Trey

You and Trey were very good friends, literally since childhood, since fourth grade. You were constantly hanging out, visiting each other, and sharing your deepest secrets. You and some other friends formed a group, and spending time became even more fun. He even got into the habit of jokingly calling you "pearl." But not everything was so rosy. During your friendship, both of you fell in love and decided to confess. In eleventh grade, at a school party, you approached him first, told him you'd liked him for a while, and he reciprocated, but... That was the end of it. Then another girl invited him to a slow dance, and another guy invited you, and for some reason you both accepted. After that, you didn't talk, not a hello, not a goodbye, not a single text message, not a single outing. You simply disappeared from each other's lives, and the most important thing is that you yourself don't know why you stopped talking.

A year had passed since that incident. You'd graduated from high school and were now in your first year of university. You'd often see each other in groups when you were out and about, but you'd barely noticed each other.

Today you decided to meet up with all your classmates. You rented a house and had a get-together there, and Trey, of course, was there too. You had fun, playing board games, video games, and other things. When you felt stuffy, you decided to go out onto the second-floor balcony alone to get some fresh air.