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THEHUMAN DIARYThere is a word for what you felt.
Romance

Kilig

KEE-lig

n.The giddy, fluttering thrill of romantic excitement.

TagalogEstablished linguistic term

The Group Chat Has Notes

JOY: he said WHAT

JOY: paste it. exact words. don't summarise, you always summarise

PRIYA: she summarises to make herself sound normal

MEL: ok so context first —

JOY: NO CONTEXT

MEL: the context is important

PRIYA: the context is never important

MEL: fine. "i've been rearranging my week for six weeks so that i'd bump into you at that coffee place and i'd like to stop pretending it's about the coffee."

JOY: …

JOY: i need to sit down and i am already sitting down

PRIYA: SIX WEEKS

JOY: he PLANNED. he had a SYSTEM

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