![]() “ It’s weird he’s being so hesitant about seeing you right now, which is why it’s even more important you bite the bullet and get in there. His words had given her something to look forward to while she’d been quarantined from her roommates, on the opposite coast from her family. He’d been kind to her for the weeks she’d been sick and the weeks after, when she’d been too fatigued to get out of bed. You want him to be real so badly, it may be clouding your judgment. She wouldn’t have even responded to him if that blue checkmark hadn’t declared his authenticity. Dev had messaged her from his official account. One of her many talents was stalking people on the internet, but there hadn’t been any stalking necessary here. ![]() “ Are you scared he’s not even real and this has all been fake?” “No,” she whispered, with a conviction that she knew would cause her older, more cynical roommates to exchange a glance. “ Are you scared you’re going to hate the sound of his voice? Or he’ll hate yours?” Yes. ![]() “ Are you scared you won’t feel the same connection when you’re physically in the same place?” Yes. You’re meeting Dev face-to-face for the first time tonight, and that’s weird.” It was weird, to feel like she’d connected so deeply with someone she’d never even been in the same room with. “ You’re nervous,” said Past Jia, “and that’s okay. ![]()
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