This was such a long time ago but I have not stopped regretting that day. To the one girl in that book/manga store in Astoria back around 2019~2020: When I first noticed you I was a little shocked to see someone so beautiful in a place like that. Of course then you noticed me noticing you, and the cliche went back and forth. We awkwardly orbited around each other for a while. This is sure to be my imagination but I felt a gravity to you. Had I not been so preoccupied with my friends then, or so naive as to not just try to say hi and see where the night would take us, I think the last 3 years would've been rather different; whether for better or worse. Let me take the time now to say what I should have said then... Hey I'm S. Would you like to grab a drink?