The sound of a complete team wipe in the game broadcast snapped me out of my thoughts.
Seeing the barrage of comments flooding the livestream chat, I realized that I had truly been reborn.
[Wow, a one-against-five pentakill! It's such a pity the streamer doesn't go pro with skills like this!]
[The streamer's skill is incredible! Reminds me of an old friend!]
I smiled at the comments. But the next moment, my eyes were drawn to the chat history on my phone.
It was my chat history with Clarice.
I had sent her over a dozen messages, and she hadn't replied to a single one.
Worried I might miss her response, I'd set my phone to stay on all the time.
I invited her to dinner tomorrow, carefully choosing a few of her favorite restaurants.
But it was as if she hadn't even seen the messages; she never bothered to reply.
I chuckled to myself, realizing just how foolish I was.
Just as I was about to retract those messages, my phone rang.
"Mr. Moreno, the flowers you ordered are delayed due to logistics issues. Would you like to replace them with something else?"
Only then did I suddenly realize I'd gone back to the time before I confessed to Clarice!