering more to myself than the illiterate car

"You used to return my love Mop-Mop, how you've grown!" My melodramatic act was interrupted by a buzzing of a phone.

My hands snakes there way arm round the bed as my initial object was found under one of my pillows. As I unlock the phone I notice a text message from Fu Xuan.

Fu Xuan: Xin? Where are you? You didn't text yesterday and now you're not coming in to work??

(Seen)

Honestly, I don't understand him sometimes, I get that he doesn't want me divining his personal life - that's basically an unspoken rule on the Xianzhou, but this, this is unprofessional.

My small rant aside I look down at the phone to realise it still says read, my irritated mood seems to have been sense as the birds outside my window flew in a hurry

Fu Xuan: No excuse?

Xin Fei: No excuses dw evrything a-ok :) also I don't happn to hv any of those uber strong painkillers no?

As if deciphering a code, Fu Xuan takes several seconds to ponder as her irritated face softens slowly

Fu Xuan: learn to type normally and you can have some, how come you talk normal but you give people early Mara symptoms with this writing

Xin Fei: if it's for you, I'll try… nw cn u get moi sm pills redy

And audible sigh could be head a block over as Fu Xuans irritated mood is back, but not without the hint of a smile. Her hand reaches to a drawer to her right, creaking as it's opened, a jar of medicinal pills can be seen hiding, getting two ready as per his text so politely asked for, Fu Xuan is just glad that Xin Fei is back to normal.