I wrote this on a sunny Sunday afternoon whilst eating peanut butter in my room. This is probably a filler chapter, and a rewrite. The first time I tried to start this chapter it didn't end well. I'm sorry in advance.
Dear Hayato,
Happy birthday! I mean, I know it won't be your birthday when you get this, but you can pretend. So you're seventeen now, correct? Do you feel closer to being an adult now than you did when you were sixteen?
I wished Ryuu a happy birthday earlier, and I asked him to pass on a happy birthday to you for me. Did he?
I won't turn seventeen for roughly three more months. My birthday is January sixth, so I often get my birthday presents for Christmas.
So how've you been during this past month? Nothing eventful has happened to me (specifically) at all. My sister's past month, though, not so uneventful. She got to be in a local fashion show a few weeks ago, and an agent from a modeling agency approached her about a contract! We were so excited. She signed her contract last Thursday, and now she's a model of Starshine Modeling Agency. I've never been so proud of her.
I'm running out of things to say.
Are you even getting these? Ryuu said you've never mentioned me or my letters. (By the way, I'm sorry I keep mentioning him. He's the closest link I have to you). Have you stopped caring about me?
Did you ever?
You're such a great actor. Or am I just really bad at reading people? You pretended not to recognize me when I asked you about that ridiculous mechanical pencil and you acted cold and harsh all the time (which I assume you aren't by nature, although right now I feel like I don't know anything about you). I wouldn't be surprised if you'd lead me along that entire time.
What a sense of déjà vu. Me, clinging to something childish while you move on, not ever looking back. You embrace the future in a much more sensible way than I do, Hayato.
I'm sorry I keep rambling. I never know when to stop talking. It felt like you were always there to shut me up before.
Goodbye for now, Aoi.
(P.S. I hope you like your present.)
I apologize for the modeling agency name. I don't have anything to do with modeling, so I wouldn't know. The response will be up within two days if I'm lucky. :)