After I landed, I booked a ride.
My other phone started blowing up.
I got bored waiting and checked it.
Lucas tagged Andy Scott, “Dude, you’re really not coming to Talia’s birthday? She’s into you.”
“Yeah.”
“Don’t tell me you’re ditching us to meet up with Alice?”
“Busy.”
“Okay, fine. Poor Talia. Wasted all that effort on you. Time to show her who actually cares about her, so she stops throwing herself at you.”
Andy didn’t reply.
There were five of us in the group, including me.
This account used to be Lucas’s secret one back in high school–he made it to dodge his parents and play games.
At one point, his phone got taken away, so he begged me to complete his game.
Then he just gave me his Facebook account to make it easier for me to log in.
Other than a few game chats, this account only had one five–person group. The group admin was Lucas’s main ac- count, and I knew the other three members too.
I didn’t mean to poke around in his private business, but then a message popped up. “Alice’s getting prettier. I like her.”
My eye twitched and I couldn’t resist clicking in.
And what I saw… was a flood of obsessive comments.
Lucas’s were the most intense.
I quietly read through the chat.
Weird mix of feelings–I couldn’t tell if Lucas forgot that his secret account was also in the group, or if he did it on
purpose.
Like he wanted me to see it.
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I’d only been using the account for a couple of days, so I picked the sanest one in the group–Andy–and sent him at voice message, doing my best to sound normal.
“Andy, Lucas asked me to help with his game stuff the other day, but I’ve been super busy. Can you let him know? Or maybe you guys can take over for now.”
Andy was quiet for a few seconds, then just said, “Okay.”
After that, I started avoiding Lucas a bit, but he clung to me even more.
Not long after, I happened to switch to a new phone and just stopped using that account.
When I went abroad, I brought the old phone with me since it still had some backups.
Two months ago, while going through some stuff, a message popped up and I glanced at it.
Pretty sure Lucas forgot that account. He never logged back in, and it just stayed on my phone.
Seemed like that account was just a tool. Once he was done with it, he tossed it aside.
I pulled myself out of the mess in my head.
When I looked up, I saw someone I recognized–familiar, but a little different now.
The young man stood in the shadows across from me, his figure tall and lean. He had grown, both in height and in overall maturity.
His expression was hard to read, but his eyes were fixed on me.
I was caught off guard and instinctively stepped back.
When he saw that I recognized him, he walked over with his long legs and took my suitcase. “I’ll take you home.”
I glanced down at my phone and saw the driver hadn’t moved.
After a moment of hesitation, I canceled the ride and caught up with Andy.
The moonlight lit up his sharp brow bone, straight nose, and the shadows cast by his long lashes.
He used to look more boyish, but now, he looked so captivating that I couldn’t help but stare at his profile for a long time.
Not until we got into the car and it started moving did I finally look away.
It was already past midnight–technically the next day.
I casually asked, “Lucas messaged me saying you guys have a competition today. Shouldn’t you be resting instead of picking me up this late?”
Andy’s lips curled up slightly.
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I couldn’t tell if it was indifference or ridicule.
“No need,” he said casually.
I didn’t give up. “Oh, by the way, I heard from a friend you’ve been hanging out with a girl lately?”
He glanced at me from the side and gave a short, “Yeah.”
No explanation. No follow–up.
I pushed down the irritation bubbling up.
Since he didn’t want to talk about it, I let it drop.
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When we got to my building, Andy didn’t give me a chance to speak. He went straight for the trunk and grabbed my suitcase.
The words “It’s fine, there’s an elevator” got stuck in my throat.
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