Mar 25, 2023
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Okay buckle up because I have opinions and theories and I figure why not shout them into the internet. We're talking about Pokémon today.
I've always been fascinated by the level of symmetry in the designs of Pokémon title legendaries. Let me explain. The obvious peak of this is in the designs of Zekrom and Reshiram from Pokémon Black and Pokémon White.
Reshiram, Pokémon's own Blue-Eyes White Dragon, is a dragon/fire type, elegantly shaped with more flowy, organic details resembling fur or feathers (i.e. its wyvern-style wings or twin plumes on its head). Its tail acts as a huge furnace, capable of emitting a red hot trail of fire as it flies.
Conversely, the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Zekrom, is a dragon/electric type, slightly more anthropomorphically bulit, with more harsh, geometrically shaped details (i.e. its singular, antenna-like horn, or its muscular, almost mech-like upper body, arms, and wings). Its tail is a giant generator, capable of emitting a blue trail of crackling electricity as it flies.
By the standards of the time, these two might have been considered somewhat over-designed pokémon were it not for their stark, austere color pallets, which mirror each other excellently. Reshiram is all white with blue eyes, attacking with red fire, and often depicted with a background of black smoke. Zekrom is all black with red eyes, attacking with blue lightning, and often depicted with a background of white storm clouds.
Overall, they have this phenomenal quality of yin and yang, mirroring and opposing each other aesthetically and thematically. Other legendary duos/trios/etc. do this to varying degrees, following different strategies. Some contrast each other as much as possible (i.e. Groudon, Kyogre, & Rayquaza or Xerneas, Yveltal, & Zygarde), while others share an overall theme or aesthetic (i.e. Solgaleo & Lunala or Zamazenta & Zacian).
This brings me to my actual topic for this post, the newest title legendaries, Koraidon and Miraidon, featured in Pokémon Scarlet version and Pokémon Violet version respectively. Bear in mind I haven't actually finished my playthough of Scarlet, so there may be some details about these two that I'm missing.
There are two main ideas at play in these pokémon's designs. The first is their main theming. Koraidon and Miraidon as a duo represent a relationship between past and the future, with each one coming from either the distant past or far future. In fact, in Japanese, '"korai," or "古来," means ancient, or ancient past, while "mirai," or "未来," means future.
This theming is aesthetically apparent, as these two pokémon as a pair have something in common with Reshiram and Zekrom. Koraidon is very organic in its design, being very explicitly animal in shape, and sporting vibrant plumage reminiscent of the decorative dress of some traditional cultures. In contrast, Miraidon is very mechanical in its design, featuring modern details like metal claws, jet engine legs, and LED screen eyes. Different as these two are, representing disparate eras, they do share a similar basic shape.
That shape is the shape of a motorcycle.
Yes, the other main design tenet these two share is the strict requirement that they both function as lizard motorcycles. Unlike other entries in the series where title legendaries are only encountered around the climax of the main story, a distant promise of a powerful new pet, Scarlet and Violet introduce their respective legendaries right away as mounts. These guys each have a few different forms for running, swimming, gliding, and when powered up for battling, but apart from the same basic structure and posture, they share some convenient features which allow the player character to hop on and ride: some sort of "wheels," some curvy handlebars, and a nice comfy place to sit and steer.
It's a bit of a weird theme, slightly awkward in that animals and wheels don't generally mix, but seeing as riding either pokémon is a core mechanic central to the gameplay of the large open world, it works. And it doesn't stop at mechanics. The ability to ride these two pokémon has surprising connections to worldbulding. Introducing the non-legendary pokémon, Cyclizar:
As I understand, Cyclizar (cycle lizard, as you can imagine) is the evolutionary midpoint (evolution in the Earth science sense rather than the Pokémon world's sense which more resembles life-cycle metamorphosis) between the ancient Koraidon and the distant future Miraidon. It's significantly smaller and simpler in its design than its legendary counterparts, allowing it to fit in among the standard creatures of the Paldea region. It does however maintain the same basic motorcycle lizard shape as Koraidon and Miraidon. In fact, NPCs commonly ride on the backs of Cyclizar as a popular means of transport much like the player does with Koraidon/Miraidon. A pokédex entry mentions that this relationship between humans and Cyclizar has existed for over 10,000 years, suggesting greater continuity of connection to the two beasts of past and future.
This is a lot of consideration to go into the design of an entry's title legendaries. Details not only convey and support the game's lore, story, and world by connecting the two pokémon to each other, but also creatively support the game's mechanics and core gameplay. Namely, Koraidon and Miraidon suggest the themes of past and future, history and modernity, while giving the player the freedom to more easily traverse and explore the Paldea region. While I can only vouch for Koraidon, having played Scarlet myself (with Miraidon presumably being almost identical mechanically), it serves as an effective mount as well as companion, and I found it quite charming and endearing.
All this being said, I noticed something else interesting while examining these pokémon's designs. It always bothered me that a new main series Pokémon entry would choose Scarlet and Violet as its titles. After all, the very first games in the series were already Pokémon Red and Blue. (Technically Red and Green came first upon release in Japan but I digress.) It seemed weird to essentially title a game "Pokémon Slightly Different Red," but now I think I might have figured out what led to such a choice.
In looking for symmetry in Koraidon and Miraidon's designs, I considered their colors. Koraidon is mainly scarlet, with some black and white details, plus some accents of dark blue/violet. Miraidon is mainly violet, with minimal amounts of black and white detail, plus some accents of... yellow. Huh. Was hoping for more scarlet to better mirror Koraidon in the same way Reshiram and Zekrom mirror one another. Oh well, let's keep looking.
Koraidon is a fighting/dragon type. No obvious reason to be red there. The fighting type is generally represented by orange iconography, but fighting type pokémon aren't really any more likely to be orange or red. The dragon type is usually represented by purple iconography, but again, dragon pokémon aren't really any more likely to be blue/purple. Miraidon meanwhile is an electric/dragon type. Electric typing is much more apparent in this design than fighting is in Koraidon's. At least it might explain the presence of the yellow, as electric types are yellow a decent amount of the time. In fairness, Koraidon does have yellow eyes, but that's not exactly an even yin and yang balance.
Alright then, so if they aren't type-based, and they aren't even mirrored, what are the colors of these pokémon telling us? Are they just arbitrary? Chosen just because they look cool?
Have you considered:
I can't quite relate it back to the theme of past and future, nor to the theme of radical lizard motorcycles, but as compelling thematic opposites, you could do worse than the ends of the visible light spectrum. Maybe it's a stretch, but it could relate to the game's mechanic of terastal pokémon—that is, pokémon temporarily powered up in a way that crystalizes them, scattering light as if through a prism. Again, I haven't finished this game, so I can't say how related this phenomenon is to Koraidon and Miraidon, so for now, it's just a vague idea.
In lieu of that, let me present some more evidence that the visible light spectrum may be the intended theme. Consider Koraidon. It is mainly bright red, representing the longest wavelengths humans can see. It also has details in blue, at what I'll call ~2/3 into the the spectrum. On the other end, Miraidon is violet, representing the shortest wavelengths humans can see. It also has details in yellow, at what I'll call ~1/3 into the spectrum. Ah, so there is color mirroring, just not how we expected! Colors are grabbed from mirrored areas of the spectrum, mystery solved!
But there's one more clever detail in this clever system.
Cyclizar... is green.
Yup, this guy, temporally located smack in the middle of its two distant relatives, is also chromatically located smack in the dead center of the color spectrum. No, I can't really account for the red in its cheeks (although I realized that the detail is a neat midpoint between Koraidon's natural jaw and Miraidon's hinged one), but beyond those little spots, this guy's color perfectly captures the evolution of a species across distant eras. What a lovely little snapshot of our moment in Paldean history.
THE ICARLY COSTUMING TEAM LEGIT JUST STOLE EDWARD ELRIC'S ARM
Originally I was gonna add Logan and Virgil but I was losing motivation and I REALLY wanted to post this! I don’t think there’s a way to add a read more so sorry in advance
Roman King:
Afro Latino
26
Has no soul mark “soulless” by society’s standards
Local hero known as “The Prince”
Bilingual Spanish & English
Semi famous actor
Only his family knows he has no soul mark
“Dee”:
Mixed Vietnamese and white
Blames his dad for not learning Vietnamese
His dad is the white parent
He blames his dad for a lot of things
24 FTM
His soul mark is “animal” he and his soulmate are the same species, he is the only green bush viper
Local villain known as “the serpent”
Patton Hart:
The only white one in the cast
28
His soul mark is “secret” he knows his soulmates future biggest secret
The secret is that they work part time at an animal shelter
Looks like a cinnamon roll, could actually kill you
Remus King
Afro Latino
26
His soul mark is “secret” he knows his soulmates future biggest secret
The secret is that they are the heir to the city’s mafia
Bilingual Spanish & English
Semi famous artist
Enjoy this video i made when chat blanc came out in order to cope with my angst
concept dump i am asufferin
Concept art for florence’s family (the blue bitch) and I’ll gladly infodump about any of them because they are a LOT
Frozen II (2019)
Distance Between Us - Choi San
YOUTUBER AU
WORD COUNT: 7166
GENRE: fluff <3
WARNINGS: fluff overload, cussing, my cringe writting
Who was Sanshine? And why did this username keep appearing in my comments? I just decided to brush it off and continue scrolling, but there were barely any comments about the video I had just posted, they all just said Sanshine.
I just decided to ignore it and continue with my night.
It was pretty late, around 22:24, but I still had a few things to do, like eat and shower, so I did just that before laying in bed. I checked the comments once more, but they weren’t any different. They all only said Sanshine. Who is Sanshine? I was so tired and just wanted to go to sleep, so I put my curiosity on hold until the next morning.
I woke up to my phone buzz buzzing like crazy. There were all messages from my friends and notifications from my social media’s. I opened up my messages and it was my friend spamming me with “Sanshine”.
Who the hell is Sanshine? Do I need to make a video about this? The fact that so many people are telling me about this “Sanshine” person, it’s probably something just to mess with me. I sighed and got out of bed to make myself look presentable before sitting in front of a camera.
I set up all my lighting, my seating and my camera and cleaned up at but before starting to record.
“Really, guys?” I sighed.
“Who the hell is Sanshine? What kind of sick joke is this? I’m not stupid, y’all are just trying to get on my nerves. You’ve even got my friends spamming me with “Sanshine” like, it’s literally so stupid, I don’t get it” I complained, throwing my hands in the air.
“Y’all know about my curiosity, and yeah is slowly killing me cause I haven’t looked it up yet, but come on, can you maybe not? It’s annoying, please don’t spam my social media and my comments and even my text messages or dms with this “Sanshine” thing like, it’s beyond stupid, thanks” I said and ended the clip.
My channel is actually a complete mess. It goes from gaming videos, to vlogs, to covers and its really just all over the place. I honestly just can’t stick to one topic, and yeah it’s annoying.
It checked my phone for the time, more messages from my friends that all say “Sanshine” and it was 11:02am. I was going to go shopping/vlogging with some of my friends, so maybe I should get ready so I don’t look like a total mess?
I started to wait on my couch once I was done, to hear the door bell ring or possibly someone trying to break down my door with their fists, either one could happen. It was sadly the second option.
I opened it to Peyton pounding her fist on the door and it almost hit me in the face.
“You bitch, you almost hit me in the face AND my camera” I laughed a bit, glad I decided to record me literally answering the door.
“Whatever. Are you Sanshine’s girlfriend yet?” Peyton wiggles her eyebrows.
“I don’t even know who that is” I scoffed and made my way to the car.
“Look him up, dumbass” Alexandra rolled her eyes.
“I’m not going to and there’s literally nothing you can do about it” I laughed while getting in the passenger side.
“Fine, we’ll tell you about him” Peyton huffed, getting in the back while Alexandra got in the front.
“No thanks, I don’t want to know about him” I chuckled before plugging my phone in.
“What do y’all wanna listen to?” I asked, looking at them.
“Literally stop asking us, BTS” Peyton rolled her eyes.
“Keep it up with that attitude and I’ll reach back there and slap you” I threatened, maybe not so playfully while turning on a playlist full of BTS.
“Ok so his name is-“ I cut her off by turning it up louder.
“HE IS IN BUSAN RIGHT NOW, IF WE RUN INTO HIM AND FANS IT IS GOING TO BE A HELLHOLE” Peyton practically screamed over the music. All I did was put up the okay sign.
We arrived to the place we were going to be walking around at around 20 minutes after, and they haven’t tried to mention this Sanshine dude once since, and it’s making me nervous. Something isn’t right, they’re secretly planning something and I know it, but I just don’t know what.
We walked around, I filmed a bit, took some pictures with fans. I even decided to talk to some fans that came up to us while we were eating near the water fountain.
“So, have you contacted Sanshine, yet?” A fan asked and I rolled my eyes.
“What is this Sanshine thing? Who is he? I keep getting people saying Sanshine to me, but I don’t know who he is nor do I have a desire to” I laughed a bit while playing with my straw. The couple of fans pouted.
“You should really look into him, please. He made a whole video about you-“
“That’s enough, she can look up the rest herself if she wants to” one of the fans friends covered her mouth from saying any more.
“He made a whole video about me? Without even knowing me? What?” I asked, now more intrigued.
“Oh my god, there he is. We have to go, bye y/n, it was nice meeting you!” The group yelled while waving, as they sprinted away.
“There’s who? What? He made a video about me? I have literally have made nothing controversial, ever. What is-“
“It’s not a controversial video, WE LITERALLY CAME TO YOUR DOOR AND ASKED IF YALL WERE DATING YET” Peyton said, raising her voice towards the end, grabbing peoples attention.
“Dude, shut up” I whisper shouted at her.
“We’re not telling you any more, if you want to know more go look him up yourself” Alexandra rolled her eyes and continued to drink her drink. I scoffed before sitting back. I scanned around the area until I laid my eyes upon a breathtakingly handsome boy. Shit, his jawline could cut, his hair looks so fluffy, I want to touch it. OH SHIT HE JUST SMILED HIS DIMPLES OH MY GOD-
I need to calm down.
“Y/n? You ok? You good?” Alexandra snapped her fingers in front of my face. I gulped.
“Y-Yeah, I-I’m fine” I stuttered, shaking my head to snap out of my thoughts.
“You’re blushing, where’d the handsome dude you saw now?” Alexandra laughed, and I covered my face.
“Shut up. We need to leave, now” I said before standing up and dragged them away from the area.
“Why do we even take you out anymore?” Peyton sighed, it was more of a sarcastic way.
“Literally, if you think he’s hot go ask him out!” Alexandra yelled once we had gotten away from that area. I shook my head.
“Well, what did he look like at least, so if we see him again we can get his number for you?” Peyton asked.
“He was cute-“
“No shit” Alexandra rolled her eyes.
“Fine. He has a really sharp jawline, blonde fluffy hair, his smile is fucking adorable, not to mention dimples and oh my god I might hyperventilate” I described him and they looked at each other wide eyed.
“What?” I asked.
“Shit, you’re in love” Peyton smirked and I playfully hit her arm.
“No, he’s just cute. He could be a dumbass for all I know” I rolled my eyes and we continued walking and weaving between stores.
I saw the dude once more, and we made eye contact. I immediately ran from the area, Peyton and Alexandra following far behind.
“Literally, stop running from every cute guy you see!” Peyton shouted, making heads turn our way. She knows how to embarrass people.
“Shut up!” I whispered at her. She just laughed. I looked around and saw a group of people pushing the handsome guy towards me.
“G-guys...he’s coming towards us..meet you back at the car” I said quickly before sprinting my way back to the parking lot and jumping inside the car, which they had stupidly left unlocked.
They joined me a few minutes later, panting from the running they had to do.
“We scared everybody off” Alexandra laughed. I nodded a ‘good job’ to them. She proceeded to start the car and drive back to my house, where I didn’t know what we’d do there.
It was late and today’s vlog has just been uploaded, starting with the Sanshine message I filmed earlier. I scrolled through my Instagram, and this Sanshine guy was even in my recommended to follow. I couldn’t see what he looked like, his profile picture was a sun with a smiley face.
I rolled my eyes and checked the comments that were just now pouring in. Only a few of them said Sanshine, and some of them were apologizing. I laughed lightly and shook my head before putting my phone away.
It was around 21:09, it was still pretty early, for me at least. There are nights where I stay up until ungodly hours editing, it’s most nights. I don’t have anything to do, besides eat and shower. There was no point in checking my comments, it’s all the same thing.
One thing lingered in my mind, though. Who is Sanshine? My curiosity has slowly been eating away at me, and I don’t know how much more I can take. I looked at my computer, debating whether I grab it and look him up.
Before I can register everything, my fingers are typing away and scrolling on YouTube. He must be a YouTuber, those fans said he made a video, right?
I press the search button and his channel pops up. 3.4 Mil, not bad. I scrolled through his channel until I saw a video titled ‘confession’. It had my channel name in the thumbnail.
I clicked on it. It was the same guy from earlier. Oh my god, he was Sanshine. H-He likes me?
I watched more of the video, and it was basically about him confessing he has a crush on me, without even knowing me.
“I-I know it’s stupid... but I’ve been accused so many times of hating y/n or having something against them but, I-I don’t want you guys to think that anymore. Please don’t spam her comments or DMs or messages with anything about this, if she decides to.-”
I paused the video. I mean, it’s true that you can fall for someone online, I’m as real as can be on YouTube, if you fell in love with me through my videos, I’m not any different in real life.
I shut my computer and tried to take my mind off of him. I made myself some good, ate, showered and tried to sleep, but I couldn’t stop thinking about him. Something about this Sanshine guy drew me in, though I eventually passed out with the image of him in my head.
I woke up to light pouring into my room, right through my curtains. How late is it? I rolled over to look at my phone. Oh shit it’s-
“Y/N ITS LITERALLY 13:07 WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STILL IN BED?!” Peyton bursted through my door and yelled.
“WHY THE HELL ARE YOU IN MY HOUSE?!” I yelled back.
“We can talk about that later, get out of bed so we can go” Alexandra laughed nervously.
“Are you telling me I look like shit and that I have bad security?”
“Yes”
I got out of bed and pushed them out of my room so I could get ready. I grabbed my camera, making sure I had charged it, grabbed my backpack, phone and ran out to their car to meet them.
“So where are we going?” I asked, and started to film my first clip of the day.
“So um, yesterday Peyton kinda broke her left shoe..” Alexandra trailed off.
“Fine, I’ll buy you new shoes” I rolled my eyes and laughed.
“Huh? Oh no, I can pay for them myself, it’s just we wanted to drag you along. Also Sanshine-“
“Yes, I looked him up last night” I sighed and they both burst out laughing.
“Oh my god, yesterday, you literally called him hot and cute like 6 times” Peyton laughed.
“Okay, first of all it was 2 times, second of all he is and I’m just telling the truth” I rolled my eyes. Peyton scoffed and rolled her eyes before Alexandra turned up the music to stop an argument from possibly breaking out.
We arrived at a different place from yesterday and got out. Wanna know who I saw?
Sanshine.
I wanted to look away but I couldn’t. I felt bad about what I had uploaded yesterday, I kinda wish I had done my research before I posted the video, but guess who’s dumb? Spoiler: it’s me.
We made eye contact, but this time I didn’t instantly turn away. I looked for a few seconds before turning back to my friends, who were trying to pick out a new pair of shoes for Peyton.
“I kinda like these, do you think they’ll have them in my size?” Peyton asked, while turning around to show me a pair of shoes.
“Probably. 9 times out of 10 they’ll have your size. Go ask” I shrugged, shoving my hands into my pocket.
“What video are you gonna post today?” Alexandra asked while Peyton asked the staff for a pair to try on.
“Probably half vlog half gaming. I’d ask Peyton if she wanted to play with me cause I was planning on playing some overwatch, but we both main d.va therefore we’d be fighting on who gets to play as her literally every single round” I laughed a bit.
The rest of the day went smoothly, we only hung out until about 5:30, and they had to go back to their shared apartment.
I was filming some gameplay before I got a notification from my phone. I went to check it only to see a notification saying someone requested to DM me on Instagram, I never get these kinds of notifications unless they’re from a verified account.
“I’ll be right back after this round give me a moment” I said before leaving the game and stopped my filming.
Confused, I unlocked my phone and went to my requests and- oh god. Sanshine DMed me.
Sanshine: Hey y/n, it’s kinda weird for me to drop by like this but I just wanna say I’m sorry for the things that have happened the past few days. I didn’t mean for it to go like this and I just wanted to be honest with my fans. I’m truly sorry.
I laughed a bit while reading his messages. As if people constantly saying “Sanshine” to me actually affected me one bit. That’s funny.
Me: It’s alright.
I kinda feel like a dick for giving him such a short response, but I’ll probably send him another message later. For now, I need to finish this video.
As I snuggled under my covers, I suddenly remember to text Sanshine back. I checked our DMs, and he read my message.
Me: Hey sorry, I was busy earlier and couldn’t give a real response. But it’s really okay, I try my best to stay true to my fans too and sometimes, as much as we try, there are somethings we can’t control, and at the end of the day, we’re all humans who can make their own choices, whether they are wise or not. Ps you’re cute ;)
I added the thing at the end, probably just to excite him. I don’t want to lead him on or anything, but I don’t want to like, leave him, you know? I think we could be friends, and if feelings develop, probably more. I shut my phone off and laid back down, thinking about him... I couldn’t be catching feelings, could I? I only know what he looks like and that he’s sorry for people constantly spamming me with Sanshine. Hell, I don’t even know his name. He’s cute and sorry, that’s all I know...
I opened my eyes the next morning, still wanting to sleep, but was that going to happen? No. I checked my phone and it was 09:34am. I looked at all my social media’s, and it looked like the Sanshine stuff wasn’t going to be clearing up anytime soon.
I got out of bed and started to get ready for the day. I wasn’t going to be doing anything particularly interesting today, so I’d probably just post a cover or a gaming video, probably a livestream though. I checked my Instagram DMs to see if Sanshine responded to my message, and sure as shit he did.
Sanshine: O-oh..okay well thanks heh. Let me know if you ever wanna hang out sometime then.
Aww, he stutters over text, how cute. I smiled to myself before shutting off my phone and going to get dressed and whatnot.
After that, I made some breakfast to eat, just eggs and toast, nothing special. As I was eating, I was wondering what I should do today. I could go out again, why? I don’t know. I could play more video games, I could buy a new game and livestream? I could stalk Sanshine, I don’t know but there are plenty of options. Then an idea sparked in my head.
People ship Sanshine and I. Ships always come with fan fiction. That.. that’s it. That’s exactly was I was going to do today. My smile grew as I started to set up to film this video. I went onto the most popular site for fan fiction, wattpad, and typed in my name x Sanshine. Sure enough, lots of stories came up. I debated whether to ask Alexandra and Peyton if they wanted to come over, but decided not to. I pressed start on the film button.
“Hey guys! How are y’all doing today? My day has been... boring honestly. I ate and that’s about it. As I was wandering around my house, thinking about what I should do for today’s video, a great idea popped into my head!” I started, a small smile forming on my face.
“I thought, hm, people ship this Sanshine dude and I, ships always come with fan fiction, why not read some?” I smiled at the camera, knowing I had cause some of my fans who were going to watch this pain.
“So I went onto a popular site called wattpad, and well, typed up my name x Sanshine and well, a lot of results came up. You guys are quick” I laughed.
“So I’ve decided to read this one book called y/n x Sanshine one shots. I had no clue what a one shot was, so I looked it up on urban dictionary, and apparently it’s like a short fan fiction, so we’re just going to be reading a book full of those” I explained before clicking on the story(s) that I was about to read.
“This is what happens when you aren’t creative and have shitty content” I sighed.
“Okay lets get started”
“It was a bright, sunny day and y/n and San, wait his real name is San? Like, mountain? Give me a moment” I said before bursting into laughter off camera. About 3 minutes later I regained my senses and wiped my tears before sitting back down.
“Sorry. I have no clue why that was so funny to me, I feel so bad” I chuckled before continuing to read the rest.
About half way through the 3rd one, things started to get a little... hot.
“Oh. Um. Oh my g o d. Will I get demonetized if I keep reading this?” I asked myself.
“San slowly took off y/n’s shirt while kissing her- yeah no I think that’s enough” I laughed awkwardly before slamming my computer shut. I looked directly into the camera before situating myself.
“Anyways, um, that’s the video. I’m scarred, so if that was your guys goal, good job you have succeeded. If you desperately want me to read more fan fiction, y’all better get me to 800k likes cause that was hell” I chuckled.
“Bye” I waved before turning off the camera. I sat down at my desk, opened my computer and proceeded to edit and post the video.
Sooner or later, my phone buzzed. Another DM from Sanshine.
Sanshine: Hey, haha. Sorry to bother but can I steal your video idea? You know, the reading fan fiction one?
Me: Sure. If you’re still in Busan we can film together if you want.
Sanshine: Damn, I just got back to Seoul a couple hours ago. Maybe next time?
Me: Sure.
I smiled and turned off my phone. This kid... why does he have my heart feeling this way? I noticed he had always been following me on Instagram, so why not follow him back? Fans were probably going to explode but oh well. As soon as I pressed the follow button, literally 3 seconds later everything in my tagged said I followed Sanshine. It made me wonder how many people were actually keeping track of San and I.
I laid back on my couch, turning on the tv for some background noise. It was around 15:06 already, I still had hours to kill. Peyton and Alexandra were bugging me on why I didn’t invite them to read fan fiction with me. I just texted them to shut the fuck up.
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A few days pass, and San has kinda caught my interest. I’ve been watching his videos lately, and he’s funny and entertaining. I had subbed to him recently, and my socials have blown up. I haven’t talked to him since the fan fiction thingy, but it’s fine I guess. His dimples are so cute, it actually makes me melt though. I think I have a thing for dimples, my friends call it a kink but I don’t think that’s possible. A kink for dimples? Just listen to how weird that sounds!
As on cue, an Instagram DM notification pops up on my phone. San. Of course. I find myself smiling while reading his message.
Sanshine: Hey. I hope it’s not too weird for me to be messaging you like this, haha. Just want to know how you’ve been :)
Me: Oh, hey. I’ve been good. Maybe it’s a bit weird, but I don’t mind messages from you! How have you been?
Sanshine: Oh, thanks. I’ve been doing well. I just kinda maybe.. wanted to know if you’d like to be friends or something?
Me: What’s the or something? ;)
Sanshine: You’ll find that out soon ;))
I silently cringed at the winky faces, but the conversation continued for hours upon hours until he had to leave. I soon found myself smiling and blushing while reading through our past messages. We had swapped phone numbers half way through, for better communication I guess.
The shipping material hasn’t died down at all, though. In fact, now people think we’re secretly dating and it’s all the drama that’s going on. I shut my phone off and plugged it in beside my bed so it could charge. I fell asleep happily that night, thinking about the long conversation we had. Ew, that was cheesy, but you get what I mean. I hope.
I woke up the next morning and rolled over to check my phone, only to see a text from San.
San: Good morning, I hope you slept well and I hope you have a wonderful day! Don’t forget to eat and drink lots of water!💞
Oh my god. He sent me a good morning text. Tell me he isn’t boyfriend material oh my god and he put hearts too, I’m going to scream. Then I scrolled down to Peyton and Alexandra spam texting our group chat, asking if I wanted to go out today. I have nothing else better to do, so why not? They said they would pick me up around noon, so I had around an hour to eat and get ready.
•
I got into the backseat of their car, my camera out.
“What’s up?” I asked.
“How’s you and Sanshine?” Peyton turned around and smirked. As much as I wanted my smile to drop, it only grew bigger. Peyton started squealing, which turned into a scream, which turned into a shriek.
“T-THAT MEANS THERES SOMETHING GOING ON!!! TELL US!!” Peyton screamed and Alexandra hit her lightly for Peyton to calm down. I turned off my camera.
“We’ve just been talking. That’s all” I shrugged.
“No, y’all have been flirting!!” Peyton yelled again.
“Maybe-“ I was cut off by Peyton’s screaming.
“Calm down!” Alexandra yelled. I leaned back in my seat after giving a few details and buckled up, turning the camera back on.
“So, where are we going?” I asked curiously.
“To fucking Seoul” Peyton joked.
“I don’t mind” I shrugged.
“Of course you don’t, your god damn boyfriend lives there!”
“He’s not my boyfriend, dipshit!”
“Mhm”
I rolled my eyes before they turned on some music. You guessed it - BTS.
•
We arrived an outdoor mall, basically. It was small and not commonly known around here, therefore it was a nice, easy place to walk around in.
“So what are you guys planning on doing?” I asked as we walked around.
“Just this. Maybe buying a few things. Doesn’t matter, really” Peyton shrugged as she skipped around, leaving Alexandra and I to follow her in a fast walk.
I sat in the changing room, bored out of my mind as the other 2 went to go try on some clothes. There were a lot, and they’re slow, so it’ll be awhile. My phone dinged, only to see a text from San. I smiled and unlocked my phone.
San: Hey. What are you doing right now?
Me: Oh, hi. I’m at the mall with Peyton and Alexandra. They’re trying on clothes so I’m stuck in the waiting area, haha. What about you?
San: That sucks lmao. I’ll entertain you. I’m not really doing anything, my dorm mates abandoned me.
Me: All 7 of them?
San: Yep. All 7. They’re just out doing their own things, some of them are probably at a mall like you while the others went out to eat or something
Me: Aw, well I’d never leave you
San: Even if you tried, you couldn’t ;)
I let out a small yelp as I felt someone touch my shoulder.
“Who are you texting?” Peyton smirked.
“I-uh no one” I stuttered as I struggled to slip my phone back into my pocket. Alexandra and Peyton looked at each other other suspiciously.
“Mhm. Alright, let’s go we’re paying then getting some food” Alexandra tugged on my arm to the cashier where they payed for their stuff. They then dragged me to a nearby café that was in the mall.
We sat down at a table after ordering our food. As the other 2 engaged in a conversation, I got back on my phone under the table.
San: Y/n??
San: Hello? Did I scare you away?
San: I’m sorry
Me: Nonono, sorry haha. My friends dragged me away to go pay and whatnot. We’re in a café right now. That was my fault, heh
San: Oh, no worries. I was just scared that I had finally scared you off lol
Me: Scare me off? Never
San: Never?? You wanna hear my pick-up lines?
Me: Sure ;)
San: Alright
San: Did it hurt?
Me: When I fell from heaven..?
San: No when you fell from the vending machine
Me: What the fuck San
San: Cause you a snack ;)
San: Hello?
San: Uh oh
Me: I feel attacked
San: Not a-snacked?
Me: lmao pls stop
San: Never ;)
Me: Lol I’m leaving bye
San: Wait no come back please
I shut my phone off to see Peyton and Alexandra smirking at me. They had somehow grabbed my camera without me noticing and were now filming me.
“So, y/n, who were you texting?” Peyton said, smirk growing.
“Uh...” I was at loss for words.
“Who? Tell us! You want to be real, right?” Peyton pushed it further.
“S-San...” I gulped before hiding my face.
“What about?” Alexandra asked.
“Uhh... j-just entertaining each other..” I stuttered. Right at the perfect moment, someone came to the table with our food. We thanked them before I stuffed my mouth with food so I wouldn’t have to answer questions. I chewed slowly, snatching my camera back and stopped recording.
“Guys, why? I don’t think people should know about San and I talking and getting to know each other. It can be blown way out of proportion and people would go absolutely crazy” I explained and they gave me the :o face, as if they just really really understood why. I shook my head and continued eating.
They dropped me back off at my house, and I showered and changed, before starting to edit my video. My phone buzzed, and it was a text from San.
San: Hey
Me: Hii
San: Wanna FaceTime?
Me: Sure
This was the first time San had asked to FaceTime, so I was a bit nervous and excited. As much as I’ll try to deny it in the future, I’m catching feelings.
My phone screen suddenly changed to my reflection as it showed San was calling. I hit accept and only showed my eyes. It connected and he showed his full face, his smiling growing so his dimples were showing.
“Hey, why aren’t you showing your beautiful face?” He smiled and I slowly showed my bare face, glasses and everything.
“There she is” San’s smile grew wider, somehow.
“So, what are you doing right now?” He asked, propping up his phone so he wouldn’t have to hold it as he rested his chin on his palms.
“Oh, nothing. Just editing today’s video, you know?” I said with a small awkward laugh.
“That doesn’t sound like nothing. I still don’t know how people do it, post videos everyday? That seems impossible for me” he chuckled.
“Well that’s cause you have no friends. Friends that hang out with you, anyways” I shrugged and he pretended to look offended.
“That hurts my feelings, how dare you” he scoffed and pretended to cry, making me laugh.
The call lasted for hours, and I probably would’ve forgotten to post the video of he didn’t remind me. His roommates came back around an hour and a half into the call. They bugged him and annoyed San every once in awhile. I just laughed at all his attempts to shoo away his roommate, Mingi and another guy named Wooyoung.
•
Months passed into the winter, and San and I still talked as often as possible. We flirted shamelessly over text basically every second we talked. There were no labels, until one day I was out with - you guessed it, Peyton and Alexandra, shopping for Christmas. My phone buzzed, only for it to be San. Who else would it be?
San: Hey wanna be my girlfriend?
Me: Sure
San: Holy shit that was easy
I laughed at San’s shock over text, and suddenly, my phone screen lit up only for him to be calling me.
“Hello?” I said with a small laugh.
“You’re serious, right? Like, you aren’t fucking with me for shits and giggles?” San asked, voice full of shock.
“Nope, 100% serious” I laughed.
“Oh my god ohmygodohmygod” he squealed and I laughed even harder at his excitement.
“HAHAHA FUCKERS I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND NOW!!” I heard San scream out his door before shutting it.
“I’m glad you’re excited, but maybe can I call back later? I’m kinda out and about right now, and in public isn’t the perfect time to be calling-“
“Of course! Call me as soon as possible!” San said cheerfully.
“Okay, well bye Sannie”
“Bye Y/n-ie!” He sang into the phone before I hung up. After a few seconds, it washed over me that I’m now dating Choi San. Over the internet.
“Why are you stuck? Come on!!” Alexandra yelled and dragged me to another store. The amount of money I’ve spent today is quite something. I don’t like to use my money, or a lot of it at once, at least.
After a few more stores and a few more hours, we had finally left the mall and Peyton and Alexandra took me back home, as I carried in all the bags in one trip.
After putting away my things, I decided to do live stream on Instagram. As soon as I pressed start, there were already thousands of viewers. I started to read off random comments I saw.
“Y/n do you still remember Sanshine? Yes, in fact, I do. We talked for a bit after people started bugging me” I chuckled, hoping it seemed real.
“Did you know that he has a girlfriend now? Or supposedly does? Sanshine has a girlfriend? Hm, interesting” I shrugged.
“Yeah, he met her over the Internet. She lives in Busan like you. He exposed himself when one of the people he lives with in his dorm was doing a gaming live stream, and Sanshine shouted “hahaha fuckers I have a girlfriend now”. In fact it was earlier today” I read out. Oh shit, people caught on quick.
“I’m happy for him” I shrugged it off and continued reading more comments. Then San texted me.
“Why do you have time to do a livestream but not time to call me back?” I read out loud.
“Oh shit, I forgot to call someone back. If you’re watching this, I’ll call you right after” I smiled awkwardly before continuing my live.
It ended about 45 minutes later, and as soon as I ended it I called San.
“You hurt me” I could hear San pout over the phone.
“Well, I could’ve not called you back in general-“
“You said once you were home”
“I said as soon as possible” I rolled my eyes. He tried to hold back a laugh before he started cracking up on the other end.
We stayed on call for awhile, we ate dinner on the phone together and whatnot. Our calls always last for an average of 3-5 hours, sometimes more, sometimes less.
As I was laying down in bed, my phone resting on my nightstand, we were just talking.
“I wish we could see each other for Christmas” he sighed.
“Me too”
“I wish I could go to Busan, but I can’t”
“Why not?” I asked curiously.
“Because of stupid reasons. Also cause my dorm mates said they’ll kick me out if I spend another Christmas away from them that isn’t with my family” he sighed again.
“They wouldn’t”
“They would”
“You could come live with me” I suggested. He paused for a moment.
“Hm, maybe” he shrugged.
“What? Am I that scary?” I laughed and he looked offended.
“No! You’re softer than a pillow and marshmallows!!” He shot back, which made me laugh harder. Rolling my eyes, we continued to talk through the night, not even realizing the time until somebody called him out for it.
“San, will you shut up already? You guys have talked all night! It’s already 9!” Mingi yelled from his bed. We both checked the time, and you bet, it was 9 o’clock. My phone battery wasn’t low, due to it being on a charger but damn was my phone hot.
I quickly checked to see how long we’ve been on call for, and shit it’s been 15 hours... 15 hours of nonstop talking.
“Shit, I might just sleep through the day” he chuckled.
“Ah, me too but I don’t want to leave you..” I sighed.
“Come over” he said, and I had no clue on whether he was joking.
“Wait, are you serious?” I asked.
“Yeah, I’ll wait for you. Give me a time and I can pick you up” he said and I could actually hear him smiling. How do you hear someone smile, I don’t know.
“Okay.. let me look at train tickets” I said, getting out of bed and getting onto my computer. I looked at the train tickets for the quickest trip from Busan to Seoul.
“The quickest I can find leaves at 11:30 and takes 3 hours and 11 minutes” I read out to him.
“Good. Pack a lot, you’ll be staying here. Don’t worry, if you run out of clothes you can wear mine” he said, possibly winking. It was easy to predict his actions now, knowing him so well.
“Alright then... see you in 5 hours I guess” I said with a small laugh.
“BOYS WE HAVE 5 HOURS TO CLEAN UP THE DORM MOVE YOUR ASSES” San screamed.
“Okay, yeah see you. I can’t wait! Bye!” He squealed before hanging up the phone. I rolled my eyes and went to hop in the shower. I had just done my laundry, so everything was all nice and clean.
After taking a quick shower, I quickly packed everything I needed. Hygienic things, clothes, chargers, laptop, but I don’t think I’ll need a guitar yet. Plus, he once said one of his dorm mates plays the guitar too, so we’ll see.
I started my vlog, nothing too exciting, just saying that I was going to Seoul for a little bit. I managed to get Alexandra to give me a ride to the train station, not Peyton cause she’s scream the entire time. Alexandra is a bit more on the calm side.
I was around 10 minutes early, and I sat on a bench, waiting for my train to come. A few fans came up to me and ask me for pictures, and it probably looked like I was dead inside or something cause I was so tired. I had truly stayed up all night calling San.
As soon as I got onto the train, I sat down and relaxed, sticking my earbuds into my ears, and fell asleep hugging my luggage so no one could steal it.
I woke up to the announcement that we had arrived, and it was around 14:45. I texted San that I had just arrived, and he said he got stuck cleaning the last bits of the dorm so one of his dorm mates, Seonghwa, would come get me. I’ve talked with Seonghwa quite a bit, he’s nice. He likes to steal San’s phone when San goes to the bathroom and talk to me.
I see a familiar face walking up to me, and I started making my way to him, as we smiled tiredly at each other.
“Hey, y/n. So nice to meet you in person, now!” Seonghwa greeted me.
“Hi. You too” I smiled back.
“Are you hungry or anything?” He asked and I shook my head. He led me to his car and we talked the entire way back to the dorm. I was so close to seeing San again.
“Y’know, San has had a crush on you for the longest time. Now that you guys are dating, he keeps telling us it’s a dream come true” Seonghwa exposed San, making me burst into laughter.
“Oh really? A dream come true, huh?” I repeated and he nodded. We eventually made it to the dorms they lived in, and he took me up to their dorm.
“This is it. Ready to meet your boyfriend?” Seonghwa asked.
“That sounded weird, but yes, yes I am” I smiled. He unlocked the door and opened it, and in sat 6 boys, legs all crossed, sitting up straight and pretending to be all fancy. I looked at them for 3 seconds, looked back at Seonghwa, and then we burst into laughter.
“You guys know how to make a first impression” I laughed as they now all came to the door and greeted me. I greeted them back, slipping off my shoes.
“San’s in his room, tired as hell and dying of nervousness” Hongjoong told me. I thought for a bit before deciding to see if I could scare him, but that’s maybe not a good idea.
I carefully knocked on the door and I heard a small “come in!” and I peaked through the door, only to see San pacing back and forth. I walked in and shut the door.
“Not gonna greet your girlfriend?” I asked and his head snapped towards me. He ran the steps he could and pounced on me, almost knocking me over.
“Y/n!!!” He shouted. I smiled and hugged him back.
“Hi Sannie” I giggled and he only hugged me tighter.
“I can’t believe you’re actually here!” He said, pulling back to look at my face.
“Me too..” I said and he kissed my nose. I blushed, hiding my face into his shoulder as his arms slid around my waist.
“Are you tired? Hungry? Thirsty?” He asked. I shook my head.
“Just a bit tired, had a power nap on the train. Wasn’t a good one, but it’ll do” I snuggled into him more.
“Then let’s sleep!” He announced, helping me, somehow, undress of me of my dirty train clothes and slipping on new ones, by that I mean one of his shirts, even though I brought a lot of my clothes. Maybe it was moving a bit too fast, but who cares? All I wanted to do was be in San’s arms.
He let me under the covers first before getting in himself, arms sliding around me as he held me close to him.
“Hmm, I’ve wanted to hold you like this for a long time...” he sighed blissfully.
“Have you?” I asked, fingers brushing over his adorable neck freckles.
“Mmhm” he said with a slight nod, and you chuckled.
“Just think, it’s almost been a year since you’ve posted that video. When did you post that? March?”
“Yeah, March. I’ve liked you for longer, though” he shrugged.
“Scientists say when you like someone for more than 6 months, you’ve fallen in love with them” I stated a fact I learned awhile back.
“So does this mean I can officially say I’ve fallen in love with you, then?” He asked with a small laugh.
“If you want. That means I can say the same, too” I smiled, hiding myself.
“Oh?” He asked playfully.
“Am I that irresistible?” He teased and I playfully hit his chest.
“Stop” I whined.
“Never” He laughed back, pressing a small kiss to my forehead.
“I’m so glad you here..” He mumbled into my hair.
“Me too. I’m glad we finally closed the distance between us…” I said into his chest. It was silent then, as we just held each other, waves of sleep taking over us.