Dear Byun Baekhyun (my soulmate),

You send a lot of letters, you know that? You nearly gave a heart attack with your hoard of letters. I was writing my own paper plane and I get this fleet of attack planes in my room. I can’t even count how many airplanes are in my floor. My mom is laughing her head off from the number of letters I’ve gotten. I honestly thought I was one of those special cases where I have two soulmates at first, but nope. They’re all from you. It reminded me of that scene in Harry Potter. You’ve seen Harry Potter, right? If you haven’t, we have to fix that immediately.

I think I read your letters out of order, since the dates were all mixed up, but I think I’ve put them in order. It took me a few hours, but I think I’ve gotten it just about right. I’ll send a photo of the order of them.

You turned eighteen on May 6^th? Happy belated birthday, Baekhyun! I’ll send you a cake recipe my mom really likes so you can make a late cake for yourself.

I’m born on November 26^th, just over six months younger than you. I live in Ulsan (so I am Korean!), where your brother’s parents-in-law live! I was a little surprised when you put down ‘Dong-gu’, I was like, “Holy, you live close to me,” but you were talking about Dong-gu in Seoul.

I was born in Seoul but moved to Ulsan when I was about a year old. Last time I visited, I was four. I can barely remember it. I should ask my sister Yoora about it, she remembers it better than I can.

By the way, she has a son and a daughter. They’re all yours for the taking, if you can pry the gremlins off of her. It would be a great help to her. My sister is on the news, you’ve probably seen her. We look a lot a like.

No, I’m not dating anyone. I was scared that my soulmate would be waiting for me and if they found out I was dating someone, it would crush them. So, I never bothered to date anyone.

Sorry I made you wait. It’s not my fault I’m younger than you. I wasn’t ignoring you, I was just a little too young to get them.

Baek-beom seems very happy with his new daughter in the photo you sent. He looks a little like you. Shin-hye looks adorable, she looks like she’s growing fast.

I’m graduating this year, too! I want to go into music, like your best friend’s soulmate. I applied for nearly every university in South Korea and a few overseas. A lot of them are in Seoul. We could be accepted to the same university for all we know. I haven’t gotten a letter back yet, though.

I think Ye-rin is a beautiful name! I like it better than Shin-hye, to be honest.

I’m grateful that you sent me your receipts. I have a whole pile of them. Why do you need a 48 case of macaroni and cheese? That’s a lot of mac and cheese.

Maybe you can take me to that fair that you and Jongdae went to in July. I haven’t really ever gone to a real fair before. I’ve been to indoor amusement parks, but never an outdoor one.

Hablo español básico, pero necesito la ayuda de Google Translate. Podemos ser hablantes de Google Translate en español juntos. (I have no idea if that’s right, Baekhyun.)

I don’t find you annoying. If I didn’t get a response fast enough, I would have done the exact same thing you did. I won’t deny that I also had the same fear too, but your airplanes rushing through my window cured that.

I would love to have children too. My aunt got a donor a couple years ago and they had a healthy baby boy. I’m sure if we get together, we can have a surrogate or a baby. Maybe after we graduate university, though. I want to have an establish career even before I start thinking of children.

I don’t think saying, “I love you”, isn’t too forward. I mean, we’re soulmates right? I think it’s normal.

I love you.

See, it’s not weird to me. It feels normal.

I should totally visit my family and meet you in Seoul. Kill two birds with one stone, right? If we get together, I’ll visit you often or even move to Seoul. Or you can move to Ulsan.

I need to go. I’ll send this when I wake up.

Love,

Park Chanyeol

P.S.: I didn’t even say my name the whole letter. My name is Park Chanyeol, nice to meet you.