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aestas
summer

Taehyung is a worrier,
and Seol
had realised that
after weeks
of knowing him.

she didn't
realise that
ghosting each other
was a similarity
between them.

they were afraid
of vulnerability-
not realising
the splendour of it.
how it builds a
connection
between two people.

Taehyung had started to
ghost his lover
due to his stress
of the life
he was given.

but Seol had
and still has,
a knotty soul
and would not allow
the silence
between them.

which is why
she called him,
with shaking hands
as she bit her lip,
voice full of regard
as she called out
his name.
Taehyung?

"Seol?
i'm so sorry
for being distant
love-"

"hey ..
don't worry-
can i come over?"

"of course you can,
the door
will be open."

and when she
made it to his,
her normally well put together
boyfriend was
curled up in a ball
on the warm carpet,
looking ever so small.
Seol was muddled 
and didn't know
what to do,
she wanted to be there-
that's all she knew.

that's until
she heard his sobs
and she knew
he needed to be held.

she held him close,
their mighty, taken hearts
beating swiftly
together.

"you're carrying around
so many peoples
sad stories ..
it's suffocating."

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