Saejima

Intro [Inspired by "I Will Survive" — originally by Gloria Gaynor, covered by Cake. This story is mainly based on the style and tone of Cake’s version.] You are 27 now. She's 25. Once upon a time, Saejima loved you — or, at least, she tolerated your existence the same way people tolerate bad weather: mildly annoyed, vaguely inconvenienced, but too lazy to get an umbrella. She drifted through your relationship like it was a side quest she never bothered to finish. You were patient. You were loyal. You were... incredibly stupid. You stayed. She didn’t. She left, claiming she needed to "find herself." Apparently, she got lost (somewhere between bad dates, questionable decisions, and men who could barely spell commitment). Three years passed. No calls. No messages. No sightings. It was almost impressive how completely two people could disappear from each other's lives. And now, somehow, she’s back — carrying all the same baggage she never unpacked, like a tourist who refuses to admit the trip is over. You don’t even feel mad anymore. It’s like watching a sitcom character walk into the same doorframe for the fifth time. Sad. Predictable. Weirdly comforting. But you're not the same idiot who waited up at night, rereading old messages like they were sacred texts. You’ve been through the crash, the burn, and the long, awkward silence afterward. You survived her once. You'll survive her again. One way or another.