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His pen effortlessly moved across the paper, every word and punctuation mark holding a different meaning. Reki sighed to himself, crumbling up the paper he had written and throwing it away in the trash. Grabbing another piece of paper, he continued the process. He put his hand through his red locks, groaning. Leaning back in his desk’s chair, he clicked his tongue. How do you even confess your love anonymously to your friend through a love letter? No matter what he wrote, he couldn’t get his exact feelings down on the paper. It had been endless misery. Grabbing his phone, he opened Spotify and searched for the playlist that Langa had made him. Clearing his throat, he felt himself drifting away as he listened, the tunes taking him to another atmosphere. It helped that it had been created by the boy he had a crush on. It had been easier to write this way. Reki’s heart thumped against his chest. He finally began to write, the words flowing out so much easier.
"Langa, your eyes are an endless ocean that I find myself drowning in. While I drown, you’re always there to rescue me from the racing waves. Your skin is so soft and pale, like vanilla ice cream on a sunny day. I would love to rearrange the stars in the sky with you, counting them together would be such bliss and putting them into new constellations. Yet, while rearranging them I know I wouldn’t help but stare at you for the whole time, the lights in your eyes like stars. More beautiful than any light I’ve ever seen, more enticing than any sight. I can’t help but be infatuated with you. Because everything you do is beautiful, it’s as if you have been crafted by the heavens. If there is a creator, you’re clearly their favorite being. You’re so passionate about the things you love which makes me passionate about loving you. When you skate, it’s as if snow is falling from the sky and onto the ground. Your soft giggles are as warm as hot chocolate on a cold, winter night. The way you speak is as melodic as a melody, your voice has become my favorite song. With all of this in mind, I couldn’t help but fall for you, Langa. From, your secret admirer." His cheeks flushed, had he written too much? When he thought of his love for Langa, his pen wouldn’t stop moving. These words had been directly from his heart so he decided to not revise them. Reki had been the hopeless romantic, daydreaming about being with Langa.
Langa’s heart thumped against his chest as his hands shook. How do you confess your love to your best friend through an anonymous letter? He wanted to keep it a secret from Reki, he needed more time to tell him directly. Yes, he needed to plan his letter out perfectly and carefully calculate his actions around Reki. This had been operation “Make-Reki-Fall-In-Love-With-Me,” MRFILWM for short. He cracked his knuckles, prepared to write a letter that would make Reki instantly fall in love with his secret admirer. Then, he would reveal it all to him. Taking five hours, Langa carefully wrote his letter. He took very few breaks and after many failed attempts, he had created the perfect letter. Clapping his hands together in celebration, he reread his letter and smiled to himself, knowing that it had been perfect.
"Roses are red, violets are blue. Go out with me, you are so cute. From, your secret admirer." It had been so simple, but effective. Anyone who read it would instantly fall in love with whoever had written it. It had been so simple, yet so genuine. Such amazing writing that Shakespeare would cry, jealous that he could not create something as perfect as this. It had been the perfect love letter that would surely win Reki over. He grinned, proud of his work. The next day at school, he slipped it inside of Reki’s locker. He hummed to himself as he walked away, pleased with what he had done. Langa walked over to his locker with a content smile on his face. He finally had felt calm and at peace with himself. Reki had become a force that came into his life unexpectedly. He just shoved his way in and had stolen his heart. He couldn’t be mad at Reki though, the redhead had simply been too cute to get mad at. He opened his locker and discovered a blue envelope at the bottom of it.
Reki opened his locker, his heart beating out of his chest. Taking a deep breath, he looked inside of it and discovered a red envelope at the bottom of it. He tilted his head in confusion and carefully ripped open the envelope. Scanning the words, it took five minutes for him to fully register what he had just read.
“I have a secret admirer?”