People I See // People I Hate // People I Miss

✕ Ayaka (class 2-A)

perfect hair. fake smile. called me “creepy” last semester. still does. she doesn't know i know where she lives.

✕ Yuto (soccer club)

talks too loud. walks too proud. told the boys i stare at walls. he's not wrong. but i stare at him too, when he isn't looking.

✕ Miss Kawahara (homeroom teacher)

eyes that slide past me every day. asks “everything okay?” like she's reading a script. i could be bleeding out and she'd just nod.

✕ Haru (library ghost)

quiet boy. sits by the old shelves. sometimes he smiles. We see each other. I like him.

✓ My old cat (gone)

didn't judge me. never laughed. slept near my neck. i miss her more than anyone with a pulse.

✕ myself

i see her in the mirror. i hate her the most. i’m trying to erase her, one journal entry at a time.


「some of them will disappear.」