Fleeting Eternity

But Taehyung, his gaze lingering on the raindrops racing down the windowpane, interrupted her with a soft sigh.
"Reet," he began, voice gentle yet burdened with resignation, "there's something I need to tell you."

X

"I wish..." Taehyung began, voice barely a whisper against the clinical silence.

His eyes, once bright with laughter and mischief, now held a depth of sorrow that pierced Reet's soul.

"Don't," she choked out, tears cascading down her cheeks like a torrential downpour. "Don't say it."

But Taehyung, ever the bearer of truths, pressed on.

"I wish I had more time," he confessed, voice trembling with a mixture of regret and acceptance.

"Time to tell you how much you mean to me, how you've been my light in the darkest of days."