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Anonymous (,, ･∀･)ﾉ゛ · 3d
I am not sure if my ask was sent but i loved the last chapter of message in the bottle! The scene of tiny sookai meeting for the 1 time was my favorite and i was so happy at their confession and their mating bite
I wonder if there's a chance of we know their story by soobin's eyes or you can just answer how it was in this ask. How or when he realized kai was his.
Also why the name of the fic is message in the bottle?
Awwww thank you so much! I also really loved writing the scene of them meeting... just two kids finding comfort in each other, even though growing up is hard
I think Soobin started falling in love with Kai long before he or Kai realized it. Their relationship has been ambiguous, crossing the line of a "normal" friendship, for years. Soobin knew that Kai was special before the engagement, but he didn't think too much about what kind of special relationship they had. It probably began to occur to him around the time he left his previous relationship and began relying on Kai even more, although he didn't put a name to it...... Being married to Kai brought more of those feelings out. Thinking about their relationship as a stable marriage made him very, very happy. Like Kai, he wanted love in whatever form it came in. The reason that he didn't confess sooner is the same as Kai—fear of rejection. In Soobin's case, though, his concerns were more focused around the worry that Kai spent too long thinking of him as a friend to ever see him differently. It just wasn't a possibility in his head. He also knows that Kai is a romantic, and thought that Kai would essentially have a mental block on falling in love while in an arranged marriage lmao. He feels silly in hindsight, but the long-term ambiguity of his feelings didn't help! Before their confessions, he was also very content with being Kai's partner, so he didn't feel a huge sense of urgency to define their relationship (until the pregnancy, of course)
I'm so glad you asked about the title! It's one I'm very fond of. I came up with the idea of including flashbacks early on into the outlining process. The extensive history of sookai's relationship (and their long future together) is very important to the ficus themes, and these flashbacks bridge the gap between their beginnings to their current selves for readers. Sookai shaped each other; they wouldn't be who they are as adults if they didn't meet as children. In a way, their childhood selves are "communicating" with their adult selves. So, the title refers to the practice of putting a letter in a sealed bottle and releasing it to the ocean for someone to find. You don't know where that bottle will end up, or who will find it, or when it will be found, but you send it anyway. You could say that sookai took a similar chance on each other in the beginning!
(also I was listening to jungkook's too sad to dance when I was outlining the fic and that lyric stuck in my head LOL)
Anonymous (,, ･∀･)ﾉ゛ · 3d
Soon like a few hours?
soon like right now! 🤭 https://archiveofourown.org/works/60157015/chapters/158749777
M_V · 4d
i just realized… with tiktok being banned for you guys, how will i send you pigeons and/or depressing tss edits??
ngl my first thought when I heard about the ban was "what will happen to my retrospring inbox"........ well, that ordeal didn't last long 💀💀
Anonymous (,, ･∀･)ﾉ゛ · 4d
so first we had choi line late night drive dates, now we have choi line concert date https://x.com/txtdom/status/1880594700597657929?s=46 (side note, gfriend and tubatu’s friendship is so cute)
choi line dates make me SO happy, knowing that they’re having fun together instantly increased my mood…. it’s so sweet that they choose to spend their time together even though they are together most of the time already hahahaha. they all have similar interests and vibes and so it works! (although it makes me sad that people seem to be disturbing them more now that they’re out and about)
M_V · 9d
pigeons https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeK4wanN/
OMG PUTTY!!!!!!! I love her, she's the most fashionable pigeon... I didn't know she had friends!!!!!! very exciting day
Anonymous (,, ･∀･)ﾉ゛ · 11d
yeonbinkai is a nice news! its pretty hard find fics of this trio which is sad bc this trio has such a sweet interactions right?
yeonbinkai is one of my favorite OT3s <3 I think they're full of potential and have a lot of interesting contrasts between them! this fic is honestly one of my least serious fics ever, but I want to do them justice and add a nice, fun fic to the tag :') Kai pov as a bonus, since kai-centric fics are a real need!!
M_V · 11d
oh… seungkwan calls beomgyu puppy, too… and now i’n reminded of that video of soogyu being all over seungkwan…. who is going to bite the bullet and write soogyu x boo seungkwan fanfiction??? https://x.com/beomgyuhourly/status/1878095608579346479?s=46
like isn't this crazy, beomgyu has a harem of puppy lovers.... that would be one hell of an ot3 wouldn't it
Anonymous (,, ･∀･)ﾉ゛ · 12d
Hi do you plan write more sookai's fics in the future? I love message in the bottle a lot and its fine if you don't plan, i'm just curious. I wish you a good day or night
I would love to write more sookai! I don't have any planned right now (unless you count a yeonbinkai fic), but that's because I'm finally about to start the last of my outlined fics! Which I'm very excited about, because it means I can pick up spontaneous wips and join more fests again :'D I should be able to join sookai fest round 2, of course
Anonymous (,, ･∀･)ﾉ゛ · 12d
early soogyu were something else… https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeKUA4hV/ (those teenage hormones must have been going rampant)
damn…. where’s the oral fixation fic when you need it
M_V · 13d
curly pigeon pt2 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeKDN9xr/
please know that you have sparked a new obsession in me….. they’re so pretty omg definitely high on the list of pigeon breeds i’m considering
M_V · 15d
curly pigeon https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeKYqLfp/
EVERYONE LOOK AT THE CURLY PIGEON I am ~dying~ to go to a pigeon show and see fancy pigeons for myself, but I know I can't because I'd 100% go home with one of them
Anonymous (,, ･∀･)ﾉ゛ · 18d
hello i just wish to say you're an incredible writer and i hope you're always happy S2
that's very kind of you to say ❤️❤️❤️ thank you so much, friend
Sol! · 20d
Making new year’s resolutions in between rereading New Year’s Resolution has got to be the best pastime for the last few days of the year… I think getting to watch the growth of soogyu really helps you work on your own goals. What are your resolutions for the next year? 💗
Awww thank you, I'm so happy that NYR has become a seasonal favorite... I have two resolutions
1) write a lot but not too much... I want to spend more time casually watching TXT videos and engaging in my other hobbies to recharge. right now I feel guilty if I take even one day off, and that's not suuuuuper healthy... my buffer would compensate!
2) graduate and get a Real Job lmao this self employed thing isn't working and I want to adopt pigeons
Anonymous (,, ･∀･)ﾉ゛ · 20d
hey is there a community chat or something for moa authors ?? i really want to make some moarps friends
i'm not sure :( i made all of my moa friends over twitter... but there are definitely kpop rpf discord servers, so maybe searching for one would be a good place to start? there's bound to be moas!
M_V · 20d
yeonjun gender this, jungkook gender that, people are missing the most underrated, most important of all!! the seokjin gender!! https://x.com/onlyforseokjini/status/1874460962331484434?s=46 this plus the fact that he prefers to be called princess instead of prince…
he's so cute he's so cute why is he SO cute............................. Real ones know that seokjin is the most gender member of bts, he has an impressive track record