Chapter 1 – I'm Late, the World Hates Me, and… Why Are There Floating Comments?!
Jay's POV
I woke up to my alarm screaming like a dying goat.
And I mean screaming.
I slapped at my phone, missed, slapped again, missed again—why does my hand stop functioning in the morning??—and finally grabbed it. My screen flashed: 7:42 AM.
…Great. Amazing. Perfect.
Late. Again.
Before I could even process my downfall, my phone buzzed with the single most annoying name on Earth: Aries.
"JAY! GET UP! WE'RE LEAVING IN FIVE!" he yelled the moment I picked up.
Imagine waking up late and being yelled at by a boy who looks like he crawled straight out of a shampoo commercial but acts like you personally ruined his bloodline. That's Aries. My cousin. Technically. Kinda. Whatever.
"I'm UP!" I snapped back, already tripping over my blanket like it had personal beef with me.
Getting ready was a montage of disaster:
uniform half buttoned
hair refusing to cooperate
my shoelace trying to kill me
and me whispering "I hate my life" every two minutes
Breakfast? I inhaled it. Literally. If someone filmed me, it would've looked like a survival documentary. Toast, cereal, water—gone. I don't even think I tasted anything.
Aries honked from outside.
Of course he did.
If there was a world where he minded his business, I'd like to visit it.
"COMING!" I yelled, grabbing my bag and sprinting out like a feral raccoon.
We reached school with two minutes until the bell. My lungs were dead. My soul was floating above my body. And Aries had the audacity to walk like he wasn't dying too.
"I swear you need to start waking up earlier," he muttered.
"Wow, thank you, Captain Obvious," I muttered back.
He rolled his eyes so hard I thought they'd fall out.
But then he appeared.
Keifer.
The scowling king of Ulupongs.
The boy every girl hated, feared, secretly adored, and complained about in group chats.
Tall, uniform perfect, jaw clenched like he was personally holding the school together.
He walked past, barely glancing at me.
And that's when it happened.
The moment my life officially left the chat.
A glowing text suddenly popped up above my head.
No, seriously.
A COMMENT.
A literal comment.
Floating. Like a freaking hologram.
"Keifer is SO HOT but wait until he's wrapped around Jay's pinky 🤭🔥"
What.
WHAT.
WHATTTT.
I froze.
Looked up.
Looked around.
No one else noticed??
Was I hallucinating??
Did my cereal expire??
Did Aries poison me??
Before I could react, another comment popped up.
"Lol he acts mean but he's gonna fall for her AND Yuri will too. Even David. She's doomed 💀💀"
My jaw dropped so hard it hit the core of the earth.
"What the—?!"
A THIRD one appeared.
"He's gonna break her heart first but don't worry besties, he'll buy her an ISLAND later."
AN ISLAND???
I can't even afford lunch right now???
I slapped my face.
Hard.
It hurt.
So clearly I wasn't dreaming.
I slowly turned to Keifer.
He was scowling at a freshman like the boy owed him rent.
Completely normal.
Completely unaware of the floating chaos around me.
I'm sorry… WHAT IS GOING ON??
At first, I seriously thought I had gone crazy.
Like, clinically.
Maybe I was cursed?
Did I anger a ghost?
Was this karma for stealing my cousin's fries last week?
But then curiosity dragged me by the hair.
What if…
I tested it?
I saw a comment say keifer was gonna fall?
Just a little.
I looked at Keifer and whispered, "You're gonna trip over your shoelace."
He turned.
Scowled.
Opened his mouth to tell me to shut up—
—AND IMMEDIATELY TRIPPED.
Right over his perfectly tied shoelace that somehow untied itself in two seconds.
He fell forward, caught himself, and whipped his head around with a glare that could melt steel.
"What is your problem?" he snapped.
I blinked.
Innocent smile.
"I didn't do anything."
Inside, however, I was screaming.
THE COMMENTS ARE REAL.
THEY'RE REAL.
I CAN SEE THEM AND THEY COME TRUE.
Oh no.
Oh no no no no.
This is bad.
This is very bad.
If these comments are from actual people…
They don't know I can read them.
And I don't know what they'll say next.
This is officially the worst (best?) day of my life.
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Definitely did not see a new book coming this soon but here we are (it literally came through a dream)
So since ur gurly has finals this story will be only updated twice or 3× a week.