Dual POV
Mara
I didn’t message him the next day.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9Q75yVM1B
I didn’t need to.
Instead, I opened my music app and created a playlist.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbymi79mmP9
Just three songs.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3bw9zD7UB
One about missing someone I never had.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlZZm0Z3Io
One about learning how to breathe again.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvw0bzMnQI
And one—soft and wordless—that made me think of him sitting across from me in the rain.
I named it “For When You’re Not Sure.”
No text. No explanation. Just a link I dropped in his inbox that night.
Ten minutes later, a message appeared:
“That third track wrecked me. Here’s mine.”
His playlist was called “If I Said Too Much.”17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqA7kNxOyj
And it did.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxW7YkbuyG
The second song was a love letter, the third sounded like goodbye, and the fifth…17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4D4bW9cNnP
The fifth was mine. The one I hummed through the window.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIHVqfRLtR
Except this time, it was a cover—with lyrics.
That’s when I realized:17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMVw53QTxS
He’d heard me long before he met me.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2kquyxboB
And maybe… he’d felt something, too.
Eli
I’ve always found it easier to say things through music.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhLouRYr9g
Words can lie. Songs don’t.
When she sent that playlist, it felt like a door opened.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMW0ipJaFY7
Not wide. Just enough.
So I sent mine back, every track carefully chosen.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4b4zBPw9t8
No fluff. No random filler. Just the truth I couldn’t voice yet.
She didn’t reply for hours.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVe3dGRVEry
When she finally did, it was just:
“I don’t know what this is yet. But I want to find out.”
That was it.
And somehow, it was more honest than any three-page confession could’ve been.
So we kept exchanging playlists—17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsI4XZPOTb
One every night.
No pressure. No labels.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNOSBAMTZT
Just music.
And in that quiet rhythm, we found something neither of us was ready to name.
Not yet.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59zsssYkux
But soon.
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