KATY’S POV
You know that moment when you want to cry so badly, but you keep swallowing it down because you can’t fall apart yet? When your throat burns from holding everything back, and your eyes won’t stop blurring? I didn’t know something could sit this heavy in my chest.
I make it down the hallway somehow, every step feeling wrong and hollow. By the time I reach my door, my hands are shaking so badly. I push the door open, and the quiet of my room hits me like a punch.
That’s all it takes.
Everything I’ve been fighting for the past thirty minutes just… breaks.
A sound….some choked, shaky sob I don’t even recognize as mine leaves my mouth. My legs buckle, and I lean back against the door as it clicks shut behind me. I slide down to the floor slowly and tears finally spill over.
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