letters | nct dream

no. 6

ahri

"ahri!" i heard wonyoung yell from across the road making me wave at her in response. she looked left and right before crossing the road.

"what's--" she stopped abruptly and eyed my face weirdly. is there something on my face?

"why do you have eyebags? what have you been doing? why haven't you been sleeping properly? don't tell me this is because of my secret admirer." she bombarded me with questions. i smiled because i know she's just worried about me.

"i have eyebags because it's part of growing up, i visited sicheng in his apartment earlier in the morning, no i didn't get to sleep today and i won't tell you that this is because of your secret admirer." her worried face became much more worried after i answered her questions.

"ahri... why are you doing this, why are you helping me. i'm not worth helping." she whispered the last part softly but i still managed to hear it.

i gave her a 'wtf are you saying' look, "first of all. i'm doing this because you're my friend and i care about you, and second, why the fuck would you think that you're not worth helping? don't answer that, it's a rhetorical question-" i saw her open her mouth and close it shut, i continued, "every human being on earth is worth helping, everyone needs to be treated with love and attention, even if they won't admit it..." i trailed off the last part.

wonyoung went silent for the rest of the trip to school.

once we entered school, we immediately went straight to her locker and was greeted with a teddy bear, and of course, a letter.

hi, you guys didn't reply to my letter last time and i thought i would give you this cute teddy bear so that you would reply. wonyoung, i hope whatever is bothering you will go away, i don't like seeing you with a frown on your face. you weren't like that when we were kids.

-m

wonyoung took the teddy bear out of her locker and held it tightly to her chest. i could see tears threatening to fall but she holds them back. i couldn't do anything to comfort her because i don't know what to do in this kind of situation.

"wonyoung-" i was hesitant but nonetheless continued, "do you remember any childhood friends?" she looked at her feet.

"there was mark lee, i remember him leaving to go back to canada, i don't know if he came back, huang renjun, he doesn't talk to me now, even though we're all in the same class, same goes with lee donghyuck, na jaemin, and lee jeno, but jaemin often asks how i'm doing and he always waves at me whenever our eyes meet, zhong chenle, i don't know where he is now, probably in some island 'cause he's rich, and last but not the least, our little maknae, jisung park. like i said before, he's in a lower class, but i don't think he remembers me anymore." she stated sadly.

these people are wonyoung's childhood friends, but to me these are suspects. i can tell that wonyoung had been hit by the feeling of nostalgia so i just let her reminisce.

i pull out a sticky note and a pen.

hi, this is min ahri, I'm gonna stop being a bitch and reply to you kindly, whoever you are, you have a huge impact on wonyoung, you're her childhood friend and if you could just surrender to me then it would help me a ton. i want to make wonyoung happy and i'm sure you do too.

-ahri

i pat wonyoung's back as i notice that she stopped reminiscing and smiled. "let's get to class" i guide her through the halls with a wandering mind.