alternative confessions

[hyojungss]

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But when you walked into the room just then
It's like the sun came out

Start of Time, Gabrielle Aplin


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Junhui thinks the bravest person he knows is Seokmin, who accidentally confessed his two-year-long crush to Jung Chaeyeon loudly in the cafeteria during rush hour, and was, albeit politely, rejected. He’d rubbed his back soothingly in the bathroom after while Seokmin cried and Soonyoung tried to cheer him up.

“I can’t believe she turned him down,” Junhui rambles to Wonwoo when they’re walking back to their apartment that afternoon. Wonwoo raises an eyebrow and Junhui sighs. “I know she’s popular but wasn’t the way Seokmin told her everything he liked about her romantic?”

Wonwoo doesn’t reply. Junhui’s shoes get wet with each step in the snow they cut across.

“Does that mean,” Wonwoo starts. His breath creates clouds. “That you want me to confess to you like that?”

alaska, yoonbot (iverins)


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Whichever road I take, they all turn into you
Someday you will know it too

교차로 (Crossroads), GFRIEND


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“If I had my way I’d shut everything out of your life but happiness and pleasure, Anne,” said Gilbert in the tone that meant “danger ahead.”

Anne of the Island, L. M. Montgomery


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I was living instantly but
I met you, and I realized that everything has a reason

舞い落ちる花びら (Fallin’ Flower), SEVENTEEN


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"Did you miss me just as much every time?"

"I did."

"Don't lie," Hendery said, smiling.

"I miss you now, and you're right here," Lucas said, sincerity tasting heavy in his mouth.

"Cool," Hendery said, and fell completely silent.

"I'm trying," Lucas said, like a confession. "I want to really try, for you."

等等 (wait a moment), fractalkiss


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I know who I want to take me home

Closing Time, Semisonic


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I rarely use the phrase, "I love you." Instead, I like the phrase "Let's go together," because it has an action within it, and I think that's a beautiful way to confess and I feel happy hearing it.

anan Special SEVENTEEN FINALLY IN JAPAN, THE8


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I lose my voice when I look at you
Can't make a noise though I'm trying to
Tell you all the right words
Waiting on the right words

Black Butterflies and Déjà Vu, The Maine


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"A fighter always has a tell, a sign of an old injury, a dropped shoulder when they're about to throw a punch."

"Do I have a tell?"

"You square your shoulders before you start a move as if you're about to perform, like you're waiting for the audience's attention."

She looked slightly affronted at that. “And what’s yours?”

Kaz thought of the moment on Vellgeluk that had nearly cost him everything.

Crooked Kingdom, Leigh Bardugo


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I really wish for you to see my dreams
I wish for us to be able to hurt together every hour

좋겠다 (I Wish), SEVENTEEN


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Wherever I am, wherever I go, I always have such need to merely talk to you. Even when I have nothing to talk about – with you I just seem to go right ahead and sort of invent it. I invent it for you. Because I never seem to run out of tenderness for you and because I need to feel you near. Excuse the bad writing and excuse the emotional overflow. What I mean to say, perhaps, is that, in a way, I am never empty of you; not for a moment, an instant, a single second.

a letter to Vita Sackville-West, Virginia Woolf


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Carat: If the word “I love you” disappeared from the world, what do you want to say to express love?
Jun: Hmm… I’ll just simply say “I hope you’ll be happy”

210701 fansign


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If one day we were stranded on a deserted island
And it was the two of us left, what would you do?
Just thinking about it is scary
and there's a gloomy look on my face
But I will never tell you that

살짝 설렜어 (NONSTOP), OH MY GIRL


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Sorry I can't accept online dating, virtual things can't give me a sense of security, suspicion & envy are the reason I cry late at night, I want a steady happiness that when I reach out, I can touch it, but after looking at these photos of you I know now: I can accept it

200624 THE8 weibo menpa, CARAT


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This sudden burst of sunlight
And me with my umbrella
Cross-indexing every weatherman’s report
I was ready for the downslide
But not for spring to well up
This feeling calls for everything I can’t afford
To know
Is possible now

Stray Italian Greyhound, Vienna Teng


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I think that the moon looked very bright in Osaka.

180228 concert, Wonwoo


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But I feel something
When I see you now

ICU, Phoebe Bridgers


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Later, when Jiho's standing called at number four, Yoobin lingers behind her, places a careful hand on her shoulder and nothing more. Jiho looks back at her, a beat, two, and walks up to the stage.

"Thank you to the nation's producers. Thank you to -" her eyes fill up with tears, and Yoobin thinks it's unfair that she looks beautiful even then, projected on the screen above their heads. "My family. Thank you, and sorry. To the friends who've supported me from home, who've sacrificed so much time and effort for me. To the trainees who've fought alongside me all this time," Jiho says, raising a hand towards them, those who are waiting on the stage, those who are seated further away. "Please know," Jiho pauses, then, searching for something in the crowd. She stops when her eyes land on Yoobin, and she fights the urge to look away, holds Jiho's gaze. "Please know that I love you."

Oh, Yoobin thinks, oh, oh, oh.

you can see it with the lights out, hansoom


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And someday, when you die, I'll be the one who puts you in the ground.

Marceline The Vampire Queen, Adventure Time S7E6


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Two headlights shine through the sleepless night
And I will get you, get you alone
Your name has echoed through my mind
And I just think you should, think you should know
That nothing safe is worth the drive

Treacherous, Taylor Swift


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Apink had to choose which song they were the prettiest in and Naeun chose The Wave.

Naeun: They say that you are the prettiest when you're in love. We received so much love from our fans through this song, and that's why our members are the prettiest when we perform The Wave.

200414

Comments

[rhodochrosite]

such a good compilation thank u... u really get it so much

[hyojungss]

(heart emojis) and your cc answer will live in my heart forever...

[lovebalance]

im shaking and crying…..

[hyojungss]

me too

[sunwalkr]

i nearly dropped my phone at the crooked kingdom line. i think about it often </3 the seventeen stuff hit especially hard, im not sure why this was a lovely collection, thank u :-(

[hyojungss]

yay i'm glad you liked it :) i do like what svt has to say about love, it definitely comes out in their music and words that it's not straightforward and i really appreciate that

[girlrock]

this is so beautifully curated and formatted risa... thank you for sharing your taste is impeccable <333

[hyojungss]

thank you kaia glad you liked it !! <3

[sleepyshamrocks]

so good so sweet...the the8 quote hits nicely

[hyojungss]

when quality time is one of your biggest love languages... i think nothing defines love better than wanting to do things together with someone.

[leeseokmin]

i believe love is real again

[hyojungss]

TT_____TT i'm happy to hear that

[walleye]

wow i rly love this compilation...i always have vague sort-of there thoughts about conceptualizing love but i think you're able to take it one step further and do it so well and your quotes are so well chosen and hit that specific....MMMF that i have been missing...hoarding this <3

[hyojungss]

i appreciate that isha TT i also love to save these kinds of moments that really resonate with me because it's the best way to explain to others or myself how i see it to be. i'm glad that it resonates with you too!!

[deadwine]

im just sitting here staring at this, this makes me feel so much and also So Seen...i will come back to share notes, im sure i have saying saved along similar lines.

[hyojungss]

please do share other sets of words that you think of... i would love to hear more! i'm so happy that other people relate too

<3

[carboxyl]

stumbled upon this by accident. it's 12:09 am and i'm crying into my pillow, thanks op ... what a wonderful compilation, i hope you can keep adding to this as long as time has enough grains in its little hourglass.

Re: <3

[hyojungss]

this is so kind of you to say, thank you for dropping by and leaving me a comment too! i hope to add to it whenever i see something that fits ❤️