messages ; seventeen ljh ♡

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 ꒰ A/N ; hiiii, wow it's me again after how long again??? 🤡 let's pls ignore my questionable absences and focus on my long awaited return...i'm so so sorry once again for dipping and coming back out of the blue but i'm serious about my final return and my promise to finish this damn book lmao 😭  these past few weeks i've been editing through all my old chapters and working on new chapters, there's only a couple left until the finale!!! this book will finish with 50 chapters so i'm very keen to see where this story goes for miss y/n x jihoon 🤩 i hope there's still ppl enjoying my work, lmk if ya'll are still around lmao but anyways, so sorry again and thank you sm for sticking around 💖 xoxo ꒱ 

TIME SKIP ; 2 WEEKS LATER  [DAY BEFORE JIHOON'S BDAY] 

↠𝚢/𝚗'𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚟↞

it's been so hectic these past few weeks with preparation for my south korea trip. i've applied for my passport, bought luggage bags and gifts to bring to seventeen, my parents booked my week trip to seoul as a graduation gift and i've been working almost everyday just to earn money for my travelling expenses. jihoon and i haven't been texting a lot lately, we keep missing each other's calls and would get back to each other either once or twice a day but we're never online at the same time. he still doesn't have a clue that i'll be on a flight to seoul later tonight and i've been feeling so nervous and excited about my trip. soonyoung told the boys about my surprise plan for jihoon and they've been pitching ideas to help and we finally came up with a perfect plan. 

11AM 

i met up with my friends for brunch and told them about my surprise plan for jihoon. 

"what?!"

"you're leaving tonight?!"

"how long are you gone for?!" 

"not for too long honestly, i'm only going to spend a week there then i have to come back to work in time for festive season"

 "wait- have you heard back from those universities that you enquired for? 

"not yet but i hope soon because i don't want to overthink and stress out about it when i'm on my trip" 

"hopefully by the end of today you'll hear back from them" 

"thanks, i really hope so too" 

"also manifesting that the surprise for jihoon goes really well!"

"have a fun trip and please stay safe as always" 

"thanks guys! let me know if you want anything from south korea and i'll try my best to get it!"

"aww thanks, we're gonna miss you"

"i'll be back before you know it haha" 

 2PM

i've been doing last minute packing to make sure i've got everything i needed and did some cleaning around my room. i uploaded a new song cover and replied to some comments then i looked through my emails but i still haven't heard back from the universities i've enquired for yet. 

4PM 

my parents just dropped me off at the airport, i checked in, went through security and chilled at the food court for a bit before i board my plane. it felt so surreal that i was at the airport but this time it wasn't to say bye to seventeen but for me to make my way to south korea to reunite with them again. 

i decided to send jihoon a voice message then texted soonyoung to keep him updated on my whereabouts and incase my flight gets delayed and we confirmed the plan for tomorrow's surprise and made sure he didn't spoil or hint anything to jihoon 💀

6PM

while i was at my boarding gate lining up to go on the plane, i started feeling anxious because it's my first time solo travelling especially going overseas but i was excited at the same time. 

as i was boarding the plane, i found my seat at the window, tucked my carry-on backpack under the seat in-front of me and put on my seat belt. i looked outside the window and the sun was setting, i pulled out my phone and took some photos then i got email notifications. i opened my emails and they were from the universities that i've enquired for. i read through all of them and there were two that really sparked my interests but i just couldn't decide which one to apply for. the deadline to enrol was the end of the year so i still had time to decide so i thought about writing pros and cons for those universities and would bring it up to my parents when i come back from my trip. i was also thinking of talking to jihoon about it to get his thoughts and advice on what i should do but i'll bring it up sometime before i come back to sydney. 

after everyone settled into their seats, we listened to the flight-attendances announcements, prepared ourselves and we were flying into the sky for the next 10-11 hours. to kill time, i've been writing down pros and cons about the universities in my notebook then started working on some new songs. i'd eat dinner, freshen up in the bathroom, watched movies and slept a lot. 

↠ 𝚓𝚒𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚗'𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚟 ↞

10PM

the boys and i just got back to our dorm from the music studio and was getting ready for bed. once i washed up and laid in bed, i finally got to go on my phone and saw a notification from y/n, i pulled out my earphones and listened to her voice message. 

"hi baby oppa, i'm just letting you know that i'll be working overtime tonight and will be coming home late so i'll be pretty drained. i also have an appointment in the morning so you'll probably won't hear from me for a bit but i'll try text you whenever i can, i just don't want you to be worried about me disappearing or anything. i hope you're doing well, eating good, staying hydrated, taking care of yourself and being the most handsomest babe out there! i miss you and i love you so so much, mwah~" 

listening to y/n's voice message made me miss her even more. lately because we've both been really busy it's been hard to keep in touch often and i feel a bit distant with her, i felt so bad. i sent her a voice message back and couldn't stop thinking about her. i realised that it was a few hours until my birthday and knew that we would have yet another packed schedule but all i want to do is spend my birthday with y/n even though i've accepted that it won't be happening...