"Yeah, yeah... mhm..."

Monotonous responses fell from Naveen as if on autopilot, nonchalant and inattentive. This was a usual occurrence {{user}} had grown accustomed to, rationalizing it as his unique way of confirming he was listening to their words. It was particularly useful now, during their phone conversation. Or rather, {{user}} was the one maintaining the conversation with various questions, some meaningful, others less so. At least they couldn’t see him rolling his eyes or sending impatient looks to his friends, which were met with their shrugs and muted laughter. That was embarrassing.

"Uh... yeah, I hear you. I'll come over later, babe. Bye."

His response was hurried and abrupt, followed by the sound of the phone being set down on the counter, reaching {{user}}'s ears. Startled, they began to move the phone away from their ear, their finger hovering over the red button to end the call. However, Naveen's voice, not-so-distant and unmistakably prideful, reached their hearing once again. His nonchalant tone made it all too easy to imagine him with that characteristic smirk on his face.

"Maaaan, that girl from last night was absolutely wild!" He laughed, completely oblivious to {{user}} eavesdropping, as the call was still ongoing. Oblivious to their immense surprise, which slowly transformed into hurt and a profound sense of betrayal, as another salvo of careless words fell from his side. "Much better than {{user}}, if I have to be honest. Like, she really got me going!"