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Written in response to Drabble Challenge: Pen Pals

Letters are nifty things aren't they? They go here and there and maybe even everywhere whether analog ink and paper or digital impulses over the internet and they survive enough of the test of time. So, let's have a go and see if we can see between their lines.

A Note
By Rociel
31 August 2004

A scrap of paper fluttered down. Instinctively, he reached out and caught it in mid-fall between gloved fingers. The paper was yellow with age, slightly curled at the edges, yet the elegant bold script on it remained legible.

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Need to borrow your notes.
- Oriya
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The corners of his lips turned up into a slight smile. How old were they then?

A soft sigh came from behind him. "Why do you insist on keeping that?" Oriya asked quietly.

He did not expect to reply. But the words slipped out anyway.

"It's the first thing I received from you," Muraki said simply.

End.