Word: Distance

this was inspired by the doujin drawn by gusari in the KnB fandom that they drew for the midotaka ship called 13 centimeters. It’s a lovely doujin if you want to search and read it. It’s angsty.

The distance between him and Jeonghan was enough to make Joshua cry some days. It was a coincidence. An accident really, meeting Jeonghan during his study abroad. Jeonghan used to call it fate as he slept on Joshua’s shoulder. Whatever it was, the two of them met, flirted, fell in love. And then Joshua’s study abroad quarter ended.

He couldn’t extend it; the program he chose was for a short period. And it was too late to join the other program. Now the distance that was mere miles back in South Korea changed to continents and oceans wide.

Quietly, he spun the tiny globe that Jeonghan had bought for him before he left. He kissed Joshua goodbye, grinning so he didn’t cry, “With this the distance between us is smaller.” Fingers gliding across it, Jeonghan traced the line he drew from South Korea to California, “It’s this long only. Ok, Shua?”

Eyes level with it, Joshua traced the line. “It’s only this long,” he whispered. But the distance felt bigger than that.