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The sweetness in the summer air is redolent of childhood, of carefree laughter and dripping sweat and slapping footsteps. Of wispy yellowing grass, of sticky red berries, of lethargic orange tabbies.
“Guess who’s back,” Jisung shoots for nonchalant but his resulting grin is tenuous at best. “Surprise?”
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Five years since Jisung has last seen him, Minho appears on his doorstep talking about two things:
(1) The marriage pact they had made, only partially a joke, when Jisung had been nineteen.
(2) That there might not be a future, not for either of them and not for anyone, because the world was quite possibly going to end in five months.
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“I’m never sitting in a car with you again,” Minho teases, and Jisung laughs loudly, brashly, the sound half echoing around the car and half whisked away by the wind brushing their open windows.
“Unfortunately, like you said,” Jisung retorts, “You’re stuck with me in this car the whole week.”
Minho snorts and glances at Jisung’s hands, now dutifully wrapped around the steering wheel. Truth be told, Minho would definitely sit in a car with Jisung again, and they both know it. The sentiment holds especially true here—with a boisterously-grinning Jisung to his left and the rolling blue Pacific to his right, there’s nowhere else he’d rather be.
(Two best friends, the summer before Minho’s last year of college, and a thousand miles on the road.)
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“You’re back.” Changbin's hands have slackened around the handles of his bike. He’s surprised.
“Yeah,” Seungmin can only say. It’s the understatement of the year. Or six years, given that the last time they saw each other face-to-face was before Seungmin left for college and subsequently only sent back radio silence.
That silence continues now, as the air hangs thickly between them. For a while Changbin only stares at him as if he doesn’t trust Seungmin to not be a ghost, and then his mouth finally curls up into an ever-familiar grin.
But rather than any sentimental comment or cheeky remark Seungmin expects to hear, Changbin’s next words only provoke confusion:
“There’s something I think you should see.”
(In the spirit of rekindling old passions, Seungmin visits his hometown and expedites inevitable confrontation with his first love, Changbin. The two of them toe the lines separating friendship and romance, and unearth answers to an intriguing town mystery along the way.)
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Something in Jisung’s chest flutters ever-so-lightly at the warmth seeping from Minho’s eyes. He’s been on the receiving end of Minho’s smile many times, but none quite like this—none quite where it feels like Minho’s been saving secret-tinged words and sweetly-curled lips solely for Jisung.
“Um… thanks?” he tentatively replies, and this has Minho breaking out into small giggles. Jisung lets out a huff of laughter too, and can’t stop himself from momentarily glancing up—with the mellow hall light above them, and the chatter of the others muted by the walls, Jisung almost wishes there were another piece of dreaded mistletoe tacked on the ceiling here as well.
('Tis the season, and hidden amongst all the holiday cheer going around are some sprigs of kiss-inducing green.)
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It takes two debuts and two disbandments for a ghost of Zhang Hao's past to return.
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11 Dec 2024
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if you read haobin and haven't read this yet, you must.
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His home cracks and festers around him. Kei just wants to make it to graduation.
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08 Nov 2024
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might be my favorite fic i’ve read this year. beautiful and delicious writing, paired with depth and nuance in the characters. and that final twist… did not see that coming. a story on growing up, rediscovering relationships with family/friends, and on learning what it means to love & be loved.
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Renjun looks at Mark so much, he begins to feel like he knows him as well as his own reflection in a mirror. Some days, Mark stares past Renjun like he can hardly stand to look at him. Some days, his gaze is soft, and falls upon Renjun like the first few gentle flakes of snow.
When Renjun feels affection for him like this, he knows he paints him better. He thinks maybe it hurts them both, every time he brings the brush to the canvas.
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“There are no vampires in Rookswood.” Johnny’s smiling slightly. It’s an unfinished smile, like a house without a roof - it’s got everything it should have but it’s missing that core element that makes it whole.
“What about Jaehyun, then?” His name is an anchor on Doyoung’s tongue.
Johnny doesn’t stop smiling. “Why, he’s our neighbour, of course.”
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24 Jul 2024
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“Perhaps you can do the impossible, perhaps you can save Jaehyun - and perhaps you can save yourself too, in the same move. I’d say that would be impossible, but that’s just castling, isn’t it?”
one of the best things i’ve read in a long time… absolutely delicious storytelling and worldbuilding.
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No, I mean,” Changbin licks his dry lips. Nervous. Visibly nervous. Seungmin’s heart thumps faster. “I like you so much, Seungmin, more than I should.”
Seungmin blinks. Is he…?
“I want to be with you,” he says, courageous, more than Seungmin could ever hope to be. “Hyung likes you that much.”
Oh, he thinks, oh no.Or: It's late in Jeju when Seungmin rejects Changbin.