“DTF? What does that mean?”

Rachel passed her phone to Erica, and they both examined Tyler’s recent text.

“I think it means ‘Down To Fuck’,” said Erica.

Rachel gasped. Up until now, she had taken it for granted that Tyler was a completely platonic friend, so this blatant sexual advance certainly came out of the blue.

“That’s disgusting! Why would he ask me that all of a sudden?”

“I don’t know, maybe he’s had the hots for you for a while and finally had the balls to be upfront about it,” Erica laughed.

Rachel grabbed her phone and typed out a response: Ew, no.

Within seconds, her phone lit up with a reply: Why not? I thought you liked that sort of thing.

Rachel was mortified. Not only was Tyler trying to get in her pants, he was also flat-out disregarding her boundaries. This would not stand.

“Look, I don’t know where this is coming from,” Rachel texted, “but never in a million years would I be down for ‘that sort of thing’.” Send.

Three pulsating dots, then another reply from Tyler.

“Hey, just give it a chance. I’m sure you’ll love it the moment you put it inside your mouth.”

“Eww!” Erica commented. “He really is not letting up, huh?”

“I’m screen-shotting this conversation and posting it online,” Rachel replied, tacking an angry face emoji at the end.

“Huh? Why?” Tyler responded. “Maybe you’ll change your mind when you see a picture.”

“The audacity,” said Erica. “You better block his ass before a giant schlong shows up on your screen.”

No sooner had the words left her mouth than Rachel’s chat screen updated with a familiar ‘boop’. Bracing for the worst, she scrolled down, only to see a…

…plate of delicious steamed dumplings.

“I don’t understand,” Rachel replied.

“They’re from DTF: Din Tai Fung. You know, that Chinese restaurant I was telling you about?”

“OMG! I totally misunderstood you this whole time. I’m sorry, I thought you were talking about something else. My bad!”

“Hey, no worries. Let’s get dinner tonight, then maybe after those steamy hot dumplings we can have some steamy hot sex?”

Rachel chucked her phone across the room.