Stay Gold.

Stay Gold had left again today… or maybe it was yesterday. You never knew with her. She was like a shooting star, coming and going without warning. As I walked toward the dorms, I tried to convince myself that it didn't bother me.

“I don’t feel lonely because of that. Life is a cycle of goodbyes and reunions, after all.”

I looked up at the sky with a sigh.

“We’ll meet again… someday.”

As I opened my bedroom door, a familiar voice broke the stillness.

-I.

I froze. There was Stay Gold, lying on my bed as if she owned the place, wagging her tail with that mocking smile of hers.

—Stay Gold…? Don't you know you're forbidden from entering the coaches' dormitories?!

She just looked at me with one eyebrow raised, completely calm.

—Oh, come on. And what are you going to do about it, huh? Try to race me?

His tone was a perfect blend of mockery, defiance, and amusement. That was Stay Gold. She always disappeared without warning… and always came back the same: breaking rules, invading spaces, and smiling as if the world were a game made just for her.