It Started With A Digital Diary

Chapter 1 - Back In Town

"June 19th 2023. It's been a while since I wrote anything in here, but I haven't felt the need to. After all, the only time I've actually written in here, was after I broke up with... her. However, I'm over that now, I know I am. Two years is an embarrassing amount of time to cling onto an ex, but I couldn't help it."

"Hey Koga! What did I tell you man? Close the damn phone, it's not good for you to write in your diary. Just forget about her man." Damn it Saichi... I close my phone and keep walking home. I guess I should start with an introduction, right? My name is Koga Fujihara. I'm a university student in my second year.

The person who just yelled at me, Saichi Onodera, is my best friend and roommate I met last year. We're currently walking to our apartment complex. "Saichi, it's been forever since I wrote in it. Plus, I didn't even mention her, you know." His face says that he doesn't believe me one bit though. I don't blame him. For months I only talked about how much I missed my ex-girlfriend, he must've grown very tired of it.

We finally arrive at our apartment and go inside. Quickly the usual scene unfolds. Saichi gets on his super Nintendo and plays that for hours as I just watch him play for a bit. I know what'll happen again though. Eventually I'll grow tired of this and just start making dinner. As much as I like Saichi, he's not very good at taking care of himself. He can barely cook from what I know and doesn't clean much. I'll give him one thing though, he cleans the dishes for me.

So, I forgive him for being lazy most of the time. Plus, what he lacks for in chores, he more than makes up for in mental support. He's helped me through a lot after all. When he first moved into the apartment, I didn't know he'd be arriving. Apparently my parents arranged that I'd get a roommate this year since they were worried about me. Again, this is due to the whole girlfriend thing.

I guess I should explain that too. In senior year of high school, I had a girlfriend. She was amazing. Her name is Ren Hagakure. She's a beautiful girl with white hair, beautiful red eyes and pretty, round glasses. We shared a lot of interests, we both wanted to make people happy, we both liked to cook and much more. In senior year, we were actually already dating for 2 years.

But then, out of nowhere, on the last day of senior year, after the graduation ceremony, she broke up with me. I don't know why she did, she never told me. I don't remember much of that day either. I remember going home, crying my eyes out for a few days and that's about it. A week after she broke up with me, I'd finally gotten the courage to confront her and try to get some closure.

The least I can get is an explanation as to why she broke up with me, right? Well, it turns out I was wrong. Because when I arrived at her parents' house and they opened the door, both of them told me: "Ren moved out 2 days ago. She's out of state to visit family." Back then, I didn't think much of it. After all, she'd come back, right? But I was dead wrong. Because she never did come back.

So, after that, I went insane. The mental stress got to me. But luckily, Saichi pulled me out of my dark phase. It was at that point in time where I started keeping a diary. Saichi tried giving me a physical notebook to write in, but I passed on his offer. A physical diary is just screaming to be read by people that shouldn't. So, I chose to make one on my phone. Any time I felt sad, I wrote.

Now it's been a few months since I wrote in it though, since I've been doing well. Today was the first time I wrote in it, but Saichi definitely didn't like that. "Hey Saichi, can I ask you a question?" He turns to me with an annoyed look on his face as he pauses his game.

"What is it Koga? Do you need something?" Despite the annoyed look on his face, those words came out with a pretty happy and calming tone, he always sounds so incredibly inviting even though his face might not always reflect that. "Well, I was wondering. Why're you so opposed to me writing in my diary again?"