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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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINYn2nKDaX
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSGoW4mhyu
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTu3tU7YwY
(Scribbles) What?304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijICOfZVNX
What's that? I responded.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuR3zcTU8b
That's rude. She replied. Wait a minute.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlT3xFyCLLu
(Scribbles) I wrote my name.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOdbEcNW8b
What's that? We're drawing something? I can only see scribbles. She jokingly written.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3dSzqIXSB
Just as I thought.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7rTOUGCs8
I can't read your name. And it seems that I can't read yours too. I explained.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yPjxFdjtV
Seriously? How come? Taylor Swift. Can you read that? 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KeTADeLig
Yes, I can. Ghandi. I wrote.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDb4Bmwae7
Yes, Ghandi. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsdK38WlZp
It seems that we can only write icons and famous person's name? Maybe because it is common to both our world? I speculated.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5xdsK0L0e
Maybe that's it? She agreed.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS60YYa8kW
Chalk. I wrote304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNdCu3slBn
Chalk? 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlp01A6YHo2
That's what I am calling you. I suggested.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1UtMMtboj
Dust, then, she responded. You will be Dusty.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TkJqtReKJ
That's seems childish. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPAHHptPDZ
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiokPQxgi1b
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToP7j6nlIs
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKHE55kL1p
Good for you. I responded.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCqxicwlnj
This could start my rosy youth! She exclaimed.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfd3wDZ44eV
I hope so too! I replied.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJph6NBb0w
Let me guess, nothing happened earlier today? She said.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdj5N35kDn
Nothing much. I replied. Normal as always. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkjlK0bDu7
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!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2O2yc8bW3
Don't you have a crush? she asked304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PRwsF4ZRU
That's a hassle. I revoke.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOy9nXit34
Liar, liar! She accused.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjlokxbOau
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. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOUzHNIU3O
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJhLJ4xRyJ
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMP7JFZztl
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 declared304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1ElJ0LXMj
Yey!! Spill it out!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvgvPIIM3N
I have someone I like. She's (Scribbles) . I started.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5drpKMEWAv
Uhmm, I see scribbles here.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46gOX7Zktw
Really? I asked304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KmGgxdgES
Let's call her blackboard, since I'm chalk and your dust. She wrote.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixNg4koad4
Too long, and how dare you call her that! I protested.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhA3eDKhvQ
Hahah! My bad.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqm4oNxjhu
It's okey. You just have terrible naming sense. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PhRnYJfaS
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Let's call her Pen instead.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwqjV5yq7h
Roger!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkdDBJSDeU
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So, Pen here, she gorgeous and -- 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssTM2eWwU0
Hold up! I am not reading that. She interrupted my writing.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaojj096Wk
How rude! I even started to open up.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeds7LzzF0J
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQjq54rPxI
Ohh, okey. I met her last opening, she's in a class next door, and we never talked. I wrote304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss0GALaNv7
What? Seriously? she wrote with disbelief.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwh4kKVGkM
Yep, what's wrong with that? I asked.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENQurfRVVS
Everything! Why didn't you even try to talk to her?304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2TRyHHrn6
That's out of my persona.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSCYffc62s
You're just a wuss. She insulted.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZKUBhHHb5
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3yywsMfyE
You're such a sad boy. You should go talk to her. she suggested.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ19TfaEUnE
That's impossible, and even not on the list for consideration. I replied.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6JeZPCJ5Y
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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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMtbSJA8MK
Really?304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoiXr829ul
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytMz58ap6x
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKhiwdoTzG
Go for it! For our future rose-colored youth! she wrote with enthusiasm304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlMNaLp1qu
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Kj1IYDngE
That's what I thought. As we approach the winter times, days are getting shorter. I added.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmphQQ7SAO
Yes, so you have to make sure to have a good day, so I could read your stories. she declared.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3rylgKIK0
How's that even possible? We'll never have much time right? I asked.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7tjBioPyN
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. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHM8U5eRNm
"Is this yours?" I asked.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktG2QIyq9i
"Oh, yes, that's rights. Thank you so much." she expressed her gratitude with her angelic soft voice.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhk475I9Bm
"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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLQzTAakEI
Chalk? 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBc57xM3qG
Is she around today or is she home? Is she sick?304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioFvVGK4RH
Chalk? I wrote again. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2wbmKTUBJ
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0jtGQ5P0S
Sorry, your message is too long to read. It took me ages. she complained.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmay5BiMpSn
Sorry for being happy! I wrote with excitement.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRm67Rb93Bn
Good for you Dusty! I'm also happy! You'll finally start your rose-colored youth today! she added.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSLRzbyQLx
Yes, I hope so too! I replied304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqwhxEe5uH
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3hXDRrses
May our ships sail Dusty! Congrats to us! she wrote while drawing a mug clicking.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZK16taxfJ
Thanks, Chalk. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPxKxKaEWL
For what?304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0cSAANOGg
For encouraging and pushing me.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOUCu91RYC
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 wrote304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIhfjiZVka
You're weird. I teased.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvwGjuWmm4
Not as weird as you! she fought.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyoGUtPTH8
What? I rebelled.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVcM1tDl3z
Yeah, and as much as I want to enumerate the reasons, but we don't have much time. she declared.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAk6IM7YRj
Yeah! Because you read too slow, we ran out. I protested304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuR5vw5pLsh
My bad, okey? Have a juice as an apology. she wrote and drew a juice box.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFe1cGlhYG6
I'll take that. I answered while drawing a straw with a mouth on the juice box.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPCJBpnHU6
You suck at drawing, Dusty.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKFs6dHFcf
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?304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDIka72O34
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplLTowM4Ab
"Yes?" I replied subtly.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABVBjzgGkE
"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!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGt4IOgOX1
"No worries, my pleasure, good morning." still, I uttered awkward replies. What is wrong with me!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8V3aoZ1ZZ
"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!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aoKzrNqfO
"Ahh, yes. I am Echo. Nice to meet you." I answered.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffDPlfN9uQ
"Nice to meeting you too, Echo. See you around." She replied while patting her skirt signaling for them to go inside their room.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxGKgxT2g9
"Yes, see you around." I hurriedly replied.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8oTLc7YfQ
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!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmZ25PO49w
Later in the afternoon
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Chalk! We've talked again today! I greeted.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQZl3SEyWf
That's great news, Dusty! she replied.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEIcSZ5DSY
She's the one who called me first. She's so talkative. Ahh, she's so dreamy!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOynBgUx4eP
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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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuEjhVMp9e
If tomorrow, it's still 5 seconds, I'll be the one who'll approach him. she declared304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoMTc9jybk
Wow! taking the lead? 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBEvNJxf4b
I just got tired of waiting. Whoa, I guess she's restless.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthm5tCPLrL
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhU89kQoi5Z
Don't you dare!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVrrLnrCrE
I was just joking!
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It's really fun writing like this. We're like penpals. she wrote.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPnBSMuD3Q
Yeah, kinda outdated but that seems the case. I added304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeA2mhOsU2
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVDrBL1DMK
Yeah, and that may be the reason why. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5L8ufLyQz
I am glad.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUG3Q8Q5xb
I am too.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWrxdEbZVl
I guess time's up?304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54ekSoE9P3
I guess so.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6aeI1cDPn
The afternoon's getting shorter, eh?304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvST1fRdbC
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrdO0bGr8N
Yes. she agreed.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzqK9rl79l
Then we'll wait for two weeks to be able to write again. I added.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGr9nS1rpJ
Yes, and please don't forget to invite your pen to a Christmas date. she suggested.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5U09bPpBvu
I sure will! We've gotten much closer now. And I feel like I have a chance. I boldly wrote.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iA7OlSBjA
Oh really?304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlscSl8lMp
Yes! I'll confess this Christmas, during our date. Please pray for me! I wrote.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZQibFdQD1
She seems drawing something on the board.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vc1AqZaTZ
What's that? I asked.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjF9IUmqEm5
That's my hand, lines are the blessing, you and Pen. She wrote while labeling the figures she drew.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDietIbRj2D
You really suck at drawing. I teased.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡml1Uu3aekB
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uoYKWByZn
I guess time's up! I'll see you when I see you. I wrote.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEFQdpsia8
You can't even see me. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzNxzOJSJh
My bad. Can't wait to see you write again. I clarified.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazSP4ICvUV
That's more like it. And I also hope, that when you write, you'll be together by that time. she finally agreed.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTQOH1pZJr
I hope so too. See you Chalk!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKf9QmeaT3
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0U1CzfnLz
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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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ctY41sqJP
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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.
Hi Dusty!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69SRzstaJk
I was surprised and my heart jumped. I immediately grabbed back the chalk and wrote on the board.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iF00f1J2g
I messed up. I was turned down. I replied304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBijy1g34w
Then we really are a comrade. she added.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nNNCXrj25
How come? I asked.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4EaYnfKse
I also invited Paper out to confirm my feelings and have closure. Confessed, rejected. she stated.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFfxNb5F47
There goes our rose-colored youth, flushed out XD. I wrote kiddingly.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHpRTZ08Gl
My guess is, she got turned off from your perfume. Don't wear it anymore. she teased.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQb6vPcrmI
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. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJQP5tC9kJ
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I'm glad I could talk to you today. I started.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfcpIg08mC
I felt so refreshed. she agreed.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84LXwOsXwv
You know, we are like birds. The Kauai. It's something I read about. she added.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZ0nuvRZ99
Really? How so? I inquired.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9wseKke8i
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHLCjU5frO
That's amazing. I wrote in awe.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJggo4g8wp
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkGNZl1LqR
Yeah, like, literally, dimensions apart. But you're mostly correct. I agreed.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPSAvgGNMK
We also only got specific time and placing to connect. Which makes it special. Ain't that cool? she wrote with amazement.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQI962bEv58
It sure is! I'll also look forward 'duetting' with you until we graduate. I declared304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1MtfUxY2O
You bet, my comrade! she obliged.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfbgvQQQRx
Though it's up, I'm happy. See you around Dusty!304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN7RrA7iym
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.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtBp3jgYza
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. 304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxA51WD3LM
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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