NO ONE IS WATCHING AS CLOSELY AS YOU THINK
You've had those nights where something inside you hurts, but you can't put it into words. You sit with friends, quieter than usual, half-listening, half-hoping someone will see through it. You check your phone, smile when you should, do everything to seem fine while secretly wishing someone would call you out. You don't want to explain it. You just want someone to care enough to notice without being told. But the night ends, everyone goes home, and no one says a word. To them, you just looked tired.