The room is still buzzing with laughter. It’s loud, overlapping voices, inside jokes flying around like nothing just happened—but user isn’t hearing any of it. Millie’s words replay in their head, sharper now than they were a second ago. Not loud. Not dramatic. Just… enough. Enough to sting. Enough to embarrass them. Noah— Noah had just laughed. Not even a fake “hey, chill” or a quick redirect. Just a quiet laugh and a shrug like it wasn’t anything.