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Friday. You wore it out.

Clipped to your bag, where a thumb could reach it. You met a lot of people. You remember one.

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9:40 PM · the bar
The bartender remembered your order from last time. You were touched.
Mutual stayed cool
cool · no reason given
9:58 PM · by the window
A woman laughing at something you said. You thought, we could be friends.
Mutual stayed cool
cool · no reason given
10:21 PM · near the back
Someone who knew your sister. Kind eyes. He asked how she was.
Mutual stayed cool
cool · no reason given
10:44 PM · the corner
He asked what you were drinking. The token bloomed warm in your hand before he finished the sentence. You felt chosen. So did he.
Mutual went warm
warm · the only one tonight
11:30 PM · the smoking door
His friend, who was funnier than him, honestly. You laughed for ten minutes.
Mutual stayed cool
cool · no reason given
12:15 AM · the cab line
The woman who shared her car so you would not wait in the cold. You meant to get her name.
Mutual stayed cool
cool · no reason given
12:31 AM · the doorway
Someone you would have called, once. You felt the old pull. The token did not.
Mutual stayed cool
cool · no reason given
Everyone it kept you from.
Tonight Mutual stayed cool twenty-two times. Here are seven of them.
488
On your list before tonight
510 after

You will remember the one it warmed for. Mutual will remember the rest.

Mutual · it only warms for the right person
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