the great advantage of being alive

Description

a face full of stone //
a heart with no sound //
a life less than a memory //
what does it mean to be human //

i think i once knew but i've //
forgotten //

will you teach me //
once more?

Foreword

Hello all! I'm back after foreverrrrrrrrr with Jin's installment (finally)!

I know, I know, I'm sorry! I have only the usual excuses: school (SO. MUCH.), friends, looooooooots of other fandoms. I've actually been writing a lot! Just...not kpop fics. Heh. I'M SORRY.

BUT I am back now and I know how I want this story to go, so please bear with me as I slowly make my way through it. I don't think it'll be as long as CCT, but it'll probably be longer than Airplanes and BoY (which were 5 chaps each). WE'LL SEE! Jin in this universe is an interesting character; I think there's lots to explore.

Mm, I feel like I had more to say but I can't remember right now. OH WELL. The story is the most important, so onwards! I hope you enjoy!

* title (subject to change) is taken from the e.e. s poem (which I will include below for reference): also he is my absolute favorite poet if you enjoy poetry and haven't read much of e.e. s GO DO IT NOW HE IS. AMAZING.

the great advantage of being alive
(instead of undying)is not so much
that mind no more can disprove than prove
what heart may feel and soul may touch
—the great(my darling)happens to be
that love are in we,that love are in we

and here is a secret they never will share
for whom create is less than have
or one times one than when times where—
that we are in love,that we are in love:
with us they've nothing times nothing to do
(for love are in we am in i are in you)

this world (as timorous itsters all
to call their cowardice quite agree)
shall never discover our touch and feel
—for love are in we are in love are in we;
for you are and i am and we are(above
and under all possible worlds)in love

a billion brains may coax undeath
from fancied fact and spaceful time—
no heart can leap,no soul can breathe
but by the sizeless truth of a dream
whose sleep is the sky and the earth and the sea.
For love are in you am in i are in we

(e.e. s)

skyblaze208
2017.02.06 LIFE IS AMAZING MY GRADES ARE PERFECT MY SKIN HAS CLEARED UP // A huge thank you once again to the talented QueenOfHearts for the new poster! <3

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EmptyTinkerbell
#1
Chapter 4: Oh no. Good lord, this chapter was posted almost a year and a half ago? So probably there won't be any update soon. How saddening! And here I was enjoying Jin's story so much... :( I hope you will come back to this story someday! TT
EmptyTinkerbell
#2
Chapter 3: I'm glad Jin met Jaehee again. Their meeting was a little awkward though hah but I'm also glad that Jin agreed to the meal! Yay!
EmptyTinkerbell
#3
Chapter 2: Wow, this chapter was so sad. Jin's life seems pretty familiar... Hopefully, he will be happy again soon...
EmptyTinkerbell
#4
Chapter 1: I can't imagine the amount of anxiety Jaehee was in when Hyunsuk got in the train alone. Thank God Jin was there, all the other people seemed to not give a about the kid. s. –_–
XRC2Sehun
#5
Chapter 4: This gonna b fun! I wanna know more about Jin's story. What would happen with her n all.. looking forward to it ^_^
chuulii123 #6
Jin’s character here is rlly interesting. Idk why, but I can feel so much loneliness(?) from him. I feel like he had been hurt so much in the past that he just kind of blocked every emotion. He’s convincing himself that everything is fine, and that nothing needs to be changed, bc he didn’t want to feel that kind of pain again. Idk if I’m right, but ugh, I just rlly feel bad for him. On another note tho, I love that his love interest is actually a yr older than him hahaha. They would look so cute together. I’m squealing just imagining it.
surong123 #7
I love this so freaking much <3
Hyun_mi #8
Chapter 4: i feel almost sad to say this, but i relate a whole lot to jin? more than i did with the other characters. good job skye (would call u author-nim but u said not to
Hyun_mi #9
Chapter 3: instead of saying that jin is indifferent, i would say rather being emotionless suits him better? like the thoughts of leaving a gang, how much theyve changed, etc overwhelmed/scared him and this caused him to run away from his feelings, hence causing him to feel emotionless towards things around him?
babychanwoo
#10
Chapter 3: WHY THE CHARACTER IS OLDER THAN jin...it's funny tho- and i still love this story,keep going!