Across Lifetimes: The Thread Between Us
EPISODE 1 : The Boy With the Violet Umbrella
Not heavily — but enough that everyone on the street carried umbrellas, rushing to their destinations. Except one boy
A boy who stood perfectly still in the middle of the footpath, holding a violet umbrella with trembling fingers, eyes fixed on someone across the road
TAEHYUNG
(Holding a violet umbrella with trembling fingers)
He looked older than the university students rushing by, yet younger than the tired office workers passing him. He had this strange, dream-like presence. Like he wasn’t entirely from this world
And the person he stared at?
JUNGKOOK
(Laughing with Jimin, pushing his soaked hair back)
smiling with that same dimple that had once made kingdoms fall. He looked so alive. So untouched by the sorrow that chained Taehyung’s chest
TAEHYUNG
(Whispered under his breath, so quietly that the rain almost swallowed it)
TAEHYUNG
You’re here... again
Flashback — 502 years ago
Blood. So much blood.
The palace burned behind them, the cries of betrayal still ringing in their ears. Jungkook’s hands were shaking as he pressed them to Taehyung’s wound.
“Don’t you dare die on me, Taehyung! You promised — you promised you’d never leave me!”
Taehyung smiled through the pain. “Even if I die... I’ll find you again. I’ll always come back.”
“Don’t say that—! I don’t want to wait again—"
But it was too late. Taehyung’s eyes dimmed. His body collapsed.
And Jungkook’s scream broke the stars that night
JIMIN
(Voice snapped Jungkook out of his daze) Hey, are you listening?
JIMIN
(Tilted his head) You okay? You keep looking like you saw a ghost
JUNGKOOK
(Rubbed his eyes)I... I don’t know. I just saw this guy holding a violet umbrella and I—
JUNGKOOK
(Tossed in bed, drenched in sweat)
His dreams were strange again — fire, blood, a palace burning... someone holding his face and whispering
“Even if I die... I’ll find you again.”
JUNGKOOK
(Shot up, gasping)
JUNGKOOK
(His chest hurts. Like something was trying to break out)
TAEHYUNG
(Sat in his tiny apartment, surrounded by his paintings)
All of them were portraits of Jungkook — from every era. In royal robes. As a soldier. In a school uniform. In a field of poppies
TAEHYUNG
(Touched one of the paintings and whispered)
TAEHYUNG
You don’t remember me yet. But I’ll wait. Like I always do
Comments
Pooja Roy
I like it 😀
2025-06-08
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