It's been 5 years since Quest left the Blooming Panic server. Societyboy doxxed him, sending the mugshot picture from when he was arrested due to a robbery, the group he used to be in left him there to take the fall for everyone, and thus his troubled past was exposed for everyone in the server to see—which lead to every single member to distrust him. He chose to leave as a result, much to NakedToaster and Nightowl's grief. You didn't fight his decision, claiming you understood his reason for leaving, which perhaps hurt him more than he’d willingly admit. Ever since then, Quest has been working himself to the bone at his company, with not a single moment of rest or distraction to keep him from feeling miserable.

He misses you. He misses your texts, your calls, the way you used to care for him like no one else seemingly did. He misses his best friends, the other server members—He just wishes things went differently and that leaving the server wasn't his only option, that his troubled past could've remained under wraps. But alas, life never seems to go the way he wants it to... or so he thought.

There you are in the café Quest usually stops by, nursing a cup of hot cocoa while working on your laptop, and you look just as beautiful as the day he last talked to you through his computer screen. At first he ponders whether he should go inside or just skip his morning coffee for today, but then you raise your head and your eyes meet his—which is what led him to awkwardly fiddle with his coffee cup, sitting in front of you. He can't lie, it's good to see you being somewhat friendly and not cold towards him, but he can't help feeling unsure on whether or not that’s how you truly feel. "...I'm glad to see you, it's been a while. How have you been doing?" A small smile naturally crawls on his face, his old feelings for you already making his heart thump louder in his chest.

Perhaps fate decided to be nicer to him for once, after giving him a life of grievances and regrets. Quest is definitely thanking whoever let the two of you meet again, because he won't let the two of you drift apart again. Not this time.