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Dearest V,
It’s only been a day since you left.
And yet, time has stretched into something unrecognizable. Twenty-four hours have felt like an eternity, each second dragging on as though the world itself had forgotten how to move.
Today, I forced myself to eat.
Every bite felt heavy, almost impossible to swallow. But I could hear your voice in the back of my mind, scolding me the way you always did whenever I skipped a meal. You’d be devastated if you found out I wasn’t taking care of myself. Even now, with you nowhere to be found, I couldn’t bear the thought of disappointing you.
Later, I started cleaning the house, hoping the routine would quiet my thoughts. It didn’t. Every corner held a memory of us. The couch where we would collapse after long days. The kitchen where you insisted on making midnight snacks. The hallway where you’d catch my hand as I walked past, just because you could.
You were everywhere.
I was vacuuming the living room when the machine suddenly made a strange, choking noise. I frowned and turned it off, wondering what had gotten stuck inside. When I looked down, my breath caught.
It was the empty carton of your favorite chocolate milk.
You’d finished it the other night and tossed it aside with that wolfish grin, promising you’d throw it away later. Somehow, we’d both forgotten. I picked it up with trembling hands. And just like that, everything I’d been holding together came undone. I cried until my chest ached.
If I had known that night would be one of our last, I would’ve let you drink as much chocolate milk as you wanted. I would’ve filled the refrigerator with it. No—I would’ve bought an entire shelf just for you, just to watch your eyes light up every time you reached for another carton. The thought was so ridiculously you that, through my tears, I found myself smiling. Just a little. I held the empty carton close for a moment before setting it gently on the counter.
“I know you’ll come back,” I whispered into the silence.
“I know you will.”
And until that day comes, I’ll keep putting myself back together, one piece at a time. I want to be waiting for you with open arms, just like I always promised I would.
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