Author's notes
This drabble was written in the subway, and unlike the first two, I had no specific prompt. I just wanted to challenge myself at using first-person narration. Also, this one is exactly 300 words long. See? I can do it, after all.
One Piece isn't mine, but maybe I could bake some cookies and trade them for temporary ownership. My cookies are delicious. Hmm...
Enjoy~!
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Sometimes, I lose you.
It's not like I do it on purpose. It just happens. I don't know how, or even if there's a meaning to these disappearances. All I know is that, one moment, you're walking by my side, and the next, you're gone.
It feels lonely. I know I'm not very demonstrative, and I usually feign boredom, or even irritation, when you're around. But I've always liked being with you. Having you by my side was always a source of comfort to me. And when you're not there, somehow, I feel lost.
I always search for you, of course. After a while, when I notice you're not here with me anymore, and you fail to come back after a couple minutes, that is. I'm never in a hurry, though, because I know that you'd never disappear forever.
Yet, sometimes, when finding you again takes too long, and though I'm not usually one to lack self-confidence, I can't help but start wondering : where are you? How come you didn't tell me you were leaving, even if only temporarily? Why didn't you stick with me? After everything that transpired until now, everything there's between us? Did I do something to spite you? To earn myself your contempt? Did I disappoint you in any fashion? Or, hell forbid, hurt you?
At these times, there's always some nagging fear, that you'll never come back. That you left for good.
It's the only thing that ever really scared me. I'm not that easily shaken.
And then, the ship comes into view. I see you smirk at me, I hear your voice as you're throwing some sarcastic comment in my direction. And I'm not alone anymore.
I guess I always manage to find you again, in the end. And it's all that matters.
