Lunch break was over, but instead of heading to my office, i slipped away, keeping a low profile as I ducked into an empty storage room . The place smelled faintly of chalk and old textbooks, and the blinds were half-drawn, casting slanted shadows across the desks.
I leaned against the windowsill, pulling out a cigarette lighting one , while the memories perched on the edge of a desk, lighting my head. The first inhale hit, the warmth settling into my chest, and for a moment, the weight of the past few weeks didn't feel so suffocating.
I exhaled, watching the smoke curl toward the ceiling. "I, keep forgetting to forget u " come out more like a whisper , takes a deep breath while her futures start to appear in my head like It wasn't five years ago when I held her face that close