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'1 January 2024.'

Lavanya Daate
From [email protected]
Subject: idk

Dear Lavanya,

Wishing you a very happy new year. May 2024 be a prosperous year for you and your family. It has been a while since we had an actual conversation, and I miss you; especially when I am left alone with my unfiltered thoughts. I often find myself thinking about you, thinking about what you would be doing, a thousand miles away from me, while I miss you. I miss everything- your talks, your smile, your laughter, your frown, your high-pitched voice when you used to shout at me for eating chips from your packet instead of mine. Do you have similar thoughts or is it just me?

The reason I am writing this letter is because I remembered something you told me back in tenth grade. Pradnya Ma'am was teaching us letter writing and I had dozed off during class. After our online lectures, I had texted you, whining about how they have been teaching us letter writing since fourth standard. I had also said something along the lines of, "Who even writes letters? It's boring irrelevant!" to which you replied, "Even though I hate the letter writing in school, real life letter writing is the best way to express yourself. I don't think I could convey my feelings through texts, or verbal conversations like I could through letters." I had simply sent a thumbs up. I am pretty sure that you don't remember this.

So here I am, taking the advice you gave me four years ago, because your thoughts are driving me insane, Lava. And maybe, I could try and tell you what I am feeling through a letter, because I don't understand what I feel, so maybe you could tell me.

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Yours,
Ved

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