한국어

That Person Pretended Not to Notice That I Had Cried

Someone notices tears but says nothing, leaving the narrator unsure whether to feel grateful or wounded by their silence.

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Each sentence was submitted separately and chosen by community vote before the next one could be written. Nobody knew how it would end.
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I felt grateful that they pretended not to know, yet something in me felt disappointed—did I want to be recognized?

Next time, I resolved to wipe away every trace of tears so thoroughly that no one could tell I had cried.

But then that person asked me, "You were crying, weren't you?"

3 sentences Translated from Korean
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