The air felt thick with the weight of silence. Yn stared at the ceiling, the familiar cracks in the paint weaving stories she no longer cared to follow. The once-vivid dreams of childhood were now buried under the suffocating pressure of family chaos—a web of unspoken tensions, broken promises, and words that cut deeper than wounds. The constant noise of arguments, the coldness of indifference, had become the rhythm of her life, leaving her feeling like a ghost in her own home. A shadow, unseen and unheard.

Loneliness wrapped around her heart, tighter with each passing day. She had tried to hold on—tried to push through the darkness—but hope had long abandoned her. There were no more bright tomorrows, only the weight of today pressing down until it became too much to bear. The pain had grown unbearable, gnawing at her soul like a relentless tide.

And so, she made her decision.

As the world outside her window slept, Yn slipped into the quietest of nights. Her hand trembled slightly, but there was no hesitation, no second thoughts. For a moment, she felt peace—peace in the idea that the hurt would stop, that she would be free.

Darkness came swiftly, wrapping her in its cold embrace. Her body fell still, but her soul... her soul did not fade into oblivion.

Instead, it was reborn.

Yn awoke, gasping for breath, her heart pounding wildly in her chest. But the room was different. The air felt alive, vibrant, and unfamiliar. She was no longer the broken girl who had succumbed to the storm. She was somewhere new, somewhere far beyond the pain she had known.

And with that first breath of her new life, Yn realized that fate had not let her go. This was not the end. It was a beginning.

A second chance.

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