the brain project [1]

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aidan

"where were you earlier?" yasmine's face is flooded with concern. her soft touch on his arm makes him want to yank himself free of her grasp.

it's so hard to maintain his confident attitude when he's this close to crumbling.

"i just really had to use the bathroom," he lies, and it makes guilt flood through him like waves crashing against the shore.

"okay," she says.

he thinks she's going to break up with him.