letters | nct dream

no. 28

ahri

a few more days passed by and i haven't talked to renjun again. we finally graduated from senior highschool yesterday. i'm currently at wonyoung's grave.

"i still don't understand. why do i have this feeling that something is missing, that something is wrong? is it just my imagination? i just can't help but feel restless ever since you left us... i miss you" i closed my eyes for awhile.

when i opened them, i saw another bouquet of flowers placed on wonyoung's grave. i turned to my right to see renjun staring directly at wonyoung's smiling picture in the gravestone. it was a genuine smile, i took it when we were running around while eating ice cream. it was the night i visited jeno and jaemin.

"it's beautiful isn't it?" i said.

renjun looked at me. "what is?"

"her smile"

he stayed quiet for a while.

"yeah.. it is"

ring ding dong ring ding do--

i saw renjun's judging face as i answered the phone.

"hello?"

"hi. this is mr. kim, wonyoung's father and i'm calling to inform you that there's a box i found inside wonyoung's room that is addressed to you. i think if she were alive she would want it given to you so i'm just going to send this to your house if it's alright"

"that would be great, thank y-you.."

call ended

"you need to change your ringtone" renjun said, still with the face.

i scoffed, "it's a bop, kids these days can't appreciate the music back in the days, y'all only know bts and blackpink.." he furrowed his brows and shook his head. "anyways, wonyoung's father called to say that there was a box wonyoung wanted me to have. wanna see it?"

"okay.. let's go" he dragged me by the sleeve of my jacket.

we walked all the way from the cemetery to my house.. if i'm assuming correctly, it's a 5 kilometer walk, but who cares? definitely not my tired legs who could've rode a bus.

we entered my house, my parents are no where to be seen because they're both at work but a box with a golden ribbon was placed in the middle of our living room.

a sticky note was attached on the box:

'wonyoung's father told us to give it to u

-mom'

i untied the ribbons and slowly opened the box.

here goes nothing.

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