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taemin slowly walked up the pathway beside of the lake, a yellow balloon attached to his cane, heading towards a woman whose attention was on the ripples the early morning breeze blew over the water.
minjung saw him just as he reached her, both smiling as he leaned down, kissing her head, & slipping the balloon off his cane & onto her wrist as though it were a corsage, before sitting down on the bench himself, her soft silver hair tickling his cheek as she lay back against his chest, his arm around her shoulder.
“you know”, the woman murmured, her eyes squinting up at the floating golden orb, feeling it pull gently against the string affixed to her wrist, “you were right all those years ago, balloons are better than flowers; even for anniversaries."
she smiled up at him & he chuckled, his head held a bit higher, & whispered "50 grand years. it’s the least I could do.”