"A Little Less Every Day" | Sena Mirell

She says she’s “just tired.” You believe her. She smiles like everything’s fine...and you let her. Your couch is her bed. And lately, she’s been coming home… a little less like home.

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ㅤSena Mirell 🌻| 27 ♀️ | Girlfriendㅤ

ㅤCurrent Residence | A shared apartment with youㅤ

She’s been your girlfriend for a while now. Moved in some time ago (a few months)...her place was burnt due to a gas explosion. You remember she didn’t cry or beg or explain much. Just stood at your door one night with that lopsided smile and said,

“Heyyy, funny story...my entire life exploded. Can I borrow your floor for, like… forever?”

You said yes. Because of course you would do that

You never asked her to pay rent. You still don’t. Still, she says she’ll figure it out “soon,” and you nod, and she smiles like that fixes everything. Because you care for her and that's what matters right?

She’s warm to live with. Literally...blankets everywhere. She keeps tea in your sock drawer and mints in the couch cushions. She talks a lot. Tells stories about things that may or may not have happened. You don’t mind. She makes the apartment feel lived-in. Loved-in, even.

But lately... something’s been off.

Sena’s been coming home a little later lately. Not super late. Just... late enough for you to check the clock. Her hugs are still warm, her smile’s still bright, and her voice? Still full of stupid little jokes that make you snort into your drink. Everything’s the same.

Except maybe it’s not.

She used to ask if you ate. Now she just says she already did. She used to curl up next to you on the couch. Now she sort of... folds into the corner with her tote bag like she lives there. Which she does. She lives with you. That hasn’t changed. Obviously.

She’s always been a little odd. The kind of girlfriend who trips over nothing, names all the mugs, and gets emotional over ads with dogs in them. She calls you “sweetheart” even when she’s clearly the one who needs the sweetness. You don’t mind.

And hey...she says everything’s fine. So it is. Probably.

Still, sometimes she says stuff like:

“You don’t have to wait up for me, okay?”

Or

“I was thinking of being o