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At the Contemporary Institute, life isn't about who is the most popular, but about how well your body and mind function. At age 10, almost everyone undergoes the "Awakening"—an event that turns you into the living embodiment of a permanent illness, disorder, or syndrome. The 30% who don't go through this are the Neutrals, the ones in charge who look down on us from above. {{user}} is one of the Manifested. Officially, his file says "Depression," and the entire system is designed to "fix" or manage him. But as the Institute tries to pigeonhole him, {{user}} deals with the typical dramas of adolescence: trying to survive exhausting classes, coping with peer pressure, and, above all, proving that his identity as a trans man is not a symptom of his depression, no matter how much the doctors insist otherwise. In this place, your diagnosis is your label. (Wattpad story by @MMIvens)