𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧 • 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧

dear, name

canvas company, block 3, road 17
madri city, zuivet
choi hansol

dearest brother,

it is me, your favorite brother. are things going well? i don't know where you are, but i hope you're fine wherever you're sitting. happy birthday. another year to procrastinate and forget about starting something regarding your heated passion for arts, huh?

jokes aside, i want to inform you that i have started an art company in your stead. it has gotten quite big, actually, and my face has been in a few newspapers. not as commander choi seungcheol, but as the ceo of canvas, the art company. quite amazing, don't you think?

i have a lot of amazing employees here. your friend, chan, whom i did not know about, also works for me now. i just promoted the young lad from being a delivery boy to being the delivery head.

chan has a portrait of you whomst a very talented artist painted for him. it looks exactly like you. the talented artist i have mentioned was from miyuni, who i adopted into zuivet.

his name is minghao. he reminded me of you. he's reserved and quiet, and likes arts. he has learned a lot after living in zuivet, thanks to the people he met and new experiences. i wish i could have done the same for you, hansol.

if you ever want me to do the same for you, you can still stop by, you know. anytime.

minghao has taught me that dwelling in the past is not beneficial at all. but, i am writing this letter to serve as my life vest—by the end of this letter, i will have a life vest that will get me out of the deep depths of the past, and help me rise to the surface immediately. a closure, if you want to call it.

there was not a moment that i forgot about you, little brother. i love you. teach me how to paint soon.

love,
your older brother, choi seungcheol

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canvas company, block 3, road 17
madri city, zuivet
choi hansol

dearest hansol,

hi! it's your best friend, chan! happy birthday! i really miss you. you know, i'm working for your brother now! i have enough money to get us a picture as of the moment, so get back ASAP!

i do have a portrait of you, but i want a permanent reminder of us being best friends, and through a picture, my wish will be fulfilled. please, i promise i'll pay for it! i'm the delivery head now, so don't worry about me tricking you!

the artist who painted you captured you really well. you were also his first portrait! he's a genius for painting faces exactly as described. he's famous for the name, 'portraitist of autumn'. i'll leave your brain racking as to why he's called that!

i won't say much. we'll talk more when you're back here, in fear of someone else seeing this letter and embarrassing myself terribly.

so, come soon, would you? everyone misses you! i do too, very badly.

love you!

yours,
lee chan

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canvas company, block 3, road 17
madri city, zuivet

dear hansol,

it is me, xu minghao. i was a war machine before your brother adopted me into his company and country. i have doubted him for some reasons, and some incidents did happen, but he was a really good person.

i wondered why he took me in. the answer was because we have a lot of similar points. i initially thought that i was your replacement, but your brother made it very clear that i wasn't.

he's a nice guy. anyone who knows him is lucky. i envy you, because you two share the same blood.

i wish i can meet you soon. if this letter reaches you, please come to the company soon, and we can discuss art over coffee.

happy birthday. i bought a small cupcake and candle to celebrate it. i blew the candle for you, and the wish i made in your stead was for you to be able to come back home.

see you soon,
xu minghao

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dear minghao,

i'm sorry.

best regards,
wen junhui

(p.s. i'm marrying your artist teacher. i hope you could give me your blessing. i promise to only sing beautiful songs to him in every day of our life, and not yell broken melodies at him, like how i did my troops back when i was living a grotesque life in a brute career.)

(p.s. i love your artist teacher.)