DRASA POV
By the time I walked into the hostel room, I felt like I had been carrying the entire weight of the moon on my back, my skin felt too tight.
My heart ached, my head was spinning, and everything in me just wanted to collapse.
Maya was on her bed, her face buried in her phone, earbuds in, but the moment she looked up and saw me, saw the way I walked like I was breaking with each step….she jumped down.
“Whoa. What happened? You look like you walked through ten storms and got emotionally mugged at the end.”
I didn’t even answer….my bag dropped with a thud, and I walked straight into her arms.
And for the second time that night, I cried.
Maya didn’t say anything…..she didn’t need to, she just held me the way she always did with soft hands and quiet understanding.
My anchor,
