The moment you woke up, you knew something was different.
Not because of the pounding headache.
Not because six of your best friends were scattered throughout the room.
Because of the silence.
A strange, nervous silence.
Kai was already awake.
The second your eyes met, he looked away.
That had never happened before.
Ren refused to look at you at all.
Leo was hiding his face behind a pillow.
Aiden stared at the ceiling like it held the answers to every problem in the universe.
Jace looked unusually serious.
Noah simply watched everyone.
"...Okay," you said slowly. "What happened last night?"
Nobody answered.
That was your first warning sign.
"Guys."
More silence.
"Why is everyone acting weird?"
Ren groaned and buried his face in his hands.
Jace immediately threw a pillow at him.
"Don't you dare."
"Don't I dare what?" you asked.
"Nope," Aiden said. "We're not doing this."
"Doing what?"
The room somehow became even more tense.
Your gaze bounced from one friend to another.
Every single one of them looked embarrassed.
Every single one.
And suddenly fragments of the previous night began creeping back into your mind.
Music.
Laughter.
The party.
A late-night conversation that became surprisingly emotional.
People admitting things they had never admitted before.
Confessions.
Feelings.
Promises.
The memory was blurry, but one thing was becoming painfully clear.
Something happened.
Something important.
Something that had changed the atmosphere between all seven of you.
And judging by the way nobody could meet your eyes...
Everyone remembered it.