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Pet

are you implying my spreadsheet is dramatic???

and no thank you

I can tame them myself

Me

uh-huh

I’ll be here when those “tamed” numbers start plotting a coup

I set my phone down as Henry finished unpacking all the makis. My stomach rumbled. Not that I wanted to admit he wasright, but I had skipped breakfast for an early meeting—and the inevitable string that followed.

“So have you met his friends?” Henry asked.

I raised an eyebrow.

“Been to his place? Know his last name?”

I sighed. “Henny, we’ve been going out for two months.”

“Right, right,” he said, popping a roll into his mouth and chewing thoughtfully. “How long did your fling with E last? Summer, right? Couple of months?”

We stared at each other.

“You’re being very annoying today,” I said.

Henry let out his bark of a laugh. “You make it so easy.”

My phone buzzed again, and I grabbed it while taking a bite of a salmon yuzu roll.

Pet

please

I’d like to see them try

I’ve handled worse than a rogue spreadsheet

Me

forgot who I was talking to for a minute there

they don’t stand a fucking chance

I’ll still be around if you need saving though

Pet

don’t need the heroics

got plenty of red bull and have been vibing to this one song on repeat

kept me sane more than the class did tbh

Me