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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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJAOPGjPwB
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVec04WF5dW
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlM6NMxZSBK
(Scribbles) What?265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YD2er0mtv
What's that? I responded.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHXiM2APKt
That's rude. She replied. Wait a minute.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPDFOt3UGp
(Scribbles) I wrote my name.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEpWcTWFhE
What's that? We're drawing something? I can only see scribbles. She jokingly written.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx36pZgnADm
Just as I thought.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxI5z8DEj1q
I can't read your name. And it seems that I can't read yours too. I explained.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4a28KKTnf
Seriously? How come? Taylor Swift. Can you read that? 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlj9f66cgp0
Yes, I can. Ghandi. I wrote.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lr1rgTB2O
Yes, Ghandi. 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRBoSakeEi
It seems that we can only write icons and famous person's name? Maybe because it is common to both our world? I speculated.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0ADk65mtR
Maybe that's it? She agreed.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OcEa0z7X0
Chalk. I wrote265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnpHH7GLJ4
Chalk? 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40B0xuHMEV
That's what I am calling you. I suggested.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphQo7o8Wnw
Dust, then, she responded. You will be Dusty.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcM0MuOjLSL
That's seems childish. 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRLFj0dVAH
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWltXWC5hvh
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy68EunYuZR
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6mPKrmf6J
Good for you. I responded.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhn5NCbktvo
This could start my rosy youth! She exclaimed.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOgqKcxdxV
I hope so too! I replied.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWqyKm9yhx
Let me guess, nothing happened earlier today? She said.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMASgpQvP6z
Nothing much. I replied. Normal as always. 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEZ2s5vdOe
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!265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhZwmlE5rb
Don't you have a crush? she asked265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qWMWtHiME
That's a hassle. I revoke.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBTthkMIcp
Liar, liar! She accused.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroyZ7k0Mrx
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. 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6b4HNCl26
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6qcLlVUIk
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnzAXy9Hcs
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 declared265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡramImZEK91
Yey!! Spill it out!265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLly5iAS7nK
I have someone I like. She's (Scribbles) . I started.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6XCczlWv5
Uhmm, I see scribbles here.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Vk0Q5MLwC
Really? I asked265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡle7KLqbYGT
Let's call her blackboard, since I'm chalk and your dust. She wrote.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82iEkOPti0
Too long, and how dare you call her that! I protested.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHWh5Prd0z
Hahah! My bad.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrn1NHr51oD
It's okey. You just have terrible naming sense. 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4599EwuaZh
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Let's call her Pen instead.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjpVOMUGws
Roger!265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMP5xH3gFEm
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So, Pen here, she gorgeous and -- 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdp6FC3hM5G
Hold up! I am not reading that. She interrupted my writing.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyp09GDh5z
How rude! I even started to open up.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHyTQ52EXY
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrOjyyhhJV
Ohh, okey. I met her last opening, she's in a class next door, and we never talked. I wrote265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhx1cucv1pS
What? Seriously? she wrote with disbelief.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoMijHOg2n
Yep, what's wrong with that? I asked.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsef62gFzB
Everything! Why didn't you even try to talk to her?265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9LYHIgqX9
That's out of my persona.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGC51bDW8S
You're just a wuss. She insulted.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjANBY6B8O
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIszufzKW2F
You're such a sad boy. You should go talk to her. she suggested.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WfoFSIVCf
That's impossible, and even not on the list for consideration. I replied.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvBiMH2MCG
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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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5RnmZLDou
Really?265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvbKbUHPEY
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1F6g9BbVU
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOKCiYUTcP
Go for it! For our future rose-colored youth! she wrote with enthusiasm265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5bdVUjf4F
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVDbsfE994
That's what I thought. As we approach the winter times, days are getting shorter. I added.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EbeobKncr
Yes, so you have to make sure to have a good day, so I could read your stories. she declared.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIh4RQSbXCU
How's that even possible? We'll never have much time right? I asked.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXFJUattIx
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. 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxTrUynqoZ
"Is this yours?" I asked.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jQ2fo8EHs
"Oh, yes, that's rights. Thank you so much." she expressed her gratitude with her angelic soft voice.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWSTYYth4o
"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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKflxJCrVRq
Chalk? 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdlKhUDxTD
Is she around today or is she home? Is she sick?265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNfcCmZRZS
Chalk? I wrote again. 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3IYcOE6Kt
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffeGWodiel
Sorry, your message is too long to read. It took me ages. she complained.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuywfKS0nP
Sorry for being happy! I wrote with excitement.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcf26zHdrS0
Good for you Dusty! I'm also happy! You'll finally start your rose-colored youth today! she added.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfgtahT5mi
Yes, I hope so too! I replied265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIU2g05Mlrm
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVamg5soqd7
May our ships sail Dusty! Congrats to us! she wrote while drawing a mug clicking.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fvr1FygUD
Thanks, Chalk. 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡie5ZNjjb1C
For what?265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQRRAnaupW
For encouraging and pushing me.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDT6mAwDtRx
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 wrote265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOBzSzqrkt
You're weird. I teased.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtaxO5U3Kk
Not as weird as you! she fought.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gWQOd2Qcg
What? I rebelled.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2Zepb6JLf
Yeah, and as much as I want to enumerate the reasons, but we don't have much time. she declared.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncrMMobvrS
Yeah! Because you read too slow, we ran out. I protested265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcU5eKHiBkH
My bad, okey? Have a juice as an apology. she wrote and drew a juice box.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtqW8s55US
I'll take that. I answered while drawing a straw with a mouth on the juice box.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNS9VVDpSU
You suck at drawing, Dusty.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4KHytwXrW
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?265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWMnQfZ4J8
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1kQ726Qcg
"Yes?" I replied subtly.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlf7qb4Yih
"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!265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarnDhTrMKy
"No worries, my pleasure, good morning." still, I uttered awkward replies. What is wrong with me!265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzoJswwNPH
"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!265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9uuqWrrAs
"Ahh, yes. I am Echo. Nice to meet you." I answered.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Oh767cF8L
"Nice to meeting you too, Echo. See you around." She replied while patting her skirt signaling for them to go inside their room.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViCihcTPx3
"Yes, see you around." I hurriedly replied.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhzBSLaGKz
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!265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsI1OW64N6J
Later in the afternoon
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Chalk! We've talked again today! I greeted.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzylEq3xu1s
That's great news, Dusty! she replied.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4IO68tYnr
She's the one who called me first. She's so talkative. Ahh, she's so dreamy!265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXSTLF6UMZ
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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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnPjsnt0ZS
If tomorrow, it's still 5 seconds, I'll be the one who'll approach him. she declared265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UK6Ul1Ocb
Wow! taking the lead? 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGpo2HBrvA
I just got tired of waiting. Whoa, I guess she's restless.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQ3x8c2Zc8
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVWDbks4sO
Don't you dare!265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0hLkhFEZB
I was just joking!
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It's really fun writing like this. We're like penpals. she wrote.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ofc21hRNE
Yeah, kinda outdated but that seems the case. I added265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEKOvjnUAl
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8c1YkQlSb3
Yeah, and that may be the reason why. 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NOdrOdqDb
I am glad.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27h7pc3rvo
I am too.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uG1pATKhG
I guess time's up?265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuggV7gNLAI
I guess so.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGXXTYyWPR
The afternoon's getting shorter, eh?265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAhTar9tMT
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzFf9PWL6e
Yes. she agreed.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62AVJxCwCn
Then we'll wait for two weeks to be able to write again. I added.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9s2A1mZkeD
Yes, and please don't forget to invite your pen to a Christmas date. she suggested.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqOGeqDmT4
I sure will! We've gotten much closer now. And I feel like I have a chance. I boldly wrote.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixKXAVXvPZ
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Yes! I'll confess this Christmas, during our date. Please pray for me! I wrote.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsdWco84WO
She seems drawing something on the board.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrp5ZZRnHaB
What's that? I asked.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6v8vuYkPS
That's my hand, lines are the blessing, you and Pen. She wrote while labeling the figures she drew.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhIIQQ6UEZ
You really suck at drawing. I teased.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbySmtb3A80
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oDIQgKbNF
I guess time's up! I'll see you when I see you. I wrote.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOXjrX8n0l
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My bad. Can't wait to see you write again. I clarified.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkbjqLufR6
That's more like it. And I also hope, that when you write, you'll be together by that time. she finally agreed.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADFfIVmFe8
I hope so too. See you Chalk!265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyT2rU43qiK
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiswn18SjTz
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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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfboDJzepGk
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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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAiYXrE5pi
I messed up. I was turned down. I replied265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeHDymsr62
Then we really are a comrade. she added.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpo03eYGee
How come? I asked.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWVeWWpA0N
I also invited Paper out to confirm my feelings and have closure. Confessed, rejected. she stated.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TejvazDJx
There goes our rose-colored youth, flushed out XD. I wrote kiddingly.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxue0jc6akE
My guess is, she got turned off from your perfume. Don't wear it anymore. she teased.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0VmUb69ox
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. 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfUhFKhdBA
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I'm glad I could talk to you today. I started.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3omuMgvsC
I felt so refreshed. she agreed.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShJj8F4gea
You know, we are like birds. The Kauai. It's something I read about. she added.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX20Q4zf1AV
Really? How so? I inquired.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2Vx04yTb0
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWGEXYaJbu
That's amazing. I wrote in awe.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS944t7mr6
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1l5PdHudn1
Yeah, like, literally, dimensions apart. But you're mostly correct. I agreed.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMuuBQjMpQ
We also only got specific time and placing to connect. Which makes it special. Ain't that cool? she wrote with amazement.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizkVSznVUG
It sure is! I'll also look forward 'duetting' with you until we graduate. I declared265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZLQ2gxPGW
You bet, my comrade! she obliged.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYP8PDm7q7
Though it's up, I'm happy. See you around Dusty!265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B1Ov3WZFe
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.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpuRHi6GDt
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. 265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXq3wXgku7
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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