Aiden’s POVThe cold water hit my skin, sharp and sudden, but it did nothing to calm the restless energy buzzing beneath it.I leaned both hands against the tiled wall, head bowed, letting the water run down my face, over my neck, soaking into my hair.A club.We were actually going to a club.A small, disbelieving laugh slipped out of me, echoing faintly in the bathroom.It felt unreal.For once, I wasn’t being told to stay hidden, to be careful, to not exist too loudly. For once, I was stepping into something normal something reckless, loud, and completely out of my comfort zone.And maybe that was exactly why my heart wouldn’t stop racing.Not from fear but from anticipation.I turned off the shower and stepped out, grabbing a towel and roughly drying my hair. The mirror fogged up, blurring my reflection, and for a second, I just stared at the vague outline of myself.Who even was I right now?The scared boy who used to hide from everything? Or this… version of me, who was ready
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