Dec 29

North Korean Military Outpost, DMZ

Se-ri,

Do you know what's happening at the camp here? To alleviate all our moods, or perhaps because they are all missing you so much, all the guys joined Kim Joo-Meok in watching some recent South Korean drama. As if they would see you in it. Wouldn't it have been good if you'd been an actress? Then I would have spent day and night watching you on TV.

But wait...then you would have had to kiss someone else- your co-actors. Scrap that idea. You are good as you are. Your face is perfect in my memory, and the taste of your lips still lingers on mine. Se-ri-ah...

Can you believe it? They are sitting right in front of me, teary-eyed as the hero and heroine part ways. They think I'm busy working on something, but I'm also watching with them. The leads live in Seoul, Gangnam. I'm trying to guess if one of these houses on the street is yours. I wonder what you are doing right now- if you are also watching TV like us? Hmm, but I think the Se-ri I know would probably be working late in office. It's 10pm. Go home and take rest now.

Ohhh my! Se-ri-ah. Have you seen this drama? There was a scene very similar to our situation on the boat. The hero and heroine were about to be caught by people they were trying to avoid. To escape from the situation, in a moment of panic, both of them kissed. And when they did, they lost track of time. Something changed between them. Like it had changed for us.

Do you know Se-ri, that time when my lips touched yours for the first time, something deep inside my soul stirred to life. I suddenly became alive, my heart was fluttering with you in my arms, and I never wanted to let go. I wonder if you felt that way too on the boat? Come to think of it when was the first time you realized you were developing feelings for me? I never got to ask you.

It's time for bed now. We have an early morning patrol duty at 4 am. The boys have retired for the day and I should be sleeping too. I wonder if I'd get sleep tonight and if I would, would I dream of you- a princess descending from the heaven into my arms again?

Dreaming of you,

Jeong-Hyeok