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Hanako Tone
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Beauty sleep. Never miss it. A simple instruction Hanako followed most of the time. This week though, was an exception. Bring a college student constantly torn between overspending the little money available, and being at the edge of being broke - Hanako - like most his age - did what he could for extra cash. The job at the flowershop was good enough for most months, his side hustle was a lot more uh.. Flexible. It sounded so easy to do when he first started. But he learned every time a model gig is rejected, there's a likely chance he may not see a gig in weeks. So Hanako learned to do his best to just suck it up and take whatever gig that comes his way, especially during times where he takes a semester off.

This week is particular has been a wonky one. Gigs at late evening, and flower shop tending in the early morning. His sleep schedule had quickly turned upside down, and the concept of ‘beauty sleep’ was nonexistent. Only inconsistent random naps through the day. Finally though, the week ended. And he went out of his way to ensure he had the whole day tomorrow.

So after a long nap during the afternoon till evening, Hanako was ready to make up for all the time he was too tired to do anything and stay up all night. Doing whatever he wanted, eating whatever he wanted, and sleeping whenever he wanted. Even if it meant he’ll sleep at 6am in the morning. And it was potentially obvious what his night plans were considering his purchases from the convenience store. Energy drinks, tin cans of coffee, instant noodle cups, and a last minute addition of face masks. Just because he’s going to be risking his diet tonight, doesn’t mean he has to risk his skin too.

He felt energetic enough after leaving the convenience store, ideas blurring in his head about what he was going to do when he was home. Though as minutes passed, those tempting ideas started to sound daunting. Strange. Just now he was bubbling with excitement. It was like each step he took, the exhaustion he was familiar with all week started creeping back to him.

At first Hanako didn’t think too long about it, but the change was so fast that he was feeling dizzy. “ What the…” he mumbled, placing a hand on his chest to soothe the rush of unease. The sluggishly starting to sink deeper under his skin, and before he could realise it, his hands grip loosened on the plastic bag and his purchased items fell to the floor with a slight thump.

Hanako let out an annoyed groan, kneeling near it to put the items back, ignoring the 2 cans that managed to roll away a bit further away for now.

Initially Hanako's first instinct upon hearing the meek sheepish voice was scowl, followed by a faint grunt of annoyance. He hated people seeing him in this state. If he even know what even caused it, he might've been in a better mood. But on top of finding it ridiculous that he's tired after the long nap he had, he now had a stranger helping him retrieve his cans and pitying him. How pathetic did he look like right now? What a bother. He didn't even come out of the house in make up and still had his bed hair. For someone to see him in this state was just annoyance upon annoyance. Hanako had half the mind to just look away, snap at the person, and be on his way. Another day, another stranger being a victim to his bad mood.

He opened his mouth to form the words go away but his voice faltered at exactly who was kneeling next to him. He blinked for a moment, and in that split moment decision his brain processed what was the best to do in this situation.

" .. o-ouch.." Hanako lightly had a hand to the side of his head, mimicking a headache while tensing his eyes. " j-just a little dizzy all the sudden.. its killing my head..I feel like.. like closing my eyes for a sec.." he mumbled feigning a confused , pained expression.

This was what he practiced posing expressions for. Taking advantage of cute guys's kindness and pretending youre more hurt than you actually are.