? Be My Princess 2: Sleeping Mirror ?

Her whole life feels as if she's drowning in the middle of the sea where no one's there. She is lost and empty. She's just like a soulless body, a puppet.

The water roughly pushed down on the young lady from all sides. The more she struggled the more disorientated she got. Nothing made any sense anymore to her at this point. She pushed with her arms and legs with all might yet she could find no leverage, for all she knew she was pushing herself further down.

Her lungs burned for more air and even though she knew she would get none, her body still took a breath. Trying to still be alive a little longer. Cold, salty water filled her lungs and blood pounded behind her eyes.

She felt the coldness of the sea slowly became warmer and warmer. She knew that it means something bad. Means that she's almost gone. The water that filled her lungs felt like it's about to burst at any moment.

The worst part of the scene is, whenever the lady think that was her limit, her end. she still holds on her dear life a bit longer.

The darkness engulfed her and she had nothing left in her to fight anymore.
She slowly closed her eyes and gave into the darkness and let the water take her away.

But right before she's gone for good. A bright, blinding light ultimate everything around her and the light pulled her back to life and cured her pain. That might be the angels taking her to heaven or someone saving her and brought her back to life.

Alas, she doesn't know if her story can be as happy as that.

All her life, she always tried her best to be positive. To be as caring, as helpful and as kind as she can be. Yet, people never appreciate what she did.

All her life, she tried to be motivated and happy. But, people only pretending to be happy for her. Pretending to enjoy her company and ended up backstabbing her when she's already fragile, to begin with.

The lady, who lives inside the mirror. Love her friends and family more than anything but her fear of being hurt and how she always become too anxious about something took over of her.

She was a strong girl once. But, harsh reality and rough social environment ruined her and tore her apart. Those make her see the truth. Made her be able to open her eyes and see everyone's rotten façade. She can see how everyone is pretending to be something they're not and how people only use each other to be able to gain something one-sided.

She was strong once.

And no one would go and ask her,

Are you okay?

~*~

"....." The lady's eyes fluttered open in a very slow manner. She stared at the room's ceiling and couldn't stop but think of how she got the dreams she hated the most.

Drowning.

She stared at the ceiling for more than 3 minutes before the thoughts of Ivan Chernenkov crawled back to her mind and made her feel frustrated again.

It's been 5 days since it last happened.

She regretted what she did and she secretly hopes that she can see him once again.

The tiger finally made his way and put something that he's been holding with his mouth to her hand gently.

"..What is this..?" Sophielle brought the thing closer to her eyes and it took her a moment before realizing that the thing she is holding now is a paper bag that's filled with star-shaped chocolate, sandwiches and a bottle of water.

Yes, the tiger has been the one to bring her foods. Breakfast, lunch, dinner.. it always him. Sophielle never finds the answer in how the tiger can bring her foods but she knows that she has to be grateful because she'll die if no one gives her food.