When Jungkook’s gaze fell back onto his face, Taehyung was looking at him with an expression that he couldn’t place— lips upturned as though he was holding back a warm smile, eyes warm and inviting, drawing him in.
A sudden, strange feeling came up from Jungkook’s chest that said, I want to marry him. His heart raced. He almost said it out loud, but stopped himself. He was being ridiculous. They had only known each other for a few hours, and Jungkook was going home to Korea soon; there was nothing long-term about this, as much as he wanted to pretend that there was. Was it possible that Taehyung felt this strange intensity, too? Maybe, he thought; that look on his face certainly said something.
“Jeon Jungkook,” Taehyung said. It wasn’t an address, or a greeting; it was just his name, infused with something warm and electrifying.
I don’t know what it is about Love At First Sight and Insta-Love in romance movies and shit that just kind of irks me? Like, it just doesn’t seem very realistic? When I was younger, I thought it was bullshit cause like, you can’t love someone if you don’t even know who they are yet. When I got older, I realized it wasn’t Love, it was a physical attraction. Once I thought that it was easier to accept, but I still didn’t like it. Romance movies will always try to convince me that her beauty isn’t important, except, that was the only reason he noticed her. Insta-Love felt really forced, like these two would sing a song or some shit and suddenly they’re in love? I don’t get it. And then, I started to think. Maybe one of the reasons I don’t like Love At First Sight and Insta-Love is because it’s a generic heterosexual trope that has been used time and time again? Would I like it more if it was gay? Hell. Yes. It could be because I just don’t see many same-sex relationships that get a happy ending, or maybe it’s because of something else, but I can guarantee that if the story was about two lesbians immediately falling in love after one interaction, I would eat that shit up.
And then I started to think about maybe another reason. In real life, wlw and mlm hardly get the chance to really engage in a relationship the way straight people can. Straight people will meet someone, develop a nice relationship, and then date for a year or two, maybe even more. You might’ve heard of the U-Haul Lesbian where sapphics rush into an intimate relationship after the second date, likely because they’re so desperate to have a more serious relationship like straight people do all the time. I think if this Love at First Sight or Insta-Love trope were used for gay people, it would be more realistic, at least in my eyes.
“There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don’t know how. Maybe you’re gonna be the one that saves me, ‘cause after all you’re my wonderwall.
