스물 여섯

Continuum
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As soon as he asked the question, the other boys, most noticeably the oldest ones, flushed pink. So they had an idea of what Taehyung ought to do, they just didn't like the idea. Jeongguk, in his dazed state, was the only oblivious one.

"Hmm, Tae?" Jeongguk asked, still looking far away. "What are," he seemed to think for a long moment, "well, we like where you're from?"

Taehyung didn't know how to answer that. How do you tell someone every little thing that made up a person that you care about? Because that's what people are. They're not their employment. They're not their names. They're the little things that they do every day, from whether they choose to dye their hair to which cereal they eat to how they get to the place where they work. It's those little things, the little tics about people that describe who they are. It takes years of close proximity to learn all those things, and it would take years to describe it to someone else.

But you can try, Taehyung supposed.

"Well," he said. "They get me, for one. Most of the time."

"Now there's a talent we don't possess," Yoongi muttered.

Taehyung shrugged. "It takes time, I think. Because..." he trailed off, not sure of the right word to say.

"You're different," Jeongguk supplied. Taehyung frowned.

"He's unique," Namjoon corrected. Taehyung liked that idea a lot more. But he still had to answer Jeongguk's question.

"I could show you pictures," he said without meaning to. "I could show you pictures from over there."

They seemed curious enough, so Taehyung looked around for his mostly useless phone - after all, one of the phone numbers on it lead to anywhere, probably because that phone number was active in an entirely different universe, but at least it had photos... right? - and unlocked it. When it found that all the pictures that were in his gallery were still there, he let out a small sigh of relief. Those photos were proof that he wasn't crazy, right? Because at this point he was starting to wonder if he was actually just imagining everything he thought was his life. But those photographs were proof. They couldn't lie.

He tapped on a photo of Yoongi and Jimin that Jeongguk had taken the summer previous. The four of them had gone to the sea on a day off in the dog days of summer. Yoongi and Jimin hadn't noticed that Jeongguk was taking their photo, and Taehyung hadn't noticed that Jeongguk had gotten hold of his phone and was taking pictures with it. He was too busy speaking with strangers. The picture was a good one - twilight was falling on the sky, and the two boys were sitting on the roof of the truck they had driven there and staring at the colors over the sea. They were mostly silhouettes against the lavender sky, but there was just enough light that you could make out some discernible features about them. It was a good photograph. Most of the photos that Jeongguk took seriously were good.

He handed the phone to this world's Jeongguk. The boy looked at the photograph intensely, as if the answer to the Universe were somewhere written on the sundown skyline in it. He handed the phone to Yoongi when he was done, and soon enough all of the boys had seen the photograph.

"Well, that's ing creepy," Jimin commented as Seokjin held the phone in front of the boy.

"Isn't all of this?" Yoongi challenged.

Seokjin rolled his eyes.

Once everyone had seen the picture, Taehyung took the phone back and slid his finger across the screen to the next photo.

This particular photograph was a different type of image than the one before it. Taehyung didn't know who had taken it. Probably either Yoongi or Jeongguk.

It was a photo of Jimin in technicality, but Taehyung saw it as a photo of all the parts and pieces of Jimin that made him beautiful. He was staring up at the stars

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Philosophies
BTS SuperStar has officially consumed my soul. For the past 24 hours, I have forgotten I'm supposed to be writing.

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exox_pix #1
Chapter 26: Hii! I just wanted to say i really like your stories (i've already read butterfly and that other story about all the boys scattered around the world after pushing the panic button -i don't remember the name haha-)! They're really unique and it makes you think a lot about certain subjects. I also really like the psychological/philosophical elements in your stories :) Keep writing, you're doing great~
fluffygiantgalaxy
#2
Chapter 23: THATS EXACTLY WHAT I WONDERED THE WHOLE TIME like wth if hes here is the otger he there or is it dead?
Klunicorn-_-
#3
Chapter 19: Okay all I want to do right now is laugh at how funny this situation seems to an outsider like myself but at the same time I am literally so confused, please bring up the paradox because my mind is floating out here without any ropes to pull on.
Klunicorn-_-
#4
Chapter 16: If Tae's Korean but everyone else is Japanese, what language do they collectively speak?

Also, 'titled his head like a confused puppy' is literally the best and cutest line in the universe.

I'm sorry for not replying yet but I've been flat for a while and I lost my computer charger for a bit back then. I'll reply soon though!
Klunicorn-_-
#5
Chapter 14: Oof, I can feel things picking up but I'm still very much confused.

Also all the 'ya's had me cringing and laughing at the same time, it sounds so natural for someone to say it but writing it down is so weird.

I am once again thoroughly engrossed in your story. Every time I read another chapter of any of your stories I suddenly get yanked into a void of mystery I can't seem to get out of. That is, until I read another author's story. Why can words affect me so?
Klunicorn-_-
#6
Chapter 13:
Oof damn, I like it (me likey, likey, likey) .

Also replying to the author's note: YES, YES AND YES. JE VEUX, JE VEUX, JE VEUX ÇA BEAUCOUP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkMispzbrnQ (I haven't stopped listening to it)
Klunicorn-_-
#7
Chapter 12: HEY! You're going to make me cry again, I've been watching and listening to all the sad prologue versions of BTS' songs and even more disastrously sad songs for the past two hours and I swear my tear ducts are about to break.

How does one suddenly lose all memory of a person and their lives before? Did the government have something to do with this? Is this some sort of time traveller mix up?

Oh, damn. I feel sad.
fluffygiantgalaxy
#8
Chapter 11: I DOMT UNDERSTAND BUT I LOVE
Klunicorn-_-
#9
Chapter 11: Huh, and here I thought 'finagle' was a made-up word. Damn, there goes my childhood.

Also I didn't spot any errors while reading, perfectly brilliant as always! (^-^)
Klunicorn-_-
#10
Chapter 10: I. WANT. TO. GIVE. YOU. A. HUG.

And maybe something else that would help your situation that I can't think of right now.

Can I just subtly point something out in the first paragraph 3rd/4th line by asking you to read the first paragraph?

I honestly feel like such a bad person pointing something like this out to you especially at a time where you do not need any more criticism than currently present. I'm sorry ( ; _ ;) (you're not allowed to say that I can't or shouldn't say sorry btw)

I'll be here waiting for you when you find the time for some leisure time, I'll try to cheer you up as best as I can!