The wrong message

It was September. The first day of school. Ardi entered

the classroom with headphones in his ears and that cool style as if no one cared.

Meanwhile, on the bench by the window was Era — the girl everyone

knew, but no one really knew.

She was always with her friends, always laughing… but her eyes were

empty.

One night, Ardi received a message on Instagram:

"Can we talk for a minute?"

He thought it was his friend playing a prank. But when he opened

the profile, he saw that it was Era.

They started talking every night. About music, family problems, dreams,

fears… Things they had never told anyone else.

Slowly, that "perfect" girl began to become Ardi's favorite person.

But there was one problem. Era had a boyfriend — an older, jealous,

and toxic guy.

She promised Ardi: "One day I will leave him."

And Ardi waited. One winter evening, after a big argument with her

boyfriend, Era left the party and only wrote to him:

"I'm out… come on."

Ardi ran without thinking. He found her hands cold and her eyes full

of tears. For the first time, she hugged him tightly and said:

"With you I feel at peace."

That's where it all started. They started meeting secretly.

At bus stops, on rooftops, on night walks with music on a half-open

headphone. But secrets don't last.

One day, Era's boyfriend found out everything.

After that night, Era disappeared for weeks.

No messages. No calls. No sign.

Ardi thought he had lost her.

Until one evening he received a voice message:

"Maybe we weren't at the right time… but you were the right person."

And the message ended with her voice crying lightly.

Since that day, every time it rains in the city, Ardi puts on the same

song they used to listen to together… and looks at his phone, as if

one day she will text him again: "Can we talk for a bit?"