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Title: "The Drink I Never Got to Give You"

Today, I saw you again.

You and her.

It wasn’t planned. I wasn’t prepared. I had even bought you a drink — a small, silly gesture I thought might bridge the silence between us. I don’t know what I was thinking. Maybe I just missed how things used to be. Maybe I hoped you'd smile, say thank you, maybe… just see me again.

But then she appeared, and suddenly I felt invisible. Like I didn’t belong in that moment. Like I was trespassing in a space that once held our conversations, our energy — and now held hers.

So I walked past you both. No drink. No words. No “hey, how are you?” Just silence.

And in that silence, I felt the ache of every memory we ever shared.

You used to message me back. You used to smile when you saw me.

Now we’re strangers. We share a contact list but not a connection. You react to my statuses like we’re still something, but in real life… I’m just a face in the crowd to you.

And I hate that I still hoped today.

I hate that some small, stubborn part of me still believes you’ll wake up and choose me.

That I still want to be chosen — by someone who already made his choice.

I know I should let go.

I know I should stop wondering what I did wrong, or why she was enough when I wasn’t.

But letting go of you feels like letting go of something unfinished, like I’m trying to grieve a story that never even got its ending.

Still… I showed up for myself today.

Even when it hurt.

Even when I had to pretend it didn’t.

And that’s something.

Maybe one day, I’ll stop writing letters you’ll never read.

But for now, I’ll keep pouring my heart out —

not for you,

but for me.

With my stomach grumbling like thunder, I went out during my one-hour lunchbreak to grab something to nibble on. It was pitch dark outside; there was no moon or stars floating over the ether. It felt gloomy while I was walking along the deserted alleyway. The only source of light was my phone's flashlight, which made it more difficult to see my steps.

As I was halfway down the alley, a roaring bark reverberated out of the blue. My heart jumped out of my chest and pounded heavily. I felt as cold as ice. My hands trembled like a leaf, and my legs became noodles. Despite being horrified, I continued walking.

Arriving at the mouth of the alley, I saw two black, voluptuous dogs appear in my sight. My throat became as barren as the Sahara Desert. My palms started sweating and dripping incessantly. The gaze of the dogs was as sharp as a razor, enough to kill me in a snap. Slowly, they were moving uprightly and stiffly towards me, with heads slightly raised, pricked ears directed forward, and tails erected and rigid.

Without thinking twice, I turned my back on them and scampered away at the speed of light. A thunderous and spiteful bark blanketed and echoed, disrupting the serenity of the surroundings, and the vicious dogs began to run after me, sprinting like cheetahs. Glancing back, I noticed they were very close to me, and my nervousness was on top of a hill. With all my strength, I ran as quickly as I could. It was the fastest run I had ever done in my life.

When I finally got to the house, I was gasping for air, my lungs constricting. I felt a piercing pain on the left side of my chest, which was unbearable. I threw myself on the floor and its coldness touched my bare skin. It made me shiver down my spine. Moments later, I was back with my real self. So, I checked my phone, and I saw it was almost half an hour before I would have to get back to work.

By: Peter Mayshle

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