January 6, 2023

The description of the blog said that she was “falling for an old lover”. There were a bunch of new posts that had been tagged with my name. I couldn’t stop scrolling to read more until I came across one that read: “Things that were sent with warmth now send a chill reminder of the life we could have had together”.

I was sitting in her living room and wasn’t sure when she would be back. I looked at an old withered tree in the garden outside the window when some classmates rang the doorbell. They came to ask if we had any paper. I told them that I’d go check despite not knowing where it was stored in the house. All I could find was rice paper and glossy photo paper. I thought about leaving to go home.