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Mira looked up into the night sky, warm breaths creating dispersing clouds. Her hot pink hair sat in a messy bun, strands sticking out invading her plain face. She leaned against her car, one foot crossed over the other. Her fingers lifted a cigarette to her lips, the familiar sting numbing her thoughts. Soda in one hand and the other fidgeting amongst itself, her foot tapped swiftly against the concrete parking lot to add to her frustration.
“How long does it take to exit an airplane?!” Mira bit her inner cheek, checking her watch for the tenth time in two minutes. She pulled out her phone, seeing the latest message being sent 20 minutes ago now… Another cigarette inhale, cloud exhale… inhale, exhale… Ding!
Caffeinated Turtle ☕️🐢: I CAN BREATH FRESH AIR 😮💨🫁🫡🛬 WYA
Grumpy Flamingo 😤🦩: str8 out of exit b, u cant miss me
Click. Mira jiggled her phone back into her pocket and rubbed her hands together, another warm breath hoping to ward off the cold. Her eyes stared into the black sky, the city lights overpowering the stars.
Her thoughts strayed, her foot slowing to a near silence, broken by the occasional cold finger tap against her white jacket. Another lift of her drink to her lips found that it had long been empty, the aluminum shell finding its new home on the back seats of her car.
“HEY MIRA!” Mira lightly groaned with a hand to her face, a reluctant smile creeping out. She zoned into the funny looking black bear called Zoey with her comical amount of luggage bags, clothing that could blend into a dark urban road topped with a fluffy black puffer jacket, and absurdly bright green headphones.
“And not a moment too soon… I just finished my drink,” She smirked and stomped on her cigarette, opening her arms to the unstoppable force that is Zoey’s after-flight hug.
“Did’ya miss me? I know you did, don’t deny it!” Zoey stood beside Mira as they loaded her luggage in the back seats. A soft crinkle could be heard as one luggage laid on the back seats, Mira waving it off nonchalantly.
“Yes, yes, you know I did.” Mira rolled her eyes but settled on a satisfied softer look, her eyes taking in all of Zoey as she hopped in the passenger seat with her Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles over-ear headphones.
Zoey updated Mira on the recent gossip, the newest makeup brand that claims to erase all blemishes, anything and everything about turtles that were uncovered within the last two weeks she was gone.
“-and as you know, female sea turtles go back to their birth ground to lay their eggs. So in some way, they got a built-in GPS for their birthplace. Pretty neat, huh?” She smiled sweetly with her chin in her palm, head tilted in the cutest way possible.
Mira hummed softly, a smile being the only indicator that she was enjoying her daily recap being thrown at her 5x speed. She gently rubbed Zoey’s knuckles with her thumb, her eyes drifting away from the road in front of them. “That is pretty neat. By the way, we’re home.”
Zoey replied in a similar fashion, a hum and a candy-sweet smile. Her skin slowly blended into a strawberry as she continued to hold Mira’s gaze. “I’m like a turtle in that way. Always finding my way home.”
“You were born in this house?” A wild screech emitted from the car alongside a hearty laugh.