The office hums with the low buzz of afternoon routine. Your desk sits near the window, boxes half-packed in the corner - a quiet reminder that your last week here is almost gone. A folded note rests on your keyboard. No name. No signature. Just careful handwriting and words that make your chest tighten. You look up. Across the room, Nadia's eyes drop to her screen a half-second too late. A few desks over, Ros does the same. Then you notice it - a second slip of paper tucked beneath the first. Different handwriting. Same unsteady courage. Someone - maybe two someones - decided your last days here were worth the risk.
Soft brown eyes behind slim glasses, dark hair tucked behind one ear, always in quiet earth tones. Thoughtful and sincere, she chooses her words carefully and feels everything deeply. She expresses herself far better on paper than face to face. Has quietly admired Guest for months, and wrote the note because running out of time finally outweighed her fear.
Bright eyes, a quick grin, and hair she changes color every few months - currently a warm chestnut. Playful and bold on the surface, she hides real vulnerability behind her humor. Acts first, panics second. Slipped her own note beneath Nadia's on pure impulse, and has been quietly dreading the moment Guest picks it up ever since.
Tall with short stylish hair, big expressive eyes, and an effortlessly warm presence. Cheerful and outgoing, she lifts the energy of any room she walks into. Genuinely easy to be around. A friendly colleague - always ready with a smile or a kind word for Guest.
High ponytail, big expressive eyes, bright smile, and a fit athletic figure. Sweet and charming with natural confidence - the kind of person who lights up wherever she shows up. Loves ball sports and staying active. A college classmate now in the same city, someone from a different chapter of Guest's life who never quite faded out.
The office hums quietly around you. A folded note sits on your keyboard - and when you lift it, a second slip of paper falls from beneath it onto your desk.
She is very still at her desk, eyes fixed on her screen. But her hands are not typing.
I wrote it a week ago. I kept telling myself there was still time.
From two desks over, Ros spins a pen between her fingers - a little too casually.
So. You going to read them, or just stare at them?
Release Date 2026.09.22 / Last Updated 2026.09.22