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TIME AND TIME AGAIN- 6

“As far as Korean scholars went, no one left as strong an imprint as the physician, Kim Taehyung.

A fantastic physician, Kim Taehyung, who we know was born sometime in the Goryeo dynasty, was one of the best documented of his time. This is partially due to his many travels across the Korean Peninsula, where many people kept records of his miraculous cures. We can also observe from his journals that he was an incredible record keeper of medicines and medicinal ingredients found in Korea, which have come to influence many of our modern medicine ingredients today. His meticulous documentation was perhaps the biggest factor in the boom in traditional Korean medicine in…”

History of Korean Medicine. One of your favorite books, you thumb through the wrinkled pages.

You’ve made it quite far, haven’t you?

From a poor girl in the countryside cared for by only her grandmother to a resident in her final year of practicing toxicology, your horizons have expanded– and are yet to grow bigger.

Even if your future won’t be in Seoul.

In your university lab in Sokcho, you sigh in self pity. After just a few more years, you’ll be done. 

But you can’t study right now, even with your favorite book, so you decide to procrastinate on your lab and escape to the nearby forest. One benefit of being here?

Seoraksan. The magnificent mountain.

Intimidating and aways flaunting its grandiose greenery, you love it. Air has never smelled so nice, especially after staying in a stuffy hospital lab.

After a short 15- minute walk to the base of the mountain, you begin trekking your way up, admiring the scenery as you go.

There are some mulberry trees, some Korean chestnuts, camellias, towering trees that seem to watch over you…

You sit down quietly from the rock you stand on, observing the rest of the mountain. If you’re really lucky–and quiet– you can catch a glimpse of Semi-Moon Chest bears, which are pretty cute. And pretty damn scary, so staying quiet is always the best idea.

But it’s silent. Just some frogs from a nearby waterfall croaking, and the rustling of leaves in the breeze.

Sigh. It’s calm– wait.

What… what is that?????

Is that a bear?? …No.

“The fuck is that?” You ask no one, your head tilted quizzically.

A flash of blue and brown appears again through the trees, and then proceeds to trip and fall.

Into the aforementioned waterfall. Now you really know that that… thing is not a bear. Hooray.

But regardless, you run over to the blob that’s now floating and gasping for air.

“Hey, excuse me? Are you alright?”

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TIME AND TIME AGAIN- 5

The last time Taehyung sees you, you’re dying.

The same berries you ate last time are the culprit. Except this time, the juice has been snuck into your tea.

His hands are shaking as he unwinds the twine from the jar of belladonna. He hiccups as he takes as many beans as he can. His tears fall into the mixture, the mixture that he pours into your mouth as he silently cries out to the heavens.

Your face is too white. 

He knows.

Your body is too still.

He knows.

Your blood is too black. 

He knows.

“Please.”

Please.

The beating doesn’t come back. 

Taehyung collapses onto the floor, gasping and weeping and whispering desperate prayers and –

It’s done.

You’re gone.

His wails echo through the night, asking for someone to mourn your loss alongside him. But there’s no one. The crickets sing their song, oblivious to his sorrow.

The last time Taehyung sees you, you’re dead. 

You’re kept safe under Bo Ra’s branches.

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TIME AND TIME AGAIN- 4

The third time Taehyung sees you, it’s nighttime. He’s sneaked into your bedroom– after all, with the fight for the succession, most of your servants have left you for the first princess. It’s not that hard.

Your eyes light up when you see him tiptoe in, and immediately embrace him– to which he chuckles and hugs you back. He then guides you out of your room, and helps you climb up the walls.

Tonight, both of you are silent. You hear the crickets in the wind as you lay entangled in blankets on the roof, watchings the stars set in the sky. 

He hands you a small branch.

“What’s this?”

“Bo Ra’s gift to you. She told me you might be lonely.”

“Well, thank Bo Ra for me. I should visit her again soon.”

Taehyung turns to you, a pout forming on his face. “You always want to see Bo Ra! What about me? Aren’t I more easy on the eyes?”

He wiggles his eyebrows and smirks, before breaking out into laughter, a boxy smile lighting up the night.

You turn to the man next to you. He’s a nobody. He’s a stranger. And he’s bewitching.

The branch falls from your hands to the roof tiles when you kiss him, lips softly locking onto each other. You stay that way for most of the night as the wind swirls around the two of you.

It’s cold– but at the same time, the two of you have never felt so warm.

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about me.

hello!

You can call me soliloquy. Let’s begin, shall we?

soliloquy, WHO’S YOUR BIAS?

Kim Taehyung (V). He just has that timeless charm, no?

soliloquy, DO YOU REPLY TO ASKS?

If they’re polite or amusing, then maybe.

soliloquy, HOW ARE YOU?

Sometimes drowning, sometimes flying. If you’re lucky, you can catch me when I’m touching the sky.

soliloquy, HOW OLD ARE YOU?

Not old enough.

soliloquy, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WRITING?

Not long enough. My writing has a long way to go. *sweats*

soliloquy, WHEN WILL YOU UPDATE ____?

When I feel like it, or when I can. It can be hard sometimes, you know.

soliloquy, ARE YOU ON WATTPAD OR AO3?

Everything here is cross posted to Wattpad shortly after. I do not post my works on AO3, though.

soliloquy, CAN WE BE FRIENDS?

My apologies. I do not want to keep up communication with other folks on Tumblr. Asks are appreciated, but I respectfully ask that you do not reblog my posts without permission. My tumblr is a safe place, for both me and you. Anonymity is appreciated here. We can still be acquaintances, though!

My most sincere thanks for checking out my little bubble! Let’s meet again soon.

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Time and Time Again- 3

The next time Taehyung sees you, you greet him formally, like a stranger. It’s a stark difference to the bubbly personality he’s seen just a few days ago, but he can’t expect you to look happy right now, can he?

Not when your face is stony and the look of grieving is completed by your white ensemble. You clutch a toy in your hands as you stare at him impassively.

It’s the funeral of your younger brother, who fell off his horse while hunting. Rumor has it that the crown prince was the one to shoot his horse.

One down. Three left.

The crown prince, the first princess, and you.

The others have recently died or have been long gone.

It’s strange. It’s usually dark colors he hates, but you seem lifeless in that white hanbok. You look like a ghost, already halfway between the worlds of the dead and living. He wishes that you won’t die.

But when he comes to his senses, you and the meager trail of servants are long gone.

Later that day, you visit him in his abode. You reach for him, and as his arms envelop you into his larger frame, you cry. He holds your hands in his own and kisses them softly– to remind you that not all is lost.

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Time and Time Again- 2

Your eyelids slowly peel away from each other, before light comes flooding in and your eyes scrunch up in an effort to lower the brightness. There’s a bitter aftertaste in your mouth– like, incredibly gross. To the point where you know this breath is not going to go away, even after chewing mint leaves and rinsing your mouth with water.

“HI!”

“HOLY SHIT!” You scream. “WHAT THE FU-”

“I’m Taehyung! Kim Taehyung! But, you know, if I were you, though, princess, I would lower my voice, because you’re supposed to be buried 6 feet under and not in my bedroom. Also,” he grimaces and waves his hand in front of his nose. “Do you want some mint leaves? Blood and dried leaves and beans and mushroom do not lead to good breath–”

You snatch the sprig of mint from his offering hand, shoving the entire thing into your mouth. You’re sure that your face is burning brighter than your father’s royally red robe at the moment, which you reply to with furious chewing.

He watches you, big, innocent eyes scanning you curiously. You halt your chewing, swallow, and take in the boy– young man in front of you.

Kim Taehyung: a handsome man with scuffed robes and an impish grin, stands up, dusts off his clothes, and offers you a hand. You take it–

And find yourself tossed out of the room into a garden. Surprised by the sudden change in scenery, you face him, shocked.

“Look, I’d love to chat, but the thing is, you’re really not supposed to be here. See, I’m an apprentice to Master Jun-wan, and if he catches the third princess of the Goryeo kingdom with me, his apprentice, he’s gonna blow his top off, and I’m gonna die. Well, not die as in the way you were about to die last night, but die as in be expelled or wacked on my butt cheeks until I collapse or be forbidden from talking for two hours or something. No hard feelings, yeah? You’re welcome, by the way! If not for me, you’d be food for the cabbages and mulberry trees over there!”

“Thank you?”

“You’re welcome! Although it’s a shame that my darling Bo Ra won’t be getting extra nutrients today.”

“Bo Ra?”

“The mulberry tree over there! She’s the one that kindly donated me a chunk of sanghwang for your medicine! You should be grateful, princess.”

I chuckle, then nod in agreement. “I give my thanks to you, Bo Ra-shi. Without your mushroom donation, I would be worse off.” Turning to Taehyung, you cock your head to ask, happy?

He nods in approval. You laugh.

After that, Taehyung provides you with a change of clothes, and a handkerchief to wrap your old clothes in. you thank him profusely, then leave through the forest connected to the garden– but not without giving him your norigae for him to sell. A pink silk token of your gratitude bound in gold, with opal beads that glitter in the light. 

Taehyung climbs the mulberry tree Bo Ra later that day, and hangs your trinket on the uppermost branch. 

It sways in the wind.

Taehyung smiles.

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Masterlist

I hope I update this, but here we go:

KIM TAEHYUNG

Time and Time Again:  AU: soulmate; reincarnation; Goryeo dynasty; modern

In your first life, you died too soon– too soon for Taehyung to experience everything he wanted to experience with you. But it seems like fate has given you one more chance, hundreds of years later. The world is no longer the same, but the mulberry trees still sway just as gently in the wind as they did before. You’re going to find him– for your love always comes back, time and time again.

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Time and Time Again

Taehyung has never liked dark colors all that much. It’s stifling– how they swallow up any joy or hope, being straightforward without caring for anyone’s feelings. And the only reason people like dark colors is because they help to let other things shine. 

Silver gleams brightest against black.

Stars shine brightest against the night sky.

At least, before they’re swallowed up by the darkness–

Like she is, on the floor.

She lies still on wood, black dripping from her open mouth. It’s on her face, her neck, the blossom-pink collar of her dress. Some of the blood runs down her chin, and past her neck, until it reaches the locks of black spread around her like a halo, where it blends in and can no longer be distinguished among the luscious locks.

…right.

He’s not really supposed to be having sentimental thoughts when a person’s dying in front of him, is he?

Nope. Not at all. Taehyung grimaces to himself, realizing he should be rummaging through his cabinet for the cure to the red berries the princess has eaten– or to be more specific, the seeds inside.

Japanese yew. Spreading yew. An evergreen tree with bountiful bright berries. Everything is poisonous, from the bark to the leaves. Harmless if only the berry fruit is eaten– deadly if seed is consumed along with it. 

Symptoms: problems of the front chest. Accumulation of yin inside the heart, which is a yin organ. This results in an excess of yin– too much yin for the blood qi to circulate and deliver nutrition. The unhealthy qi in the blood therefore is coughed up, presenting itself in a dark shade of blood red.

“Ah… 시발. What was it again? Wah! I should’ve paid attention to Master when he was talking about poisons from overseas!”

Taehyung smacks his head. 

But to be fair, he thinks, his Master gets terribly boring when he lectures. He has this strange habit where his body moves slowly from side to side as his hands flourish wildly in the air and his mouth–

Shit. This is not the time, Taehyung. He thinks as hard as he can, the gears speeding in his head in an effort to put his skills to use for once–

Atropine. She needs atropine.

Atropine, atropine, atropine… What has atropine?

“Belladonna.” 

Bingo. Am I a genius or what?

He scrambles for the tiny pot of nightshade in the very back of the drawer, remembering his master's warnings. He rips off the layers of twine that has carefully sealed the jar shut for years, the lid clattering to the ground.

He plucks off a dried leaf, then lets it sway down into the bottom of his mortar. He hurriedly wraps the jar shut again, then places it back into the cabinet in search of another, even smaller pot.

You see, belladonna has side effects of delirium and hallucinations, which needs to be countered by a rare ingredient that would never be in Korea, if not for the traders from a faraway land whose name was way too long for Taehyung to remember… 

The calabar bean. Small, black things, that Taehyung drops into the bowl and crushes with the belladona. After adding in some water and a chunk of sanghwang, Taehyung lifts the princess’ head and pours the mixture into her mouth, then measures her pulse. 

Slowly but surely, the beating comes back. Taehyung sighs in relief, wiping the sweat off his brow before reaching for a pillow from the corner of the room to place under the princess’ head.

He’s giddy– not because this is his first patient, but because this is the first time ever.

That he’s saved someone.

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