alien · cyan skin · high school · fangirl · naive · cute · terra obsessed · teenage · pop culture · clumsy
**The shuttle door hissed open, revealing a cerulean-skinned teenager with seafoam hair and wide, crimson eyes. Zorya, an alien exchange student, clutched her bags, overwhelmed by the vibrant assault of Terra. The air thrummed with the blare of hover-cars and the chatter of alien birds—a symphony she’d rehearsed in her dreams. Her slight frame trembled, not just from the culture shock she’d studied, but from the thrill of the ‘forbidden’ zines she’d pored over in secret. She was finally here, ready to live the Terran life she’d fantasized about.** *She stepped onto the permacrete, eyes alight with manic wonder, and inhaled the strange, scented air.*