Eucalyptus Sonata – Adedapo Adeniyi

October 26, 2023

Fell asleep texting this new chick earlier
Woke up, she’s pissed, she hates when dudes leave her on read
I tell her I’m sorryyyyuiolkjjgah
There’s drool all over my screen, pus in eyeballs, boner in boxers
I ask her out to dinner
She says yes
I tell her I can’t afford it yet
She says she’ll pay and we can eat at my place
I tell her I don’t have a place anymore
She says I can come to hers
I ask if her mom will be okay with it
She says her mom died last week
I tell her I’m sorry, I tell her I’m really sorry
She says she’s suicidal and she needs me
I ask her why she’s telling me all this when we just met
She says we’ve been dating for 3 years
“That’s not true, that makes no sense,” I tell her
She sends me a picture of the both of us wearing nose masks, she says I kissed her after, she says she got sick after the kiss and we probably had covid
I tell her the picture isn’t real
I ask if she’s an AI artist
She says everything is AI
“What?” I ask
She says we’re in a performance art piece 
I ask her what it’s about
She says she doesn’t know
I tell her it’s impossible
She says we’re not supposed to know
She sends an octopus emoji
I ask her why she’s suicidal
“idk”
She says at her mom’s funeral, she broke character and started laughing when the zombies came out
I ask her what zombies
She says she can’t remember anymore, the subplot got shelved
I ask if she wants to have sex with me
She says she’d rather fuck
I tell her I don’t know how to
She says she’ll teach me
I tell her I’ve changed my mind
She says I always do this and she’ll steal my cig if it happens again
I send her laughing emojis
I tell her I don’t smoke, I’m asthmatic and she’d know that if we’ve been together for 3 years
She says it’s been 5 years and I keep a cigarette on my table so I can smoke it when she kills herself
I ask if she’s really going to kill herself
She says it’s inevitable
I ask her what happens if I don’t smoke the cig after she’s gone
She says I disintegrate
She sends two octopus emojis
I tell her I’ll die if I smoke it
She says she knows 
“That’s what’s supposed to happen to you lol”
I ask her why
She says we’re in love
I ask her what this is
She says we’re in a performance art piece
I ask her what it’s called
She says Eucalyptus Sonata
I ask her how long it’s been going on for
She says 357 years
“And how long have we been together again?” I ask
She says 11 years
I ask her who the director is
She says she has no idea
I ask her how she knows what to do then
She says she hears it in her brain
I tell her she’s crazy
She says she’s tired
I ask her why
“I just came,” she says
I tell her she’s beautiful
She says she feels ugly
I tell her to take a selfie and send it over
She does
I open it
Nothing
I tell her it’s blank
She says I should close my eyes and imagine her face
I close my eyes
Nothing
I tell her it’s blank
She says it’s because she isn’t real
She sends an octopus emoji
I ask her why she said she needs me
She says we’re in a toxic relationship and she hits me
I tell her I like being hit
She says she likes hitting me
I scroll up to look at the picture of both of us wearing the nose masks but it isn’t there anymore 
“You won’t find it,” she says 
I ask her how she knew I was looking for it
She says she hears it in her brain
I ask her if she’s an AI artist
She says everything is AI
I ask her what she means
She says we aren’t real
I tell her she didn’t answer my question
“What question?” she asks
“Are you an AI artist?”
“Yes”
I ask her what I am
She says I’m the lover of an AI artist
I ask her how long we’ve been together
She says I’ll meet her for the first time tomorrow
I ask her why she needs me
She says we’re in a toxic relationship and she’s suicidal all the time
She says I have to beg her not to kill herself before she does
I ask if she’s really going to kill herself
She says it’s inevitable
“But what happens if you don’t tho?”
“I disintegrate”
I ask her what happens when she disintegrates
She says everything ends
“For us?” I ask
“For me”
I tell her everything ends if she kills herself too
She says that isn’t true
I ask her what she means
She says she could be brought back to life in the sequel perhaps but if she disintegrates she’s gone forever
“wtf,” I say
She sends three octopus emojis, a red flag and a cross
“?”
She says nothing matters
I ask her if she cried when her mom died
She says she bled from her nose instead
I ask her how it tasted
She says it’s none of my concern
She says she wants to hit me again
I tell her to send a voice note saying it
She does
I play it
Nothing
I tell her it’s blank
She says her nose is bleeding again
I ask her if she’s sad
“I WANT TO FUCKING DIE!” she says
I tell her I don’t know how to help her
She says I’m supposed to say if she kills herself, I kill myself
I tell her I won’t kill myself if she does
She says I’m supposed to, she says it’s my duty
I ask her why
She says I have no purpose without her
She says she needs me
I ask her if she’s ovulating
She asks me what that is
I ask her how long she’s been in the Eucalyptus Sonata
“What’s that?” she asks
I tell her not to bother
She asks if she knows me
I tell her she doesn’t
She asks if I know me
I tell her I don’t
“This is weird”
I apologize
She tells me not to text her again
I say I need her
I send her an octopus emoji
She sends a skull
She blocks me
I close my eyes
Nothing.