On a sleepless night, I opened note.

Last night, when I tried to go to sleep,

I heard that sound.

Buzz.

In an instant, I was wide awake.

I lay still under the covers.

It might come again.

I strained my ears.

It was quiet.

Thank goodness, maybe it was just my imagination.

I closed my eyes.

It came again.

From that point on,

I couldn't sleep anymore.

I turned on the light and looked for it.

I couldn't find it.

I turned off the light.

I heard the sound again.

I repeated this over and over.

Thinking I wouldn't be able to sleep anymore,

I opened my smartphone.

It was note.

An article by someone I'd never read before

caught my eye.

It was about a mosquito.

I couldn't help but laugh.

In the middle of the night like this,

There is someone else awake for the same reason.

Just knowing that,

I felt a little,

relieved.

In the note I opened on a sleepless night,

with a stranger,

I connected over a mosquito.

When I replied to the comment,

these words arrived.

"A connection brought by a mosquito"

I couldn't help but laugh again.

The number of likes on last night's article,

was 88.

In the article I opened after that,

were the words "Hachijuhachiya" (the 88th night).

With such coincidences piling up,

I found myself smiling a little again.

Perhaps everything has a meaning,

I thought vaguely,

and before I knew it, I had fallen asleep.

This morning,

I am a little sleep-deprived.

But,

I felt like thanking,

the mosquito just a little.

With gratitude for the connection the mosquito brought me. Puppuru san

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