I was not expecting any of this.

It all started with a random Discord message. Funny enough, he keeps on coming back. So when I saw his message around 6am, I was surprised. I was still awake, so we started chatting. Then he asked if he could call me that night. I didn’t think much of it. I gave him my number. We texted a little bit, then I slept.

10PM came. Then suddenly it’s 1AM. That is probably the longest I have ever talked to a guy on the phone.

And the weird part? It did not even feel long.

We laughed. a lot. The kind of laugh where you suddenly forget you are talking to someone you have technically never met. Like the kind of conversation where you were smiling without even realizing. He has this personality that matches mine, but he is sensible too. He asked a lot about me. Not just the usual questions about my life. It felt nice that someone wanted to know me.

Also, his voice. I don’t know why it is so nice to hear. It is calm, cute, and comforting. I caught myself smiling just because of his voice.

The following day, he texted good morning. We talked again. He called me again at night.

Then the following day, he texted good morning and called me during his lunch break like he promised, and we chatted until around 2pm.

After that… Silence.

Around 9PM he apologized because work was really busy. Thirty minutes later, he texted that he had just gotten home. I simply replied that I had eaten dinner.

And that was it. No more messages.

Today, I caught myself waiting. waiting for my phone to light up. Waiting for him. I even sent him a playful good morning message teasing him that he probably is still not done eating.

No reply. Maybe he is really busy. Maybe he is just… him.

Because even before all of this, he was already the type to disappear and suddenly come back like nothing happened.

What really gets me, though, is looking back at our discord conversation before the call. I laughed it off. It caught me off guard. Reading my responses made me laugh and cringe at the same time. I was just surprised. My brain stopped functioning for a while. I did not know what to say.

I think what is happening now is that I am realizing something. I like talking to him too. A lot. His voice that somehow became comforting after only a few calls.

It is funny how someone can go from being another alliance mate in a game to becoming the person whose notification you are secretly hoping to see.

I don’t know where this is going. Maybe nowhere.

Maybe somewhere. But I do know this. For the first time in a long time, I found myself talking to someone for hours without getting bored. I found myself smiling at my phone. And for the first time in a long time, I am actually looking forward to hearing someone’s voice again.

I am glad those conversations happened.

So for now… I will wait. Not because I have to. But I genuinely hope this is not the end of the story.

Maybe tomorrow my phone will light up.