𝓕𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮

ᐯ丨ᗪ乇ㄖ-Ꮆ卂爪乇 ㄥㄖᐯ乇尺

Y/N:

ok so u really do play genshin?!?!?!?! 😨😨😨

ur joking 

Rin:

Believe wtevr u want

bye 

Y/N:

OH OK I AM SRRY DONT LEAVE 

ATLEAST GIVE ME YOU UID 

Rin has logged off

Y/N:

wow

RIN'S POV

The second I logged off, I let out a breath I hadn't realized I was holding.

My heart was pounding.

Too fast. Too loud. Too much.

I could still see Y/N's texts on my screen, the way she had panicked when I said bye, the way she had begged me not to leave—

I clenched my phone tighter.

She didn't want me to leave.

And that shouldn't mean anything. It shouldn't. But it did.

Because deep down, I knew what I had done.

I had lied.

I had lied just to have a reason to talk to her.

I had lied to be part of her world.

To her, I was someone who played Genshin Impact. Someone who was just another player in the game she loved.

But that wasn't me.

I wasn't like Nagi or chigiri. I didn't spend my time on games or casual conversations. I had never cared about things like this before.

Yet here I was.

Lying just to have an excuse to stay close to her.

I leaned back against my pillow, exhaling slowly.

This wasn't just about Genshin.

This wasn't just about a lie.

This was about her.

And the terrifying realization that I had already fallen for her.

I had never bothered with games like that before. They were a waste of time—distractions that had nothing to do with soccer, nothing to do with my goal. I had no interest in things that wouldn't push me forward, no reason to care about anything that wouldn't make me better. That was how I had always lived. That was how I had taught myself to live.

But maybe... this was my only chance.

My only chance to be her friend.

The thought was ridiculous. I wasn't the type to seek out friendships, let alone lie for the sake of one. And yet, as I watched her messages light up the group chat—her playful back-and-forth with Nagi, her laughter slipping through in the form of overused emojis—I felt an unfamiliar pull.

I wasn't part of her world.

And I hated that.

I hated that I wanted to be.