All Chapters of Your Distance: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

After everything that happened earlier, Timothy Snow lay on the ground, absolutely deflated.His phone was also on the floor. It vibrated, and a message popped up on the screen.[Tim, take a few days off and come over here. Whenever my friends encounter something like this, they take time off to clear their minds.]Timothy had drunk too much, so he was still asleep. He missed out on the notification.The screen was flooded with messages when he woke up the next afternoon and picked up his phone from the floor. The most recent one was from his classmate, Xander Harmony.[Xander: Timothy, are you dead? It's the first day of college. We had robotics first thing on Monday morning! How dare you not come? You can try apologizing to the professor via email; there might still be hope for you.]Timothy clutched his head, which felt like it was about to split. He called Xander."Hello…" Timothy felt as if his throat was on fire. "I had some personal matters, so I didn't go in the morning."Xande

After being with the same person for many years, Timothy's flirting skills had deteriorated. He did not even know what to say to Cycle then.Zachary was still urging him from the side. "Hurry up and send him a message."Timothy thought for a long time and finally sent a single word.[Frost: Hello.]Zachary responded with an exasperated sigh."Tim, your basic conversational skills are seriously lacking," Zachary said as he grabbed the phone and went to Cycle's profile. "You need to find conversation points from the other person's profile and status. Hey, why does his profile have nothing on it?"Timothy said, "Maybe he doesn't spend much time online."Zachary returned to the chat interface with Cycle, stunned to see the response was just as dry.[Cycle: Hello.]"You really are a Perfect Match," Zachary said, tossing the phone back to Timothy and walking away. "You two chat."Timothy did not know what to say. He typed, deleted, and typed again but could not send another word fo

Timothy woke up to find Zachary by the coffee machine."Up so early? That's rare," Timothy remarked.Zachary replied, "I'll go back to sleep after coffee.""You stayed up all night gaming?" Timothy walked forward and took Zachary's coffee. "Stop drinking it and go get some rest."Zachary grabbed another cup and asked, "Are you heading to class again?"Timothy said, "What do you mean again? I have classes every day."Zachary, disinterested in classes, took a few sips of coffee and started teasing him. "So, how's Mr. C?""What about him?" Timothy asked."Oh, come on, don't play dumb. How's the chat going? Did he send any photos or videos? Is he handsome?"Timothy said, "Not that quickly. He seems pretty composed."Zachary scoffed. "Well, he's quite a bit older. Of course, he's composed. But what's the use of being composed? You're looking for a partner, not a father. What's his job?"Timothy replied, "I didn't ask. I didn't want to pry into his private matters. Anyway, I need

Timothy waited with bated breath for the receiver's reply.After a few seconds, Cycle said, "I've been quite busy recently."Timothy replied, "Well, let me know when you have some free time.""We'll see.""How about breakfast then?""Hmm.""Please let me know a day in advance so I can prepare myself for it."Cycle sounded amused. "Hmm.""Alright, I'll let you get back to work then. I'm heading to the library."From that day on, Timothy occasionally dropped hints to remind Cycle about their planned meal.For example, during lunch at school, he would ask Cycle if he had eaten. In the afternoon, when leaving school, he would send Cycle a message asking if he had finished work and mention that he had yet to have dinner.Cycle's responses were either that he had already eaten or was still busy. Timothy noticed that Cycle was not always at the college on weekdays. Sometimes, the dating app showed that the distance between them was a few hundred meters; other times, it was several

In life, some deaths were unavoidable.As Timothy ran toward the entrance of the LRM building, he wondered whether he should treat Cycle as Cycle or as…The thought of Bob's face made Timothy's legs go weak again. He could not understand why Bob, who already knew that Frost and Timothy were the same person, continued chatting with him daily and wanted to have a meal together.He recalled Bob's invitation. How could he stomach that meal of death?Suddenly, Zachary's words echoed in Timothy's mind. "You're looking for a man, not a father."He had found himself a father figure.It was a short distance—710 meters. The LRM building gate was already in sight. There was no one at the entrance.Timothy started hoping that everything that had happened that morning was just a hallucination, that the 3-meter distance was a hallucination, and that Bob's invitation to have a meal was also a hallucination.He would stand at the LRM building entrance for five minutes, and if Bob did not show