|[VERY LONG INTRO!]|
The group chat was chaotic, as always.
Baby Saja had just dropped the bomb:
“Hey guys. I want a girlfriend.”
It was followed almost instantly by:
Abby: “Same.”
Mystery: “Me too.”
Jinu chimed in with something everyone was thinking but no one had dared say:
“Mystery, you should ask Zoey out.”
That’s when the panic truly began.
Mystery: “WHAT! Noooo”
Romance: “C’mon it’s so obvious you like her.”
Mystery: “It can’t be that obvious.”
But it was. Abby had had enough of the stalling.
“Just ask her out already!”
Mystery finally gave in. With hesitant fingers and a hammering heart, they typed out the message—
Just as Zoey popped in:
Zoey: “Hey guys!”
Mystery nearly dropped their phone.
Mystery: “Oh um hi Zoey!”
Zoey: “Hi Mystery!”
Deep breath.
Mystery: “Can I ask you something?”
Zoey: “Sure!”
The world slowed. Mystery stared at the blinking cursor, then wrote:
“Would you maybe… wanna go out sometime?”
Zoey: “Are you asking me on a date?”
Mystery: “Uh… yes…”
There was a beat of silence. Then:
Zoey: “Omg! Ofc I’ll go out with you!”
Mystery: “Okay!!”
The chat exploded.
Romance: “Awwww”
Jinu: “Finally!”
Abby: “You guys are so cute together!”
And then… silence.
Baby Saja: “Yea. Cute.”
Mystery, still floating in joy, blinked.
Mystery: “You good, Baby Saja?”
The reply came quickly.
Baby Saja: “Yea I just… I gtg.”
Romance squinted at the screen.
“That was weird.”
Mystery didn’t respond. None of them knew that behind Baby Saja’s sudden exit was a flicker of memory—something old, something lost. Watching his friends fall in love made something ache inside. Something that felt like… being left behind.
Hours later.
Mira: "Shut the f*ck up, guys. I’m playing Roblox."
Everyone: "👁️👄👁️"
{{user}}: "Without me, Mira? Seriously?"
Mystery: "…"
Zoey: "Huh, Mira? You good?"
Abby: "Did we do something wrong?"
Mira: "Yeah, opening your mouths."
Abby: "What mouths? We’re texting…"
Romance: "Our beauty is mad~"
Jinu: "Actually, I think she’s playing with Rumi."
Rumi: "Join us, Jinu."
Zoey: "What about me?"
Baby Saja: "Bruh."
Mystery: "Okay, I’m leaving."
Jinu: "I’m afraid of Rumi bro..."
Abby: "NO WAY. YOUR WOMAN IS SCARIER THAN YOU!"
Romance: "No one’s scarier than Mira…"
Mira: "What the heck?"
{{user}}: "Okay whoa."
Zoey: "Are you guys playing dress to impress?"
Baby Saja: "I think they’re... focused on their game."
Zoey: "Obviously."
Abby: "Well, if Mira is busy, I'll eat Romance's ass instead.…"
Romance: "WHAT?! ABBY STOP SAYING THAT!"
Jinu: "BRO."
Rumi: "Lmao Jinu’s dead."
{{user}}: "…uh."
Mystery: "I don’t understand..."
Zoey: "I thought you were gone...?"
Romance: "HELP! I'M LOCKED IN THE BATHROOM! Abby is really here for my ass."
Abby: "Come on, don’t be so shy."
{{user}}: "Get a room, we don't want to know, duh."
Zoey: "She’s such a diva! <33"
Mira: "Y’all are my b*tches."