Ayaka Oishi Monologue 6 13 Apr 2026

"You know what I realized? I’ve been so scared of being alone that I forgot how to be with myself. Every word I said, every smile—I was shaping it for someone else. ‘What will they think? Will they stay? Will they leave like the last one?’"

"Tomorrow, maybe I’ll speak. But tonight, I just exist."

(She laughs softly, bitterly.)