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⋆⭒˚.⋆. 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 (𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦) 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺
| 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵
two childhood best friends find their way back to each other, healing old wounds and falling in love - again.
enhypen lee...
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The Little Things
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HANEUL sat cross-legged on her bed, her curtain bangs tucked behind her ears and a half-empty mug of cold tea sitting forgotten on her nightstand. Her phone screen glowed with the familiar sight of Chaewon and Sunoo on a video call — Chaewon curled up in her oversized hoodie, and Sunoo eating from a family-sized bag of chips like it was personal therapy.
"Okay," Haneul began, exhaling sharply. "Don't freak out, but I think I'm about to cry."
Sunoo sat up straighter. "Uh-oh. What's going on?"
"Heeseung's birthday is in seven days. Seven. I've been sitting here for like two hours," she said, gesturing at her open notebook filled with scratched-out ideas and half-baked plans, "and everything I come up with feels...dumb."
Chaewon leaned in, concern furrowing her brows. "Hana..."
"Let's hear it," Sunoo said through a mouthful of chips. "Hit me."
Haneul flipped her notebook. "Okay. Idea one: a personalized playlist and maybe a little book of inside jokes and letters."
"Cute, but is it enough?" Haneul interrupted. "Idea two: a DIY scavenger hunt around town, ending at the café where we ran into each other again."
"Okay that's super rom-com and I love it," Chaewon said.
Haneul rolled her eyes. "Idea three: a 'day in' where I cook and we watch his favorite childhood movies — but he's such a planner and I don't even know if he'd want a chill day."
"Haneul," Sunoo said slowly, "none of those are bad. Like, at all."
"They feel basic," Haneul muttered, flopping onto her pillow again. "He's so intentional with everything he does, you know? He writes letters, plans dates, listens when I don't even say things out loud. And I'm just here like 'wanna build a scrapbook?'"
Chaewon softened. "You're putting so much pressure on yourself."
"Because it matters!" Haneul groaned. "I mean, he moved away years ago, and we lost touch, and somehow we found each other again. He's literally courting me. Who even does that anymore?"
Sunoo chuckled. "Heeseung. Heeseung does that."
Haneul gave a tiny laugh, then sighed. "I just want to get this right. But nothing I think of feels... good enough."
