Guh!
My heart skipped a beat. Didn't something just come up for this weekend? Am I about to miss this golden opportunity? Wait, it's just Kokoro! Maybe this IS the golden opportunity!
"Let me check one thing and call you right back okay?"
"Okay~!"
Faster than speed dial could have managed I was ringing Kokoro's phone.
"Please pick up, please pick up, ple-"
"Hey, Calli, what's up? You o-?"
"KOKORO IS IT OKAY IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS OVER WITH US YOU DON'T KNOW HER BUT HER NAME IS KIARA AND I MET HER RECENTLY AND I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TWO AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT HER AND SHE'S REALLY COOL AND-"
"Easy there Calli, breathe! If you're cool with her, I probably am too. Wanna talk more later?"
"-GUH! Hoooooo... Yes. I would like to talk much more later and now I am going to confirm these plans. Good bye Kokoro."
"Ha, talk to you later Calli."
They disconnected the call for me. Thankfully. If they hadn't I probably would have gone on catching my breath on phone forever. I got a glass of water as I mentally prepared myself to call Kiara. Deep breaths, easy breaths...here we go. One ring buzzes my ear. Another ring. Before the third ring can finish, I hear an eager voice.
"Calli! How does the schedule look?"
"Hello again Kiara, your boy actually already made plans this weekend. I checked with my friend, though, and if you're okay with it, they're okay with us all hanging out? Totally get if you don-"
"I'd love to meet your friend Calli! Where are we going?"
She's so fast to adapt and make decisions, it's nerve wracking. Seriously, who is this good at communicating? It's not natural!
"Oh, we were just gonna meet at my house, but we could go to eat or an arcade?"
"If you don't mind me over I definitely don't mind coming! Maybe we could all have a sleepover party!"
"I don't know, I don't have too much space haha.."
"Oh I don't mind sharing a bed if it's with you Calli~. Ahaha!"
Obviously she was just joking. We've already established this dynamic. There's no way she was serious just now. The head knows, but the heart just can't care, I guess. Let's try something...
"Okay fine, but just this once! I definitely don't just want to wake up and see your sleepy face right beside me, got that?"
My heart almost pounds out of my chest as I lie through my teeth. Could she actually, honestly not mind sharing a bed with me? Would it even be right to if we lay there in such different worlds? How different are our worlds, at this point?
"Hahaha! Nice one Calli, now we're getting there!"
Her words snap me back to reality. To our fake love. I almost pushed things too far again.
"Yeah, we might really have something going by debut. I have to go now but I'll be in touch about this weekend. I'll let my friend, Kokoro, know that we're planning a sleepover, too. Bye."
"Good bye Calli! Have a good day!"
This call, I'm able to disconnect myself. Great things approaching but how great are they? The next few days are some confusing mix of a drag and a blur. The only thing I can truly remember is my conversation with Kokoro.
"Hey Kokoro, about this weekend, and this girl-"
"Kiara, right? You like her, I can already tell. You don't call somebody "really cool" like that unless you're at least a little interested in them."
"-guh...you know me too well. Yeah, I think I might be feeling some things towards her but I just barely met her, so I'm going to wait longer to confirm it."
"That's smart. You want me to wingman this weekend just in case?"
"...it would be appreciated."
"No worries, my Calli: Wingman Mode On. I'm putting on shades and smiling to show you how cool I am and how good I am at this. Do you feel it? Do you feel my coolness?"
"Haha! I can feel your cool aura through the phone! ...thanks. Your boi kinda needed that, honestly."
"Anytime, my boi. Much love, and I will see you this weekend, with Kiara! Shades on!"
"Shades on! See you then, Kokoro!"
The weekend is here before I realize it. I feel like I forgot something, but I can't quite place it...just as I think this, I hear a knock on my door. Probably Kokoro, they don't live too far.
"Guh! Coming!"
Suddenly aware of exactly how I'm dressed in just shorts and a t-shirt, exactly how messy my hair is, and exactly how I just shouted Guh! at the top of my lungs, I am greeted by none other than Kiara.
"Guh to you too!"