Ningning smiled upon arriving at the airport. Her eyes scanned the outside, scanning the people's faces who are coming out of the departure area.

"Yah, jie, where are you going?" She asked Yiyang who stood up from the chair she was sitting on. "Don't leave me here alone."

"Chill, Ningning. I'll just answer this call from my mom." The older said, stepping away from Ningning.

❤️

"Taeyong-hyung could you drive a bit faster?" Renjun said, his hands were shaking. "Hyung, jebal." He said.

"Renjun, I can't drive easily if you keep on shaking my shoulder." Taeyong said, giving the younger a stern look.

Renjun sat back, leaning his head behing the driver's head rest.

"Hey." Eunmi patted the younger's shoulder. "It'll be fine. As long as Jisung doesn't receive any message." She said, trying to calm Renjun down.

"You got this Injoonie." Mark said, patting his shoulder.

They're on their way to the airport. He's determined to make Ningning his. He doesn't care a single bit, even if there will be a lot of people. It's now or never.

He sighed and looked at his lap. He was still holding the letters. Pondering every strength that he has, he decided to open one of the letters.

Dear Renjun,

His hands were shaking upon seeing the famiar penmanship. It was indeed, yz. He remembers the first few letters she gave him. He doesn't know why he rejected the others anyway.

You probably won't be reading this letter anymore since I've already seen you throw my letters away twice. But hey, here I still am, writing a letter for you.

I'm wondering, will something change if you know who I am? I mean, you probably don't care about me right? You probably won't even know me if it weren't because of Chenle and Jisung.

     Anyways, I'm still here, liking you from afar, because that's what I've been doing... right from the start.

—yz

His breath hitched. If it weren't because of the book, they wouldn't know each other. Maybe Ningning would still be daydreaking about him. Renjun, on the other hand, wouldn't know how it feels to be loved.

He opened another one.

Dear Renjun,

    I'm sorry if I had to avoid you. I'm scared. I'm scared to fall even deeper. I'm scared that if I fall way too hard, you won't be able to catch me anymore.

     Renjun, if there's one thing loving you taught me, it would be patience. Before, I woulf just watch you from a far, admiring everything that you do. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a sasaeng or anything. You know that.

     By now, you may or may not know who I am. And to be honest, I don't really care anymore. The truth is, I'm giving Jisung every letter that I write. I told him to give them to you when the right time comes.

     Ren, it's me. Yizhuo.

     I know it's a pretty lousy pen name, but it's the best one that I could think of. Who knew that you would even notice my existence, much more liking me back? It worked though, because you didn't know that it was me. Not until now.

     Renjun, I'm sorry... I'm sorry for being a coward. We'll talk things out soon, whenever I'm ready. For now, let me just set these feelings aside for a while.

     I love you, Injoon. Always.

— yizhuo

"Okay, we're here." Taeyong announced as he stopped the car. Everyone were making way for Renjun. He immediately ran towards the entrance of the airport. Although he wants to go inside, he couldn't, because of the security.

"NINGNING!! NING YIZHUO, DON'T LEAVE ME!" Renjun yelled, using the megaphone Jaemin gave him. He kept on yelling the same sentence in Mandarin and in Korean over and over again.

The girl, who was waiting for Yiyang inside the airport looked outside. She could have sworn that she heard Renjun's voice.

She looked around, shaking her head when he saw no signs of the guy she loves.

"NINGNING!!!" There it was again. Her head snapped towards the door and saw Renjun holding a megaphone, his friends were behind him.

"Renjun?" She whispered, making her way towards the exit.

"AFTER TELLING ME THAT YOU LOVE ME, YOU'LL LEAVE JUST LIKE THAT?!" Her eyes widened upon hearing what he said.

It couldn't be...

She took a deep breath before facing him. "R-Renjun, why the actual hell are you here?!" She wantsd to bury herself alive due to embarrassment. There were a lot of people looking at them, at Renjun, to be exact.

She slowly walked towards the guy who was outside the airport. His eyes were swollen, and it looked like he just stopped crying. "Tell me what you want to say..." She sighed. "I've got no time—"

The older cut her off by engulfing her in a tight hug. "My yz... d-don't... ever leave... m-me..." He said, tears streaming down his face. He does not know the reason why he's crying, and he didn't want to know the reason why.

Her eyes widened when he heard her finally call her by those initials. Was it just now that he realized? At first, she thought that it was a very obvious nickname, but she just went with it since Renjun didn't know her back then anyways. But when they became friends, she didn't realize how stupid the guy could be.

"Why... why are you crying?" She stepped back a little to see the older's face. She slowly wiped his tears away, smiling softly.

"Yizhuo, don't leave me... I... I love you..." He sniffed, making her melt on the spot. She didn't expect Renjun to be this soft. She didn't know that he could be really sensitive sometimes.

She chuckled softly as she wrapped her arms around his waist. "I won't leave you, Ren." She looked at him and smiled.

With glossy eyes, Renjun looked back, "Y-You won't?"

She shook her head as a no, "I just said that so that you'd stay way from me. But I guess you had other plans." She chuckled. "I was here to fetch Lucas-ge's brother, Hendery, together with our cousings Yangyang-ge and Xiaojun-ge. I came here with Yiyang-unnie. She's at the arrival area."

"You won't leave me, yz?" Renjun asked.

She shook her head and reached for Renjun's face to wipe his tears away. "Yz won't leave rj ever."

From afar, Eunmi watched her bestfriend confess to the girl of his dreams. She smiled, feeling satisfied. Everything became worth it in the end. It feels like the two had their own world at the airport's entrance to even not notice that they were surrounded by a lot of people.

Mark placed his arm around her shoulder as he leaned down and kissed her forehead. "Are you okay?" He asked and she nodded.

She then turned her head towards the younger boy beside him. "Jisung, are you alright? Why did you do it?"

"I did what now?" Jisung raised a brow.

"You like her, don't you?"

The younger was silent before he asnwered. "Was I that obvious?" He chuckled.

"Ji, stop avoiding the question." Eunmi said.

"I did that to make the two of them happy, noona. If her happiness is being with Renjun-hyung, then I don't mind getting hurt." He smiled, a genuine one. "Besides, isn't that what we should do? Let our loved one be happy?" He asked and the couple in front of him nodded. "She's happy now." He smiled, looking at the scene in front of him.

Mark and Eunmi could only smile at their maknae. He's the youngest yet he knew how to sacrifice. Even if it means forgetting his feelings towards the girl. He just wanted his two friends happy.

Renjun pulled away from her and knelt down. "Will you be my girlfriend, yz?"

"It's always a yes, rj."

- T H E  E N D -

and there we have it for dear renjun!
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