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Joong once said Dunk—maybe not word for word but something like: “if there’s anyone in this world who’s going to hurt you i want you to know i’ll be the last person to ever hurt you”
🌞this came from a time back in safe house
🌻when i was younger i had insecurities about two things—my voice and my height. this is something i’ve never really shared before. i used to be the tallest in class and had the deepest voice, so people would tease me—calling me things like “giant” “big guy” even “refrigerator” like i was some kind of huge creature. back then i didn’t feel like i fit in. cause of that, i developed insecurities—i would try to make myself look smaller when standing with friends and i wasn’t confident at all. i didn’t like my voice either and when people imitated it or joked about it i really didn’t like it. as i grew up those two things actually became what i like most about myself—my voice—i didn’t even like my own voice and when people teased me, like imitating “oh hello Dunk~” in that tone i really didn’t like it. i didn’t like people mimicking my voice. but as i grew up, those two things actually became what i like about myself—the deep voice and tall. so now it’s not a problem anymore
🌞but i wasn’t teasing him in a bad way. in safe house everyone joked around—it was just how friends talked it like “Dunk has such a deep voice” and no one really thought much of it and no one realized how he felt. it was also the early stage when we had just gotten to know each other everyone would say things
🌞then suddenly i noticed something from his expression so i went to ask what was wrong. his eyes were red. maybe he didn’t like being teased so there was a mix of anger and sadness. i got shocked and wondered “what is he angry about? did i say something wrong?”
🌞cause honestly, everyone was just joking around without thinking much so i explained him “if you doesn’t like it, i won’t say it again” “okay na”. just remember this—“i’ll be the last person to ever hurt you” that’s where that sentence came from
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“the most meaningful couple photo in life”
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🌞this one was taken in Japan. i chose it because i feel like we’ve both grown up now and it made me miss the early days when we first started working together. it’s been a long time—probably from our first fan meeting in japan. the caption was “that smile” if you scroll back on my instagram, you’ll see that photo with the caption “that smile”
🌞i just feel that as we keep working and growing, photos where we’re genuinely smiling together have become very rare. not because of anything else—just that we’ve gotten used to posing more. it’s like we’re almost stuck in that mode now. i understand that people change—mindsets, personalities, attitudes, everything evolves over time. that’s normal. but i just feel a bit nostalgic and miss something we used to have in the beginning. it’s not like it’s completely gone—it’s still there—but that kind of fresh feeling from him - us - from before is something i want to experience again.
: have you ever talked about this with him?
🌞he probably knows
🌞i don’t mean just the two of us, but people in general—everyone changes over time. it’s completely normal. i don’t regret it cause i believe change is part of growing up
: just… miss that smile from the very beginning of JoongDunk right
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jadi foto pas dia meluk aku itu difoto pas event birthday udah selesai. waktu itu semua orang udah lagi siap" mau balik
aku masih ingat banget hari itutuh aku ada event lain, terus eventnya tuh jauh banget ( dari acara birthday ku ) dari pagi udah ngevent bangun jam 6–7, terus lanjut ngevent, terus lanjut lagi ke birthday gathering
pokoknya hari itutuh betulan capek banget. tapi jujur waktu dia meluk pas itu, rasanya kayak… capek ku langsung hilang.. beneran hilang 🥹🥹🥹
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Photo theme: The day that child had to survive on his own..
J : I can say this is probably the last photo… The last photo I took with my dad before he passed away. we never expected that he would pass. The day he passed… it felt like a huge turning point in my life
// I'm at work i will try to put longer versions after getting home sorry ✌🏻😭 TBH I'm crying already
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• About the rule they made to greet eo when they come to work and hug before going back :
J : We sat down and talked… There was this kind of deal we made like, this situation happened where we got used to being around each other, right? Like sometimes When we met for work but didn’t greet each other at all we sat and do our makeup, spacing out…. Until one day it was like ‘Hey, this isn’t okay. This can’t be like this. Let’s fix it.’ So after that, whenever we come to work, we’d hug once first, or at least say hi something… or touch me in some way so I know you’ve arrived. It’s a small rule that something simple that just… made everything better.
D : Same thing when leaving we have to say bye, like “see you.”
J: You can leave first, but please tell (me)
//I've no words for the way they care about Their little stuff or the effort they put in each other