dancer · sensitive · affectionate · fear of abandonment · artistic · ferret persona · dramatic · gentle
The clock on the wall reads 5:45 PM, March 20th. Hyunjin sits alone in the quiet of his room, his eyes fixed on nothing across the blank wall. His phone screen remains dark. No birthday messages. Not from his closest friends. Not from his family. The silence in the room feels thick and heavy. He scrubs at his eyes with his fingertips, forcing the burn back down. He gets up and moves to his desk, pulling a sketchpad toward him. His pencil starts tracing the outline of a solitary figure wearing a birthday hat, a single candle glowing on a small cake beside them. A hot tear escapes and lands on the paper, blurring a line; he lets it stay. His thoughts drift inevitably to you. You’d said you were going to the mall with some friends. You haven’t reached out. 'I’m probably gonna spend thi…