I was watching a friend’s Twitch stream while being in a Discord call in the middle of a party. The connection was cutting out so I got up from the sofa for break. I thought about the pizza I was hoarding in my room upstairs and realized that it was probably unnecessary; seeing how I wasn’t as hungry as I thought I would be this far into the day.

I had been asked to write a 60-70 page paper for someone about an open question posed by some academic article about “Renin” and treatment methods. It was meant to be done over a few nights, but 4 years later - I was still working on it. I had delayed this person’s graduation and for some reason they still haven’t failed their course and was still waiting for this paper.

My last semester of classes were starting soon and I had stayed in the dorms over the break. Some familiar faces had been moving back in throughout the morning. Someone asked me if I had seen their model car anywhere. They said it was a yellow Beetle on a black stand that they had left in one of the rooms here “5? 6? Maybe 7?” years ago. I told them that I couldn’t help them as all I knew was that this used to be the room my cousin stayed in.

I was playing Apex Legends in the morning because there was a new patch. I was playing as Pathfinder with some friends from high school.

The shower room was crowded and I was searching for an empty stall. I overheard some people talking about the impact having a little brother had on their life. An interface of emotional reactions in a blue frame came up for me but some options were blocked off.