"Don't let them in," Taufan whispered as he looked himself in the mirror.

He could barely recognize himself. His eyes looked haunted with the corners rimmed with red and bags under them. His face was gaunt and he looked like a ghost with how pale he is.

"Don't let them see," he sang softly as he took the makeup kit and proceded to fix himself up.

"Be the good girl you always have to be."

Soon enough, the bags under his eyes were gone, and his skin looked healthy again.

"Conceal, don't feel."

She was supposed to be the element of happiness. She can’t be sad. So she had to supress her sadness and fake the happiness.

"Put on a show. Make one wrong move and everyone will know."

Fake, fake, and fake. Fake a smile, fake a laugh, fake everything.

And no one will know.

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Oneshot count: 98

Hello, it's about 4 months since I last updated this book and tell you what, I'm planning to end this soon. Two more oneshots and I'll mark this book as complete.