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I'm tired.
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I wrote.
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I'm tired too.
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Words were magically written on the chalkboard without anyone writing.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAYO07QtV7
I'm all alone currently in my classroom. Exactly 5:45 pm in the afternoon. Light from the setting sun patched the board orange. These words were written by someone from the other side. And it's been a month since I accidentally discovered this phenomenon. Every afternoon, at this exact hour, where the board is painted orange, a ghost writer from the other side shows up. And it's been a month where we were talking by writing to each other. My written words shows up to the other side, same thing as the other side's words.
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My first thought of the ghost writer is someone who has an unfinished business. Unable to leave the world. But as time went through with our discussion, I was wrong. No, we were wrong. I also got t know more about the writer. She's a girl. Same age as me. Going to the same school as mine. That gave me a hint, and asked the current time from hers. It's the same as mine. The date, the time the weather, is almost the same. With a slight difference from little occurrences with our daily lives. And we realized, we were living on worlds parallel to each other.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjssTFOiGRG
I'm writing to someone living in a familiar yet completely different world. It's very astonishing. I tried to asked her name once.
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May I know your name? I wrote.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaBO4WAESq
(Scribbles) What?243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmJAExAhN1
What's that? I responded.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJM36zbJ4r
That's rude. She replied. Wait a minute.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMPYATBlTH
(Scribbles) I wrote my name.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKvEHEMErK
What's that? We're drawing something? I can only see scribbles. She jokingly written.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SVQoE1Qmw
Just as I thought.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0P1bXf9gIW
I can't read your name. And it seems that I can't read yours too. I explained.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MbjOvjLar
Seriously? How come? Taylor Swift. Can you read that? 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08FT8VdwFf
Yes, I can. Ghandi. I wrote.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUz2V8smkI
Yes, Ghandi. 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGU7SardUz6
It seems that we can only write icons and famous person's name? Maybe because it is common to both our world? I speculated.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzphrRkR417
Maybe that's it? She agreed.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcvYKWGGQm
Chalk. I wrote243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH5VskS6vT
Chalk? 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMDMmRRGB8
That's what I am calling you. I suggested.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvNVcMUzRA
Dust, then, she responded. You will be Dusty.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHcBIDjeeS
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No, it's cute.
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Those were my first encounters and interaction with Chalk, the ghost writer. I also speculated that we are not simultaneously existing in either world. That's why I can't know her name nor she could know mine. Since in the first place, neither the person Dust existed in her world, nor the person Chalk existed in mine. That may be the slight differences from our almost copy world.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j8rcD7aB0
Every afternoon, after class, I purposely stay behind. I'll wait until every student in my class go out and went home. I only have at most 15 or 20 minutes to converse with her. Since we discovered that only on this time period, our worlds connects. During dusk, when the orange light paints the board, the chalkboard becomes our intersection where our realities coexist simultaneously. Though I cannot see her, nor she could see me, the writings on the board say so otherwise.
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Our eyes met earlier. she wrote. She's talking about her crush again.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMrxwtVwjY
He's so dreamy! she added. I hope he didn't noticed. I felt my cheeks red, I was blushing Dusty! She's at it again. Very fond of her guy, being so dreamy and so princey I assume.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U18mZXiYQ
Good for you. I responded.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsmL9F9AwU
This could start my rosy youth! She exclaimed.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTJHY3uVri
I hope so too! I replied.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22jAJSSYP9
Let me guess, nothing happened earlier today? She said.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmw8llN3ni
Nothing much. I replied. Normal as always. 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dSO7dN6ge
Phheeuu, you're boring. She teased. I mean, what can I do? I don't have much friends, nor do a circle. Up until now, I've been going home earlier than all of my classmates. Sorry for being boring!243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeBB39EbfF
Don't you have a crush? she asked243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzDE9AsFuc
That's a hassle. I revoke.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq04lJZ62Z
Liar, liar! She accused.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YbepyDYim
Yes, it's a lie. And I'm a liar. I do have one. She's gorgeously cute, pretty and smart! Dependable yet a little clumsy. She has long hair, cherry lips and have brown eyes. I know these things, but I'm not a creep. I'm just observing her. Even her rosy cheeks and small yet sharp nose compliments her small face. She's got me intertwined just by looking at her. 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2LpL6yicv
She's clearly out of my league. I'm your typical high school boy. A mob character from her story. I don't mind though.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLiN3ARLUU
Come on, spill the tea. I know you have one. She insisted. We've been talking like forever but I don't get a single ounce of interesting story from you. She added. You're so unfair.
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Unfair.
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Unfair.
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Unfair. She wrote in series. I surprised you wrote so fast.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6NFb2Ak7T
I guess it's ok? I just don't want the people around me to find out. They might laugh at me or something and make it awkward. And it's not like she'll tell anyone else. And if she did, none of it wil affect me though. Right?
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Okey, okey, quit the machine gun. I declared243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0v0oCAnTu
Yey!! Spill it out!243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2itJrGc8oS
I have someone I like. She's (Scribbles) . I started.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIO66nywRbk
Uhmm, I see scribbles here.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBDWxlcSlr
Really? I asked243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4MrPHpjJo
Let's call her blackboard, since I'm chalk and your dust. She wrote.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWN8UHBjMZo
Too long, and how dare you call her that! I protested.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKDZbdRHjS
Hahah! My bad.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdN8N0zorq
It's okey. You just have terrible naming sense. 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47WaFzcM91
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Let's call her Pen instead.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FfOvggcv7
Roger!243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4USuQ8YhJZ
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So, Pen here, she gorgeous and -- 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlfN5xkWWh
Hold up! I am not reading that. She interrupted my writing.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHrDTmQjfY
How rude! I even started to open up.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLUdlYbuyG
That's not what I meant. I know she pretty, cute, dreamy. She sounds like me. Let's skip to where you first saw her, met her, talked to her? she explained.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3ihounQd2
Ohh, okey. I met her last opening, she's in a class next door, and we never talked. I wrote243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgvj1NS6OO
What? Seriously? she wrote with disbelief.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm5MmAzZxR
Yep, what's wrong with that? I asked.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqFLGqigFq
Everything! Why didn't you even try to talk to her?243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItIlbwEtri
That's out of my persona.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhFu0BDV2X
You're just a wuss. She insulted.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4zuXhtjrQ
Hey! Language. Though I don't even mind. I'm sure she didn't know I exist, but acknowledging hers is enough for me. I rebutted.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsonDMjlL9C
You're such a sad boy. You should go talk to her. she suggested.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcOBJ8NpCd
That's impossible, and even not on the list for consideration. I replied.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9wijiz8QF
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Look, sometimes, we ladies want to be approached rather than we approach you. She must be shy. And we do appreciate it a lot more if you make the first move. She explained.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJZJbYVRYY
Really?243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxT7izXpfu
Yes! I'm 100% sure. Maybe she's interested in you too. Who knows? If my guy just approach me? I'll 100% bite the opportunity and never let him go. And let's call him Paper, as opposed with your pen. she added.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAEO2EkwGn
You're scary, and do have a terrible naming sense. Okey, if I'll have some opportunity, maybe I'll try. I wrote with agreement.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEyrrG6Axo
Go for it! For our future rose-colored youth! she wrote with enthusiasm243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7JQWSpsjk
I guess it's time to go? I wrote as the light from the board gradually disappearing. We can only write on the section where light touches. And it seems that we don't have much space left. she wrote.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhyOfcCn1n
That's what I thought. As we approach the winter times, days are getting shorter. I added.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqYC0rnBw2
Yes, so you have to make sure to have a good day, so I could read your stories. she declared.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAcKQ5DYyG
How's that even possible? We'll never have much time right? I asked.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhK4eVXb3Jv
Just write faster! Faster than --- the writings cut off. The light diminished on the board leaving completely unilluminated. Including the words we wrote, vanished as the sun sets.
This phenomena is completely incomprehensible. I tried researching but I didn't catch any information. I thought of an urban legend, school mysteries and even paranormal or supernatural, but no information were found. So I decided to document this on my journal. But I doubt anyone will believe this though.
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Next day came and I'm heading to school. I walked through the gate and went directly inside our building. As I tread the hallway to my room, I found Pen leaning her back on the wall talking with her friend. I remembered what we talked about with Chalk yesterday. Should I approach her? Talk to her? What would I even say? I'm nervous.
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As I am nearing to them, I saw a handkerchief on the floor not too far from her. That may be hers. And this might be the chance to talk to her? Is this my cue? Is the world giving me opportunities now? I walked towards the handkerchief, leaned down, picked it up, then went to her to hand it over. 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9rkUe41Zg
"Is this yours?" I asked.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjIfuZJ1y0
"Oh, yes, that's rights. Thank you so much." she expressed her gratitude with her angelic soft voice.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEtQJRiPt9
"No worries, good morning, bye." these words uttered from my mouth with a cracking voice. Such embarrassment and how awkward can I be? I can feel my ears getting hotter. I zoomed out and zoomed into my room next door. I can feel my heart beats louder, I hope she didn't noticed. But damn, it felt so good talking to her. I can't wait to tell this to Chalk!
Afternoon came so swift. I am eagerly waiting for my classmates to get out of the room. After the last group stepped out, I hurriedly went and shut the door. Then grab a chalk and wrote all the things happened today. Hoping she'll read it and get a reply. After some time, I still haven't got a reply.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUVmIKLyB8
Chalk? 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybJTbycmQd
Is she around today or is she home? Is she sick?243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBR8wa4Ndwr
Chalk? I wrote again. 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwlwGT3gs6
Well, it's not that she has to reply right? She also has her life going on her side. She doesn't have to come by everyday just to talk to me, right?
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Chalk?
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I told you so! I reply finally was written and it made me jumped in joy.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6dnIElA90
Sorry, your message is too long to read. It took me ages. she complained.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhC5LrhPoD1
Sorry for being happy! I wrote with excitement.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPO4sSFc9I6
Good for you Dusty! I'm also happy! You'll finally start your rose-colored youth today! she added.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlya1Ss3nCB
Yes, I hope so too! I replied243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sagIzcMXm
And speaking of, we met our eyes again today and it is five seconds Dusty! FIVE!! she wrote while writing the figure five in an enlarged manner.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jg3or09ui
May our ships sail Dusty! Congrats to us! she wrote while drawing a mug clicking.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6Mxg46Ah1
Thanks, Chalk. 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErvz5oIWJM
For what?243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tqBjdmPDq
For encouraging and pushing me.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzr4mz3PY3z
You know what? I'm all for drama and stories 'coz I'm bored. If you really feel gratitude, feed me your love stories. she wrote243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucwqXfGCmV
You're weird. I teased.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MopqsrH9c
Not as weird as you! she fought.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25mtnIz6mr
What? I rebelled.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4Dd2RUJfx
Yeah, and as much as I want to enumerate the reasons, but we don't have much time. she declared.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fyL0SD5lu
Yeah! Because you read too slow, we ran out. I protested243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3L3ERKXIc
My bad, okey? Have a juice as an apology. she wrote and drew a juice box.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1gyxJzLA9
I'll take that. I answered while drawing a straw with a mouth on the juice box.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fTqUfWZ06
You suck at drawing, Dusty.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoQHqwiLAP
Not as much as y---. The writings cut off. Time's up, and we don't have any light from the sun left. Hope to talk to you again tomorrow Chalk. I'll do my best with my Pen. Don't worry. I wish you the best with your paper too.
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"See you tomorrow." I uttered.
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Tomorrow came even faster than expected. It feels so good to wake up, knowing I may have another chance to talk to her.
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I head to school and still saw her on the same spot as yesterday, talking with her friend. Sadly, no more things on the floor today. I don't have a cue, nor reason to talk to her. Was that only a limited time period? Better luck tomorrow, I guess?243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjxWC52Stb
I intended to pass by them, and as soon as I am in front of her, she called me out.
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"Hey," she called.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI4quy5MSL
"Yes?" I replied subtly.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpimx9iqva
"Thanks for yesterday. That handkerchief was given to my by my grandma whom I treasured so much. I had no idea I dropped it and might lose my mind if I really lost it." Hey hey, she's grateful, and she's speaking to me. How great is this!243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFgdZoC0MO
"No worries, my pleasure, good morning." still, I uttered awkward replies. What is wrong with me!243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydgRXZsERS
"Oh, where are my manners, good morning. I'm Zil by the way." I know. "You're from class next door right?" Hey, hey, she knows me? I mean, she doesn't really know me, but it seems that she know I existed? What a wonderful day to be alive!243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0hvvQR3kW
"Ahh, yes. I am Echo. Nice to meet you." I answered.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0AWaoHMjv
"Nice to meeting you too, Echo. See you around." She replied while patting her skirt signaling for them to go inside their room.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zEDVcrnUK
"Yes, see you around." I hurriedly replied.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zUefjkJq7
Yes!!! I hope she didn't notice my nervousness, and my cheeks getting hotter. I am feeling lucky today! I am so happy! I can't wait to tell Chalk another great news!243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupfbA5r6n7
Later in the afternoon
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Chalk! We've talked again today! I greeted.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0c0sQAKVBF
That's great news, Dusty! she replied.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIK2aYu4PJ
She's the one who called me first. She's so talkative. Ahh, she's so dreamy!243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarYeePkEYj
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We've talked a lot about what happened today on my side. On her side, it seems that 5 seconds was still the highest score.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0Ws0LVyOG
If tomorrow, it's still 5 seconds, I'll be the one who'll approach him. she declared243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruuRvoPXyQ
Wow! taking the lead? 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LRME4lheS
I just got tired of waiting. Whoa, I guess she's restless.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaA2MqXQey
I simply wish the best for you and your paper. But, it seems that I'll be the one who'll have it first. And I'll have the bragging rights! I teased.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0O590Dg5X
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I was just joking!
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It's really fun writing like this. We're like penpals. she wrote.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2V81CbTLr
Yeah, kinda outdated but that seems the case. I added243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFulKZzUAwk
I always feels like we're comrades from our previous lives. It's very comfortable talking with you even though your literary from other dimension. she explained.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzhrtMT2t4
Yeah, and that may be the reason why. 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrkYJxEhhH
I am glad.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9oH3SoFEJ
I am too.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdMqMaMkAm
I guess time's up?243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBpmi2BTxM
I guess so.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1soeb7o8QE
The afternoon's getting shorter, eh?243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZC22k7OeWz
Yeah especially when we're enjoying like ---. The text cut off. The time has ended and shadows covered the board.
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"See you tomorrow Chalk." I uttered.
Days went on, and we kept on updating ourselves every afternoon on the events that occurred during the day. I got closer and closer with Zil. While Chalk found out that Paper loves someone else. They're like same gender. She was so heartbroken. I somehow comforted her even though it's not my forte. And we laughed it off. It feels like I am becoming ahead of my rose-colored youth. Ha! Eat my chalk dust! But we really just laugh it off.
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Three weeks we're gone in an instant and we encountered ups and downs. Chalk and I shared our stories as those time went on. Our days also gotten shorter and shorter.
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I guess this will be the last day before the vacation. I wrote.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wEbmwjjXK
Yes. she agreed.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF7OfRi39c
Then we'll wait for two weeks to be able to write again. I added.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumww8fHNk8
Yes, and please don't forget to invite your pen to a Christmas date. she suggested.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifI0WYg4B4
I sure will! We've gotten much closer now. And I feel like I have a chance. I boldly wrote.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLfBu2YSPh
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Yes! I'll confess this Christmas, during our date. Please pray for me! I wrote.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBKdINCd2R
She seems drawing something on the board.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJrS3MxEaj
What's that? I asked.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRDm7Z8zIs
That's my hand, lines are the blessing, you and Pen. She wrote while labeling the figures she drew.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBOe1oYr3s
You really suck at drawing. I teased.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXRkVPBMlX
Not a sucker like you, xD! she rebutted. I wheezed looking at her drawing. I then laughed out loud. I'm sure she's also laughing on the ther side. I just hope I could laugh this out with her. Though, it'll be weird if I hear her now.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lBWWSJJM0
I guess time's up! I'll see you when I see you. I wrote.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7rM1bnSj3
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My bad. Can't wait to see you write again. I clarified.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Xn4bx0MkS
That's more like it. And I also hope, that when you write, you'll be together by that time. she finally agreed.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTW10mviKA1
I hope so too. See you Chalk!243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8dgjcFb7b
See you Dusty! I'll----. The text cut off. I couldn't help but wonder what she's going to write. But I guess it's just the same as the usual days. We got cut off, but we'll definitely resume the next day. However, this time, it'll take a long time to resume.
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Time went on, Christmas came, and I successfully invited Zil out. We enjoyed our time together and had a blast. We ended our time gazing upon a fireworks display. I intended to confess to her and now's the time. I uttered my words and she was shocked hearing my confession. My loud heart beats as loud as the fireworks exploding up in the sky, patching the night with lights. Colorful lights that also reflects to our faces facing each other.
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She uttered.
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It's been a week since vacation started and three days ago was Christmas, the day I confessed. It's still like a fever dream. I was still imagining the events that folded that day. I'm lying on my bed bothered and restless. I decided to get up and walk around. I went outside and walked to nowhere. I decided to let my feet take me wherever.
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After some time, I noticed the orange hue covered the streets I walked through. It's already dusk. Now's usually the time when we talk. A little further I tread the streets, I realized that I am in front of my school. Without thinking too much, I snuck in. I ended up in front in my classroom. I opened the door and silence greeted me.
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I am not used to this silence. Maybe because every time I am here, even when I'm alone, I hear the chalk pressed against the board. Loudly screeching, writing my story for her to read. I grabbed a chalk from the bin, gently pressing it to the board.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHbBp4BPN5
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Chalk. I wrote.
What am I even thinking. What am I even doing. Was I hoping for something? I might do? Hoping someone would reply and at least hear me out.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFkAOhoQap
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No response, as I anticipated. I step away from the board and I put the chalk I am holding back to the bin. As I decided to walk away to the door, I noticed writings emerged from the oranged board that was not mine.
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I was surprised and my heart jumped. I immediately grabbed back the chalk and wrote on the board.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPH8oa1yXe
I messed up. I was turned down. I replied243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCS2s2FIHd
Then we really are a comrade. she added.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCH5ZoTnnM
How come? I asked.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3sQYEEy2E
I also invited Paper out to confirm my feelings and have closure. Confessed, rejected. she stated.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhq1j5pzHq
There goes our rose-colored youth, flushed out XD. I wrote kiddingly.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwNUjb5v3a
My guess is, she got turned off from your perfume. Don't wear it anymore. she teased.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqiIAFPpCt
I don't think that's the case. And maybe, you Paper liked your perfume much that he wants to wear it himself. I rebutted.
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Our banters went on as we shared our daily lives from the past few days. I laughed out my heart's content. I can only imagine her silent written laughs and listen to it through my thoughts. As much as I want to continue, but our time is always short. However, I felt so much relief, talking to someone I could share to. 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGB7SsCjpaX
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I'm glad I could talk to you today. I started.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNfwgMyeg4
I felt so refreshed. she agreed.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTXQpGU4N1
You know, we are like birds. The Kauai. It's something I read about. she added.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBojoK380g
Really? How so? I inquired.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSH4eqhlmxl
When they're finding a mate, the male bird sings a song. Then, the female will reply by singing too. They're like duetting. Even though their far apart, as long as someone will reply, they'll eventually find each other. she wrote a long paragraph explaining.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcKAaZR19y
That's amazing. I wrote in awe.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCD6tSEfUu
Yes! Like us, aside from courting and finding each other, we're like singing, duetting with each other, but by writing. Even though we're far apart. she added.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LN1UBTL94
Yeah, like, literally, dimensions apart. But you're mostly correct. I agreed.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpITwuqzwO5
We also only got specific time and placing to connect. Which makes it special. Ain't that cool? she wrote with amazement.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnMFlg3e6O
It sure is! I'll also look forward 'duetting' with you until we graduate. I declared243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAo8OHFWgV2
You bet, my comrade! she obliged.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVx77xvsV7
Though it's up, I'm happy. See you around Dusty!243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIS8Y0IYuf
See you, Chalk.
We said our goodbyes. No more replies were written and darkness covered the room. I better head out or I'll get caught.
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"See you next week"
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Vacation ended, classes started. Same people, same teacher, same classroom. We still interact with Zil after what happened. She doesn't mind being friends with me. And it's ok for me. I also look forward our friendship with Zil.
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Classes ended, and the setting sun slowly closing in. People gradually vacate the room. As the last person left, I followed him towards the door, making sure no one is outside. I closed the door and immediately grabbed a chalk and wrote.
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Long time no write!
How are you Chalk?
Are you there?
Chalk?
I've never gotten any replies from her since classes resumed, and it was almost a week. I was getting kinda sad. I kept writing and writing, but no replies came in.243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyNV3vPiKy
Is the magic board not working anymore? Maybe it was a limited edition? Free trial? I don't understand. Why are they giving something, but take it back? But I can't complain. I can't control it. I don't even understand this mechanism. And I am powerless.
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I realized that we were not supposed to meet. In fact, we're from a different reality. We only had that chance to meet, only on that time. Only on that time we intersect. Only on that time, our worlds overlap. Only on that time, I could know her. Only on that time, after that, we drift.
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Chalk? You said we're songbirds. I looked it up, and I hated it. But I can't do anything about it. Because now, like that bird, I'm waiting for your reply. Can you hear my song? It's just too sudden. I know, we are songbirds in a different reality. We're not supposed to be singing with each other. Let alone duetting at the same time. Here I am, still singing, waiting for your reply. A reply that I know you can't hear anymore. 243Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoTeUim3p6
I just want to duet with you one last time. I just want to you to know I missed you. I hope you could hear me. I hope these feelings of mine transcends world to reach you.
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I know it won't.
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Goodbye, Chalk.
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Written on the board on the far left corner. Together with the carefully calligraphed message at the center saying,
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CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES!
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