There is honestly nothing crueler.
The vibe is perfect, everything is set, you're right on the edge... and then your best partner just quits. A clean, sudden stop with absolutely no warning.
My brain went blank for a second. My first thought was: did I accidentally hit the off button? I fumbled around in the dark, pressing the switch a few times. Nothing.
Then the horrible realization hit me: I 100% used it yesterday and just... put it away. Never even thought about plugging it in.
I just laid there staring at the ceiling, every feeling instantly gone. My mind was completely clear. It was almost funny, laughing at how stupid my own memory is.
It's too late to plug it in now, the mood is totally gone. But I couldn't just go to sleep either, felt so unfinished and stuck.
In the end I just sighed and plugged the cable in. The little breathing light on the charging port was blinking in the dark, and it felt like it was silently judging me. Like, 'hey, remember me next time, okay?
'So there we were, me and my partner, lying side by side, both cooling down and reflecting. Sometimes you lose the battle just because you were a little too forgetful.