seonghwa, who spent the first few years of their career questioning whether or not he was worth it, who spent so much time struggling silently, who was so scared he wasn't good enough
and mingi, who was so confident but broke under pressure, who was so ready to show how great he was but then immediately felt like he was a fraud
and then seonghwa, who keeps this air of composure and poise and grace as a shield, who masks as someone cool and collected but becomes childlike and giddy when unguarded
and then mingi, who puts up a playful front and a goofy gimmick, who is so boyish and brash but then becomes so introspective and wise when he's allowed to have the space to be vulnerable
and then seonghwa, who has always been the 'mother' of the group, who has always taken care of the others, has always guided them and nurtured them and cared for them
and then mingi, who has always been lovingly made out to be a princess, always asking to be doted upon and thought of fondly and treated specially
and then them together. in the way that seonghwa finds that unguardedness and boyishness and goofiness, and in the way that seonghwa finds himself being cared for by being allowed the space to do that. and in the way that mingi has the space to be vulnerable and taken seriously, while simultaneously being cherished and also being able to cherish, because taking care of his own means the world to mingi, too
and how different they are, but how it only serves to make them complete each other more, two halves of a lived experience only they will ever have together, growing around each other like tangled roots, learning from each other and leaning on each other and finding themselves alongside each other, in this lifetime and in every lifetime.
you know? okay
