Dear Sensei,
I am writing you this letter for two reasons. One, because I love you with all my heart and never want that to change. Two, because I can never see you again. Now I know what you may be thinking, but please let me explain...
I know we are not supposed to love each other like this... and I know that if anyone finds out about our love we will be separated. Probably forever.
I have gone over this in my mind at night, and it keeps me from sleep, knowing the predicament I am in. You are in... and, to tell the truth, I do not care at all about what all of the other people say. All I care about is the fact that they have the power to take you away from me. They say that we are defying god by loving each other, simply because we both are of the same sex, and because you are so much older than me. They say, and think that a man loving another man is against god and nature. But they are wrong. If their god, if any god, considered us sinners then why would he give me such feelings? And why would I feel such passion when you kiss me...
You know, at first I was convinced that they were right. That I was a reject of god and a creature of sin. But now I have found solstice in the fact that their god, a god of hypocrisy and propaganda, either doesn't exist... or shouldn't. Now I know that all there is up above is sky, and below us only soil. Around us only others and the environment, and inside us only our emotions. The greatest of those being hate and love. For you, the latter of course. But that is the reason I must leave. Legally, I cannot be yours. If someone discovers our passion, I will be taken away from you and we will not see each other again. I can promise you that they will not be understanding, not be kind. They never were when I first admitted my attraction to men, and they definitely would not be of this.
I know this cannot last. We will be found out, and I will be taken away and you will probably go to jail. I cannot risk getting you into trouble, my Sensei. I love you too much to let that happen. And that is why I have to leave, because I wouldn't be able to bear seeing you face and knowing that you will never be mine again.
Goodbye, and with Love,
Rock Lee
Lee held the finished note in his right hand, and felt his face dampen as the tears he had tried so hard to hold back came rolling down. He sat on the edge of the bed, and he could feel the heat coming off of the sleeping Gai on the other side. He had to force himself to do so, almost against his own will, but slid the note under his Sensei's pillow. Shuddering, and with the tears still sliding down his face, he pulled on the top part of the spandex he always seemed to wear, and heading towards the dorr. He opened it, and looked back. Gai was still sleeping, breathing healthily and with a smile on his face. Lee smiled at him, and walked out.
