The forgotten birthday

Nobody at work remembered my birthday today. I pretended it didn't matter, laughing along when everyone complained about Money deadlines. By lunchtime however I had checked my phone 📱 so often that I felt ridiculous. Then Ravi our office cleaner, placed a small chocolate 🍫 on my desk. He had overhead me mentioning my birthday last week."Don't work too hard today, " he said before returning to his duties. I nearly cried over a chocolate worth twenty rupees. I realised I had been waiting for recognition from people who barely noticed me. While overlooking the kindness of someone whose name I had only recently learned