“My given name is Tsubaki. Like Tsubaki from La traviata. A name that has the kanji characters for cherry blossom and camellia sounds so Japanese that I didn’t want you to know.” I put my hand on the doorknob. After wavering a bit, I turned around and said, “My real name is Lee. Like Bruce Lee. My name sounds so foreign that I didn’t want you to know because I was afraid of losing you—like I just did.”
God damnit
