[TW: Descriptions of symptoms consistent with panic attack (though it technically isn't)]
The plan is to return to his own apartment. It's many streets away, and the smart thing to do would be to catch a bus, but Noel can't fathom standing still at a stop right now. If he stops moving, he feels like the world will fall out from under him.
The ground is already tilting, and the pain in his chest just sinks deeper with each step, driving down into something beyond his physical body. He didn't bring an umbrella, so the rain soaks him within minutes, smudging his vision into a gray haze.
