Dear SEVENTEEN [SEVENTEEN Fanfic]

Letter 07

Letter 07

Dear Jihoon,

Hi, Jihoon. It's kind of funny writing a letter to you because I just worked on a homework with you yesterday. Either way, I wanted to write a letter to you.

You knew Sungcheol. No, you know Sungcheol. You were the friend Sungcheol talked about before. The one who created a beat for our rap assignment. It's... really cool being friends with Sungcheol's friend too.

We share the same set of pain. The pain of losing a friend. Someone who disappeared into thin air. Sometimes I wonder to myself, what if something bad happened?

I know I shouldn't be thinking of such thoughts but few years later, still no sign, no clue, no nothing. Who wouldn't have these thoughts?

You told me just yesterday, "Just because we haven't heard anything from him doesn't mean he's hurt. Maybe he just wants to disappear for some time."

I want to believe your words but my mind is sometimes stubborn. Like right now. It won't listen to the less crazy facts.

Mind, Sungcheol will be fine.

Enough about Sungcheol. It's time to talk about you, Jihoon. I mean, Woozi. Seriously, you're just like Soonyoung. Your name is already adorable, yet, you make some kind of other name. But to be completely honest, the name 'Woozi' gives you a lot of charisma than you have now. Unlike my goofy best friend, your name suits you.

I'm not saying the name 'Hoshi' doesn't suit him. He's just an adorable dork I love to tease and I love his name more.

Jihoon, you're a really cool guy, you know that? You're someone I respect so much. I respect you more than Mr. Choi, our university sport teacher. Oops, sorry Mr. Choi.

Jihoon, you have such a big passion in music it amazes me. You talk about music like it's the world you're going to own. From all the people I've met, you're the only one with this huge burning passion.

The songs you've created and written, they're beautiful. I never got a chance to properly tell you how beautiful, but I hope this letter will make up for it.

That song 20 you made, saying it was a silly draft, is not just a draft, Jihoon. It's a beautiful song. And we're 20 now. (Korean age and all) We're growing up. We're going to experience new things. We're going to do new things. Why? Because we are growing up.

I feel like the more we grow up, the more those old memories are drifting away. They say people come and go but memories will always remains. To be honest, not really. It doesn't full work that way. Because the older we grow, the more distant that memory becomes until you end up letting go of it. It'll be like a balloonㅡit'll fly up into the skies until it disappear from your eyes. Your mind. The memory is just gone. Poof. Kabam.

But you being yourself, you told me, "It's not always that way, Suri. It's like writing a really good song. And over time, you'll remember that song because your mind is designed to. You'll bob your head and then remember who you shared this song with. Who you were listening this song with. All of it, it'll come back."

Sometimes I wonder if you're secretly 50. I'm not saying you're old. I'm just saying that because you're so experienced and wise. Also another reason why I respect you so much. This respect will just end up covering our friendship, most probably.

You are like the glistening sun behind those dark, grey clouds, Jihoon. You are one of those greatest people that need to be discovered.

You said you didn't know what you wanted to be when you grow up. I asked you that once. Your reply was simple, "I don't know."

How can you not know what you could be, Jihoon? You are so talented. You can dance; you can sing; you can play the guitar; you can play the piano; you can create your own songs; and mostly importantly, you have a burning passion for music.

And yet, you still say you have no idea what you would be in the future.

From what I see, you're going to be an idol. I told you that yesterday, too.

You only smiled and said, "No, I won't be one. I have a whole other world waiting for me in the future. An idol is going to be the last thing I'll be."

But I know you have the potential to be one. If not an idol, then probably a composer. A famous one. And if not a composer, I have this feeling you'll somehow create your own music company and industry.

But you told me, "Life is still young, Suri. Why waste time stressing over the future when you can enjoy the present?"

Again, you're right. You're always right. Even when you're wrong, you sometimes end up being right.

We have our exams next week and I just want to wish you all the best and good luck. To our university life, I guess.

Love,

Song Suri