Suddenly, a Boy From the Party Sat in a Desert Flower Bowling Alley

Josh left campus soon afterwards, not caring about flunking. He felt violated and angry, and also ashamed of himself. His self-consciousness had become overwhelming. Josh tried to change shape again now with renewed effort. The surge of excitement ignited by these six words was instantly extinguished by heavy wet dread. Suddenly his phone vibrated in the crevice of his rocky outcropping. There was a text from an unknown number. It read, Hey Mochi, followed by an emoji of a winking face. Wanna do something later?