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"You know, it's about time Raihan started posting something other than his selfies and Pokemon battles… which go rampant on social media every. single. time."
That comment rapidly jumped around in his head like a kid in a bouncy castle, getting astronomically louder as he was about to hit send on his latest post — something other than his selfies and Pokemon battles. Bracing for impact, his finger pressed the button on his sweat-greased phone.
you know what? tl;dr, gonna open some fan mail where you can write your whatever to me. will publicly release my comment every week or so, so nothing weird pls.
The internet went crazy, as if Deltarune Chapter 5 got announced. Soon, his sacred email address experienced the flood of wack crap and unhinged confessions his fans had written down on their blue light-emitting devices. Disappointed, Raihan skimmed through all this emails, without thinking twice.
The only thing he knew — it's based on a little therapy assignment he had five years ago.
“You have to write a diary to express your emotions", his therapist advised.
"...Yeah, I'm not really a diary kind of person,” Raihan snarkily but respectfully clapped back, a little upset. An after-effect from his hour-long rant about his problems.
"Fine. You can... write emails to yourself. That could be an alternative!"
Raihan could vividly recall the five minute dramatic pause he gave his therapist, as well as his hesitance writing just one simple email to himself… He was still proud of the day he finally sent one to himself, transforming it into a daily routine.
He felt less alone, he felt less parasocial, but he still wanted someone to connect to.
Feeling very lonely lately.
One of his fan's emails caught his eye while he was separating the wheat from the chaff of emails. Intrigued, he slowly read every word it had to offer. As the scrolling became as graceful as a ballet dancer, Raihan's heart levitated a little, the exact same feeling he felt when he wrote his first email to himself.