"Okay… I think she should be in now…"
After talking to my group of friends about Sae, Gin and the others said they wanted to meet her one day. I decided that I can start by having her join our social group through our group chat.
After getting consent from both Sae and my group of friends, I started looking for her account and added her into our group. It wasn't long till that was done and Sae joined our social group, albeit virtually of course.
> Yan is added to the 'Niwa Gang' group
Hand: Ok Yan, u should be in now
Yan: Hi~
Sydney: WELCOME TO NIWA NIWA DAN!!!
Hand: SHIDONI NO THAT'S BLACK HISTORY!
Kirumi: o/
Gin: o/
kin1: Leave while you still can.
Yan: Nice to meet you~
Gin: wtf Ryouta
AJ: Holy shit is that Sae?
Yan: Yo Junpei, long time no see!
Hand: Oh yeah you two knew each other right?
Yan: Yep. Since elementary school.
AJ: It's been so long…
Yan: Wait… let me find our old class photo…
AJ: NO!
Gin: Do it.
kin1: Do it.
Hand: Do it.
Yan: Then again, we were never that close but I remember Junpei was a super nerd through and through.
Hand: that didn't change at all.
Gin: true
kin1: true
Hand: true
Yan: true
AJ: Shut the hell up. You weren't much of a character either. You were just the girl who played the harmonica in school.
Yan: At least I know how to please a girl with my tonguing skills.
kin1: oh shit roasted
Kirumi: OHHHHHH
Gin: Oh, you played the harmonica too?
Yan: Yes I do.
Gin: Monochromatic or Tremolo?
Yan: Tremolo.
Gin: I see you are not one of us but I respect a harmonica player. Welcome to the gang.
> kin1 changed the group name to "Harmonica Gang"
Gin: Bro
Hand: Bro
> Hand changed the group name to "Niwa Gang"
"Damn it. Now they are all changing the group's name. And what the heck is a 'Gang Gang'?"
It was good to know that Sae was able to click with Junpei and Gin. Gin especially was the kind of person to make friends easily so I had no worries on his side. But seeing how Junpei knew her since elementary school, I guess he too will have a lot of conversations with Sae in the near future.
I was surprised to see Ryouta was willing to drop in with a few words. He was never the type to show himself in the group chat. Ryouta was so rare in the group chat that seeing him comment felt like you pulled an SSR character you in a gacha game.
"I guess I need to consider how to bond Sae and the girls in the group. Oh never mind."
As I said that, Shidoni had already started a conversation with her.
Sydney: So, who are you to my Nobuo?
Hand: Since when I'm yours…
Yan: Eh… so you got a new girlfriend already?
Kirumi: It's a yandere!
Yan: I'm just kidding~ I'm just his childhood friend.
Sydney: It's a childhood friend!
Kirumi: It's a yandere childhood friend!
kin1: It's a trap!
Sae: Though we only met like once a week.
Sydney: How long have you two known each other?
Sae: About 13 years now?
Sydney: 13 years?! So that's once a week for 13 years!
Hand: Not quite but I guess that's about right.
Sydney: I'm so jealous~ I want a childhood friend who can wake me up in the morning and cook breakfast for me.
Hand: Will you do that for me?? Sae~
Sae: No.
Junpei: OHHHHHHHHH
Sydney: OHHHHHHHHH
Kirumi: It's a tsundere-yandere childhood friend!
Gin: Nice to have you here.
AJ: I think you'll fit in quite well.
Sae: Sorry for the intrusion~
kin1: Leave while you still can.
Hand: You said that line already!
"Alright. I guess I can leave the rest to them."
I'm glad in the end Sae was able to fit in comfortably. Shidoni seemed to be very intrigued by Sae while Sae was able to keep up with our antics. And just like Ryouta, It was nice to see Kirumi was able to make comments.
My standards may seem low but that was because I had once added my ex-girlfriend to the group once. Even though they talked once when she first joined, it was only Gin and Shidoni who engaged in the conversation. Eventually, no one talked to her anymore as if they just weren't on the same wavelength. And as soon as I broke up with her, she just left the group chat with the simple reason of she was too busy.
Ever since that day, I realized that it was a stupid move to just add people who I was close with to a social group with friends that I had known for years. Not just that, all of us knew each other for years. Adding a random person would definitely make things awkward.
I had an earful from them because of it and I've learned my lesson since then. I was glad Sae was able to join them well as not only Junpei knew about her but also that they wanted to know more about her personally. In the end, I was just grateful that everything went smoothly.
"I'm never going to add any of my future girlfriends into my social group ever again. I'm not going to make that same mistake ever again."
As I said that with the utmost confidence, I threw my phone on the bed and threw my dirty self into the shower with the towel I had been holding on to for 30 minutes.