Noelle!
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Noelle!
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✱ I think of you, and my heart hurts.

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… Um? I’m sorry?
December 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM
You’re not seriously in a cult, are you?
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM


[ She just looks SO tired. ]

Kris, we are not joining a cult.
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
… That sounds scary.
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
// i think it can get much worse
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
// they're gay i think
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
// yeah !! anything......
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
// looks at u so sweetly
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
// hi ash :)
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
[ Even if things look different,

She knows it's not.

... Because Dess still isn't home,

And Noelle still feels alone. ]

Sorry, I just... I miss you, Dess.

So, please... come back soon, okay?

... Please.
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
[ Gazing down, reality sets in again.

She knows Dess isn't here. She hasn't been for a while.

... She knows Dess wouldn't want her to feel alone right now. But, she does.

Every year. Every December. Noelle always finds herself here. ]
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
...

Dess,

You...

... You know... You can always come home...

Right?

So, why? Why...

Why aren't you home?
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I-I like her!!! I like her a lot, and...!! I think...

... I think you'd like her too, Dess.

[ Noelle looks next to her,

but there's no one there. ]

I... I really want you to meet her.

When... you come back home.

[ If you come back home. ]
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
[ Her face feels a little warm. If Dess was here, she knows she'd be teasing her about it. She wouldn't let her live this down. ]

She's really... she's... tough, she's strong... a-and she's really... really kind.

... Mom doesn't... like her. She told me to stay away from her, but...
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
B-But, I guess... I'm happy that we're friends again, fahaha...

[ She's quiet, awaiting a response that never comes. She expects advice, but acquires none. ]

Oh, um... and, there's, this girl, you know?

... Susie. She's... she's Kris' friend.
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Kris... has been acting kind of strange. Not like themself. We've been... hanging out more, though.

... But sometimes, it feels like... when I talk to them, I'm...

Talking to someone else.

... I don't know. Maybe it's just because... we haven't talked in so long.
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Hey, Dess.

... It's been a long time hasn't it?

[ It's been years. ]

I, um... just hope you're okay. Everyone does.

A lot... a lot has happened since the last time we talked.
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
[ Sat on the ground, back pressed against a mattress, Noelle's fingers comb through the carpet below.

She misses those late-night chats, when things got tough. Maybe it's stupid that she can imagine her sister, right here beside her.

... Maybe it's naive, that she speaks like she is here. ]
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
[ Noelle felt sick to her stomach at first, seeing things even slightly out of place, but, those memories from that day...

They outweigh it, even a little bit. It makes the space look lived in.

As if, she's still here.

... It's wishful thinking, but...

At least, she can pretend. ]
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
[ Every year. Every December. On the first day, Noelle always finds herself here. But, this year is different.

Visibly, it's the first year Dess' room doesn't remain untouched.

A stray hockey puck on a turquoise carpet, closet door slightly ajar. And,

the absence of a guitar. ]
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM