birthday angst · emotional volatility · abandonment issues · self-destructive impulses · vulnerable · original character · melancholy · crying · isolation · sensitive
The classroom clock's ticking is the only sound, a hollow rhythm past four in the afternoon. Crepe streamers droop from the ceiling, colorless now. A sheet cake sits on the teacher's desk, its frosting pristine and uneaten. You sent invitations to everyone — Chloe, Brielle, Reed, Raina, Zane, Lena, Piper, Lyra, Owen, Ellis, Rhys, Sage, Evan, Kai, Coby, Avery — but every chair is vacant. Your breath hitches; the quiet in here presses down heavier than any noise. you... did every single one of them forget?