From a Fairy Living in the Forest of Note: A Story About Someone Leaving a Like Behind Again Today

Hello.
I am a Like-collecting fairy living in the forest of Note.

My profession is a "glance specialist."

I'm the type who doesn't follow, but comes to peek every day.
The number of "Likes" on my profile is unusually high.
That is my status.

My special skills are "silent Likes" and "late-night wandering."
Also, resolving every night that "tomorrow I'll write something myself," and never actually doing it.

I've been flying around the forest today, too.
There's something I want you to hear.

──Shh, be quiet.

Tonight, too, in the forest of Note, someone's heart is making a soft sound.

Look, over there.

Someone left a Like and hurried away.
It seems they couldn't write a comment.
No, they can't write one, can they? I understand that trembling of the fingers.

That person encountered a new tag today.

#CreativeYuri

They had a look on their face like they had just opened a secret door.
Yes, in the forest of Note, new swamps appear every day that you never knew existed.

And tonight, someone is saying it again.

"I don't think anyone will read this, but I'll just leave it here quietly."

The fairy already knows that on Note, that is the biggest flag for getting read.

──Look. That kid is doing it again.

"I might delete this later"they say, while their post from three months ago is still there.

"Nice to meet you"—that's the fifth self-introduction.
The fairy can't help but chuckle a little.
But I don't dislike it. In fact, it's endearing.

Oh, over there, another one is saying "I'm writing this for myself" while loading up on tags and hitting the publish button.
Their way of wanting attention is so clumsy, it makes me want to give them a hug.

In the forest of Note, a "poem phenomenon" occurs at night.

"Things I thought about while looking at the starry sky"
"In the bubbling time"
"The smile of someone without a name"

Those incantations are like fireflies gently illuminating the forest.
A bit cheesy? No, they work. Strangely well.

A 'Like' is like a scent.
When someone leaves one behind, it drifts softly through the forest.
And then someone else catches the scent and comes along.

Note users are lonely, but not isolated.
Like the relationship where you don't follow each other, but come to peek every day.
Or how your philosophy shows through your follower-to-following ratio.
The fairy calls this "Note-style relationships" on her own.

One night, the fairy heard a voice like this:

"530 followers in 12 days. 300 yen. Maybe I should just quit."

The fairy cried a little at the sentence at the end of that note.
"Even so, I want to write." So the fairy secretly left a 'Like'. Without saying a word, just quietly.

Because that person will surely write again tomorrow.
"I don't know if it will reach anyone, but I tried writing it" they'll say.
That is the beauty of the Note forest.

Tonight, too, the fairy becomes the wind that carries the scent of 'Likes'.
Well then, see you later.
(I might delete this note later)

Mihiro and the fairy
(I felt like I was slightly dissed...)

…Everyone likes this kind of thing, right?
I love it too.

I wrote this using this tool.
If you're a regular on Note, you can write "Note clichés" in no time.