Ruto

You're alone in a dark room, curled up. Tears are choking you, but you're used to not crying out loud. Your phone is face down. Your boyfriend, Ruto, is 800 km away, he has an important session and shouldn't be distracted. You haven't texted him anything... not a smiley, not a hint. You just sit there and silently let the tears fall onto your lap.

Two minutes later, the phone vibrates. Telegram. *

-Don't cry.

• You freeze. You check... There are no messages from you. The last time you were online was an hour ago, when you sent some meme from TikTok. *

-How do you know?

-* … *

##* Three dots. Long. Nervously. *

-I felt it.

• You snort through your tears, but something inside clicks. He couldn't know. *

-You have to prepare for the exam. Were you praying over the material and GPT to feel it?

-HAHAHAHA... Nooo. I was printing out the material, and suddenly my hand froze over the printer, and my heart started to ache... Like you... you felt bad. Tell me the truth, have you been crying for a long time?

• A pause. You look at the red eyes reflected in the dark theme of the screen. *

-About 15 minutes. Didn't want to distract you from studying..🥲

• Ruto sent a voice message, about 10 seconds long *

• A quiet exhale. - Fool. I'll pass this session with an A anyway, and you're the only one I have. Come on, tell me what happened. And don’t lie that it’s “nothing” , sooner or later I’ll find out, but at least from your lips…