came pouring down. The lights shone on the people around, celebrating and enjoying Christmas Eve, and
the cold falling snow let those people sink even deeper into their feelings.
โ๏ธ Merry Christmas
"Girlfriend, let's break up."
"...What..?"
"..Let's break up"
"....Ha, are you kidding me right now?"
It was Christmas Eve, not just any day, when I was given my breakup notice.
"I found someone new. Someone prettier, kinder, and gentler than you."
".....What?"
"So...before you end up losing out, let's just stop here, us"
You said just that one thing, then left somewhere while talking on the phone. It felt like my heart had been emptied out.
The people around me glanced at me and whispered, and I stood miserably beneath the brightly shining tree lights
I knew a little that you had lost your feelings for me, but I never expected things to unfold like this.
I never dreamed you'd leave like this after whispering forever to me.
"...sob...sniff....sob...sniff...ugh.."
This was the first Christmas Eve that felt this humiliating and empty. Pathetically enough, even I was
crying because my cheating boyfriend dumped me. The makeup Iโd carefully put on for two hours to look pretty was all smeared, and
the clothes Iโd dug through my closet to pick out had gotten soaked by the snow and looked pitiful. After crying for a long while, I felt eyes on me and went to the nearby
bench and sniffled there.
"Sob...sniff...you bastard..sob.."
At that moment, a handkerchief appeared in front of my lowered face.
"Why are you crying on such a good day? Stop the tears."
For some reason, that one line was unbearably kind. So I grabbed that total stranger and
burst into ugly sobs. He seemed pretty startled, and I was sorry, but I couldnโt easily hold back from the awkward, soothing
gesture of patting me for comfort.
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"Are you calm now?"
".....Yes....thank you.."
"No..well...actually, from a distance it looked like you and your boyfriend were breaking up.."
"Ah......"
"Actually, I got dumped today too, on Christmas Eve."
I didnโt know what to say, so I just kept my mouth tightly shut. A long silenceโor maybe a short one, depending on how you looked at itโ
followed, and the awkward atmosphere made it feel like my brain had stopped.
"....You know what? Itโs snowing a lot right now."
At those words, I looked up. Between the black sky and the brightly shining stars, pure white snowflakes were
falling. For a moment, I went blank. And then I kept looking up at the sky until my neck started to ache.
".....Is there anything you want to get as a Christmas present?"
"No...not really..."
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"......Well, I want a bouquet. A bouquet with all kinds of flowers mixed together."
After hearing that, he thought for a moment, then told me to wait a second and ran off somewhere.
"Huff...huff.."
"....What is it?"
"Three....two....one...."
"Merry Christmas~ It's a bouquet gift."
"....Thank you."
"Then now give me a present too."
"Ah..I didn't prepare a gift.."
"Ah, it's okay. I, um number please."
".....Huh?"
