right where it starts and ends (sehun/tao, pg-13, 9300w)

[pageandpetals]

Title: Right Where It Starts and Ends
Pairing: Sehun/Tao
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 9300
Summary: A friendship born on paper takes its first steps.
Warning: Brief mention of offscreen youth suicide.

Comments

[admortems]

I LOVE YOU AND I LOVE THIS ; 3 ; ♡♡♡♡♡

[hopeandmemory]

I LOVE YOU TOOOOO ♥

(hi sehun~ ^3^ )

[kim_ri]

JUMPS ON THIS EXCITEDLY

[kim_ri]

oh my god liz LIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ this was such a heartwarming fic waaaah ;AAAAAAAAAAAA;

it's so realistic and I WANT THIS REALITY and cries sehun sneaking pokemon underneath his desk omfg selca circa 2005 tbh

i love how they kept writing to each other despite the fact they can skype each other and send emails. I JUST LOVE THE FACT THEY STARTED OUT AS PENPALS it's basically like tlist how we started off as "omg hi common interests yessu i love so and so too" and then it spirals down into us crying about 338388292 different things together but yet still on the same page every time.

WHEN THEY FINALLY MET WAILS AND TAO'S????????? CONFESSION??????????????????????? CLAWS AT MY FACE oh my god the kid must've been so nervous THE BABY ;_____;

He looks at Tao, standing against the wall with his hands over his face, curled in on himself, shoulders shaking. THIS IMAGE BROKE ME tao is literally the most precious i cannot

[hopeandmemory]

i think you're kind of supposed to fall in love with tao? this is good, bc it shows that sehun has legit reasons to like him, lmfao.

thank you for the comment about the realism - i'm always thinking about that, like what would an actual person do in these situations??? when i write more serious fic, anyway. i like stories that feel like real human experiences, so i try to make mine feel like that if i can. ty ;~~;

i just really like writing cards and letters myself! it's so easy to say "hey happy birhday" or whatever on twitter or facebook, but it's so much nicer to write a note and be able to decorate a card, etc. i love handwriting, too - i feel like it says so much about a person. i wish i were artsy, i'd have loved to do photos of the letters with different handwriting and all that stuff, so it felt more real. (reminds me of the shoebox project from HP fandom, wahhhhh. ;~~; )

tysm for the lovely comment, i'm glad you liked this ;3; you read so quickly!!!

[iliaccrests]

I WANT TO YELL AT YOU AND TELL YOU HOW ADORABLE I THINK PENPALS!TAOHUN IS :((((((

but instead i'm going to leave you this whimpery little comment huhu ♥

[hopeandmemory]

taohun gives me heartburn, i need to go find some fuckin tums GOD

♥ ♥ ♥ ty kimmy ;3;

[ancoats]

OMFG!!! this fic is so important to me. i love the concept of penpals and forming really deep relationships w/o actually meeting someone in person. my girlfriend and i are long-distance and became close talking over the internet so i already have a soft spot for this plot ;;;;u;;;; and this was just so cute and sweet AND REALLY??? HAPPY, like i had a huge grin on my face at most everything, and the more somber moments were done perfectly. i love any fic that addresses the stress and anxiety that often accompanies becoming aware of your sexuality and feeling very worried and like the people you love the most will hate you. it all just played out so well. the progression of the relationship and their ages i think was done perfectly as well. there was such an earnest sweetness in their letters that really melted my heart. and tao was so charming, how could anyone not fall in love with him? this was really very very sweet and wonderful and is definitely one of my faves now. good job, and thank you so much for sharing!

[hopeandmemory]

i've never had a proper pen pal, but i've been married to the internet since i was about 12, and i'm 25 now, so i've met so many people from different experiences and fandoms in all that time, going from message boards to IM to phone calls and exchanging cards and letters, becoming facebook friends, following on twitter, vidchatting on skype, and even meeting in person. so i wanted this fic to kind of encompass the sort of excitement and possessiveness that comes with making a friend that no one else you know knows about or has met or understands, and the anticipation and even fear of seeing that person in real life, because stuff changes after that! it's a weird sort of thing. i've had friends that i've met online and met in real life and then the friendship kind of broke apart and it was weirder than losing touch with a friend from school or work or whatever. but then, as i said in the a/n, i've had friends i've known since i was 13 or 14 years old who are married with kids and we still keep in touch and try to see each other every

[hopeandmemory]

yeah, i did from august 2012 - august 2013! i miss it a lot. writing fic set in korea makes me so sad sometimes, because i remember all the stuff i'm writing about. the scene where sehun was on the subway overthinking his meeting with tao made me so nostalgic; being on the subway or buses or trains was my thinking time, reading time, listening to music time. i miss that kind of downtime; it was special to me, in a weird way? and i just miss being in a big city and the comfortable anonymity of being surrounded by people and buildings everywhere you go. and the food. and the language. :( i didn't love teaching, though i adored my students, and i wish there'd been another way for me to stay, but i was a bit homesick for family and certain foods, etc. i think i'll cry as soon as the plane lands if i'm ever able to go back. ;~~;

thanks for the comment, i'm glad you liked this. :3