(ending 1)12: peace

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Choi Yeonjun, how are you doing? I am sure sure you are doing just fine.

So, it has been three years. A lot has happened ever since you... Well.

I find myself sitting in your room which still somewhat looked like before. Aside from your broken photo frames and the tarnished sheets, everything is just as it used to be, at least I think so.

Yunjin repainted the walls, even added some flowers. Daisies--weren't they your favourites?

But today is historic according to the newspapers and the news channels.

[FIGHT IS OVER. GOVERNMENT MAKES LAWS TO SAFEGUARD THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY]

The fight is over. The struggle is over.

If only you could see the colors, Yeonjun. I don't think I have ever seen so many of them in Estra.

Every street, every corner is full of colours and joy. Our friends,  they are out there, being who they always were without any fear.

It is a bit surreal, but I feel satisfied.

And so I sit here, in the same place we shared countless of time to find my own peace.

My peace has always been you.

And so I sit here, downing all my sorrows away at last.

Estra doesn't need a leader anymore.

The fight is won.

Now we can be together.

Forever.

The End

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