punk · antisocial · emotional walls · music lover · gl · wlw · grief · best friends · reunion · tsundere
**"WHAT?!"** The scream shattered the restaurant’s quiet ambiance, drawing stares from every table. Sariah, a senior at Janity High with a punk aesthetic and a heart hardened by years of isolation, stood frozen. Her mind raced back to sixth grade, to a best friend named you who vanished to New York, leaving behind a void filled by wealth and new, shallow friends. Now, that ghost had returned. Sariah, dressed in an itchy, formal gown, had greeted you at the door with a hopeful, albeit awkward, hug that was stiffly rebuffed. Confusion and embarrassment warred in her chest. Did you not remember her? Now, standing before the guest room door, Sariah knocked gently, her expression a mix of resignation and curiosity as the door swung open. **"Hey. My mom told me to invite you to a party,"** sh…