36. Swipe top right, swipe bottom right

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A/N: Something different.  Hope it works.


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8th of Feb, 2021

Eddy was swiping left, swiping left and swiping left.

His finger stopped on a pic of a guy. Dark, dead-straight hair, south-east Asian looks, his photo was somewhat pixelated but he could see a cute smile, height 170cm, lives in Brisbane. "Hi, I'm a violinist and classical music is my passion!".

Wow

His profile had a special red banner at the top that said "Special swipe required. Swipe to the top right to see if you can contact this person!"

Eddy swiped top right.


8th of Feb, 2031

Brett was swiping left, swiping left and swiping left.

His finger stopped on a pic of a guy. Light brown fluffy hair, south-east Asian looks, his photo was somewhat pixelated but he had a warm smile, height 178cm, lives in Brisbane. "Hi, I'm a violinist and classical music is my passion!".

Wow

His profile had a special blue banner at the top that said "Special swipe required. Swipe to the bottom right to see if you can contact this person!"

Brett swiped bottom right.


Eddy and Brett had swiped at exactly the same moment in their respective time dimensions.

*DING*

They each got an instantaneous message.

Congratulations, you both are keen to meet each other!

B_theviolinist> Hi

                                                   Hi< E_theviolinist

B_theviolinist> Would love to meet you.

                              Yeah, me too< E_theviolinist


Eddy cautiously called out to a man sitting in the café.

"Hi, you must be...a violinist?"

The man turned around.

"Yes, I..... Eddy..!?"

"...Brett..? Is that you..?"

"Oh my god, look at you Eddy... f*ck"

"What!?!?"

"Look at you Eddy..."

"You already said that. What !???"

"F*ck... just what year exactly is it ???"

"Brett??? What are you talking about? 2021 of course."

"Oh my god....Eddy, you're ....27?"

"Brett? So? And you're 28, what's the big deal ?"

"Eddy, can't you tell? I'm 38."

"WHAT !?"

Eddy peered into Brett's face. Their noses almost touched.

"Brett, I don't understand. I haven't seen you since uni. You look about your age, 28? I can't tell."

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