Affection

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Yesterday night was..... well peaceful for her in a good way. She went out on a date with a guy she recently met at her University. The guy was good, had morals, strong belief and was respectful towards her, the kind of man she likes. On top of that was tall, charming with a jolly personality and had goals for his future, perfect if mentioned in one word.

But someone who said it was right that 'they don't want it, if they are not getting it from the person they want'. Because sitting in the stationary shop where she works as an employee instead of thinking about her last night, she had been staring at the reply she got from her own love letter as there was no customer at that time.

A few days ago she confessed her feelings for him. The girl who has anxiety of being embarrassed, she wrote a love letter following her noisy best friend's "it is what it is" attitude. The letter says...

21/01/2024,

Umm hey!! I like you a lot I never expected it to be you, you know? But it's you, it's all you and there's no looking back. I'm writing this because I need to tell you that I like you but I guess I'm just a coward to confess to you directly, I just know that you won't like me back.

Thank you I guess, now I'm happy to know that at least you will be aware that someone out there adores and respects you a lot and I guess I'm moving on :) you'll always be the favorite page of my book.

She confessed everything that she wanted keeping her identity a secret and his reply came the next day. He replied...

22/01/2024,

I want stay single only for now.... it's good this way, it's very peaceful and fyi I'm bad at this kind of thing, I can give advice to others very well but for myself I'm bad at it don't think you are unlucky just because you don't have the courage maybe I'm just not the right person and you will see when you meet the right person you will be more courageous than today. However thank you for liking me even though I'm not very likable, I'm happy that someone out there likes me.

She wants to feel bad for being rejected but all she was feeling respectful for him. He could have just rejected with a simple no, but he decided to give her respect with his honesty. She knows he doesn't love her but she adores him anyway. She knew he doesn't feel the same way but she really can't get over him. She could have move on if only he had rejected her with a blunt no or anything that could hurt her. But he won her heart again by rejecting politely. He won her heart again by being so nice towards her. The plan was to move on if he rejects but she falls in love with his rejection.

Suddenly the door opened of the store making her break from her thoughts and look at the coming customer with a smile on her face but her smile dropped seeing him entering the store wearing a white shorts with a blue t-shirt. For a second she thought he came there as a customer but they looked at each other a little too long to be just a customer and an employee.
As she forcefully made herself believe that he came there just to buy things, he started to walk toward her, a slow and steady step, staring directly through her soul, trying to read through her eyes. It's as if he wanted to know something- everything about her meanwhile her heart was beating so wild she could hear her own heartbeat.

"It was you, right?" He confidently questioned stopping in front of her but it sounded more like a statement.

Her heart dropped, she wanted to scream in embarrassment, she wanted to run away, she wanted to call her best friend and scold the fuck out of her to give this stupid idea!!!

"What??" She asked acting clueless as if she doesn't know anything.

"The love letter. It was you." He said again getting a little closer to her. That's when she realized how much size difference they have. She was not a thin girl, no, she was chubby but still compared to him towering over her, she looks like a little girl. His little girl.