While out somewhere in the Californian desert, Kibum experiences an array of stories and emotions like never before... (Originally written for Summer of SHINee Round 2 on AO3!)

It was fine, really. Jungeun was completely okay with this. She was calm, cool and collected. Except she wasn’t. And it was all Jinsoul’s fault.

He hasn’t seen him in so long, and there’s nothing more he wants to know than how to make him stay this time. Maybe he knows that it’s stupid. A road trip won’t magically fix anything, won’t vanquish his feelings ten years in the making, won’t stop any weddings, and won’t tape over the hole in his heart. But he stopped thinking with his head some time ago. 

Ten years, three months, one week, and four days. That was how long it had been since Hoseok had heard from Taehyung. Their breakup had been physically and emotionally messy. There had been a heated argument, a lot of yelling and maybe even more crying, but one thing about it had been clean. They had immediately cut contact with each other the day it happened. Hoseok had packed his things and moved in with Namjoon, Taehyung had changed his phone number, and that was it.

Daehyun's got a long stretch of road ahead of him. But this time he's not alone.