Chapter 17 - : 17 Eiden might go to jail
"Lyra!!??"
Eiden stared at the notification on his phone, wide-eyed. It was her profile and a message. Just a red heart emoji. He blinked. "Was the performance last night that effective?" he muttered aloud, sitting up straighter. "No way she fell for me already... right?" Without hesitation, he barked, "System-chan, show me Lyra’s progress!"
Ding!
Lyra progress : 64%
Eiden tilted his head, confused. "Huh? It didn’t go up though... then why did she send a heart?" He stared back at the message, the lone red heart glowing on the screen. And then poof it vanished.
"...Huh? Deleted?" he muttered, rubbing his eyes. "Was it a mistake?" More importantly "Wait a sec. Why does she even have my number? I don’t remember giving it to her..."
He stared at his screen, then quickly typed a simple message:
"?"
Meanwhile, in a quiet, sunlit room somewhere else... "OH MY GOD!!! NOOOO!!!" Lyra screamed internally, clutching her phone in pure horror. She was pacing her room, fresh out of the bath, her damp hair wrapped in a towel. Her phone screen still had Eiden’s name open, the chat window showing her sent and now deleted message. "Nooo... he saw it! I deleted it but he saw it! GAAHHH!!" she groaned, flopping onto the bed.
Her fingers flew across the screen.
"I’m sooo sorry! I was taking a bath and some water sprinkled over the phone and wrote the message on its own!" Eiden, reading the message, blinked in disbelief. "Water wrote the message on its own...?" he muttered, scratching his head. "...Well, I guess that makes sense. Still..." His thumbs moved. "How did you get my number?"