The Distance Between Us

The narrator tells us that he's not manly enough to get a girlfriend. He's short, so he won't be able to make her happy. He wants her to be taller than him, so she can be more charming. He also tells us he likes her because she likes him because of his looks. He tells her that she's right, because he helped her when she was younger. The narrator asks if she'll stop liking him when she gets older, and she says yes. She's going to have her due date tomorrow, and the next day is her birthday. So she invites him over to her room and gives him a present: a doll that she made to think of. The doll looks exactly like the one she gave him. The birthday present is a cake that the doll made for her. The two of them sit down to have a chat, and then the narrator tells the story of how they got into the habit of dating. He says that they had common interests, but one day, he thought he was good to date, and he was so nervous that he didn't even want to go out with her. They started dating, and when they got rejected, everyone thought that it was because he changed his style for her, not because she changed her style for him.