Let's Get Carried Away

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There's an envelope waiting for him on the floor of his apartment when Baekhyun gets home. It looks to be small to be a bill, and he has never received a letter before, so he arches a questioning eyebrow at it as he closes the door behind him. He picks it up after taking his shoes off, and walks towards the couch while loosening his tie with his free hand. He collapses into the couch and takes a few seconds to close his eyes and take one, two deep breaths, feeling all the fatigue from the day finally catching up on his body.

He looks down at his hands and flips the envelope. He doesn't recognize the return address, but it's listed under 'Kim Junmyeon', and he can't contain the exclamation of surprise that leaves his lips.

Baekhyun hasn't heard from Junmyeon in a long time. He gets occasional updates from Jongdae, who gets semi-regular updates from Kyungsoo. After college, he kind of lost contact with the oldest parts of their group. He knew Junmyeon was in America, doing post-grad. Yixing went back to China to finish med school, and last Baekhyun heard, he had gotten married and had a baby on the way. He's seen Minseok a few times over the years since they mostly still run in the same social circles, but the last time he saw him was pure causality. They bumped into each other at a convenience store, and after a brief exchange of how are yous and fines, they promised to stay in touch more out of courtesy than anything else. It's been almost a year now, and he hasn't seen him since.

So really, he can't help but feel a little surprised, and not only because it's a letter from Junmyeon, but because it is, well, a letter. But Junmyeon's always been a little old fashioned anyway, and the thought that maybe the Junmyeon that sent this is not that much different from the Junmyeon that he knew years ago makes Baekhyun smile.

He opens the envelope carefully, trying to not tear the paper. Inside there's a white card that says, in fancy gold characters, "You're cordially invited to Kim Junghwan and Kim Junmyeon's wedding, to be celebrated the 12 of June." After that there's an address that Baekhyun is going to have to rely on his car's GPS to get to, and a petition to attend in 'cocktail attire'.

He reads the little card a few times before putting it down on his lap, then looks up to the ceiling a laughs a little to himself.

"Damn," he says to his empty apartment. He's going to have to invest in a nice suit.