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i guess it could be worse

Summary:

"at that point, i don't even know where i am."

or sung hanbin has a fever dream and remembers many major parts of it, and the only reason why he does is because zhang hao was in them.

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alternate title: a letter that never made the cut

Notes:

whats up guys
i know that i should be working on "letters i can't send" but i had a very vivid dream last night so i felt compelled to write about it. usually i don't remember any of my dreams, but this time i remember various major parts of it, which is pretty revolutionary to me. and why not connect it to the sung hanbin universe?
next chapter of "letters i can't send" will be out sometime next week, if not earlier
hope you enjoy

(can be read as standalone)

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hanbin's notebook!

pg 25

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to hao,

okay. i'm not losing this one because it's in my notebook.

now, where do i start?

i had a dream last night.

a crazy one.

but the crazier part is, i can't remember any of it.

okay, that's a lie.

you already know that i forget all my dreams, and all of what i remember is that they were crazy. but this time, i do remember a lot of things from the dream i had last night.

and there's only 1 reason why.

because i saw you.

i saw you in my dream last night.

you were with me, smiling and laughing.

we did fun things together.

we exchanged apologies for avoiding each other.

all of things i thought would be left unsaid were processed and forgiven.

you looked so beautiful, smiling like that.

there was also a part where we entered a room full of the fake "letters" i wrote to you, hanging on the wall in frames.

you chuckled at my words but told me they were good and poetic anyway.

i felt like i was on the moon.

then we somehow got to a bench on a boat dock, where we watched the sunset and had another nice conversation.

don't get me wrong, i remember the sunset being absolutely marvelous.

but it could never beat the sight of you and your beautiful smile.

i forgot how long that went on for, however of course it came to an end.

even though it felt so real.

you got up and said that you'd be right back. i sent you off with a nod and a wave.

and before i knew it, the dreamworld started fading to darkness.

soon after, i see blue.

but it's not anything interesting anymore.

it's just the blue light reflecting from my blue curtains mixed with sunlight.

i don't even process the world around me before i realize that i'm seeing blue.

at that point, i don't even know where i am.

all i know is that you're gone.

and that you've been gone.

i guess it could have been worse if you were still here and had to leave now, making that part of my dream unfortunately true.

but no matter what, i still have to wait for nighttime just so i can see your face again.

love always, hanbin

Notes:

thanks for reading <3
honestly i don't even know if bags by clairo even relates to this, i just got put onto it by my sister and it's fire (specifically the 'live at electric lady' version)
there's also a haobin fic out there that features hanbin maladaptively sleeping/dreaming just to see hao and the consequences that come with it, i forgot the name and author but whoever wrote that was a genius. if anyone knows, pls tell me in the comments. i just thought of it while writing this lol
anyway, have a good day/night wherever you are
kudos and comments appreciated

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