The Downfall of Skye Bueckers' DMs

Skye woke up to absolute madness.

Her phone was blowing up, and not just from her usual group chats or Arsenal's training schedule.

No, this was different.

It was her DMs.

She blinked at her screen.

Messages from random footballers.

Men's footballers.

Skye (groaning, half-asleep): "What the actual f.."

Trinity, who had stayed over at her place, walked into the room with a bowl of cereal, casually glancing at Skye's phone.

She took one look at the messages and immediately spit out her cereal.

Trinity (dying of laughter): "OH HELL NO."

Skye, still in a half-conscious state, scrolled through the DMs, horrified.
• Unknown Footballer #1: Yo, we should train together sometime 👀
• Unknown Footballer #2: Damn, you killed it in the World Cup. Let's link up in London 🔥
• Unknown Footballer #3: You got a man?

Trinity snatched the phone from her hands.

Trinity (cackling): "NAH, NAH, NAH. Who the hell doesn't know you're gay by now? Should we make a PSA?"

Skye groaned, faceplanting into her pillow.

Skye (muffled): "Why is this happening?"

Trinity was already typing back.

Trinity: "Hey bro, she's not looking for a man. In fact, if she was, you would still not be the one."

Skye snorted, grabbing her phone back.

Skye: "You're a menace."

Trinity: "I learned from the best."

Group Chat Chaos

Skye decided to share the madness with the Arsenal group chat.

[Arsenal Chaos™️]
Skye: GUYS. WHY ARE MEN IN MY DMs.
Katie: About time you got options, Bueckers.
Leah: Men? In your DMs?
Alessia: That's suspicious.
Trinity: It's comedy gold.
Skye: I'M GAY, DAMMIT.

Alessia: Shocking revelation.
Katie: We need to teach them a lesson.
Leah: Public announcement? A billboard in London?
Skye: Just end me now.

Trinity was having the time of her life.

Trinity: "If a man slides in your DMs, it's our duty to humiliate him."

Skye shook her head.

Skye: "I don't even know how they think they have a shot. My ENTIRE EXISTENCE screams gay."

Trinity: "Some people are just built different."

Unexpected New Footballer Friendships

Despite the ridiculousness of it all, not every DM was a lost cause.

A couple of footballers were actually chill, just reaching out to say they respected her game or wanted to connect as fellow athletes.

One of them?

Jamal Musiala from Bayern .

[DMs with Jamal]
Jamal: Yo, don't worry, not sliding in like those other guys lmao.
Skye: Good. I was about to block you.
Jamal: Damn, aggressive. Just wanted to say your World Cup run was sick.
Skye: Appreciated.
Jamal: Also, you and Trinity are an actual menace together. Arsenal's about to be pure chaos.
Skye: You have no idea.

Jamal actually turned out to be cool as hell, and Skye begrudgingly admitted she didn't mind having a guy friend in the football world.

Public Chaos: Skye's Instagram Post

Skye, being Skye, decided to stir the pot with an Instagram post.

@SkyeBueckers
"A PSA for the confused: I am still very much gay. But keep the entertainment coming, I guess." 💀💀💀

The comment section? A warzone.
• @TrinityRodman: LMAOOOO EXPOSE THEM.
• @LeahWilliamson: You might need a TED Talk at this point.
• @KatieMcCabe: Nah, let's start a class.
• @AlessiaRusso7: Tears.
• @AlexiaPutellas: This is gold.
• @uswntfan: Skye putting men in their place is my Roman Empire.
• @ArsenalWFC: This club does not take responsibility for this post.

Even celebrity athletes got involved.
• @SerenaWilliams: This is iconic. 🔥
• @MeganRapinoe: Legend behavior.
• @JudeBellingham: I have secondhand embarrassment for my gender.

Dinner with the Arsenal Girls

That night, Skye, Trinity, Katie, Leah, and Alessia all went out for dinner.

And, of course, the topic of Skye's DM disaster came up.

Katie (laughing): "So, are you gonna start an academy? Teach men how to read the signs?"

Skye: "At this point, it's a community service."

Leah: "I love that they thought they had a chance. Like, who told them?"

Trinity: "Delusion is a powerful thing."

Alessia smirked, sipping her drink.

Alessia: "But tell us, Skye... did any DM catch your eye?"

Skye froze.

Skye: "... Next question."

The table erupted in laughter.

Trinity: "OH, SHE'S HIDING SOMETHING."

Leah: "Spill it, Bueckers."

Skye just shook her head, smirking.

Skye: "Some things are better left a mystery."

Katie raised an eyebrow.

Katie: "Oh, it's like that?"

Skye just grinned.

Yeah. It was like that.

And Arsenal was in for one hell of a season.