Fighting for Freedom!

Getting Settled.

Shoko slowly made her way to her room with Willow accompanying her. 

Willow opened the door  and entered a dimly lit room. 

"This is your new room you'll be sharing it with Simon, we do not have any other room vacant and  if you were to share a room with me we would risk bad tension with you and Jasmine," Willow stated. Her eyes brimmed with intellect and knowledge. 

"Alright, thank you," Shoko replied a bit anxious. 

Willow left the room and left Shoko to get settled. 

Shoko sat in silence, unaware of what to do, her emotions still heightened based on what she just encountered merely an hour and a half ago. Tears slowly started to leak from her eyes as the stress and sorrow in her heart finally washed over her.

Simon entered the room they were sharing. He paused as he saw her weep on her own.

"What's wrong Shoko?" He offered her a tissue and sat down quietly beside her.

"Oh, I'm just a bit stressed" Shoko replied, her chest in a heavy ache, she wept a bit more.  

Simon patted her back attempting to comfort her from all her stress.

"Everything will be okay, you'll be safe and I promise you'll get used to things here and I know that things may be stressful now but everything will go according to plan," Simon said attempting to comfort her.

Shoko wept for a few more minutes, nervous and anxious she finally responded. 

"But, I don't want to be a part of this, I just want to go to my house and just forget about everything that happened, not only did I fail the Capability exam and completely ruin my future, I got myself stuck in a dangerous situation. I'm so.....useless." Shoko shed more tears, she came to the conclusion that the exam was 100% right based on her mistakes she made today.

"You're not useless, I believe in you, I know things may be hard right now but things will get better I pro-" He was cut off.

"Knock, knock" Ashtad entered the room. Carrying a bunch of stuff in her arms.

"Oh, hey Ashtad!" Simon greeted her. 

Shoko went silent, she realized something. The atmosphere when Ashtad walked in completely brightened, she was glowing with brilliant colors. She looked up at Ashtad and exchanged a small smile despite the tears rolling down her face.

Ashtad set the items on the floor gently.

Ashtad paused and knelt beside her, she took her hand and wiped away her tears.

"Everything will be alright." Ashtad took Shoko's hand into hers and held it. Once she let go, she patted Shoko's head.

"I brought an extra cot, and a few blankets, and a pillow for you!" Ashtad smiled, making the atmosphere humble and quiet. 

Shoko smiled. 

"Oh, thank you!" She replied, humbly. 

"Let me know if you need anything!" Ashtad replied as she exited the room. 

Simon smiled at Shoko. 

"Thank you, Simon." Shoko said grateful.

Simon assisted her with her cot, and once everything was settled, the two chatted for a few minutes before going off to bed.