Breathless

Note - this story is based in a COVID situation. It is full of hope and sweetness despite this - because we all need a little bit of love after all of the messes. Also an attempt at slight comedy 👁👁💖

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Hyun Ryu doesn't consider himself much special. Like everyone else, he follows the rules - he wears his mask, keeps his distance from others, and washes his hands (as he'd always done). In his first year of university, he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed of course - the world was practically falling apart, and had been for months since the start of the virus and the panic.

Unlike many others though, he was working while everything went to pieces. The grocery store he worked at was full of what he was sure were hundreds of people, at the beginning. They bought out the toilet paper, the milk shelves were emptied, hand sanitizer nearly gone. It was chaos, and Hyun and his coworkers could only try to keep it maintained - though they barely managed. Then the store closed early; they were out of goods and had to wait until later to restock the shelves so the panic could ensue once again.

This was where Hyun first met him; a handsome man that looked completely out of place in the dingy store, a neat suit pulled over his broad shoulders. He stood out against the others - seemingly full of a quiet, self-assured confidence and security in what he was doing. His very figure screamed of calmness and preparedness.

The two continue meeting coincidentally, growing ever-closer amidst a time where people are meant to be apart. Is it fate? Or is it just the loneliness of being isolated that will end as soon as the pandemic does?