Chapter 34: Open Up

I didn't expect he would respond that way...

All my life I've always been misunderstood. All my life I felt like my feelings were invalid, and for reacting to certain things is not a normal thing to do. I have never been cared for. My opinions and my feelings were not validated. They are all useless and nonsense.

But Khein did not let me feel even a bit of those feelings I was already used to.

He showed me that reacting that way was normal and valid, he apologized, and respected my need to have a silent moment by myself.

I never thought I would cry this much over such a simple thing, but here I am, pouring my tears out because I couldn't take these emotions anymore.

These feelings were strange to me, yet it feels so good.

Oh, to be heard...

It feels overwhelming, in a good way.

I cried my eyes out, letting the tears I didn't know I have held with. I was sad, happy, worried, and just couldn't explain it. These emotions were too much for me to handle. And so I cried. I cried like a baby