We’ve all had our fair share of situationships, borderline obsessions and awkward romantic encounters we engaged in for sake of the plot. When your dwindling self-respect and delusion aren’t enough, here are some absolute yeses for how to (not) lose a guy in ten days that will leave your prince charming falling head over heels for you. 

1. Be one step ahead of him by plotting funny “chance” encounters. It’s called having grit. 
2. Put your connections to work by getting a mutual to find his number without his knowledge. 
3. Grab a friend’s phone to text him, but don’t text him yourself. The friend adds a layer of mystery. 
4. Pretend to be a Minecraft streamer: tell him you are the American YouTuber and Twitch streamer, Dream, when he tries to ask for your identity. 
5. Send him the worst possible photo of his face you can find so he knows your love is without bounds. Bonus: before sending, edit cat ears and whiskers on him for an artistic touch! 
6. Combine steps 3 and 5 by getting nine people to text him photos swiped off his friends’ spams all at once. Be sure he has none of the numbers saved so they show up as anonymous! 
7. Listen to his male manipulator music by getting his Spotify profile. Music is the best way to get to know someone.
8. Steal his thunder by recreating one of his Instagram posts using a song by the same artist.
9. Scheme with your friends to squirt him with milk during the bounty round of senior assassins. Lucky him, he was wearing his cat sweater; we all know cats love milk. 
10. For your 18th birthday, wear clothes with his face printed on it.
11. Show up unannounced to whisk him away for taro ice cream. Guys can be passenger princesses too, and everyone loves ice cream. 
12. End the year off by sending him a cake, thanking him for all the fun we’ve had this year. 

Disclaimer: Do not try this at home. Leave to professionals or risk a restraining order being filed against you.