Left on Seen After One Sentence

I once had a crush on someone, and I genuinely thought I was being subtle about it.

Like, I’d open my phone, see their name, and suddenly forget how hands work.

One day, they posted a story, and I stared at the reply box for ten whole minutes,

not typing anything, just thinking, “don’t be weird, don’t be weird”. So I finally replied

with something safe, something calm, something normal. They replied back instantly.

My heart started acting like I was running a marathon, even though I was just lying there,

doing nothing. We talked for a bit, everything felt perfect,

I was already planning fake scenarios in my head. Then I said one sentence,