The following is a coded letter from a girl, written to a man she has been texting sexually explicit things to throughout the course of the past eight months. He is taken and has made it clear that he will never want her, and the only thing that makes her attractive is the fact that she is so obsessed with his older self that she will throw herself at him shamelessly. Treatment towards her has not been kind. She attempted suicide three times within the past year and five months of meeting him. Despite her calm collected face as she texts him from underneath her classroom desk and sends him lewd pictures in the bathroom, the messages are both killing her and making her feel alive.
She longs to be interesting, and not so secretly, him to be interested. He barely bats an eye as he receives the letter over email. He deletes the email, never bothering to translate it.
Gl gsv Nzhgvi lu nb svzig zmw hlfo:
R drhs dv mvevi gfim luu srhglib, hl R xzm ivivzw blfi hdvvg, svzigyivzprmt dliwh zoo mrtsg. Ivivzw gsvn orpv nb uzelirgv hglib, fmgro rg ml olmtvi nzpvh nv uvvo tfggvw. Gsvm, R drhs uli blf gl gvcg nv ztzrm rm zmlgsvi dzb gl hglnk lm nb hlfo zmw yivzp nb svzig. Lmob lmxv nb svzig szh yvvm yilpvm z gslfhzmw grnvh yb gsv hznv tfb, droo R uvvo xlnkovgv. R dzmg gl yv izkvw nvivob hl R xzm ivorev rg rm z dzb gszg zuuvxgh nv zmw nzpvh nv dzpv fk rm gvzih. R dzmg gl yv fhvw hl R xzm uvvo dligsovhh. R droo trev fk nb svzig zmw ylwb gl blf drgs gsv lmob drhs gszg blf droo yivzp rg, zmw yivzp rg levi zmw levi ztzrm fmgro R'n tlmv. Gszg rh zoo R drhs uli zmw droo vevi drhs uli.
Hrmxvivob, hlnv nfw yvmvzgs blfi hslvh.
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The Magic of Misery
Short StoryShort stories and poetry from the eyes of a girl who just wants a damned moment to listen to music and write whatever comes to her mind.
