For What It's Worth: The Clockwork Sequel

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The lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have brought me down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead, singing

 

Confusion never stops
Closing walls and ticking clocks 
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop that you now know, singing

Come out upon my seas
Cursed missed opportunities 
Am I a part of the cure?
Or am I part of the disease? Singing

Coldplay, Clocks

Foreword

His own hands had been coated in a sheen of sweat, and he looked towards you sometimes and opened his mouth to say something, probably a story, but then the color in his face would drain and his mouth would slowly shut, his shoulders would slouch, and then he would resume normal position. You almost had to pin him down and force him to eat the first time you heard his stomach growl. He kept his mouth shut, his lips in a firm line as you begged him to eat something, anything, but he said he would eat when he was hungry, and his stomach rumbled again.

                “If you don’t eat, you’re not going to have any strength to fight off the bad guys when they try and take me.” you told him, and he snapped his head towards you and grabbed your wrists, pinning you back against your chair and his breathing was thick. He looked like an animal ready to attack at any second.

                “Stop making light jokes about that , because it can happen, and I don’t want to imagine a life without you. I don’t know if there are any other angels willing to take in someone like me, so you better stop joking about it because it’s not funny. It’s not funny in the slightest and I don’t expect you to understand because you’ve lived a life of relative luxury in my opinion, and I’m not trying to be a about this, but you just don’t know.”

                His grip on your wrists was tight, and you struggled for him to let you go, and after you caught his eyes and he saw in them the fear of him, he let go, muttering an apology and kissing you lightly, saying he was sorry against your lips and skin as he trailed kisses to your neck and let his head rest in the crook. “I just don’t think I could make it out here again if you weren’t by my side. Losing you would be like losing my whole world.” Daehyun said to you, kissing your neck before nipping at the skin, smiling a little when he felt you push his head away.

                “You’re always so serious about me. It’s flattering, but sometimes I’m scared you’re in too deep.” you admitted, and Daehyun shrugged.

                “Do you not feel the same way?” he asked, and you felt the air in your lungs freeze and you had to reach far back into your mind to materialize a lie that he would take.

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kellyfairytale #1
Chapter 8: Chapter 8: It's been so long since i've read such a good fanfic and cried so hard for a story. This was amazing. I liked how unconventional your story was and how in just a few chapters, you brought me in a journey . I'm still a little confused on why daehyun and the character had to leave their city life when daehyun knew how dangerous it was out there?

But Thank you so much for writing this. I hope you will continue writing more amazing (daehyun and you) fanfics.
xadrimusicx
#2
Chapter 8: I am just speechless right now.. Like my heart is hurting with all the sadness and stuff.. I just can't deal with this. Omg...
dolcetoes
#3
Chapter 8: The last chapter completely ripped me up apart. I can never bring myself to read this fic again it feels so real and to put myself as 'you', it totally feels like i just lost someone a minute ago.

This has been a really great story and if this was made into a movie, you'd have thousands or millions of souls crying to this. Thank you, you've been the best at bringing out the emotions in me
niellas
#4
Chapter 8: Today I was thinking about the fics that I've cried over in the past and I couldn't think of many, maybe one or two. So ironic isn't it.
I was upset I didn't get a notice for your new fic but still happy I'll get to read it all at once, and now I think it would've hurt less if I followed the whole process of updating.

I absolutely loved it. This is the most realistic story I've read before and I loved how it wasn't some cliché story, it was real and it made me cry real tears.

I don't know what else to add really, to say I love it would be an understatement.

Amazing work, author-nim.
Thank you.
niellas
#5
I cannot believe I didn't get an updated when you have informed us about this sequel T__T I hate AFF so much sometimes!!!
I just found out about it!!TT____TT
At least I get to read the whole story ^_^
risxeann #6
Chapter 8: thank you for such a wonderful story!! this story made me cry so much T_T i did want daehyun to die but i know nothing in this world is permanent. I salute you for this story!
purplekpop
#7
Chapter 8: i cant
it's too early in the morning for this and i'm sobbing
the fact that the entire clockwork went a full circle, went off course and came right back is so painful but the fact that you wrote it and made it so painful is also a testament to how good you are as an author
thank you for this story and the sequel and even though i don't think i'm ever brave enough to reread the last two chapters, i'll be rereading the first story and the first few chapters of this one
it's so sad how people can come into your lives for such a short while, mess with it, and even if things go back to how it was, things would never ever be the same.
Thank you so much for this and I look forward to your next stories~
yaystuti
#8
Chapter 8: All the tears... Thank you
daesperado
#9
Chapter 8: ........i wish it ended happily but........i'm kinda glad it ended how it did.

Nothing in this world ends happily and perfectly and although it pains me to see him die and see her suffer I just....wow.

I cant wrap my mind around this story no matter how hard I try to.
(And I cant believe daehyun is an idol and I'm going to their concert in less than two weeks but this is insignificant)

I felt like he really died and I felt the sadness for real and just forgot that this is just a story.

The way you ended the story like how you began it, wow the parallel between them I just.....wow.

I see a lot of literary techniques and the story was very intriguing and I loved every second of it. I just wanted you to know.
You are an amazing writer and I thank you for such an amazing story to read.

Its definitely one of the best daehyun stories I've read and I'm definitely keeping it so I can read it again one day.

iLoveSeoul #10
Chapter 8: OMFG CAN THIS SORRY GET A FREAKING AWARD PLEASE!

I have never read such an amazing story until now!
I'm legit silently bawling my eyes out. Lawd have mercy. I can't.... Author-nim Thank you for writing such a perfect story!