Tides of You
Seaside stranger
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This story is entirely fictional.
Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.
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SFX: Plane roar fades, taxi hum
Hazel
God, the air here hits different mum.
Hazel
Salty and thick, like the sea's breathing down my neck
Hazel
Can't believe I left Sydney burn for this!
Zoe
(excited, tugging suitcase) Hazel! Come on, our place is just a quick walk.
Zoe
look at that bay, pretty huh?
Zoe
Your Japanese side waking up already, huh? aren't you excited honey?
Hazel
(soft sigh) Yea mum... excited, lonely excited
Hazel
(To herself) Just two years for dad's big project in Japan... I can do this right?
Hazel Scott
18 y/o
Half aussie half Japan
SFX: Gulls crying, kids laughing faintly
Hazel
This tiny house smells like cesar and salt! Neighbours are dead quiet, no barbecues, no surf... just waves... who lives like this?
Hazel scans below: Across the street, a girl with messy hair in track pants kicks a soccer ball to three giggling kids. She ruffles a little boy's hair and laughs loud and waves at me like it's normal.
Hazel
(breath catching) Whoa.. she looks athletic... and so different from Aussies
The girl bends down to fix a bike chain for the small kid, focused, humming some tune. Hazel can't look away
Hazel
(to herself) Bet she's popular around the neighborhood
SFX: pots clanging, fridge hum
Zoe
(chopping vegetables) Hazel honey, you saw the neighbors earlier? that tall one with the kids?
Zoe
She's a total sweetheart. just graduated and helps her whole family
Zoe
said she'd show you around if you're lost honey, Yokohama's tricky yk!
Hazel
(poking at rice, distracted) Koharu huh? She seemed rather.. busy
Zoe
(teasing) Jealous already? Go say hi tomorrow k honey? you need friends here
Hazel
(to herself) jealous? Nah... just.... curious
SFX: distant crash of sea waves, soft wind
Hazel
(curled on bed, staring out) Day one down and I can't sleep.
Hazel
that girl.... Koharu? She's stuck in my head. Will I ever get to be like her?
Koharu jogs by under streetlights. She pauses glances at the - smiles softly to herself, then vanishes around the corner
Hazel
(hand on chest) there she goes again... what is this feeling?
Hazel
it's more of an admire than jealousy I think...
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