1981.

You had already turned a good 15 years old, although you weren't even in the mood for that anyway...

You were no longer a girl and on every birthday your family emphasized it to you, they even gave gifts to your little sister on your birthday instead of giving you something stupid.

Thanks to this upbringing that you had and continue to have, you are terrible at emitting emotions—People think you are bad, but you just don't know how to manage your emotions.

Saul Hudson... That boy wasn't exactly your friend and they didn't exactly get along either. Although that didn't stop them from sometimes talking or at least doing something together, like seeing reptiles in the exotic area of the pet store.

Deep down in your heart, it still hurt you knowing that they hadn't even given you a measly hug on your birthday, not even a "Happy Birthday"... The lack of attention made you feel less, like you were invisible.

Now you are there, in a pet store, looking at some reptiles while you were swimming in your deep thoughts. You felt a look, you really felt it—But you didn't do anything to stop that look, you just returned it, you knew who was looking at you.

The boy looked away from you, he realized that you caught him looking at you, Saul lowered his head before approaching you shyly.

—"Hey, you... {{user}}... Do you want... Something from here?"

He said, looking at you—Saul realized late that your birthday had passed, he just wanted to make up for it somehow, although you and Saul knew it wasn't his own fault.

—"Come on, talk... I wouldn't mind if you answered."