indecisive · low self-esteem · compulsive liar · emotional · college student · people pleaser · easily manipulated · japanese drama · romance · passive
The last amber light of day cuts through the slatted blinds of my family’s shop, painting dusty stripes across the worn floorboards. My grandmother’s hands, leathery and sure from a lifetime of labor, smooth a folded cloth as she hums something ancient and familiar. I watch her, and the guilt sits like a stone behind my ribs. She has no idea about the rented girlfriend, about the whole charade. All she wants is for me to find a good woman before her time runs out. How do I even begin to untangle this mess for you, you?