happy birthday, turtle! 🐢🎈🍰🎉🎁🥳

JENOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO!!!! i'm about to get a little mushy so please read this alone so no one can see you cry. having you in my life has made it 1000000 times better and i'm proud to call you my brother. some people would argue that i don't deserve how nice you are to me but those people are wrong and i definitely deserve it. i'm so LUCKY to know you and so is everyone else in the world, if anyone disagrees i'll have renjun fight them so don't even worry about that. i'm sure no one else has written anything even close to this emotional so please never forget who loves you the most. I LOVE YOU JENOOOOO HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO SHARE YOUR CAKE WITH ME OK THANKS!!! 💜💜🎂🎂🍾🍾

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENO!!! i hope you eat many delicious things and that this year is the best yet ✌

happy birthday jeno! did you know that today is also national cherry cheesecake day AND also national picnic day? i hope you get to enjoy at least one or the other on your special day, it sounds like a good excuse to get extra spoiled and there's no better spoiling than food. have a happy day! 🎈

제노잼~
remember how, exactly one (1) month ago on this exact day, you wished me a good meeting with the cryptkeeper because i was becoming impossibly old? because i absolutely do and it DID go well and i hope your own meeting is just as pleasant. i can't believe it's been yet another year with you- which sounds like i'm very tired and i am, but i'm also very grateful. i'm so lucky to have you in my life, you're one of my very best friends and i treasure you so much in every possible way, i can't imagine ever doing anything without you (mostly because you are the brawn of this operation). sometimes i remember how i read you as a cold person when we met and it makes me laugh because it's the exact opposite of true: you're one of the warmest, most caring people i've ever had the privilege to know and i'm really glad the universe put us together, because you make me stronger and you're one of the few people i'll allow to take care of me when i need it the most. i think over the last year you've really shone and outdone yourself in big ways, i've always known your worth and it makes my heart happy to know that everybody else is finally seeing the you i've seen all along, but also do not replace me because i can and will fight ANYONE you KNOW THIS. i know this birthday will be so full of love and happiness for you so i don't need to wish you that; it'll be exactly what you deserve and that makes me so happy for you. happy birthday, dweeb, i love you so much!
💜, jun

happy birthday jeno!!! congrats on being the best and cutest of the (nct) 00 line i hope you have the best day!! you can even sit with us this time 💜

OUR DEAR LEE JENO the glue that binds the dream together i'm wishing you the HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY. it's been a long time since we were rookies together (can you believe we've known each other since even before rookies existed WE'RE REALLY OLD MEN) and it's always been such a joy to know you. MR. ROGERS ONCE SAID THAT WHEN THINGS ARE GOING BAD IN THE WORLD, ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE HELPERS AND YOU ARE A HELPER, you help me when i need assistance and always take care of others ahead of yourself. in a world of neo chaos, you are the wholesome breath of fresh air that reminds us we are all here for each other and you make all of us feel calmer and more collected as a result. THIS TEAM DOES NOT WORK WITHOUT YOU, AND I LOVE TO SEE YOU PASSIONATE AND HAPPY, LONG MAY IT CONTINUE! I LOVE YOU LEE JENO!

happy birthday, jeno! i hope that the day is as kind and warm as you are, and that you are spoiled in all of the ways that you deserve. please relax, indulge in your favorite foods, and hydrate appropriately according to your body weight to maintain your youthful, glowing skin 🌞🥳🎂🎉

p.s. in case you are curious, which i know that you are, here are some of the #1 songs on the date of your birth. as well as my mcdonalds delivery, i soon expect to receive a cover of santana's maria maria. yes? no? maybe? yes? great! can't wait!

to my turtle love,
if you had asked me two months ago if i thought i could be as happy as i am right now, i would have thought you were insane. getting to know you, talking to you, being close to you, just getting to be with you has made me the happiest i have ever been. i can only hope to make this birthday a small reflection of how you make me feel every single moment of every single day. you are a truly amazing person. you work so hard, you're so talented, you're sweet, charming, cute, sexy, funny, strong, caring, thoughtful, patient, kind... so many things and the most important thing is that you are perfect to and for me. getting to know you has literally been my favorite thing and i can't wait to know you even better. i am so excited to celebrate you today because you absolutely deserve to be celebrated. i am going to try my best to give you the perfect day and spoil you, you can't argue with me! i know it's your birthday and i said i wouldn't sass you or fight you on anything but this is the one thing i have to put my foot down on. today is your day and i want it to be special, like you are to me. i know we always say this but i really can't believe how lucky i am. you have completely changed my life in such a short amount of time and i never want to go back to a time before you. i honestly never knew what i was missing, i don't think i even realized i was missing anything, but then you came along. you've fit so perfectly into my life and given me all the things i was missing and beyond. you make me feel the safest i have ever felt, comfortable, so happy i think i might actually burst. nothing makes me happier than being your little strawberry, your turtle (dove), your hedgehog, your spidermonkey. just yours. i am so excited to be able to celebrate your birthday with you and i can't wait to celebrate your comeback and everything else that comes next for us. i want to be there for all your birthdays, all your projects, the good and bad, all of it. i am never going to let go. so here's to you and your day and to every day that comes next for us. happy birthday, babe.
💜 your little strawberry 🍓, your turtle 🐢, your hedgehog 🦔, your spidermonkey 🐒

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(picture thanks to chenle)

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