To You
Dear Rika, It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything heartfelt in a long while. We're walking different paths, but I hope you’ll still read this until the end. Where do I begin? . . . Ah, yes at the start. . . . I can still remember meeting you for the first time under the pavilions of our then-school. Life then was much simpler. In hindsight, we were much simpler. We started with a dodai-friendly introduction and nonchalantly greeted each other. It took some time for me to notice you. It took some time for me to understand how I truly felt, and I was glad that you reciprocated those feelings, I was beyond ecstatic to have kissed you that one December-night, the same night that started everything. Over the time we’ve spent, I got to know you. I go to witness you grow, stumble, and get back up. I had the first-row seat to what made you, you, today. You are Positive, Strong, and Kind. You had times when you were weak, hardheaded, and brash. You ...