>>17059105"Is that -it-?"
You nod with a droopy mumble, "Mmhmm...."
"Calem, get up."
You bury your face into the ground, "Can't...too sa-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
She yanks you up by your ear, you can hear Alice lightly giggling from behind you, "Don't be sad Calem, you'll always have another year, and another chance to do the things that you want to do."
"A-Another chance? I-I do?"
"Yes. You should get over it, you know. Stop worrying about the past and look ahead to the future."
"R-Right, right..."
"That said, you're not as fun or as endearing when you're depressed, I...don't like to see you like that."
"R-Really?"
"Yes."
Before you can say anything else, she gives you a brisk embrace that makes you melt into a puddle of pasta. When she sees that paranoid face of yours again, she smiles, "There you go. Now, how about we promise to make this year a good one, for all of us?"
"Y-Yeah, s-sure!"
"But first. Please Calem,
put on some pants." 