Memento

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It'll be an honor to live the same life, even with the same circumstances, same breakthroughs and downfalls, as long as you'll remember me as much as I'll always remember you. As long as you'll have me, I'll always have you.

sgd. Son Seungwan 8/15

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I have always been fascinated by how Seulgi dances, precise yet graceful, fluid yet sharp; she has always been the quiet one but when she dances, it's as if she converses through her movements, commanding the room, luring everyone in then bringing them back to reality in a wonderful loop.

"I have never felt so enthralled in my life. You know how much I hate redundancy, but Seulgi makes it bearable, enjoyable even. I won't mind life's boring moments being on a loop as long as it includes Seulgi."

Yeah, everyone meet Joy. Seulgi's polar opposite but is also her life partner. Her devilishly charming wife. Her words, not mine.

Joohyun would kill me. I just need to clear that out.

This was an excerpt out of one of Joy's "inner monologue." She kinda said it out loud during one of our interventions. Joohyun and I were never a fan of meddling with our friends' lives, but for the love of god, they needed that intervention.

Both of them would've ended up in an endless loop; with Joy guessing how Seulgi felt about her and Seulgi just assuming things because she would never have the energy to go through analyzing things as much as Joy does. Additionally, Seulgi never questioned why and how Joy does things, she'd just resort to just assuming Joy wanted this and that, but never assumed Joy didn't just want this and that..

Joy wanted Seulgi.

The one time Joy tried to ask Seulgi out. I remember Seulgi sending a message in our group chat:

"Sooyoung asked me for a date and I said July 25th?"

"She walked out on me? Do we have the same calendar? I think my phone's messed up or something."

" I should definitely say sorry right?"

See?

Anyway, I'm just glad they finally figured things out.

Without a doubt, Yena, my cheeky little niece loves dancing and singing as much as her parents does. So when she asks me. "Aunt Wannie, what does muscle memory mean?" I just knew it had something to do with dancing and singing, and so I answered her:

"Remember your favorite teddy bear, sweetheart? You hug it first thing in the morning and right before you go to sleep, right?"

She gives me a beaming smile. "Oh! I love my teddy bear Aunt Wannie! Mum and Mama also kisses me first thing in the morning and before I go to sleep! So that's muscle memory? Things you do for the people and things you love? Thank you Aunt Wannie! You're so cool!"

Technically that is true. It just involves a specific muscle. An incredibly special muscle.

"Mm-hm, did you hear that from somewhere, sweetheart?" I cooed at her.

She tilts her head, cutely, as she rests her chin on her little hands

"I heard it from Aunt Joohyun when she helped me with my ballet and singing lessons the other day, she said dancing and singing requires putting your heart into it, not just muscle memory."