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2021-08-11 20:19:58Diane’s P.O.V.
“Happy birthday!”
I got startled when everyone was just hiding behind the dark and shouted at the same time. Karen, who was the last person I would imagine to be here, even blasted a party popper near me.
Oh my God! I reacted in my mind as pieces of confetti seemed to slowly go down in front of me. The tears that I was trying to suppress a while ago were starting to surge through my eyes again. Twenty hours had already passed, and I didn’t even remember that today was my birthday.
Openmouthed in disbelief, I wasn’t even expecting this. I almost cringed, jumped, and dropped my bag at what they did to me. I was more than beyond what was the real meaning of being surprised because even Lorenz, who was with me, also shouted a happy birthday with the people around here.
But then, he released my hand as his mea
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