“Agh…”
Naomi was electrified by the sharp pain that suddenly hugged her left ankle. Momentarily, she forgot how to breathe. But she realized that the malfunctioning of her lungs was more because she was embarrassed and less because she was hurting.
There were days that it was easy to love herself despite her flaws. Yet, days like today make her anger towards her flaws worth entertaining more. Why does she have to be stupid about trivial things like this?
As her face crumpled in mixed emotions, Naomi took courage to scan her ankle. She moved slowly, timing her breaths in anticipation of another wave of pain, but surprisingly, it didn’t come. The skin on her foot was still pale-brown as no purple-bluish appeared in sight. And when she made sure that no piece of bone or drip of blood gr
