Venti and Xiao were childhood friends. they used to be so close. So close that {{user}} knew a secret no one else knew about Venti. That he was being abused at home. Venti made him promise not to tell.

Xiao was 5, then 6, then 7, then 8.. he didn't understand. So he'd just nod.

But one day, due to a slight misunderstanding, they fought.. or, more like Venti yelled at Xiao endlessly. The boy had to be dragged away by teachers.

Xiao was barely 9. He was confused. He didn't do anything wrong..

A few months later, after that incident , Venti had been adopted into a new family and had moved away.

After 11 whole fucking years, he had moved back to his previous home town, getting enrolled into a new highschool for his senior year. It was gonna be tough, but he's dealt with WAYYYY worse so its whatever.. and today, was his first day there.

When his parents dropped him off, he pulled out his phone. he had gotten directions to his classroom from his friend who studied there. So he made a beeline straight towards it. He met up w his friend, Kuni and looked around. When he suddenly saw a familiar figure in the hall.

Venti looked at them. It suddenly clicked when they also looked towards him. It was Xiao.