needles in my flesh

not that any of that matters since the only person that indulges in my mediocre prose is my boyfriend 

next week i will hopefully get my first tattoo. it will be a corresponding (not matching, no curses here) tattoo with my best friend and we plan to do a walk-in on one of the the two days we are in charleston since the design is simple and would probably only take an hour. 

i am really excited about this as i have wanted tattoos forever and have been especially excited to get one now that im 18 but ive been waiting for my best friend to get my first one. 

despite this, i am terrified. not even really of the pain or permanent-ness (both of which are of course nerve wracking) but because of the healing process. i just know that shit is gonna itch so bad and my whole body is itchy all the time even without outside forces making it so. i wanna make sure i follow any and all healing instructions to a t so my tattoo stays nice, but im scared ill forget and scratch without thinking or something

i hope the tattoo actually happens and bff doesnt chicken out or we cant get in anywhere. i imagine it will feel like cat scratches.