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Seungmin was a brown coloured Australian Shepherd with hazel eyes - he was six years old - a good age for a dog.
Jeongin got Seungmin at the age of seven, the puppy was supposed to be an emotional support animal - and the puppy learned fast how to comfort Jeongin whenever he had another mental breakdown.
The puppy and the young boy bonded quickly - they became best friends and whenever Jeongin had a hard time - he would go and hug his furry friend which always calmed him down.
Jeongin couldn't imagine a life without his best friend - without Seungmin he felt lost - almost scared because he knew that no one would understand his feelings like his dog would.
No one - not even his parents - knew Jeongin's darkest secrets - no one - except for Seungmin.
The dog knew everything about the young boy - what cheered him up - what calmed him down - what made him sad - and what scared him.
Jeongin talked to him about almost everything - and Seungmin listened - sometimes Jeongin would fall asleep in the middle of talking to the dog and Seungmin would just lay there waiting for his best friend to wake up.
Seungmin watched Jeongin get braver - he watched him get older and as Jeongin turned twelve it was their fourth year together.
Seungmin knew - he had a shorter amount of time left as his best friend did - that's why he enjoyed every moment they shared together - and he hoped Jeongin would do the same - because one day - when the snow would fall and Jeongin was calmly reading a book - he would have to leave his best friend alone to pass away.
The thought alone pained the dog - but Seungmin knew he couldn't change what would happen.
Seungmin wanted to make sure that Jeongin was strong enough to stand on his own feet before he would pass - it was the dog's destiny to make sure the younger could live on his own - without himself on his side.
Because one day - Seungmin wouldn't be on his side anymore - one day - Seungmin wouldn't leave dirty paw prints on the floor and one day he wouldn't have to comfort the boy anymore because Jeongin would've been stable enough without him helping him.
One day - Jeongin would become a man - and maybe in ten years he even would become a dad?
As Jeongin celebrated his fourteenth birthday - Seungmin noticed how his fur would already begin to change colour.
Dark chocolate fur - would change into a light grey - his Hazel eyes would begin to change colour - his eyes would slowly loose the light they previously held.
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As winter creeped closer and closer - Seungmin knew his time would run out soon.
And one snowy evening - like Seungmin had once predicted - he passed away.
His snoot was laying on Jeongin's leg as the boy stroked through his fur, whispering that it was okay to let go - to leave his best friend on his own and that he would manage it because Seungmin had taught him how to.
"Thank you for the happiest of all lives"