❛ do you ever feel like there's something missing ... like a piece of your heart is somewhere else? ❜ / pining & yearning.
"i do," kitae answers, voice soft. the feeling is inexplicable, at least for him. there isn't much in his life that's missing; most people would say so. he has a career that comes with just a little bit of fame, a tight-knit circle of friends, a family life that's idyllic and wholesome. he could date, too, if he only wanted to.
truth to be told, it's not that he doesn't want to. what stops him is the things he's seen, the things he's experienced—that other world that haunts his dreams and sometimes his waking moments, too. he's asked for it, sticking his nose in places where it doesn't belong. sooner rather than later, things were bound to go south.
kitae only wishes it didn't have to be quite so scarring of an event.
he smiles despite the thoughts swirling about his head. the last thing he wants is to make the atmosphere even heavier than it already is. "maybe we can figure that out together one day."