"Hello, Mrs. Yang" said Darla to the middle-aged Chinese woman who had answered the door. "Can I please speak with Tony?"
"Tony!" Mrs. Yang yelled "Girl at the door to talk to you!" From her tone, this wasn't a situation she dealt with very often.
"Coming Mom!"
Tony Yang was an average-looking Chinese-American boy about Darla's age. "Du, uh, Darla?"
"Hi Tony."
"It's uh, good to see you again."
"You mean after I, like a total fucking asshole, ghosted you for six months?"
"Uhhh"
"I'm sorry Tony. There's no excuse for what I did. Its just that after I transitioned, it was all about 'oh I'm a girl now, I have to hang out with girls and do girl things, I can't hang out with Tony and play video games cause that's a boy thing'. I just want you to know that I'm sorry even if we can't be friends any more."
"Darla, you wanna come in and play the new Doomquest? I'll kick your ass!"
Darla couldn't help but smile. "In your dreams, Tony, in your dreams."
Tony did indeed kick her ass as he was more familiar with the game and it took awhile for Darla's fingers to get used to the controls again. Wow, she thought, I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this. After about an hour it was time for her to go. "Thanks, Tony. You're the best."
"Uh, Darla, do you want to, uh, go to the prom with me?"
"That would be awesome."
Two winged beings hovering above Tony and Darla but unseen by them were giving each other high fives.