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Published:
2026-02-22
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2026-02-23
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Tell Me, Do You Feel The Love

Summary:

10 years. 523 weeks. 523 letters.

Mingi has made a lot of wishes in his life but if he could only choose one to come true, he'd wish for the moment he finds the person he'll love forever.

To pass the time until he meets them, Mingi dedicates himself to pouring his heart out on paper, once every week for the past decade. He writes about his life; the ups and downs of his relationships, his family, the little things about him, and the parts of his mind that he's never verbalized.

But most importantly, Mingi writes about Yunho, who has been by his side for as long as he can remember.

Yunho, who Mingi has no idea, has been in love with him for as long as he has been writing. Yunho, who has spent a decade by his side as his best friend, as his pillar throughout every chapter of their youth, without asking for anything in return.

One breakup leaves Mingi questioning the possibilities of ever finding his person, and an accidental reveal of the letters' existence leaves him thinking — more than he should have — about Yunho, their friendship and the truth behind his feelings for the person who's been by his side all this time.

Notes:

hi! first of all, welcome to pupchick round 2! it's been a hugeee honor to write for the fest this year, there were too many good prompts and i had such a hard time picking!

I settled on this prompt because it stuck out as soon as I read it and in my head, I could immediately picture the plot that I wanted to come to life. There's also something about a good ol' best friends to lovers trope with a small twist that makes me so happy :))

Anyways, I hope everyone enjoys this little fic of mine, and please let me know what you think in the comments! and to the wonderful individual who gave this prompt, i hope you enjoy it and thank you (from the bottom of my heart), it has really been a joy to write this <3

Chapter 1: Prologue. "I Just Haven’t Met You Yet." — Haven't Met You Yet, Michael Bublé

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Letter #1.
Dear My Future Lover,

Hi! I’m Mingi! Uhm… Actually, you might already know that by the time you are seeing this lol, excuse my awkwardness. This is actually the first time I’m writing a letter, so it might just sound really awkward haha… Either way! I’m 15-years-old Mingi (it’s my birthday today!), so I guess that’s still considered as someone you’ve never met lol.

If you’re wondering, “well Mingi, why are you awkwardly writing a letter, specifically addressed to your future lover?” Uhm… I just thought that you know, maybe one day, you, the love of my life would want to know what my life was like before I would’ve met you. Kind of like a personal diary? I guess? But something that wouldn’t be buried for forever, never to be seen again.

I just thought it might be romantic, but if it isn’t then I guess this will be a diary. But if you are reading this, I’ll write about the little details of my life no one would be able to tell. How I feel, what I was thinking, you know, the things that are perpetually kept in my brain and that I was never able to really verbalize? Yeah. Those thoughts.

I’ll skip the basics for now, considering that the future me probably already told you enough about himself. I’m 15, right now, and I am unfortunately going to start sophomore year in the next few days, actually. I’ve got decent grades in school and mum never feels the need to nag at me too much. I love music, and I’m considering pursuing it in college, though I’m not too confident that I am good enough for it…

Oh, one thing I’m hoping is that future me has a lot of friends. I uh… I don’t really have that many right now, just a shy, socially awkward boy. Would you believe that? haha. I guess I’m just too tall and (really) clumsy… I don’t have good enough coordination skills to play sports, I don’t think I have the good looks to draw attention in crowds… and I’m really shy too. I don’t hold conversations that well, don’t really know how to keep up with them. Parties aren’t really my thing either, I’d much rather stay home and read or work on music than find myself in one of those stuffy homes.

But I do have some friends. Oh! I should tell you about Yunho! He’s my best friend! Or rather, he’s actually my mum’s best friend’s son, but we’ve grown up by each other’s side for so long now that he’s my best friend too. Yunho knows everything about me, it’s kind of funny now that I think about it, but he really does know me a little too well. He knows when the crowds start getting too much for me, somehow knows what food I’m craving on any given day, knows all of my embarrassing moments.

I hope in the future, as you’re reading this, that you would also have become friends with Yunho. He’s the kind of guy that I want sticking around in my life until the end. So I really hope that future me is still together with him, best buds and all. And I guess I would also really like it if you were friends with him too! My best buddy and my love. That sounds really good, actually.

Anyways, I think I’ll stop here for now. But I’ll write every week. I actually joked about doing this to my mum the other day, only for her to call me a hopeless romantic who is going to waste paper just to write imaginary letters to someone I don’t know. But I fought back and said that I wanted these letters to be a gift to you, whoever you might be, wherever you are right now.

So I’ll write next week, and the week after that. Until I find you, even if it takes me a thousand letters until the day I do. Wait for me, my love.

Love,
Mingi <3