so at 2am i get a "u up" from my friend. and my brain immediately goes into overthink mode, like okay something's wrong, why is he texting this late, is he going through something. sat there composing a whole "yeah what's up you okay?" reply.
next morning i ask him about it. he had zero idea what i was talking about. then it clicked for him and he just goes "oh. that's the cat."
apparently the cat sits on his phone at night and this has happened BEFORE. multiple times. this isn't a one-off accident, it's a whole recurring thing in that house. the cat has a texting history.
so yeah. i got emotionally prepared for a deep 2am conversation and the sender was a cat walking across a screen. good talk.