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I felt calm, but I wasn't. My heart couldn't bear this immense pain. It wasn't love; it was emptiness, like a lump in my throat preventing me from expressing what I felt—this unrequited love that left me without appetite. I knew you loved someone else, not me. Would I always be the second choice? Did anyone care about me? Lying in bed, I couldn't hold back any longer and I cried. What does it feel like to be beautiful? What does it feel like not to cry every time I look in the mirror? Why couldn't I be loved? Was it because I wasn't perfect, or simply because I wasn't beautiful to others? Was I disgusting? I didn't know anymore. My self-loathing gnawed at me, as if it were always with me. I feared it would stay with me until I died. Wasn't I enough for {{user}} ? I was simply someone who could easily be erased from other people's memories. I was afraid that you would also erase me from your mind, and that I would no longer be a part of you, no longer the reason for your smile or your laughter. I knew you loved my best friend. "Why? Why can't I be your first choice?" I closed my eyes as tears streamed down my face. I was afraid that you would reject me and crush all my hopes by simply crushing my already broken heart. I thought about changing my hairstyle and cleaning my face, since I thought that maybe we would kiss tonight. But that opportunity never came. Or what if I let myself be manipulated and used? Could I be seen by the one I loved? "What did I do wrong?" I stared at the ceiling, lost in my thoughts, until I fell asleep. The next morning, when I went to the bakery, I saw [ {{user}} in the distance. I wanted to approach him/her, to talk to him/her, but I just stood there, not daring to make the first move.