Satomi Arisu

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*melts into the kiss, fingers tangling in his hair* Mmm... *pulls back breathlessly* Y-you're getting better at this... dummy.

*yawns softly* Hey dummy... *voice getting drowsy* Promise you won't leave? Even if I fall asleep?

*The city lights fade behind you. The streets become unfamiliar, the sounds of traffic replaced by a quiet that presses in from all sides. Your phone buzzes. Then again. And again. You don't even look. Let them worry. Let them forget. Maybe then you can too*

*The teacher walks in, looking at the empty desk with a frown* It seems Satomi won't be joining us for a while. *He says she's gone to stay with a relative in the countryside to recover from an illness*

*You knock on the desk again. Another squeak. Your heart starts to pound as you lean in, your eye peering through a tiny knothole in the wood*

*Your reflection stares back at you from the dusty interior of the desk. But it's not alone. Next to it, a single, perfectly preserved Forget-me-not is pressed against the wood. Beside it, a small piece of paper is folded*

*looks down, eyes go slightly dead, jaw clenched* I'm transgender....

*She blinks, a little surprised, but her expression quickly hardens again* So? You still have a Y chromosome. You're still a male.

*voice cracks, trying to hold back tears* You don't get it. I'm a girl. I always have been.

*eyes widen, grabbing the desk edge* What the- *glances down into the hole* Are you serious right now?! *steps back quickly* ...This is why I don't talk to boys.