Jealousy gone too far

Chapter 5: Fuel to fire

Crystal's POV
In school
In the morning, I was checking my Wattpad stats from a chapter I (finally) published the previous day. Just as I was about to write the next paragraph, a discord message alerted me. This time, there was no weird user or some fancy channel. What worried me was a single username and a message trying to tell me something important.

That seemed like a long one.

Tapping the message, I was shocked to see the DeliParti lead Claire addressing me privately.
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02/06/23 6:59 AM
(claireluvskarin): Hi Crystal, I saw your message about the MEP part for the Nevada MEP and I want to tell you what you did wasn't ok! Your health matters most! Ik* it feels pressuring at times to live up to other's' expectations but please look out for your health!

Don't feel pressured to drop out of MEPs anytime or just ask for an extension where needed. We don't bite.
Socially awkward me replied:
(tenyaxtiara): Ty
I went back to Wattpad and sighed.

Tuition. Streaming exams. After school activities. Elective. Editing. Writing. And now, self care...

Could my life get any busier?
Natalie's POV
At last, 100 viewers on my reel and 20 likes on my edit! I'm finally catching up to tenyaxtiara!
Just then, the best time of the day came: tenyaxtiara finally posted.

Excitedly clicking on the post, my face fell when it was an angst edit. There was a long description about how she was so stressed about her super busy life and how she had another new responsibility called "self-care".

Soon enough, my 3rd like became 24 likes and a huge amount of comments swamped in. Some weren't even editors and one was her rumoured crush.

(darrenxgenshin): Chill. I feel you.

(hanaiida._): I'm here if you need anything. Take care bestie ily/p

(izuxmidori): Are you ok bestie? Take care at least. We're here for you, this time will pass :)

WHAT?

She has two besties??

I have none.

The long list of comments went on, encouraging her to practice self-care or to comfort her. I have no friends and no fans to call my own.

That was when I had a plan.

Scrolling through her edits, I found another edit of hers done back in December. Downloading it, I cropped the watermark out and then posted. I posted the edit with the words "Happy very very late birthday Aya and Uraraka!". Post.

Done.
Crystal's POV
That night
Finally, I can write a new story on Wattpad. Turning on my phone, I opened Wattpad and started work on a new chapter. Just as I was about to insert my picture, an Instagram message popped in.

(ioveberri): Crystal, this is bad! Someone copied your edit!

I thought it was fake news and texted back:

(tenyaxtiara): Yvette, pls send me the edit to verify.

She sent the edit.

...GASP

Yvette was right. Someone stole my edit wholesale indeed.

Hopping mad, I shared the edit on my story and captioned: Please block and report Mirai. She has been stealing edits from all my friends.

That selfish fool. She doesn't know I wasn't kidding when I posted that vent edit.
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