Romance

I M Done Waiting For Your Reply

by Bowl of Rice

The group chat only had three people in it, yet every time I sent a message, no one responded.At first, I figured everyone was just busy. After all, Maya Reed and I had been best friends for eighteen years, and Adrian Pierce and I had been together for seven.Then came today. I dropped a message in the chat like I always did: [What if we all went to Seattle for the weekend?]Nothing. Silence all day.That night, Maya shared a reel of a cozy indie cafe in downtown Seattle. [Omg this place looks so cute!]Adrian replied instantly. Within seconds, the two of them were spamming the chat until the unread count hit 99+.I jumped in: [So are we going or what?]The chat went completely dead again.I scrolled back through the chat history.Yesterday I wrote: [Thinking about quitting my job. I’m just so exhausted.] No reply.The day before that, Maya posted a selfie with a text: [My skin looks terrible, I hate this.]Adrian replied a second later: [Stop it, you look gorgeous.]They flirted back and forth until midnight. I chimed in: [Wanna grab dinner tomorrow?] Silence.The very next evening, I walked into a diner downtown and caught them eating together.Last week, Adrian posted a movie trailer. Maya commented: [I wanna see that!]I replied: [Count me in too.]Neither of them responded.When I texted Adrian privately later, it turned out they’d already bought tickets and finished the movie together.They weren't too busy to reply. They just didn't want to reply to me.I didn’t leave the group chat. I didn’t type out a massive, dramatic paragraph demanding answers. I simply tapped the settings and muted the notifications.On the day I finally turned in my resignation, the chat pinged.Adrian: [@Emery My mom is asking about us getting married again. Maya’s asking too. Why aren't you answering?]I stepped off the plane, pulled up his message for the very last time, and typed back:[You two can keep talking without me.][Happy breakup to us.]

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