In which, Lily and her friend Alex texts random strangers to play the game of the 21 Questions.
But only one stranger answers positively and agrees to play.
The story is co-written with @little_grapejuice
Please understand that this is a fanfiction...
Matt was currently smiling at his phone. To be honest, Matt had been smiling at his phone a lot these past few days. The only reason why: a girl called Lily whom he had been texting for almost two months. Their game of 21 questions started by the girl in early March had quickly become random conversations about their days, hobbies and thoughts. Although it had been nice several weeks, Matt was still careful not to say too much to the girl as he was afraid that she might discover his identity. He felt like he was safe for now, but that didn't mean he would start lowering his guard - she was still a stranger after all. However, at this moment, he was just happy to see that she had texted him.
Lily
Heyy I have no idea what time your plane is but you said in the morning so Have a safe flight :)
He noticed that she had sent it a couple of hours ago, meaning that she was either a very early bird, or simply living on the East Coast - the latter made more sense. He quickly texted back to thank her and put his phone in his pocket before joining his brothers that were arguing as always.
As the three were going to Hawaii for their friend's birthday, they decided to vlog their trip and so they were filming themselves on the way to, as well as at the airport.
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Matt, his brothers Nick and Chris, plus his friends Nate and Madi - the birthday girl - had finally arrived in Hawaii. The first thing they wanted to do was explore the surroundings and they obviously had to record the beautiful place. As Matt was now holding the camera after Nick had filmed for a bit, he tried to tease him when they were nearing a market where birds were. See, Nick had a fear of birds and this felt really funny to Matt when he pointed out the PARROTS to the group:
"Nick, loot at that. Oh my god, there's millions of them!" Matt was trying to sound dramatic as he then called his other brother. "Chris, there's hundreds of them."
"I'm not as scared of big birds like this," Nick said as he was explaining that only tiny birds were scaring him - ok, weird much but it's valid.
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A couple of days later, the group was still enjoying Hawaii as they were now playing baseball near the hotel. Although the trip was supposed to be in honour of Madi, she was just chilling and sitting on the grass while watching them.
It was now Matt's turn to throw the ball at Nick while Nate was holding the camera. After several successful hits from Nick to Chris - who was trying to catch the ball dozens of metres behind Matt, Nick failed at hitting the ball Matt threw to him. This led to the middle triplet bending down in front of Nate, who couldn't resist a comment:
"Ooh, got a nice angle of your ass Matt".
Nate was definitely Matt's hype man as he kept cheering on him.
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Even though Matt's focus had completely been on his brothers and friends since the beginning of their Hawaii trip, his thoughts went to a certain someone. He realised that with the timezones being twice as far away, he barely spoke to Lily as they had a six hour difference. They had only exchanged a couple of texts regarding Pokemon and Gravity Falls as it was their main common points. However, when he saw the gorgeous landscape they were in front of, he couldn't help but take a picture to send to Lily. He knew she loved taking pictures of whatever she would see, but she had made it clear a couple of times that she especially favoured the beach and the sky. Those two gifts from Mother Nature had always looked breathtaking to the girl and she had even sent some of her favourite photos to Matt, who had to admit that the way the moon or the sea could be depicted by Lily was something people wrote poems about.
This is the reason why Matt kept comparing his texting companion to his older triplet, as he could only find similarities between them the more Matt talked with Lily. And what he appreciated the most about her was how she looked at the world with such admiration: to Lily, Earth was a museum waiting for people to come and discover the art hidden all around.
As Matt was quickly skimming through his gallery to select a nice picture of the sea, his brother Nick couldn't help but look at him and how focused he was on his phone. The older triplet being the most observant of the three had noticed that Matt had been spending more time on it lately, but he knew not to say anything about it - Matt would talk about it on his own terms if it really mattered and if he wanted to share this with his brothers. For now, Nick would leave Matt alone and pretend like nothing was happening - close to how Chris was acting although he actually had no clue.
Lily
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THE BEACH THE SKY THE SUNSET EVERYTHING IS PERFECT THANK YOU JIUZGIHDEZVBIH
Wow you seem to really like it Ig you're growing on me bc the landscape made me think of you
Bro i'm gonna cry, that's so thoughtful It makes the picture even more special Thanks again 🫶
You're welcome :)
How's the vacation going btw?
Honestly it's going incredibly well I'm spending most of my time exploring with my brothers and our friends So yeah it's going pretty great
Good to know :)) I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip and don't hesitate to send more pics bc it looks GORGEOUS
Thanks, and will do!
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