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Lucia's POV:
(May 15)
"Seriously?", I looked around my room, messy as ever while I stood in the middle of it. I was supposed to be done an hour ago but I was stuck pondering on what else to talk about with a new online friend of mine—Claveria, a girl from Thailand. I met her around a month ago on Tiktok where we hit it off because of our similar interests in art and Minecraft SMPS and ARGS. She was relatively more interested than me, though. Not that I mind, it was better than having no one to talk to.
Recently, we moved to a new app to talk to. Messenger, an app that usually made me fumble more than I can admit. Instead this time, I was ready to talk to not-so-much-of-an-online-stranger. I had an alt account ready, just so they wouldn't end up finding some very sensitive information about me that'd hunt me for days to come.
It was alright to begin with—abit low-key even. Until she sent me a link, a website (or a digital whiteboard) where we could draw together in real time. At first, it was awkward since she actually had another friend already joined in even though they were offline, then I warmed up eventually, and started locking in. We did have some chats while drawing though, even complimenting eachother an absurd amount of times.
"That is so cool"
"I love how you draw ____!"
"I love your artstyle so much (ToT)"
"Lucia's drawing: PEAK"
She always had something to say whenever I started drawing.
(May 16)
I was in my room, decluttering everything with the intention of actually cleaning up before bed—until I got a text from Aum.
Claveria 👀👀 : "Hii"
Lucia👀👀: "HALLO"
Lucia👀👀: "how are youu?"
Claveria 👀👀: "Im okay, i finished all my daily tasks so i have free time today."
She's been busy with art commissions lately so hearing her say she had free time at the moment made me want to jump into an opportunity to play roblox with her, but I was stuck having to clean my room.... Still, it won't hurt delaying my chores just this once, right?
Lucia👀👀: "Nicee, im sort of bored tbh 😢😢"
Lucia👀👀: "Do you wanna play roblox?"
Ding!
Claveria 👀👀: "Sure, what game?"
Lucia👀👀: "I saw this game earlier called Ao Oni on tiktok and I wanna try it out."
Lucia👀👀: "Just join me when ur ready :DD" I opened my macbook and opened roblox to join the game and also to wait until she joins me.
[Eunyungbaek has joined the experience]
Dianamite: "Haii"
/You are now privately chatting with Eunyungbaek/
From Eunyungbaek: "heloo"
From Dianamite: "get in the classroom" Without another reply, she followed me in as the game started.
It was a fun game, though as the scaredy cat that I am, I tried to make her stick by my side at all costs, even if it did end up with the both of us dying.
8:34 PM
At our third re-try, I could feel myself getting ready to leave. Just as I was about to tell her I wanted to go and do something else, she initiated it first.
From Eunyungbaek: "do u wanna draw"
From Dianamite: "YES PLS"
Then again, we switched platforms and I went back to my phone.
8:45 PM
The entire drawing experience went smoothly. I was finishing up a silly drawing of Ao Oni while she was drawing a shark girl of some sort. I contemplated on whether or not letting her find it herself or surprising her with it while she was focused on drawing. I chose the latter.
8:50 PM
I moved my drawing next to hers, close enough for her to see it when she zooms out. I didn't exactly have to wait long to see her write something next to it.
Claveria: "What."
Lucia: "Hehehe, it looks so dumb"
Claveria: "yes absolotely"
Lucia: "What if your friend sees this"
8:52 PM
Claveria: "They would scream so loud"
Lucia: "You should invite them to join us next time!
8:54 PM
Claveria: "They leave me"
8:55 PM
Lucia: "Oh, sorry about that."
Claveria: "its ok"
Claveria: "They have better things to do eeeeeeeeeeeeeehdhdh"
8:58 PM
Lucia: "okay :( I'll be here for you then!"
8:59 PM
Claveria: "awhhhhhhhhh ♡♡♡ thank you so much ♡♡♡"
Lucia: "♡♡♡"
9:00 PM.
Claveria: "Are we online dating?"
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I felt myself getting benumbed for a solid minute. "Seriously?", I gasped out loud. I looked around my surroundings, suddenly realizing how cluttered I left my room just to play and draw with.. Claveria. Even her name started sounding like a melody everytime I said it. Claveria. Claveria. Claveria. Her name just rolls off my tongue perfectly.