(Candy Magazine) Talk about GG.
A recent post that went viral on Twitter is this sweet tale of two young lovers who meet in a very unconvential place: inside the virtual, gunfire-filled battles of Call of Duty Mobile.
"[N]a-invite accidentally sa cod noon,bebe ko na ngayon????" Aera (in real life, 18-year-old Nicole Baluyot) wrote on Twitter.
Baluyot admitted that she didn't really play online games. "Bored ako no'n kaya I decided to download a game na barilan po, gano'n," she said in an interview with Candy. "Then Call of Duty 'yung [na] download ko. Hindi talaga ako nag o-online games kaya 'di ko alam ano mga napipindot ko do'n."
The guy she's referring to in her tweet is a relative of her best friend. But they never talked before until she, ahem, "accidentally" invited him on COD.
"Since naka-connect po siya sa may Facebook ko and mutual friends kami ni Daniel, accidentally ko po siya na-invite," she related.
Daniel accepted the request immediately and they started playing and chatting. Later that night, Daniel PM-ed her on Messenger, where he and Nicole had their very first real conversation. (Despite meeting in February, they were only casual acquantances and barely even friends).
She continued: "That night din po nag-chat na siya sa Messenger and ayun po 'yung unang beses namin nag-usap kahit kilala na namin isa't-isa. Magkakilala po kami before pero hindi po kami nag-usap n'on."
Eventually, they both admitted that they've had a crush on each other even before they played together!
"Nung time po na nagkita na kami in person, crush na namin talaga isa't isa pero nung nakalaro ko lang po siya kami nagkaroon ng communication," Baluyot said.
Through the gaming app, Nicole and Daniel got the chance to get to know each other without too much pressure. In June, they finally saw each other for the first time after their COD meet-cute. They haven't seen each other again since, but they talk regularly to fight the distance. According to Nicole, she still needs to introduce him to her family first before they make it official.
For now, COD's battlefield will be their *date* location... and we know it's going to be fun.
This story originally appeared on Candymag.com. Minor edits have been made by the SPIN.ph editors.
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