On my twenty-seventh birthday, I got divorced.
From the boy I had secretly loved for twelve years.
"Hi, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Yu Qiu. Yu as in 'for example,' and Qiu as in 'autumn harvest.'"
"After all these years, you still haven't changed."
Our story began with a misunderstanding, picked up again at a blind date, and ended when his secret love was finally returned.
His feelings were reciprocated, while my own secret love lost out to his.
I'm glad I got to marry him, and I regret marrying him, too.
Short story / First person / Bad ending
Theme: A years-long secret crush can't compete with a childhood sweetheart who comes back
I cried! Not everyone's secret love can see the light of day woo woo