broken promises [hrj]

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10 years later

"You got accepted?!" I exclaim very excitedly. Sicheng just got an acceptance letter from SM Entertainment in Korea!

To be really honest with you, I didn't think he would actually make it. I mean he's a really good dancer and his flexibility and tumbling skills are something I can only think about having but there were LOADS of talented people back at the audition. I even made a new friend, XinLiu. She was waiting for her brother Chenle.

Which reminds me I probably should start answering her texts since I can feel my butt vibrating from my phone.

"I didn't," he rolls his eyes. I slap his arm. "Ow! What was that for?"

"For being extremely rude to me when I actually was being a proud sister." I turn around to head back into my room. Plumping onto the bed, I unlocked my phone.

52 Messages from xiuluiyuikoi

xiuluiyuikoi
did
sicheng
get
into
sm?
im waitng for lele
hes outside
hes been waiting all day
its annoying
and pathetic
lol
sent at 12.40 pm
OMG
HOE
GUESS
THE
FUCK
WHAT
HE
GOT
INTO
SM
WTF
HES
ONLY
15
I
AINT
LETTING
MY
DOLPHIN SATAN
OF A BROTHER
TO SOUTH
KOREA
WTF
DID
SICHENG
GET
IN
OR
NAH
ANSWER
ME
U
TRICK ASS
HOE
WTF
HEY
I
LMAO BYE
THINK HE FAINTED
SEE
YA
sent at 12.43 pm

memememei
wtf u spammed me like 52 messages
hm yeah, he did get in
i'm sure he'll be fine
even sicheng's going
like wtf i aint letting my
10 yr old looking bro off to korea
he gon get crushed

xiuluiyuikoi
no shit though
i mean he cute but i mean look at sehun
he is mesmerising

memememei
lmao
anyways, you going to korea too?

xiuluiyuikoi
probs yeah. u?

mememei
i guess

xiuluiyuikoi
cool.
hey, remember the guy you told me about?

mememei
who?

xiuluiyuikoi
huang renjun? the guy
that gave you the moomin necklace

my heart dropped at the mention of his name. the last i've heard of him is that he's having a great time in korea. but that was like, 7 years ago? i never got a response to the last letter i sent him.

i used to think he was busy, or that the letter got stuck somewhere on the way here. but growing up made me realise that he probably got to busy that he forgot to reply—drawing a huge question mark to our friendship.

i snap out of my thoughts at the sound of a beep coming from my phone.

xiuluiyuikoi
hello? u there?

mememei
listen, i gtg
ttyl. hmu if chenle wakes up
oh and tell him congrats

i shut my phone and put it to my chest. my hands made their way to the moomin necklace renjun had got me. despite years of being apart, i never took it off—even though sometimes people tend to tease me about it, saying that i'm immature or something along the lines.