The aching taste of rotten fruit spreads from the tip of Taehyunโs tongue to his throat, dipping down into his insides. The decay unfurls into the rest of his body. Taehyun spoils from the inside out. It feels like heโs dying.
...the softness is overwhelmingly kind, kind in the way that the recipient might often not feel he deserves nor understands. But even if a person doesn't know he's hurting on the surface, he knows on the inside, and on a good day he can accept what's given.
It makes that green-eyed monster within her stumble. Or perhaps it is just fear โ Donghyuck no longer can tell which emotion is left behind in the battle-scarred skin of her heart.
โSometimes, life doesnโt work out the way we want it and we have to just learn how to adapt or else... Weโll get swallowed by the current and swept out to sea.โ