My Secret Letters to You ➟ 2Jae

forest

Shortly after we had started college, we began going out more and go places we'd never been to before. We'd go out together away from our familiar surroundings. Except for one day. That day we were going to meet up at a coffee shop close to our houses. I waited outside in the cold late Autumn air for you when you arrived.

"Youngjae, there's a special place I'd like to take you." You said to me.

You took my hand in yours and I felt myself grow nervous and shy. I knew you meant nothing by it, but it was impossible to ignore the feeling in my stomach. I followed you until we eventually reached a forest. It was an average forest, people were leaving and coming. I didn't understand what was "special" about it. But I didn't question it. It must have meant something to you, so I followed you.

You guided me through and eventually took a side path. We began to walk uphill towards the top of the path and I felt my legs begin to ache beneath me.

"We're almost there." You commented when you noticed my breaths shorten.

Soon we reached the top. No one was there. Nothing was there except for trees, grass and a collapsed tree trunk. You led me towards the tree trunk and made me sit down next to you as you shuffled in your pocket.

While I waited for you, I noticed it was calm. It was quiet. It was only us.

"Youngjae, I found this place a few days ago. I accidentally got lost. People rarely come here, mainly because of the trek up. I thought this could be our special place. Where it's just us, rather than at each others' houses or always at a coffee shop or something." You spoke before you took my hand and held it out in front of you. You then took your hand out of your pocket and I felt you place something on the palm of my hand.

You then took your hands away and I saw a small black box. I held it in my palm and opened it to see a small charm of an otter.

"You can put it on your key chain or on your bag or something. I wanted to give you something because we've been friends - best friends - for so long. People have always commented on you looking like an otter, and otters are cute-" I began to space out when you might or might not have called me cute indirectly.

"-I have the beaver counterpart of it. I want to give you something you could put on anything, unlike a bracelet. Unless you want a bracelet?" I heard you chuckle as I stared at the otter charm in my hand. It was a cute charm.

"Jaebum, I don't know what to say." I said to you. I didn't know, in truth. There were a million things I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't.

"Don't worry." You smiled and pulled me into a hug. I slowly hugged you back, enjoying the feeling of being close to you.