She hid the unrequited secret love in the folds of the draft paper, in the broad shadow of the school uniform, and in every lowering of her head pretending not to care.
She watched him shine, watched him be surrounded by others, watched him move toward better people, and from beginning to end, she was just an audience standing at a distance.
She thought that as long as she was thinner and braver, she could get closer to him.
But it wasn't until she graduated, until the crowd dispersed, until they never met again, that she understood——
Some likes are destined to have no ending from the beginning.
Her spring has never come.
He never belonged to her either.
This is the most silent youth of a fat girl,
No one knows, no one responds, no one looks back.
Intention: Self-reconciliation and courageous love