more than just a dream

hana: the big calendar 😂😂

hana: but you do have a good point, december feels like a lifetime ago already

hana: maybe there IS a conspiracy theory here.... i'm gonna do some research into it. you might be onto something noah

noah: RIGHT!!!!! so there's definitely gotta be something behind that lemme go look for my tinfoil hat

yooseung: excuse ME?!?!!?!?!?! WHY BLAME ME

yooseung: blame the CONCEPT OF TIME!!

yooseung: AND THE ROMANS!!! OR WHOEVER INVENTED IT!!!

noah: cos its easier to pin the blame on you rather than on the abstract concept of time itself duh

stefan: is it...

stefan: math?

stefan: no. geography. because, like, the world.. geo..

stefan: i didn't get good grades, don't leave it to me

noah: no no i dont think its math cos there's no weird little symbols like x^2 or whatever

noah: ...

yooseung: hey

yooseung: heard ure sexy 🤨🤨🤨

noah: now why use those emojis

holden   tried   his   hardest   to   be   unphased   —   lips   pressed   together   in   a   thin   line   as   he   looked   down   at   the   very   clean,   white   plate   sitting   in   front   of   you.   “i   can’t   believe   you’re   actually   going   to   convince   me   to   pay   for   this   on   account   of   my   love   for   you.”   he   shook   his   dark   head,   shifting   to   and   fro   in   his   seat.  

was   he   actually   going   to   pay   for   today’s   meal?   a   soft   sigh   left   his   lips   -   he   adored   noah.   holden   fished   out   his   phone,   logged   into   his   bank   app,   and   looked   at   his   account   balance.   a   small   frown   furrowed   between   his   brows.   “how   much   cash   you   got   on   you?”   he   asked   the   other.   my   dad   cut   off   my   money   again   this   month   and   i   don’t   know   if   i   can   afford   to   pay…   shame   and   dread   filled   holden’s   soul,   and   he   clicked   his   phone   off   before   stuffing   it   in   his   front   jean   pocket   again.

“ i don’t think it counts as convincing, ” they quickly pipe up, and just as fast a somewhat malicious undertone appears on his smile. “ ‘cause i didn’t even have to try. you just love me that much ! ”

HOLDEN: ... sure.

HOLDEN: noah, ur not high or anything, right?

HOLDEN: because lemme tell u - it isn't worth it.

noah: so what if i am? myob

noah: ....just kidding. i wish

noah: its an interesting thought tho isnt it? like

noah: we think we have control of everything sometimes but we actually really dont. our control is limited and thats SO scary to me like

                          𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 !

the   last   five   years   went   by   and   anika   thought   that   she   would   have   gotten   comfortable   with   the   slow   pace   of   a   small   town   by   now.   but   perhaps   she   missed   the   hustle   and   bustle   of   l.a.,   constantly   shutting   down   the   posers   and   haters   of   the   world   now   resorted   solely   online.   anika   missed   the   cat   fights.   letting   out   a   sigh,   she   pushed   her   obnoxiously   large   gucci   sunglasses   over   her   eyes   and   climbed   out   of   her   tesla.   dripped   to   the   nines,   she   was   on   her   way   to   work   that   morning   when   she   bumped   into   a   blurring   individual   and   knocked   her   off   balance.   “excuse   me?!”   she   spat.   “it’s   eight   o’clock   in   the   morning   and   i   haven’t   even   had   my   coffee.   can   you   seriously   watch   where   the   fuck   you’re   going?”

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assuming noah will one day be a morning person is akin to waiting for hell to freeze over, a fact further evidenced by the bags under his eyes ( you know how in every household there’s a plastic bag full of other plastic bags ? yeah, that’s how bad it is ) and the comically large energy drink they carry.

everything goes into stop-motion mode once he collides against someone, though. there’s the energy drink escaping his grip and spilling over, there’s his bag falling to the floor, and pretty much the only thing needed to complete the montage is some classical music.

. . .

at first, noah doesn’t quite process the other’s words.

. . . and once they do, noah doesn’t do much more than blink a couple times looking thoroughly unimpressed. then, after a brief pause, “ i was, but i don’t think you were. can you actually see anything out of those glasses, anyway ? ”

yohan: are you okay?

yohan: it sounds like you're in a knife fight with a calendar

noah: KNIFE FIGHT??????? who the hell do u think i am

charlie: that IS fucked

charlie: has it really been a year or are we living in a simulation

noah: i dont think we are but thats just cos if we were then theyd probably program us to not be able to question if we live in a simulation you know?

noah: OR

noah: maybe theyre letting us question it EXACTLY because if we are able to ask this then we wont think were living in a simulation

stefan: woah.

stefan: that's, like, mindblowing, bud.

stefan: can you believe the sun turns around the whole earth every year?

stefan: wait. i think i messed that up

noah: exactly..... EXACTLY

noah: wait wasnt it that the earth wasnt rotating on its own axis or something

noah: idk man i always fell asleep in geography class -__-

noah: or wait. maybe that was science class

hana: that is how time works, noah

hana: but i do get what you mean. this year seems to have gone real quick

noah: ok then riddle me this

noah: if that's how time works. then why does it feel like december was forever ago even though it's just been like 3 months

noah: my theory is that some months are actually longer than others but Big Calendar is hiding that from us

holden: time works like that, my friend. what are you going to do with it? 🤔

noah: nothing

noah: because in the grand scheme of things we are like... powerless you know? time keeps going and waits for no one

noah: and i think thats kinda cool in a way but also its terrifying!!!!

noah: i had to write terrifying like 5 times cos i kept spelling it wrong btw