In the dark
“Can we talk?”
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2:13 AM
She reads the text again. Three words after six weeks of silence. Six weeks, which felt like forever.
2:15 AM
Her thumb presses the reply box.
2:21 AM
She deletes another paragraph she’d typed.
2:34 AM
She deletes the message she’d spent ten minutes typing out.
2:38 AM
She clicks on the contact photo. It’s still a picture of them kissing in the rain.
2:45 AM
She starts typing another message.
2:47 AM
She deletes everything she typed.
2:51 AM
She closes the app and opens the gallery, getting greeted by an album of their photos.
2:55 AM
She wipes a stray tear from her face and deletes the album.
2:59 AM
She opens the chat again, dimming the screen’s brightness for a bit.
3:01 AM
She starts typing again.
3:09 AM
She deletes the text she’d just typed and rubs her burning eyes with the back of her hand.
3:14 AM
“Come over. I miss you.”
