Viral?

"Let's just say I was leveling up…"

Amara scoffed. "More like no-lifing."

"Same thing," Victor shrugged.

The group spent the next half hour chatting about random things—school, life, the latest Awakened Academy news.

Then, a new notification popped up on his phone.

Selene: Yo, you free? Let's go out together sometime.

Victor stared at the message.

She had asked him the same thing before, but he had never responded. Now that he was finally back in the real world, should he actually agree?

His friends noticed his silence.

"Victor?" Jake called out. "You good?"

Victor snapped back. "Huh? Oh, yeah. Just got a message."

"Oooooh," Max smirked. "Is it from a girl?"

Victor rolled his eyes. "Maybe."

Danny laughed. "Bro, don't tell me you're finally going on a date."

"Shut up," Victor muttered while staring at Selene's text.

Was he actually about to agree to go out with her?

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