the sun shines on ariel's face, waking her up. she stretches with a groan, cracking her back. she brings a hand up to her face and rubs at her eyes before turning to look at the time. it reads 6:27 AM. ariel was always an early riser, something that her past flings could never understand. 

she throws the blankets off her, shivering as the cold wave of air hits her skin. ariel walks over to her bathroom and gets ready with a morning shower. shes so productive.

 ariel walks into her roommate's room, ready with a wake up call. eric, her gay bsf, throws the covers over his face with a groan. 

"i'll never understand how you always wake up at the crack of dawn," eric says, his voice muffled by the blankets on top of him.

ariel simply responds with an eye roll, before realizing he can't see her. "rise and shine, sleeping beauty. it's your turn to make breakfast." 

eric looks at her, unimpressed. "i don't know what to make for ur vegan ass tf. make ur own breakfast" 

ariel throws a pillow at him. 

they both walk downstairs to their kitchen, where ariel pulls out her vegan fruit bowl mixed with oats and vegan yogurt. ariel pushes her bowl over to eric. "wanna try?"

eric gives a glance and shakes his head. "no thanks."

they sit at the table in silence, scrolling on their phones.

"ariel, did you ever download that dating app i told you about?"

ariel almost spits out her breakfast. "what? no tf why would i. im not looking for a boyfriend any time soon." 

"just give it a try! pleaseeeejejiek"

 ariel rolls her eyes. "fine,  but only for a day."

eric shouts with glee, punching the air in celebration. "let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

eric grabs ariel's phone, downloading tinder while the two eat.

he makes her profile for her, making sure to add 'morning bird!' in her bio, and makes sure to pick ariel's best photos to put onto tinder.

"okay," he says, handing the phone back to ariel. "swipe left if you hate them, swipe right if you think they're hot."

ariel takes the phone, casting an unamused glance at eric. "bro why r there girls on here tf"

"we all know you're gay, ariel," eric responds without missing a beat.

"i'm literally not," ariel argued, cheeks turning as red as a tomato.

eric rolls his eyes, before gesturing at her to continue her tinder search.

ariel barely glances at the tinder profiles, swiping left until someone caught her eye. the girl on the profile radiated a soft glow, with brown hair matching her brown orbs. in her cover picture, she was wearing a floral yellow dress. yellow was definitely her color. 

eric stared at her, amused. "who caught your eye? let me see," he said, as he lunged for ariel's phone. 

ariel leans away in a panic, but erics long limbs reached her anyway. curse genetics. 

eric takes a look at the profile on her phone before humming an approving tone. "i didn't know you were into the bookworms." he said, before handing the phone back to ariel. she blushed as she took it. she swiped right, locked her phone, and finished her breakfast.