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𝐨𝐧𝐞 | where it all began

A Saturday night
in November..
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Scrolling through TikTok is all I feel like doing tonight. Exciting - I know. As I'm scrolling past the countless funny, sad and stupid videos uploaded by people, I start thinking about how different I wish my life were. How I would rather be out having fun like all these content creators, but here I am... a student studying at university, working as much as I can as a makeup artist. I worked all day today, so when my friend asked if I wanted to hang out and go for drinks in my city - which is Sydney, I had to decline as I was too tired... The nightlife here is crazy big, so I have to be given notice to be able to mentally prepare.

Suddenly, I swiped onto a video of a very, VERY attractive guy dressed in a hockey jersey with 2 million likes. Now, this has caught my attention: who is this guy? Why have I not seen him before? Why does he look like he should be modelling instead? I practically ran to the comments to try to find this guy's name, and I discovered it to be 'Michal Mrázik'... "Hmm," I thought, that seems like a very European name. I went to Google to do some research, and after typing in his name, I unravelled the essential details about this guy.

Birthday: July 30, 2001... "Wow, only a year older than me.. and a Leo," I said to myself with a smile; I love and hate Leo men... being an Aries and all. He was born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia... My mouth slightly opened; oh my, Slovakian? Interesting. European, that's for sure. I always dreamt of dating a European, and whoever gets to date this one is fucking lucky. I go on, reading down the page and discovering more- wait. Height: 6'4"?! Can this guy get any more perfect? I instantly add him to my top 3 hottest men list to remember mentally. I'm only 5'5", so this man would tower over me, and we love the thought of that.

Now... what's his Instagram? I open the Instagram app and start searching for his full name, an account with a verified check shows as the top result. I tap it, suddenly feeling butterflies as I don't know what to expect. When it loads, I see he has 95k followers and 33 posts. Damn. I tap the most recent post, which shows him working out, and then other photos of him, including one in ice hockey gear out on the ice, smiling at the camera with a friend. My god, I'm frustrated. I've only just come across him now. I exit the post to view all of them and quickly down to his first one, him being just as attractive at 16 years old. My head starts spinning due to taking all this sudden information in and kind of falling in love, fast. I can't spot any flaw in him; this is wild.

Scrolling back up to the top, I stare at the message button... Should I shoot my shot and see if he replies? No, no, don't be silly. Someone like him with that many followers wouldn't respond to anyone's message - unless you're Kylie Jenner or something. Hmm, well... what do I have to lose? Let's just do it as a joke so I won't get hurt when he doesn't respond. I tap the message button, and it brings me to a new chat, 'Invite Michal Mrázik to a chat' displays on top of the chat box. Below it, in smaller text, it reads, 'You can send more messages once this person accepts your request'. I guess I'd be happy to sit in his message requests rather than not... I start typing 'hey' and just press send. Don't overthink it; he won't see it anyway, I assure myself.

I go back to the still-open TikTok app, leave a like on the edit of Michal and even save it so I can be reminded how hot he is. By this time, it's 10pm, and I'm starting to yawn. I set my phone down and roll over to go to sleep. I'm briefly having Michal cross my mind and imagine him replying, describing what he might respond with and how I would react. My mind then drifts to sleep, happy I have a new 'well-known' guy crush to be delusional about.

Sunday..
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A weird dream made me jolt awake, confused and unsure of where I was. Once I look around and realise I'm in my own home, I already start to forget what the dream was even about. I grab my phone off the charging dock and check the time-9:24 a.m. Damn, I finally got to sleep in for once. I start to stretch to wake myself up a bit more before unlocking my phone to read the notifications, subconsciously expecting a reply from Michal but realising he hasn't accepted my message request. Shaking my head at myself while fixing my hair, of course he hasn't replied Ellie. I go on to read the actual existing notifications from my friends and social media. 'Snapchat: C 🩷 is typing... C 🩷 sent a chat!' and 'Instagram: Emily sent a reel by finemen'. Well, I know what those would both be about.. my best friend Cece will be telling me about something she found out, which is always some good tea. And Emily will just be sending me a reel of some hot celebrity she loves. Then, there are just some emails from my university advising me of the assignment that's due tonight. I roll my eyes; 4 more weeks, Ellie, then it's summer break.