I walked into the dance theater where Yixing was composing a number for his students. After he was done explaining the specific steps in the choreography, he got off the stage to take a better look at it one more time. He spotted me right away and waved. I smiled and returned the gesture.

 

"You know we're going to be late right?" I chuckled as I stepped closer to the long podium table that was on the lower floor. 

 

His eyes pop open. "It's today?"

 

I nod "He's only mentioned this to us everyday."

 

"," He runs to the microphone and announces that class needs to end. I shook my head, I knew he was starting to have too many things on his plate.

 

"How much time do we have left?"

 

I check the time on my wrist watch. "If we leave now, we can probably make it on time."

 

He nods placing his jacket on and I took that as my cue to start walking ahead of him.

 

"You should really start resting." I turn to look at him. "You're not as young as you used to be."

 

He smirks "––and you're not as careful." He hands me my infinity bracelet and places it back on my wrist where it belongs. "I keep telling you to fix that. It's just changing the lace so it can be on tighter."

 

I sigh as I gave him the-yeah-I-know-look. "I know but for some reason I like it better this way."

 

He shakes his head. "You won't like it when you lose it."

 

I smack my lips apart. There is no way that's going to happen. I've kept it for 12 years now and counting.

 

"By Mr. Zhang, good luck tomorrow night ." A student of his smiles at him and then at me.

 

"Good luck with what?" I ask and he acts like he didn't hear me.

 

"Hurry, we're going to be late." He smiles as he passed me and now he was the one walking ahead.

 

 

 

Out in the parking lot I couldn't stop asking what he was hiding from me. We never kept anything from each other so like always, I was going to force him to tell me.

 

I took advantage that I was walking behind so I attacked his neck, I blew where it tickled him. His laugh bursted and he finally surrendered.

 

"Alright!" His dimple in sight and he stands in front of me. He takes out a small box, an engagement ring box. He opens it and I notice a really beautiful big diamond ring.

 

I smile at him "You're going to purpose?"

 

He nods nervously "Do you think she'll say yes?" 

 

I playfully smack his arm. "Why would you keep this from me?" I take the box and take a closer look at it. "Of course she's going to say yes!" I pause and hand it back to him.

 

He was all smiles and put it back inside his jacket.

 

I pat his chest "Joohee is super amazing and such a sweet heart. I'm excited. I'm really happy for you!" I squeal and begin to poke his dimple. "Awe, my healing unicorn is going to get married!"

 

He chuckles "Don't start." He walks away

 

"It's cute!" I tease and chuckle knowing he hates the nickname I used to call him when we were in our second year at college. I haven't used it since then but I thought it would be fun to now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"He's asking for you." Kai smirks at me "He looks pissed." He chimes

 

I roll my eyes as I placed my coat down on the seats in the theater of our our old high school. I saw Daehun's parents and hugged them quickly before rushing out.

 

I walked towards the dance studio. I noticed that it still looked the same but different. As I walked closer to the main room I heard the upbeat dance music from a distance, knowing I was getting closer to the place I used to spend every morning practicing.

 

A group of students, five girls, five boys including Daehun were rehearsing and in the middle of it, he got a solo with a girl from the group. They looked so cool together, they were in complete sync with one another, and I smile proud of how mind blowing this kid turned out to be.

 

When his counts were over, he moved to the side and another duo stepped in. Daehun had his hands on his hips, breathing heavily, with concentration on his face.

 

While the group kept going he finally caught me through the mirror. His smile appears on his angelic face. He waggles his eyebrows and he stepped back into the group number. 

 

Then shortly the music stops and they all finish strong. They all move around, telling each other 'good job' or 'much better', feeling content with how everything turned out. But in the mist of compliments Daehun separates himself to jog up to me.

 

"Where were you?" He asks

 

"I have a job" I playfully remind him

 

"Did you bring it?" He asks

 

I smile and place Sehun's black cap on his head backwards. "How can you forget it?"

 

It was a rhetorical question, I already knew the answer. He had a nice little habit of doing things last minute, never putting anything together before hand. 

 

His smile reaches his eyes and it was exactly identical to the way Sehun used to smile. 

 

"Thank you." He nods as he adjusted it back himself.

 

"Alright," A older woman approached the room with a clipboard "The show is about to start, you all need to head to the theater in five minutes."

 

She bows at me and walks out once she made the announcement. Some of Daehun's friends patted him on the back, letting him know they'll wait for him out front, and they all bowed at me as they excused themselves.

 

The girl he was dancing with smiles at him and bows at me. "I'll be in the theater."

 

He nods "I'll catch up with you." 

 

I notice a look, a different one from many he's had, and this one was an obvious one. It was that aura that someone carried when they were in love.

 

I wait until she leaves to finally ask him the question. "Do you like her?"

 

He nods "She's cute huh?" He chuckles. "I'm working on her." 

 

A loud laugh escaped and I covered my mouth. It was amazing how Daehun was so much like Sehun without meaning to. The things he would coincidentally say and how he would say them and when he wore the cap I felt like I was staring at Sehun, except with brown hair.

 

"You're not going to be like Kai are you?"

 

He scrunches his face as if I offended him. "No way. I want to make her my girlfriend but she has...trust issues."

 

I nod "Have you confessed?" 

 

He shakes his head. "I'm scared if I do it will everything up, so I act like I'm not interested. She seems to get closer to me that way."

 

I don't know why but his situation reminded me so much of me and Sehun. I sigh and think how precious a first love is. 

 

"I have something for you." I lightly smile as I handed him an envelope. "It's an early birthday present."

 

"Nice" he grabs it and stares at it "A gift card with all your money?"

 

I lightly chuckle. I stared at Daehun, thinking how to explain it's from Sehun.

 

"Your brother wanted me to give this to you if we ever got out of touch but since we never did, I was planning to give this to you when you graduated. But, I think since you're turning eighteen, it feels right to give it now."

 

He looks at the letter and his eyes were filled with confusion. His brown eyes stare up at me. 

 

"I'll see you out there" I smile at him, wanting to give him privacy.

 

"I want you to stay." He stares at it for a while before opening the letter. For some reason, I took a deep breath and exhaled it out, feeling nervous for no reason.

 

 

 

D...

 

I'm not sure how old you are by now and even if you're still that annoying little , I just want you to know one thing that will never change regardless of your age...how I'm going to wish to be with you. Yeah, I said it and I know how badly you've wanted me to admit it so there you go brat. I hope Hayoung stays with you and keeps you company while I'm gone. I have you to thank for always wanting her around, if it wasn't for you maybe she wouldn't have looked different to me than how I used to see her...you probably have no idea what I'm talking about. 

 

Anyway, don't be mad if she kept this from you. I told her to give this whenever she felt it was the right time. I'm sorry for never telling you what was wrong with me and I hope you don't stay mad. , I really wonder where you're going to be and how you're going to look. You're most likely going to be good looking like me, but obviously I'm more attractive.

 

 

 

I roll my eyes and we both chuckle a the last sentence.

 

"Yeah right, I'm better looking." He teases "He's always been jealous of my looks."

 

"If that makes you happy. Yeah, sure." I wink

 

 

 

I hope you're still dancing and if you aren't then I'll still be proud of you, as long as they're good decisions. If there's one thing I learned is to never second guess your choices, whatever you feel is right go for it. You don't want to waste your time thinking what could have been when you can easily have it. Be strong for mom and dad, treat Misung well, and take care of yourself. I'll keep watching over you. Love you D.

 

 

 

I smile as he finished reading the letter. My mind goes twelve years back. I imagined Sehun and thought how easy it's gotten to be able to enjoy his memory without it being painful. His loss ended up being nothing more than a beautiful memory, one that will stay with me forever.

 

"Hayoung," Daehun's voice broke away my thoughts "what did he mean that you looked different to him?"

 

I sigh and smile as a response. I wrap my arm around his neck and he laughs as I tickled his side. "It's a long story" I pause "Come on, you're on soon."

 

As we walked out I let him go in front of me. I stopped my steps to admire the studio, I smiled thinking of the days that never left my heart. 

 

"Hayoung" Daehun's voice caused me to look away and catch up to him. 

 

 

 

 

 

"Did he get mad?" Chanyeol had a big smile on his face as he stared up at me while I made my way towards my seat. 

 

"He never gets mad at me" I couldn't help but have a big grin on my face.

 

"Yes baby!" Chanyeol does a small fist in the air. "Pay up Kai." Saerin slaps her husband's arm, he reacts to it, and rubs where she hit him.

 

Kai made fun of Chanyeol but it didn't take long for him to shut up when Saerin gave him the look, the one she knew to warn him to stop. I lightly chuckled and continued to get to my seat.

 

Kris and Tao said hi to me from the other row in the back. Kyungri was stuck at work so she couldn't make it which caused her to order all of us to take good pictures and record well. Joohee and Yixing were whispering to each other and I smiled as I made way to my husband and daughter.

 

"All good?" He smiles at me

 

I kiss my daughter's cheek and my husband's after. "All good." I smile in return. 

 

The theater's lights dimmed and the talent show started. After watching different performances, Daehun was finally up. His music started and even though the girl looked amazing next to him, I couldn't take my eyes off the little six year old boy that was now an adult. From where I was sitting, I swear it felt like I was watching Sehun perform. The same powerful movements and the same look on his face when Sehun got lost in his own world. 

 

I smiled knowing for a fact that he was here, watching with us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That night after having a long dinner with everyone, I read my daughter a bedtime story and instead of going back to my room when I was done, I stayed with her. I closed my eyes and slept right beside her.

 

 

I found myself walking through bushes and trees. The place started to look familiar, the pathway was getting brighter. When I step out, the fog hazed through the morning sky and I noticed where I was. I knew I was at the bluffs but it looked different. There were more flowers than just dirt and rocks. When I look around I noticed a car parked and I felt like my heart dropped.

 

When I got near I was thrown off how my reflection wasn't of me being a woman but back when I was a teenager. I couldn't help but touch my face. I smiled and my eyes looked up, catching glimpse of a familiar figure. It was Sehun, he had his hands in his pockets as he enjoyed the view.

 

"Sehun?" I call out and smile when he turns to face me.

 

His brown eyes held my gaze, he smiled back, and without saying anything he took out his hand for me. Without hesitation I grabbed it and we stared at each other, not saying a word. We didn't have to when our eyes said everything, we were both happy to see each other. 

 

Suddenly I wasn't looking into his eyes anymore, I was staring at us from a distance, I saw us holding hands and shortly a bright light blocked my view. 

 

My eyes slowly open as I felt the bright sun hit my face. I stare at my surroundings, making me realize I wasn't that eighteen year old girl anymore. I snuggled on my pillow with a big smile on my face, happy to know that he's perfectly fine and that someday he will be waiting for me, just like he said.

 

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