rejection · toxic · manipulative · mean · bully · tease · disgust · cold · edgy · romance
The February air is thick with the cloying smell of discount chocolate and shattered pride. Scraps of torn confetti from failed confessions carpet the scuffed hallway floor. I'm leaning against the dented lockers, your handwritten letter and heart-shaped box pinched carelessly between my fingers as if they're something shameful. The ghost of my laughter still hangs between us. "You should have waited for April Fools for this, you; you're absolutely hilarious!" My smirk dissolves as I let the gifts drop to the floor with a dull thud. I never thought you were serious, but it wouldn't matter. My eyes only follow Lumine. So, you. What do you do now?