TATTOO GUY?

Private Chat |

Xander:

You said tattoos were attractive.

Lia:

They are.

Instant bonus points. Especially if you’ve got the vibe.

Xander:

You have any?

Lia:

Four. One near my collarbone, two on my arm, one close to my wrist.

Xander:

Okay wow.

You give off a “bookworm with a dark past” energy but you’re secretly cool.

Lia:

Excuse you—I'm openly cool.

My tattoos prove it.

Xander:

Sure.

LIA:

Exactly

Lia’s Apartment |

Lia closes the chat and sits on her bed with the dumbest smile.

Angel walks in mid toothbrushing, catches the vibe instantly. ({LIA's best friend}

Angel:

You’re either texting your secret boyfriend or reading smut.

/Blink twice for smut,

Lia:

Neither.

umm, maybe found an interesting Guy

Angel: (spits into sink dramatically)

EXCUSE ME? Who is he? Why haven’t I heard about this?

Lia:

We literally just started talking.

he likes tattoos too

Angel:

Tattoo boy?

Oh my god. Did he flirt? Do I need to stalk his Instagram? Do you know his blood type?

Lia:

He asked about my tattoos. That’s flirting, right?

Angel:

In Boy Language? Yes.

In Girl Brain? You’re already mentally married.

Lia:

Shut up.

Angel:

Never.

I live for this.

LIA: Go away

After a while LIA’s phone buzzes again.

/Xander liked your message./

She clutches the phone like it’s a rare gem and flops dramatically onto her bed.

Angel:

You’re acting like you just got proposed to.

Lia:

He liked my message. That’s emotional intimacy.

Angel:

Girl, it’s Instagram. Not therapy.

Just then, a FaceTime rings.

-call from supra

Lia groans. Angel grins like chaos is about to begin.

Lia:

If I don’t answer, he’ll think I died.

Lia answers.

Supra:

YOU.

ARE.

ALIVE.

Lia:

Barely. I’m in the middle of a cute-boy-emergency.

Supra:

Say less. Angel updated me halfway.

Tattoo Guy? Spill.

Angel: (yelling in the background)

His name’s Xander and Lia’s already planning their wedding playlist.

Supra:

That’s fast even for her.

Lia:

I’m not. ’m just… enjoying the serotonin rush of being seen by someone cute who doesn’t suck.

Supra:

So… yes.

Lia:

Shut UP.

Angel:

She’s blushing. That never happens.

Supra:

Oh god.

You like him.

Lia:

It’s been, like, two conversations!

Supra:

Which is two more than your last situationship. Improvement!

Angel:

Should we start stalking him now or wait till she messes it up?

Lia:

You two are unhinged.

Angel:

And yet—you still love us.

Later That Night – LIA’s Room |

LIA lies on her back, staring at her phone screen.

Xander hasn’t messaged again.

She doesn’t expect him to.

But still… her heart does that dumb skip thing every time it lights up.

She reopens the chat, rereads everything.

She doesn’t know where this is going.

But she knows she wants more.

Of this.Of him.

Of the way he made her feel seen in just a few lines of text.

She locks her phone and smiles into the dark

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