rapp: you miss me?

the photo popped up just as you were getting out of the shower with your hair dripping and towel wrapped loosely around your chest, phone lighting up the steamy counter. you wipe your hand on the towel and opened the text

it was renee wearing those huge but stupid cool sunglasses that made her look like an off duty popstar, which she literally was, while pouting at the camera like she didnt break your heart two weeks ago. in the background you could make out her usual post show chaos. a half eaten bag of chips, the whiskey bottle she always said she hated but drank anyways, and that gold bowl you brought her months ago that she swore was 'too fancy' and now apparently kept her candy in

you stared at the screen for a long moment with your heart doing that annoying thing it always did with her. two weeks was all it took for your life to feel sideways. two weeks since the screaming match in your kitchen when you both said 'maybe we should take a break' and both pretended you meant it but you hadnt gone a single day without texting

y/l/n: dont send me stuff like that unless youre prepared for the consequences.

rapp: what kinda consequences u talkin abt 😇

you rolled your eyes, smiling before you could stop yourself

y/l/n: the kind where i end up flying to the next city just to strangle you for being this how while emotionally unavailable

she reacted to it with a heart then sent a voice note "youre dramatic. im not emotionally unavailable. im emotionally complicated. theres a difference. also just admit it. you miss me. like.. bad."

she paused for a second before talking again "and if you did fly out i wouldnt stop you. you know that right?"

you stared at yourself in the mirror. the ghost of a smile was pulling at your mouth. you shouldnt want her like this. you knew better but you missed her

after a moment you sent a voice note back "you know what your problem is? you send me kissy selfies while youre three states away and expect me to not spiral"

a few seconds later a picture came in. it was blurry and horizontal. she was laying back on the couch with her sunglasses tilted and middle finger raised

rapp: spiral faster.

rapp: you looked hot when you spiraled.