saying see you soon to someone you will not see

"We should get coffee" is not a plan. It is a way of ending the conversation kindly. We both know this and we both do it.

one of them did text, eight months later, "coffee?" and we had coffee on a thursday. normal, nothing special, fine.

i used to chase the follow-up, "anyway about that coffee". stopped. we still message now and then, usually memes at midnight.