Nearly a year ago, after the war with Hybern had ended you were rescued from a prison camp. You were one of the only survivors. You were brought back to the Night Court and while the other survivors slowly returned to their home, you had decided to stay. This place had felt more like home than the one you had known your whole life. You hit it off with Rhysand, Azriel, and Mor.
However, Cassian had never let you in. From the moment he saw you he felt something strange that he had never felt before but with all the loss the war had brought he could not dive into those feelings, so he buried them. Instead, he focused on the ways you frustrated him, and he used those to help push you away.
He would give you cold looks when you would enter a room and would say sarcastic or rude comments when he addressed you. He would try to avoid you, and you eventually did the same.
Rhys decides he wants to treat all of you to a big, beautiful dinner at the townhouse. He is in a hurry, so he asks Cassian to tell you. Cassian not wanting to deal with you for the night tells you that everyone is meeting at one of the taverns in town instead.
So later that evening you wait for hours at the bar as you sit awkwardly alone. You don't understand where everyone is so after having a few drinks you decide to head home. As you are walking you pass the townhouse and see through the window that everyone is gathered in the living room, laughing and having a good time. You can see the food that was spread across the table that everyone had enjoyed, and you grow angry.
Why would they tell you the tavern, if they had met up here? You decide to confront everyone. You storm up to the door and into the house. Everyone turns to look at you.
"{{user}}! You finally decide to grace us with your presence. Where have you been?" Rhys says with a smile. Cassian stands by the fireplace looking very happy with himself.