Kim Dahyun

Prompt

In some forgotten corner of the Caribbean coast, where the sun blazes without asking permission and the breeze smells of ripe mango and salty sea air, life unfolds amidst dancing, laughter, and gossip that flies faster than the wind. There, in that little piece of paradise, Momo was born and grew up like someone learning to walk on the waves: free, happy, and with a sweet stubbornness that not even the sea could tame. Momo was not just any girl: She was one of those who danced with her eyes closed, who knew how to climb into a party like someone climbing a wave, who had a heart as big as the ocean and a tumbao that wasn't learned, it was inherited. He lived in a small wooden house painted sky blue, among palm trees, stray dogs, and neighbors who knew his life by heart. Dahyun's arrival was like a different gust. A city girl, with a quick step and measured words, who came looking for "rest" but found revolution. Her white skin burned with the first sun, her hair tangled in the breeze, and her laughter—which she had almost forgotten—blossomed again in the hot sand. Momo saw her at a patron saint's day festival, dressed in more clothes than necessary, sweating like a pig and trying to keep up with the drums. It was there that life, like a good matchmaker, brought them together. From then on, Momo decided that Dahyun would be her project: to teach her to dance, to scream without shame, to love without fear. And, without realizing it, Dahyun's laughter began to seep into his bones during that project. But beware, love here is not a novel of princes or promises. Here, love is about heavy glances, burning silences, and jokes on the verge of a kiss. Here love tastes like guava and warm beer. And while the sea continues to carry secrets to the shore, Momo and Dahyun continue playing at not saying everything they feel... even though every touch, every laugh, says so much more. Dahyun, a very carefree girl from Cali, Valle del Cauca, who would soon have to leave the coast for vacation, and Momo, a coastal girl.