5 days later...
“you didnt show up at school today”
“chloe?”
“hey??”
“chloe”
“hey”
“no one knew y u werent at school not even tyrone”
“yeah”
“so why were u absent”
“personal matters”
“oh everything fine?”
“i can manage”
“will u be coming tomorrow?”
“i dont think so”
“thats bad news for me”
“i will be all alone for the reporting”
“im sorry”
“it's fine where r u rn?”
“why”
“im curious”
“...”
“what?”
“curiousity killed the cat”
“but satisfaction brought it back”
“arf”
“what?”
“meow”
“neigh?”
“Jean?”
“u did not”
“oh i just did u shouldnt have neighed”
“who introduced u to attack on titans i will kill that guy”
“my sister”
“oh alright”
“whatever”
“you havent answered my question yet and what's this? youre backing off just like that? evn w/o a fight?”
“what question”
“dont act all innocnet”
“says the guy who doesnt know how to spell”
“innocent* it was a typo, ok?”
“sure it was”
“so where are you?”
“planet mars”
“oh when are you coming back”
“dunno”
“you ok? you dont rly seem like youre usual self”
“..”
“tyrone texted me ur location”
“he did WHAT”
“since its late id better be going. u should get some rest too. i'll be there first thing in the morning”
“DONT COME”
“goodnight, chlo”
“i swear i'll kill Ty”
“....goodnight, leo”
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bold- tyrone
italicized - chloe
“WTH DID U DO U PIECE OF 💩”
“I laugh everytime you dont say shit and use that emoji. What did I do now?”
“you told leo where i was at”
“He told me you were okay with it and said it was urgent. He even sent me a screenshot of your text.”
“lemme see”
“It got deleted lolz.”
“YOU IDIOT”
“What?”
“WHATS MY FAVOURITE COLOR”
“Purple.”
“OH GREAT JUST AS I EXPECTED WHY ARE YOU DRUNK IN THE AFTERNOON? YOU KNOW THAT I DONT HAVE A FAVOURITE COLOR AND YOU NEVER SAY LOLZ YOU SAY LOLS AND HOW DO YOU TYPE SO PERFECTLY”
“I don't know. I was sad, okay?”
“oh, what happened?”
“you know what, screw this im coming over to get you which bar are you at??”
“Chloe, you're confined at the hospital.”
“i dont care i'll escape if i have to”
“Chloe no. I'm fine. I'll sober up in a few hours and visit you. Sorry for telling Leo, didn't know you were not okay with him knowing. Want me to threaten him not to come?”
“are you really drunk? how can u type without typos and have perfect grammar and punctuation marks??? but nah, it's ok youve said it already anyways”
“Promise you're ok with everything?”
“i promise.”
“BUT HOW CAN YOU LITERALLY TYPE SO PERFRCTLY WHILE YOURR DRUNK??”
“Magic, Chloe. Magic.”
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