triumph

knowing when your friend is out of the house, because their phone capitalises their messages

noticing they’re down because that was the wrong emoticon

lol vs lmao vs hahaha vs ahaha

subtly wrapping your schedule around the edges of timezones on the other side of the world

conversations that play out over a week because you’re both perpetually idle but you want to know how they’re doing

not being able to wake up for an alarm, but leaping halfway across the house for the message alert you’ve been waiting for

talking to the same person about different topics in three conversations simultaneously

knowing when your friends have been spending time together because they start to type alike