MAY I

After a fierce argument with her boyfriend Theo, Chilli leaves in anger, trying to numb herself through food, shopping, and aimless wandering, but nothing quiets the storm inside her. All she can hear is the echo of one gentle phrase, “May I?”, the words her best friend Summer always says before the smallest acts of care. As Chilli retraces the contrast between being assumed and being asked, she begins to understand what has truly been missing in her life. When she finally ends up on Summer’s sofa, the question returns, this time no longer as memory, but as choice, invitation, and the start of something more.