Sakura woke to her alarm at 6am. She liked to wake up early and take her time getting ready in the morning. She still lived with her parents, but only just. Her father had wanted to banish her from the house after she revealed she was bisexual. It was only after a week of pleading from both her and her mother that she was allowed to stay.
Most mornings, Sakura just grabbed the first thing in her cupboard and wore that, but this morning she felt an odd compulsion to meticulously go through her cupboard and see what she had. Without being able to control her body, she started sorting clothes into what she quickly realised were two distinct groups. The first group consisted of clothing that was only red and yellow. The second group was all of her other clothing. For some reason she had an uncontrollable urge to only wear red and yellow clothing. Even the underwear she chose was red.
If Sakura thought the events of that morning were strange, she was unprepared for what came next. She normally took the train to the Brookman St Station, and then walked to school from there; however today, for reasons she was not entirely sure of, she got off four stops earlier at Kingston St and began to walk towards the mall. She found herself drawn towards the sports apparel store. The cashier behind the counter recognized her as she came in quite frequently to buy new shoes or a new glove to replace one of her older ones. Sakura felt like she was a passenger in her own body as her feet found their way to the back of the store, to where the Starlings apparel was. She stared at one of the shirts, bright red, trimmed with yellow and emblazoned with the Starlings logo and she felt as if she had to wear it. She had to have it on her body.
Horrified and appalled by what she was doing, Sakura purchased bags of Starlings apparel. T-shirts, pants, shorts, scarves, caps, beanies, socks, all of it. She emerged from the changing room at the back of the store wearing a Starlings t-shirt, Starlings tracksuit pants, a Starlings hoodie and a red Starlings scarf. She even had on a pair of Starlings socks. She was beginning to tear up as she approached the counter. Her purchases drew a quizzical look from the cashier, because he knew her as a Sparrows player, but he just figured she had switched teams or something.
As she stepped out of the store. Sakura began crying.
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