something wretched, so precious (oh what a sin)

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The hand at her back slides off, and that’s a little painful too. Byul is awake.

They lie there in silence for a while, neither of them talking, but both knowing that the other is awake. Yong contemplates pretending to go back to sleep, but that’s the coward’s way out. Instead, she shifts to lie on her back and rolls her head to the side. Byul is already looking at her, expression blank. ||

or, Byul and Yong aren't soulmates, but they don't care.

Foreword

the whole soulmate trope is fun and all, but you know what's even more fun? the complete angst of knowing you're not meant to be with someone, BUT CHOOSING THEM ANYWAY.

anyway, hoped you enjoyed this one! If you did, leaving an upvote and a comment would be much appreciated!

 

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mypurpleapplepen #1
Chapter 1: Bittersweet. 🥺
shotfaced 51 streak #2
Chapter 1: Super cute and lovely little story. Refreshing and sweet
girlofeternity_ss #3
Chapter 1: Soulmate mate mark be damned. Love wins. True love wins. They chose to love each other and to be together no matter what, and that, for me is true love. They chose to be with each other. They are choosing each other and they will still choose each other. Choose the same person everytime.
moon__trash #4
Chapter 1: Damn! This was so clever. I always thought the soulmark trope was super flawed, because 1) soulmates are made, not born; 2) even if you assume there is ONE TRUE soulmate for each of us in the world, we're 8 billion people, so it figures that for each perfect match there might be ten 99% matches (good enough, in my book). I loved how you used Moonsun to show that the trope is flawed. I don't know why but it felt kind of biblical, they are committing an original sin for a good cause. Very His Dark Materials-like, using their free will to rebel against the high powers with their love. The use of the word "benediction" makes me wonder if you were thinking along the same lines while writing this piece? Your writing is ethereal and soft as always - and as always, I wish there was more content from this universe!!! Argggh author you make me suffer!
Moon_22 #5
Chapter 1: Awwwww 💜
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