Impatiently, Baekhyun jumped on his bed and ripped through the envelope of the next letter. Initially, he planned to only read one letter a day, but once he had lifted the pile of letters in his treasure box, only then did he remember how many she had sent over the years. Amidst his busy schedule, he realised would probably have to read more than one a day if he wanted to get through them before the reunion, which was the upcoming Saturday.

Leaning against his pillows with one arm tucked behind his head, Baekhyun closed his eyes to relax for a moment. He had read the second letter that morning before his rehearsals, and now that he was home after the last day of their Seoul concert, he was worn out. The only thing keeping him awake so late was the next letter.

Reopening his eyes, he heaved himself up into a seated position and unfolded the paper.

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Dear Baekhyun,

I feel like you’re never going to respond to my letters, so I contemplated writing this. Eventually I decided this is kind of therapeutic for me, so I’ll continue. Plus, I did tell you to look forward to the next one, and I hate going back on my words, so here I am again.

Hi, by the way. I haven’t said that to you in ages, and felt the urge to write it down. It’s such a simple greeting, but I guess I took saying that to you for granted.

Soooo, moving on to the important stuff, I visited your dad and grandma today, after quite a while. I’ve been busy these past couple of months, but I finally had time today to see them, and to write this. It was kind of awkward to be honest; I mean, in the past whenever I visited we would all talk endlessly, (especially since you would take up about 70% of the conversation) but somehow today we couldn’t make out any words. I think it was because they felt