Walking with the Sun

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The one to counsel me, console me and in the end, carry me when I didn’t even ask.  

Foreword

“When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.”

Seán O’Casey, Three More Plays: The Silver Tassie, Purple Dust, Red Roses For Me

 

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Written for the RISE Taeyang Writing Contest - check it out!  This was an impromptu piece - I was inspired by this quote as it reminded me of one of my favorite poems.  

As a completely external observer, I really admire their friendship, and in general, I really admire Youngbae's attitude.  He just seems to be an awesome person who truly takes joy in his and others' happiness, which I love.  I hope you enjoy this. 

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Nelwyn1 #1
I've read this once before and I gotta say, I still love it. It seems very realistic of their friendship. Good job!
Amalya #2
Chapter 3: This was a beautifully written piece of introspective writing. I appreciate that despite the fact there isn't a single bit of actual dialogue throughout, it still feels complete and sound and more like a reflection of the person's thoughts. You do well in embodying the persona of Jiyong here and it's wonderful seeing the way he might perceive Youngbae as a friend and member. It was also a neat way to sort of show a few glimpses of them comparatively as younger trainees and the differences between them that don't matter in the end. And I loved the way you reiterated that Youngbae seems to be the veritable glue that often holds them all together. The emotion you weave into it makes the writing live and breathe with everything they've experienced condensed into this one person's memories and you hit particularly close to home by adding the poem in. Absolutely lovely interpretation of the prompt quote too.

I think my biggest complaint would actually be that there isn't more and it's not so much a story as a recollection of "thoughts" but it is enchanting all the same. Thank you for sharing and congratulations on your placement in the contest. ^_^
sayurimei #3
Chapter 3: i truly love how you portrait a friendship so everlasting like the one those two have
It really warms your heart since you can really feel if this were Jiyong's inner thoughts
miekoleiko #4
Beautifully written! I love footprints, and honestly I forgot about it until just reading this. I loved it!
peacelove2 #5
Chapter 3: Omg love this so beautiful.Thank you.
sailoru #6
Chapter 3: I forgot that it was fake, it felt like G Dragon was really writing this!
Hatsumomo #7
Chapter 2: The way you wrote this has really touched my heart, wow! It almost seems like something Jiyong would say in reality about Youngbae. I like the authentic feel of this story, it's brilliant. And the very last passage about the footprints in the sand is so very beautiful and meaningful!
MyLactobacillus #8
Chapter 2: Thank you for writing this. This is beautiful just like how GDYB love is.
sailoru #9
Chapter 1: I can't wait to read more!!!
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