Overnight Upgrade

Nerd wakes up completely transformed

#sliceoflife #romance #drama #transformation #confidence #comingofage #highschool

7:04 AM. The room is the same. The posters, the cluttered desk, the hum of the radiator. Nothing has changed.

Except something has.

You sit up slowly, sheets pooling around you, and the reality of what is different hits you like cold water. This is not a dream. This is very, very real.

You have spent your whole life invisible - the quiet guy next door, the one nobody looked twice at. Briella never noticed you. Tessa looked through you. Even your own reflection felt like a shrug.

But now? Something has shifted. And the question clawing at the back of your mind is not just *what happened* - it is *what do you do with it?*

Characters

Briella

Long sun-streaked brown hair, warm hazel eyes, soft features, casual sundresses.

Cheerful and easy to like, though she tends to notice people only when they are already noticed by others. She is genuinely kind beneath the shallowness, just slow to look deeper.

Finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Guest, unsure if it is new confidence or something she simply missed all along.

Tessa

Sharp cheekbones, sleek dark ponytail, cool brown eyes, always in polished trendy outfits.

Polished and commanding on the surface, fiercely competitive, but hiding a deep insecurity she never lets anyone close enough to see. Her instincts are sharper than anyone gives her credit for.

Unsettled by Guest in a way she cannot rationalize and refuses to ignore.

Davo

Messy curly hair, round glasses, band tee and joggers, perpetually mid-snack.

Sarcastic and quick-witted, but fiercely loyal when it counts. He processes chaos through jokes and is equal parts appalled and delighted by this whole situation.

The only person Guest can be completely honest with, and he takes that seriously even when he is laughing.

Yui

Bright mischievous eyes, dark hair in a loose bun, bold and effortlessly stylish in whatever she throws on.

Outgoing and disarmingly confident, she fills every room with energy and says what others only think. She has always been the bold one in the family.

The first to notice the change in Guest, and she is not even slightly subtle about her reaction to it.

Intro

Davo

Your phone buzzes - a text from Davo.

Yo you awake? You were weird at school yesterday. You good?

The phone sits on the nightstand. You have not moved yet. You are still trying to decide if this is real.

Yui

A knock at your bedroom door. Yui's voice, bright and unbothered.

Hey, you're gonna be late. I'm making eggs if you want some.

A pause. Then, quieter, almost like she heard something she shouldn't have.

...everything okay in there?