Taking care of my neighbors wasn't as complicated as I initially thought; apparently, they understood our relationship and let other people closer to me have the chance to congratulate me as well.
The whole party vanished among congratulations and more congratulations, and in the end, when they were finally over, there was no time left to actually enjoy the party itself. Everyone eventually left to return to their homes and give me and my family some time alone.
After saying goodbye to the last visitors, I headed to the living room, where my family was waiting so we could have some time just between us.
There they were, sitting on the couch while watching television. There was a space on the left side of the couch: that was the spot they had saved for me so we could watch TV together.
Not wanting to waste this moment, I quickly went to the couch and sat next to Tom. Saying that I enjoyed how comfortable the couch was would be an understatement; the comfort I felt at that moment is something I couldn't even begin to explain.
In the midst of that comfort, I bothered to look at the television to see what they had decided we would watch today, and it turned out to be a romance series that had come out recently.
It was about a boy who transferred to a new school and fell in love with a girl completely out of his reach. He looked for any way to get closer to her and even received help from her best friend.
But later he realized that the girl he had been chasing wasn't what he expected: she was selfish, spoiled, uninterested, and above all, to her he was nothing more than an annoyance getting in the way of her goals. They were never going to be anything.
That destroyed him. Everything he had done, he had done for her, and learning that all of it only made him seem like a nuisance was something he simply couldn't understand.
As he drowned in his misery, he wondered: what had he done wrong? What had he misinterpreted?
Time passed and his sadness faded. He started from zero: he met new people, lived new experiences, fell in love again, and this time he was loved back.
But in the end he meets her again, the one who made him into who he was now and the one who shattered him when he least expected it. Finding her wasn't something he anticipated; part of him wanted to talk to her, to show her that he had gotten over her and become someone better.
But in the end he simply let her walk past him, seemingly without recognizing him; after all, if he had truly moved on, there was no need to show her anything in the first place.
That scene marked the end of the series. With 4 seasons and 24 episodes per season, this wasn't the first time we watched it; we used to watch it all together every once in a while, and today we managed to finish it.
As the credits rolled, I turned to ask them what they thought of the ending, but it seemed I was the only one who made it to the end, because they were all asleep on the couch.
Noticing this, I stood up as carefully as I could and went to get the blankets so I could cover them and let them enjoy their sleep, since apparently I would have to save my thoughts about the ending for later.
I should point out that I'm somewhat biased toward the best friend of the previous love interest, and I was personally disappointed by her disappearance in the final season.
When the truth about the love interest was revealed, I really wanted the main character to end up with her. But unfortunately some random girl had to show up and end up with him.
After covering them, I headed to my room to get some rest myself, which was a bit complicated considering I would have to wake up in 4 hours to sign up for the awakened academy.
And that brings me to the problem I had been putting off: my ability. How do I plan to become an awakened without my aspect's ability? That was far too big a problem to ignore for much longer.
But considering the time and everything I'd have to do once the sun was up, it wasn't a problem to solve right now… assuming it could even be solved in a single night.
With all those worries, I lay down on my bed, hoping that when I woke up I would be able to find answers to my problem.