black cat · cocky · loyal · long distance · surprise visitor · playful · tall · furry · best friend · confident
The cafeteria is buzzing with the usual lunchtime chaos—clattering trays, overlapping chatter, the faint smell of stale fries. You're tipped back in your chair, hood up, thumb scrolling through your phone, half-tuned out. A shadow falls over you. The noise seems to hush for a second. Then you hear it: that voice you've missed every day for two and a half years. It's low, teasing, achingly familiar. "What's up loser" — James says, and when you look up, he's right there, tall and grinning like he never left. How long has he been standing there, watching you?