#closeness

✦ on not being friends with the internet

i keep coming back to this thought: i don't hate people online. i'm not cold to them. i say the nice things, i mean the nice things. but i don't call them my friends, and i think that's the most honest word choice i have.

i read fandom news sometimes. i talk to people who like the same show i like. they're nice. genuinely. but "nice person i know from the fandom" and "friend" are not the same sentence, even if the internet keeps trying to collapse them into one.

i think we've stretched the word friend so thin it doesn't hold weight anymore. it gets used for the person you've known fifteen years and the person whose posts you like every few days, like proximity and frequency are the same thing as closeness. they're not. closeness needs time, needs stakes, needs someone who's seen you tired.

so when i don't feel much toward people i only know from shared interest — that's not me being distant. that's just an accurate read of what's actually there. and the people who are close to me, i still feel that. fully. the flatness only shows up exactly where there isn't much to feel yet.

It’s so cute how there’s so much space yet Jk chooses to scoot as close as possible to Tae.

Video -

Tae can be seen briefly running a hand down JK’s back.

Taekook are also photographed with Laura Pausini.

I’m still not sure if Jk kisses Tae’s cheek, gently bites his ear, sniffs him, or something else. I really can’t tell. I’ve read so many different opinions and watched so many angles so I’ll just leave the pics and moment and you can decide. In any event, during “come over” Jk switches his mic to his other hand as he moves closer to Tae, and then does the below.

Slow mo - https://x.com/tkk_pics/status/2082106583283376220?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg  Other links -  https://x.com/sorte613/status/2079394715301208518?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg  https://x.com/tkk_pics/status/2079309243296129092?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg https://x.com/thvkoobaby/status/2079295050278993994?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg https://x.com/jjk_thv/status/2078624099140768174?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg https://x.com/evexece_kthjjk/status/2078774061522383082?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg  https://x.com/jjk_thv/status/2078716700586086821?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg https://x.com/nanakv711/status/2078675995079684352?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaC HD - https://x.com/bngtnborahaetk/status/2078629155546268132?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg 

I found this super domestic. Taekook seem to have a silent conversation before Tae hands Jk his sunglasses.

https://x.com/mnihaniiv/status/2078827588152123587?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg 

Ever attentive, Tae walks backwards to watch Jk on the big screen. 

https://x.com/loveibunv/status/2078584587576574209?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg  https://x.com/sugurukoo/status/2078720927446294563?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg 

Jk repeatedly spanks Tae.

https://x.com/jjk_thv/status/2078674728559296740?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg 

Jk is affectionate as he helps get something off Tae’s cheek.  

https://x.com/sorte613/status/2078597003974467591?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg https://x.com/firewaterkv/status/2078667659160547787?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg  https://x.com/sugurukoo/status/2078690382976868684?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg 

This moment is also so telling. When Jk cried, Tae repeatedly looked over, even though he was emotional too, giving Jk space to feel his emotions but being attentive to him should he need them. I saw a lot of talk about this so I’ll input my opinion. I remember during my birthday dinner last year, a succession of bad events caught up to me and I ended up sobbing in the restaurant and put my head down. My person and family gave me space, because holding me would’ve escalated my emotions. They knew what I needed and when I was ready for them, they helped in the ways I needed. I think this event is very telling how in tune Taekook are to each other, knowing when they need to step in and when they should give space for their person to feel emotional. This moment only reiterates and emphasizes, again, how strong their bond is.   

https://x.com/thvjk_4ever/status/2077698469309866424?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg  https://x.com/firewaterkv/status/2077707070091178011?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg https://x.com/tkk_pics/status/2077705690777559254?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg  https://x.com/dollicitos/status/2077702073408512185?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg  https://x.com/lovecco55/status/2077707112051036464?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg  https://x.com/jkthvantekku/status/2077727698047430836?s=46&t=StSwHjW0_Domk_lHUFMaCg 

Tae also shared this photo -

Tae also posted this photo of him and Jk, the only one framed in a Polaroid amongst all photos in his latest post.  

And this was featured in Tae’s stories -