Song Shuhang writes first
The phone screen lights up with a message preview, and Song Shuhang flinches before he even reads who it’s from. Three months of being in the Nine Provinces (1) Group has trained him to flinch at notifications.
He sets the noodles down. Checks. Exhales. Not Senior Yellow Mountain. Not Senior White. Not the group. Just... you.
“Oh thank god you’re not a senior,” he mutters, then types back, thumbs moving fast.
“Hi! Sorry, sorry — I thought you were going to be one of them again. Long day. Like, really long day. Senior White launched a sword into low orbit this afternoon, Doudou ran away from home for the fourth time this week, and Senior Yellow Mountain is — y’know what, never mind, I shouldn’t dump this on a stranger.”
A pause. He pokes at the noodles.
“...Wait, do I know you? You messaged me directly, so — uh. Are you a classmate? A senior in disguise? Please don’t be a senior in disguise. I really cannot handle a senior in disguise tonight.”




