Second Letter: Anju to Kafei
The reply Anju's wrote to Kafei's letter on the second day
My Dear Kafei,
I received your letter yesterday and to say I was surprised was an understatement to say the least. No one has seen or heard from you in so long that some began to think you were dead. Your mother is still worried about you and I heard that she hired a private detective to try and find you. She even began making masks of your face and tried handing them out to people to try and find you. I thank you for writing me but I think you should send her a letter too so she won't worry anymore. Your father is so busy with the town's problems that he's just thinks that you're just getting cold feet about the wedding. He firmly believes that you'll turn up right before the wedding and say it was all one big joke.
The very first thing I asked the Postman upon receipt of this letter is where you were. Though I begged him to tell me he refused. If only he had told me I might not even have had to write this letter but would have gone to you immediately. I agree that accepting what you told me is difficult. But we've all heard stories about magic, fairies, giants, and imps that at the same time it's not to hard to believe you. You should already know that I don't care what happens I just want you by my side. It is comforting to know that you are still in town though I would give anything to see you again, even if you lost your mask. I beg that you'll please simply come home to me.
As per the rumors you have heard, it is all the town talks about nowadays. So many residents have fled of their own volition and your father is still trying to decide whether to force Clock-town's resident's to evacuate or to allow the Carnival of Time to continue. My mother has recommended that she, grandma, and I flee to Romani Ranch. Whether it will actually protect us I do not know. But I do know that I would rather spend my final moments with a loved one whether it's my mother or you.
I suppose that is really the point of this letter. I think if the moon falls we will be doomed no matter what. The only question is who do I want to be with when that happens? You have been gone for over a month haven't contacted me at all in that time and have (to a degree) left me standing at the alter, despite what your letter says. My mother, on the other hand, has stood by me and comforted me in that time and has suggested (on more that one occasion) that I simply forget about you and move on with my life. So now I am presented with the choice to flee with her or wait for you?
Your letter is NOT enough Kafei. I am going to need more than a letter to consider waiting here for you. You need to find some way to show me why I should remain here and risk being alone on my wedding day. You've done so much to hurt me that right now I will need proof of some kind that you will return as you promised. You've hurt me so much already by disappearing and having me think that you were dead or had ran off with another woman. If there is some way you can think of to prove to me why I should wait for you and not flee with my mother then I ask that you do it by tonight. Tonight I will make my decision so please make yours.
It's funny but just today a boy in green clothes came to the Inn asking about you. I don't know why but for some reason I feel I can trust him. I can't explain it but he gave me the courage to write this reply back to you. I don't think I could have done it otherwise. I've asked him to mail this reply to you with the hope that if he follows the postman he can see where you are hiding. I'm hoping that if you are reading this letter then you have also met the child I am talking about. I pray that you will trust him as I have trusted him, and that he can serve as a sort of courier between us.
In closing, I have not said all I wanted to say either but considering the circumstances it is certainly not unreasonable for me to expect something more than a letter to convince me to wait for a man who has basically abandoned me. Whether you retrieve your mask or not I want you back. Please do not ask me to wait for you and then abandon me again. If you do not return by the day of the Carnival and somehow the moon does not fall then I will not speak to you again.
I sincerely hope that out of all this tragedy something good can still come of this. To see you again would be more than enough for me. Even if the next thing I saw after that was the moon killing us both.
Love,
Anju
