hello there!! this time round i tried something different, and i hope you guys liked it :-)
edit : if you haven't noticed, i posted an update before this too! just saying bc many peeps seem to have missed out on the prev one :-)
clarification :
the description of the fic is " in which everything she says comes true. " so everything she said DID come true :-)
it's a really short story, but i hope that it brought out what i intended to. also you'll notice that not once did i mention seulgi or jimin here, because the message was so important to me that even if you imagine the characters to be other people i think it's great too!
also don't come at me for saying i killed someone off again, like HE DIDN'T DIE OKAY HIS EXISTENCE JUST GOT ERASED. IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
i think.
firstly, i was inspired by the realisation that struck me one day - about how careless we are with our words. of course, in this fic, i exaggerated it a lot to the point where everything did come true, but i hope it showed how impactful the words we spew out can be.
secondly, i was inspired by this post that i saw on instagram!! (cr to blacksuicide)
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a post about romantic relationships
so i've been in a relationship for 5 years now. and i see a lot of posts about how people think relationships mean having butterflies forever, your heart beating faster when they walk into a room, about cuddling together every night, legs intertwined, that you'd be so happy to live together you'd sleep on a double bed with each other every night.
and it's not really like that, at least not to me.
you stop getting the butterflies when you live together. your heart no longer speeds up when you see them, but instead, everything calms down. when you're in the room with them, you feel calm. and secure. when you cuddle then you feel your heart beat slow. and the sound of their breathing carries you towards comfort. it doesn't feel like a roller coaster anymore, it feels like home.
you don't sleep curled up with each other every night, legs twisted between theirs it's hard to tell where yours begin and where theirs end.
instead, you sleep comfortably, side by side, sometimes facing different directions. but every night, you find yourself scooting backwards on the bed so you bump into them. you snuggle against their arm, or stroke their hair as they fall asleep. there are nights where my boyfriend, in his sleep, reaches around me and pulls me to him, like a child with his teddy bear, like i am his comfort.
in the wee hours of the morning before the dawn breaks, when the world is blue and you see through cracked eyes, you curl into their chest and inhale their scent before drifting back to sleep.
kisses aren't always romantic and fiery anymore. but there are so much more of them now. there are cold kisses when you're eating ice cream in the summer, and sticky kisses over breakfast pancakes. there's " i'm leaving now " kisses, and " one more kiss before you go " kisses. there's sleepy morning kisses before work, when you don't remember the alarm going off but instead the press of their lips against yours is what brings you into the day.
there's kisses before sleep, and, you are so sweet with the things you do kisses. there's kisses because you treat animals so tenderly; and i'm so glad i'm with you and not someone else kisses. there's quick kisses in the aisles of the grocery store, when it's loud and you gravitate together. when instead of having your own personal space and their own personal space, it's both of yours together, and you step into their chest to take up less area together.
you don't always text each other with confessions of love and care like you used to, because that's a given now, and you've moved on to quirky inside jokes about the life you've built together. you share looks of exasperation and amusement in public, your own little world against the outside one.
relationships aren't always a fairy tale. they're not always fireworks and sparks, at least, after the start.
but they are a quiet rhythm and hum of love and care. it's not a fire in your soul, but one in your hearth, keeping you warm and comfortable, comforting you as you drowsily drift into sleep.
and i love that.
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lmao when the a/n longer that the fic,,, i'm sorry HAHA but yeah. i just wanted to talk about the inspiration and message because it was honestly so impactful to me.
pssst - the title came from nct 127's another world, from their #127 album (the fire truck one!) i can't even decide a favourite song from them but i must say i love another world a lot, and i love nct a lot. please give them the love and appreciation that they truly deserve! stop sleeping on them!
hope you guys liked it :-) see you in the next fic - forever (published already)!! it's a chanyeol fic and i hope that's okay (its real cute n funny imo) because my current ideas for btsvelvet fics require more time to develop >< i did rlly enjoy writing forever though (yes it's finished writing alr LMAO) & i'm alr working on the next btsvelvet fics!!
please check out my other works as well!
thank you :)
lots of love,
jane ❤️
