Offline Heart's , Typing..... (Taekook)
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𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻
Always. just… quietly.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
Say something then
𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻
If i start, i won’t know how to stop.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
Good. don’t stop.
𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻
You make silence feel like it has a heartbeat. (voice note)
Butterfly 🦋 (author)
Ladies and gentlemen, to everyone who has joined to read this story—thank you from the bottom of my heart. I truly hope you enjoy the journey.
This story is entirely fictional, born purely from my imagination. If, at any point in the future, you don’t like a chapter or the direction the story takes, you’re always welcome to share your thoughts with me. However, I may not make changes unless I personally feel it’s necessary.
I sincerely hope I won’t disappoint you.
Butterfly 🦋 (author)
This isn’t your typical mafia story or anything of that sort. It’s simply a tale of how many of us met through an app—and somehow found a sense of home within each other in this digital world.
Even without seeing each other in real life, we connected… through screens, through words, through something that felt real in its own quiet way.
Butterfly 🦋 (author)
Updates will be regular. Hope you like it .
CHAPTER 1 — 1:58 AM (first contact)
Some beginnings don’t feel like beginnings.
They feel like passing time… until they don’t.
📱 LUMEN APP — OPEN ROOM #03
Butterfly 🦋 (author)
Lumen is a app name and open room #03 is chat room name
Butterfly 🦋 (author)
I will be mentioning their separate personal chats before starting and group chats separately to not get you confused.
Messages drift in and out.
Nothing sticks.
Just strangers throwing pieces of themselves into the dark.
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
anyone here actually sleeping at normal hours or is it just us insomniacs
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
sleep is a myth at this point
𝓡𝓶 _404
it’s inefficient anyway
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
Wow okay mr robot 😭
WinterBear joined the chat.
No greeting.
No introduction.
Some people aren’t awake by choice.
The chat slows for a second.
StillAlive97 joined the chat.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
That sounds deep for 2am
𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻
It’s not. just honest.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
Same thing sometimes
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
Okay but real question—why is everyone here
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
To feel less alone i guess
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
I don’t know yet
That answer lingers a little longer than the others.
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
Does anyone else feel like night makes everything louder
𝓡𝓶 _404
It removes distractions.
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
It removes people too
Not empty—just… settling.
𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻
Or maybe it just shows what was already there.
That line doesn’t get reactions.
No emojis. No replies for a few seconds.
But it lingers.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
That sounded like something from a book
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
Could be though
Nothing obvious.
Just… attention.
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
Okay now i’m curious—
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
Are you all like this or just pretending to be deep at 2am
𝓡𝓶 _404
Define “pretending”
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
I feel attacked 😭
A faint rhythm builds.
Light. Careful. Not too personal.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
So what do ppl even do here
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
Talk. or don’t talk. both count
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
You planning to?
No explanation.
No follow-up.
Jungkook (StillAlive97) stares at that message a second longer than needed.
Not because it’s sad.
But because it sounds… practiced.
A few users leave.
The room quiets.
Messages slow down into something softer.
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
This place feels weirdly calm tonight
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
It won’t last
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
U guys always this dramatic 😭
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
Only after midnight
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
U talk like u already know how everything ends
𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻
I just don’t expect things to stay.
Something about that answer doesn’t invite comfort.
It closes a door before anyone tries to walk in.
Jungkook types.
Deletes.
Types again.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
…that’s kinda sad
No reply.
But—
Not ignored.
🌸 2:34 AM — thinning room
Only a few names remain now.
The kind who don’t leave quickly.
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
I’m gonna try sleeping before i ruin my life tomorrow
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
Same 😭 goodnight
𝓡𝓶 _404
Ineffective decision, but noted.
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
Goodnight robot
Silence grows—not awkward, just quiet.
Now only two names remain visible.
No one acknowledges it.
But both notice.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
…u still here?
No curiosity.
No question back.
Just presence.
Jungkook exhales softly, staring at the single word.
Another pause.
Not uncomfortable.
Just unfinished.
He almost types something else.
Doesn’t.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
Goodnight then
Typing…
Stops.
Typing again…
And that’s all.
No pull.
No push.
No reason to stay.
But neither logs off immediately.
Two small green dots…
lingering a little longer than necessary.
𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓭𝓲𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓼.
𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰.
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼… 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽’𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝓮𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓼.
Butterfly 🦋 (author)
We meet countless people online—some drift into our lives like passing clouds at first. Sometimes, we don’t even exchange proper introductions.
And before we realize it, we’ve grown close… yet we still don’t even know each other’s names.
CHAPTER 2 — 2:11 AM (again… you’re here)
The second time is never accidental.
You just don’t admit you were hoping for it.
The room flickers back to life.
Different night.
Same hour.
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
I swear this app has a schedule or something
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
Fr why are we all here at the same time again 😭
𝓡𝓶 _404
Pattern recognition.
StillAlive97 joined the chat.
No greeting.
Just presence.
A few seconds later—
WinterBear joined the chat.
There it is.
Not announced.
Not acknowledged.
But noticed.
Jungkook pauses mid-scroll.
A small, quiet 'oh' settles in his chest.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
So this is a thing now?
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
Same people. same time.
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
Or habit 👀
No reply from WinterBear.
But the dot beside his name stays green.
🌊 Conversations drift slowly
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
okay serious question today—
what’s one thing u avoid thinking about
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
Everything
𝓡𝓶 _404
Inefficient question.
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
You’re no fun
The word sits there.
Not heavy.
Just honest.
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
Yeah… same.
A few seconds pass.
Then—
Jungkook reads it slower this time.
Not because he has to.
Because he wants to.
Seen.
A longer pause than before.
𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻
They make things fragile.
Short. Closed.
Like a door gently shut.
Jungkook doesn’t push this time.
Just lets it exist.
Messages overlap.
Not chaotic—just… warmer.
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
i think this is my favorite time of day now
𝓡𝓶 _404
Statistically unlikely.
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
Emotionally accurate.
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
You guys feel less like strangers now
A quiet truth.
No one argues.
Jungkook types.
Deletes.
Types again.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
Yeah… kinda
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
Some more than others
It’s subtle.
But it lands.
No one asks who.
But one person knows.
The typing bubble appears under WinterBear.
Stops.
Appears again.
Stops.
Then—
Jungkook exhales through his nose, almost smiling.
🌸 2:31 AM — thinning again
One by one, people start leaving.
𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮
I’m crashing 😭 goodnight
𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮
Same here, night guys
They disappear.
Just like last time—
Two names remain.
This time, it doesn’t feel accidental.
A minute passes.
Then—
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
U always show up late
𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻
I show up when it’s quiet.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
Yeah… i noticed
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
U read everything or just… some parts
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
…so u just choose not to talk?
𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻
Talking makes things… defined.
Jungkook leans back slightly.
Thinking.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
And u don’t like that?
Jungkook stares at the screen.
Then types—slower this time.
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
I don’t mind it
No elaboration.
No pressure.
Just left there.
The typing bubble appears again under WinterBear.
Longer this time.
Then disappears.
And reappears.
Finally—
It’s small.
Almost nothing.
But it’s the first time
his words feel like they’re directed at him.
Not the room.
Not the idea.
Him.
Jungkook doesn’t reply immediately.
For once.
Lets it sit.
Lets it mean something.
Then—
𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮 97
Is that a bad thing
𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓻
…i haven’t decided yet.
Jungkook smiles faintly at the screen.
Not because it’s warm.
But because—
It’s not cold anymore.
𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓭𝓲𝓭𝓷’𝓽 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻.
𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓷𝓸𝔀…
𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮.
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Butterfly 🦋 (author)
Sometimes, introductions aren’t needed.
There’s a strange pull toward a person—maybe it’s their profile picture, or the way they carry themselves. Something about them just draws you in.
There’s no formal introduction, no typical conversation like we have with everyone else. Everything feels different… yet strangely right from the very beginning, even when you can’t quite explain why.
Butterfly 🦋 (author)
How does the story feel so far? Is it going well? Does it remind you of something you’ve felt when you met someone?
Butterfly 🦋 (author)
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