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Submitted to Contest #50
Deep breath in, deep breath out, deep breath in, deep breath out.My ears felt clogged as the noise surrounding me dissolved. My heart pounded like a drum in my ears, of who’s beat seemed to be getting louder by the second. I squeezed my eyes shut, hoping to ease the throb in my head. The air felt heavy and smelled a bit like paint. Collage was enough of a torture for me, did they have to make the talent show mandatory?My name is Haru Aki. Currently attending my sophomore year at STANFORD UNIVERSITY in California. I am originally from Tokyo, ...
Submitted to Contest #49
I let out another sigh, it was the third one yet. I guess being a sniper is not easy after all. You heard me, a sniper, that too, a well known one from the black market. It was not by choice though. I am an orphan, never knew who my parents were and my childhood in an orphanage. One day, probably when I was seven years old, I was adopted by an underground organization. Since that day my life has been everything but normal, I held a gun when I was just ten, could shoot perfectly by the age of 16, and even killed my first target when I wa...
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