Mystery Messenger | Dream

Ten

Two months later

Summer was almost over, and I'd done nothing but edit and sit by my pool for all of it.

Mostly because I enjoyed living like that, being able to sit in peacefulness without the fear of being ridiculed.

But also because I did have some form of company the whole time.

Omg then Nick decided it was a smart idea to try and mlg in the Nether

Let's just say he fucked himself over on that one

I laugh at the message, reading my usual recap of Dreams day. Well, Clay, as he told me to call him after realizing I hadn't been using his name after all this time.

Anyway how's your day been?

Do anything fun?

I ponder telling him the truth, that I'd sat around in bed all day binging Miraculous Ladybug, but would he think I'm boring?

Sadly, I couldn't come up with a good white-lie off the top of my head, so my fingers ended up typing out the truth anyway.

Nothing much just watched some shows off Netflix

Do you have any videos in need of editing?

That would be a great form of entertainment

The smile on my face was basically impossible to get rid of, and I knew that all too well. My brother thought I was broken, and both my parents were worried.

To be honest, so was I.

After talking to Clay this much I'd begun to feel differently towards him, my anxiety morphing into something that felt almost identical, but I instead liked the warmth.

I have one that you could edit for next week

If it's possible of course

The message makes me beam and I quickly respond, grateful for auto correct with how fast my fingers were moving.

THANK YOU SEXY!

I send the message before reading it, and my eyes widen when I see the last word.

No...

Oh no...

I go to delete the mistake buts its far too late, the response has already rolled in.

Oh?

We don't even know what the other looks like 😂

His response is nice, but I can already assume how uncomfortable I made him feel with a message like that.

I meant to put so much

I'm sorry!!

Apologizing is the best route, and I do just that, explaining my error quickly in order to clear up any confusion or discomfort.

I assumed it was a typo

No worries :)

A breath of relief escapes my lips and I set my phone down, laying down to stare up at the ceiling.

"I need to fix these feelings before it gets too out of hand..."

I knew what I had was a tiny puppy-crush for Clay, and I was trying to cut off the thoughts as quickly as possible.

But no matter how much I tried, the faceless man wouldn't escape from my mind.

Being his editor was one thing, but being his editor with a crush was more than difficult, considering I had to text him at least once a day to check in for vids.

And even after that I had to make arrangements and clarifications with him too.

Needless to say, even if we weren't talking on a normal basis as friends, the two of us would have to talk daily for work.

I was just lucky enough to have bonded with Clay in some way. Well, maybe it isn't luck with the way I feel.

"Why does everything have to be so difficult? I mean, this crush came out of nowhere, and I haven't been able to calm down since."

Talking to myself isn't out of the usual, and even though I looked crazy, it definitely helped to organize my thoughts.

I mean, who falls in love with someone they don't even know the face of?

I think my anxiety had been a big reason I didn't catch on sooner, since it was easy to blame heart racing and body shaking on such a disorder.

But after some time it became easy to tell the difference.

I'm fucked.

☁︎︎

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I did the time skip, though I guess I could've given some more context to the crush, I wasn't imagining it as anything special.

Tbh I was kinda imagining y/n one day just seeing it click like 'Oh. Oh! Oh...'