foreign space - poetry&prose

serendipity ○ joyrene

water dripping. kitchen sink.
drip. drip. drip.
warmth. softness. soft on skin, soft on muscle and flesh. soft lips.
sooyoung trails her lips down the slope of joohyun's shoulder, making sure she has every inch of her skin covered.
silk sheets slipping through her calves, intertwining with sooyoung's. sooyoung's skin- smooth and soft, it almost feels comforting and haunting at the same time.

breathe.
sooyoung laughs softly, burying herself in joohyun's hair. her hand travels up the older girl's stomach. fingertips ghost, and she shivers at every single movement the younger girl makes.
"i love you," she whispers, and it's captured in the air- only they get to know.
empty air feels warm as joohyun leans back into sooyoung's touch, completely engulfed.

"i used to think you were pretty, but now i think, i think. i think you're beautiful. literally everything you do. maybe it's grace. i don't know. what do you- actually no, let me finish. shh. shh! completely. it's just indescribable. but you should know you're somewhere there."
she says no more, and everything she's let out is dispersed when sooyoung lets a sigh slip from her lips.

the universe has moved for us, she thinks.
when sooyoung tilts her head a little and places her hand on joohyun's thigh, letting a smile break out- it starts from the center and slowly extends to the corners of her mouth. joohyun gets goosebumps and a shock, almost jumping but not really.
"thank you," the younger girl says softly into her ear.
the stars above just watch.

let me love, let me love you
(she wants this so much, it's almost like instinct. and sooyoung makes it so easy, all she has to do? just ask.)

for jiae, good luck on your test this is your present