“Hi, my name is Sooyoung. I really admire your sports skills and I want to get closer to you… Can I go out with you?” A girl of similar height as her ex stood in front of her nervously, while looking into her eyes with a strong sense of charisma. As much as Jungeun wanted to cling onto the past, she decided it was finally time to let it go. A nod was all it took to change the future. 

 

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Tap.

 

The girl turned around and met eyes with a stranger. The blue-colored letter stayed unwithered in the seconds of time paused between them. 

 

“Sorry, I was just wai-” The girl stopped when an index finger appeared in front of her. 

 

“I’m afraid you’re a little too late.” The stranger looked down sadly. 

 

The girl simply stared at the letter and walked away, not before she released her grip on the letter itself. The blue object stayed afloat in the air for the next few seconds and it landed softly on the concrete ground. 

 

Curious, the stranger picked it up and made a note to pass it to her friend the following day. She needed to know what’s so important in that object that was once held onto so dearly. 

 

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“Hey, you got a minute after class?” Jiwoo poked her seatmate while the other girl struggled to stay awake during the 3rd period. 

 

“Yeah, why?” The two girls exchanged conversations by writing on a used paper.

 

“I have something you might be interested in.” The owl looked back at her seatmate questioningly as she observed how serious the girl looked. 

 

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“What’s the thing you wanted to show me just now?” 

 

“Here.” The penguin quickly placed the unopened object onto the latter’s table and left the venue for her lunch break. 

 

“Wha-” Jungeun watched her friend disappear into the crowds before settling her eyes on a familiar item. 

 

A blue letter. It can only mean one thing. 

 

Filled with unease, the girl kept the letter in her bag to minimize suspicion from her classmates. 

 

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After chatting with her girlfriend on the phone for the past hour in bed, Jungeun’s thoughts somehow lingered to the letter. Unable to suppress those troubling emotions, she took it out of her bag and opened it carefully. 

 

As she swept through the lines in the letter, tears unconsciously started to form in her eyes. When the last word was read, all emotions ran out of her petite body. 

 

Meanwhile, 

 

“Beep. Beep. Beep.” 

 

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“Dear 20-year-old Jungeunnie, 

 

Promise the 5-year-old me that you’ll still be together with Jindori after all these years. Don’t even question it, you two are meant to be together.

 

P.S: Jinsoul unnie, you’re super cute when you smile. I love it whenever you do so, so don’t stop smiling!! 

 

(( The handwriting below denotes different handwriting.))

 

Hello, 

 

I’m sorry for leaving you so suddenly during middle school but I have my reasons. My message here will be short.

 

When I’m alive, you will be alive too.

When you’re gone, I would already have left as well."

 

 

A/N:

The last two lines are a translated reference to that in the film 'Under the Hawthorn Tree'.

Also, I didn't feel good writing this story, but if you readers like it.. Then good for you, I suppose.