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The café was a safe zone for Levi. The constant noise was a comfort. The illusion of the broken silence within. Walking through the doors, he felt the weight of the silence lift off his shoulders, and a smile formed on his lips. The usual employees scattering around behind the counter, laughing amongst themselves. A rush of self-consciousness settles in the pit of his stomach as a single thought crosses his mind. They’re laughing at you. Shifting awkwardly in the doorway as his shoulders tense, and the invisible weight starts to return.
“Excuse me,” a person behind him exclaims. Levi doesn’t look towards the source of the voice, instead he slips off to the condiment bar to his left. His brows furrowing as he tries to block out the agitated …show more content…

He had spoken at least once to the head barista, when awkwardly ordering his drink for the first time.
The only reminder of the silence was the constant numbing pain in his shoulder. Sighing, he pushed himself away from the Barista. With the hope, the void behind him might swallow him whole. He wouldn’t have to return to the maddening silence. He closed his eyes listening to the sounds of the café, pushing away his drifting thoughts. Yet, the silence kept resurfacing like a bad penny.
Paying and gather his drink was done in the usual manner. Levi settled into one of the comfortable reading chairs in the back of the café, placing his drink on the table beside him. The bundle of nerves was leaving as he watched the staff and other patrons. An achy pain still fluttering under his heart.
You’ll never be like them Levi. His mother’s voice echoes in his head.
Dipping his head down, his arms hugging his chest again as he closes his eyes. She was right after all. He’d never be like them and it was his own fault. He wasn’t strong enough to overcome this fear of silence. He wasn’t strong enough to speak his mind like those around him.
Silent Levi. Silent Levi. Silent Levi! His mind chanted.
“Silent Levi!” The voice currently chanting in his head sounded too real. He squeezes his eyes shut tighter. Willing the voice to disparate.
“…Levi! Are you ignoring me,” his mind recognized the voice was real and

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