It's one of those nights when the world outside is quiet, but your phone screen lights up the room like your very own artificial sunrise.

You scroll through Instagram Reels, the endless stream of brain rot memes pulling you deep into the abyss. The humor makes no sense, yet somehow, it's hilarious enough to make you laugh out loud at 3 a.m.

There you are, chuckling at yet another video containing short, strange clips strung together with a slowed audio of a man singing 'linganguliguliguli' playing in the background.

Your thoughts, already fuzzy from the late hour, blend into the mindless scrolling. It's practically routine at this point.

But, just as you're about to scroll past another video, your phone buzzes, breaking this routine of yours. A notification pops up right after, and before you can even process it, you have already been added to a new group chat.

'the GC with the guys who play with balls.'

You stare at the name, your mind struggling to make sense of it. The what that play with what? 

You shake your head and focus back on the matter. Upon observation, you find the GC contains more than 20 members, with only few active given the ungodly hour.

You finally check which person decided to bless the GC with your presence, and your sleep-deprived brain sizzles as you look at the one name reflected on screen: Bachira.

'He added me to the gc for his blue lock stuff...?' Your brows shoot up, and for a moment, a sly idea forms within your brain.

Soon, your fingers hover over your keyboard, and before long, you're typing in.

the gc with the guys who play with balls
• (4) users are active now

[name]
ummm
annyeong guys (⁠^⁠～⁠^)⁠ゞ

[name]
o-oh!!! s-s-sorry I'm shy...
*looks down shyly while twirling hair*

raichi
WTF?
WHO TF ARE U

  
bachira
replying to 'u-unn!!! s-s-sorry...'
do not worry 𝓴𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓴𝓮𝓻𝓼 🥀
 
  
bachira
your alpha is here 😈😈
*puts nose near uour neck*

[name]
u-um bachira-kun
can u h-help me pls?

[name]
I-im not good w ppl (⁠ᗒ⁠ᗩ⁠ᗕ⁠)
*shyly wtiddles fingers*

chigiri is online

chigiri
it's 3 fucking am

 
chigiri
what the hell am I reading rn?
why are you guys roleplaying
some a/b/o shit 😭

 
chigiri
@bachira

 
bachira
*gently holds your hand together*
ofc kiteen, just tell me what u need
I'll do anything for u right away 😈

 
raichi
STOP THS SHIT RN
THIS IS 🤢🤮

chigiri
@bachira

  
chigiri
DO NAWT IGNORE ME
BACHIRA 😠😠

[name]
*blushes and hugs u*
t-thank you sm! >_<

bachira
*passionately and wet-ly
makes out with u*

[name]
*deepens kisses and

makes out w u more agreesively*

 
raichi
HOKY SHIT KYS
 

 
raichi
CRAWL IN A DITCH AND DIE

 
chigiri
i think im gonna hurl

reo is online

  
reo
why's this chat so active this late

reo
you guys know we all
have morning practice right?

reo
?
nvm

reo is offline

raichi
ths shit fucking traumatized me

raichi
im going to sleep

raichi
i hope you two never wake up
you and bachira reacted 😭 to this message

raichi is offline

 
bachira
I CNAT
LMAOOO

[name]
LOL

chigiri
FINALLY

chigiri
u btches gmfu
I ws ready to hurl fr

bachira
mb giri 🥺

chigiri
🙄

bachira
me and my pookei ws js
playing 🤞🏻

[name]
w-we were...?
*caresses the side of ur face gently*

 
bachira
what?!

[name]
ASFGHSEJK
I CANNOT

bachira 
HELP
WHYR U SO GOOD
AT THT

[name]
IDK
yrs of rp with u pooksomes 😘
bachira reacted 😋 to this message

 
bachira
as expected of my kittem 😈
[name] reacted 😋 to this message

chigiri
im
i dont even know where to start

 
chigiri
this has all been a hard read for me

  
[name] 
hard to read? or

hard while reading 😈?

bachira
oh 😈😈??

chigiri
NO⁉️

chigiri
WHAT JS WRONG W U

bachira
😞😞😞😞

chigiri
can u guys pls jist settle down
and explain whats up

chigiri
like whys there suddenly a
new member?

  
chigiri
cuz im gonna get an aneurysm atp

 
bachira
!! oh

  
bachira
bacially
I decided to add my pal here
bc i thiugt this gc
needex meoe spice 😈🙏🏻

[name]
its me im the spice 😈🙏🏻

[name] at ur service, nice 2 meechu chigiri!!!

  
chigiri
yes nice to meet u 2 [name]

[name]
oh btw bachipooks

we got 2 ppl to go offline so far
lets keep the streak going bestie 😋

[name]
were going for atleats 3 tonight!!

bachira
😋 3 STEAK!!!

  
chigiri
now
i think i understand wht u
guys r trying to do

chigiri
but

 
chigiri
everyone's alr sleeping 

  
chigiri
and i don't dsrv to be the only
one suffering

 
chigiri
so...can u guys do this later instead?

bachira
b-but..

chigiri
bachira.

 
bachira
aww okayyy

 
[name]
awww

chigiri
now tht thts done

 
chigiri
bachira u need to go sleep like, RN

chigiri 
there's only an hour or two
until morning practice

 
chigiri
if u dont wake up on time egos
gonna get on ur ass fr

 
bachira
IM ASKEEP

bachira
look

 
bachira
me > 🛌🏻💤

[name]
that is one sleepy boy
if I've ever seen one

chigiri
🤦🏻‍♂️

 
bachira
replying to 'that is one sleepy...'
right? ily bestt xx
💤💤

[name]
ily2 bestie
sadly chigiris probs rught 

chigiri
wdym probably

  
chigiri
im always right 🙄

[name]
ok ok 😌
anyways

 
[name]
bachi
u need to sleep
so u can trash evrryone else there 😈

 
bachira
awee
okay...

 
chigiri
lowk impressed ngl..

[name]
bachi be like:

bachira
giggling rn
jst for u pooke
[name] reacted 😘 to this message

bachira
ggodnight pooksi🥺

[name]
goodbight 🥰
dream of me lots 🥺🥺 ❤️ 

bachira
mimimi 💤

bachira is offline

 
 
chigiri
😮‍💨 finally

 
chigiri
u sleep too [name]

chigiri
we can save the intros
for later

[name]
mmmmm

[name]
 chigiri...!

 
chigiri
no. SLEEP.

 
chigiri
gef lost

chigiri is offline

 
[name]
NEWAYS 🙏🏻😈

 
[name]
that's 3/3 offlines packed n done 🥱
which means its another W for me 🔝
ill introduce myself tom!
goodnight ppl!!

At that, you finally exit the conversation, determining it best to show your freak to a bigger audience at a later time. 

As you scroll through reels again, you can't help but snicker upon remembering your flavorful entrance made possible by your friend, bachira, and his equally deranged replies. You guys truly matched each other's freak.

It's not long before you start to feel it, the pull of sleep.

The first rays of sunlight start to pilfer through the blinds in your room, signalling the start of the day, but you lay comfortably buried underneath your blanket, a single thought passing before your brain completely shuts down on you.

'I wonder how many more people I can mess with...'

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