Seized by a sudden impulse, I held the phone up and took a quick selfie. My expression was serious - eyebrows slightly furrowed, mouth in a thin line.
Not quite fiercely angry… but definitely not smiling. I looked at the image on the screen for a long while.
> This is ridiculous. What am I doing? <
Vrika just watched me trying and failing to do anything with any composure. My thumb hovered over the attachment button.
A few taps and I'd be sending her my face. Letting her see me as I am right now.
"Why does that feel so intimate? People… see each other all the time."
The image quickly sits ready after tricking myself into 'normalizing' this. Waiting for me to add a text of some sort alongside it before sending.
A group of laughing teenagers walked by, startling me out of my trance. I quickly shoved the device back in my pocket like I was doing something wrong.
