tonight, i write of wind

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tonight,

Myungsoo thinks Sungyeol might have loved him if he could have, but he couldn't and so they wouldn't ever be.

That's his own little tragic story.

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it's tough love.

Foreword

Excerpt:

They joke, they’re boys, so they sometimes “brofist” things out. Once, Myungsoo fell in love with Sungyeol’s girlfriend. They had a silent war going on for nearly three weeks, with Dongwoo looking petrified when one of them walks up to him and rants to him about the other (it’s not Dongwoo’s fault he’s so approachable). That ends approximately two days after Woohyun calls them petty and they fight it out (Sungyeol may have purposely dragged Woohyun in there because Woohyun sometimes needed a good beating too) and they laugh about it afterwards with busted lips and black eyes (and Woohyun threatening to sue them in the background for nearly breaking his “authentically beautiful and natural” nose). That’s just the nature of boys, though. Sungyeol dumps the girl a few weeks later and mopes about it for a good month or so. Myungsoo buys him ice cream and they don’t talk about her after Sungyeol gets over the initial heartbreak. Myungsoo realizes Sungyeol is a wonderful friend.

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(Prompt: Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved her, and sometimes, she loved me too. –Pablo Neruda, Tonight I Can Write)


Written for The Sky Is The Limit, round three, subround two. I am determined not to be late at all, looks like it paid off well. Fingers crossed! XD

 

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sweet-and-cookies
#1
Chapter 1: GAHHHHH I always feel like crying everytime I read stories like these, but yours is the FIRST story that actually made me tear up. And I feel like, in some way, I can relate to your words :')
Thank you, thank you for writing such an amazing story.
kirakira-
#2
Chapter 1: Wow. Just wow.

I was hesitant to read this at first because I don't really read non-het Infinite fics, but this story intrigued me I kind of forced myself to start reading this (plus I tend to get lazy at reading a new fic especially by authors I never read before). I'm glad I did, because this story truly amazes me. Your style of writing and choices of words are simple but you know sometimes less is more. I love the flow of the story, and the way you swiftly added the details here and there without making it weird and out of place. Although I don't know them in real life, your characterizations of Myungsoo and Sungyeol and even the rest of the group are spot on - at least that is how they appear to be in public. Myungsoo seems to be the type who waits - always waiting and thinking (perhaps a little too much at times) and fantasizing his own ideal world, and for that reason he always misses the right time, and so he waits again for another chance. Sungyeol, meanwhile seems to be the type who seizes the opportunity right away. Sometimes he may be rash, but somehow that quality becomes his charm.

Sungyeol's passing took me by surprise since I really didn't see it coming. I don't actually mind that you didn't explain what caused his death. Plus the way you portray the emptiness Myungsoo feels after his death somehow fills the gap, because that's how you truly feels when you lose a good friend.

I love the addition of Soyu's character - how she resembles Sungyeol so much that it warms Myungsoo's heart instead of hurting him. He may feel the guilt, as if he's replacing Sungyeol with someone new, but he will understand that it is okay to move on and even to forget about Sungyeol at times, because even when the mind forgets, the heart never does. I really love the ending scene. Sometimes you don't need fancy things to make a moment beautiful. And also, the final sentence, just daww ♥
farquack #3
/applause, very loudly
cherrylisa
#4
Chapter 1: I'm back.../comes back with panda and puffy red eyes/ *sniffs* So I'm back and I've practiced to type down coherent words this time. Everything is so detailed. From how Myungsoo takes in his friends before and after. He takes too much time and thinks too much that he doesn't realize time is moving until it's too late. He moves on eventually, but when he moved on, Soyu has everything similar to Sungyeol yet so different. They had similarities and Myungsoo is afraid. But he eventually let go and did what he was supposed to do, but makes a line to bound himself in because he knows that Soyu might be the same with Sungyeol. Then...he might fall in love, maybe, they fit, yeah, but Myungsoo didn't forget Sungyeol. He remembers and he restarts again with one of his habits in his old life.

I really love your stories and i seriously can't form coherent words and I have to wait for a day or two before I could form coherent and sensible words. Everything is in place. It may be deep and too much depth and might be confusing for other readers, but this, if they would understand every single sentence, they would understand for the first time.
Everything is detailed and the genre was balanced. Fully maintained and I'm happy to have read this story. Beautiful like water that is streaming down the cool ground.
*claps hands*
cherrylisa
#5
I'll be back with a proper comment...
/cries heavily
sneeze
#6
Chapter 1: i thought she'd be name inyoung or something.
but anyway sobs sobs sobs sobs sobs
this was a nice read i diDN'T TL;DR