She never meant to beat his high score.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJe5PlwflDM
She was just messing around with zero expectations. She didn’t even realise what she’d done until the confetti exploded & a fanfare blared. "New record! You’re cleared for takeoff!" Martin showed up, half-amused, half-flustered, with his signature goggles crooked on his head. "You’re better at this than I am," he said, watching the scoreboard. He forgot her name, but he recognised her at this point. Glykós Langrine, black-haired girl with dark, slanted eyes. She’s so competitive at every festival.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KzS7CnWTc
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqeJ77DUFs
Later that night, she found him sitting outside the festival grounds, cross-legged near the exit, a tangled mess of earbuds & phone wires in his lap. The screen lit up his face with soft waveform patterns—digital brushstrokes of sound he was still shaping.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPbnwi58fG
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AKMal01Vu
She recognised the beat.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnMbJ27ADm
The sample, it was in that remix.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvK1ta0gaLP
The one that had gone viral years ago.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsdHcpgwzM
Plane engines, chopped & pitched. That iconic "BRRRRT" drop. His voice layered over it all: "Welcome aboard."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoK6yYODo7
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiUwfCoNz1
She didn’t know he made it until this moment. "You’re the plane remix guy!" she said, laughing as she sat down beside him. His entire face stiffened. "•••Wait. You saw that?"28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GlggFFbw8
"Everyone saw that," she grinned. "It was stuck in my head for weeks. 'Cabin pressure rising!' or whatever you said—gold."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrUGQ0M6ll
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5naHV1nLh
She meant it.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvXDiRDvyU
She really meant it.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7yE0gwE5P
Not as a joke. Not as irony.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhX9mnj08xe
Because it was clever, it was strange, it was musical, it was him. But he laughed too. A weak one. Hollow. & suddenly she realized—he didn’t take it as a compliment.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLQXEzhpjt
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORMtkLVhvO
Martin shrugged, gaze flicking to the editor. "I hate that video."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoSRaEmFCA
She blinked. "What? Why?"28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdi0ULtlSAg
"Because it’s the only thing people liked. I uploaded it as a joke, & now it’s what I’m stuck with. The moment I try to make anything else, people lose interest. ‘Come on, Martin, make Plane Remix 2.’ No one cares that I actually love aviation. Or that I take it seriously. Or that flying means more to me than just a meme."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9lL1GEJSl
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJa9ai3S46c
He wasn’t angry at her. But he wasn’t okay either. His voice sped up—agitated, self-contained, like he was spiralling & trying to stay upright mid-air. "& when I hate what I make, I hate myself. & when I hate myself, I stop flying. & when I stop flying, I start thinking. & when I start thinking—" He stopped. Covered his face with both hands. Glykós sat beside him in silence. She wanted to tell him that she cared. That he wasn’t just a remix guy, or a minigame host, or a guy with good one-liners & sarcasm for sale. That she saw his rhythm, the way his thoughts came in unpredictable gusts, how every time he tried to show something of himself to the world, he buried it under a layer of irony just to keep it from getting hurt.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIksmkBeCXv
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEQrGjnNmx
That she saw it. & loved it.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcukILwWwGI
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4D4bQ4zEv
But he looked at her again—& smiled.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIcvm1AMZM
It was small. Defensive. The kind of smile people give when they want to leave a moment before it means too much.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbEO4hA5lJ
"Thanks for playing the game today. You crushed it," he said.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyG2ZGi68L6
She smiled back, careful. "Yeah••• you’re welcome."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjzHEl8AHW
& just like that, he looked away.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPYTsxotzn
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5jlcUeP96
That was the night she realised she loved him.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqS7xPiuecE
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UUzUeRVMW
He didn’t think she cared.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9WRrdlaKu
He thought she laughed.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcXAv0HSWv
He thought he was still the remix guy.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZHDRki40O
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxUgAxHx2P
But Glykós knew the truth. She was in awe of his mind, his talent, his zeal•••28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2kzM3xwUX
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoU0F4Awgz
She hadn’t laughed at him.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasXaEjhJxq
She lit up.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLtCrpE4VH
& he missed it.
Penana
search
登入arrow_drop_down
註冊arrow_drop_down
