About

Hello. I hope my letter reached your mailbox safely. Compared to the autumn we spent together last year, my autumn this year has passed by so hollowly that I dare not even compare the two. I spent days wondering if you were having the same kind of autumn. Then, one evening just before the onset of winter, I saw the dry trees shedding their leaves and realized autumn was ending. So, I picked up my pen. I remember us looking up when the start of winter was together, so I looked it up myself. They say the start of winter in 2024 is November 7th. Actually, I'm returning to Korea in early November. I wanted to let you know that. Before coming back, I bought a pinecone ornament that would look good on a tree to give to you as a gift, but I didn't know our relationship would end before I could. I, who used to stay up all night just to memorize hiragana, now have several Japanese friends and have grown accustomed to the culture. You've probably published that book you were preparing back then. I'm a bit curious if you kept your promise and put the sentence I recommended on page 73. I was supposed to draw the cover for you, but in the end, I couldn't. It might seem shameless of me to bring up the past like this so freely, but as you might expect, I think I still have quite a lot of lingering feelings. It's not that I'm clinging to those days; it's that I miss you. It's not a fleeting emotion. I wonder if I had been a little more honest, or if I had gone to study abroad just a little later, if I could still be making a phone call to you at this hour. Finding books in the library is so difficult without you. I wonder if you're better at peeling peaches now. I just hope you don't have bandages on your fingers. The spots where we used to fill each other's deficiencies are now empty, so whenever couples pass by, I find myself checking my phone to see if I've received a notification from someone. If you've read this far, please contact me. I still... my hands tremble even just looking at your profile. Anyway, what I wanted to say was that I want to make caramel pancakes with you this winter.