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"Hey."
"Oh, hey."
"How're you doing?"
"I'm okay."
"Whatcha thinking about?"
"Just stuff, I guess."
"Wanna talk about it?"
"I don't want to, but you think I'd feel better if I did, right?"
"Probably."
"What do you think about love?"
"Love? Um, I guess I'd say it's a feeling, but it's not on the same level as being happy or sad or scared. It's something different, like there's different types of love. Romantic. Platonic. Stuff like that."
"I guess."
"What do you think?"
"I'm kind of having an internal debate as to whether it's a real thing or not, honestly."
"Seriously? You don't think love is real?"
"It's like, can you really, truly love anything? We say we love something, like a pet or a game or a certain food or even a person, but as soon as that thing is gone or taken from us, we'll grieve for a little while, but we can always move on. Once that thing is gone, we realize how little that thing meant to us in the first place and it will be replaced by another thing, which will be replaced by another thing and the cycle keeps repeating until the end of time. What's the point in loving at all if it's just temporary?"
"I'd say that's a pretty fucked up outlook on life."
"But you do get what I'm saying?"
"I do."
"But?"
"But it's the feeling that love brings that makes it all worth it. Even the loss. There are many things that make us human and to feel love is one of them."
"So you're telling me I'm not human?"
"I'm telling you that you can't shut down something that makes you who you are. You do love, Jimin. I know you do. I'm telling you to not ignore your feelings."
"It'd save time not to love things."
"But do you really need the time?"
"Life is short, Taehyung. You said that to me the other day."
"I was just saying that to get you to take those ostrich-riding lessons with me, you know that right? And you still haven't given me your answer."
"I'm not taking ostrich-riding lessons with you, Tae."
"Fine. Your loss. Don't come to crying to me when horses go extinct and the only rideable animals left on Earth are ostriches."
"I highly doubt the existence of that future."
"Anything's possible, Jiminie."
"Including love?"
"Including love, above all else."