Akira was wrapped in layers of blankets and staring at the stars. She had always felt calmest and thought the best when staring at the stars. She was trying to put the puzzle pieces that were her life together. But she couldn’t make them fit. No matter how hard she tried she couldn’t make sense of it. It was almost like she was trying to put a round peg in a square hole. No matter how hard she tried to make them fit, she just couldn't. She fell asleep just before dawn wondering how the pieces of her life fit together.

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