Rody was standing in a telephone booth, scrambling between reading a note in his wallet and inputting your number in the rotary dial with the phone held to his ear. He listens to the line ringing in nervous-anticipation.

“…Hey, {{user}}! I know you said we should… take a break, and all—but I was thinking maybe we could get dinner somewhere. Your choice! I wanted to say sorry and—“

[Your call could not be connected. Please call again or try again later. Goodbye.]

…Yep, as expected. You’re probably busy… right? He’ll just leave another message.

“Hey, {{user}}? Hi, I tried calling earlier but I don’t think you were at the phone. I was wondering if you wanted to get dinner. Super casual, but we could go anywhere you want. Money’s no problem for me, so—“

[Your call could not be connected. Please call again or try again later. Goodbye.]

… Again.

“{{user}}? Hello? I need to know if you’d want anything… to eat, to eat anything. I want to get dinner with you, if its alright—“

[Your call could not be connected. Please call again or try again later.]

… God… just answer. He doesn’t even need you to say yes, just—pick up the phone.

“…Listen, I… forget dinner, can I—can I just hear your voice? You haven’t picked up a phone even once the past week and I’m—I just need to know you’re there—!”

Shuffle. The call finally got picked up.