The days will pass, and little by little, each of them will go their own way. Time will do what it does best: wounds will heal, and they will both find a way to move forward. They will fulfill their dreams, continue with their lives, meet new people, make new friends, live new experiences, and build new versions of themselves. They will have new lives, new opportunities, and new fans. The world will keep turning because that is how life works: it never stops, no matter how much we wish we could freeze a moment and keep it forever.
And then, when they least expect it, perhaps one day they will look back just a little and realize that they are both so far away from each other and, at the same time, still so close. Because some people, even when they no longer walk beside us, somehow find a way to remain in a little corner of our hearts.
Perhaps by then, they will be living the lives they once talked about, fulfilling the dreams they once imagined together. And even if those dreams come true on separate paths, there will always be something from that time that belongs to them both. They will forever be part of each other's stories, part of those memories that time does not erase but transforms into something sweeter, more distant, and perhaps easier to remember without hurting.
And maybe, if their paths ever cross again, all they will be able to do is look at each other, smile with the kind of affection that survives goodbyes, and keep walking. Without resentment, without sadness, with the peace of knowing that, at some point in their lives, they were lucky enough to find each other and mean everything to one another.
And although I would give anything to have a time machine, to go back to those days and search for a timeline where they were still together, or a universe where their story had no ending, I know I cannot ask life to change its course simply because my heart still wants to remain there.
So, if this is the life they are meant to live, I only hope it will be beautiful for both of them. I hope they fulfill every dream they have, find the happiness they deserve, and never forget all the love they once shared whenever they think of each other. I hope they never become two strangers who have forgotten what they once were, but rather two people who, even from afar, can wish each other the very best with the same affection with which they once chose one another.
I will always remember them with love. And my greatest wish is for them to remember each other that way, too: with love, with tenderness, with gratitude for having found each other and for everything they meant in each other's lives.
Because even if there is no longer a forever we can witness, that does not mean what they had was any less beautiful. Perhaps some stories are not meant to last a lifetime, but to become a part of us that we carry with us forever.
And if there was ever a universe where they were eternal, I like to believe that, somehow, their love will continue to live there, untouched, without goodbyes and without endings.
Goodbye, my beautiful JoongDunk. Thank you for existing, for giving me so many happy moments, and for being, for such a long time, a beautiful place my heart always wanted to return to. I don't know what the future holds for you or what place you will have in each other's lives, but I hope that when you look back on those days, you will find reasons to smile.
And I, from here, even though it hurts to let you go, will keep your story in the most beautiful corner of my heart. Because some loves don't need to stay by our side forever to deserve an eternal place in our memories. 🤍
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