Chapter 6 : Phone
I nearly scream when my phone rings, a music box jingle of the new tune from the recent drama on TV breaking my comfortable silence. I swear I put it in quiet mode. My heart is pounding now. Phones...
View ArticleChapter 5 : Panda
Okaasan, really? Two panda stare at me before I devour them with a guilty conscience. I gave up the red and pink bento boxes to my younger sister. But Mama still treats me like a child. If only...
View ArticleChapter 4 : Peace
Soft, tranquil, warm, golden light behind the shoji screen. The comfort of my room. Silence. Quiet. Peace. Just the whispers of birds outside. It's already past noon. Mama usually leaves a packed...
View ArticleChapter 3 : Sweet Lipstick
You might say that I have a sweet tooth. Or maybe sweet teeth. So much that I can't resist candy flavored lipstick. Even if there's no one to wear it for, I decide to wear it at home anyway. Just for...
View ArticleChapter 2 : Coffee
The day begins with a coffee. Mine, precisely four and a half spoons of sugar. And a third milk. Yes, it is my coffee. My milk tea coffee. All tales begin with coffee.
View ArticleChapter 1 : Foreword
From award-winning pioneer English cell phone novelist, takatsu comes an experimental Instagram Novel (InstaNovel), story of "a thousand words". Told in pictures and words, a new form of a "picture...
View ArticleChapter 10 : NOTE: Help reach 40 followers!
PLEASE HELP THIS STORY TO REACH 40 FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM BEFORE THE NEXT CHAPTER UPDATES! instagram.com/itsumoarigatou Share with your friends! It will be a great story of overcoming the past, pain...
View ArticleChapter 9 : Knock
There's the sound of knocking on the door. Breaking my hateful reverie. I wait for it to stop. Probably the mailman. He'll leave something at the door. I never answer the door. Why should my world be...
View ArticleChapter 8 : Lies
"Sayu-chan," Don't call me that! "I still can't forget you." It's been six months. "What can I do so you'll forgive me?" I'll never forgive you. "We need to talk." You want to talk now? "I'll never...
View ArticleChapter 7 : Him
It's him. He's never spoken to me since then. But yet, now of all times, his lies and deceit floats on the glow of my screen, as I cradle my phone to my chest, and tears wrench free from my soul; I...
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