◃◃ New Memory #16 ▹▹

Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul

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"Now it's finally time to visit Ten's island~. He told me that he redecorated it, so I'm excited to see it again~"

Taeyong excitedly cheered.

Ten, Jaemin, Johnny, Jungwoo, Sicheng, Taeyong, and I were all finally playing Animal Crossing together again.

The first time, Ten was very nervous to tell everyone that he played it, but everyone really accepting and didn't think any differently about him.

And much to his surprise, the five of them wanted to play with us as soon as possible. Ten was especially surprised to see that Johnny played Animal Crossing.

He always thought that he only liked hardcore and complicated games. But it turns out that Johnny really loves cute games like Animal Crossing too.

But much to our surprise as well, everyone had custom Switches like me and Ten.

Jaemin's was cherry blossom themed, quite similar to an Arizona green tea can.

Jungwoo's was strawberry themed.

Sicheng's was a bit dreamy and cute.

Taeyong's was cherry blossom themed too, but it was a bit more cute.

Johnny's was a bit dreamy too, but with a nightly feel to it.

Ten's was decorated with cute planets and constellations.

And my Switch was decorated with The Great Wave off Kanagawa, but with a softer feel to it.

"Now that everyone's here, follow me and I'll show you around the island~"

Ten happily led us out of his island's airport, and led us into now a city themed town, filled with Sakura trees and pretty street lamps.

"This is so pretty hyung~! I wasn't expecting this at all!"

Jaemin eagerly admired the sight with awe.

"Is that Sherb over there?!"

Jungwoo shrieked, running over to him.

"It is...~. He's one of my new villagers"

"I see Lucky~!!"

Sicheng happily ran over to him.

"This kind of reminds me of our old city. Is that what you were going for when you redecorated your island Ten?"

Johnny questioned.

It does resemble Xieyling City a lot, now that he's mentioned it.

"That's exactly what I was going for when I was redecorating it~! I wanted to remember it somehow, since we had to move away after our old place was destroyed..."

Ten sadly explained.

"Don't get me wrong. I really love it here in Haeju City, but I still miss our old place. You know what I mean?"

"I know exactly what you mean. I was heartbroken when we had to leave. That was the second home that the Dreamies grew up in, and the home where they learned my true identity. Not to mention, we all joined together as a family there. We built so many memories in that home, and it was gone just like that..."

Taeyong sadly explained, still admiring Ten's island and villagers.

Jungwoo and Sicheng seemed a little sad too.

"I miss it too sometimes. But, that's just the way life is, especially with the circumstances we're given. Our world isn't normal, so things like that are very common things to happen, unlike on Earth. But, we have to make due with what we're given and just roll with the punches, no matter much it hurts"

"And keep moving forward"

Jaemin mumbled after my explanation, playing with one of the vending machines nearby.

"It may have been the place where we all came together and became a family, but we'll always be family, no matter where we are~"

Ten seemed to feel better after I said that.

"I really appreciate that you guys...~. So, who wants to see my house now~? I redecorated it a little bit too~"

"Oooooo~. I do~"

"I do as well~"

Jungwoo and Sicheng happily came back to join us, and Ten led us all to his house.

And we enjoyed our time together there, as a family.

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'...'

'......'

'.........'

'You and Jaemin are right Renjun'

'We can't do anything but accept our circumstances'

'And keep moving forward'

'Still...'

'I wish our old home hadn't been destroyed in our first war...'

'Chittaphrr misses it too...'

'It's been a bit hard for him to accept that it's gone, even now...'

'...'

'However...'

'I'm thankful'

'...'

'......'

'We're thankful'

'...'

'Thankful that we still have all of you as our family'

'...'

'Taeyong brought us together, and you kept us together'

'Even when it seemed that there was no hope of saving us, you found a way'

'And you kept our family from being separated forever'

'Knowing that much is enough for me and Chittaphrr'

'So don't worry about us too much'

'We'll be alright'

'As long as we know that we have you and the others'

'We'll always be home~'