What felt like years, decades, or even centuries, Beatriz finally took up the courage to leave her room for once and go outside. Abandoning her desk and slipping on a pair of shoes that look brand new, she fixed her glasses before grabbing the cold knob of the dark oak door of her room. With a gentle turn, the door slowly creaked open. The warm lighting of the rest of her home gave a little sliver of light to her dark room. Beatriz already felt blinded by the lights, blinking a few times for her eyes to adjust. She wasn't even outside yet.
Sluggishly, she left her room. Dragging herself down the hallway and into the kitchen, before approaching the front door. There was a window to her right, the curtains gently swaying to the AC. Beatriz hesitantly took a peek out the window, observing the outside through the blinds. Cars pass by, neighbors work on their lawns, a normal sight for a neighborhood. There was some girls of Beatriz's age passing by her house, chatting and talking along their merry way. Beatriz flinched as the sight before stepping away from the window and grabbing her jacket from the front door.
Once prepared, she looked at the front door, staring at the knob for a moment. She took a step back, scared to touch the door. Beatriz needed her "security blanket", or at least that's what she calls her phone and earbuds. She puts in her earbuds, turning on her Spotify Playlist to chessy early 2000s and 2010s pop. She felt more at ease before opening the front door in a long time.
Immediately, she took a step back from the blinding sun and sneezed to the fresh air that wasn't just dust. For a moment, her senses were overwhelmed, but she couldn't turn back now. She stepped out of the door slowly, then off her front porch. Before she knew it, she was actually walking away from home and down into town. At first, she was a little lost to where she was, she hasn't been in town for a while and she would freeze at the thought of asking a stranger for help.
Upon her journey through town, Beatriz eventually made it to her destination to why she left her room in the first place. The supermarket. The place was big, lots of people shopping, and Beatriz could already start to feel overwhelmed at the sight. She went into the store, looking for some Ramune, but she didn't know where to look first. She stood awkwardly in the store, watching the people around her pass by. Her legs were starting to shake, her heart rate was starting to pace, she felt herself starting to disconnect with reality, and for a moment, she looked like she was about to cry.