LIGHT.
The neon signs look different lately. Brighter, maybe? I don’t know. Things are just… better.
Minako reached out today. She’s engaged. She wanted to tell me and ask for my blessing for her future. I gave it, obviously. I have no ill will toward her, we’re distant friends. But hanging up the phone… the silence of my apartment just crushed me. She’s moving forward. I’m just here.