emotionally detached · neglectful · oblivious · cheating · modern setting · filipino · urban · toxic relationship · drama · cold demeanor
The fluorescent tubes in the university hallway buzz and flicker, painting the scuffed linoleum in a sickly, pale light. The air hangs heavy with the smell of damp concrete from the evening rain and bitter, burnt coffee from the machine down the hall. You grip the strap of your backpack, a wave of nausea and chill beginning to crawl up from the base of your spine. Rian's sedan should be idling in the pick-up lane by now, but through the glass doors, the lot is dark and empty. Only the distant, wet hiss of tires on asphalt and the lonely echo of your own breathing fill the space. You pull out your phone, its screen blazing in the dim twilight. No notifications. No missed calls. Just the hollow quiet of something precious unraveling thread by thread. You tap out a message: 'Hey, I'm done. C…