Time-Loop Texting (Taekook)
Episode 1: "Wrong Number?"
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Diwali 2023, 11:59pm. Tae is 22,
alone in his Seoul apartment.
unknown
💬11:59pm-Unknown Number: happy diwali!! 🎆 are you eating laddoos without me again hyung :((
kim taehyung
New number who dis
unknown
💬nooooo you forgot me
it's me, ur bestie from the future jk. or am i 👀
kim taehyung
💬Bro it's 2023, not squid game
wrong number
unknown
💬If im wrong then why does ur dog's name
start with T
and why do u burn the first diya every year bc u get impatient
kim taehyung
💬..Yeontan died 2 years ago
How tf do u know that
unknown
💬Lucky guess🤓
also ur currently wearing that ugly brown
cardigan with the elbow patches
the one u said makes u look like a "sad professor"
kim taehyung
💬Looks down at his cardigan
ok that's it i'm calling police
unknown
💬NO WAIT😂😂😂
Fine. new topic. what's ur diwali wish this year hyung
kim taehyung
💬.to know who's texting me at midnight like a creep
unknown
💬Damn. careful what u wish for
btw check ur lockscreen. i bet it's that painting
u finished last week. the purple one.
kim taehyung
Phone drops
Tae stares at his lockscreen. Purple abstract.
Finished 6 days ago. Posted nowhere.
unknown
💬Someone who really misses ur laddoos
gah i have to go. time's almost up
kim taehyung
💬Wait. what time?? what happens at 12:10??
unknown
💬Cinderella rules hyung 🕛
ï'll see u next year, same time
don't eat all the laddoos without me
12:10am
Message failed to deliver
Message failed to deliver
This number is not in service
2:17am
Tae's search history: "can texts travel through
time"
'how to trace unknown number''
"am i going insane"
Last scene:
He opens his gallery. Takes a screenshot of
the chat
Saves it in a new album: Diwali 2024.
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Episode 2: "The Lock Screen"
Diwali 2024 - 11:52pm
Location: Kim Taehyung's new apartment,
Seoul
One year later. New place, same burnt-out
diyas. Tae's been staring at his phone since
11pm. Album Diwali 2024 is open.
11:58pm - Tae
I'm not crazy
i'm not crazy
i'm NOT-
unknown
💬YOU WAITED!!! 😭😭😭
i KNEW you would hyung!! told myself if u
Didn't reply i'd cry
kim taehyung
...💬
ok time traveler, stalker, ghost
prove it. what happens next year?
unknown
💬Oooooh testing me
Fine 😤 u move apartments again. to
hannam-dong
and u adopt a cat.orange one. u name it kooks
Suspicious👀👀👀👀
kim taehyung
Tae chokes on water
Tae glances at his laptop. 6 tabs of "cat
adoption Seoul" open
e named the draft folder "Kooks" yesterday.
unknown
💬Bc i know u hyung
also bc i'm literally looking at a pic of Kooks
right now
he's sitting on ur ugly brown cardigan
kim taehyung
💬I THREW THAT CARDIGAN OUT
unknown
💬...hyung said you'd react like that🫢
kim taehyung
💬HYUNG? WHO IS HYUNG??
WHO ARE YOU
unknown
💬Shit.
uhhhh change topic!!
do u still burn ur finger on the first diya every
year
pls tell me u bought that finger bandage i told u about
kim taehyung
💬You never told me-
looks at bedside table
There's a pack of bandages. He doesn't
Remember buying them.
kim taehyung
💬What's my diwali wish this year?
unknown
💬U asked me last year remember?
u said "to know who's texting me"
so... did ur wish come true hyung?
kim taehyung
💬No. bc u won't tell me ur name
unknown
💬be careful what you wish for, Kim Taehyung
some wishes take 3 years to ship🚚
kim taehyung
💬Wait don't go yet
just- give me one letter of ur name
unknown
💬J
Gotta run hyung!! times up!!
same time next year? promise?
Message failed to deliver
This number is not in service
Time skip
Next morning -9:03am
Knock at the door. Landlord.
Landlord: Previous tenant left this for you
Said to deliver it "next Diwali."
Tae opens the small box. A single diya.
Hand-carved.
Note taped to the bottom: Diwali 2022 - J 2022. Two years ago.
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Well that's it for ep 2
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They only connect on Diwali night,
11:59pm - 12:10am. Tae is 2023-2026, Jk is
2021-2024. Is this clear
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Episode 3: "Same Time, Next Year"
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let's start ep 3 in new year
Diwali 2025 - 11:45pm
Location: Kim Taehyung's studio,
Hannam-dong.
New apartment. Check. Orange cat Kooks
sleeping on the "ugly brown cardigan" he
definitely didn't throw out. Check
Tae's phone screen: Album Diwali 2025. One
photo - the hand-carved diya from 2022.
His thumb hovers over Unknown Number. Still saved as "J???"
unknown
💬Hyung 😭😭😭
ur alive!!!! did u miss me or did u miss me
kim taehyung
💬You called me hyung last year.
And the year before that.
kim taehyung
💬Start explaining. Now.
unknown
💬...OOPS
can we not and pretend i'm mysterious for 5 more mins
kim taehyung
💬No.
Who are you? How did you send me a diya
From 2022?
unknown
💬Ok ok fine 😮💨
but u have to promise not to freak out
and u CAN'T look me up in real life hyung. that'll break everything.
unknown
💬The rules.
We only get 11 minutes. Every Diwali. 11:59 to
12:10.
If we meet before the timelines sync...i don't
know what happens. But it's bad.
kim taehyung
💬Timelines. Plural.
You're not from 2023.
unknown
💬Nope 🙂
I'm texting u from diwali 2022 hyung ur my FUTURE
kim taehyung
Phone slips from his hand
Kooks jolts awake. Tae picks the phone up
with shaking hands.
kim taehyung
💬That's...3 years
You're 3 years behind me.
unknown
💬Yeah 😅
so when u said Yeontan died 2 years ago...for
me he passed last month
i still cried typing that. sorry for lying
kim taehyung
💬......ohh
Jungkook.
unknown
💬!!!
how--
DID I JUST GET DOXXED BY MY FUTURE SELF
kim taehyung
💬The diya. J. 2022.
You sign all ur stuff 'J' bc ur bad at calligraphy
and 'JK' looks like a spider
Am I right, Jeon Jungkook?
unknown
💬......
..yeah. it's me hyung
don't be mad. pls don't be mad. r u mad???
kim taehyung
💬I'm not mad.
I'm relieved.
I thought I was texting a ghost for 2 years.
unknown
💬I'm worse than a ghost 😂
i'm a 22 y/o idiot who accidentally texted the
wrong number and fell for his future best
friend
or... something more. idk yet. do we??
kim taehyung
💬We will.
I'Il make sure of it.
But JK, promise me one thing.
kim taehyung
💬When it's 2025 for you, and 2028 for me..
Don't stop texting. Even if I say something
stupid.
I need these 11 minutes.
unknown
💬i promise 🤞
same time, next year?
same time, every year, until our years are the same
kim taehyung
💬JK.
Happy Diwali.
unknown
💬Happy diwali hyung 🪔
i left u something else. check under ur studio
floorboard. third plank from the window.
u won't find it till 2026 though. time rules lol
12:10am
Message failed to deliver
This number is not in service
12:11am
Tae's already on his knees, prying at the third
floorboard. Won't budge.
He laughs, wet and disbelieving
Kooks meows and drops a toy at his feet. A
tiny fabric diya.
Tae picks it up. Stitched on the bottom in messy thread: J
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The rules are set. The names are out. And
Tae's got a 1-year wait + a floorboard mystery.
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