[stfu]

Completely unrelated to the message of the story but: Did he end up talking to the girl after all or not?

[panic]

He didn't.

The phone didn’t make me avoid the human connection, but it did make ignoring her easier in that moment, and more likely, by comfortably encouraging me to forget my choice to do so.

[stfu]

He hid the answer quite well. Thanks for pointing it out!