Harbinger of Us
Description
Title: Harbinger of Us
Author: purplephoenix ―Clou (me, duh .-.)
Genre: drama, romance, mild angst, slice of life, school life, friendship, family (some fluffy scenes are your bonus)
Characters: Jung Daeun (2EYES), Kim Namjoon (Rap Monster ―BTS), Oh Sehun (EXO), Choi Jinri (Sulli ―f(x)), Park Jinyoung (Jr. ―GOT7), Gong Minji (2NE1), Son Naeun (A Pink), and other characters to appear throughout the story
Prompts:
(14) "Maybe it's not about the happy ending, maybe it's about the story." ―tumblr
(20) "Since when was the world fair?" ―Ahn Dohoon, Secret [my main prompt]
(28) "The planet is fine. The people are ed." ―George Carlin
(47) "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." ―William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Warnings: a bit of cursing here and there, probably distressed character(s), homoual subject, a small portion of religion issue, no included
Pairings: Kaistal, Taeun... find the rest by reading the story
List of Chapters:
1. Same Patterns, Same Routine
2. Broken Records Playing Over
3. Just As Blinded
4. Never Stoop So Low
5. They Call It Window Pane
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13.
14.
15.
(crossed chapters are already posted)
NOTICES:
- The list of chapters may change later as the story goes on.
- This story takes place in 2013 (the year most 94-liners supposed to start college) and there are a few flash-backs to earlier years. I'll be writing in both past and present tenses. If I use present tenses, that means I'm writing about the actually story in its current occasion. If I use past tenses, that means I'm writing about the past events to explain why or how something happens to the characters' current occasion.
- The characters own characteristics from their 'real life' versions (birth dates, unique habits, distinct physical appearances, etc) but for the sake of the plot, I'll write the characters as the way they are in my visualizations. The characterizations will be a bit crooked because I won't hesitate to write both nice and horrible things about them. Please, don't expect Sehun to always be bouncy or Sulli to always be cheery. I apologize you guys for that.
- There will be no OCs in this story and please bear me, this is the first time I'm doing this. If I mention first / second generation groups like Shinwa, H.O.T, or Wonder Girls but I also write the members as my characters [ex: if I mention Jessica but I also write Jung Sooyeon as Soojung (Krystal)'s sister] then let's pretend they're different persons.
- Don't hope much to find your OTP. It's not that I dislike famous pairings like Sehun-Suzy, Seohyun-Luhan, Krystal-Jonghyun, Yuri-Minho, or Taemin-Sulli but like I said before, I'll write what's based of the visualizations in my head. There are Kaistal and Taeun in the story, though, but I can't guarantee you to find more. Let's see if I'll add some more 'legit' pairings during the story progress (like Tiffany-Nichkhun, maybe).
- Name of the places (Perle Bubble tea Shop, Seunghwa High School, Hyunhee University, etc) are fictional. I'm not a resident in Seoul so I don't dare to use too many spots that I don't know. I can only write places I know like Gangnam, Apgujeong, Hongdae, Namsan, and so on. Let's keep it this way.
- You guys can request for supporting characters during the story progress. For the main characters' schoolmates from their batch, please do recommend me your preferred 94-line idols. You can also recommend me other idols for their seniors, juniors, siblings, teachers, parents, etc. Your participation will be highly appreciated!
- Since when was the world fair? I can't say whether this won't end like the way you want it to be or this will end with a satisfying ending for everyone, but rest assured I'm writing this story with my whole heart. I want to entertain my readers and share my ideas with you all.
- I'm not a native speaker. Even though I use English daily in school, there might be grammar errors here and there especially when I rush my typing. I'll try my best to write as nice as possible.
- I LOVE YOU
Foreword
Harbinger [hahr-bin-jer]: anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign
Warmth is the harbinger of spring.
Breeze is the harbinger of summer.
Drought is the harbinger of autumn.
Frost is the harbinger of winter.
Twilight is the harbinger of night.
Dawn is the harbinger of daylight.
Flower buds are the harbinger of beautiful blossoms.
Breath and pulse are the harbinger of life.
Losing heartbeat is the harbinger of death.
What about losing soul mates?
What is the harbinger of beauty? For beauty is not something definite, but not something infinite for one to keep.
If the harbinger of beauty is that describable, then what is the harbinger of love?
Is it when you can't stand being away from someone in particular? Is it when you feel like you're flying just because of the simplest affection he or she does? Is it when you see imaginary rainbow and flying sparks whenever you think of them? Is it when life suddenly feels so sweet and you find beauty within the simplest things you lay your eyes on? Just because of that very someone?
Is love just about that?
No?
No.
The harbinger of love is us, you and me. And the harbinger of us, you and me, is the life we share within our breaths and heartbeats.
What is the harbinger of us? I ask God, but no answers come. How do we complete each other while being incomplete opposites?
We live inside the same box, but we're different. Our true colors define each of us. And together, we bind the rainbow. But why do people only recognize the main colors in the rainbow, without paying attention to the rest of the colors that exist in real life? What about black? What about white? What about grey, being in between?
What if I were Black and you were White, and there's this thin grey line standing in between us? Can we still knit the spectrum as one?
I wish I should never answer this question, because I only wanted you to be my answer, but I'm psychologically too afraid to face our truth.
This is just how we live.
Leave the past,
grab the present,
run the future.
The two of us, and all of the people, live the same world and share the same air. What differs us is the stories we're in, definite infinity called reality. This is the harbinger of us.
Jung Daeun
Exemplary scholar. Know her better that she's burning, secretly alluring. But sometimes, too striking and left behind with no attention. Always ends up blowing off her flame.
Son Naeun
Bright and clear. Prosperous beautiful daughter with a beautiful nonpareil lover. Perfection from every point of view but still unfulfilled by something she doesn't have yet she can't name.
Choi Jinri
Bubbly. Sparkling like the sunlight. Dignified yet spontaneous. She has brain, beauty, and manners but she keeps her heart to herself.
Kim Namjoon
Too calm to live. Too strong to give up. Too lazy to think twice. Phlegmatic literalist. Young man with the possible glory ahead, if only he's willing to try. Too good to just follow the wind, but wasting himself in catching shadows.
Gong Minji
Jumpy workaholic. Breathing like a light switch. Your average yet extraordinary Jane. Loud outside. But deep inside, her heart is just as blue. Just as wide as the blue sky, just as deep as the blue ocean.
Park Jinyoung
Living life so happily, so simply. One heart within a soul wrapped in a simply felicity is the best present. Love is the gift. Nothing much to ask, but as much as possible to give.
Oh Sehun
Believing that he is the black whole, not knowing that his existence is a candle in the dark for someone else. He sure is as obvious as the purple twilight sky, as oblivious as the purple ray of dawn.
[AN] Hi! Name's Clou and welcome ^^
I'm in love with this 'harbinger' noun I found in elisaexplosive's Clandestine <3
At first I wanted to use 'Harbinger of Spectrum' as the title of this story but then I changed it to 'Stellar of Spectrum' but then I thought about it again and it sounded too galaxy-fied, the feelings became too far away from the concept I had .-.
SorryfortheforeworditsucksdoesntitIknowImnotagoodforewordmachine
This story is my entry for jabbawockeez + cornucopia's LET'S PARTY ▬ writing contest. I know I'm not done with my other chaptered fic (HTYDS) but this idea just popped in my mind and started flooding my brain ever since so I felt the urge to write this down .-.
Aaand I know that the author-nim already had specific prompts for the contest (don't worry I still use the prompts properly!) but I listened to Eminem's Love the Way You Lie ft. Rihanna again and again recently so I use it. I just relate to this oldie song and the lyrics somehow relate to the story I'm trying to write. I know it's not K-Pop but please bear with me .___.v
I also love Zedd ft. Matthew Koma's Spectrum, plus the remastered Korean version by S.M. the Performance. Brace yourself, Imma pour my heart here <33
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