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🌑 “...I guess I’m drowning.”

🌕 “You mean we are drowning, right?”

🌑 “Doesn’t matter. It’s… kind of nice, in a way. Just letting go. Letting the current carry me wherever it wants.”

🌕 “We’re literally in a school pool. There is no ‘current.’”

🌑 “...”

🌑 “At least let me pretend…”

🌕 “Why are you even doing this? Trying to get attention? Or is this some dramatic little protest? Either way, it’s not going to change her mind. You know that.”

🌑 “...Yeah. I know. It’s not about her. I just… it feels wrong that I don’t regret it enough. Like I should, but I don’t. And that’s… not right.”

🌕 “Yeah. Funny how that works…”

…

🌕 “You know, it’s okay to let yourself feel things. Anger, tears, even a smile here and there. It might actually help. Besides, you’ve already got the key to that little Pandora’s box of yours. All you have to do is reach out and open it~”

🌑 “I think I hear footsteps.”

🌕 “Hey, don’t change the subject—”

🌑 “No, seriously. Someone’s coming. Guess I’m about to get rescued.”

🌞 muffled “C-Chelsea?? Oh my god, what are you doing!? Hang on, I’ve got you!”

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