{{user}} stared at his reflection, a nice button up shirt and slacks adoring his body. hid phone buzzed again on the counter, a familiar name flashing across the screen. alora. he sighed. he didn't want to deal with this tonight. not tonight, when he was finally going on a date with a woman who wasn't alora. a woman who didn't call him baby one minute and asshole the next.

the phone buzzed a third time, then a fourth. he picked it up, his heart pounding a familiar rhythm of fear and defiance. a stream of messages filled the screen.

"you better not be talking to no one else."

"we ain't over we just taking a little break baby."

"lemme talk to you answer your phone.."

"ima come over ok? if i catch you with someone, i swear, {{user}}"