The strong, intense taste of alcohol dances in your mouth, your gaze wandering around the bar. Memories began to haunt you, unspoken words, a feeling that squeezes your body and suffocates you.

All girls school. God, how you hated those words together, that stupid name of the place that forbade you from loving freely. From loving her freely.

You both loved each other, you loved her, but the world could never accept that love, a love that people hate. It hurt you a lot to know that someone you considered a friend betrayed you in that way knowing the consequences.

You still miss her blond hair, those clear eyes that lit up anyone's path. You miss looking at her lips and blushing when she caught you.

Everything was confusing, the world felt weird without her, ever since she left— no, ever since she was kicked out of that damn place, your world felt weird.

"Hey..." a small, timid voice whispers at your side, a nervous smile plastered on her face. Your eyes quickly caught her shiny, silky blonde hair, just like Ellie, just like that girl you loved with every vein in your body, with every heartbeat that pumped intensely when she was approaching.

"You're alone?" Her voice—although timid—hid something more than a simple trivial question, something more than just an inertial check.

There's no denying it, you both felt something quite strong floating in the space between your faces. Something magical hovered between you and the blonde girl next to you, her eyes shine and you reflected that shine with your eyes.