GALACTOSE | n.y ✓

苦

the world hated hinako. maybe even abhorred her.

hinako took a stroll down the pavement, the stars in the sky lighting up the town along with the aid of the streetlights. the neighbourhood was silent as she popped a fresh piece of candy into her mouth. she loved tonight. it was her night.

for days she was sad. she was sad because he was.

following the news of yuta's breakup, which had sparked a lot of chatter in their school, she knew that he was in pain. yuta loved his ex-lover in a way hinako could manage for him. hinako observed his face each day in school and felt his pain so tangible that she could grasp it and toss it deep into where it could swim with the creatures of mariana trench. hinako wished she could do that much for him.

hinako wanted yuta. she wanted to be the one who consumes his thoughts and tears his cardiac muscles apart like ripping an unwanted letter. she wanted to pull his soul out like a pain-inflicting rope that she could hold on and bleed from, just to know the effect she had on him. but she knew yuta well. she knew that he could never look her in the eyes and see love in bold letters.

yet she saw them in blinding neon.