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To Love & Win is the Best Thing, to Love & Lose the Next Best by Nvrllyrlly
Fandoms: ENHYPEN (Band)
16 Aug 2023
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Summary
What should have rung alarm bells since the very beginning is how every now and then, Jake offhandedly mentions that he can never truly express himself in Korean.
“It’s not that the Korean language is lacking,” he babbles on. “It’s just that since the slight differences in the words aren’t hard-wired in my brain, I have to thoroughly think about what I’m saying more than… feeling, I guess.”
Jay nods at that. “It feels like you can distance yourself from what you’re saying. It’s horrendous when it comes to love, especially. I can wax poetry and tell you how much I adore you in Korean, but it’ll never feel as raw as an I love you.”
“Please, never use a translator when you’re trying to understand people’s feelings." Jake's voice sounds a bit wobbly. "Always come to us. It’d be so cruel for them, for their words." He marks a pause, for once. "It would be cruel to their words.”
Sometimes, when he lays in bed late at night, Sunghoon cannot help but resent them. Having to learn an entire language to decipher someone’s feelings feels quite cruel, too.
"Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?"