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In order to appease the masses, EDEN, Yoo Joonghyuk’s new management, decided to open a fan mail delivery service so all of his fans could write him letters.

Every week, Yoo Joonghyuk would be bombarded with hundreds of fan letters and sometimes gifts (some of which got past security).

Unlike some bastards, Yoo Joonghyuk usually reads them one by one. Although he is a bastard, he is a kind bastard who’s kind enough to read repeated fan letters. 

Maybe it is the reason why Kim Dokja likes Yoo Joonghyuk, his awkward kindness really draws him out of everyone else. He may scorn you and glare at you, but Yoo Joonghyuk is kind… in his own way.

Kim Dokja never knew how to convey his feelings, he does not want to get hated by Yoo Joonghyuk, and he is too awkward to confess face-to-face. Despite the constant talk with Uriel about confidence, Kim Dokja will always be a coward.

So he decided to write letters after letters after letters for Yoo Joonghyuk.

He writes his deep emotions, his feelings, onto a piece of paper.

All the affection and love he could never convey to him, he wrote it all down.

Then he addressed it from Oldest Dream to Yoo Joonghyuk.

Yoo Joonghyuk will never know it was from him.

He will never know it was from Kim Dokja, a person who was always beside him, always. 

It’s fine, Kim Dokja reminded himself.

There were thousands of letters, he reckons the letters he sent through fan mail will never get read by Yoo Joonghyuk but it’s fine! He can’t do anything about it but it’s all fine. 

At least he gets to tell Yoo Joonghyuk even without telling him. 

Kim Dokja is a coward, and he loves Yoo Joonghyuk endlessly. He was content being his manager as Yoo Joonghyuk continued to shine like the protagonist Kim Dokja likes. 

Kim Dokja is content to become a person who is always beside Yoo Joonghyuk. 

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Despite what people all say, Yoo Joonghyuk was a sucker and someone who fell in love at first sight.

He knew Kim Dokja around high school; it was a tough year for both of them, so he was not surprised that Kim Dokja forgot about them being classmates. 

But Yoo Joonghhyuk fell in love with Kim Dokja—the fearless Kim Dokja, the strong-hearted Kim Dokja.

The Kim Dokja who believed in him when all mocked him and made fun of him and his plan to become a world-renowned game player

It was Kim Dokja who made him the most famous pro-gamer. He doubts he remembers it. But it’s fine. He likes Kim Dokja, whatever may be. 

Yoo Joonghhyuk was scrawny and weak, a complete opposite to the current Yoo Joonghyuk of today. If someone took a picture of him back in high school and his current one, they would tell you that the person from the past and the person today are two different people.

He did not matter at all.

He likes Kim Dokja a whole lot. He was the one who told him, even if it was in passing, that he believes that Yoo Joonghyuk will become the best player in South Korea, and he would always always watch Yoo Joonghyuk’s play no matter what. He was also the one who fought the bullies who tried to hit Yoo Joonghyuk a lot.

It was Kim Dokja who made him persevere even though his first management, ASH, was trash who took all his earnings and forced him to live in despair. And it was also Kim Dokja who made him the best player.

To Yoo Joonghyuk, Kim Dokja is his only star. The one who guides him, the one who twinkles for him when all else fails. 

Around the middle of the semester, Kim Dokja stopped showing up to school. Some said he died; others were whispering that he jumped to some rooftop and had stopped breathing since then.

It was devastating for him, he had lost his first love even before he could confess.

3 months, 7 days, 5 hours, and 4 minutes after Kim Dokja somehow vanished, Yoo Joonghyuk turned on his cheap PC and streamed,

His heart shook when he saw his first viewer.

"The oldest dream followed you!" 

"Oldest Dream donated $5"

Sorry, it's all I have, but good luck, Supreme King! You will become the greatest player ever," he said.

He knew about the word oldest Dream. It was a unique name that struck him because Oldest Dream is something Kim Dokja keeps mentioning that he will use if he wants to become a writer of sorts. It was endearing; only Kim Dokja could think of that.

Yoo Joonghyuk doesn't care if it were someone else, but that day Yoo Joonghyuk vows to become the coolest one so Kim Dokja will look at him. 

Between his passion for looking for Kim Dokja and becoming someone known for. Yoo Joonghyuk wrote letters addressed to Kim Dokja, he wrote all his longingness, his frustrations, and his days on a piece of paper.

He addressed it to Kim Dokja from Yoo Joonghyuk, but it will never be received.

It was fine.

He has liked Kim Dokja for so long, writing him letters about his feelings is something he keeps to himself.

Until today, 

In his hands were fan mails.

To: Yoo Joonghyuk. 

From: Oldest Dream. 

His heart felt erratic; it was beating so hard that even his hands shook a little.

Boom. Boom. 

It was a letter addressed to him from someone who named themselves Oldest Dream.

Is it from Kim Dokja?

Maybe. 

But it might also not be from Kim Dokja.

Yoo Joonghyuk took a deep breath and opened one letter.

He slowly reads them, 

Every word and every stroke feel oddly familiar to him. 

The smell of parchment and mint, and almonds lingers on the letter. 

The letters have been delivered.

" – I have always liked you for a long time. Even back when you were a scrawny little brat, I have always liked you. I have liked you then, and I have liked you even more now. 

From, OD." 

Yoo Joonghyuk stood up, his hands shaking as he quickly grabbed all the letters addressed to him from Kim Dokja and grabbed a shoebox filled with letters addressed to Kim Dokja from him. He ran and ran until he arrived at Kim Dokja’s little place. 

He took a quick break, tried to even out his breath, and then knocked on his door. 

Kim Dokja opened them, 

His eyes twinkled, and the warm lights from inside his place gave him a glow that made him seem so unreal. 

"Yoo Joonghyuk? What are you doing here?!" 

"I have received them."

"Huh?"

"Your letters—I have received them." 

"Wh-what?" 

"I will deliver my letters to you." 

Then Yoo Joonghyuk placed a box filled with letters addressed to Kim Dokja.