Dear Diary...

Life goes on.

Literally. It goes on so fast! If I had to visualize it, I would see myself in a corn maze under a clear, blue sky, running wayyy too fast and sometimes losing orientation and feeling exhaustion but nevertheless, running. Part of me doesn't even register how fast time passes. Let's see when I finally stop running and walk instead. Or at least jog. You get my point.

It's been months since my graduation. I'm sorry for not telling you much meanwhile, but I was pretty busy. Mrs. Jeon sent my applications to lots of different universities in Korea and guess what? I was accepted, at Seoul! Despite it being sent in really late, I guess they were able to keep a slot for me. Good grades do pay off, after all... I'm proud of myself! ^~^

But there has been one downside... Jungkook has been accepted too, just not my college. In Busan, which is basically on the other side of the country. But honestly? It's fine, much better than I could've imagined. We call and videochat at least three times a week, write each other text messages and sometimes, he writes me cute little love notes and sends them over to Seoul, it's the cutest damn thing ever! Tomorrow, I'm sending one back. God, I miss him so much. I could cry.

You must've realized how I'm currently using present tense. Yes, dear diary. It's been a long while and I'm in college already, surprise, surprise! I'm just filling you in on the most important things that happened meanwhile.

So, Jungkook and I actually went to prom. It was pretty cool, I guess. But the prom party I had with him, Jimin, Yoongi, Chae and the others was way more fun, not gonna lie. Since we were the only boy-boy-couple there, things got a bit uncomfortable again. And the snacks were nothing in comparison to Mrs. Jeon's delicious strawberry tarts, strawberry-filled pastries or strawberry cake. Have I mentioned that I love strawberries? I also love Mrs. Jeon, my dearest future mother-in-law...

But surprisingly, we weren't the only same sex-couple at prom. You know, I told Chae to get her shit together and just freaking confess to Lisa before they leave for college and everything gets complicated. And, uh... Turns out Lisa knew all along.

Must've been scary, Chaeyoung told me she just went "You're seriously bad at hiding your feelings, did you think I'd never notice?" and then she asked her to prom! It's actually kind of cute, though I have no idea what they actually are right now. But seems like Lisa isn't as dense as my boyfriend was all those years I was in love with him.

Speaking of him, my Jungkookie is all grown-up now! (Warning: Very detailed explanation ahead.) So, we went to the beach for his birthday party, it was so amazing. The weather was perfect, his baby cousins were there again, the sand was soft and the waves were splashy. We had so much fun there!

One thing I learned that day? I suck at beach volleyball. I bet even Yeji and Beomgyu have more skill than me. Anyways, playing in the water with Jungkook as if we were little kids was the best thing ever. We just splashed water at each other and kept running around and the force of the waves was so strong, sometimes we stumbled and fell. Something else I leaned? Getting salt water up your nose is disgusting.

After I had a dramatic coughing fit, Jungkook rushed over to me and picked me up bridal style and I thought he'd bring me back to the beach in a super romantic way. But guess what? That meanie threw me into the water again! And he laughed :(

I gave him the silent treatment for about five minutes after that, serves him right.

When we arrived back at the beach, Mr. and Mrs. Jeon had his birthday cake prepared and we celebrated like usually. Guess what I got him as my birthday gift? I didn't know what exactly he wanted because he just didn't want to tell me which frustrated the hell out of me. He kept saying it'd be 'too much to handle for me' and too embarrassing for him.

Anyways, I made a photo album for him. Not just any photo album, a photo album with photos I took of him of all our super sweet moments, took me weeks to complete it. I was a bit worried he'd find it creepy but he was so happy, I swear I saw tears in his eyes! I guess there's something romantic about secretly taking pictures of your lover, huh?

I also wrote little notes about each of those memories and decorated them really beautifully, I was proud of myself! (Also, I totally did not spend ₩50.000 on decorating gem stones and gel pens. Well, anything for my dearest Jungkookie.)

When the sun started setting and we were just cuddling on our abundance of towels, I happened to ask him what his damn birthday wish actually was. He blushed so hard, it was suuuper cute.

Until he whispered "your virginity" right into my ear. I freaking choked! Guess he was right after all, it was too much to handle for me. At first.

Did I grant him his birthday wish, you may ask? Um... Partially.

Absolutely no need for details here, let's just say we went much, much further than kissing but we didn't go all the way yet. Both of us were a little shy. We'll make up for it sometime later, maybe there will be a super tempting occasion during semester holidays but oh my god, I wanna stop talking about this. This is awkward. I hope Seokjin-Hyung doesn't find this entry.

Who is Seokjin-Hyung, you may ask?

My dormmate in college! And coincidentally, he used to go to our school. He was a year above me, maybe I've told you about his performance at the Christmas talent show once, he's so talented! And he's super sweet and like a really fun, goofy uncle to me. Plus, he cooks the best food ever. In some way, he reminds me of a male college student-Mrs. Jeon.

I love him a lot!

College is fun, actually. New friends, new places and new me. Paying attention in lectures was hard at first, but I'm adjusting. Being an independant and sophisticated adult is my goal and so far, it's been fine. Seokjin-Hyung is helping me through it and so is Jungkook, who is trying the same thing for himself. And so are many others.

It's really late now and I should definetely go sleep, I have a lot of classes tomorrow. I'm sorry for this super long entry but I haven't filled you in at all and I felt bad for it!

Now that you know everything I hope you can forgive me. Bye now, dear diary!

-Taehyungie ♡

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"Hey, Tae. Here's your strawberry milk."

"Thanks, Hyung." A blonde boy stood up from his seat and jumped towards his dormmate, receiving a small, pink bottle from him.

Recently, he had discovered how tasty strawberry milk actually was and now, he was pretty much addicted. It was his number one companion when he studied his notes or wrote essays.

The tall, broad-shouldered brunette called Kim Seokjin threw a glance onto his desk, a teasing smirk on his face.

"Did your boyfriend write you again?" The blonde nodded shyly.

"Yes, I was just responding to him. God, I miss him so much! He's so sweet, always telling me to take care and worrying about my well-being..." Seokjin made an 'aww'-sound, clapping his hands together.

"I want what you have, you're such an adorable couple! Long-distance doesn't seem to be a problem for you, either. Jesus, it's like God connected your souls and threw you into the same little mixing pot when he created you. Sweet. And you never fought?," he asked, Taehyung thinking for a moment but then shaking his head.

"No, not really. It's strange, actually. We always seem to agree on everything and we tell each other anything." The older looked genuinely surprised, his mouth forming into an 'o'-shape.

"Wow, and you've been dating for years! Well, couple fights are normal and maybe you'll have one too in the near future but your bond is so strong, you'll get over it when it comes to that."

The blonde suddenly frowned at that, feeling a slight worry take over him.

"Hey, don't worry now. You can't expect two people to share the same thoughts for eternity, at some point there will be something you're gonna disagree on. Even if it's completely stupid. But just like I said, you'll make up in a wink. It'll probably take less than an hour for both of y'all to run into each other's arms dramatically and cry your asses off about how sorry you are. Alright?" At that, Taehyung nodded. Though he felt slight disfomfort churn somewhere deep inside his stomach.

Of course, he was scared to experience the downsides of being in a relationship aswell. The bare thought of fighting with Jungkook made him sad. Him being mad at Taehyung for not telling him about the America-thing didn't really count. But eventually, it would have to happen. Right?

However, he stopped thinking about that abruptly as Seokjin continued babbling: "Semester holidays are in two weeks, by the way. You can see your boyfie, Taehyungie."

The blonde's eyes immediately lit up and he smiled widely, letting out a noise of pure happiness. "Oh my god, you're right!"

It had been months since he had last seen the other and he wanted nothing more than to jump into his arms and hug him until the sun went down and all the trains stopped moving. It truly felt like a dream.

"Keep grinning like that and your face will explode soon. Keep responding to Jungkook and drink this before dinner's ready. I feel like making noodles today, if that's fine with you." At Taehyung's over-enthusiastic nod, Seokjin let out a fond laugh and made his way towards the little kitchen, patting the younger male's shoulder before doing so.

"Two weeks and I'll get to see the pretty stars in your eyes again," the blonde mumbled, gazing at his favourite framed photo of him and Jungkook decorating his night stand and running his index finger over the smiling ravenette's face.

He was excited, so excited he could burst.