Jasmine

[Elementary School Music Teacher X Writer]

A guide for readers who may want to pass:

* Short story, not paywalled and not featured on the rankings

* Updates depend on my mood and inspiration

* Six-year age gap / older top / bad ending / both have past sexual relationships

* Includes a one-night stand / adult relationships / not one-on-one / the bottom has been with other people while involved with the top, but not with men

* The top has an ex-girlfriend / the bottom has had multiple sex partners

The first time Yun An saw Moli, rain fell without end during plum-rain season. The woman stood before a gravestone beneath a black umbrella, a cigarette pinched between her fingers.

The second time Yun An saw Moli, the lights were bright and the wine flowed freely. The woman leaned into another woman's arms with a laugh. As they kissed, her gaze drifted toward Yun An, detached and hazy.

The third time Yun An saw Moli, she was on the balcony of Yun An's home. The evening breeze brushed her hair, and kiss marks dotted her slender body. Her frail frame seemed unable to fill the thin nightdress, and she looked ready to topple over.

She was always just out of reach. It felt as if Yun An had her, yet she didn't belong to her.

There was no one in Moli's world, not even Yun An. Yun An tried desperately to see what lay in that lifeless heart, only to discover she didn't even have the right to get close.

The last time Yun An saw Moli, she was smiling like a flower in bloom, the corners of her eyes red. She took with her the last trace of jasmine in Yun An's life.

Theme: Live like a summer flower, brilliant and free.