the night that belongs to you, will you give it to only me
Pairing: Donghae/Eunhyuk
Word Count: ~1300
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Donghae takes some time off to travel. Along the way, he sends letters home.
A/N: Future!fic.
the night that belongs to you, will you give it to only me
“Hello from Kanazawa! I’m standing in the middle of a rice paddy, and it was kind of hard to get this shot because I wasn’t supposed to be in here, but I wanted you to get the whole picture (sky, me, rice paddy) all in one so I asked a middle-aged lady passing by… she didn’t look so happy. It’s the rainy season here, and today’s the first sunny day in the past week! See how my arms are wide apart? If you’re lonely, you can pretend I’m preparing to hug you…”
~
“It rained all of today. I stayed in the hostel and didn’t go anywhere. The closest bus is still half an hour away by car. When I peered out the window, I saw a stray cat, and it reminded me of Heechul-hyung. It was so sad, drenched in rainwater, a wet little thing like it’d just been born. Tell everyone I miss them. I miss you, too.”
~
“I thought you’d like this. You probably can’t read the English but it says ‘Condomania.’ It’s a store I found in Shibuya. I bought you a Spiderman-shaped condom, keke. You’ll feel like a hero~~ Am I disgusting you yet? I went to a cake buffet today. On the website they said 75 minutes for 2000 yen so I got there and started stuffing my face… within twenty minutes I was full. The girls next to me were cute but they looked surprised, like guys don’t normally come to these places alone. Did you know that Japanese girls wear short skirts in the winter so they can show off their boots? I need to get laid… Ah…”
~
“Strawberry-picking in Sendai. I ate about five hundred of them. I now know what it feels like to be pregnant… how is Shindong doing lately? I can’t wait to see the baby! But it won’t recognize me because I wasn’t there… Sigh… You’ll teach it my name, won’t you? I don’t want to be forgotten. I love it here, though. It’s not exactly a city, but not the countryside either. People are really nice. Yesterday I lost my map and someone drew one for me… on my arm. I didn’t have paper, and they looked shocked at first when I gestured toward my arm (it was a girl), but after a while she picked up her pen and shyly started tracing out the way to Parco on my skin… it tickled. I think I’m losing my biceps. It’s not worth buying a gym membership if you’re leaving in a week, you know?”
~
“They told me that from any angle of the garden you could only see fourteen of the fifteen rocks. I counted twice and only saw thirteen. I was too embarrassed, or I would’ve asked where the fourteenth was hiding, but everyone was quiet and deep in thought. I wonder if I’ll ever reach spiritual enlightenment… I bought you this bookmark at the gift store. I looked into the water in the fountain and saw the reflection of a monkey.”
~
“Don’t feed the deer, Hyukjae. No matter what they say, do not feed the deer. Also don’t put paper money in your back pocket. I don’t know what I was thinking. They are insatiable.”
~
“Did you know that beef can taste like chocolate? I didn’t either. Let’s come here together someday, they have a lunch special.”
~
“Today I woke up and thought, ‘Oh no! I’m late for my schedules!’ Then I remembered I was in a foreign country, that this wasn’t my own room, that my phone doesn’t work here. That if I walked down a floor I wouldn’t be able to spring a surprise attack on you while you were still snoring away in bed. Then I brushed my teeth, got breakfast at the restaurant a block away that I’ve been going to for three days now… I’m afraid to go anywhere else. Last week I had stinky tofu, that’s what it’s called, stinky tofu, and I think I got food poisoning. It’s not normal to be shitting on the hour, right? And I was planning on sight-seeing, too… sometimes you have to pay at the public restrooms. Anyway, in honor of my weakened stomach, I’ve decided to write this letter on toilet paper. Do you feel closer to me now?”
~
“Yesterday I had congee and preserved duck eggs for lunch. You can see how the egg whites are not actually white, they’re blue and kind of transparent. Cool, right? …. I never told you this, but I can’t really speak Chinese…. It was always Hankyung taking care of us. Shanghai is really hot… and scary. I don’t know when I can cross the street, and I get yelled at a lot, by people I don’t know. I don’t know anyone, so that’s a lot of people.”
~
“This is Hejun. We met at the club last night. She saw me and her eyes got big and then she brought her hands together and rubbed them-‘Sorry Sorry.’ I laughed and repeated the motion. She knew the whole dance! You can’t see in this polaroid, but she’s got great legs. I think I might get lucky tonight… what does it mean again, ‘let’s go for a movie’? I’ve been out of the market for so long I can’t remember how to play the game. She knows I’m leaving in three days for Hong Kong, but she doesn’t care. ‘Modern girl,’ her words. Are you jealous yet? If so, of me or her? Both? I see how it is, you dirty pervert.”
~
“I feel like a million bucks. It’s been way too long. Here’s a picture of her legs, since you didn’t get to see them last time. Before you start calling me a creeper-I got permission! Turns out she did some modeling before her current gig. Guess what? She’s a flight attendant. I’m glad our itineraries crossed, keke~”
~
“In Hong Kong now. I had a bad feeling after sending out the last one, so… don’t be mad. I don’t know what to say. You never said you cared, in that way. It doesn’t matter to me, anyway. You know how I feel. I am blessed to have you as a friend. I don’t know why I’m writing all this crap because you’re probably not even mad. Why would you be? Tell me to stop writing… Here’s a McDonalds napkin. McNuggets are softer here. I haven’t decided how I feel about that.”
~
“People are nicer here, but they sound angry all the time. I saw two men pushing a stroller, and I wondered. Just wondered. Ignore this one too. I think I’m getting homesick. I miss my own pillow.”
~
“Thank God I’m coming home before the sandstorm. I’m coming home! Will you be there?”
~
“Nothing you haven’t seen before-the tip of a plane wing. I have a window seat. I can’t send this text until I arrive, so it’s kind of silly… haha stop laughing at me. Are you still laughing? I said stop it. Are you listening?”
~
“I just landed in Seoul. I don’t know if my phone works anymore…. Can you hear me? Is your number still the same? If you get this.”
~
“H-hey.”
“Hey yourself. Shindong had a girl.”
“Sweet. Help me unpack?”
“Only if you promise never to do this again.”
“I promise-if you help me unpack.”
“Whatever,” he said, and knocked the wind out of you when he took you in his arms. You readied yourself for the imminent apology as his face grew pink and fuzzy around the edges of your eyes, but what happened instead was his hands taking you, holding you, loving you. You wouldn’t leave again.
title song. i hope you like cheese ._.
Word Count: ~1300
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Donghae takes some time off to travel. Along the way, he sends letters home.
A/N: Future!fic.
the night that belongs to you, will you give it to only me
“Hello from Kanazawa! I’m standing in the middle of a rice paddy, and it was kind of hard to get this shot because I wasn’t supposed to be in here, but I wanted you to get the whole picture (sky, me, rice paddy) all in one so I asked a middle-aged lady passing by… she didn’t look so happy. It’s the rainy season here, and today’s the first sunny day in the past week! See how my arms are wide apart? If you’re lonely, you can pretend I’m preparing to hug you…”
~
“It rained all of today. I stayed in the hostel and didn’t go anywhere. The closest bus is still half an hour away by car. When I peered out the window, I saw a stray cat, and it reminded me of Heechul-hyung. It was so sad, drenched in rainwater, a wet little thing like it’d just been born. Tell everyone I miss them. I miss you, too.”
~
“I thought you’d like this. You probably can’t read the English but it says ‘Condomania.’ It’s a store I found in Shibuya. I bought you a Spiderman-shaped condom, keke. You’ll feel like a hero~~ Am I disgusting you yet? I went to a cake buffet today. On the website they said 75 minutes for 2000 yen so I got there and started stuffing my face… within twenty minutes I was full. The girls next to me were cute but they looked surprised, like guys don’t normally come to these places alone. Did you know that Japanese girls wear short skirts in the winter so they can show off their boots? I need to get laid… Ah…”
~
“Strawberry-picking in Sendai. I ate about five hundred of them. I now know what it feels like to be pregnant… how is Shindong doing lately? I can’t wait to see the baby! But it won’t recognize me because I wasn’t there… Sigh… You’ll teach it my name, won’t you? I don’t want to be forgotten. I love it here, though. It’s not exactly a city, but not the countryside either. People are really nice. Yesterday I lost my map and someone drew one for me… on my arm. I didn’t have paper, and they looked shocked at first when I gestured toward my arm (it was a girl), but after a while she picked up her pen and shyly started tracing out the way to Parco on my skin… it tickled. I think I’m losing my biceps. It’s not worth buying a gym membership if you’re leaving in a week, you know?”
~
“They told me that from any angle of the garden you could only see fourteen of the fifteen rocks. I counted twice and only saw thirteen. I was too embarrassed, or I would’ve asked where the fourteenth was hiding, but everyone was quiet and deep in thought. I wonder if I’ll ever reach spiritual enlightenment… I bought you this bookmark at the gift store. I looked into the water in the fountain and saw the reflection of a monkey.”
~
“Don’t feed the deer, Hyukjae. No matter what they say, do not feed the deer. Also don’t put paper money in your back pocket. I don’t know what I was thinking. They are insatiable.”
~
“Did you know that beef can taste like chocolate? I didn’t either. Let’s come here together someday, they have a lunch special.”
~
“Today I woke up and thought, ‘Oh no! I’m late for my schedules!’ Then I remembered I was in a foreign country, that this wasn’t my own room, that my phone doesn’t work here. That if I walked down a floor I wouldn’t be able to spring a surprise attack on you while you were still snoring away in bed. Then I brushed my teeth, got breakfast at the restaurant a block away that I’ve been going to for three days now… I’m afraid to go anywhere else. Last week I had stinky tofu, that’s what it’s called, stinky tofu, and I think I got food poisoning. It’s not normal to be shitting on the hour, right? And I was planning on sight-seeing, too… sometimes you have to pay at the public restrooms. Anyway, in honor of my weakened stomach, I’ve decided to write this letter on toilet paper. Do you feel closer to me now?”
~
“Yesterday I had congee and preserved duck eggs for lunch. You can see how the egg whites are not actually white, they’re blue and kind of transparent. Cool, right? …. I never told you this, but I can’t really speak Chinese…. It was always Hankyung taking care of us. Shanghai is really hot… and scary. I don’t know when I can cross the street, and I get yelled at a lot, by people I don’t know. I don’t know anyone, so that’s a lot of people.”
~
“This is Hejun. We met at the club last night. She saw me and her eyes got big and then she brought her hands together and rubbed them-‘Sorry Sorry.’ I laughed and repeated the motion. She knew the whole dance! You can’t see in this polaroid, but she’s got great legs. I think I might get lucky tonight… what does it mean again, ‘let’s go for a movie’? I’ve been out of the market for so long I can’t remember how to play the game. She knows I’m leaving in three days for Hong Kong, but she doesn’t care. ‘Modern girl,’ her words. Are you jealous yet? If so, of me or her? Both? I see how it is, you dirty pervert.”
~
“I feel like a million bucks. It’s been way too long. Here’s a picture of her legs, since you didn’t get to see them last time. Before you start calling me a creeper-I got permission! Turns out she did some modeling before her current gig. Guess what? She’s a flight attendant. I’m glad our itineraries crossed, keke~”
~
“In Hong Kong now. I had a bad feeling after sending out the last one, so… don’t be mad. I don’t know what to say. You never said you cared, in that way. It doesn’t matter to me, anyway. You know how I feel. I am blessed to have you as a friend. I don’t know why I’m writing all this crap because you’re probably not even mad. Why would you be? Tell me to stop writing… Here’s a McDonalds napkin. McNuggets are softer here. I haven’t decided how I feel about that.”
~
“People are nicer here, but they sound angry all the time. I saw two men pushing a stroller, and I wondered. Just wondered. Ignore this one too. I think I’m getting homesick. I miss my own pillow.”
~
“Thank God I’m coming home before the sandstorm. I’m coming home! Will you be there?”
~
“Nothing you haven’t seen before-the tip of a plane wing. I have a window seat. I can’t send this text until I arrive, so it’s kind of silly… haha stop laughing at me. Are you still laughing? I said stop it. Are you listening?”
~
“I just landed in Seoul. I don’t know if my phone works anymore…. Can you hear me? Is your number still the same? If you get this.”
~
“H-hey.”
“Hey yourself. Shindong had a girl.”
“Sweet. Help me unpack?”
“Only if you promise never to do this again.”
“I promise-if you help me unpack.”
“Whatever,” he said, and knocked the wind out of you when he took you in his arms. You readied yourself for the imminent apology as his face grew pink and fuzzy around the edges of your eyes, but what happened instead was his hands taking you, holding you, loving you. You wouldn’t leave again.
title song. i hope you like cheese ._.