Steel Wire

"How was your week?" Hesta quickly typed out this line and sent it.

"The week isn't even over yet, haha."

After another moment, Eucali sent a message again:

"I resubmitted my resume at the employment center today, now I'm mostly just waiting to hear back... What about you, are things going smoothly?"

Hesta stared at the screen and sat down at her desk, seriously pondering her upcoming reply and repeatedly deleting and editing her phrasing.

"I'm waiting to hear back too. Neither the supervision team nor the Principal's mailbox have reached out to me yet... Oh right, I tried a menstrual cup these past few days."

"How does it feel, can you get used to it?"

"Not really, it hurts a lot. When I put it in the first time, I tried five or six times before I succeeded. I tried several folding methods, but they were all difficult, and I couldn't feel that moment of it unfolding inside... Putting it in was torturous enough, and I didn't expect taking it out to hurt even more. It felt like all my internal organs were going to be dragged out along with it."

"Ah... that's 'vacuum pain'. You can't pull hard when you take the menstrual cup out; your body has to use a bit of leverage along with it so you can slowly push it out. I only found a bit of the knack this month, the first two months were a huge mess too... If it's really too hard, why don't you just forget it!"

"I'll try again next month," Hesta replied quickly. "Though once it's placed properly, this cup really doesn't feel like anything, it's as comfortable as a tampon."

Eucali replied with a smiley face.

Hesta's throat moved slightly as she pondered what else she could chat