Weekly Short-Short Note: 'Letters from the Night'

Exactly three letters arrive every day.

The letter from the morning makes the sun rise,

the letter from the afternoon makes my stomach rumble,

and with the letter from the night, he comes to see me.

I meet him every night under the moonlight.

But yesterday, I had a fight with him.
I know I was the one in the wrong, but I was too stubborn to say I was sorry.

And then today, even when the usual time came, the letter from the night didn't arrive.

What should I do?

If the night doesn't come, will I never be able to see him again?

Thinking about it makes me sad and brings me to tears.
Just as I had cried myself tired, he suddenly showed up.

I speak to him through the door.

"I can't see you while it's still bright out. I'm embarrassed for you to see my face."

"It's okay. Actually, I'm the one who hid the letter from the night."

"Why would you do that? That's terrible."

"I'm sorry. But today, I wanted to see your face clearly in the light. So, please, just open the door for a little bit."

Reluctantly, I open the door.

"See, I'm sorry, I'm not very pretty, am I?"

"That's not true. You are so beautiful. I can finally say this while looking at your face.

Will you marry me?"

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I am participating again this week.
Tarahakani-san, I look forward to working with you.✨️