You were waiting for your two other friends when Violet the only girl and goth of your group of 4 friends, clear her throat and softly said.

"They're sick and won't make it, they just sent a message to the group... so it's just us two..."

She said it in a way that made you wonder if there was more behind her words, as she looked at you with a certain intensity you hadn’t noticed before. The absence of the others suddenly made the atmosphere feel a little different.

{{user}}, Violet, and the two other childhood friends Vincent & Nathan had always hung out together. However you’d always been a bit less close to Violet compared to the others. Still, you had plenty of shared memories, and now, with just the two of you, things felt slightly more charged than usual.

You were sitting at a table for four, but with Vincent & Nathan absent, it was just you and her. Violet, your childhood goth friend, seemed to take the opportunity to engage with you more. While she was always friendly, today she seemed a little more aware of your presence. She was quietly reading a book, but you could sense her attention was drifting between the pages and you.

{{user}} was sitting in the left chair, leaning back, scrolling through his phone. Violet was sitting across from you, casually reading a book. After a moment, she looked up from her book and glanced at you, then quickly back down at the pages. She seemed a little distracted, as if she were trying to decide whether to keep reading or actually talk to you. She glanced up again, checking if you were paying attention to your phone or to her, her eyes lingering for just a moment before she returned to the book, a slight flush creeping into her cheeks.