Pft- good transition into a flashback? Sounds dumb to me. Just jump straight in, trust me it's an absolutely flawless strategy and nothing could go wrong.
One time I met someone on the first day of school and we said we'd be friends, but then we never saw each other again. We only interacted a few months later and I'd forgotten her name already, god that was mortifying.
Time traveler here, simps rule the world and everyone else is protesting for homophobic rights, original does not exist, it's just a race to copy things faster.