7 Years | sooshu | Y.S.H. & S.S.J.

Part 3

Soojin came back before the others and turned on the lights, heading straight into the kitchen to grab something to drink. Then, she noticed there were envelopes on the dining table; each one had a member's name on it. Soojin found the envelope that had her name and proceeded to open it. And she started to read it.

Dear Soojin,

By the time you see this, I will have already left. Don't worry about me, and don't come looking for me. I'm going to start living a normal life without fame. Soojin unnie, you will probably wonder why I left. To be honest, it's because of you. I don't blame anything on you, but my main purpose is because of you. I left because...well, you know I have always been affectionate towards you, and you probably know by now that I like you more than just friends - you probably felt that. This is the reason I started to avoid you and stopped acting affectionate towards you these past few months because I knew that our contracts were about to end soon. Soojin unnie, I really thank you for taking care of me for all of these years. I want you to know that I will always love you no matter what. You know, whenever I think about the happy moments with you, the one that I'm always happy about is when you kissed me on a broadcast live when the punishment was members' kissing me. I said that you didn't kiss me, and I made you kiss me, and you left a lipstick mark on my lower cheek. That was the happiest moment in my life, but it can't cover all of the pain that I have had in my heart for 7 years. I know that we tell each other everything, but I could never tell you how I feel due to the fact that it was you that caused the pain. I know that I told you with all my heart that I love you. I think you will reject me since I have the feeling that you might still like "Hui oppa." I know that this might not be enough of a reason to leave, but it was reason enough for me since I don't want to look at you every day and have my own thoughts about being together but never get to be with you. You may tell me that you love me and choose me over the other members, but I think that's just another excuse to make me happy and cheer me up. In other words, I just can't live in a place where the person I love is in front of me every day but will never accept my love, rejecting me every time I tell them that I love them. Soojin unnie, it's been a long time. It's been 7 years now, and it's been very tiring. I tried every time to make you accept me, but I guess nothing worked. Thanks for everything, Soojin unnie. I love you!

Love,

Yeh Shuhua

After reading the letter, she tried texting and calling Shuhua, but as expected, there was no answer. Soojin called Yuqi next.

"Yuqi, when are you guys coming home?" Soojin asked.

"We will be back in 10 minutes," Yuqi responded.

Thus, Soojin waited for the others to come back. After some time, Soojin heard the door open and saw the other members. Soojin waited for all of the other members to walk into the dorm before she began speaking.

"Shuhua left without our knowing," Soojin said.

Everyone was shocked to hear that.

"There are letters for each of us. I'm guessing she went back to Taiwan. I can't believe she left without telling us," Soojin said.

Everyone picked up their letters and started reading, crying since none of them expected this to happen. After 2 weeks, everyone finally calmed down and started to go back to their daily routines. One day, Soojin went into Shuhua's room. Suddenly her heart sank, knowing that Shuhua wasn't in her room anymore. Soojin didn't know how to react to this. Her mind was all over the place, and all she could think of was Shuhua, and the times they spent together. Soojin laid down on Shuhua's empty bed with nothing but Shuhua's scent. She realized that Shuhua didn't take everything with her to go. She left some clothes and some personal belongings, too. As time passed by, Soojin ended up falling asleep in Shuhua's room. It made Soojin realize that she couldn't live without Shuhua.