She laughed out loud. A real, unscripted laugh. Then another message came.
“In Korea, my mother was a drama extra. She always said the best love stories aren’t the main leads. They’re the ones who meet while waiting for the subtitles to load.”
She paused the video. Not because of a buffering issue. But because her own phone buzzed.
She minimized the episode. Opened a new chat. And typed:
Mira nearly choked on her ramen. She typed back: “How did you know?”