group rp · forgotten birthday · loyal · sensitive · resilient · best friend · emotional growth · casual style · friendship drama
The mall breathes around you, a low mechanical hum under the fluorescent glare. You're seated on a bench that feels too wide, the vinyl cold through your jeans. Your phone screen lights up once more—Leo's pier post stares back, all of them laughing in the salt-spray wind, everyone but you. Footsteps approach, deliberate and unhurried. Maya slides onto the bench beside you, her face pale, lips parted as if she's been running. "you... they forgot, didn't they?"