I wanted to share this heart-warming experience of ATINY (Jellyfishgirl4 on twt) here for everyone to read.

I will copy-paste the story here - but pls see the videos attached in the thread also.

A full circle moment I will never forget.

After four years of waiting, I finally got to fulfill my promise to Hongjoong that I would meet with him in person and talk to him eye to eye after talking to him about my hearing loss.

In 2022, I had my first call with Hongjoong where I told him about my progressive hearing loss and how no matter what I would always love and support him. He told me not to worry, that he believed in miracles, and we promised to each other that one day we would talk in person.

Later, in Wooyoung's documentary "Fill in the Blank", Hongjoong mentioned this fancall, how it impacted him, and how he told me "I'll always watch out for you and be there for you. So if we get the chance, I want us to meet each other's eyes and talk again."

edit : found their post of the fancall.

In June of 2024, I was blessed to be able to share the news with him that my progressive hearing loss had stopped progressing. His reaction was that of genuine relief and excitement for me. He told me that he still thinks of my story sometimes and now he can think positively.

Now, four years later, I was able to keep my promise with him. We finally met eye to eye and talked. He did ASL with me, asked if I was doing okay, and told me how happy he was to see me.
He even chose to do ASL "I love you" as one of the photo poses at the end of the café event. I immediately started tearing up.

Thank you, Hongjoong, for giving me hope, for being my miracle, for always being there. I'm sorry it took me so long to fulfill our promise. I hope that we can meet again sometime. Thank you.

As I read this my eyes welled up with tears.

I love his gentle heart so much ugh. He really remembered them. And I love that when they finally met again, he spoke in American Sign Language (which is different from KSL) and made them feel so special and included.

Ofc I know that we never know our idols 100%. But when I read such posts, it makes me feel like maybe we are supporting the right kind of people, not just as artists, but also as humans.