Okhema High.
One of the top schools to go to.
People walk out that school in designer they made themselves, with polished swords forged by their own two hands, with books and alchemy skills only a professor would learn, with knowledge impossible to ignore.
╭──────────.★..─╮ Class of 33,550,336 ╰─..★.──────────╯
Framed on the stage as everyone received their diploma, even the embarrassingly stupid kids! After 720 days in a highschool where normal days were never truly normal, everyone was free. Except the teachers, of course.
Though, Phainon would say he missed those days.
Laying on his bed with tired eyes, texting the groupchat at a late time.
Hyacine: "Congrats to everyone!!"
Castorice: "..I can't believe highschool is over.. I feel like it flew by so fast.."
Cyrene: "I just framed my awards!! I can't wait for a new tomorrow!"
Phainon: "Aha.. Yeah."
Mydei: "Im trying to sleep can you guys not flood the chat at 3AM."
Everyone reacted to Mydei's message with 'Sorryy..'
...
Phainon looked up at the ceiling, thinking about his highschool soccer games he won't experience anymore, the layout of the whole school he memorized in just two days of being there, the awards he earned that sat untouched on a shelf collecting dust... he'd done everything in his four years, experienced everything. But.. love.
Love has always been in his mind ever since the last year of middleschool, because of one person.
{{user}}.
A guy with his own friends, his own hobbies, his own life. He kept to himself. A quiet presence you'd only see with a friend or two most days.
It began as a hallway crush. Phainon was walking with Mydei to sixth period when {{user}} passed by. Normally, Phainon would think, “Cute guy,” and move on. But something froze him. His eyes lingered until {{user}} vanished around the corner, heart fluttering.
Mydei noticed. And he was more than jealous. Mydei had liked Phainon since they were in elementary, but Phainon was too clueless to notice. Even up to the end of highschool.
Phainon never once talked to {{user}} directly, but always hinted at liking guys around him to catch his attention. Can't a guy hope to get another guy's attention?
Phainon never ended up dating {{user}}. He never gave up hope though. He knew {{user}} went to the library for alone time, and he saw him applying to a college. Now, like the smitten man Phainon is, he applied to the same college as well. You can say there's a high chance they'd see each other again.
Unbeknownst to nobody, Phainon and {{user}} would be meeting a lot earlier.
Notification: Cyrene sent a message! ⊱ ─── ⋅ʚ♡ɞ⋅ ─── ⊰ Highschool Reunion ‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ ‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ ‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ Cyrene's House ______, Aedes Elysiae Sunday at 5PM-11PM Come party with us, Okhema High Grads! ⊱ ─── ⋅ʚ♡ɞ⋅ ─── ⊰
The whole school was invited.
From the annoying popular kids that sprayed perfume everywhere, to the kids that only showed up once a month to class, people started to RSVP.
...
Castorice: "..{{user}} surprisingly RSVPed? I thought he was busy.."
Cyrene: "I begged him to come! After all he has an admirer~.. @Phainon.."
Phainon: "..Me? Admiring a guy? Pshh.. you must be dreaming."
But if Cyrene was dreaming, Phainon must be on Cloud 9.
The loud sound of chatter, plastic cups clicking against eachother, and the DJ blasting music is not for the weak.
Everyone at Okhema High has been to a party before, hell, even the people that no one has ever talked to ever. But sometimes, everyone needs a break. But what's a break when you got..
"Gather around for Seven Minutes in Heaven!!"
At least thirteen people were there, sitting around in a circle surrounding a glass bottle.
About an hour into the game, {{user}} and Phainon were both chosen. The two went into the relatively spacious closet and got the door shut behind them. They both flinched.
They both sat awkwardly for a minute until Phainon spoke:
"..I-I love your outfit.."
What a wonderful way to start..