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Eddie looked up when his phone screen lit up in the middle of the night. He reached for it to see it wasn’t work telling him to do shit because he already sat by his computer and it couldn’t get less boring.
+XXXXXXXXXXX
[02:23] “Sorry.”
[02:35] “what”
[02:36] “If you want it longer you can read my obituary.”
[02:37] “morbid”
[02:39] “What’s with the one word replies man, that’s cold.”
[02:45] “who tf are you”
[02:47] “Excuse me? What did I do to deserve that language?”
[02:49] “my man, you’ve got the wrong number.”
[02:52] “You’re not funny. I’m going to sleep and when I wake up in the morning, you’ll accept my apology and be kind to me again.”
[02:55] “man”
[02:55] “you’ve got the wrong number”
Eddie watched the phone for some time, but no messages came. He assumed the person fell asleep (or drank themselves to oblivion underneath a bridge) and went back to work. Clicked away on his keyboard until his phone vibrated and lit up again.
+XXXXXXXXXXX
[05:40] “I’m leaving for work could you please accept my apology?”
[05:43] “who tf leaves for work now?”
[05:44] “Working nine to five except it’s six to three and I want to die.”
[05:50] “man”
[05:51] “!”
[05:52] “Accept my apology!”
[05:52] “you’ve slept for like 2 hours? wtf man”
[05:54] “if I accept your apology will you tell me who you are so I can send an ambulance for your inevitable collapse?”
Dead silence. Eddie decided to consult a friend to help with this matter. She wouldn’t be up yet, but she’d get back to him later.
Buckley :)
[06:15] “there’s a presumed drunk dude messaging me thinking I’m his ex and he won’t stop apologising for whatever fucked up thing he did what do I do”
[07:03] “haaa? for real? tell him he’s got the wrong number”
[07:15] “yeah for fucking real”
[07:16] “I’ve told him he’s got the wrong number but he thinks I’m shitting him”
[07:18] “man’s desperate”
[07:20] “poor man :(“
[07:22] “that’s not all”
[07:22] “he capitalises”
[07:23] “disgusting”
[07:23] “and uses punctuation”
[07:24] “eeewwwwwwwwww that’s gross I hope they don’t go back to him”
[07:28] “text me his number and I’ll track down who he is”
[07:34] “c’mon”
[07:52] “are you sleeping?”
[08:03] “text me the number when you wake up”
[10:23] “nvm”
sad man :(
[10:39] “Hey man, sorry about all that. I won’t text you again. Sorry.”
Eddie barely gave himself time to down a glass of water before he reached for his phone.
Buckley :)
[12:47] “nvm? and why did sad man just apologise? you tracked him down?”
[12:50] “tracked him down all the way to the coffee spot here at the mall”
[12:53] “plz explain I’m too tired for this”
[12:54] “you know him?”
[12:54] “yeah and he’s very sorry”
[12:55] “you know a fuck boy?”
[12:57] “he’s sowwy”
sad man :(
[13:01] “work it out with your girl then?”
[13:25] “I’m sorry.”
[13:27] “seems to be a constant state for you man”
[13:31] “did she accept your apology?
[13:31] “did you make up?”
[13:44] “c’mon man don’t leave me hanging”
[13:45] “I’m invested”
[13:58] “Look man, I don’t know what you want, I apologised okay? I’m sorry.”
[14:01] “apology accepted”
[14:02] “did she accept your apology?”
[14:38] “aight man”
[14:38] “I’ll leave you to your sadness”
[15:01] “How could she accept my apology when I sent it to you?”
[15:03] “he speaks!”
[15:07] “How do you know Robin?”
[15:09] “we went to school together”
[15:10] “how do you know her?”
[15:10] “Hawkins High School?”
[15:11] “jinx”
[15:12] “you another survivor?”
[15:26] “stop ghosting”
Eddie put his phone away. Considered his options. Decided to again pressure the only one who knew the identity of the sad man.
Buckley :)
[15:34] “who is the sad man”
[15:36] “funny, he just asked who you are”
[15:37] “tell me”
[15:37] “please”
[15:38] “:)”
[15:40] “are you texting him rn”
A text message flew into view. Oh yes, Robin was double texting that sly woman.
sad man :(
[15:40] “Who are you?”
[15:41] “I think you should disclose your identity first since you’re the one who texted in the middle of the night”
[15:48] “I’m sorry.”
[15:49] “are you capable of feeling anything else?”
[15:52] “Sometimes I wonder.”
[15:53] “dude are you going through it rn or what”
[15:55] “dude”
[15:57] “I realise you might not be a dude and I apologise for assuming”
[16:01] “stop ghosting”
[18:03] “Last time I checked I was a dude.”
[18:07] “didn’t your mother teach you it’s wrong to ignore people?”
[18:09] “were you put in my path to ignore me?”
[18:11] “You text a lot. It’s hard to keep up. I’m cooking dinner.”
[18:13] “oh wow”
[18:13] “he says he’s sorry”
[18:13] “he has a job”
[18:14] “and he cooks”
[18:14] “a catch”
[18:16] “I also fold my own laundry.”
[18:17] “oh my heart is racing at the thought please fold me like your laundry”
[18:19] “What does that even mean?”
[18:20] “what do you want it to mean?”
[18:23] “That you want to be wrapped in a newly washed blanket like a burrito.”
[18:25] “yeah baby that’s the spot”
[18:27] “You’re not still in high school, right?”
[18:29] “fuck no”
[18:31] “What are you up to then?”
[18:33] “setting up for tonight”
[18:34] “band’s playing \m/”
[18:37] “You’re in a band? What instrument do you play?”
[18:41] “yeah man”
[18:41] “I play guitar”
[18:42] “That’s awesome! :) Good luck then. You play acoustic?”
[18:44] “thank you ;)”
[18:45] “electric bby”
[18:46] “Damn”
[18:46] “That’s hot.”
[18:48] “drop by”
Buckley :)
[19:03] “listen I don’t know who this is but he just called me hot”
[19:04] “for playing guitar”
[19:04] “I need to fuck him”
[19:06] “he WHAT”
sad man :(
[19:03] “Wish I could but I’m in a crisis.”
[19:28] “I’m assuming you’re playing so I’ll leave you be, but I’ll be up tonight if you want to chat.”
[19:34] “Not for any weird reason.”
[20:01] “Please forget I said anything.”
[23:38] “forget you said I'm hot?”
[23:39] “I didn’t say you were hot I said that you playing the guitar is hot.”
[23:41] “and he replies so quickly <3”
[23:42] “I’ll put on a private show for you”
[23:43] “I want to say yes so badly.”
[23:44] “oh wow for real?”
[23:44] “you got a guitar kink?”
[23:47] “stop leaving me hanging please”
[23:49] “You are a very impatient man.”
[23:51] “are you typing an entire novel dedicated to your adoration for metalheads or what’s up”
[23:54] “You’re a metalhead? That’s cool.”
[23:55] “what happened with hot?”
[23:57] “We had a metalhead in my class. When he bothered to show up anyways.”
[23:58] “oh”
[23:58] “the freak?”
[23:59] “You know him?”
[23:59] “sure”
[00:01] “Man, I’m jealous.”
[00:01] “aww, you miss the freak? <3”
[00:04] “Goodnight.”
Eddie scoffed at the screen. What type of reply was that? He had to find out who this was. And he would. He knew Robin’s schedule and he would confront her and find out.