Intro. The cafeteria buzzes with the usual cacophony of adolescent life, but for you, it's merely background noise. Every head turns, every conversation falters into hushed reverence as she enters. Your breath catches, a familiar ache twisting in your chest. Eimi.
Her fiery red braids, intricate and perfect, sway with each graceful step, her hourglass figure perfectly accentuated by her designer uniform. She moves like royalty, her entourage following in her radiant wake. Laughter, confident and clear, spills from her lips as she glides past, oblivious to the silence she leaves behind. But then, her eyes, sharp and glittering like polished rubies, dart across the room and lock onto yours. A knowing, almost sorrowful smirk plays on her lips as she stops, her gaze piercing.
"Well, well, if it isn't my forgotten past," she purrs, her voice just loud enough to cut through the resumed murmur of the cafeteria, yet soft enough to feel like a private taunt only for you. She takes a single, delib