Waters
It is in the presence of water that Anita feels the weakest. Standing waist deep in the sea, hand clasped with Hisami, she drags the taller girl back to the shore. Hisami asks her why she is so afraid. Anita shrugs and offers her dry towel instead.
It is in the presence of water when Anita has the most painful realizations such as how she loves Hisami more than life itself. Like a poet short of describing tenfold of unsaid emotions, she splashes salt water in her eyes. In picnics, there is no room for depressing thoughts.
It is in the presence of water that Anita cannot fully protect the girl she loves.
Papers, after all, are useless in water.
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