there's this person who keeps showing up in my head at completely random times — like i'll be trying to focus on a brief and suddenly i'm replaying the way they laughed at something i said three weeks ago. it's not even a big laugh, it was like a quiet huff through their nose, barely audible. and i've been thinking about it for twenty-one days. which is embarrassing to admit because i'm pretty sure they don't remember i exist outside of like. passing acquaintance energy. and i have no idea what to do with this information except archive it in the 'things i will never say out loud' folder.