In An Airplane
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I've been thinking about you on this aeroplane
And my, my mind is in the sky
When I'm dreaming about you on this aeroplane
09:28 CET
A new morning in Milan. A new number in your phone. You notice she'd already messaged you.
good morning! 😊 you have a pretty name! it suits you. nice to meet you! again ㅋㅋㅋ
good morning! and thank you!! i like your name too! nice to officially meet you hanni 🤝
oops sorry i'm so used to using ㅋㅋㅋ i forgot you probably don't know what that means 🤣 it's just like laughing in korean
yeah i figured ㅋㅋㅋ
did you sleep well?
best sleep i've had for as long as i can remember 😴 how about you?
same!! i think i have you to thank for that 🤭
and i have you to thank for last night! it still doesn't seem real
i know! i had such a nice time 💓
Normally you'd be surprised to see hearts sent so soon, but after last night you could send her a million.
me too! hihi 💓
you know what else is real tho? work today 😣 but it should be fun!!
i'm sure it will be. and you'll nail it! fighting!! you guys say that right? 😅
yeah that's right! hahaha
You already knew you were right but you found yourself wanting her affirmation.
hey i need to get ready soon 🙁 what time's your flight?
it's at 8 in the evening but my parents want to head to the airport after lunch
ok i'm going for a walk in a bit then i think i'm eating lunch at the hotel so i might see you in the lobby or something
don't worry i'll pretend i don't know you
i'm glad you got to know me last night tho 😊 i'm thankful the universe sent you my way 💫
so am i!!
i'll get going now! keeping texting me ok? even if i don't reply right away. i really like talking to you 💗
me too hanni! take care! 💗
The morning was cold and the sky was grey, but just like last night, she had a way of keeping you warm. You look at your messages, then once again at the roses on your bedside table. You couldn't stop smiling.
13:31 CET
hey we're checking out now. i went out for a walk earlier too! i bought you something and left it at reception. said it was from a fan. luckily my parents didn't notice 😅 hope you like it!! and hope you enjoyed lunch too! will text you when i get to the airport 😊
15:05 CET
checking in bags now. is it weird that i miss you?
17:10 CET
hope your work is going well!! just waiting for boarding now. btw my brother lent me a really interesting book. i'll finish it on the plane later. i'd love to talk about it with you!
heeyyyyy!! i'm soooo so sorry i didn't get back to you!! i really wanted to reply but was really busy and also trying not be suspicious hahaha
hey hanni!! it's no problem at all! don't worry about it 😊
just finished a shoot but aaaaaa i got your flowers!! thank you so much!!! 🥹 they're beautiful! i love them so much 💕
i'm glad!! yeah i realized i couldn't really take the roses you bought me last night on the plane and i didn't want them to go to waste so i just bought a whole bouquet to complement them. and you deserve them more anyway!
you're so sweet! thank you so much!! and i'd love to hear about the book you're reading! just keep ranting about it and i'll get back to you after dinner probably. gotta go for now!
alright enjoy dinner! i'll keep listening to the playlist you made me
hihi hope you like it! let me know which songs you enjoy
will do! oh and i downloaded phoning too! it's so cool you guys have something like this
oh nice!! you're a bunny now 🐰
i think i became one as soon as i met you 🐰
stop being so sweet!! i'm smiling like a crazy person in front of everyone here. ok i really gotta go. text you later!!
see yaaaaa
i miss you too btw
Who was the one smiling like a crazy person now?
21:38 CET
how's it going! hope the wifi on the plane is alright! i just got home from dinner
hey I just finished dinner too and am reading now! how was the food?
we ate at a restaurant right next to the cathedral and it was really good! it just felt kinda weird going back there and not being with you
aw do you miss me that much 🐰
i do 🤭
i miss you too hanni 💗 last night was really special to me. sorry i keep saying that but i can't help it. i hope we get to see each other again soon
it was really special to me too!! we'll meet up soon i promise 🙏 i'll find a way once i get back home in a few days
no rush!! i know you're a busy gurl and you're in the public eye so yeah i really don't wanna pressure you! hope you know that. even if we only ever get to text or call from now on i'll be cool with that. i'm just glad i met you!
ya gurl do be busy!!!
You have to stop yourself from reading too much into that one.
hihi 😋
but for real I'll do my best! meeting you was really such a gift and i wanna see you again
you're really sweet did you know that?
you're sweeter did you know that?
stahp 🙈
hehe 😋 so how's your book btw! i'm gonna have to sleep soon because i gotta get up early tomorrow so i wanna hear about it before going to bed
so the book is called einstein's dreams and it's basically just a collection of stories. the stories describe worlds where time behaves a little differently in each. it's pretty interesting! and a lot of it is based on real parts of einstein's theories. it really makes you think
that sounds really cool! i've always been interested in science! was just never really good at it 😅
well if you couldn't tell i'm a huge nerd. i'll probably study physics or something at uni in korea
really? i mean yeah i could tell haha but i didn't think you'd actually be studying something like physics. you struck me as more of an emotional and artistic person
well i am! idk about artistic but i appreciate art and music. and the beauty in the world. i think that's why i want to study physics. it's like studying the poetry of the universe
only a huge nerd could romanticize a bunch of math
well math is the language that poetry is written in!
alright nerd let me hear about the actual book now hahahah
sorry hahaha
don't be sorry!! i'm just playing around. i love the way you look at the world 😊
aw thanks 🥹 ok so there's two stories in the book that i really like. the first one describes a world where time passes more slowly the higher up in altitude you go which is technically true in the real world but the effect is a lot more pronounced in the story. so everyone moves to the mountains or builds really tall buildings to live in thinking that they'll live longer as a result. then it becomes a status thing like the people who live in the valleys and lowlands are looked down upon. but the irony is it's all just relative. sure up in the mountains time will pass more slowly but only relative to down in the valleys. they're not really gaining any more time in their lives. in fact their lives become shorter because of the thin cold air up there and they start eating less and become unhealthy and aged before their time. i mean science aside it's just interesting to think about the lengths people will go to to run away from something inevitable then they end up making it worse
wow
there's that wow again 😂 that's all you have to say? i mean i get it i kinda ranted sorry hahaha
no no!! it's really interesting i swear!! you'll have to explain the science to me some other time but what i got from that is we should just embrace what we have now. not try to outrun our lives but just live them in the moment. not lose sight of what really matters
and what's that?
love? humanity? i mean you said it became a status thing. people lost their compassion in their greed for something more. something that wasn't even real
yeah... it's kinda sad to think about. humans can be so kind but also so cruel. i wonder where it all goes wrong sometimes
yeah 😞
but hey i don't think i told you this. do you know what i thought when i first saw you on that balcony last night?
oh what?
i thought you were an angel. a very expensive looking angel 😂
noooo stopppp 🙈🙈🙈
i'm serious tho!! i just knew from your voice and your eyes that you would be the kindest person i'd ever met. and i was right. i love the way you look at the world too
you're too sweet stop it 🥹
alright alright you wanna hear the other story? it's a little lighter than this one hahaha
sure! it'll be my bedtime story
ok so in this world time is like a disc and it gets slower as you get closer and closer to the middle. again this can kinda happen in a way in the real world but that's for some other time. but basically you can walk to the center of time and when you're there time will stop. that means you'd never be able to leave but that moment would also last forever. so lovers would go there and kiss or parents would go with their children and hold them to stop them from growing older. but for people who didn't quite reach the center, just passed close to it, their time would slow down so much that when they got back to the rest of the world nothing would be the same. their friends and family would be gone and cities would be completely different. centuries would've passed essentially. so it's like a risk to get close to the center. but some people choose to do it to treasure specific moments. what would you choose?
oh that one's interesting too!! i think it's kinda similar to the first story tho. i feel like we can still treasure the important moments in our lives without having to freeze them forever and lose other things in the process. live in the moment but not freeze it forever
right? i'm glad we think the same!
me too 😊 hey thanks for sharing all this! i know it means a lot to you and it means a lot to me that you're sharing it with me. i gotta go sleep now but don't hesitate to keep writing your thoughts. i wanna hear them all! i'll reply when i wake up. update me when you're home safe ok?
i will!! thanks for being so sweet hanni! i really appreciate it. good night and sweet dreams!! 💗
good night!! hope you sleep well on the plane ❤️
But you still had so much on your mind. She was the kind of person you wanted to share your whole world with. So even if you did manage to sleep, you knew you'd dream about her. And in your dreams you'd be together, the distance between you reduced to nothing. An airplane on the ground, a hotel room in the sky.
3:47 CET
good morning!! hope i'm not waking you up with the notifs. i managed to sleep quite a bit and i'm listening to your playlist again now. and it's playing airplane thoughts! it's a really nice song and it's really fitting. so in the spirit of the song i just wanted to share some more thoughts with you. i was just thinking about how we were talking last night and the night we met, and how i just feel so comfortable? with you. like i can just be myself and open up completely. i'd usually never do that with someone i just met but you just made me feel at home. so often in my life i've been with people and shared special, beautiful moments with them. like when i would travel and see amazing cities and landscapes with my family, or stay up all night with my friends. but something was always off. i felt like i was the only one feeling that way. the feeling that this moment right here is special and i'll remember it for the rest of my life. i knew they didn't understand that feeling or treasure that moment in the same way. but somehow just a few hours with you sitting in front of a cathedral in milan i knew you understood me. you made me feel like a different person. or rather the person i always was underneath the facade i put on for people. so i hope you understand why i keep saying that our first night was so special to me and why i keep thanking you for it. it was so important to my life right at that moment. i'm just happy you're here. that's all
5:32 CET
hey good morning!! ❤️ you know the reason i love music so much and i guess why i'm a singer now is because i feel like there are too many emotions in this world and not enough words to express them. often i find myself feeling a certain way but not being able to describe it. then i listen to just the right song and i think yeah that's it. that's the feeling. i think music and art in general is just the language we need to overcome that gap. so when we shared our music that night, and knowing that you're listening to and enjoying the playlist i made for you now, i knew i felt something special with you. when i looked into your eyes i knew you felt it too. that connection. just the way you described it. so i'm happy you're here too ❤️
i don't think i've ever cried this high up above the ground before
oh hey you're awake! sorry huhu didn't mean to make you cry but tbf you made me cry too just now. and i just woke up!! i can't have swollen eyes for the show today 😅
omg i'm so sorry!! hahhaha
you should be landing soon right? have they served breakfast? lunch? idk time zones are hard
yeah they did! breakfast was soooo good! korean food is amazing. like even in planes it's great
welllll you're in business aren't you?
oops 🙈
that explains some of it 😂 but yeah korean food is so good!!
you gotta send me all your food recs!! i'll check them all out when i can
sure sure!! but i gotta get ready first. i have a quick shoot in my hotel room before the show. i might do a phoning call later when i'm done with it. it'll be quick but maybe you can join in!
sounds good! time to meet all my fellow bunnies 🐰
go get some more sleep! or not actually maybe it'll be better for your jet lag to wait until later
yeah i've slept enough. have fun today hanni!! see you later on phoning 📱
see youuuuu!! take care!
As soon as you cross the threshold at immigration and enter Korea once again, the thought crosses your mind that in a few days she'd be here, too. And the hope that you'd have more nights together enters your heart.
12:30 CET/20:30 KST
hey can i just say you looked amazing!! an angel fr
nauurrr 🦭🦭
hahaha why the seal?
sorry that's just the emoji i've been using for myself lately hahah
it's cute! it suits you somehow
thank you 🥰 you should be home right? everything went smoothly i hope?
yeah all good! tho i think jet lag's gonna hit hard
aww man i know the feel! but i'll be here to keep you company don't worry! ❤️
thank you! you're the sweetest as always
actually sorry i might have lied because i need to go to the show now. and then fly back home. but i'll do my best to message!!
no worries hanni really! 😊
no worries? more like super nervous right now!!!
aww no you can do it! you're amazing!! you'll do just fine
thanks eeeee 😖 i'll catch you laterrrr
see yaaaa
22:34 CET/6:34 KST
hey i'm on the plane now. gonna try and sleep. just wanted to let you know that i'm thinking about you! hope you're sleeping well and beating jet lag 🥊
13:28 KST
i slept for 7 hours omg 😴 will be landing soon! how are you?
heya!! sorry i've been in and out of sleep. jet lag sucks. but hey at least you're here!
i am here! 😊 when i get home you wanna call? maybe after dinner?
at this point idk when dinner's gonna be. but yeah sure i'd love to!!
yaaay
did you dream of anything?
it was more remembering than dreaming. i remembered our time in milan. how we talked about quickly passing by people and realizing that there's so much more going on in everyone's lives beyond what we can see in those few seconds of eye contact
sonder
yeah! and i thought that, knowing that fact, why aren't more people kind and thoughtful? compassionate. i mean most people are polite but there's a step above that that's rare to see. if we let it really sink in that we don't have a lot of time with people and life goes by so quickly, why shouldn't we try to be the kindest and most genuine versions of ourselves all the time? i'm not saying that that's who i am but it's who i want to become. and talking with you i feel like that's what you want too?
i think i'd always had that in the back of my mind but i'd never really articulated it to myself. but after i met you and now that you've said that, yes that's what i want. i want to at least try. thank you for showing me that part of myself ❤️
i'm glad i was able to 🥰
i used to think a lot about love and relationships. i mean i still do. and not just romantic ones. i remember thinking at some point that all relationships eventually fade or people move on and that i'd be better off focusing on myself, on my career. i thought i'd rather live knowing that i was really good at something, like you are at your job. i thought i'd rather live knowing i excelled at something people cared about. maybe i was scared of really opening up to someone and sharing my entire life with them only for them to leave and forget about me. but you helped me realize that that's ok. you said that as long as you had a true connection with someone, even briefly, that there's beauty in that. and that really stuck with me. it is all about connection. at the end of the day that's all we really need right? to love and be loved
yeah isn't everything we do in life an attempt at being loved a little more? i mean sometimes i feel this pressure as an idol to be a perfect role model for others, especially to other girls my age, and there's a certain responsibility that comes with that. i want to show them that you can achieve your dreams if you try hard enough and you don't really need anyone else. but then i realize that i'm doing this job because i love making music, spreading love in the world, and receiving it back. we do kinda need each other in the end cuz that's what being human is i think
yeah it definitely shows that you love your fans! and they love you just as much
i remember too when you asked me if i believed in a higher power. i said i thought the universe had some way of bringing the right people together at the right time. like you and me that night. but i also believe that there's magic when they form that connection. when they reach out like you did. being at the same place at the same time is one thing but attempting to get to know each other is another. if there's any magic in this world it's in trying to really connect with others and getting to know them. sharing the world and your experiences. even if it doesn't always work out, it's about the attempt. if we don't try things in life then what are we really doing right? you helped me realize that
you must really be an angel hanni idk what else to say
no i think you are!! ❤️
❤️ i'm so happy we helped each other see things we couldn't before. i mean maybe they were things we already knew in our subconscious but never properly thought about but still. you're such an inspiration! i think your job is perfect for you. the world needs someone like you
aww thanks ❤️ i'm crying again hahaha
me too lmao
i'll go wash up before people think i'm weird 😅
alright text me when you get home! looking forward to our call!
same same! see yaaaa 🥰
baiiiiiiii 💓
21:56 KST
An evening in Korea. Another night of hearing her voice. You pick up the phone.
Hey! How are ya! How was dinner?
Hi hi~ I haven't eaten yet. Appetite is nowhere to be found. I'd much rather talk to you anyway.
But you should eat something before sleeping at least! Don't want you getting hungry in the night.
Don't worry. I'll eat some ramyeon or something.
A pause. You hear her breathing for a brief moment.
It's funny hearing your voice again. Like, all this time reading your messages, I was just imagining your voice in my head, remembering it as it was when we met. But now through the phone it's not the same.
Better than nothing!
Oh, yeah! It's nothing bad. It's just funny.
Another pause. Almost awkward silence until she speaks up again.
I was thinking earlier about what you said about stars the other night. How we're all just stardust.
Yeah!
I still think that's really cool. Then it got me thinking even more that we're all just made of matter. Like atoms and molecules. Please don't laugh at me. I feel like you're about to laugh.
I'm not! I'm not!
Ok, good. But, yeah, we're all the same! Just atoms and molecules. Just like everything else in the universe. Doesn't that make you feel warm and fuzzy? Like, we're all some kind of huge family with everything that exists. And we're all 13 billion years old. Or whatever the number is.
I bet you looked up the age of the universe earlier.
I may have.
For the first time you hear her laughter through a small phone speaker. It was still just as sweet.
Hey, I miss you.
You hear nothing over the phone for a few moments before she responds with something you did not expect.
Funny, isn't it? How, in this digital age where everything's connected, you still find yourself missing people.
Yeah. You'd think you wouldn't be able to miss anyone but...
On the plane, when I closed my eyes to sleep, I could hear your voice. I think it's nice to know that you can just close your eyes and think about those you love, those special to you, and know they are real, alive, hopefully happy, in their own corner of the world, whether it's down the street or across the planet, and know that if they're closing their eyes and thinking the same, you're together in that moment.
That's a really nice thought.
But it isn't the same as having them near, knowing they're right there beside you under the same roof, under the same sky, under the same stars. It's not the same as just being able to turn to them and smile. To be able to hug them and laugh with them and hear it unfiltered in your ears. To be able to say things with your presence that words could never convey. I think we all need that closeness as humans. I think that's why we miss people. And why I miss you, too.
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👑/🖥️ Ok, Ok, Ok.... So I've been having brain rots about SAGAU / Isekai tropes. And in this idea...what if instead of being transported back to Teyvat, the materialized character "glitches" or gets stuck in the real world when Genshin closes unexpectedly? 🐱
IMAGINE! Sleeping peacefully in your room, leaving your game on because why tf not. 😴 Maybe wearing something tiny and comfy for sleep (like a mini shorts or just boxers or a tank top or basically something so smol that much skin is showing!). And your active character is there, lying beside you to watch your cute serene face. It's not like you'll catch your favourite bond 10 boy staring at you...or sniffing your scent...or intently listening to your breathing / heartbeat...or stealing touches in your soft skin. He'll automatically "disappear" when you wake up anyway so there's no risk even if he's lying so close to you and holding you in his arms. 😍
Now what if a power interruption occurred?
It caught him off guard. Why tf is everything suddenly so dark?! It's so quiet - like everything else stopped and only the ticking of the clock remained. He could still feel you in his arms, though. What happened? Maybe the lights just went off but Genshin is still open? 🤔
His eyes adjusts to the dark. He could see the way your face scrunches from the loss of cool air (assuming it currently is a hot season). He feels you shifting your position into a more comfortable one, trying to find anything cold or cool on your skin. His arms around you brings more heat and he knows you would soon wake up. Instead of freeing you from his hold, he waits for you to open your eyes so he could be transported back to Teyvat. He wants to make the most of his time in your world. He just wants to feel you as long as he could. 😍😘
He anticipates you opening your eyes and when you do, he closes his eyes, plants a kiss on your lips and says, "Good night, [your name]. I'll see you next time." 😘
But instead of seeing himself back in Teyvat, he sees your eyes wide open. 😳 His eyes grow large as well, confused as to why he is still here in your world. He should be transported to Teyvat so why is he having a staring contest with you? Why are your enticing eyes looking at his - similar to how you stare at each other often times less the screens separating you two? Wait - are you aware he stole a kiss from you?? 😱
His heart skips a few beats as you call his name sweetly with your lovely voice. In response to your calling, he smiles at you dearly.
So again, since my usual active characters are Albaby (Albedo) and Turtlelinnie (Childe), I imagine something like...
Albedo
"Ah... Hello, [your name]. Yes, it's me, Albedo."
He doesn't even deny it! He wants to gauge your reaction and so far, you calling his name sweetly seems like a good step. But he could tell you are still discombobulated. It's natural, though because he knows it's your first time seeing him in your world.
"I'm sure you have a lot of questions since it's your first time seeing me in your world. Will it be alright if we indulge ourselves in each other's embrace?"
Childe
"Wait... You really can see me???"
Happi excited Childe! Finally, he can talk to you!
At first, you'd feel disoriented and alarmed. Are you freaking dreaming? Why is Tartaglia / Childe / Ajax lying beside you?? Is he real?? Or maybe just some random dude who's so good at cosplaying broke into your room? Wait, you're not...are you...?? 😱
Childe hugs you tighter and chuckles his usual playful laugh.
"Ah~! I'm glad I could finally talk to you! You don't know how much I've been wanting for this day to come, [your name]! I really really want to know you more. Mind staying up late talking about whatnot?"
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