YOU gave me a big smile,
A brave, sad smile
As I sat down and ordered
Our favorite drinks.

You and I spoke for a long, long time.

People would call it catching up
I would call it something different:

Mending the fragile love between us.

Our love was the irreplaceable friendship we shared
Regardless of the jejune stanzas I wrote
It was better that as friends we stay

Looking out for each other every day.

In my heart, you will always be the girl I loved

In yours, I will always be your male maid of honor
It is time to lift my pen
And bid my immaturity goodbye.

Hiromitsu.

Thank you for all the love that you have given to Jejune. It was my attempt at writing a story that did not focus on first love, but growing up. It was an attempt at underlining how friendship and love go hand in hand. They're not enemies; you can't choose between them. Rather, you experience the joys and sorrows of both, and rejoice them as they last. Life is too short to be spent lamenting over something you can't have. Find happiness in what you have, then you'll truly realise the euphoria you get from being content.

~maits.