Hey, it's been a while Miko,
I'm not really sure if you remember me. I guess, I guess I'll just leave it at that.
This letter wasn't meant to find you or anything that could disturb your peace and current life. This is just a letter from a girl who dreamt of her alternate reality…
Where the 'what could have beens' are answered.
Where the uncertainty had its resolution.
Where the feelings hidden in fear found its voice to express her thoughts clearly to someone whom she thought was her first crush…Puppy love… even if she herself is unsure if you are her first love.
But this I say to you, for sure…
Your presence makes her anxious. A stolen glance could make her cheeks burn. With one random conversation, she felt she was seen… By you.
She didn't want to creep you out with her selfish feelings. That's why she hides these secrets deep down her heart.
Afraid to jump to any conclusions, she's found contentment, just by being a background character in a chapter of your story...
Or if she's even a part of any of it...
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This is my supposed to be entry in a certain CFS of love letters for Shunji Iwai’s “Love Letter” at the Japanese Film Festival 2025.
I wasn't able to submit it because of the required word count. But nonetheless, I didn't write this for nothing. For I keep dreaming about that person... Whom I once called Miko.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/402326825-the-borrowed-pen-that-i-never-got-back