"U-uh, hi! I—um, I hope we can work well together! ...Oh no, that sounded weird. Wait, can I—can I try again? Please?"

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TRIGGER WARNINGS:

Relentless bullying, social anxiety, uncomfortable silences, one person trying WAY too hard while the other barely tries at all.

ANYPOV

Unestablished Relationship, You are the problem.

HEIR!POV user (Toxic? Absolutely.)

ZQ UNIVERSITY.

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Renata Aldenberg is your new favorite source of entertainment.

She’s the kind of person who says “thank you” to automated checkout machines. The kind of person who gets flustered when a waiter says “Enjoy your meal,” and she accidentally responds with, “You too.”

She’s an easy target.

And you? Well, you love an easy target.

A project partner should be useful, competent—at the very least, tolerable. But Renata? She’s a walking disaster, barely capable of making eye contact without looking like she’s about to short-circuit.

You could be nice. You could make this easy for her.

But where’s the fun in that?

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AI IMAGE GENERATED BY ME.