Before him

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---ANORA'S POV---

It's March 2020, and the teacher just told us we're getting two weeks off school. Everyone was excited, but I wasn't. School was the only reason I even got out of the house.

Monday came. No online classes, no homework, nothing. I was bored almost the whole day, until I got a notification asking me to play this game with him. His friends were playing too. I had nothing better to do, so I agreed.

I barely knew how to play, but I stayed anyway.
They all turned their microphones on - and they were ALL boys. I was the only girl there, feeling like a whole pick-me moment. They talked about the game for a bit, but then they started making fun of me for being the only girl. I got mad, left, and deleted them all. Then I changed my mind, went back, and we kept playing for hours.

After the game ended, I asked my cousin to show me pictures of them. He ignored me at first but eventually agreed. And oh my god... Flyn was so fine. I swear I'd never seen a boy that handsome. Brown hair, brown eyes, dark eyebrows, and tan skin.

Hours passed and I couldn't stop thinking about him. I knew the other boys too, their names, their faces - but he was the only one stuck in my head.

Just as I was about to sleep, a notification popped up on my phone.
He added me as a friend on the game. I froze. He was literally the one making fun of me, and now he added me?

Tomorrow couldn't come fast enough.

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