“Thank you so much! Don’t forget to visit my YouTube!”
As soon as the customer was gone, Lily exhaled, her bright and diabetes-inducing cheeriness practically falling off of her like a cloak, heavy and suffocating
Lily was a genuinely chipper person around people, atleast most of the time, but people could also be extremely overwelming and being around them so much was draining, something she blamed entirely on her furry little monthly visitor…
It was already hard enough sometimes to put on the mask when she was having a regular low mental health day, but that plus working a craft festival and being surrounded by people? …Yeah… no
“Hey, Allison? Could you babysit the table for a second? I need to cool off,”
Her tablemate made a perplexed face, before slowly shaking her head
“You and your weird body heat, how you can be hot in January is beyond me, but I’ve got you covered,”
“Thanks,” Lily smiled, hurrying away from the table and ducking outside the convention center, taking a few deep, calming breaths, trying to breathe in the fresh air, focus on the environment around her and not her constantly racing thoughts and overpowered senses
You’re doing well, you’re having a good day, please stop spiraling…… she thought to herself
Reaching into her purse, she grabbed travel bottle of vasoline and rubbed just a little around the edges of her nose, muting atleast one of her overwelmed senses and putting the bottle back quickly
She hated the smell, but it was better than all the scents she was being assaulted with inside….
She took another few breaths, eyes closed, listening to the birds and nothing else…
Calm down… stop spiraling… you’re ok, everything is ok, just focus on work, focus focus focus….
God, anxiety could be such a bitch…
Just as she turned to go back inside, eyes opening and starting to pull away from her thoughts……..
A door smacked right into her face
Yelping, like a hurt puppy, she quickly covered her nose, blood trickling out as she blinked back stinging tears and looked up at the stranger before her
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