Escape from the World Called Love Letters

Beneath my desk was a locked drawer. When I pried it open, I found an envelope of unknown origin lying quietly inside.

It contained a love letter and a photo of a couple.

…

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

“I want to be a girl, with teal hair, wearing…”

Before the boy could finish, the whole class burst out laughing.

Only I, his deskmate, asked with a wistful sense of loss:

“Why?”

The boy smiled gently. He paid no mind to the looks from the other students and answered me earnestly:

“Because that’s who I really am.”

…

Then let’s leave this exiled world together and return to the era that belongs to us!