Taking the cat to the vet

The air in the bathroom vibrated with the sound of the trimmer, and the
newspaper was soon covered with his loose hair. Looking at himself with the
short hair again in the mirror, Chen Jie felt strange. What was once normal
became bizarre.

Shiroi Koibito

We ran so fast, hair flying, arms flapping, like two hummingbirds fleeing from a hawk.

The Hummingbirds

The painkiller, dissolved in my stomach at 3:26 am,
is not working.

Late Night Period Cramps

Jill likes talking about boys. Boys from her drama class, boys living in her neighbourhood, or boys who follow her on Instagram. It seems that Jill's leisure time is split up between talking to boys and talking about boys.

The Invitation

That was when Haitang thought about her mother, imagining the way she would frown at the number 44 – better safe than sorry, she would warn, voice full of alert, the corner of her mouth bending into a frown. 

I knew Wu Moli from the orientation. Like me, she was from mainland China, but I only heard her speaking Mandarin once. 

Melody Sun

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