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Letters to Sungmin

Hyukjae was very down the next day as he walked around the school. His uniform untucked and his black postman's bag behind him.
He was so lazy to go to school that day. He continuously walk and didn't realised he has reached the school's soccer field. He
sighed and sat down on one of the benches around. He saw Jung Yunho warming himself up, gallopping around the orange cones in front
of him.

"He's damn healthy. How could he say Yunho hyung will not be the MVP?" he thought to himself.

He sighed again. At some point, he questions his own questioning. He lives in the present, so why does Donghae's last letter
bothers him. "I must be getting crazier."

He saw Jung Yunho lining a dozen of balls in front of the goal and kick them one by one. Just then, he saw a not so tall guy
approaching the soccer superstar. He was quite in a distant so he cannot hear what they were talking about but he can see Yunho
smiling. The shorter guy handed him a bottle of water. From the looks of it, it seems like the shorter guy is giving his support
to Yunho and that they were quite close. He saw Jung Yunho patting the shorter guy's head before continuing back to his practice.

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"Hyung?!" Donghae called as he peeped his head at the door of the physiotherapy room. A tall man looked back and smiled at him.

"Oh, Donghae ah..." he said as he approached his visitor. Holding tight to a metal supporter, Yunho tried his best to walked towards
Donghae.

"Hyung, how have you been?" he said as he went inside the room completely. Yunho rested his back near a white wall and smiled at
him.

"They said I'm getting better... I hope I can make it for the national try-outs." he said with a hopeful voice. Donghae smiled at
him, trying to hide his own sadness. He has been a big fan of Yunho. Being an all-around team captain for the past years and being
the most outstanding player in the field not to mention the good grades and a really good model. Donghae really looks up to him
especially because he has always wanted to join the soccer team but he chose to pursue his love for music more. He could have
been a good sidekick for Yunho if he was able to play but since he can't he'll just support his idol slash role model.

"Yah... stop looking down like that and just cheer for me." Yunho said when he saw Donghae drifting his mind away. He must have
known what the latter has been thinking. He knows Donghae since he first approached him when he was in first year. He was very
impressed that Donghae knows a lot of terminologies that mostly soccer players know. They've been good friends and good companion
especially during tight times like training for the upcoming season.

Donghae would often come to the field and watch Yunho train. He would always cheer for his idol and sometimes would even ask
Siwon to accompany him to watch his hyung train. He's quite glad Donghae's lover doesn't take it wrongly because he's also a fan.
Moreover he actually enjoys the thought that Donghae is thoughtful enough to give him some bottled water whenever he feels
pressure and needed to train himself more. In return, he will just pat the latter's head and would try to convince him to join the
team. But Donghae will just brush the offer off.

"Hyung... you better be well during the national try-outs. I know you can do it." Donghae said. Yunho nodded and smiled at him.
He's such a sweet kid. He thought about Donghae.

"Yunho yah... break is over." the old nurse called. Yunho nodded his head and looked at Donghae.

"Well... I'll see you next time." he told Donghae. "Thanks for dropping by." He patted the latter's head before leaving.

If it wasn't for that stupid Hyukjae's letter, he would have forgotten that the saddest year for his hyung is coming. It has been
2 years...

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"Tadah!" Shindong said showing the 4 tickets for the upcoming soccer finals. Jungsoo and Jongwoon's eyes widened as they took
one ticket from the fat guy's hand.

"Woah... this is a good seat! Donghee!!" Jungsoo said and hugged him. They were all excited for the finals. Jongwoon kissed the
ticket and kept it in his pocket. While Hyukjae laugh evilly on his own as he started walking back to his room.

"What's wrong with him?" Jongwoon asked.

"I don't know..." Shindong asked.

Hyukjae locked himself up and looked at the ticket. "You see? How could you say he is not playing. I have the tickets already!"
He looked at the ticket while talking to himself. "Shall I scan this and send it to him?" he thought. "I should do that... so
that idiot can see that Yunho is damn fine."

He slowly looked down and placed his ticket beside him. "Why do I even bother thinking about you? you're just an idiot who wanted
to play me for a fool. Maybe you just can't get any good tickets." he shook his head and closed his eyes.

"Hyukjae ah! Stop being so gullible!" he told himself and covered his face with a pillow.

A week after...

"Yah hurry up!" Shindong, Jungsoo and Jongwoon were all over the place as they took their backpack and were about to go out
together. Hyukjae was still in the bathroom putting his hairwax.

"I'm there..." Hyukjae said. He finally went out and started running out of the door.
It was the most awaited finals for the school's soccer team and they all look forward to Jung Yunho being awarded as the MVP
for the third time.

Jungsoo and Jongwoon, althought they were not studying in the same school has become a college soccer fan since ages and this
finals is one of the most anticipated finals of all.

Hyukjae sat beside a couple who were as excited as they are.

"Who do you think will be the MVP?" the tall handsome asked his lover.

"No doubt it'll be Yunho hyung." the lover answered. "I've seen him training. I know he won't fail his fans."

"Tsch. Why do you sound like Yunho is your hero?"

"Jealous? He's my idol. You're my only one." a kiss from the cheek and a short cuddle on the tall man's shoulder.

Tsch. Hyukjae said in his mind. He ignored the couple and focused on the game. It was a tight game as the opponent school
seemed to have improved their strength and speed even strategies. Jung Yunho was all over the place, protecting the ball.

"Goal! Goal! Goal!" everyone was at the edge of their seat when someone from behind kicked Yunho on his right leg and which caused
him to fell down badly. The audience were all shock and the referee gave a warning card to the opponent team. It was a serious
offense but the other team didn't want to be bothered about it. They sent the player who kicked Yunho out and replaced him with
another one.
 
"No! No! Argh!" he heard the lover of the tall guy beside him shouted and seemed to pulled his head when he saw Yunho curling
in pain. He reacted too much when he saw the paramedics running towards his idol as Yunho cannot stand on his feet at all.
From there, he already know that the impact in Yunho's team will become very big as they rely too much on him.

Hyukjae's eyebrows are crunched, almost meeting as he hold the arm rest of his chair. The ballgame has resumed and they can see
that the ball is already in the opponent's side, it will be just a matter of time when one of them will kick the ball into the
goal.

"Aish~ Yah! Take the ball! Take the ball!" Jungsoo shouted. The ball was rolling and everyone was about to have the same oh-face
 reaction because someone almost kick it too close to the net when...

"Yah! Choi Minho is coming!" Shindong shouted as Choi Minho greedily kick the ball and took the ball to their team's side in just
a matter of few kicks. With this scene, Hyukjae stood up slowly and was stunned. He knows he shouldn't be thinking about it anymore
but...can he even help it? It's not his fault that he suddenly remembered Donghae's letter...

Jung Yunho could have kicked that last field goal but
he was kicked on his leg.
Choi Minho came to the rescue and  became the MVP instead of Jung Yunho.
Everybody knows it!

He doesn't understand why he has to remember that letter but what was written in it was too vivid, it's as if a detail fortune
cookie. His mouth was left open as he slowly stood up from where he is. He didn't see what happen exactly on the field or how
Choi Minho was able to kick the ball to the goal. He was busy recalling the message in the letter. When he looked up, the big set
of colouful balloons were already flying and his hyungs were all hugging each other almost in tears.

"Yah... Choi Minho, you're my new idol!" Jongwoon cheered as he continuously jump for joy.

The next thing Hyukjae knows is that Choi Minho was being lifted by the rest of his team mate and dramatically shedding tears
while Jung Yunho was being carried in a stretcher and was just lying down on it without any reaction.

He looked to the side to see that the tall man's lover is also dramatically shedding tears.

"What could happen to him?" he asked. "He's been aiming for his third MVP trophy."

"I'm sure he'll be fine." the tall man said trying to console his lover. The lover closed his eyes and let tears fall from his
eyes as his lover patted him on the head and tried his best to hush him down.

"It's ok..." Hyukjae wanted to listen more to the lovers' conversation but he cannot hear them anymore as the cheers from their
team was very loud that time. He cannot decipher whether he heard the tall man calling him something like Fishy or something.

Hyukjae's eyebrows are raised up as he think back all the things that happened recently. He came in to the dorm and received a
letter. He met Donghae and promised to meet him. Donghae insisted that it rained on the day of their meeting. The rubber tree
was cut. Jung Yunho won't be able to play until the day that he graduated. Was it too predictable? Or what Donghae said was really
tru? Does that mean they...

He turned to leave the arena.

At that time, at that moment, Lee Hyukjae already knows what to do...he's going to write to Lee Donghae.

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Author's note: sorry for a quite late and short update.
Apparently, this fanfic is quite challenging for me hahahahha,
I should have thought first of how I can escape this trouble.^^
Anyways, for those who said they we're confused... uhm which part
are you confused? Do you guys want me to summarise it for you?
Well, i wouldn't really like that because if I will... it's no less than better
than a one shot. I hope you understand.^^
But to lessen your confusion, please take note that Donghae and Hyukjae live in
different times.

Anyway, I know that moving pictures is still better than words so I'll give
a clue on this chapter... do you know who's that person? I mean, were you able
to guess who the person Hyukjae saw both during Yunho's training and during the game?





yup. that's him^^

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anghelsalupa
so hyukjae had an accident on 2010 and donghae found him on 2011 *major spoiler but i hope it helped to clear the confusion*

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emman_26
#1
Chapter 23: This is one of my favorite fic and after years, here I am again reading this in 2020. I have read this multiple times already and I still feel the same excitement as the first time. Thank you.
emman_26
#2
Chapter 23: This is one of my favorite fic. I read this before and now its 2020 I am still reading it with the same excitement. Thank you.
thepoppedcherry
#3
Wow, this is really beautiful and romantic ♡ I really loved it! The happenings and all.. this fic got me so hooked. Thanks a lot for bringing out your beautiful writing skills to write an awesome eunhae fic. I will surely read it over and over again. Thank you ^_^
alex0824 #4
Chapter 24: this reminds me of lakehouse.. nice one
yumilicious7 #5
god, i love this so much. your work is amazing.
Ice_siri #6
Chapter 24: Gosh, I really really like this...the plot is very interesting...your writing style is amazing...glad I found this fic....great great job...
lovemimi
#7
YEAR 2015: I READ YOUR FANFIC... I REALLY LIKE HOW THE DIFFERENT TIME LOVE AND THROUGH MYSTERY LOOPHOLE THE LETTER APPEARED. AT LEAST, FINALLY HOW THEIR LOVE FIND EACH OTHER. VERY BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU FOR ATTEMPTING TO WRITE EUNHAE.
EunHaeLove42 #8
Chapter 23: Really enjoyed reading, thanks for sharing :-P
EunHaeLove42 #9
Chapter 15: So I was right after all. Hyukjae was the one Siwon thought Hae cheated on him with. And I was right about some kind of accident to Hyuk for him not to be around. Now the new question is, is Hyukjae in some kind of coma or is he in a mental hospital from his head getting hit so hard? Also did he lose his memory?
Thanks for this chapter.
EunHaeLove42 #10
Chapter 13: OK so now I really think I know the mystery. Did something happen to Hyukjae while he was on the way to meet Hae? Could he be in a hospital from some kind of accident? Or maybe Siwon found Hyukjae first...humm
Nice chapter.