We are so different, yet so different..
[Short Story] I will be happy now.


Someday when I become an adult...

When I make money someday...

If things get better someday...

If I continue to endure and persevere... I too,

You will definitely be happy someday.

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'someday'

As if casting a spell, I blurted out these words to myself out of habit.

Like a little child whose eyes sparkled when he saw the wizard in Cinderella, did he really believe that if he cast a magic spell, it would come true?

Maybe I,

I wonder if I was trapped in those words, wrapped in the comforting meaning of saying that I would be happy someday and that it would be okay.

And I, who really believed in those words,

So... I think I was locked up for quite some time.

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But... now that I think about it, a small question mark has appeared on my head.

'..what on earth did I want to do back then?'

......

'someday..'

'someday...'

'..someday I too...'

I kept reciting that spell and forgot what I wanted to do afterward.

Then suddenly,

I remembered something someone once said to me.

"Is the person who laughs last the happiest person, or the person who laughs often the happiest person?"

".... Well, I guess it's better to laugh last than to be happy, right? It means you've succeeded. Isn't that usually the case with movie or comic book characters?"

"...Phew.. haha yeah, that could be it haha"

"...What is it, all of a sudden, so bland... haha"

......

What is this feeling?

It felt like I had been hit hard on the back of the head.

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'Someday I will be happy too.'

Now I don't believe that.

Because you can be happy right now.

Perhaps the words I needed most were,

Instead of saying, "It's hard, but you'll be happy someday."

"So, I guess you'll be happy now."


Be happy often :)