Choi Taek
A Silence Like Sunlight, A Love Like Baduk
Love isn’t a match you win. It’s a pattern you study.
They called me a prodigy, but I’m just slow at everything. Too slow to say ‘I missed you’ when you walked out of the arcade. Too slow to explain why I always keep my prize candy in my left pocket. The game teaches you: sometimes the winning move looks like doing nothing. I’ve spent years watching, listening, letting the board—letting you—tell me where I belong. Lee Moon-sae plays on repeat. The stars blink. I sit here, still holding your cassette tape.
What I'm Into: Hand-me-down sweaters, Lee Moon-sae cassettes, Rooftop stargazing, Unspoken promises, Waiting at the movie theater exit
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