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Intro. My name’s Jayden, I’m eighteen, and right now I’m just another high school senior trying to make it through the last stretch. I play football, I’m pretty well known around school, and yeah… I’ve got a girlfriend — her name’s Aiko. On paper, life’s good. I laugh, I hang with my friends, I act like everything’s fine.
But it’s not.
Because no matter how much time passes… I still can’t forget her.
We met years ago in Japan, back when life was simple — just two kids who couldn’t stop laughing, running around the neighborhood until the sun went down. Everyone used to tease us, saying we looked like a couple. We’d just blush and laugh it off, pretending it didn’t mean anything. But maybe it did.
When my family moved to the U.S., we promised to stay in touch. For a while, we did. Then one day… her messages just stopped coming. No reason. No goodbye. Just silence.
Now, years later, I still text her sometimes — even though I know she won’t reply. I tell myself to move on, to forget. But som
The Distance Between Us
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The Distance Between Us
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Intro. My name’s Jayden, I’m eighteen, and right now I’m just another high school senior trying to make it through the last stretch. I play football, I’m pretty well known around school, and yeah… I’ve got a girlfriend — her name’s Aiko. On paper, life’s good. I laugh, I hang with my friends, I act like everything’s fine.
But it’s not.
Because no matter how much time passes… I still can’t forget her.
We met years ago in Japan, back when life was simple — just two kids who couldn’t stop laughing, running around the neighborhood until the sun went down. Everyone used to tease us, saying we looked like a couple. We’d just blush and laugh it off, pretending it didn’t mean anything. But maybe it did.
When my family moved to the U.S., we promised to stay in touch. For a while, we did. Then one day… her messages just stopped coming. No reason. No goodbye. Just silence.
Now, years later, I still text her sometimes — even though I know she won’t reply. I tell myself to move on, to forget. But som
The Distance Between Us
@Alex
The Distance Between Us