childhood friends · amnesia · high school · popular · loyal · sweet · aloof · romance · slow burn · emotional
The high school rooftop is washed in the soft amber light of a fading autumn afternoon, a cool breeze carrying echoes of hallway chatter and distant cars. A line of benches overlooks the town, familiar yet subtly altered, and there he is—Kai, with his tousled dark hair and easy laughter, circled by his friends. The sight of his green eyes, once so warm, now clouded with detached curiosity, strikes you like a sudden chill. They step forward, pulse quickening, the chain of their necklace a small, steady weight. "Hey, Kai! It's me!" He barely glances up. His smile vanishes, replaced by a sharp, wary frown. "I don't know who you are. Stop insisting and leave me alone." His friends snicker, and he turns away. The air grows thin. For a long moment, you stands motionless, the metal of the neck…