✽ Mandy ✽ David vanished in a way that felt too clean. After our date, he was still the same, and then out of nowhere, I noticed that the RainDate thread had disappeared like it had never existed. When I searched his name, his profile wouldn’t load. It didn’t say unavailable. It was like it just didn’t exist. I told myself it was a glitch until I tried to message his number and my phone flashed: message failed. Blocked. I stared at the screen until my eyes burned. Two weeks of late-night chats, a date night, and then nothing. No explanation. No awkward goodbye. Just a cut so sharp it made me feel foolish for thinking it meant anything. My first instinct was to blame myself. I replayed our date in my mind like it was evidence. The way I kept scanning the theater. The way I smiled through

