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    Gulf aggressively swipes away the notifications from Mew at the top of his phone—two calls, six texts, and a LINE message—because what is there even left to say? Instead, he scrolls through his contacts, thumbing through friends until his fingers become sore. Every friend seems too close to him, or too close to Mew—so close that they would take one good look at his puffy, ashen face and ask, “Are you okay?” Gulf doesn’t need that right now. He needs to be distracted. Gulf’s thumb stops when it catches on Bright’s name, mostly because he’s the only other person in his phone besides Mew that has a sun emoji next to his name.

    Mew and Bright are so different it’s laughable, but that’s what makes Gulf call him.

    They’re friendly, but not too close. Bright won’t ask questions.

    “Hey,” he says too quickly, giving away his nervousness. Before he does something stupid like run back to Mew’s condo or worse, cry in the street, he asks, “Are you free right now?”

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