travellers

“have you ever realized how small you are?” victoria asked him while they were looking at the stars.
“uhm, i’m not sure what do you mean. i mean, i’m quite tall, actually—“
“no, you dumbass. i didn’t mean your height. i meant it in general. like, we are so, so fucking small. we think our problems are serious and we think world ends when that person breaks up with us or doesn’t want us or treats us like shit, but it’s bullshit, you know? life goes on, even though maybe sometimes you wish it wouldn’t. it goes on, and people have to get over their problems, they have to become stronger and better, and their whole lives, they just strive to be happy. and then they die. and their bodies stay underground, and people cry about their death but then life goes on and people die and people are born and our hearts are broken and mended and everything just goes on. the universe takes care of everything. we are so small, so insignificant. sometimes i think about it, and it’s kind of scary, you know?! how we’re so small, yet everything we go through seems so huge.”
austin looked at her, and she was so beautiful in the moonlight. she was wise, and funny, and beautiful, and perfect. everything was perfect. //

the story of a girl who got lost to find herself again, and of a boy who decided to find her despite their strange past. the story of two people travelling through europe together, discovering the countries but mainly, each other.