It has been too long since this place has felt particularly miserable I think. Let us change that
Imagine Sunny struggling to handle living as a high schooler with a missing eye after not having caught up with socializing past middle school, spending months trying to regain what he lost, only to spiral as soon as he does actually find happiness wondering if he deserves it or if it's even real and not just another long, pathetic delusion or dream he's going through
Imagine Kel struggling to keep everyone together after they all thought they could just move on and be friends like in the old days, with Aubrey going back to her old friends who now know the truth as well, Hero having been blindsided by the confession and counting down the days to returning to college unsure of what to do, and Basil left in the hospital under suicide watch with only Polly regularly coming to check on him if Kel won't
Imagine Mari, only able to watch from a lonely grave, knowing that the absolute best thing that could even happen at this point is that they move on without her, forever the lost 15 year old who never got to see their high school days or be a valedictorian or play her duet for her friends and family because of a few boneheaded moves that countless others have survived because they had a softer floor, a different stairwell, a calmer sibling, better reaction times, a less fucked up knee, a single ounce of extra luck that she didn't have and never will