Dear universe, I wanted to escape.

“You came here to escape.”

He watched Seungri blinked, as Seungri then stared at him like he was the only star visible at the dark lonely sky.

And when he smiled, Seungri thought the universe had already given him all the answers he had been trying to find since forever. For a moment, Seungri felt more than just to exist.

“Isn't that what this place is for? You, me, everyone have the same reason for coming to this place.”

“To escape.”

He paused. Then that crooked smileーfamiliar nowーreturned to its proper place. “Yes. To escape.”

A reflection of what he showed came off Seungri as he bit his lip in sudden embarrassment.

How can two people easily become friends within a short period of time? Where does this comfortable feeling come from? Why is the galaxy supporting this meeting?

“I think it's okay.” Seungri, without thinking, spoke.

“What is?”

Seungri smiled as he stared at how the waves gently sweep to the shore, thoughts far enough to travel across the seas.

With his hair gently dancing along the sea breeze, Seungri glanced at Jiyong. “I think it's okay to escape sometimes. It's okay to run. It's okay to walk away. It's okay to hide. It's okay not to be okay.”

The way Seungri spoke his words had Jiyong unmoving, just purely fascinated how this curly-man named Seungri said every word with intense depth in his eyes. Jiyong wasn't sur