#hot take somehow but if someones like 'i have these symptoms which sounds like [x]' my first thought is 'how can we deal with the symptoms'
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bro lmao my favorite faketivism social media trend rn is that hollow tunnel vision shit that goes like. â[person that is blatantly experiencing symptoms of a different but similar mental illness/disability], is just them FAKING [illness they claim to have], which is ABLEIST, bc they are PRETENDINGâ like honey if theyre experiencing delusions abt what they have going on or are self harming/being dangerous for âattentionâ tm or are having unyielding obsessive thoughts abt their health or perhaps maybe its just that like idk medical science (which has been ableist and wrong before!) just hasnt caught/studied their issue enough yet. they are not ableist for not accurately recognizing the root problem theyre experiencing, they are in fact still obviously mentally ill and deserve not just professional help for the issues they are experiencing, but they need your fuckin support, respect, and some basic maturity honestly??? man can yall try and filter your actions for bias sometimes, grow up and stop bein selfish. i mean its truly just cruel and self centered to reject others and act like theyre bad and therefore arent âallowedâ to get help for themselves if they make a mistake and put themselves in your space when they dont align perfectly with you. like. stop the annoying clique behavior actually thats so ugly to keep perpetuating, you should be capable of dealing with this using an ounce of sympathy and tact. just bc they got the diagnosis wrong doesnt mean you get to try and ban them from the mental illness/disability community, as if this âmental illness/disability diagnosisâ concept really is just a ticket to get into a fun lil secret community area to you and not kinda also about uhm, Social Protection From Oppressive Forces, And Medical Analysis That Can Legally Give You Access To The Assistance You Require To Function And Thrive Happily On A Daily Basis , WHICH MATTERS, NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE, OR HOW ~WRONG~ YOU ARE THE FIRST TIME, OR WHO YOU SEEK OUT FOR SUPPORT, BC HOW DARE YOU DO THAT RIGHT, ASK PPL FOR SUPPORT??? LIKE IM,,,,, LITERALLY HOW DO YOU UNDERDEVELOPED ASSHOLES SLEEP AT NIGHT WITH ALL THE FAKE MORAL BULLSHIT HASHTAGS IN UR BIOS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CAUSING UNBRIDLED SOCIAL HARM TO WHOEVER U WANNA SINK UR CLAWS INTO LITERALLY WHENEVER ITS CONVENIENT TO VALIDATE ALL THE HIDDEN GROSS TRAITS YOU HAVENT UNWORKED YET BC U WANT CLOUT AND NOT PROGRESS
#tw ableism#im so over it if i have to see one more callout about 'fake disorders' .... i will give you punched in the teeth disorder#you dont get it doctors also dont completely get it like whys it so hard to fucking accept mental illness/disability#isnt a black and white thing with tally mark diagnostics that actually Help Enough People like#yeah id absolutely 100% rather help like a thousand ppl who didnt need it to make sure one person in there who did need me got me#and im. actually deeply appalled that yall dont think that way bc that rly shows you are too lazy and selfish to be an activist#wheres the effort mam. wheres the. perhaps... action?#and frankly wheres the trust like. if you dont trust ppl to tell you they know theres smth going on with them....#ur part of the very real medical problem of underdiagnosing ppl.#so you DEF get to stop whining about self dxing too if thats part of ur argument mwah#hot take somehow but if someones like 'i have these symptoms which sounds like [x]' my first thought is 'how can we deal with the symptoms'#and not. 'ok let me rule out you having x so you feel stupid and excluded.'#'bc obviously the treatment used for x would NEVER work for ur Exact Same Symptoms solely bc u dont also have the other ones'#'having this diagnosis would not help you even tho like It Would but i mean guess who it woudlnt help???'#'me who doesnt wanna share my club with you >:////'#like. 𤢠please just go to reddit and become a full fledged bigot already the poorly hidden judgment and prejudice is just becoming pathetic#or go back to kindergarten r smth literally this is how a child behaves not someone whos got good intentions and is trying for others#did you get the justice??? did you obtain the harm reduction by only doing things that benefit ur own problem every single time w/o question
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Headlights | pjm (m)
Summary- Jimin is a fuckboi, rumor has it his tongue can make you see stars. Everyone assumes heâs this way because he just wants to have fun. No one dares look deeper, no one sees the haunted look in his eyes, the emptiness and pain that reside in their deep brown depths. Until you.
đś Headlights by The Classic Crime - âPlease donât face the headlights of oncoming cars alone.â đś
Word Count- 14.7k đĽ´
Pairing- Jimin x reader
Genre- smut
Warnings- oral (female recieving), overstimulation, multiple orgasms, slightly rough sex, nipple piercing? is that warning?, some depression-like symptoms/thoughts, a little self destructive behavior? Kind of.
a/n: Part of the Tatted Bangtan Series! This is the longest fic I have ever written and it is my baby. I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please let me know what you think! đÂ
Walking up to the frat house was intimidating, and you slowed your stride enough for Hana to reach back and yank you with her into the party. You could feel the bass of the music rattling your bones and couldnât hear Hana as she shouted over the music to you.Â
âI canât believe you made me do this!â you hissed, twisting your body around just in time to narrowly miss a drunk football player bulldozing his way through the crowd.Â
âWhat?â she shouted back.Â
You simply rolled your eyes and shook your head, gripping her hand tightly and following her through the overcrowded living room to the barely quieter kitchen. You took the drink she handed you and nursed it slowly, since you liked a good buzz but still wanted a clear head.Â
You felt his gaze before you saw him; you could feel the shivers along the back of your neck.Â
You turned to seek out the cause, methodically searching the crowd. Your eyes met the most beautiful pair of brown ones youâd ever seen, the strobe lights from above causing them to almost glow brighter- but that was the only light in his gaze. His eyes looked⌠sad. Empty.Â
It seemed like everything else turned blurry, and you could only focus on him in perfect clarity, every feature defined and prominent; every move he made, your eyes followed. Everything else faded away, and you only saw him. Him and his beautiful eyes, full of longing and something you couldnât quite place.
You couldnât help but furrow your brow in concern. Your face showed your every emotion like an open book, and you opened your mouth to ask Hana who was staring at you before she squealed, gripping your arm.
âPark Jimin is totally checking you out!â she giggled, tugging on your sleeve excitedly.
âPark Jimin?â you questioned rhetorically.
âHeâs famous on campus. Heâs hot, rich, and a total freak in the sheets. Rumor has it his tongue can make you see stars. Every girl on campus is dying for a night with him.â she chattered.
âOh geez.â You rolled your eyes.
âSeriously. The saying is: once you Jimin, you canât Jim-out. Heâs so good in bed, heâs had to get like three restraining orders against girls who canât let go. They say once you sleep with him no one else will do.â she continued, waving her hands in the air dramatically.
âIâll take your word for it.â you giggled, glancing over towards Jimin once again.
He was absolutely gorgeous, with perfectly styled light brown hair, soft, plump looking lips, a jawline that could cut someone. His white t-shirt showed off tattoos that danced down his arms, covering the delicate ivory skin beneath. His thighs alone deserved their own wing in an art gallery, beautifully encased in skin tight ripped jeans. You caught yourself staring, clearing your throat and averting your gaze, but something kept drawing you back to him.
He was surrounded by girls, all leaning forward to give him the best view of their cleavage, all doing their best to seduce him, but he looked bored. Lonely. Lost. He sighed and his eyes trailed back to you. He watched you for a moment, noting how you flushed and turned away looking flustered. A smirk played on his lips and he shoved himself off the wall, making his way over to you.
âShit! Heâs coming over here!â Hana whisper-shouted.
You braced yourself, waiting for him to call you out for staring, or yell at you. Your body seemed to be vibrating with nerves because you could feel him getting closer, like your body had a radar that searched him out. Warm breath ghosted over the back of your neck, right under your ear. You shivered.
âHello, there princess.â he purred.
You spun around, startled, and came face-to-face with Jimin.
He was even more gorgeous up close. He smelled of alcohol and something minty. You couldnât help basking in the lovely scent that filled your senses for a moment, before leveling your gaze to his. His body wasnât even two inches from yours. If you leaned up on your toes, youâd be kissing him. You took a step behind you, your back hitting the island in the kitchen.
âHello,â you greeted in return, willing the heat in your cheeks to look like it was from the humidity in the room and not Jiminâs proximity to you.
âI havenât seen you around before, are you a Freshman?â he inquired, sending his charming smile your way and making your knees want to buckle.
âNo, I just normally donât come to parties,â you explained, tilting your head towards Hana. âHana made me.â
âWhy not?â he wondered aloud.
âJust⌠not my scene.â you shrugged.Â
Jimin watched your face, amusement apparent on his features. He seemed to be contemplating something. Apparently coming to his decision, his smile came back to grace his gorgeous face, but it didnât reach his eyes, a detail you couldnât miss even if youâd wanted to.
âSounds like you need to have a little fun,â he smirked, stepping closer to you, his fingertips trailing along your hips and his lips grazing the shell of your ear as he whispered his next sentence, âI could help you with that. My room is upstairs.â
âI⌠I, uh⌠no⌠no thank you,â you sputtered, placing your hand on his (deliciously firm) chest and gently urging him backwards to put space between your erratically beating heart and his warm, enticing body.
âWhat?â Jimin asked, genuinely confused.
âIâm not that kind of girl.â you said softly, trying to cushion the blow to his ego.
âYou really donât want to fuck me?â he asked, bewildered.
âUm⌠no thank you.â You coughed awkwardly.
Jimin stared at you for a moment, reading you. His eyes searched yours, looking for something. You didnât know what, or if he found it, but when he looked away, he shrugged.
âYour loss.â he turned to the sound of someone calling his name and left you standing there, heart pounding out of your chest and legs weak.
You watched him walk away, plastering on that signature flirty smile that fooled everyone around him. You watched his animated dancing, life of the party, putting on a show. You watched his eyes search the crowd, like his soul was longing to find something, but you didnât know what.
                           -âĄ-
A few weeks had gone by since your encounter with Jimin, and somehow he was everywhere. You saw him on your way to class, laughing with his friends by the fountain. You saw him at the coffee shop, exiting the building as you were about to enter. You saw him in the crowded hallways of your university, heard his infectious laugh bubbling from his chest and dancing through the air.Â
Even when Jimin wasnât in your direct line of vision, even when you couldnât hear the way his melodic voice carried through the air, he was everywhere. Every night since meeting him, you dreamt of sad, empty brown eyes attached to the most gorgeous man youâd ever seen. Every other thought that flitted through your mind was about him. What was Jimin up to? Does he look happier today? Was it just that night? Where was he now?
Sitting in the lecture hall next to Hana, you couldnât pay attention to what the professor was attempting to teach you, a heavy sigh falling from your lips as you doodled a familiar pair of plusher ones. Hana nudged your shoulder.
âWhatâs up with you lately? Youâre like, lost in space or something.â she accused.
âSorry, just got a lot on my mind,â you sighed, playing with the edges of your notebook distractedly.
âWanna talk about it?â she wondered.
âHow much do you know about Park Jimin?â you asked almost instantly, causing Hana to jump a bit.
âOh honeyâŚâ she sighed, shaking her head, âDonât go there. Park Jimin is a good fuck if youâre looking to let loose, but I wouldnât get too invested. Fucking is about all heâs good at. He doesnât care about anyone but himself.âÂ
âDo you really think heâs not good for anything but that? I mean, heâs human.â you defended.
âThatâs not what I meant, I just know how you are. Don't go crushing on him, heâll break your heart Y/N. Park Jimin doesnât do emotions. He does meaningless sex.â she explained.
âI guessâŚâ you trailed off, avoiding her gaze.
âSeriously. Donât go looking for trouble.â she warned.
âI wonât.â you promised.
âGood. Now, thereâs a party this weekend. Are you coming?â she grinned.
A classmate in front of you coughed obnoxiously sending you a glare. You shot them an apologetic smile but lowered your voice. Hana didnât lower her volume at all though.
âMaybe. I donât know.â you shrugged.
âCome onnnn. Live a little!â she encouraged.
âIf you two ladies have something to share with the class, Iâd be more than happy to give you the podium. Otherwise, Iâd appreciate it if youâd wait until after class to discuss whatever is so important,â the professor hummed, shooting a glare in your direction.
Immediately silencing yourself, you looked down at your notebook, where the drawing of Jiminâs plush lips stared at you. You stared back, recalling the last time youâd seen him, and how your heart had pounded in your chest violently enough that you thought it was going to come out.Â
You decided you needed to see him again, which is how you found yourself completely out of place once again at another frat party. Drunk and stoned college kids stumbled around, grinded on each other, made out in corners, and caused all kinds of trouble all around you as you tried to be inconspicuous in your search for Jimin.
âDo you want a drink?â you asked Hana and she nodded, so you ventured into the kitchen to retrieve something for the two of you.Â
Once you returned, you couldnât find her anywhere. She had a tendency of wandering off with the first hot guy she set her sights on, but you decided to look for her anyway. You wove between bodies, checking around corners and searching all the obvious places. When you came up empty handed you ventured out the back door, only to notice none other than Park Jimin sitting on the porch swing alone, smoking.
Previous task abandoned, you walked up to him and sat beside him; his eyes lazily trailed up and down your figure as he assessed you, his plump lips turning up into a smirk.
âDidnât think Iâd see you again. Change your mind about my offer?â he smiled seductively.
âNo.â you shrugged, offering him the extra cup in your hand, which he took while watching you carefully.
âSeriously? Am I not your type or something? You think Iâm ugly?â he wondered, feigning distress.
âThatâs not it at all!â you gasped out with a little too much conviction.
âSo you find me attractive?â he verified, scooting closer.
âWell, yes,â you admitted, cheeks blazing while you avoided his intense gaze.
âSo you do want to fuck me.â He grinned.
âNo,â you shook your head.
âWhy?â he questioned, letting his fingertips dance along the edge of your shorts.
âLike I said. Iâm not that kind of girl. I think sex should be meaningful,â you shrugged, though your body betrayed you with the goosebumps rising at his touch.
âAh, so youâre one of those hopeless romantics,â he laughed.
âI wouldnât go that far,â you giggled. âIâm not waiting for a knight in shining armour. I just want it to mean something.â
Jimin focused his gaze on your face, watching you carefully as you fiddled with a stray thread on your blouse. He knew your body reacted to him, he could see the way you shivered, feel the goosebumps on your skin. He didnât understand why you werenât jumping at the opportunity to fall into bed with him like everyone else. You were an enigma to him.Â
You finally met his gaze, curiosity getting the better of you. You had to know if his eyes still held the same look as before, or if it was a one-time thing. You could still see the loneliness, masked by his overconfident demeanor.Â
âWhatâs your major?â you asked, changing the subject out of the blue.
âWhat? Oh, um⌠dance, actually.â he said, averting his gaze.
âHow long have you been dancing?â you wondered.
âSince I was little. Why are you asking this?â he narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
âJust wondering. I donât know anything about you,â you easily replied.
âWhatâs yours?â he countered.
âCreative writing.âÂ
âThatâs cool.â he sent you a tentative smile.
âThanks. So is dancing. I canât dance to save my life,â you giggled.
âIâm sure youâre not that bad,â he argued, a smile playing on his lips.
âOh, you havenât seen bad,â you laughed.
After taking a moment to wonder why you were even outside talking to him and what you could possibly want from him, he pushed his suspicion aside..Jimin rolled his eyes with a smile and stood up, extending his hand out to you. You sent him a questioning look and he just shook his hand until you grabbed it, and he pulled you to your feet. He reached down into his pocket and pulled out his phone, playing a song you hadnât heard before, but enjoyed nonetheless. It was slow and simple, but still pretty upbeat.
âWeâll try something simple so I can see where youâre at, ok?â Jimin grinned at you, spacing his feet apart and watching your face.
âYouâre going to make me dance?â you gasped.
âIâm going to teach you some easy moves. Everyone should know at least one dance move,â he laughed.
âIf you watch me fall on my face I can never look you in the eye again,â you grumbled.
âOh hush. Okay, start with your feet shoulder width apart for balance.â he instructed.
You mimicked his stature, placing your feet shoulder width apart and following his movements that he did slowly so you could catch on. You could tell he was graceful and knew how to move his body, even when he was slowing down and exaggerating his movements so you could keep up. Jiminâs movements were fluid and calculated, each new step had precision but flowed into the next seamlessly. He was made to dance, you decided. And somehow, you didnât fall under his instruction. He was patient and understanding when youâd mess up, showing you again and praising you when you got it right.
 He seemed to be having fun, his laughter filled you with giddiness and his smile seemed genuine, his eyes scrunched up into little crescent moons and his beautiful pearly teeth on display, his hands wrapped around his stomach as he leaned over in another fit of laughter. You giggled along with him, albeit at your own expense, but you loved seeing this side of Jimin, he seemed⌠happy, carefree. This was the way Jimin was meant to be.
When you messed up again, Jimin laughed, coming over to you and grabbing your hands, showing you how to move your body to the music by leading you with his own. Your back was pressed against his firm chest as he guided you, his hips flush against yours, causing a blush to creep up your neck. Jimin must have noticed the position heâd put you in, but it didnât stop him. He only pressed closer, whispering in your ear.
âYouâre doing so good for me, babygirl,â he purred, his lips brushing the shell of your ear.Â
You shivered, attempting to turn and pull out of his hold to scold him, but you were interrupted by a loud male voice coming from inside the house.
âYo Park where the hell have you been? We need help in beer pong! Oh-â a tall man you recognized as Hoseok froze at the sight.
Jimin cleared his throat and stepped away from you. Hana peered around Hoseok from behind him, curious to what was going on. Her eyes widened when she saw you, and she gave you a look of disappointment, knowing you hadnât listened to her warning. You looked away, avoiding her gaze as Jimin breezed past you to follow Hoseok inside. Hana watched you for a moment before following them inside, leaving you alone with your thoughts.
                             -âĄ-
It had been a few days since your dancing lesson with Jimin, and seeing him in such a comfortable, happy state hadnât really done much to take him off your mind, especially not after seeing his eyes glaze over and the mask slip right back on as soon as Hoseok called his name. How heâd breezed past you like you didnât exist after what felt like a special moment shared between the two of you.
Maybe Hana was right⌠maybe all he wanted was sex. Your anxiety was telling you he was playing with your emotions, but you knew better. You saw something in Jimin, something no one else seemed to notice. The small amount of time youâd spent with him when he had let his guard down had given you the opportunity to see what potential he had.Â
 Jimin didnât have to be tough and closed off. He could be fun and open and sweet. He could be thoughtful and patient and encouraging. He could be silly and smart and dedicated. He was talented and hard working. Youâd spent maybe an hour alone with Jimin at the party that night, and in that small frame of time, youâd seen a glimpse of the real him shine through that facade he put on for everyone else.Â
You wanted to see it again.
You tookâd taken a trip into the city to do some sight seeing and clear your restless mind, having been driven crazy going in circles. It had taken longer than youâd anticipated, so youâd opted to take a taxi home with the sun having gone down a while ago and the stars making their appearance. You watched the cityscape fly by, lost in your own little world. The closer you got to campus, the more you paid attention, knowing the bridge that overlooked the beautiful skyline would be coming soon.Â
You watched the water below ripple gently, small waves dancing across the surface of the river underneath the bridge. It was beautiful, reflections of the city lights shining and shimmering in the water. You glanced up at the other end of the bridge and saw a figure standing there, alone. It kind of looked likeâŚ
âSir, stop the car. Pull over please!â you begged the driver.
He shot you a curious look but pulled to the side of the road. You handed him your fare and dashed away from the car towards the figure. Once you realized he wasnât going to jump or do anything stupid, you slowed your stride, watching him as you quietly made your way over to him. Jimin was lost in thought and didnât notice you approaching him. He watched the waves longingly, as if he wished he were floating away in them, part of the nothingness. Like he wanted to disappear into the water and drift away into the sea.
The look in his eyes as he gazed out into the unknown was haunted, and it tore at your heart to see him look so empty. They say the eyes are the window to the soul, and if thatâs true, Jiminâs soul seemed broken. You wanted to know why. He had it all. He had money, good looks, friends, girls, what could possibly be missing? Why did he look so dejected?
You gently placed your hand on his shoulder and he jumped slightly upon realizing he wasnât alone, turning to face you. His gaze met yours in silence, he watched your face for a moment, then his eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
âY/N?â he asked. âWhat are you doing here?â
âI could ask you the same thing. I was riding by and saw you, I wanted to make sure you were okay. What are you doing up here all alone?â you wondered.
Jimin turned to face you fully now, looking down at you with a hard expression.
âWhy do you care?â he asked, bunching his fists at his side. âWhat do you want from me Y/N? Why are you being so nice to me?â
âI donât want anything from you, Jimin. I just want to make sure youâre okay. I want to be your friend,â you explained softly, reaching out to touch his arm, which he yanked away.
âYou want to be my friend?â he laughed bitterly. âWhy? So I can buy you stuff? You want my money? Here,â he took out his wallet, holding out several bills for you to take.
You were shocked, stepping back a little, but looking up to meet Jiminâs gaze. He looked resigned, angry. You looked at his outstretched hand, holding the money out to you and sighed. You reached for his hand, and he thought youâd take the bills, but you only eased his hand back down to his side.
âI donât want your money,â you told him, trying to keep your voice from sounding as offended as you felt. âI just like spending time with you.â
âWhy? What is your angle here? Just take what you want and go, like everyone else does. Everyone uses each other, I donât know what youâre trying to get out of me, but just take it and go. Stop acting like you care about me,â he hissed.
You watched him for a moment, chest heaving as he took deep breaths, looking angry and closed off and⌠scared. He looked scared. He said everyone uses each other, did he really not have anyone in his life who genuinely just wanted him to be happy?Â
âI do care about you, Jimin. I donât want anything from you but friendship,â you said softly.
âRight,â he laughed, âlike I believe that. No one just wants to be friends. They want something. Sex. Money. Status. Then they leave, everyone leaves eventually so why bother getting attached and pretending to care?â
âThat sounds really lonely, Jimin,â you trailed off quietly.
Jiminâs expression was one of shock. He was expecting some sort of reaction out of you, anger, defiance, maybe admitting you were just after his money. He expected you to try to trick him, to yell at him, to tell him he was an asshole and you never wanted to see him again. Jimin was not expecting you to see straight through him, to see how lonely he was, how much he craved connection.
You terrified Jimin. Heâd been drawn to you from when he first laid eyes on you, admittedly it was a sexual attraction at first. When youâd refused him, though, he was intrigued. Heâd watched you around campus, how you never sought out to be the center of attention, how you didnât go looking for drama or clout. Then you showed up on that porch swing at the party, looking into his eyes like you really saw him.
Jimin hadnât felt so at ease so quickly with anyone in his life like he did with you. He felt like he could be himself, like he could let his guard down. He had fun, really enjoyed himself for the first time in what felt like forever with you. He wasnât putting on a show. He wasnât giving the people what he thought they wanted to see from him. He was just spending time with a beautiful girl who made him feel like he was enough.
And that was terrifying.
Jimin couldnât afford to get attached again. Heâd had his heart ripped out and stomped on so many times heâd honestly thought he didnât have one anymore. Until he watched the way your eyes lit up when you giggled at one of his silly dance moves. Until he felt the giddiness rising in his chest when you smiled especially for him. Jimin almost couldnât remember what it felt like to feel so carefree, and he missed it so much. He longed to be free and let go.
You made him feel like he could, and that scared Jimin shitless. Heâd spent so long building up this wall to protect himself, so long wearing this mask of indifference to shield his weary and battered heart from another letdown. Another person pretending to care. Another âfriendâ using him to get something. Another betrayal. But you⌠you felt so genuine. You were light and happy and kind and you made him feel like he could breathe again. He barely knew you, and already youâd wormed your way into his heart enough to make him feel like things could be different. It scared Jimin just how badly he craved that, the connection, to feel something again.
âI⌠I guess,â he finally admitted, his shoulders slumping from the confession.Â
He looked like he was deflating, the tension falling off his body once he finally let it out that yes, he was so lonely. He watched your reaction, embarrassed that youâd seen this side of him. He didnât want to be vulnerable in front of anyone, didnât want to give them the chance to use him again. But you just smiled sympathetically. You didnât push or pry.
Instead, you pivoted. âAre you hungry? I kind of want some ramen. Come with me to the store?â you offered.
Jimin eyed you warily, but nodded, falling in step beside you as you walked along the bridge, the only sounds you could hear were the soft rippling of the waves below and the sounds of the cars rushing past. Jimin was quiet beside you, looking like he was lost in thought. He wasnât paying attention to where he was stepping, and tripped over a loose brick on the sidewalk.
You saw the headlights of the oncoming car nearing closer as Jimin tumbled into the road, your heart beating out of your chest in bone-chilling fear. You jumped into the street and grabbed Jiminâs hand. You jumped back and yanked him onto the sidewalk mere fractions of a second before the car zoomed past where your bodies had just been, horn blaring obnoxiously. Jiminâs body crashed into yours, sending you off balance and splaying against the sidewalk.
You groaned at his weight being flung on top of you when you crashed into the hard cement sidewalk. Jimin propped himself up on his arms, body still flush against yours as he searched your face, eyes wide.
âAre you okay? Are you hurt? What the hell were you thinking?! You couldâve been killed!â he scolded, eyes roaming over your face and arms for any injuries.Â
âSo could you! I couldnât just sit back and watch you get run over!â you defended.Â
âSo you risked your life for someone you barely know?!â he hissed, with no real bite to his words.Â
Worry and guilt were swimming in his gaze as it met yours. You softened, reaching up to caress his hair gently in an attempt to soothe him and get him to focus on you and your next words.
âHey, weâre both fine. Everythingâs okay,â you smiled.
âIâve never met anyone like you before,â he said more to himself than you, âWhat even are you?â
âStill hungry,â you giggled playfully, trying to ease the tension surrounding the two of you.
Jimin rolled his eyes but finally, a smile graced his pretty lips. You both seemed to notice your positions at the same time, your cheeks lighting up and the tips of his ears turning red. He scrambled off of you, holding out a hand to pull you to your feet. You both avoided eye contact and he let out an awkward cough, scratching the back of his neck.
âLetâs go get ramen then,â he smiled shyly, motioning for you to go ahead of him.
You walked together in silence, Jimin being much more careful about where he was stepping while you made your way to the convenience store at the edge of the university. Entering and nodding to the cashier on duty, you both made your way over to the ramen. You reached out to grab a bowl, and a gasp left Jiminâs lips.
âYouâre bleeding!â he grabbed your arm, examining the scrape on your elbow.
âOh, whoops,â you shrugged.Â
Jimin went to the cashier and requested the first aid kit, then guided you to a seat and gently took your arm, cleaning the cut with an antiseptic wipe. You hissed at the burn, and he apologized, leaning down to blow air on the wound. You watched in awe at the way his lips looked, plump and soft and delicious. You shivered as the cool air hit your skin, soothing the burn from the antiseptic wipe. Jimin smiled up at you.
âBetter?â he asked.
Not trusting your voice, you simply nodded. He took the bandage and placed it over your wound, smoothing it out with a gentle brush of his fingers.Â
âThere. All better. Let's eat!â he chirped, pushing off his knees to stand.
You both picked out some ramen and drinks, using the water dispenser to add hot water to the dry noodles. Jimin reached for his wallet to pay for you both reflexively. You didnât put yours on the counter and he looked at you in confusion.
âWhat are you doing?â he asked.
âUhhh⌠waiting my turn?â
âWhat do you mean? Itâs our turn.â
âItâs your turn. Iâll pay for mine when youâre done,â you shrugged.
Jimin looked shocked and confused, and the cashier looked impatient. You nodded towards the counter and Jimin paid, watching you curiously as you completed your transaction with a smile on your face and thanked the cashier. Jimin held the door for you and you both walked to a nearby park, sitting on the bench to eat.Â
You ate and talked and joked and laughed. You both just enjoyed being in each otherâs presence, able to let loose and not feel judged. You watched Jiminâs eyes begin to shine for the first time since youâd met him, and your heart swelled with joy. Youâd finished eating long ago but neither of you wanted to leave, so you stood up.
âIâve been practicing, you know.â You wiggled your eyebrows.
âPracticing?â he echoed.
âDancing. Iâve been practicing what you showed me. Not to toot my own horn, but Iâve gotten pretty decent,â you grinned playfully.
âShow me what youâve got,â Jimin smirked, leaning back into the bench with his hands folded behind his head, his shirt riding up and displaying his mouth-watering abs, along with the small trail of hair that dipped down underneath his waistband.
You stood with your feet shoulder width apart, just like Jimin had taught you, and started shaking your hips like youâd seen him do that night at the party, giving your best impression of his dance routine for the first minute or two. Then, you grinned at him as he opened his mouth to praise you, before you started doing the chicken dance.
Jiminâs laughter rang through the air and he started dancing with you, both of you making fools of yourselves, your only audience each other and the moon that shone brightly in the sky, illuminating Jiminâs face, highlighting his ethereal beauty. The two of you danced and laughed for a while, before falling onto the bench in a fit of giggles.Â
Finally deciding it was time to go, Jimin insisted on walking you home, saying it wasnât safe for you to be alone that late at night. You agreed, not because you werenât capable of keeping yourself safe, but simply to stay with him for a little longer. You tossed your food containers in the trash as you left the park. His hand brushed against yours a few times as you walked, talking animatedly about anything and everything, and you figured it was just an accident soyou didnât think too much of it.
Disappointment washed over you as you walked up to your dorm building and you sighed, scuffing the ground with your foot in an attempt to stall. Jimin made no move to leave either, both of you waiting in silence for the other to say something. Suddenly, you felt warmth surround your frame as Jimin wrapped his arms around you and pulled you into a tight embrace.
âThank you for tonight. This is the most fun Iâve had in a really long time,â he whispered into your ear, almost like a secret he didnât want anyone else to hear, though you were alone.
âMe too, Jimin. Thank you for coming with me, and walking me home,â you smiled, returning his hug and placing your head on his shoulder.
You werenât sure how long hugs between stranger-friends were supposed to last, but you werenât going to pull away first, not when you felt so warm, so safe, so comfortable. Your heart was racing but your whole body went pliant at his touch, any tension youâd been holding melting away as you melted into him.
Jimin pulled away first, leaving a chaste kiss to your cheek before turning around and walking off, shouting âgoodnight Y/N!â over his shoulder as he left. You missed the way the tips of his ears turned pink, and he missed how your whole face turned red. You couldnât wipe the smile off your face as you crawled into bed that night, your dreams filled with bright brown eyes shining in the moonlight, and a little bit of hope.
                            -âĄ-
After the night on the bridge, you and Jimin began hanging out. Heâd wait for you outside the lecture hall and walk you home some days. Others, youâd show up with his favorite coffee and snack in hand before his (regrettably chosen) 8am class. Jimin was different around you, lighter.Â
Because he was Jimin, people noticed. Eyes trailed after the two of you everywhere you went, whether you were together or not. Rumors spread, saying that you were using him to gain recognition, saying that heâd knocked you up and been forced to date you, saying that youâd blackmailed him or something. Neither of you paid attention to the prying eyes that seemed to dissect your every move, you were too caught up in each other.
You made Jimin feel like a better person, and Jimin made you feel safe and giddy. But there was no denying the massive crush youâd formed on the poor guy. You did your best to hide it, trying not to make him uncomfortable. Youâd told him all you wanted was friendship, you werenât about to make a liar out of yourself and get rejected, losing your new friend over something so silly as your unyielding yearning for him.
You really tried not to let your eyes linger on him for too long when he walked unaware beside you, humming the newest song he was practicing for dance class. You tried not to let your touches last longer than socially acceptable for friends, despite the way your entire body seemed to light up with electricity every time his skin met yours. You tried not to stare longingly at his lips as he told you a story about his childhood or a class heâd taken the day before.
You tried not to fall in love with him.
You tried not to fall in love with the way his eyes formed crescent moons when he smiled, his real smile. The one he used in your presence, not the one he plastered on for the rest of the world to see. You tried not to fall in love with the sound of his voice calling your name, or the way heâd mindlessly sing quietly to himself while doing mundane tasks. You tried not to fall in love with the way heâd already be looking at you when you glanced up to check on him, with the way heâd shoot you a goofy face.
You tried not to fall in love with the way he held you close, the way every hug was just a little too long, the way heâd hold open doors for you or fix your collar, or the way he seemed to be able to make you forget about the rest of the world. You tried not to fall in love with how strong he was, both physically and emotionally, how heâd let you in and trusted you.Â
But Jimin was a force of nature, somehow terrifying and comforting at the same time. He showed your heart no mercy, consistently proving himself to you over and over and making you fall harder and harder. How were you not supposed to fall head over heels for Jimin? A few weeks into your friendship and you were ready to throw caution to the wind and marry the man. Or maybe you were a little dramatic, but still. You felt so deeply for him you almost couldnât stomach it.
Jimin seemed to bounce as he walked in front of you, using his ridiculous amount of coordination to walk backwards so he could face you as he spoke. You giggled at his behavior, keeping an eye out to make sure he didnât run into anything or anyone. He wove around the crowd gracefully, looking back every so often, but you still watched out for him. Just in case.Â
âSo then the professor woke the kid up by slamming a book on his desk, I kinda felt bad for him, to be honest. But it was really funny. The kid wasnât too bothered by it, he laughed with everyone else, and apologized for falling asleep. I donât blame him though. I nearly lost it when he went into the section on Pavlov,â Jimin recounted, rolling his eyes.
âPoor guy!â you laughed.
âI know, so embarrassing.â he cringed.
âYo, Jimin!â came from somewhere in the crowd, and Jiminâs easygoing expression immediately morphed into a hardened one.Â
You turned to see Hoseok and Hana jogging to catch up with the two of you. Ever since theyâd started dating, youâd seen Hana less and less. You didnât mind much, as your time was mostly filled with Jimin. Hanaâs hair had gotten longer and sheâd dyed it a light shade of pink. It suited her.
âHey Hana, I like your new hair,â you smiled.
âThanks, girl! I havenât seen you in forever!â she grabbed you, pulling you into a tight hug which you returned, shooting an uncomfortable look towards Jimin.
His attention was on Hoseok though. He smiled, but it didnât reach his eyes, and you didnât like it when Jiminâs smile didnât reach his eyes. It looked unnatural, wrong. Happiness belonged on Jimin. Hoseok was sweet, he was funny and lively and courteous, you had nothing against him. But you wished he would leave so Jimin would go back to normal. Unguarded.Â
âJimin, Iâve been trying to get a hold of you for a couple days man. I really need your help. Are you busy? The girls can grab coffee or something and we can swing by the shop?â Hoseok begged.Â
âOoh that sounds so fun! We havenât hung out in forever! Please, Y/N?â Hana begged, pulling on your shirt sleeve.
You shot a look over to Jimin, gauging his feelings on the situation, but you couldnât read him. His face was stoic and you couldnât see his eyes. He shrugged, following Hoseok across the street. Hana pulled on your arm, directing you to a nearby coffee shop and grabbing a table in the corner by the window.Â
âYou still like the hot chocolate here the best?â Hana asked, standing up to order.Â
You moved to follow but she waved you off, placing your order for you and handing it over once it was ready.
âThank you.â you smiled, âHow much was it? Iâll venmo you.âÂ
âDonât worry it was only like two bucks,â Hana shrugged. âHobiâs been paying for everything lately, hasnât asked me to chip in a dime! So Iâve saved up a bit.âÂ
âOh wow,â you laughed.
âI feel like I havenât seen you in forever! Do you remember when we used to come here like every day to do our homework and people watch?â Hana giggled.
âYeah, it seems so long ago.â you agreed, grinning at the memory.
âUgh, I still had that poofy curly hairdo and you wore those high school musical shirts all the time? When was that, like 8th grade?â she cringed.
âFreshman year of high school, I think. We met in high school.â you laughed. âWhy did your mom let you leave the house like that?âÂ
âGirl I donât know!â she groaned, âwhy did yours?âÂ
âI guess she wanted me to express myself,â you shrugged with a giggle.
âExpress yourself right out of any chance to be popular,â Hana remarked sarcastically, throwing in a playful smirk.
âHey, I donât need to be popular. I just need a few good people around me,â you shrugged.Â
âHmmm⌠So, howâs Jimin?â she asked, glancing away and not meeting your eyes.
âHeâs good. We were just on our way back to my dorm to watch a movie when we ran into you guys,â you explained.
âA little netflix and chill?â she laughed, but her eyes zeroed in on you.
âNo,â you shook your head, âjust a movie.â
Hana sighed, placing her coffee on the table and looked you in the eyes.
âYN, Iâm worried about you. Someone like you shouldnât be hanging out with someone like Jimin. When I invited you to that party, I just wanted you to get out more, not start messing around with someone like him.â Hana explained, attempting to keep her voice soft.
âWhat do you mean âsomeone like himâ?â you asked harshly.
âYouâve heard what people are saying right? Theyâre spreading rumors about you because youâre hanging out with him. Heâs bad news, YN. He only sleeps with girls to get what he wants. I know youâre a hopeless romantic but I can guarantee he doesnât love you, no matter what heâs telling you.â she sighed.
âYou canât be serious.â you laughed incredulously.Â
âYN, Iâm just looking out for you. Jimin is-â she began but you stood and cut her off.
âJimin is kind. Jimin is funny, smart, sweet and loyal. Jimin doesnât talk shit about people behind their backs. Jimin doesnât pretend to care just so he can cause trouble. Jimin doesnât judge people based on rumors. You donât know anything about him, Hana. You never cared enough to. No one has! You all think heâs some souless succubus who only uses sex to get what he wants, but youâre wrong. You donât know him at all. Jimin is wonderful and I will hang out with him as much as I damn well want to because you know what? He makes me happy. So you and anyone else who has a problem with that can fuck off,â you seethed, slamming five dollars down on the table to pay her for your drink, not wanting to owe her anything, âKeep the change.â
You stomped away from the table, finally looking up from Hanaâs speechless, shocked expression to find Jimin and Hoseok staring at you in mirroring astonishment. You froze for a split second, but in your rage, trudged forward, grabbing Jiminâs hand and pulling him towards the exit.
âLetâs go.â you grumbled, and he allowed you to pull him out of the exit and begin walking down the street, leaving Hoseok and Hana in stunned silence.
You didnât let go of Jiminâs hand and he didnât make a move to pull away as you walked silently to your dorm, your anger slowly going from a boiling rage to a simmer. You opened and shut the door with a little more force than necessary and flung the dvd cabinet open with a little too much emphasis. Jimin watched you curiously, letting you have your space and set up the movie before you crawled into your bed next to where he was waiting.Â
You laid your head on his shoulder, needing the extra comfort of having him close after your emotional meltdown at the coffee shop. You sighed, letting the tension roll out of your body that youâd stored up from the encounter. Jimin wrapped an arm around you, giving you a gentle squeeze.
âYou want to talk about it?â he asked quietly, eyes still on the opening credits of the movie.
âNo,â you pouted.
âAre you sure?â he pressed, gaze shifting to you.
You sighed and sat up, turning to face him and pausing the movie.
âHow much did you hear?â
âHoseok and I walked in right about where you asked Hana what she meant by someone like me,â he explained.
âOh,â you flushed, looking away from him. âIâm sorry you had to hear that.â
Jimin sighed, turning your shoulders so youâd face him and you gazed up into his eyes as he focused on you.
âHey, itâs okay. I know what people think about me. I donât care about their opinion. I care about yours, and maybe Hoseokâs. Sometimes,â he explained with a chuckle.
âI guessâŚâ you trailed off.
âThank you,â he spoke suddenly, softly.
âFor what?â you wondered.
âFor sticking up for me. For believing in me. For having my back,â he told you, his eyes swimming in an emotion you couldnât place.
âOf course. I meant everything I said. Youâre an amazing person and if people would just take a second look and get to know you, look past the wall you put up, theyâd think so too.â
Jimin pulled you into his arms, encompassing you in his warmth and comfort, seeming to hold you together when you felt like you were shaking into pieces from the intensity of how strongly you felt for him. You relaxed in his hold, allowing the warmth of his body against yours to soothe your nerves.
âYouâre my best friend,â he whispered into your ear, barely audible.
âYouâre my best friend too,â you whispered back, hugging him just a little tighter.
Jimin smiled against your neck where heâd rested his head, and you hoped he couldnât feel how loudly your heart was beating from feeling his lips against your skin, though he probably didnât mean to do that. You pulled apart and snuggled into the covers to watch the movie, finally completing the task youâd set out to do since mid-afternoon.
Once the credits rolled, you were tucked into Jiminâs arms, drifting in and out of consciousness. Jimin glanced at the clock and sighed.
âI donât want to leave but itâs getting late,â he looked down at your face.
âNooo.. donât go. Youâre so comfy,â you whined.
âAre you calling me fat?â he huffed playfully.
âOh hush,â you giggled, but looked up at him, biting your lip nervously.
âCan you just⌠stay? Just for tonight? If you want to, that isâŚâ you looked down at your hands.
âYouâre not worried someone will see me leave in the morning and start more rumors?â he wondered.
âI donât care if you donât,â you shrugged, meeting his eyes once more.
âScooch over then,â he grinned and you giggled triumphantly, scooting over to one side of the bed so Jimin could slot himself between you and the wall.
He wrapped an arm around your middle, pulling you against his chest and sighed contentedly. You snuggled just a little closer, mumbling something about the chilly air in the dorm, but really you just loved being close to Jimin. Butterflies swirled in your stomach, and you listened to Jiminâs breathing begin to even out as he fell asleep. You followed not long after. Wrapped in the safety and comfort of Jimin, you swore it was the best night's sleep youâd ever had.
                            -âĄ-
The second Jimin had exited your dorm that morning, there were about 50 pictures of the incident flooding social media, rumors flying rampant about your night spent together. Every other comment was about how youâd turned into a whore or Jimin was just playing with you or you had to have something on him. You ignored them all. People could think whatever they wanted, but you knew you hadnât done anything wrong.
On the contrary, waking up beside Jimin had felt so, so right. Youâd somehow shifted in the night, both of you seeking out each otherâs warmth and youâd woken up face-to-face, your noses almost touching. Youâd opened your eyes to find Jimin opening his and you both smiled at each other, giggling nervously as you broke apart.Â
Jimin had gone home to freshen up, seeing as your impromptu sleepover left him without a change of clothes or a toothbrush. You hadnât heard anything from him since he left, and you were starting to wonder if he regretted staying, if he felt uncomfortable now. Your nerves were eating you up and after your fight with Hana, you didnât really know who you could talk to about it. You sighed, flipping through a textbook while being unable to concentrate on anything you were reading.
A few hours went by and you were starting to lose your mind from the lack of communication and the anxiety it caused. You picked up your phone to distract yourself with something when a text from Jimin came through. You sighed in relief, opening the message.
Jimin [5:54pm]: The guys at the frat house say Iâve been boring lately and Iâm not allowed to skip tonightâs party. Come with me?
Did he mean come with him as in⌠be his date? Surely not. Right? Your heart hammered in your chest. Sure, people had seen you and Jimin around together a lot, but it was another thing entirely to go to a party together. That was basically announcing that you were dating. Maybe he didnât see it that way? Maybe he just wanted to bring his friend to the party?
You [5:59pm]: Sure. Meet you there?
Jimin [6:04pm]: Starts at 10. :)
You texted a little back and forth in the next few hours, then you got ready for the party andmade your way over to the frat house, wondering what kind of fresh hell this party would bring. Though, you couldnât say all parties were bad. You had met Jimin at one of these. That had turned out to be the greatest thing youâd ever done.
You were filled with a sense of nostalgia walking up to the familiar front door and entering into the foyer, greeted with booming music and some cheering from the corner where someone was doing a keg upside down. You were startled by an arm wrapping around your shoulder, pulling you into a warm body.
âY/N! Nice to see you again,â Hoseok grinned, leading you towards the kitchen.
âHey Hoseok,â you smiled, a little confused.
âJimin and I were about to play beer pong with Tae, we need a 4th player,â he grinned.
âOh okay,â you smiled, walking with a little more confidence.
âY/N!â Jimin grinned, walking over and wrapping you in a hug, âIâm glad you came. Youâre on my team, ok?â
âSounds good,â you grinned.
âY/N, this is Taehyung, youâve already met Hoseok. Tae, this is Y/N,â Jimin introduced.
âNice to meet you,â Taehyung grinned a boxy smile, enthusiastically waving to you from his end of the island. âSorry weâre about to kick your ass,â he added with an evil chuckle.
âI wouldnât be so sure,â you giggled.
âHave you played before?â Jimin wondered.
âA few times, not at a big party like this but Iâve practiced,â you mimicked brushing off your shoulders and Jimin let out a hearty laugh.
âAlright, a seasoned pro!â Hoseok chimed in excitedly.
âIs Hana not here?â you asked quietly to Jimin.
âI havenât seen her, no,â he shrugged.
âDid they break up?â
âI doubt it, but I donât know.â he answered.
âAlright, ladies! Let's go!â Taehyung shouted enthusiastically.
Hoseok took the first shot, landing it perfectly in a cup on your side of the table, and Jimin took the first swig, downing the cup. Hoseok shot again, missing by a mile. Jimin laughed before tossing his ball across the table, expertly landing it in one of the opposing teamâs. Hoseok pouted but drank anyway. Jimin tried again, landing another. You clapped and hooted for him. Jimin got three cups before he missed.
Taehyung got two cups, and you drank both before he grazed the edge of the third, but the ball didnât go in. You started shooting and got two cups before someone jostled you on your third throw, causing you to miss the entire table. You shot a glare to the offending stranger, who apologized profusely. You sighed.
âMinho is clumsy but heâs sweet. Donât be too hard on him. He might actually like it. Kinky bastard.â Jimin winked at you playfully.
You choked on your next breath, giggling at his words. Neither team scored anything for a while, too busy trash-talking each other and cracking jokes to concentrate on the game. Jiminâs full smile had yet to appear, but he did seem more relaxed in your presence, so you took it as a win. He wasnât quite himself, putting on more of a show than usual, but you decided to let it go since he seemed like he was having a good time. Surprisingly, you were too.Â
Taehyung was sweet and funny. He was easy to talk to and super charming. Hoseok was a ball of sunshine and energy, and they both seemed to accept you as part of their little group with no effort at all. You were Jiminâs friend, and therefore you were their friend by association. You wondered if these were people Jimin could be honest with, they seemed really genuine, but you knew how guarded he was so you werenât about to bring it up. They were fun to be around, and that was enough for now.
The night raged on, and your team ended up winning beer pong. Youâd both gained a pleasant buzz from the game but Taehyung and Hoseok were absolutely trashed. Jimin explained that they mightâve pregamed a little too hard before the party, so the added beers from their crushing defeat sent them over the edge into utterly intoxicated. They were currently clutching onto each other and singing a very off key rendition of a song you didnât even recognize.
âHey, whereâs the bathroom?â you asked.
âJust down that hall,â Jimin pointed, and you smiled at him before making your way there.
You quickly did your business and washed your hands, checking your appearance in the mirror and smiling to yourself about how well the night was going. Everything was perfect and after last night with Jimin, he seemed more⌠into you? Less platonic. Or maybe your mind was playing tricks on you. Either way, you were hopeful that maybe Jimin felt the same way you did.
That was, until you walked out of the bathroom and saw him pushed up against the wall with some girlâs tongue down his throat.Â
You felt like the room was spinning. Your heart shattered and you found it difficult to get air into your lungs as you stood frozen in shock, eyes glued to the pair like a car wreck. You just couldnât look away. It felt like years, but lasted only a second before Jiminâs eyes opened and he spotted you. He pushed the girl off of him, taking a step toward you, but you made a beeline for the door.
You weaved your way through the crowd as fast as you could, ignoring Taehyung who gleefully called out for you to join him in karaoke. You begged any entity that was listening to let you hold your tears in until there were no witnesses, focusing solely on getting your feet to move faster and holding your emotions at bay. You heard Jimin calling your name but you only moved faster, sprinting out of the open door and down the empty road.
How could you have been so stupid? Of course he didnât like you. You were just the first person to show him, real, unconditional friendship. Thatâs all his affection was. Platonic. He didnât want you. How could he? That girl looked like a supermodel. Of course she was more his type. How could you even think he would ever want someone like you? Because he spent one night with his arms wrapped around you and brought you to a party in front of his friends? Ugh.
âY/N! Wait!â Jimin called, and you could hear his footsteps growing closer.Â
Damn him and his dancerâs stamina.
You wiped any stray tears from your eyes and did your best to plaster on a smile as you turned around to face him, you couldnât outrun him. You might as well act normal and pretend everything was fine. Jimin slowed to a stop in front of you, panting a little.
âWhere are you going?â he asked breathlessly.
âOh, uh. Iâm going home,â you grimaced as your voice cracked.
âY/N, it wasnât what it looked like,â Jimin began.
âOh Jimin, itâs fine,â you brushed him off, using every bit of your willpower to make yourself seem believable. âYou can do whatever or whoever you want. Itâs not like I own you.â
âI saw the look on your face, Y/N, I-â Jimin tried but you shook your head.
âNo itâs fine. I shouldâve known youâd want to have some fun tonight. Youâre not obligated to babysit me just because you invited me,â you cut him off.
âBut I-â he tried again, scratching his arm in frustration.
âGo back to the party, that girl is probably waiting,â you smiled, moving to turn around.
âWould you just fucking listen to me?!â he shouted, making you freeze in your tracks.Â
Your eyes flickered up to meet his in shock, mouth hanging slightly ajar. Despite him being covered in tattoos and piercings, youâd never heard Jimin raise his voice or be threatening in any way. His sudden outburst caused your heart to flutter in your chest, both with astonishment and a little bit of arousal.
âShe just came up and started talking to me, and she asked me to fuck, but I said no. She kissed me out of nowhere and I froze. As soon as I saw you I knew I fucked up. I pushed her off and told her to get lost. I donât want her, Y/N. I donât want any of them,â he nearly growled in frustration, running a hand through his messy hair. âI donât want anyone else. I want you.â
Your heart stopped beating entirely.Â
âI was scared to tell you because I didnât want to scare you off. You said all you wanted was friendship and I didnât want to push you away. Youâre my best friend. Youâre the only one who really sees me, the only one who really cares. You make me a better man. I canât imagine my life without you in it. Everyone leaves but I canât lose you. Not you. I⌠I love you. Iâm in love with you,â he sighed, taking a step closer and gauging your reaction.
âYou⌠do?â you whispered, scared that if you spoke too loudly heâd vanish and youâd wake up from this dream.
âI love you,â he repeated, placing his hands on your shoulders and running them down your arms to interlock your fingers.
âI love you too,â you choked out, your tears running freely now. âJimin I love you so much it hurts.â
Jimin lifted one hand to cup your cheek, his eyes full of love and adoration and contentment. His gaze flickered down to your lips then back up to your eyes. You nodded, just barely, and he leaned in. Finally, after months of daydreaming about this very moment, Jiminâs soft, plush lips pressed against your own. Time seemed to stop, and everything faded away but Jimin and the way he kissed you.Â
His kiss was gentle, but held so much passion. All the words he couldnât say, or didnât know how to, he flooded them all into the way he kissed you, wrapping his arms around you and bringing you closer as he worked his mouth against your own. Kissing Jimin felt like coming home, like the first breath of air after being caught in a current and forced underwater until your breaking point. It felt right.Â
Jiminâs tongue danced along your bottom lip, and you opened your mouth, allowing him entrance. His tongue explored your mouth, sliding along yours and it felt more like a loving caress than horny college kids making out. Deepening the kiss had lit something inside you and you pressed even closer to him, pouring all your love and longing into the actions between your lips. Â
Pulling away only when your lungs began screaming for air, Jimin rested his forehead against your own, his breaths coming out labored. His eyes searched yours and a slow smile spread across his reddened lips.
âIâve wanted to do that for so long,â he admitted breathlessly.
âMe too,â you giggled, hiding your face in the crook of his neck as the blush crept into your cheeks.
Jimin laughed and held you tight against him, rubbing soothing circles against your back. You both stayed like that, in the middle of the road, the only light being the stars and the moon, but you didnât care. All that mattered was that Jimin loved you. Jimin loved you! And he wanted you. And you were safe in his arms.Â
âLetâs get you home, yeah?â Jimin smiled, pulling back to look at your face.
You nodded, slipping your hand into his and walking beside him. Your whole chest felt like it was going to explode. You were elated. You were shocked and excited and so, so happy. You giggled to yourself, hiding your face with your free hand as Jimin walked you home.
âWhatâs so funny?â he chuckled.
âI canât believe this is real, Iâm so happy,â you admitted, biting your lip nervously and shooting a curious glance his way to watch his reaction.
Jimin smiled softly, pulling you closer to leave a gentle kiss on your forehead.
âMe too baby. Me too,â he said softly.
Jimin walked you home and you both crawled into your bed. Jimin wrapped you up in his arms and held you close. You felt like you were in heaven. You ran your fingers through Jiminâs hair, then trailed them down his arm, tracing his tattoos with the tips of your fingers. Jimin smiled, rubbing shapes and doodles into the skin of your back where your shirt had ridden up.Â
His gentle caresses were soothing, and after the ultra emotional day youâd had, you were pretty drained. You drifted in and out of consciousness, shifting closer to Jimin and he grinned, holding you against his frame and leaving gentle pecks on your neck, your ear, wherever he could reach. You giggled.
âIâm so glad youâre finally mine,â he whispered into the chilly air of your room.
âIâve been yours, Jimin. From the moment I met you,â you admitted sheepishly.
âI might not have known it yet, but I was yours too,â he smiled, kissing your cheek. âNow go to sleep.â
So you did.
                            -âĄ-
About a week later, the rumors were still running rampant about you and Jimin after youâd both made it official on social media, and were now spotted sharing sweet kisses and tender touches in public rather than just being together. Youâd received a fair amount of messages and evil looks, girls upset that youâd taken Jimin off the market and now his skills were âgoing to waste.â Youâd just roll your eyes and hit the block button.
You had been wondering about those skills more and more recently. Once you and Jimin had started dating, he had seemingly become allergic to wearing shirts. Prancing around your dorm room with his toned body on display, delicious ink decorating the surface of his ivory skin⌠you were frequently having thoughts that werenât exactly PG. But Jimin hadnât brought up sexual activity, and neither had you.
You felt like you could cut the sexual tension with a knife some days, but didnât want to push Jimin into anything, not when you knew that heâd used sex as a way to push people away in the past. You knew you were overthinking, and should probably just talk to him, but you were nervous. But oh goodness did you want him. Youâd wanted him from the moment youâd laid eyes on him, and rejecting his proposition that first night had been harder than youâd thought.
Now it seemed like every time you looked at Jimin, it became harder to hold back. Knowing that he knew you loved him now, and that he loved you too gave you that level of comfort you needed to be able to finally take the plunge with him. You wanted him to plunge into you. All. Night. Long.Â
You shook your head to rid yourself of the dirty thoughts you were having just as Jimin climbed in bed beside you, snuggling up to your frame and pulling you against him. You smiled and ran your fingers over the tattoos on his arms, tracing the designs with the tips of your fingers as lightly as you could. Jimin liked that you were always touching him. Running your fingers through his hair, tracing his tattoos, or just resting your palm against his chest. It didnât matter as long as you were touching him, he was content.Â
He shifted, laying on his back with one arm tucked behind his head, allowing you to rest your head on his chest and trace the tattoos that littered the skin there as well. Jimin closed his eyes and focused on the sound of your even breathing and the feeling of your fingers gently brushing against his skin. He shivered a time or two, and you snuggled closer, assuming he was cold. Unable to rid yourself of the lingering dampness between your thighs, you let your fingers gently graze across Jiminâs pierced nipple.
Jimin sucked in a breath and bit back a low moan, but you heard his chest rumble with the action. You bit your lip and mumbled a quiet, insincere apology. You traced the tattoos along his collar bone for a while before your fingers daringly dipped down, brushing the other exposed nipple, which had Jimin tensing below you and letting out a quiet whine.
âAre you doing that on purpose?â he accused, focusing his gaze on you.
âNooooâŚâ you trailed off, looking up at him with faux innocence.
âIâm trying really hard to be good right now, baby girl,â he breathed out, almost as if he was in pain.Â
âWhat if⌠I donât want you to be?â you whispered seductively, letting your hand trail down his abdomen teasingly.
Jiminâs muscles clenched at the movement, and you noticed there was a sizable tent in his sweatpants. Your mouth watered at the sight. He was clearly working with some nice equipment. Jimin shifted so he could put his full attention on you, his eyes searching yours.
âAre you sure? I know you said you were waiting, are you really ready for this?â he asked, concern and a little bit of hope written all over his face.
âIâm sure. I love you, Jimin. I want you,â you smiled reassuringly, leaning in to place a kiss to his gorgeous, soft lips.
Jimin brought his hand up to cup your cheek, working those plush lips of his against your own. The two of you had made out before, but this felt different. You were filled with anticipation and need. You pressed yourself closer to him, and he took the opportunity to deepen the kiss, his tongue sliding gracefully along your bottom lip, which you immediately parted for him.
His deft muscle slipped inside your mouth, rolling against yours skillfully. His hand dropped from your cheek and snaked up your side, sneaking under your shirt and grazing along your stomach until he reached your breast, kneading it underneath your flimsy bralette. His thumb brushed against your nipple and your body jolted towards him, seeking more.Â
âMmm⌠so responsive.â he whispered against your lips with a teasing smirk.Â
You furrowed your eyebrows, then let your nail scrape gently along his pierced nipple, tugging ever so gently on the metal ring. Jimin moaned into your mouth, his body arching towards yours. You smirked against his lips.
âSo responsive.â you giggled.
Jimin chuckled, pulling back to look at you with a raised eyebrow, the light reflecting off the piercing there as well. His cocky look was gasoline on the fire of your arousal, and you made yourself busy by kissing down his exposed neck, leaving a trail of red and purple bruises in your wake. Jiminâs low moans were music to your ears. You wanted to elicit more of the beautiful sounds from the irresistible man who had become putty in your hands.
Urging him onto his back, you straddled his hips and ground your covered core down against his clothed erection for a little relief, causing Jimin to let out more delicious noises. You kissed down his chest, bringing his nipple piercing into your mouth and licking around the sensitive area before tugging it gently with your teeth, scraping the flesh just a bit in the process. Jiminâs hips bucked up into yours at the action.
Your fingers teasingly dipped below the elastic of his sweats, running back and forth along the edge while you worked your mouth against each nipple. Jiminâs hands found purchase on your hips, his nails digging in just a bit so he had something to ground himself while you teased him. Your hand slipped underneath his sweats, surprised to find heâd foregone boxers. Your fingers brushed against his rigid length, and he tensed, gripping your hips harder.
âDonât tease,â he groaned, head lolling back as he tried to restrain himself.
You giggled, wrapping your hand around his length and slowly dragging it upwards, letting your thumb circle the tip. You used the precum that spilled out to lubricate your next journey down. Jimin groaned, finally losing patience and effortlessly flipped the two of you over until he was hovering above you. He smirked at the surprised expression on your face and began leaving pretty red marks all over your neck and the exposed portion of your chest.
He sat up momentarily, pinning you with a hungry gaze and fiddling with the hem of your shirt.
âOff,â he commanded.
You immediately complied, peeling the fabric off your body and tossing it away, revealing your lacy bralette. Jiminâs eyes roamed over your chest and he licked his lips before leaning down and letting his tongue draw a stripe over the thin fabric covering your nipple, already erect and sensitive. Soft whimpers escaped your lips. It felt good, but you needed more.
Jiminâs lips traveled farther down your body, leaving marks all over your skin. He licked and sucked and nibbled in places you never wouldâve considered erogenous zones before, but honestly, maybe it was just because it was Jimin. His tongue danced along the hem of your shorts teasingly before he glanced up at you to make sure you were still okay. You nodded breathlessly.
Jimin peeled your shorts down to expose your black satin panties, and you wished youâd worn the lace ones but it couldâve been worse. He brought the little bow tie between his teeth, tugging and letting it snap back against your pelvis. You jumped a bit and Jimin chuckled, mumbling âso cuteâ under his breath before slipping your soaked panties down your legs and tossing them aside.
âDamn baby girl, youâre dripping,â he grinned triumphantly. âWhat got you all worked up like this?â
âJimin,â you whined impatiently.
âThatâs right baby, say my name,â he teased (although he wasnât really joking), but didnât waste much more time, lowering his face and licking a bold stripe along your folds to distract you while he snuck a finger closer to your entrance, letting your arousal aid him in entering you. His tongue drew some sort of lost language on your clit with expertise, and it was almost impossible for you to hold still with the amount of pleasure coursing through your veins.
Your hips bucked up and Jimin moved a hand to splay along your lower stomach, holding you down onto the bed while he devoured your pussy, slowly adding a second and third finger to stretch you out. It burned for a moment before you got used to it, Jiminâs fingers gliding along your walls and hitting your g-spot repeatedly. Even for your first time together, he knew your body like the back of his hand.
 You could already feel the coil deep inside you threaten to snap at Jiminâs ministrations. You were a moaning mess, babbling his name like it was the only word you knew. His plump lips wrapped around your throbbing bundle and he sucked- hard. You groaned, back arching off the bed as your orgasm crashed over you, your vision going spotty. Now you knew why they said he could make you see stars.
Your body fell lax against the mattress as you panted, before pushing yourself up on your elbows to see Jiminâs face lift from your core. He met your eyes and seductively licked your juices off his lips, closing his eyes and savoring the taste of you. Your mouth went dry at how erotic he looked, and he climbed up your body, pressing his lips to yours and allowing you to taste yourself.Â
Your mouths worked against each other, and you wound your fingers in his hair, tugging gently on his soft locks, causing him to let out a low whine.Â
âDo that again,â he begged against your lips, his voice deeper and a little hoarse, but needy.
You wound your fingers in his hair, gripping it tighter and tugging again. Jimin let out a strangled moan, grinding his rock hard member against your core. Your body shivered at the feeling of his clothed shaft pressing up against where you needed him the most. Â
âJimin, please,â you sighed, bucking your hips up to meet his.
âOkay baby. Oh fuck. Please tell me I still have a spare condom,â he suddenly groaned, reaching over for his wallet on your nightstand.Â
You watched him curiously, your eyes lingering on the curve of his plump ass under his sweats. You licked your lips, wanting to bite into the flesh. Youâd save that for another time. Jimin let out a triumphant noise and held the condom in the air like a first place medal. You giggled at your boyfriend and rolled your eyes with a smile.Â
Jimin slid his sweats off in one smooth motion, kicking them away and onto the floor somewhere before ripping the condom open with his teeth and rolling it onto his length. Jimin paused, peering at you from his place above you, a small smile curling onto his plush lips, his eyes alight with adoration.
âI love you,â he whispered, intertwining his fingers with yours.
âI love you too,â you sighed happily.Â
âAre you ready?â he asked, squeezing your hand gently.
âYes. Iâm ready.â
Jimin leaned down, meeting your lips in a soft kiss, and slowly slid his rigid length into your honeyed entrance. You gasped into his mouth at the welcome intrusion, his cock stretching you in the most delicious way. Even with the prep from his fingers, his cock stretching your walls burned just slightly. Jimin deepened the kiss in an attempt to distract you from the discomfort, slowly inching more of his length inside until he bottomed out, his hips flush against yours.
Jimin fit inside you perfectly, his thick cock filling you up like he was made for you. He pulled back to look at your face, and you shot him a reassuring smile. He brought your joined hands up to his lips, placing them gently on the back of your wrist, and once you nodded your approval, he slid out until just the bulbous tip was left inside, before sliding back in, setting a slow, torturing pace.
This wasnât your first rodeo, though you were nowhere near as experienced as Jimin, but no one had ever felt this good inside you. No one had ever felt this right. Jimin reached places inside you that no man had before and you were already falling apart at the movement of his hips. Jimin was definitely a dancer, able to move his body precisely and with precision, angling his hips to hit that soft spot inside you with every thrust.Â
âFuck babygirl, you look so beautiful like this,â he groaned into your ear, his hot breath coming out in short puffs from the physical exertion.
âNgh. Jimin,â you whined, âPlease. More.âÂ
âCan you handle it?â he wondered, experimentally dragging his cock a little faster along your walls, continually hitting that sweet spot inside you.
âYes, yes please. Need you,â you whimpered, bucking your hips up to meet his.
Jiminâs brow furrowed in concentration and his hips picked up speed, his sole purpose in that moment to give you the most blinding pleasure youâd ever experienced. His punishing pace had you wailing out his name in ecstasy, clawing at his back in a desperate attempt to ground yourself to something, lest you float away into oblivion from the fire building deep in your core.
âCome on baby, you look so pretty when you cum for me. Let go,â Jimin urged, his free hand slipping between your bodies to rub at your clit.
âFuck⌠Jimin!â you cried out, and his teeth sinking into the flesh of your neck was the last thing you needed to send you careening over the edge into bliss for the second time that night.
Your breath coming in heavy pants, you were surprised when Jimin showed no signs of slowing down. Your walls continued to clench around his length in the aftermath of your orgasm, and Jimin let our low growls at the feeling of your pussy swallowing up his cock with each thrust. You whimpered, slightly sensitive from your two previous orgasms, but Jimin pistoning himself inside you still felt heavenly.Â
Jimin shifted, pulling your leg up over his shoulder, the new position allowing him to reach even deeper inside your core, and your eyes nearly rolled back in your skull at the sensation of his cock kissing your cervix. You were a whimpering mess, your moans now garbled gibberish, not making any sense. All you knew in that moment was Jimin and how good he made you feel.
His lips wrapped around your nipple, sucking and nibbling on the sensitive flesh, and you shivered. His thrusts were getting erratic as he chased his own high, but Jimin was desperate to make you cum again first. He pinched and rolled your clit between his thumb and forefinger, abusing the bundle in the best way, sending you closer to your high once again.
âFuck, Jimin- I-â you groaned.
âCome on baby, give me one more,â Jimin encouraged, using all his strength to hold back his own impending orgasm as he slammed inside of you.
Your whole body seemed to seize as you came for the third time, this one more intense than the others, making you almost dizzy with euphoria. Your throat burned with the force of your screams, quickly turning raw with use. Jimin didnât last much longer, your cunt clenching around his length sending him over the edge. His hips stilled as he spilled ropes of hot cum into the condom. You could feel the heat from the thin plastic layer and wished that you could feel his seed shooting into you, dripping from your hole.Â
Jimin collapsed next to you, panting. His body was covered in a thin sheen of sweat, and he looked absolutely edible like this. His plump lips parted as heavy breaths escaped, he turned his head and his eyes met yours. You were both shaking from the intensity of your highs, and you let out a quiet giggle which made a smile bloom across Jiminâs lips. He let out a quiet chuckle.
âYouâre so beautiful,â he cooed, turning his body back to face yours after tossing the used condom into the trash.
His arms wrapped around your torso, bringing your naked chests flush against each other as he peppered chaste kisses along your forehead, nose, and cheeks before catching your lips in a sweet kiss.Â
âI love you,â you whispered, clinging to his sweaty body like he was the only thing keeping you from floating away, and maybe he was.
âI love you more,â he grinned against the skin of your neck.
âAbsolutely not. I love you more,â you pouted.
âNuh uh,â he teased, fingers poking into your side, causing you to shriek and curl into him.
He laughed and kissed your forehead, relenting from his teasing and tickling. Your bodies spent, you drifted off to sleep together, safe in the comfort of each otherâs arms.
                            -âĄ-
Months had flown by in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, it was May and you were graduating. They say time flies when youâre having fun, and they are right. Every moment spent with Jimin never seemed to last long enough. After the two of you started dating, Jimin had slowly begun opening up to other people. He learned to trust Hoseok and Taehyung, and your initial impression of them had been correct: they were people Jimin could count on.Â
Jimin did lose a few friends from the frat house when he stopped trying to play the part of the indifferent fuckboi, but he didnât really count those people as losses. If they couldnât accept the real him, they werenât worth it. The two of you had branched out socially, and made new friends as well. Yoongi, the music major, who began working at the coffee shop you both frequented. He was stoic and unapproachable at first, but Jimin had commented on his band t shirt once and Yoongiâs eyes lit up like a Christmas tree, showing that he was actually super sweet and thoughtful once you got past his icy exterior.Â
Namjoon, the business major whom youâd met while browsing the shelves of your university library. Youâd been having a hard time reaching the book you wanted, and Namjoon had assisted without you even asking for help, his much taller frame bringing the book down to your level. Heâd told you he had read that book at least ten times and you would surely love it. The two of you hit it off and soon Jimin joined you, immediately connecting with Namjoon as well. He was smart, patient, and would make an amazing businessman, just from the way he could read people but never treated anyone any differently.
Seokjin, the culinary arts major who had gone around campus giving out free samples of his work, promoting his new youtube channel âEat Jin.â One taste of his dasik and you were begging him for the recipe. Jin had lit up and began explaining exactly how to make it and invited you to an episode of Eat Jin.
Jungkook, who hadnât quite figured out what he wanted to do yet, had met Jimin at the gym. He was boxing in the practice room that Jimin had reserved to dance. He hadnât noticed heâd gone over his time, and when Jimin politely entered the room, complimenting his form, heâd flushed and shot him the most adorable bunny smile. Jungkook apologized for running over his time and Jimin brushed it off, but Jungkook insisted on buying him coffee as an apology.
Slowly but surely, your friendship group grew, each new friend weaving their way into your hearts and teaching you something new. They got along with each other as well, as it turned out. Youâd thrown a surprise party for Jiminâs birthday and invited them along, Namjoon and Jin became inseparable almost immediately, and Hoseok and Yoongi as well. Taehyung and Jungkook became a dynamic duo, consistently stirring up trouble wherever they went.Â
Hoseok and Hana hadnât broken up, after all. Hana had even contacted you to get coffee, apologizing for judging Jimin unfairly and trying to get in between the two of you. Sheâd joined your little group of friends, which slowly became more like a second family . Jimin flourished, surrounded by people who loved and cared for him exactly as he was.
He didnât have to pretend to be anything but himself, didnât have to please anyone, play any parts. His smile reached ear to ear and his eyes shone with love and light and so much life. Thinking back to the way theyâd been dull and lifeless when you first met him brought you to tears as you watched him throw his head back in laughter and wrap his arms around Jungkook, who returned the gesture with similar glee.
Jimin no longer seemed broken. The dead weight resting in his chest had been lifted, and he was free. It didnât happen overnight, and beginning his relationship with you certainly hadnât been a magic fix, but it had been a catalyst. You taught Jimin that there were people in this world who genuinely could care for him without expecting anything in return. You showed him that there was still good, and he could trust people. Then, slowly, heâd met more and more people who only validated the lessons youâd taught him.
The more people Jimin met who didnât use him, the more the ice around his heart began to chip away, giving him the strength and the courage to save himself from the darkness that had plagued his heart and mind for so long. And now, you were all graduating, moving on to pursue your dreams and aspirations. It was the last party of your college career, and youâd all gathered because Jimin had announced heâd had something to say to everyone. You gazed up proudly at your boyfriend.
âThank you all for being here to celebrate the last night of college!â he cheered, earning hoots and hollers from your friends.
 âI know we all promised to keep in touch, but I just wanted to make sure that you all know how much I appreciate you being in my life. I love every single one of you, and I couldnât have asked for a more amazing group of people to surround myself with. You all have lifted me up, encouraged me, and given me the strength to keep fighting when times got tough. They say that sometimes when youâre in a dark place, that you think youâve been buried. But really, youâve been planted. You just need a little bit of love and patience before you bloom. So thank you for giving me what I needed to bloom. All of you. Especially you, Y/N. You were the first person who really believed in me, and if it werenât for you, I never wouldâve let in any of these guys. I love you, baby. And I love all of you,â he grinned, âSo hereâs a toast to all of you, may your future be bright and your beer be full!â
Cheers erupted around you and you cheered along, all of you knocking back a sip of your drink to Jiminâs toast. He hopped down and wrapped an arm around you, kissing your cheek as your friends congratulated him on his speech and shared how happy they were to have met you both as well. Your heart felt like it couldnât possibly get any fuller than it was in that moment, surrounded by people you loved.Â
You and Jimin had both grown so much since that first night at the party, youâd fought, youâd cried, youâd laughed, and youâd gotten stronger. You were so proud of him and how far he had come, and you felt peace settle over you knowing the fact that heâd never have to be alone again, and neither would you. No matter what you found on the road ahead, youâd be okay.
You had each other.
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an epiphany we cannot
spencer x readerÂ
request:Â hey there! would you by chance, be up to writing something where the reader is finishing grad school and working as a new agent for the bau? and spencer has to go check in on her because she hasn't been showing up to work/class because of depression, and he helps to clean her hair and tidy up the house with her before asking her what's up? sorry if that's a little weird, but i just want a fic where the reader isn't suddenly fixed. i feel like you're the perfect person to do that! đ
warnings: symptoms of depression, lack of eating + sleeping + showering, maybe angst? its just terrible poetry reallyÂ
a/n: the writing of this fic is intentionally chaotic. its meant to be put into the perspective of someone who hadnt slept in week(s). so, if it gets confusing, that was on purpose.Â
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Sleep was an epiphany.Â
A strange thing that only came when it was pitch black outside, when the birds had all gone to bed and there were no clouds to be seen in the sky. A strange thing that only came from the deepest feelings in her chest that could not be described. Feeling that she didnât dare try to mutter aloud.Â
How could she? Entirely alone- what would be the point? Why might she try to explain anything when she could simply...Â
Breathe in and out. Take in air, she liked to think that she really didnât need, breathe in and out, and hope that her feeling would soon disintegrate into her body so that she could- for once -feel that strange sleep. So that for once, she could merely forget that she had that feeling at all.Â
It had been a hard week, a hard year, one too many too many hard seconds pounding down on her body, the time tick-tocking until she was too tired to breathe.Â
She couldnât sleep. Really, not at all. Not even when she laid in bed for hours, cursing only in her head at the terrible sounds that filled her small apartment. Wondering how the world was acting when she was away. She never slept. Not after hours of thinking, of breathing in the same rhythm, her heart beating just the same as it had hours ago-Â
She hated it.Â
But, she promised herself, she would not leave this bed, would not leave her house until she could sleep. Until this dreadful feeling was gone so far away that she could no longer think of what it had been. Until her eyes were shut, her body was relaxed, and she no longer had to work to breathe. No more work.Â
Her thoughts were jumbled, her mind running on the air she was breathing and nothing else, her conscious mind having no sense of what was going on.Â
She was sure there was a smaller part of her screaming somewhere. Sure that this tiny little part of her was banging on the walls of her heart, pushing the ideas, the air, out of her body. She was sure that this part of her was in agony- or something far worse -because of the promise she had made to herself.Â
But she wouldnât think of it, sleep was far too important.Â
An epiphany she could not have. One she thought she might dream of if she could.Â
She often wondered if other people were struggling just the same as her, if other people were far too surrounded by the whirl of thoughts, by the promises, by the exhaustion, to even think of sleep. If they too, also felt that sleep was an epiphany that would never come.Â
She supposed that there wasnât anyone else, and if there was, she wished their eyes would finally flutter into a peacefulness that they longed for.Â
She wished it was herself she was thinking of.Â
She couldnât remember the last time sheâd done anything good, the last time she had done anything to improve the state of her mind- hysterical, mad, running itself into a place where air was not a thing that could be achieved -to improve the state of her house, which of course was filled to the very edge with things she didnât recognize. Things that sheâd used weeks ago when she could think sane thoughts.Â
She wasnât doing anything, she wasnât sleeping, was barely breathing, she tried not to move. She sat in her silence, in the hot air of her room. She wondered when she would fall so far into this bed so that she would no longer be there, when she could finally sink into the hole that seemed was her life, when she could disappear so she didnât have to wonder about anything at all.Â
No one could tell when it had started, when she had laid down and promised herself. If you had asked her, she wouldnât have answered, she would have laid in the same spot, her body a corpse that was somehow still breathing, and kept quiet until it was too late for questions.
It had been weeks, surely it had, and no one had seen her. No one knew where she was.Â
No one had seen her in this state, this terribly fragile, desperate state.Â
She thought that she might like to keep it that way. She didnât like to listen to that tiny voice that wanted her to let someone in, to let them help. She didnât like that tiny voice.Â
It kept getting in the way of the vows she had made to herself. Foolish, unknowing of what she truly needed.Â
Sleep.
But, even still, sleep didnât come. Even when she announced it was the only thing she needed, the only thing she wanted. Even when she thought she was screaming out into the world, begging the universe to take some mercy on her and give her that gentle release. Even when she thought that she didnât have a voice to beg with anymore.Â
Sleep had not yet come. And she could no longer count the days that had gone by.Â
She didnât want to anyway.Â
Pounding though. There was definitely pounding.Â
She could definitely hear that.Â
Different from the one that she heard in her head, different from the banging she was familiar with. No, that banging was a dear old friend she wished to greet at her door.Â
This pounding in the air was something else, something on her walls.Â
She barely felt herself groan, could barely tell when she ran a hand over her eyes, trying to weigh them down with sheer force.Â
âY/N?â the pounding called, too loud when she was trying to fall asleep. Too loud when she was sure that it was the middle of the night. A voice accompanied it, following too far into the hallway to her bedroom.Â
She was trying to sleep, she wanted the epiphany. Pounding could wait, it would. It would just have to wait for her. Wait until she could sleep.Â
But, when her body was tingling so far off the bed, and suddenly irritation was crawling its way up her spine, wrapping her in its fury, suddenly she could get out of bed. For once. For what felt like the first time in weeks.Â
A strange epiphany she did not think about.Â
Still, she barely recognized how to walk, barely knew that her feet were still attached to her legs anymore, but still, fury followed her as she stormed her way down the hall, as she latched herself onto the wall for support.Â
As she stopped the sudden pounding that was burning that fire in her throat.Â
And while she was aware there was a voice. A raspy tenor tone coming from the other side of the door. It was one she might have known weeks ago before her promise, but because she didn't recognize it she was surprised when she saw the man standing in her doorway.Â
But, strangely enough, he looked more surprised to see her.Â
His eyes were wide, shock displaying on all of his features. Clearly, he hadn't been expecting to see the devil of a person that Y/N was. Heâd been expecting the girl sheâd been before, brighter, alive.Â
Spencer stood there for only a moment, taking in the breath of air that was Y/N. It had been three weeks since any of them had seen her since sheâd stopped returning their phone calls. Finally, that morning Spencer decided he had to stop over at her apartment before going home, and it wasn't like anyone had tried to stop him.Â
There was clearly something very wrong.Â
Y/N winced at the light creeping its way into her eyes, winced at the sky, and tried not to think about how tired she was.Â
She sighed and looked up at Spencer, who was still standing shocked on her doorstep.Â
âWhatâre you doing here Spencer?â Her voice was an unfamiliar scratch to the both of them. A fraction of the voice she used to have.Â
Spencer snapped out of his shock, bending down so he could get a more clear look at her face. It took him one more moment before he got the courage to clear his throat and say something.Â
âWhere have you been? Why haven't you answered the phone?âÂ
When there was a lack of answer in the air, Spencer invited himself into her apartment. He knew well enough she wasn't going to do it herself.Â
He pushed past her into her living room, too focused on what he saw to notice how she struggled to stay up on her feet, how her eyes couldn't focus and her world turned black for a couple of seconds before she could look at him again.Â
No, Spencer didn't notice that. He was too stuck on the appearance of her apartment.Â
There were cups everywhere, papers and textbooks scattered around the floor, clothes on almost every piece of furniture. It was clearly very well lived in, but Spencer couldn't see anyone. All he saw were some ghosts sitting in his coworker's house.Â
âWhat happened?â He asked too quietly for Y/N to hear from the other side of the room.Â
Her mind was locked in her bedroom, in the hole that was supposed to be enveloping her at the moment. Her mind was focused on the screaming in her head, telling herÂ
No, you can't. You cannot have that you cannot. Her mind was a repeat of all the things she wasn't doing, all the things she wouldn't do, the promises sheâd made, the words that sheâd been telling herself for days.Â
No, you cannot go back to bed. Youâve been sleeping long enough.Â
And so, she couldn't hear Spencer. Not over this demand. Not over this insisting she was inflicting upon herself.Â
âY/N?â Spencer asked, now in front of her, looking at her with concerned eyes that she didn't want. âWhen was the last time you slept?â He questioned, grabbing her arm to keep her from falling.Â
Huh. She hadnât even noticed.Â
Her mind was a glass of water, tipping off the edge.Â
âI don't remember,â she murmured, her thoughts too overwhelming to count the days back. To think of the weeks she had lost. To think about how much she might have missed Spencer, how she could be enjoying his company right now.Â
Too overwhelming to think.Â
âYour complexion is sallow, youâre blinking at an unusually slow rate, and you can't stand up straight.â Spencer paused, looking over as if he had just heard her. âYou can't remember?â his voice was almost too loud. Much too loud when she was right next to him.Â
Y/N squeezed her eyes shut, her head still pounding even though she had left him in, her mind still yelling even though she had kept her promise. Her body was tired, her mind was almost gone, and it was hard to even stay focused on Spencer.Â
âWhen was the last time you ate Y/N?â Spencer asked, his voice now demanding and worried.Â
She just shook her head, letting him know that she still didn't remember.Â
âShower?â he asked slowly, keeping his eyes on hers.Â
She didn't express a thing, just made an effort to keep her eyes on his. So that he would know she wasn't ignoring him.Â
Spencer sighed, keeping his hand on her arm and gently leading her to the couch.Â
Y/N tried to not think about how she wouldâve liked to take a nap. Wouldâve liked to get some escape from this moment. Even if it was Spencer.Â
You see, there had been a flicker between them weeks ago. Before the promise. Before Y/N couldn't sleep, couldn't breathe. When she used to answer the phone, they used to spend time thinking about each other, denying the daydreaming they did. Spencer used to stare at her over the book he was holding, his eyes trapped by her. Y/N tried to pretend she didn't do the same.Â
There had been a flick between the two of them weeks ago, and even now, Y/N wanted to show him that he cared.Â
Even when she could barely keep her own heart beating.Â
Spencer stared at her for a while, making sure that she was still breathing even if he looked away. He observed her dull eyes, her lifeless body, and the weak composure of her face.Â
He couldn't deny that he missed her, that heâd been worried before heâd even seen her. But looking at her, he wished he didn't have to see this. Wished that she wasn't a pile of flesh before him, wished that they could go back to weeks ago when she had smiled at him.Â
He finally went into her kitchen to get her a glass of water.Â
He wasn't sure if she would be able to keep anything else down, and frankly, he was more worried about her lack of sleep. Of how exhausted she looked.Â
âDo you want to take a shower? Hot showers help relax the muscles and nerves so that your entire body feels more relaxed. It might help you sleep.âÂ
At the mention of sleep Y/Nâs eyes went wide.Â
Her mind was begging begging begging, telling her not to do it. That she couldn't, wasn't allowed to. She didn't know why she was trying to torture herself, why she was inflicting this stone-cold pain on her own mind, erasing herself from everything.Â
She didn't know why she couldn't get these thoughts under control even when she was with someone else.Â
Not allowed. Can't.Â
Sleep was an epiphany.Â
A strange thing that only came when it was pitch black outside, when the birds had all gone to bed and there were no clouds to be seen in the sky. A strange thing that only came from the deepest feelings in her chest that could not be described. Feeling that she didnât dare try to mutter aloud.Â
A feeling she didn't want to feel anymore. Wanted to get rid of, throw it into the sun. Burn it to ash until she forgot about it completely.Â
She finally nodded, words frozen in her throat, her eyes falling so quickly now. Sleep was an epiphany she had not had for so long.Â
She would have to force herself to stay up any longer.Â
She would just have to ignore the voice, let him help you. Spencer.Â
Spencer helped her into the shower, making sure that she was secure before leaving. He smiled a sweet smile before walking out of the room, giving her something to imagine as hot water pounded against her skin, a feeling that had become so unfamiliar to her in the weeks following her promise.Â
Spencer waited a couple of minutes after. He didn't want to make her uncomfortable, but he also didn't want her banging her head on the tile while he was gone.Â
After he was sure she was staying awake, he preoccupied himself with cleaning up her apartment. Even slightly, by throwing away the trash and gathering all of her clothes into the hamper he had found in her closet.Â
He could see the pain and the desperation on her face, could feel it in the air when she was just looking at him and not uttering a word. He had to help, in any way he could, just so that she wouldn't feel that any longer. So maybe she would smile before he left.Â
He was interrupted by his phone buzzing in his pocket.Â
JJ was texting him, checking on Y/N, and asking him what was going on. Heâd almost forgotten that heâd told everyone else he was going to see her.Â
Spencer waited a few brief moments, listening for the sound of the shower before he called her back. He wasn't sure if Y/N would want to know that they were all worried about her.Â
Spencer wasn't even sure Y/N wanted him there at all.Â
âSpence, is she okay?â forgoing a hello, JJ asked. Spencer could hear breathing in the background, two other people talking. He figured that the rest of the team was all gathered around the phone, acting as if they had nothing else to do but ask him what was going on.Â
âShe's alive,â Spencer said, laughing bitterly at how relieved he felt about that. âShe's taking a shower right now, she said she didn't remember the last time sheâd had one.âÂ
âWhat?â confusion littered the tone, and Spencer wished he didn't have to explain, but he also knew that no one else was going to take silence as an answer.Â
âShe hasn't been sleeping enough, she doesn't remember anything she's done in the past few weeks- and she doesn't seem to mind that. She almost fell over just standing up, and it took her five minutes to come to the door. She's the clinical definition of fatigue.â He told JJ, sighing as he picked up papers from across the floor, textbooks that he was sure Y/N hadn't even touched.Â
âDid she say anything about why?â Derekâs voice flooded through the phone, Spencer clearly now on speaker.Â
âShe could barely pay attention the entire time, she was completely withdrawn from our conversation.âÂ
Spencer paused, hearing the water from the other room shut off. He almost felt worse now, and it was a lucky excuse that Y/N was going to come out.Â
âShe just got out of the shower, I have to go.â Spencer rushed out, ignoring the arguing pleas that came his way. âIâll call you later.âÂ
By the time he had hung up, Y/N was walking out of the bathroom, a robe wrapped around her shoulders, her body curling into itself as she walked over to him.Â
Her mind was still yelling and the world was still pounding on her back, chipping her into little pieces.Â
And she could still feel that feeling, the one she had tried to throw away.Â
But, at least she was clean.Â
âGood shower?â Spencer asked, watching her as observed the newly cleaned living room. She nodded as she looked around, her voice still lost with the rest of her mind. âAre you okay Y/N?â Spencer blurted out, his voice thinking faster than his mind.Â
He was worried, even after she had managed to take a shower and fall asleep. Even if she looked more alive, and a little bit less in pain. She was still silent, and she still hadn't slept any.Â
âCan I go to bed?â She whispered, ignoring his question similar to how she ignored the yelling in her head telling her sheÂ
Could not would not cannotÂ
She took a breath in, so familiar with remembering how to breathe.Â
Inhale, exhale. Keep your heart beating.Â
Spencer stood in front of her, still observing. She was avoiding his eyes, his careful hands, his thoughts so that maybe she could get away from there. She appreciated his company, she really did. As always.Â
But, she really just wanted him to leave.Â
âI think you need to eat something first,â Spencer whispered back, waiting for her reaction, hoping that he would just let him do this one last thing before she threw him out.Â
Y/N was barely listening, but still, she nodded, her disagreement clouded by the weight of the world on her shoulders. The promise she still had to fulfill.Â
The thoughts of the person Spencer used to know too powerful to avoid.Â
Oh, how she was ashamed that she had turned into this person unable to take care of themselves. Oh, how she was ashamed that he was the one that had to see her like this.Â
She just wanted to sleep.Â
âChicken broth is rich with vitamins and minerals, which are useful against common ailments like the common cold, the flu-â Spencer paused, shaking his head. âNonetheless, you just have to drink a couple of cups.â He told her, leading her back to the couch so that she wouldn't fall asleep standing like he was worried she would.Â
He then left the room, clicking on her TV in an effort to keep her entertained while he heated some water.Â
But Y/N didn't pay attention. She was too lost in the memories of the last few weeks, that black hold that was her bed, the pounding that was her life, the breathing that she still couldn't get right no matter how many times she practiced. That feeling she just couldn't get rid of.Â
She had no idea how she had abandoned everything so easily, how she could have ignored the common sense that she surely had. She had no idea how she had made a promise and still not fulfilled it.Â
Stress was a powerful being. A friend that knocked onyour door, said they didn't want to be a burden. A friend that kicked down all your walls and set your hair on fire, simply because they could. Stress was a victim you didn't want to get rid of, a person you were supposed to be taking care of.Â
Stress, had never really been her friend.Â
It had only ever led her down the path of pain, of exhaustion, ofÂ
Cannot, will not, would not.Â
She wouldn't sleep. No, just like stress had said, sleep was an epiphany.Â
âHere you go,â Spencer said, handing her a cup. She blinked rapidly, not even aware that he had walked back into the room. She grabbed the mug from him, her hand a deadweight carrying on to nothing.Â
Spencer stared, he wasn't sure what else he could do. Y/N needed to get cleaned, she needed to eat, and she needed to sleep. And Spencer could only be responsible for two of those things. He couldn't control it all.Â
Y/N took a sip of the broth, the liquid was both comforting and uncomfortable. After all, she didn't remember the last time she had eaten anything.Â
âI studied for three days before I went to bed,â she finally whispered, her words making no sense to Spencer. But still, he would listen. âAnd then, I couldn't fall asleep. I can't remember how long I laid there, hoping that maybe I would finally close my eyes.âÂ
She almost wanted to sob against him, almost wanted to fall asleep in his arms.Â
Almost almost almost.Â
Inhale, exhale.Â
âAnd then I made a mess, I was so angry, I just threw things around. I spent a day making a mess of everything, promising myself I wouldn't leave until I fell asleep. And then I went back to bed.â her voice was gravel against the air, her tears burning her skin as they fell.Â
Spencer listened, not saying a word.Â
âAnd then you showed up, right as I was sure it was time to fall in too deep.âÂ
And then the silence weighed in the air between them. Y/N was finished, and Spencer could finally start to make sense of what was going on. He could finally understand how a friend could become the worst betrayal.Â
So, he moved a little closer, put his arm around her shoulder in a brief moment.Â
And, as she barely ate, he held her close, reminding her he was there.Â
Sleep was an epiphany, a strange thing that hung itself in the dark, wrapped itself in the sky at night when the world could barely breathe.Â
It was a thing that could be blocked by the littlest of obstacles, a thing that sheÂ
Could not, cannot, will not.Â
âCome on Y/N,â Spencer whispered, noticing her eyes falling a little bit harder than they had before. He grabbed the mug from her hands and set it down on her coffee table. Taking her hand for the last time that night, he led her to her room.Â
He helped her lay down, wrapped her in underneath the blankets. He held her shaking hand, rubbed her back until she was no longer quivering from the cold.Â
He whispered words to her in the silence of her bedroom, reminding her that even with stress, even with all the things that she couldn't get out of her brain, he was there. And he still felt the same, still knew who she was to him. He let her know that he wasn't going to leave her alone again.Â
wasn't going to walk away.Â
He whispered words to her until her breathing evened out, and her eyes were shut.Â
And then, he stayed up, making sure she was still breathing. Caring for her in the only way he knew how.Â
And sleep,Â
She could.
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Prelude (Ethan x f!MC)
Book: Open Heart, Book 1 Pairing: Dr. Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Dr. Lilac Allende) Word count: 1.5 K Premise: Three moments leading up to their fateful meeting.
Authorâs Note:Â In which I try to explain why MC didnât know what Ethan, her medical hero, looked like. Also, my (late) fic for the book 1 replay. Thank you @aestheticartsxâ for pre-reading!
Three.
Harper frowns down at the file in her hand, her sharp gaze burning into the collated papers as though coercing them to solve their dilemma once and for all. From the end of the table, Cyrus lets out an inpatient sigh.
âIt's very simple, Harper,â he drones. Ethan's fists clench reflexively at his sides, urging to remind Cyrus that Harper is the chief now and warrants more respect than his insufferable tone is offering. âThe last spot should go to the candidate from Harvard. We are the best hospital on the east coast, after all. It only makes sense.â
Harper looks unconvinced and still, her pensive expression remains fixed in the file.
âAn ivy league degree does not a good doctor make,â Naveen adds sagely into the ensuing silence. His smile is placid enough but Ethan knows the older doctor well enough to hear the warning edge in his voice. Evidently, even Naveen disapproves of Cyrus's lack of respect for their new chief.
Cyrus scoffs.
âAnd if you need further proof of that, Doctor Cyrus,â Ethan begins dryly, eyes boring into him. âThen look no further than your side of the conference table.â
A few attendingsâat least the ones who have become increasingly tired of Cyrus's boastful proclamations about his alma materâlaugh quietly at the jab. Cyrus splutters, his face an unpleasant shade of red as he glares daggers at Ethan.
âThis candidate,â Harper says at last, unaware or uncaring of what she had just interrupted. Her two lone words are enough to command the room's attention at once, but her hazel eyes are on Ethan. âYou're convinced she's the best fit for Edenbrook?â
Ethan meets her eye and pauses.
It's the first time they look at each other directly since he ended their relationship two weeks prior. Despite the brief time apart and an unshakeable resolve to be professional, his stomach sinks heavy, like a stone.
Harper looks as graceful and dignified as ever, keeping every emotion in check. Yet, as she holds his gaze, Ethan can see a small flicker or sadness and his stomach twists with guilt.
âI'm positive, Chief Emery,â Ethan responds. âThis candidate exhibits the type of potential we look for at Edenbrook.â
The use of her new title seems to snap Harper out of a reverie.
âShe graduated top of her class and ranked in the top percent among our chosen cohort of interns,â Ethan continues. âI've also looked into her research and it's among the most promising I've seen. I recommend her without reservations.â
With a single nod and a sense of finality, Harper closes the file.
âThen it's settled. We have our last intern.â
âYou're joking, Harper,â Cyrus blurts out, incensed. âWe're giving a coveted spot to the candidate from UCLA?â
He says the name of the school with so much derision, Ethan feels his ears flare up.
âThat Doctor Ayala?â Cyrus continues.
âDoctor Allende,â Ethan corrects, jaw clenched.
âDon't we have enough charity cases in the cohort already? This is tokenââ
But the vitriol is quickly interrupted by several things happening at once: Ethan darting forward, fists ready; a startled, collective gasp from the other attendings; Naveen, quietly intercepting Ethan and halting his steps with a steady hand, a feat that is impressive for a man much older and shorter; and Harper, also on her feet, directing a disgusted look at Cyrus she doesnât bother to disguise behind professionalism.
âI would think very carefully about finishing that sentence if I were you, Doctor Cyrus,â she says, her voice low but with the impact of a clashing gavel. âAnd I ask that you address me as Chief Emery moving forward.â
Two.
âIf you end up marrying someone with a Boston accent,â Laurel is saying with a devilish grin. âI will never be able to keep a straight face when they talk. Pahk the cah in Hahvahd Yahd.â
Her older sister peers at Lilac over the flaps of an open cardboard box, the glint in her eye growing wickeder still. âImagine what theyâd sound like in bed. You're so fucking gawgeous, dawctawââ
Before her sister can escalate that impression into disturbing territory, Lilac silences her with a well-aimed pillow. It succeeds in hitting Laurel straight in the face but also in turning her laughter into a cackle.
âAre you going to help me pack or not?â Lilac says sternly, though the effect is entirely ruined by the smile that manages to break through.
Laurel raises her hands in defeat and returns to packing Lilac's books neatly. They work in companionable silence for a few minutes with nothing but their favorite music blaring from the speakers of Lilac's phone.
âIs this the book?â her sister asks suddenly, turning a worn textbook in her hands and studying it closely. âThe one written by your medical crush?â
For some inexplicable reason, Lilac feels her face flare with heat. âHe's not my crush.â
âYou just worship the ground he walks on,â her sister returns, flipping through Diagnostic Principles. âThough, you're right. In order to have a crush you'd need to know what he looks like.â
Laurel reaches the back cover, frowning. âWhy wouldn't he add an author picture?â
Lilac says nothing, biting the inside of her cheek. She can't blame her sister for being curious and a bit disappointed at the lack of visual representation. After all, Lilac had felt crestfallen when all she found in the author's information section was the green and blue Edenbrook logo.
âMaybe he's a private man and doesn't like his picture out in the world? Maybe he wants aspiring doctors to focus on his research and not his looks?â
âSo he's either really hot or really ugly,â Laurel returns, unmoved by Lilac's impassioned speech. âHave you ever tried looking him up online?â
Lilac had been tempted many times, but she was fiercely adamant about keeping her medical hero a mystery outside of his work. It already felt invasive enough to track down his undergrad research and every other minor paper he'd ever written. When it came to Ethan Ramsey, Lilac had searched every corner of scholarly journals and databases, absorbing every piece of his work with an adoration that was already embarrassing enough.
Plus, she would never admit it out loud, but she was also afraid that knowing what the brilliant doctor looked like would somehow ruin him for her. Or at least, alter the image of him she had constructed in her head for so many years. It felt right to continue seeing Dr. Ramsey as the brilliant force that pushed her into her dream career and not as a definitive set of features.
âIt doesn't matter what he looks like. He's the best and I'm going there to learn from him, not to judge his appearance.â
âI'm Googling him,â Laurel announces, already typing furiously into her phone. After a few seconds, her phone returns results and her eyebrows shoot up, staying suspended for longer than normal.
âWhat?â Lilac asks despite herself.
âWow.â
âWow what?â
âJust⌠wow.â Laurel stares down at the screen with such awestruck amazement that Lilac feels a powerful wave of curiosity. âHeâs shirtless in some of these.â
âWhat?â Lilac yelps, feeling her face flare up at once.Â
âYeah, apparently youâre not his only fan. Tons of people have taken his picture.â Her sister seems to blink out of a trance, turning the screen toward Lilac. âHere, see for yourââ
But Lilac turns her gaze away almost out of reflex.
âNo!âÂ
The word comes out far more impassioned than Lilac intended. Still, she resolutely turns her head. âThat feels...invasive, somehow?â
âCome onââ
âI'm serious, Lau. I don't want to see. I'm already nervous enough about this whole thing without having to worry about this wow-worthy revelation. And besides, taking someoneâs shirtless picture without their consent and posting it online is already bad enough. It feels wrong supporting that.â
Laurel rolls her eyes.
âI'm going to see him in less than a week anyway. With clothes. In a professional setting. As I should. If I waited all these years, I can wait that long.â
A knowing, devious sort of smile pulls at her sister's face. She mumbles something over the music and Lilac can swear it sounds oddly like: â...worth the wait.â
One.
Ethan should have taken the broken and sputtering coffee machine in his apartment as an omen. His morning definitely declined from then on, starting with gridlock traffic and ending with an infuriatingly long line at his favorite coffee place.
The ultimate lack of coffee is probably his fault because Ethan had spent too much time deliberating whether or not he wanted to go with store bought coffee on what promised to be a grueling day. When he had finally made up his mind, however, the line was already out the door.
Irritated and caffeine deprived, he drives back to Edenbrook.
âYou're earlier than we agreed,â Naveen says as soon as Ethan accepts his incoming call. âWhat was the point of rearranging the whole schedule if you were going to come in when you pleased anyway?â
âI'm not even through the gates yet. What are you spying on me?â
âNo need. You forget how predictable you are.â
Naveen chuckles as he says this which eases some of Ethan's irritation. The older doctor had purposely scheduled him later in the day to give him some peace on the first day of the new intern cohort.
Naturally, Ethan arrived several hours early, as per his custom.
âOr maybe you know me too well by now.â
Naveen's benevolent laughter turns into a dry but lingering cough on the other end of the line. Instantly, Ethan's insides freeze over, his stomach sinking unpleasantly.
He opens his mouth to question his mentor about this persisting symptom, when sheer reflex prompts him to stomp on the breaks so suddenly, his body jerks forward then slams against his seat.
âShit.â
Somethingâor rather someoneâ had crossed the parking lot road right in front of his car, standing mere inches away from his front bumper.
âEthan?â Naveen asks through the speaker.
When Ethan recovers and regains movement of his arms and legs, he feels the spike of adrenaline give way to pure annoyance.
The offending pedestrian is a young brunette clad in blue scrubs, a medical intern by the looks of it. She stands there in the middle of the road, her mouth hanging open in a way that would have been comical to Ethan if he wasn't so irritated.
They stare at one another, though Ethan is convinced she can't see much through the tinted glass.
Then, right before his eyes, she seems to recover from the shock. Drawing herself to her full height, she glares at Ethan. At least, he thinks she's glaring through the dark lenses of her sunglasses.
Ethan almost scoffs.
She has the audacity to be angry when she was the one who made the rookie mistake of aimlessly crossing in front of him?
Who the hell does she think she is?
âAsshole,â she mutters, the word quite audible through his windows.
Before a stunned Ethan can respond, she turns on her heel and rushes toward the hospital, a curtain of dark hair dancing behind her.
âWhat was that?â Naveen asks, still on the call.
âI hate interns,â Ethan responds much to the older doctor's amusement.
Bonus:
Authorâs Note: In other words, my MC was late to her orientation because of Ethan and thatâs how she met him in the waiting room lol. Thank you so much for reading!Â
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The Oncoming Storm Part 25: Home
Liu Kang x Reader and Kung Lao x Reader (gonna do both, two paths!)
Oh no. That's all I have to say. Also, Chen is a delight.
A/N: This chapter was so long that I actually cut it in half to post it over two separate days instead. It was 12 pages and I figured that was a bit much. Though, 8-12 is what I average when I'm writing fiction for publishing so... haha <3 love you guys! hope you are all doing wonderful!! Also please, please make dick jokes in the comments. PLEASE lol.
Part 24 Part 26 Chapter Index
It was a struggle to open your eyes even if you were awake. You had rolled onto your side and were facing the window. You could see the light of the morning peeking in from along the seams of the dark curtains of the hotel room. Somewhere throughout the night, youâd readjusted and now you were the little spoon. You could feel his soft, even breath on your shoulder, warm and comforting. His arm was tucked beneath you, the other wrapped tightly over yours that rested over your chest.
You didnât want to get up, so you closed your eyes again and sunk into his arms, clearly not thinking. Your back was pressed against his chest, your hips pressed square against his too. He tightened his arm around you, and nuzzled into the side of your neck, a hot sigh tickling your sensitive bruised flesh. More importantly, you could feel him pressed right against your backside in all his glory. There he was. Liu Kang. You snapped your eyes open and were as stiff, well, as he was, afraid that you would make it worse if you moved even if you were incredibly curious.
Just what kind of good dreams was he having?
Then you had to try not to laugh. You carefully turned to bury your face in the pillows, and it was so hot that you swore you might be burning alive. Liu Kang and his inherent warmth against every single part of your body was killing you.
You were going to suffocate. Or catch fire.
Deep breaths. Breathe through his hand gently clutching yours. You could do this.
Okay.
No big deal.
Liu Kang was wrapped around you, pressed against you, and you were trapped in his arms and trying desperately to think about anything other than that. The impure thoughts were rampant.
Chen would have been screaming your victory throughout the temple. She also would have told you to just go for it. Make that complicated ride that much more complicated. Poor choice of words, brain. Chen had gotten into your head. And all the tension youâd built up with Kung Lao and Liu Kang had no release to speak of.
âLiu?â You decided the best thing to do would be to wake him up. Sneaking out of his arms would have made things both awkward and worse.
He stirred at the sound of your voice and pulled you tighter. It took everything inside of you not make a sound of surprised delight at the impressive mental picture he had very clearly painted. Oh, god there were so many jokes popping into your head. Sarcastic defense mechanism, go away! You had to keep it together. No laughing. No moaning. No jokes.
Your face had never been redder. He was waking up. Thank god. His lips brushed against your shoulder, and he nuzzled right against the side of your neck, nose pressing just behind your ear. This was hard. Ah, damnit brain. No jokes! With a soft moan just against your neck, he shifted.
Then, very suddenly, Liu pulled his arm out from beneath you, let you go and rolled onto his back, knees bent so that the blankets didnât reveal any secrets. Yeah, the secret had more than been revealed already. You appreciated his modesty anyway. You carefully scooted onto your back, careful not to brush against him in any way and fanned your face. There was no talking down the redness in your cheeks, no hiding what had happened.
âSorry,â he managed, his voice still gruff and sleepy. He stared at the ceiling and seemed to be coaching himself through his own deep breaths. You sat up and adjusted your shirt that had become unbelievably crooked. Some of the buttons had even come undone. Jeez, youâd certainly been busy while youâd slept. âYou⌠sleep alright?â He pinched the bridge of his nose and the fact that he was trying to have a totally normal conversation like that hadnât happened was hilarious.
No laughing.
âYeah, it took a while to get to sleep but I basically blacked out when I did. Feels like I could sleep for another year though.â You somehow managed to act normal. As normal as you could with your face as red as it was and your eyes as wide as they were. You could barely have a conversation about where you were relationship-wise, so you were pretty sure that you werenât ready to discuss his morning wood.
You needed Chen in that moment. You needed Chen to help you uncomplicate this yarn ball of chaos in your head. Then again, Chen would have just told you to go for it. To reach around and give it a go. You had to close your eyes and try not to laugh again. âWhat about you?â
You didnât laugh. Kudos to you.
âTired this morning.â It was the first time that you had ever seen Liu Kang looking like he could have slept longer than you did. In fact, he was a little pale. Not terribly so, but then again, all the blood in his body was busy somewhere else. It took every ounce of your strength not to ask him if he was okay. He would tell you if he wasnât. âI need a shower. Will you be okay alone?â
âYeah. Go ahead.â You purposely turned toward your own bed to offer him modesty, but you might never be your normal color again. Red forever. You waited for the sound of the bathroom door closing before you flopped back on his bed and stared at the ceiling. Youâd changed your mind. âI can never ever tell Chen this happened.â The teasing would have gone on forever.
While he was in the shower, you changed into some of your new clothes and then cleaned yourself up. In the mirror your cheeks were finally turning back to a normal rosy color. You checked on the jade to make sure that nothing had changed during the night, and then you packed up, opened the curtains to the hotel room, and straightened up while you waited for Liu, doing anything in your power to stop your renegade thoughts.
âDo you need to stop anywhere before we go back to the temple?â Liu joined you moments after you were dressed, clothed in his familiar black and white gi, and back to his old self. Still a little pale though.
âHmm?â You had just finished tucking the jade into your bag.
âYou didnât really get the chance to pack up your things to stay with us. I figured you might need to do some shopping.â
He was so damn thoughtful. âI actually went shopping before I met with you yesterday morning.â You patted the bag. âSo, Iâm okay. Thank you for offering though. I really did need a few things, especially since I keep destroying everything I wear with ink.â You patted his shoulder as you walked past him to sneak into the bathroom now that he was finished. You had to make yourself presentable and enjoy these modern amenities one last time before you returned to the temple.
Afterward, you stopped at a food stall on the road and grabbed breakfast. Then you hiked up the mountain just far enough so that Liu could summon Raiden to bring you back. You still werenât quite sure how they did that. Was it a prayer? It looked like a prayer. He was a God, after all. Liu had used a flourish of fire, but Kung Lao had just closed his eyes and then boom. Lightning.
You were back in the temple in a flash. You pulled the bundle of jade out of your bag and offered it to Raiden while Liu Kang updated him on what youâd gone through. It felt weird to be back but not in a bad way, necessarily. This was your home now, you guessed. You hadnât really talked about it. Everything had happened naturally and without question.
Raiden peered into the shirt and then allowed the jade to fall onto a second pedestal that had been placed a few feet away from the first one which was currently encased in glass. âGood.â Raiden seemed impressed, and you beamed. He really did have a fatherly presence about him. âI need time to examine these artifacts and attempt to unravel their purpose. The wickedness and power that has been infused within them continues to elude me.â You had expected him to need time, but you had also expected him to be able to figure it out. Again. He was a god. These things took time, you figured but you also had no idea how to process what you were up against. It was still way above your head. âFrom what Iâve devised from the dotaku, it was used in a dark ritual. It is tainted beyond my sight with dark energy. You two will check into the infirmary on and off for the next few days. Kung Lao has come down with a terrible fever since his return. I suspect itâs the curse on these objects causing it.â
Liu gave you an accusatory look as if to ask if you were hiding something from him. You shrugged and shook your head to his silent request. âIâm bruised all over but other than that? I feel fine. And that bell was all over me. We were much more careful about the jade. Trust me, if I had a high fever then you would know it. Iâm a big baby about fevers.â
âEven if it turns out that you are immune to the impact of these objects, I would like you both to make certain that you keep a watchful eye on your health and report all symptoms to those in the infirmary.â
âYes, of course Lord Raiden.â Liu Kang bowed respectfully before him.
âWhen Iâve uncovered anything of note then I will call upon you.â Raiden spoke more to you than to Liu and you bowed your head as you had learned to do. You were grateful to him for trying to help you at all. Raiden very well could have just let you die and had someone else take the mark from you. This was still beyond your understanding. Gods, curses, magic. Youâd jumped into it all headfirst and had embraced the chaos, but there were moments where your logic-brain said âexcuse meâ and you had to sort out the nonsense there.
You were trying your best, but it always came back to thought that you were very likely going to die because of this. Raiden turned away from you, dismissing you without a word. Liu nodded toward the doorway and you walked with him, dragging your bag behind you. Being out in the world for a few days had been nice. You werenât sure how long it would take to acclimate to life in Raidenâs Temple. Right now, you were just hoping that youâd have the time to figure that out.
You made your way into the infirmary and Chen practically ran to you and gave you a hug. You were a little surprised by it but returned the affection. âWelcome back!â Chen smiled brightly and then bowed to Liu Kang respectfully. âRaiden has orders for us to keep an eye on the two of you. Please take a seat.â Chen led you to one of the empty benches, so you sat down there together.
Chen examined Liu first, taking his vitals and writing them down in a notebook she had nearby. You sat awkwardly, tapping your forefinger against your knee. Chen sat back up after she was done and then rested her hands on her knees.
âYou have a fever, Liu Kang.â She tapped the paper and he blinked in surprise.
âI feel fine.â He insisted, looking to you as if he had to justify it after all his accusatory glances. Heâd worried about you so much that he seemed to think that the tables were about to be turned.
âJust over 100. But if Kung Lao is anything to judge by then this isnât the worst of it yet. I recommend rest and fluids.â Chen then frowned and narrowed her eyes. âNot that I can force you to rest, of course. I suggested the same to Kung Lao and he said, and I quote âI will take it into considerationâ except that his fever was spiking up to 104.â
âThat sounds right.â Liu sighed but you felt suddenly on high alert. That was one hell of a fever! Youâd have to check in on him. âIâll rest and if I feel worse then Iâll check back in. If not, then I will be here in the morning just in case.â
âThank you.â Chen slumped her shoulders as if this were a relief in comparison to having dealt with Kung Lao.
âY/N?â Chen looked to you disapprovingly as if you were about to be just as stubborn.
âI feel fine! Why doesnât anyone believe me?â
âYou often say that youâre feeling fine when you are not, in fact, fine,â Liu whispered, and Chen snorted with laughter while taking your vitals.
âWell, I am legitimately fine right now. Honestly! And I donât mean to lie about that stuff. The last few weeks have been weird so my definition of fine has kind of changed.â You pouted. You hadnât meant to give anyone a false sense of how youâd been feeling but fine one day had meant that you could use your arms again and fine another meant that youâd had a vision but were still functioning. Chen glared at you, trying to discern if you were hiding something. Then she made a little note in her book. You craned your neck to try and read it and so did Liu. You gave him a look to silently scold him, and he returned it. You tightened your lips not to laugh but couldnât hide your grin.
âSheâs not lying. No fever. In fact, your temperature is even a little low. This is the most normal checkup youâve had since youâve been here, Y/N. I want you to come in for bloodwork later but for now⌠youâre okay.â Chen still seemed suspicious and Liu did too.
âWow, you just canât believe Iâm the finest in the land right now.â You teased and Liu laughed and then shook his head as if embarrassed that heâd laughed at it. It had been a terrible joke, to be fair.
âThank you.â Liu stood and bowed politely to Chen. You joined him and waved at Chen.
âY/N? Could I talk to you for a second?â Chen called you back just as youâd made it outside the infirmary and back to your bag.
âIâll be two seconds.â You told Liu who leaned against the wall of the doorway. Now that you knew he had a fever, his pale face made sense. Your hurried over to Chen. âWhatâs up?â
âSoâŚ?â Chen nodded toward Liu Kang and then gestured to you. You stared in disbelief.
âAre you kidding me? Right now?â
âUmm, yeah right now.â
âItâs complicated.â You rubbed your temples in annoyance. âAnd I obviously donât have time to talk about it right now.â
âOh, thank god that itâs finally complicated!â
âIt has always been complicated, Chen. Get your mind out of the gutter.â
âI canât. But this is disappointing news.â Chen sighed in obvious frustration. Why was she frustrated? You were the one surrounded by a sea of hormones all damn day! âCome chat with me when you get the chance. I want to know how it went and also what complicated means.â
âCan I please go now, Chen? Please? Heâs just standing behind me waiting for me while you gossip.â
âYeah, he is, isnât he? He hasnât taken his eyes off you once by the way.â Chen sighed dreamily but her expression quickly shifted. âOn a more serious note⌠Iâm worried that you arenât having symptoms the way that they are. I have a bad feeling again. Keep checking in with me, okay?â
âYou are a surprise every time I talk to you.â You gently grasped Chenâs shoulder. âIâm going now.â
âYou better find me later!â
âYouâre a terrible monk,â You whispered and then pointed at another monk who had been very obviously listening in, silently nodding your head as if to add in that he, too, was a terrible monk.
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Namaari is randomly assigned a night shift in the ER where she meets a patient named Raya, who appears to be suffering from broken ribs. However, the shift takes a turn when Raya flatlines, and Namaari pushes herself to save the girl whose smile is engraved in her head.
Word Count: 2199
Warningâs: Major character injury, and a temporary death
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Raya and Sisu are being walked into a patient room by an ER nurse called Atitaya.Â
Sisu loudly states, âStupid! All these injuries were caused by stupidness!âÂ
Raya glared at her as she held her sternum; she felt a lot of tenderness and trouble breathing. She couldnât see, but she was sure that her rib cage would be bruised if she lifted her shirt. Itâs just a few broken ribs, she thought before answering, âTong was looking at me funny!â Â
âHe smiled at youâŚbecause you tripped,â Sisu replied, rubbing her face with her hands as they entered the patient room.
Once entering the room, Raya quickly jumps onto the patientâs bed, resulting in her groaning in pain. âThe details on how the fight broke out donât matter. I WON: I broke one of his front teeth, his nose, and made it nearly impossible for him to have children againâ. She answered as she licked the inside of her left cheek, tasting iron. She must have bitten the inside of her lip when she received a punch to her face.
Both Raya and Sisu noticed the nurse was now nervous. Then again: Who could blame her after what she just heard. But no matter how scared Atitaya was internally, she still placed a pulse oximeter on Rayaâs left index finger and a blood pressure cuff on her right arm. Before taking an oral temperature.
âRemember, I work here, Raya! Please donât scare my coworkers,â Sisu pledges as she looks at Atitaya smiling before sitting down. âTong should also be a patient of yours tonight. I know this sounds crazy, but weâre all great friends.âÂ
Suddenly Tongâs voice is echoing through the ER hallways. âARE YOU OKAY, RAYAâ Atitaya jumps as she finishes taking Rayaâs temperature.
âIâM ALRIGHT! SORRY TONG, I HOPE YOUR MANLY HOOD WASNâT LOST,â Raya screams back, smiling, as his laughter is filling the hallway once again. She turns to look at Sisu, who is practically crying in the chair from embarrassment.Â
âMs. Hart. Iâm going to have to ask you to not scream,â The nurse says in a calm voice, trying not to smile.Â
Raya begins to nod in agreement before she starts clenching at her chest before gasping for air. The pain is excruciating. Yet, she is still hopeful itâs just broken ribs, and they havenât punctured her lung; because that would hurt way more...right?
Atitaya was about to excuse herself from the room to locate Namaari, the nurse practitioner who can order an X-ray and medicine. Yet as she unbadged herself from the computer, she hears three knocks on the door. A tale sign that Namaari was about to enter the room. The three knocks are a secret signal she uses with all her nurses to know of her presence.
âHello. My name is Namaari; Iâm the nurse practitioner this night shift. I heard the screaming and your very muffled voice. Could I take a look at your injury?âÂ
Rayaâs head jerks in the direction of the knocks spotting the new nurse, Namaari. She smiles widely. The new nurse is wearing a white coat over grey scrubs. Her scrubs were tightly fitted, showing that under, she had a muscular figure. Her skin was golden brown, with piercing brown eyes. She also had a very attractive undercut screaming, âSapphic.âÂ
Raya also notices a tattoo cuff on her left ear, probably because itâs a safety hazard to wear jewelry in hospitals: They can easily be pulled by angry or upset patients--She lightly bites on her bottom lip before answering, âAre you sure my voice was muffled? Maybe you were just attracted to my voice and needed a reason to come in here,â She felt pretty winded after that finishing her sentence, but she was still able to lift her left eyebrow.Â
And yes, Raya was dam aware she shouldnât be hitting on the hospital staff, but come one. Sheâs hot.
âRAYAâ Sisu screamed from the corner of the room.
Namaari stood at the door frame with a gentle smile on her lips.
Raya assumed the flirting attempt went over Namaariâs head. She couldnât bear to think the gorgeous nurse was choosing to ignore her. âI would have gotten myself injured sooner if I knew this godly woman would show up to rescue me,â Raya struggles to say as she winks.Â
Seconds later, Rayaâs body was overwashed with a painful sting âah fuckâ she states as she curls into herself, gripping at her right ribcage.
Namaari was used to patients flirting with her; It comes with the job. However, Itâs usually easy for her to ignore flirtations. Yet Namaari wasnât blind; this patient was gorgeous even in her physical state.
Raya was beaten, a purple bruise appearing on her left cheek, her clothes dirty from the struggle of her disagreement.Â
Namaari cannot deny how Rayaâs smile made her feel some weird sensation in the pit of her stomach: People call that feeling butterflies.Â
This patient was trouble, but that somehow excited Namaari.
Suddenly Namaari remembered the other voice in the room and turned to see Sisu, jumping from her seat running over to Raya. She didnât necessarily consider Sisu, a friend. Still, she often saw her in the ER because she is part of the psychiatry department. Sisu would often come and evaluate patients for hospitalization. âQuite ironic, how a trauma nurse is in the ER for a trauma injury,â Sisu hummed as she ran her hands through Rayaâs hair.Â
Namaari forced herself out of her thoughts and walked over to Raya. Looking up at the vital machine monitor. Her pulse was high, resting in the 110s, and her blood pressure was also abnormal. âCall for an X-ray and tell them I okayed it.â She finally says, looking straight at Antitya, who nods and exits the room.
Namaari walks over to the computer in the room, quickly badging in and ordering her some narcotics to give Raya once the broken or fractured ribs are conformed by the X-ray.Â
Sisu is just smiling at Namaari from afar as she consoles Raya, who is cussing in pain with each of her breatheâs.Â
âCan you please lay back on the bed so I can look at your injuryâ Raya hears the attractive nurse say. She hums as Sisu lets go of her stepping back, her place now replaced by Namaari smiling gently at her. Raya tried to shift her position to lay herself on the bed, but it hurt so much to do it.Â
Raya felt as she was being punched in the lungs if she moved even an ounce. To distract herself from her pain, she watched as Namaari, who looked over at the vital machine, and for a moment, panic showed on her face. Nevertheless, Namaariâs eyes meet hers again as she smiled, trying to comfort her, which she did.Â
However, seconds later, Raya felt her brain becoming fuzzy with the pain radiating all over her body, her breathing very labored as she gasped for air. Raya knew she was about to pass out, but she never felt safer. She knew she was in Namaariâs hands, and something deep down within her knew she would be okay.
Namaari watched as Rayaâs pulse shot up to 140, while her Oxygen dropped to 87. This wasnât just a case of broken ribs anymore.Â
Namaari quickly walked towards the wall and pulled on a red switch, the rapid code. Its unique alarm went off, and she knew that the call light was flashing red outside. Both these tools allow for the other medical staff to be informed the patient in that room is deteriorating, and further assistance is needed.
Rayaâs vision was becoming blurred with speckles of black as she was consumed by her agony. All she wanted to do was scream or even cry, but the pain was so immense that her body forced her to stay silent. Raya felt like a prisoner in her body, unable to communicate what she was experiencing.Â
Soon enough, Raya was overwashed with a need to close her eyes; itâs like her body was promising her that if she went to sleep, the pain would stop. She wanted to give in to this promise, but she fought it for now.
Raya couldnât move, but she felt as the nurse slowly guided her down onto the bed as Sisu cried in the background. The rapid alarm echoed throughout the room, and she couldnât help but laugh in her mind as this time it was pulled for her. Most times, Raya was running the rapid codes saving peopleâs lives, yet right now, her life rested in that beautiful nurseâs hands.Â
Those were Rayaâs last thoughts as her mind went blank, properly passing out.
Once Namaari guided Raya to lay on her back, she quickly placed an oxygen mask on her as the room was suddenly swimming with more staff members. Everyone trying to help in some way, taking blood pressures, starting an IV, calling for a portable X-ray machine, and calling for an OR in case of emergency surgery: as it seemed, Raya did have a punctured lung caused by her broken ribs.
Suddenly Atitaya was next to Namaari. âI told Sisu to wait in the waiting room; she didnât want to go, but I showed her outâ OHH, yea Rayaâs girlfriend, Maari thought.Â
Apparently, Sisu was screaming in the background, which she completely blocked from her head. Namaariâs excuse being that she was trying to save Rayaâs life. âI should have known she was high on adrenaline, and It was muting her pain symptoms--â Atitaya whispered to Namaari.
 Namaari knew her nurse was blaming herself for something she didnât think about either. She let the girlâs beautiful coffee eyes distract her. And now sheâs watching her vitals plummet.
Suddenly a womenâs voice screamed, âShe decompensating. Sheâs about to flatline someone start compressions NOW.â Namaari didnât look up to check who ordered that; she assumed the order was from a resident. Namaari quickly crouched and pressed on the CPR lever under the bed that laid the bed completely flat. She quickly placed her left hand over her right interlocking her fingers after standing up before placing her hands on Rayaâs sternum. She began compressions, two inches deep each time. Simultaneously, Atitaya was bagging Raya so she could breathe for her.Â
After the first round of 30 compressions; The resident speaks again, âTurn her onto her side Namaariâ Namaari did as she was told, recognizing the voice to belong to Amba. Anyways, another staff member slipped a flat board under Rayaâs back. Once it was in place, Namaari quickly laid her back down and continued compressions. Soon a tiny monitor was placed below Namaariâs hands, which actually told her if her compressions were deep enough.
After about 3 minutes of constant compressions, Namaariâs compressions werenât deep enough. âSwitch,â She states as Atitaya takes over compressions and Namaari begins to bag Raya.Â
Only once Namaari stopped compressions did she notice the room was full of various staff members; the rapid code was now a code blue, a whole different sound echoing through the room.Â
Itâs crazy, but you donât hear these changes during an emergency. You only listen to whatâs essential to saving the patientâs life.
As Atitaya performed more compressions, the sound of one of Rayaâs ribs breaking under her force was heard. Atitaya flinched, realizing she caused her recovery to be longer if she survives. But that sometimes happens; you hurt the person youâre trying to save. Most people donât mind a broken rib if it means you saved their life.
Namaari was snapped back into the present when she heard âcharge to 100â before âCLEAR.â Thatâs all it took. Rayaâs pulse came back. Namaari felt so relieved: Sheâs always happy to save someoneâs life, but today, right now, sheâs overjoyed.Â
Nevertheless, Namaari doesnât understand how two sentences from this patient had her heart throbbing within her chest.Â
She doesnât know how or why the relief sheâs currently experiencing is so overpowering.
With all these inner thoughts, Namaari still smiles as now she has the chance to get to know Raya. UGHHH, no, you cannot get to know her! Sheâs dating Sisu...
Stop overthinking Namaari. SNAP OUT OF IT!
âThankâs, Namaari. Weâll take it from here,â Amba, the surgical resident, says; As a portable x-ray machine is brought into the room to scan Raya.Â
Once a resident or doctor from a different unit takes over, Raya is no longer her patient, and she needs to let her go and help another patient. Even so, she left the room and waited outside it to listen in. âSheâs punctured her left lung; we need to rush her into emergency surgery, page Pengu. Heâs the best cardiothoracic surgeon!âÂ
Namaari exhaled as she watched nurses and doctors from the surgical unit transport, Raya, off the emergency unit to the operating room.Â
Namaari had gotten Rayaâs heart to pump again, but the surgery will decide whether she lives or dies. Knowing this, she rested her head on the wall regaining her posture, putting a smile on her face as she heard her name being called from another patientâs room.Â
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Dadzawa x F! Reader - Over Worked & Tired Part 1
It was now reaching the hour of at least 3 in the morning in Japan and you still hadnât finished your paper proposal that you have been working on for hours on end. It certainly didnât help that it was weeks overdue with only a few days until the end of the semester for your college courses back in America.Â
Youâre an American based student attending U.A. High, but also completing your bachelorâs degree at a college back in the states. Highly intelligent, as you were a member of Class 3-A and still in high school but only have one more semester until you finish your B.A. in English, about the same time you would graduate high school. Unfortunately, the time difference between the US and Japan has screwed with you reaching deadlines and a symptom of overusing your quirk is a lack of focus, something that you didnât even tell your homeroom teacher, Mr. Aizawa. You were determined this was something you could do on your own.
Lately, youâve been feeling like you have something to prove, almost like youâre somehow less than your peers as if your quirk wasnât as useful or not powerful enough. As if your instant ability to feel empathy and affect emotions as well as being trained in formal combat in a similar fashion to Aizawa and his scarf. In fact, he was the one who worked with you and trained you with it.Â
None the less you still felt like you were on your own with this and felt like you had to overdo yourself in training exercising. Quite frankly, you were on the serious verge of burn out, you wanted nothing more than to just curl up in your bed and watch a little TV after a nice hot shower. But non the less you had to push those desires aside to finish your college semester out strong.
You take another drink of your contraband energy drink, as a student at esteemed high school U.A. things like those were highly frowned upon as they were enhancing your energy to perform due to their abnormal amount of caffeine. Right now, you didnât give a damn, you were going to be up all night and had early morning training with Aizawa and you are exhausted either way. Just trying to pull these long nights to finish on time. The dark circles were aware to you and your sluggish movements during the day meant a lot more effort on your quirk.
The door to your dorm room was still open allowing light from the outside room to shine into your room as well as your small little desk lamp providing you with a little bit of light for you to write and research on your laptop. You had a light but warm blanket wrapped around you as you were cold and it was around you very similarly to Aizawaâs sleeping bag come to think about it. You were generally cold a greater portion of the time but this felt a little different than normal, you were starting to become congested, never a good sign.
You sighed as you dropped your pencil on your papers and took your hands and rubbed your face and sat there for a moment just resting them there. You could hear footsteps down the hall and took it as someone getting up to go to the kitchens for something, it was an often occurrence. It did slip your mind that teachers would take shifts to do monitoring at different times in the night just taking a stroll down the hallways making sure everything was alright. Honestly, most teachers just slacked on it most of the time so it wasnât a regular thing. It didnât really dawn on you that the footsteps were getting closer to your room and the kitchen was the opposite direction.Â
Usually, hallway patrols took around 10 minutes for teachers to complete which is why they were skipped so often, but Aizawa actually decided to do his tonight. And to his surprise, he saw one door open compared to the rest closed. His first thought was thinking about what was wrong and quickened his pace. But when he reached your door he couldnât help but examine your hunched over posture wrapped in your blanket and head in hands, surrounded by loose papers, post its, pens, books, and laptop.
He knew you had a little extra course load normally but he didnât realize it was something you would be doing well into the night, he just figured you were about to balance everything extremely well as you never complained and usually performed well in classes. However, thinking back to the last week you have seemed a little more tired and in a daze resulting in more quirk effort. The overuse of quirks segment of your student file was blank and he never made the effort to find out.Â
He continued to stand at your door for another minute and saw the can of energy drink beside you knowing you were a good kid and wouldnât resort to something as foolish as that without it being a last resort. Aizawa briefly knocked on your door to alert you of his presence. He did have a soft spot for you compared to Midoria or Bakoguo so he was a little more gentle with you.
âHey kid, what are you still doing up?â
Startled out your state you did a small jump in your desk chair, âJust trying to write this essay. Itâs a few weeks overdue and the end of the semester is soon so I need to get this in.â
He took a few steps into your room and stood behind you, â12th-century convents and monasteries in Italy. Hmm, that doesnât sound very interesting. What kind of class is this for?â
âItâs for my Origins of western though class, medieval through the renaissance. And trust me, it really isnât, especially when you canât focus on it at all,â you replied.
âYouâre having trouble focusing?â he asked genuinely concerned, he had never heard those words come from you before.
You put your face back in your hands and simply said, âQuirk overuse.â
Aizawa was taken aback for a short moment, you were never one to complain or let someone know when there was something going on, âGod kid how long has this been going on?â
âThis time? At least since last week.â
âThis time? So this isnât something new?â he was a little shocked since this was the first time he heard of any of your overuse symptoms.Â
âGod no, thereâs also an extra degree of fatigue and the occasional headache. Night terrors are kinda common too.â
âShit Y\N why have you never mentioned this before?â
âIt just never seemed to be all that important really, Iâve handled it by myself for years why start before now?â
âWhen was the last time you got a decent nights sleep, youâre starting to look like me. Youâve even got the whole blanket thing going for you,â he asked looking at your form sitting at your desk as you shifted in your seat to look at him.
âUh, you know, thatâs a really good question and itâs been long enough that I canât fully remember. To be truthful, I just want to finish this so I can take a warm shower and go to sleep.â
When you looked at him he got a better look at you. To be truthful you looked horrible and he started to feel bad because it was evident you were working yourself to death, and keeping up with both school lives on top of his added one-on-one training sessions were taking a toll on you. He had also noticed the congestion in your voice, that was never a good sign.
He put his hand on your forehead and you leaned into even though it felt cold to you it still felt nice, âKid youâre burning up, you have a fever, why donât you stop for the night and get that shower you want and you can crash on my couch tonight so I can keep an eye on you.â
âWith all due respect sir, I need to finish this, my professor has been on me for weeks on end on this. I have to finish it tonight. And I couldnât possibly bother you with just congestion and small fever.â
Aizawa sighed and took a seat on the edge of your still made bed, âListen, kid, Iâll let you finish. I'm going to sit here until you're done and youâre coming with me.â
You put your head down as you knew there was no way out of this one. He took a book off your nightstand and began reading it as you continue your work. It took you about 2 more hours and he had managed to doze off wait for you. You look back at him sleeping quietly and simply close your laptop for the night and lay your head down and close your eyes for just a second truthfully, you felt horrible. In the absence of your typing, Aizawa woke up and saw you with your head down and got up and put a hand on your shoulder feeling the elevated body heat from your fever radiating through you.Â
He quietly sighed and in his general monotone voice said, âCome on kiddo letâs go, grab some comfy clothes and you can shower back at my room.â
You compiled and went to stand up but immediately the word was spinning and you had to grab onto the desk to steady yourself. He had immediately put a hand around your waist and only your shoulder not wanting you to fall in your sick weakened state.
âOkay, new plan, Weâre going straight to my room, Iâll just give you some clothes and you can take a sitting down shower. I donât want you to exert any more energy and risk you falling and hurting yourself, so Iâm going to carry you, is that okay?â
You gave a small nod and he put one arm under your knees and one on your mid-back and you put your arms around his neck and snuggled into his chest feeling small. And quite truthfully, Aizawa did notice you were a little nighter and a little bonier than he expected before, almost as if you had been skipping meals.
Walking with you down the hallway still wrapped in your blanket ha=e quietly asked, âKid I need you to be honest with me, are you eating?â
You give a small groan in response, âI accidentally forgot for a few days Iâve just been too busy and didnât realize.â
Aizawa sighed and realized how work-oriented you are, stopping for nothing and not accomplishing things for your health, âIâll make you some soup while youâre in the shower okay, then will you please eat a little bit of it?â
You simply nodded your head in his chest resulting in a lack of verbal response.
Once making it back to his living quarters he opened the door and was greeted by a cat waiting for him to get back. He closed the door behind both of you and took you to the bathroom and sat you down on the toilet and told you to undress and take a shower, and he would leave clothes and some towels for you in a bit.Â
As you did that and carefully sat down at the bottom of the shower and turned the water on you immediately felt the warm water hitting your skin rinsing some of the sick away and you let out a small cough, which didnât go unnoticed by your teacher leaving a pair of black sweatpants and a charcoal grey sweater that will be much too large for you but are clean clothes you should find comfortable.
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Lemon - Beelzebub x Reader
A/N: I havenât written fanfic in years, so apologies if this is poorly written :â)) I just wanted to get back into the scene and I hope Beel isn't too ooc, since Iâve never written him before. I hope yâall enjoy :â))
Reader is gender-neutral, unless otherwise specified
WC: 2174
Warning(s): Reader deals w/ depression
Fic below the cut :)
Lemons were sour, a no-brainer. You remember sucking on a lemon as a dare when you were younger, your friends laughing at the puckered face you made when the sour juice made contact with your tastebuds. After that, youâd sucked down an entire glass of water, in an attempt to rid yourself of the taste, yet it lingered. Another time, you were preparing fresh lemonade to sell at a lemonade stand, but when it came to tasting, it was horribly sour. Your grandmother gave you the advice to scoop some sugar into the lemonade, as it would sweeten it. She was right.
You laid in your bed, staring at your ceiling. It was dinnertime and you hadnât left your room in...you didnât even know how long. Some time earlier, Beel had popped his head in your room, letting you know that it was time for dinner. After his announcement, he remained in your doorway, seemingly waiting for you to walk with him to the dining room. With a small sigh, you had told him youâd be downstairs soon. He had frowned, like he didnât really believe you, but he was hungry, so he stepped out and closed your door behind you. That was around half an hour ago and you hadnât budged an inch. Your head hurt and you felt...empty.
Like the taste of a lemon, the empty feeling lingered inside you. It grew stronger the longer you laid there, staring at your ceiling in the dark. You squeezed your eyes shut, curling up in the fetal position. Your fingers ran up and down your sheets as you tried to take deep breaths.
âOne...two...threeâŚâ Your eyes burned and you rubbed them with your fists, trying to wipe away the hot tears that threatened to spill out. Too late. A sob that welled up inside your chest escaped your throat, sounding akin to a dying whale. Fuck. Why were you like this? Why were you crying? You clenched your fists, your nails leaving behind crescent-shaped indents in the palms of your hands. Shaking, you slid under your blanket and rolled up in it, as if you were a human burrito. Hiding away in a blanket burrito was safe and warm, but you knew you couldnât hide away forever. Someone would come to get you. If not that night, then they would the next morning, since you had school. Would Lucifer let you stay home if you claimed to be sick? You did feel sick, after all. Even if you werenât physically sick, there were still physical symptoms.
When your door opened and a towering figure silently stepped in, you didnât notice. In fact, you only noticed his presence when your bed suddenly shifted, rolling you into him. Sniffling, you peeked out from your blanket. It could only be Beel. Â Who else was the size of a fucking tree? He must have come back after waiting for almost an hour for you to come back downstairs. You did tell him that you would be downstairs for dinner, only you hadnât actually moved from your bed, so he was probably worried about you. Oops. Maybe you should have waited until after dinner to cry yourself to sleep.
âYouâre crying,â he mumbled, as if you didnât already know that. The room was dark, but you could feel his violet eyes drilling into you, waiting for you to speak, to say anything. You were silent for the longest time, though, unsure of what to say. What could you say? Sure, you could just be honest and spill your guts, but you weren't positive he would understand. It wasnât that you thought he was dumb, because he wasnât, but demons were decidely different than humans. Still, Beel was more emotionally intelligent than any of his brothers, so even if he couldnât empathize, perhaps he could sympathize.
Wiping your nose, you sat up and reached over to turn on your lamp. The light scorched your eyeballs, since youâd been sitting in the dark for who-knows-how-long. When your eyes adjusted, you focused on Beel, who was watching you expectantly. You still owed him a response. Swabbing your tongue on your dry lips, you thought of what to say, how to explain how you were feeling that would make sense to him.
Swallowing, you finally found your voice. âYeah, I am crying. Iâm just...not feeling very well right now--â
He interrupts you, his voice laced with concern. âAre you sick? Do you need medicine? Iâm not really sure if we have medicine here that humans can stomach, but I think we can figure something out. Do you need a cold pack? Or maybe a hot cloth?â
If you didnât feel so miserable, you couldâve cracked a smile at his million mile questions. âNo, Beel. I donât need any of that. Iâm just sad, thatâs all. You donât need to worry about me.â Your lips curved up in a small smile, but your eyes remained melancholic. That was bound to worry him even more, but you were still thinking of ways to explain it in your head. The cogs in your brain were rusted, though, refusing to budge.
His jaw tightened, his eyes boring into yours, as if he was thinking of how to respond. After several moments of silence, he took your hand in his and leaned in to speak, his voice low. âYouâre sad? Did someone make you sad? If so, Iâll make them pay. Or was it me? If it was me, IâŚ,â he swallowed, âIâll do anything to make it up to you, promise.â You loved this man (demon?), but he was never going to need another leg day from all the jumping to conclusions he was doing.
âBeel, let me talk.â You paused for a second, waiting for his affirmation before resuming. âNo one is making sad--â
âSo why are you sad?â
âYouâd find out if you stopped interrupting me every two seconds,â you say, your tone tinged with annoyance. You didnât mean to get annoyed, but he wasnât listening when you were trying to tell him something important. A sigh escaped you before you continued. âIâm just sad just to be sad. Thereâs no rhyme or reason behind it, but thatâs just how my brain functions. Sometimes, I get headaches and nausea from it, like right now. It causes me to want to isolate myself and just generally sleep and cry a lot. Does that make sense?â You tilted your head, silently watching his face. It was your turn to wait for a response.
Slowly, he nodded. âYeah, thatâs depression, isnât it? I donât know that much about it, other than what Iâve read in one of Satanâs books. I got bored, though, because reading about the human brain hurt my brain.â He carded a hand through his ginger locks, sighing softly. âSo, thatâs whatâs going on? Why didnât you say that before? You were really starting to worry me, pumpkin.â Pumpkin. That little pet name he gave you always melted your heart when he said it. Pumpkins were stupid because you couldnât even tell if they were a fruit or a vegetable, but you liked hearing him call you that.
âIâm sorry,â you mumbled, hugging yourself and bowing your head. You felt ashamed. Ashamed that you were alone in your room, crying. Ashamed that you hadnât gone to Beel when you started feeling that way. After all, you didnât want him thinking that you didnât trust him. He was one of the most important people in your life and you didnât know what youâd do without him. Your shoulders shook as a sob wracked through your body. You were so stupid.
âHey,â Beel said, softly. âIâm not mad at you. I was just worried, I guess. I shouldâve known something was wrong the first time I was up here, but I was too hungry to pay attention to anything else, other than getting to the dining room for dinner. Iâm still hungry, actually.â Right on cue, his stomach growled and he frowned. âEveryone else is done with dinner, so we can go to the kitchen to get something to eat. Maybe Mammonâs left some cake in the fridge or something. Letâs go check.â He held out his hand and you quickly wiped your eyes before taking it.
Somehow, none of the other six brothers spotted the pair of you sneaking to the kitchen. It wasnât very late, so they were all still definitely awake. Well, most of them were definitely still awake. A certain twin was probably fast asleep somewhere in the house. You trudged behind Beel as he raced towards the fridge, desperate to find something to eat. Seating yourself on the counter, you watched him rip open the refrigerator door, pulling out random food items and muttering to himself. He wasnât above eating his brothersâ food, but you knew Mammonâs would be the first to go if it came to that, especially after the Custard Incident, which left you without a wholeass wall.
âHmm...Leviâs got something here, but I donât trust anything from him,â you heard him say, as he searched, which was valid. âOoh, pudding!â His tone was excited as he pulled his head out of the refrigerator, narrowly missing slamming his head. âLooks like itâs...mine!â His voice was excited as he grabbed a spoon and opened a container. âHere, take a bite. Food always makes me feel better and I thought we could share this. Youâre the only one Iâd share with, though.â He brought the spoon towards your mouth and you took a bite, but it was hard to swallow. Your appetite was nonexistent, but you were willing to humor him.
âMmm, thank you. Itâs good,â you said, flashing him a small smile, but he returned it with a frown. Why was he frowning? You werenât lying about it tasting good.
âYouâre still not happy. Am I doing something wrong?â He asked, taking a bite of the pudding. Even as he worried about you, his hunger could not wait. Something about that was endearing, but you couldnât quite put your finger on it.
In response, you shook your head. âNo, youâre not doing anything wrong. I just need some time to deal with my emotions, but we can still eat pudding together,â you replied, leaning towards him. He took that as an opportunity to capture your lips in a kiss, wrapping his free arm around your waist. You could taste the pudding on his lips as the pair of you kissed, and it was sweeter than it had been before.
After a few moments, he pulled away from your lips, still holding onto your waist. âYou taste like pudding. I could eat you up,â he mumbled, burying his face in your shoulder. Normally, âI could eat you up,â was something cute to say and it wouldâve made you blush, but hearing it from Beel was mildly concerning. âIâm not going to actually eat you, donât worry. I mean, I could, but Iâm not going to.â His voice was muffled by your shoulder, but you were still able to make out what he said. It didnât really make it any less concerning.
âOkay, well, we have some actual pudding to eat here, and Iâm surprised you havenât already inhaled it yet,â you quipped, picking up the bowl. Beel yanked the spoon out of the bowl, thrusting it in your direction. You were confused about the mild aggression, but you shook your head, raising your hand to block the spoon. The one bite of pudding had been enough.
âEat.â He held out the spoon, waiting for you to take a bite. âYou didnât eat dinner and you canât go to bed hungry. Thatâll just make you more sad. I know Iâd be sad if I went to bed hungry.â
Shaking your head again, you said, âIâm not hungry, though. You can have the res--â
âPumpkin,â his voice was firm, but not angry or mean. It was strange, as youâd never heard him like that before. âEven if youâre not hungry, you still have to eat. I love you and I donât want you to get sick.â Love? He loved you? Sure, you were seeing each other and he obviously liked you a lot, but you didnât realize that he loved you.
âYou love me?â You made eye contact with him for the first time that night, your heart feeling like it was going to thud out of your chest.
His eyes widened, as if it had just occurred to him what heâd said. Maybe he wasnât planning on telling you yet. Oh well, too late. You knew. âUh, yeah, I do love you. I love you like I love food, which is a lot.â
You cracked a smile, a real smile, for the first time that night. âI love you too, Beel.â
Depression lingered like the sour taste of lemons, but the warmth of Beelâs love softened the blow, just as sugar sweetened the taste of lemonade.
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Stitches - Bryce Lahela x MC II
Also uploaded to Ao3! Go check it out there if youâd like my user is margotmuses
Doesnât follow canon, but elements of canon. FWB.
Song: Feel Real - Deptford Goth
Rating: M
Word Count: 3409
Please check out chapter one first if you havenât already!
Taglist: @lahellacute @tyrilsnightbloom @bubblelaureno
Chapter Two: Sukiâs Flip-Flop, Intensive, Very Long Day
On a pretty big whim, Sienna, Jackie, Aurora, and Elijah had decided to look at apartments and move in together on the walk home from Donahueâs. Turned out none of their current living situations were ideal, and as crazy as it sounded, Suki felt like this might just work out. Weirder stuff had happened, right? Sheâd lived with complete strangers in college, so this was no huge thing, really. Over the following week they scored themselves an absolute bargain of a stunning top level apartment which overlooked the classic Boston skyline. Somehow, theyâd managed to convince the landlord to rent to them for cheap, and soon enough everyone started to move their stuff in.
To celebrate their gorgeous new apartment, the group decided that they would throw a housewarming party at some point in the next few weeks. Planning was immense - everyone wanted to do something different, plus finding time where everyone would be off work was difficult. Elijah had never thrown a house party before, so he was overlooking most of the planning, while Sienna and Suki did tasks such as stocking up on cheap booze. Aurora didnât really want to get involved in the planning side of things, too focused on her studies, but was looking forward to the party all the same. She was crazy grateful to be able to move away from her overbearing aunt. Jackie also wasnât so involved in the planning, but more out of lack of interest in making plans. After a week or so, theyâd decided on a date. All that was left to do was to invite everyone. And, yeah, that pretty much meant everyone.
Sukiâs mind had been pretty occupied, mostly by a certain sun-kissed surgeon whoâd swayed her to The Stone Roses. Since that first night, Suki had only seen Bryce in passing in the corridors, always taking lunch breaks and the like at different times due to the different demands of their jobs. Heâd wink or grin at her and for a moment sheâd be completely focused on only that. Not to mention the all-consuming sexual chemistry they had with each other being sparked each time they merely passed by one another. She was continuously bothered by the strange familiar feeling she felt with him, increasingly frustrated that she couldnât pin it down.
About two and a half weeks in, Suki was suffering from an absolutely awful day. None of her patients were looking at a positive outcome, and she was feeling utterly helpless about it all. Existentialism: Doctorâs edition. Sheâd shut herself away in a supply closet to be alone with her thoughts. And to cry. What good was being doctor if you couldnât save lives? And everything felt like a minefield. One wrong move and it could all implode. Misdiagnoses were so easy to make and so incredibly dangerous, she could prescribe someone a medicine they were allergic to and make their symptoms broaden, or even just upsetting someone because there was nothing she could do. She worried she wasnât ready for this job. It was all very well reading up about illnesses and treatments, but actually putting it into practice? Dealing with real life people? So incredibly intimidating.
Abruptly the door creaked open and Suki jumped back.
âOh! Sorry, I didnât⌠think anyone was in here.â It was Bryce. Of course it was. He looked just as good as ever, framed in the dark by the light from the hall. âI just needed to get some suture kits...â
âItâs fine, just shut the door,â her voice cloyed but she tried to subtly wipe the tears from her eyes.
He did as she asked and came closer towards her. Even though it was dark, he noticed the red rings round her eyes and wet cheeks.
âHey, hey. Whatâs going on?â His voice was soothing and gentle, his usual cocky demeanours put on a shelf.
âItâs just⌠I feel like I have too much power. I pretty much get to decide who lives or dies. I get to decide which words to use to ruin someoneâs life I-â she couldnât help it as the tears began to pour out again. She wasnât sure why she was baring her soul to Bryce, but something in her knew he would know what to say. He stood and listened, watching patiently. Bryce stepped in so he was closer to Suki.
âIf I tell someone Iâll save their life, but I canât, how am I supposed to live with myself? How do I tell a parent their six-year-old will never see it to seven? BryceâŚâ she continued, her eyes were wide and glassy as she stared up at him. Hearing her say his name like that stirred something in Bryce he wasnât quite comfortable admitting.
âI know. But youâre damn good at your job, Suki. If you tell someone youâll save their life, and you do, how do you not believe in yourself? How do you tell an old man heâs in remission? There are so many good parts to this job. Itâs hard as shit, yeah, but we knew that. It was never going to be easy.â He lifted up his free hand and ran his thumb softly along her eyes to clear her tears.
âBut itâs my fault. If I fail a patient... Maybe I shouldnât be here.â
He laughed a brief hearty chuckle. âYou made It through med school, climbed your way to the top of the medical interns at Edenbrook, and you really think youâre in the wrong place? Iâve seen those rankings, Moore. Youâre good crop.â
She gave him a lopsided smile. His confidence had a way of rubbing off on her.
âEvery doctor has their moment of doubt. Itâll pass.â He continued.
âHow do you do it?â
He shrugged. âI just know Iâm damn good at what I do. Itâs still early days, Suki. Just let it come and go.â
She nodded and felt the desire to hug him. Lucky for her, he held his arms out to her and she collided with his hard chest, again. She still had her arms crossed in front of her, but moved to cradle her head into the crook of his neck, shifting her body so she was leaning into him. Bryceâs arms enveloped her, like a large, hard, teddy. She felt like a baby, cocooned and cooed at by the light soothing motion Bryce was drawing down her back. It felt like the most natural thing.
âShit. I guess you are damn good at what you do,â she said. Her voice was muffled by Bryceâs scrub top, but he heard her all the same, and couldnât help but grin at the girl in his arms.
âI told you, Iâm a talented guy.â
She pulled her head back after a minute, looking up into his brown eyes, which were honey like his skin usually, but deep and alluring in the dimmed light of the supply closet. His arms still cradled her.
She suddenly wanted to tangle her fingers into his hair and kiss him passionately. Because despite the snark, the ego, the cockiness, heâd made her feel better after an incredibly difficult day. And there was definitely something scandalous about being in a supply closet together. The thick sexual tension that had been whirring for two weeks now was at an all time high. Her eyes flirted down to his plump lips, still ghosted with a smile. Her heart was pumping right out of her chest, she was surprised he couldnât feel it against his own. The chemistry could be cut with a knife. She tightened her arms around herself as she made the flash decision. Without giving him too much time to back out, Suki swiftly moved forward and pressed her lips to his.
He hesitated at first, still as stone, giving Suki a moment to freak out â shit, he doesnât want to be doing this. I made the wrong call - before he pushed his lips back into hers with fervent want. They reacted to each other like it was something that had been simmering for way longer than just two and half weeks. Their mouths clambered almost clumsily around each other. Bryceâs hands moved up her back and to her neck with a caress, before he steered her round and pushed her up against the shelves. A few bits of equipment fell down, but they didnât care. Suki pulled him as close to her as she could, hands gripping his waist. She could feel his muscles move under her fingers as they kissed, which sent a jolt through her stomach. She was actually kissing him. For some reason, the idea felt unattainable and the fact that it was happening felt fantastical.
His lips were soft but applied pressure, his tongue demanding and dominating. Suki let out an unintentional moan, causing a gruff noise from Bryceâs throat, and she could feel him smiling against her lips. Caught up in the passion of the moment, and wanting to savour every part of this, Suki lifted up a leg and wrapped it around Bryceâs hip. He responded by pressing his body tighter against hers and removing a hand from her neck to support her leg, copping a feel of her backside on the way there.
Suki didnât even care that the shelves were digging into her back. All she cared about in that moment was getting as much as she could out of Bryce. Because, god, was he hot. His kisses were practised and skilled, clearly something heâd done a lot. She pulled him closer towards her, and he removed his lips from hers to burrow his face into her neck and suck at that sweet spot. She gasped at the sensation, earning a cocky chuckle from Bryce. If he gave her a hickey, she was dead.
To avoid that possibility, she pulled his face from her neck to meet her lips again, deepening the kiss, and finally threading her fingers through his floppy hair in the way sheâd wanted to before.
A loud creak and unexpected light falling on her shut eyelids indicated that the door had been opened. Suki opened her eyes wide and looked over to the door to see an older Doctor. Oh god. She knew this guy. Dr Zaid Mirani â her attending. The leg which had been round Bryceâs hip dropped immediately.
âCan you give us a minute?â Bryce asked, frustrated, eyes shut and forehead against Sukiâs, not giving a single shit that theyâd just been caught in the act, not even bothering to see who it was.
âI need some scissors. Donât let me stop you,â Zaid snapped.
At this, Bryce sighed and stepped away from Suki. Suki tried turning away coyly so that Zaid didnât see her face, moving away from the shelves to give him access. There was a deafening awkward silence as Zaid rummaged through the shelves to find what he needed, Suki looking anywhere but at either of the men in the room. Bryceâs eyes watched her, flattening her hair down on her head and smoothing down her clothes.
After what felt like far too long, Zaid left without a word. The door shut behind him and Bryce and Suki were sent back into dim light. She looked over to Bryce finally, who was leaning against a cupboard with his hands in his pockets, a humorous smile playing on his lips. Even in the dark he looked good, hair ruffled from her fingers and lips swollen from relentless kissing. Ah, shit. He looked so good. Unlike Suki, he hadnât taken the time to refine his appearance. But, she kind of liked it that way.
âThat kinda killed the mood,â he said, pushing off the cupboard.
ââŚyeah. We should get back to work, anyway,â replied Suki. She was hot from embarrassment, again. This boy sure knew how to get her flustered, both unintentionally and intentionally. That kiss sure had some intention behind it. It had been a nice distraction, and admittedly she felt much better, but it was time to get back to reality.
He chuckled and scratched his thumb over his chin. He didnât seem embarrassed at all. Then again, asking a resident to leave so they could continue their steamy make-out didnât strike Suki as something someone who was easily embarrassed would do. Unluckily for her, Suki was a stickler for humiliation. Maybe hooking up with Dr Bryce No-Fear wasnât something a blubbering blushing mess should repeat.
Bryce walked toward Suki, and she almost jumped back, worried he might try again. For a couple of reasons: worried theyâd be caught again, and Suki would never live it down with herself, but also worried she wouldnât be able to stop at a sensible place. He was too sexy, and too experienced. But he reached behind Suki to grab a suture kit. The whole reason heâd even been here in the first place. He held it up to show her, before making his way to the door.
âYouâll kill it out there, Dr. Moore,â he reassured before opening the door, letting the light flood the room again, and shutting it behind him once again leaving Suki in the dimness.
She crept out of the supply closet, not looking where she was going and accidentally ramming straight into Jackie.
âYou look a mess!â Jackie laughed, noting Sukiâs scruffed up hair and creased scrubs.
Suki cursed herself internally as she once again started to sweat.
âOh! Long day, is all. Iâm only halfway through, too!â
Jackie side-eyed her blustery response. âIâve got to get this shot to this patient. Youâre lucky this time, Moore.â
â-
A couple of hours later, Suki was finally grabbing a bite to eat when she received a page from Aurora.
Suki rushed into the room, where Aurora was already debriefing the resident. Shit. It was Zaid. She prayed that he hadnât caught her face before, that it had been too dark and sheâd turned away quick enough that he hadnât recognised her.
âHey, Aurora. Whatâs the situation?â She breathed out, exhausted from speeding up there. Aurora looked grateful as she turned to Suki.
âMoore,â Zaid greeted tightly. Something told her that he had definitely seen her face earlier. He didnât seem like the type to bring it up, though.
âMs. Redford was admitted for a broken neck, but her blood work looks incredibly strangeâŚâ
â-
âSo, Dr Miraniâs a pretty grumpy guy, but why do I feel like there was a reason he was short with you earlier?â Aurora asked as the walked down the corridor to their next patient. Damn her for being smart and perceptive.
Suki weighed up whether or not to tell Aurora. It might be quite nice to have someone on her side, to tell all the awkward stories. She hadnât done the whole secret make-out since college, and back then, she had a roommate to gossip about it with. At the end of the day Suki still barely knew Aurora; sure, they lived together, but they hardly even had a chance to be at the apartment together with their different shifts and the like. And when they werenât at work, they were sleeping or eating. Maybe that meant telling her would feel like less of a big deal? Then again, even the idea of saying it was making her cringe. Plus, Aurora was great but she might not be too impressed that Suki had been taking time out of work to make-out with a surgical intern. In a supply closet which anyone could walk in on. And, had walked in on. A senior attending. She decided against it.
âI donât know. I just donât think he likes me much,â she wasnât a very good liar, which Aurora seemed to glean; but she didnât push further.
â-
After what felt like the most exhausting day ever - having difficult patients, a mental breakdown in a supply closet, a hot make out session in the same supply closet, being caught by her attending, and then having hours more of gruelling work â Suki threw herself onto her bed dramatically. It felt like her whole body, including her internal organs, was on fire. She eventually got up to change into her pyjamas, clean her face, and brush her teeth. There was a knock on her door. She opened it to reveal it was Elijah.
âHey, whatâs up?â He asked, it looked like heâd been home a while. Suki was happy to see him nonetheless.
âJust winding down after work, you know.â
âYeah, today was a long one,â he added awkwardly.
âTell me about it.â
He seemed like there was something he knew, or wanted to say, but didnât.
âMovie?â Elijah asked.
âSure, I might pass out though.â
She followed Elijah to the sofa and let him load up Netflix. She pulled off the fluffy blanket from the arm and snuggled into the crook of the sofa, next to Elijahâs chair. They put on a classic romcom and settled in to watch it, everyone else either asleep or working. Suki and her other roommates had become close quickly, but she still felt she wanted to bond more with them, get to know them better. She truly loved each one of them, and they each had their own personal qualities which enriched the group.
âSo-â Elijah finally came out with about a quarter of the way in, only to turn and see Suki had passed out.
Elijah tucked her in on the sofa and shut the TV off so she wouldnât be disturbed. He would have to talk to her again another time. He wheeled away into his own bedroom.
â-
Around an hour later, Suki woke with a stir, taking a moment to recognise her surroundings. She mustâve fallen asleep here, and she noticed how she was tucked into the blanket. Elijah. How was she ever going to bond more with her flat mates If she couldnât even stay awake to watch a movie with them? She sighed, folding up the blanket to place on the sofa arm again, and made her way into her own bed.
In the dark of the night, Sukiâs thoughts wandered to Bryceâs lips on hers, his hands on her neck, his lips on her neck, his body close to hersâŚ
She thought about that smirk and that laugh, the way his hair felt under her fingers, his taut stomach muscles under her hands. The way he tasted clean, faintly minty, the smoothness of his lips on her own. The feeling of her leg wrapped round his hip. If Zaid hadnât interrupted when he had, Suki wasnât sure she wouldâve been able to stop. Truthfully, it had been a while since sheâd slept with anyone, and a while since sheâd actually been so sexually attracted to someone.
But she tried not to think about it. Heâd helped her out of a tight spot earlier, and sheâd thanked him. Now, she would have to put in all her effort to be a better doctor. Not try to sleep with the other interns. No matter how sexy their body and face and demeanour was. She wondered why heâd been so kind to her, taken the time to reassure her and validate her thought. Perhaps just a ploy to get that kiss, or something more, but Suki wasnât really sure she cared if it had been. Even so, heâd seemed genuine. She supposed he was a doctor after all, helping people was second nature to him.
Come to think of it, the way theyâd kissed in the supply closet struck that odd feeling in her again. How did she know him? Did he know her? Was she just superimposing someone else on to him to make him more appealing to her carnal desires and more of a mystery to solve? Maybe it was that if she let herself get hung up in this completely farcical idea, she could ignore what she was really thinking about deep down: her failures as a doctor.
So, maybe she didnât know Bryce at all. She just liked how he looked and wanted there to be something. They say if you desire something, it pops up everywhere. So, those feelings of dĂŠjĂ vu, maybe they were all in her head. Or maybe she was just spiralling, after the ridiculously lengthy and eventful day. Her eyelids started to drop unintentionally. Maybe she would think about this tomorrow, insteadâŚ
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Drown Me So I Can Breathe (M)
A/N: Tumblr rlly failed me when I was trying to post this three hours ago buuuuut whatever. I hope yâall enjoy just as much as I would/always enjoy hearing from you all! Hope you all are having a great day/night!
Pairing: (Soft) Yandere! Jungkook x reader
Word Count: 8.6k
Warnings: anxiety, anxiety attack, toxic relationship tendencies, unhealthy relationship, vaginal sex, non-penetrative sex
Summary: You stumble in crashing waves, but you donât lift your arms for help. You gave that up long ago. There is no breath of fresh air that you can attain. But what if there were a savior with the prettiest lock and key youâve seen? Would you even be able to see it among the murky waters that drown you?
Donât worry, you donât have to see it. You just have to take his hand. Youâll fall into his arms soon enough. Well, not literally fall, of course.
Right?
The crowd was loud in the amphitheater where drunk college festivities took place. You didn't even want to be here in the first place, but alas, you were the ball being shoved back and forth between crowds. It was all the joys of getting seasick without the aid of the actual sea, being too meek to stand your ground in the hustle and bustle, you were pushed, shoved, and it wasn't until you had been shoved roughly on the concrete floor, you made it your mission to get through the crowd alive. You felt the sting on your legs as you remained tossed around like a rag doll until a pair of strong hands set you on your own two feet, unmoving, unwobbling, and under his control.
Jungkook would be a liar if he said he hadn't been watching you the entire time. He didnât mean to be so transfixed by you. He only went to these things to satisfy his sexual needs. Beyond an orgasm, he wasn't planning on feeling anything tonight.
Plans change.
Tonight was some college prom frat and sorority members who peaked in high school thought would be fun. It had drinks, pounding music, and sweaty people despite a cold environment. It was basically a club with a king and queen. Jungkook, despite his broody and less than forthcoming nature, was a shoo-in for the king. He was young, hot, and despite how selfish he was, still a good lay. He had everything he could want. He had a blossoming job as a sound engineer for the upperclassmen Min Yoongiâs company. Jungkook also gained popularity in his potential singing career with songs he randomly dropped here and there, his place in the seven campus princes furthering his fan count.
He was the youngest of the princes, but he was also the coldest. Jungkook was stone-faced around everyone but his fellow adonis friends. Some admirers chalked it up to him being cute and shy, others made him out to be a grungy broken broody man. You on the other hand, just figured he was a guy with a personality who happened to be cute.
You seldom paid him mind. Yes, he was cute, yes, you would say yes in a heartbeat, but you had a little too much pride to pine after him as many people did.
He was intrigued by you though. You always ended up in one of his classes somehow. At first, he figured you were some fan who somehow figured out his schedule, but this idea was quickly dampened.
You were a good student. A fashion major, he discovered. You had high attention to detail, sometimes to a damaging degree. You sat in the front or back row, sometimes too shy to face the front, but you always had your eyes glued to the professor or book. Even when you and Jungkook had been in a group together, you arranged everything through text message, never going off-topic.
You were a good student. How boring it was for you. You smiled, did work, avoided socializing, and went home. This was your routine. You didn't favor making genuine friendships, it was too complicated. You wanted to date, love, and finally fuck, but the odds of finding a mate who would tolerate being the only person in your life, was slim to none. Of course, you had guys you thought were cute, Jungkook caught your eye the most for obvious reasons, plus he was pretty much a loner already, but he didn't seem like the type to dish out the all-consuming love you craved.
You had been right, Jungkook wasn't until he met you. After the first encounter, to say he had become a tad obsessed would be no lie. At first, it had been his pride, wondering what person wouldn't try to fuck him, but then he realized you were no plain person. You were his ideal girl. You were sweet, and it was genuine, but he could tell you craved something more than smiles and pleasantries. You wanted something more, he just knew it, and he wanted to give it to you. He wanted to give you everything as the time of him keeping tabs on you went on.
With this want, also came the want to keep you all to himself. Once or twice, he's been forced to threaten a few guys dumb enough to say anything about you or asking you out. His friends poked fun as Jungkook once had to Taehyung when he was pining after his current girlfriend, and now he understood his feelings.
Taehyung had told Jungkook he would know when the time to make his feelings known was right to which Jimin confirmed while holding his girlfriend at his side. Jungkook recalled this as he watched you play the role of the ball in a game of crowd ping pong. You were trying to politely squeeze toward what looked like the bathroom as you had your arms close to your chest. Watching how helpless you were, he decided now was the time to begin the love story of his lifetime.
Jungkook rushed into the crowd, people being smart enough to step aside at the sight of his camouflage jacket, and he grabbed you from behind by your shoulders and set your teetering feet back on the ground. You jumped, still wobbly, but thankful to be still for once.
However thankful, you felt sick, super sick. The pressure being in the crowd as well as being shoved for almost 30 minutes straight was rushing back to you, and you stumbled forward, only to be pulled back by the strong set of hands. There was too much going on, too many people, and you felt sick. You were riddled with the feeling of instability and ridicule. You had no sense of ground until the man stabled your stance.
âCan you walk?â The mysterious savior whispered in your ear, and you shivered at the proximity.
You nodded, words getting lost in your choke for air, wondering why people were stealing glances in your direction. You began to walk towards the exit, until your legs gave in, causing you to nearly crumble to the ground, the mystery man being quick to catch you.
The voice scoffed, âJust say no.â He spoke when he went next to you to scoop you up in his arms like a princess.
You wanted to squirm and yelp, but something felt so right about being in his arms. You wanted to be the only one in his arms, staking your claim on this spot you craved to keep. It was this flurry of sensations that made you realize you hadn't looked up to see who this mystery man was, and when you got the courage to, someone bumped into your legs and you nearly fell out of his arms. Out of Jeon Jungkookâs arms.
âWatch it, dick!â He snapped at the culprit, but only gripped you closer, âFuck, hold onto me, okay?â He whispered in your ear as you nodded, interlocking your hands behind his neck as the lingering stares of the crowd turned into blatant gaping. He walked you towards the exit as you tucked your head into his chest and closed your eyes, trying to be unseen.
Jungkook smiled at your movement. This is what he wanted. He wanted you, enveloped by him, safe, his. The crowning of king and queen had begun while he held you firmly in his arms.
âAnd the king is⌠Jeon JungkookâŚâ The preppy girl paused, âUh⌠who is busy, so in the meantime, the queen isâŚâ
You heard the crowd fade as Jungkook waltzed you away from the humid area to civilization and crisp fall air. Suddenly, you could breathe again, âCongratulations.â Your voice was muffled in Jungkookâs shirt.
He snorted, âCongratulations?â
âYou're king, yay.â You weakly offered, still muffled as you heard doors open.
He chuckled and you felt his chest vibrate on your cheek, âGee, thanks, princess.â It seemed he began climbing up steps.
Suddenly, the anxiety that had been bubbling in the pit of your stomach, poured out tears that threatened to spill. You felt like shit. You couldn't handle a crowd, so you ruined Jungkookâs night. He didn't even have a chance to get crowned all because he was being polite.
âSorry.â You broke the silence that held in the air for a few minutes as he walked, your voice cracking from embarrassment.
Jungkook frowned, âNo, no, sweetheart, none of that.â He damn near cooed.
You heard another door open, and when the door closed again, it was silent. It was silent until you began sobbing, âI'm so sorry.â You cried eyes screwed shut while Jungkook sat down, you still in his arms, his collar tight in your fists.
You were ashamed. You were overwhelmed. You had been so scared, so helpless, and despite being thankful, you felt like such a burden.
Jungkookâs heart shattered. He went into panic mode. The love of his life was sobbing in his arms, apologizing. Initially, he wanted to go back to the amphitheater and beat the shit out of every person who so much as bumped into you, but he'd be damned if he would ever leave your side. Now, he just wanted to see you smile. He just wanted to tell you it was okay, and he loves you, and at the moment he lacked the ability to deem such thoughts irrational.
He had taken you to his apartment near the amphitheater. You had been in and out of sleep for most of the walk, so when Jungkook reached his room above the lobby, taking the stairs to avoid the elevator startling you, he wanted nothing more than to do what he was at that moment. Hold you.
Jungkook rocked you back and forth as you cried it out, shushing you each time you apologized. In the medical record of yours he happened to come across, completely by chance, of course, he saw you had certain symptoms of social anxiety. He figured the crowd must have sent you into a mild anxiety attack, and he just wanted you safe. The safest place was in his arms.
âDon't worry, princess, you're okay.â He spoke lowly, soothing you as he sat down on his bed with you in his lap.
âW-Why are you doing this?â You cried. You could very well ask yourself the same question. It wasn't like you to break down like this, not in front of people, let alone the hottest and meanest guy on campus. Yet this hot, mean, guy was talking you down. You loved it. You craved this for so long, and you wanted to keep it like this. You wanted Jungkook. You realized at that moment, Jungkook must be the one for you. He had to be. Nobody had ever taken any effort to so much as check up on your well being. It was all small talk and half-empty compliments, but Jungkook was full of emotion.
âOh, y/n, sweet, sweet princess,â He mused and to his delight, your muscles relaxed as he stroked your hair, âIt should've have been like this since I first laid eyes on you.â
âWha-â
âShh, calm down fully first, questions later.â His soothing voice ordered and you nodded, submissive. You didn't want to think too hard about the logistics of this moment anyway, you would only confuse yourself, âRight now itâs just me and you, thatâs all that matters.â
"Me and youâŚ" You echoed.
You both stayed like this for a while until your breathing went even and you relaxed in his embrace and let your eyes drift closed.
The dreams you had were whispers from a lonely past that haunted more often than naught. They held you underwater and left you to face yourself with the nothing you had surrounded yourself with. The eerie symbolism your subconscious brought worried you as you spent your years in a mirroring emotional solitude.
But tonight was different.
Tonight you drifted above water, breathing in a much fuller atmosphere than you were accustomed to. Two muscular arms kept you afloat as puffs of air hit your neck ever so softly. Cologne held you in emotional comfort as you soaked up the air in a paradise you never properly acknowledged as yours to breathe in.
You felt a hand on your hip as you took it in your own, bringing it to your cheek. It was comfortable, a loving silence enveloped you in the wisps of consciousness. You wished to stay like this, not wanting to face the obligatory awkward morning full of confusion and hazy answers to rock-solid questions.
However, you still had some of your logic left as you turned your body to face Jungkook. He was sleeping still as you looked at him. It was funny how relaxed he looked yet how tightly he gripped you. Not that you minded, of course. He was a beautiful man, this much you knew to be true. He had the softest features when not so on guard.
You looked past him to see the time was half-past nine and you had a class in a half-hour, âShit!â You cursed softly, causing Jungkook to wake up under the assumption you were hurt.
âYou okay?â His voice was deeper and groggy and it made your entire body quake.
âI-no, I have a class soon, so I have to go.â You sighed forcing yourself up before pulling the covers off only to see your short dress, âOh goodness, it's going to look like a walk of shame.â You huffed at your thigh highs that fell to under your knees.
âNot if you borrow something of mine.â Jungkook was stretching as he spoke and you could see the outline of his biceps. You gulped, nodding mindlessly, âI have some joggers and a shirt that-â
âI'm wearing thigh highs and black heels.â You whined, âI'll look insane.â Jungkook chuckled at this before thinking for a moment. Your outfits always had a very evident amount of effort in them, and it was endearing to see how much you cared.
âMy shirts may be longer than your dress though.â He stood, going to his closet as you followed suit, âI have a flannel since it's cold.â He presented the black and red garment to you.
âPerfect!â You giggled as you pulled up your thigh highs, making the male in front of you gulp, âOh...can you unzip me?â You felt your cheeks heat as you turned.
Jungkook gulped once again as he grabbed the delicate zipper and pulled it down. He wondered when he would be able to repeat this action with a more sultry mood. Your skin looked so soft. He wondered how it would feel on his lips.
Once you felt the dress slacken and Jungkook pull away you slipped the flannel over your arms, buttoning from top to bottom as you let the dress fall from under it. He almost wanted to scold you for being so blatant about showing your body, but he couldn't help but find your naivety endearing as well. You left the top two buttons apart as you slipped on the pumps you wore last night. He watched you maneuver the shirt to expose your collarbone that he wanted to run his lips across too,, âOkay, how do I look?â You turned to Jungkook and damn near took his breath away.
You were wearing his shirt like a beautiful dress and he fought the giddy smile from how proud you looked in doing so. The shirt had a very distinctive J.K. on the sleeve and he loved that you were branded by him, âBeautiful.â
You smiled softly, âThanks,â You broke the trance once you saw the time creeping closer to your class, âWell I should go, I'll see you later!â You missed before grabbing your purse with the intent to buy a notebook and pen for the lecture and rushed out the door.
Jungkook smiled giddily as the door shut. Fuck, you were cute. Part of him was sad that you were in such a rush to leave, but so long as you wore his shirt, he found peace. He turned to gather his things for a shower. He first grabbed his phone to see that you were typing on the messenger. He texted Namjoon a bit for useless advice before his door opened. Before he could turn, two arms wrapped around his stomach.
Before he could instinctually think to pry the person off, he saw the familiar embroidered initials on your sleeve, âThank you so much for last night.â You mumbled in the fabric of his shirt, âI could never repay you.â
Jungkook enclosed his arms around yours as he looked at the embroidered initials you held on the cuff of the flannel, and he smiled softly, âYou doing this is repayment enough.â
âWe have to meet up later, because I have a lot of questions, and I'm sure you do too." You nuzzled into his back before letting go, âI'll message you, okay?â You reached for the door.
âI'll look forward to it.â He called before you shut the door. He broke out into a goofy smile as soon as he heard your heels click on the carpeted halls of the apartment and to the front door before shutting it.
The cab you took back to campus cut the 15-minute walk to a 5-minute drive that gives your fast walk a chance to buy the notebook and pen you planned to get and get to class on time. You hated this class actually counted attendance towards a grade since it prevented you from a blissful morning with Jungkook.
Jungkook. You had to pause your thoughts for a moment to properly assess that the fact was Jungkook a factor in your mind that wasn't rooted in fantasy. He had talked you down and held you like it was his obligation, but the craziest part is that it was his choice. You hadn't spoken with him much beyond casual texts, so what inspired such compassion from him.
You propped your head on your palm as your anthropology professorâs words were put to your new notebook. It was the same formula in each class. He would lecture and then pose a question to discuss with someone for five to ten minutes and then lecture some more. Wash, rinse, repeat. The question was to discuss one's theory of evolution and you sighed before turning to your seat neighbor in the lecture hall.
âSo, evolution happened, right?â Jisoo, a notably perky and preppy girl, looked at you as you nodded, âCool, so we got the same theory right?â You shrugged, âOkay, anyway, why are you wearing Jungkookâs shirt?â She smirked at you.
You balked, âWh-What?â Was all you could muster in the midst of the shock that clouded your brain.
âI know that signature monogram on the sleeve anywhere.â She pointed to your left sleeve and you gasped at the very blatant JK in white, âIt cannot be replicated. Taehyung's girlfriend has a crazy precise hand and Jungkookâs family started buying from her.â
âWhat the hell?â You murmured as you studied the eloquent calligraphy that you somehow missed.
âNo stress, I'm not some wannabe campus princess to the princes.â She went on, âBut my annoying roommate is and I would just kill to tell her that another has been snatched up into monogamy.â She jeered lightly.
âWell, I-we-â You paused to try and find the words to explain the situation.
âHoly shit, you're the girl he was carrying last night, right?â Jisoo squealed among the hushed conversations of the students around you both, âYou so are!â You felt your face heat, âThe world is on my side today.â She beamed, âMy roommate's sorrow fuels me.â
âJungkook and I are notâŚâ You didn't want to deny it because the possibility could be there if you played your cards right and prayed to each deity, so you settled with, âWe aren't official or anything.â You said with a slight sorrow in your voice, âWe didn't even⌠do anything last night.â
âHe never gives his shirts to one night stands.â Jisoo stated matter-of-factly, âPlus he hasn't had anyone in like a month, it's only a matter of time before the other shoe drops.â She noticed your concerned look, âYes, my roommate is this obsessed and never shuts the fuck up.â
âBut we-â You were cut off by your professor bringing the lecture back into rhythm.
âThank you, y/n, you've honestly made my day.â She held your hand briefly before returning to her notes.
As the day went on, you noticed something odd. You were being gawked at. If you were in a musical, all those whispers would be a very good intro into a song. However, you were not in a musical, because even this was just too outlandish. It was constant whispering and side-eyes. Maybe it would have been easier if you and Jungkook had a label so that you could say an answer to the occasional interrogation you faced instead of sputter a non-committal one.
Finally, you finished your classes for the day and confirmed with Jungkook you would meet at his place. The day was breezy, so you figured a walk wouldn't kill you. That is until you saw Jungkook in the courtyard walking away from the usual table he frequents with a smile plastered on his face.
Maybe it was the way the light hit him or the fact that he was so breathtaking you felt your throat dry. A wave of embarrassment that neglected to hit you this morning engulfed you. For goodness sake, you were parading around in his monogrammed shirt with nothing but your bra and underwear beneath it. Not to mention the fact you were stockings too. What the fuck was going on? You are not his girl, so why were you even entertaining the idea? The shame you felt for even feeling like you could be something was drowning your short-lived self-confidence quickly. You wanted to run back to your dorm and hide.
On second thought, that sounded like a great idea.
You opted to make a beeline for your dorm as inconspicuous as possible, seeing as it was in the direction Jungkook was heading in. You assumed he was going to his car in the student lot that was in front of your building. Go figure.
Your lack of knowledge when it came to Jungkookâs feelings for you did you in. He had tunnel vision. He swore it was some unspoken soulmate connection that always seemed to train his eyes right to your meek form not so subtly fast walking past him. A small smile formed on his face as he jogged up to you.
Your anxious tunnel vision prevented you from noticing the man walking next to you with a grin slapped onto his face, âSlow down, princess, I'm in some pretty heavy combat boots.â His deep voice made you jump and completely miss your footing, making your knee strive to make contact with the concrete. Strong hands held you up before that could happen, though. This lead you into a half-kneeling position before those hands pulled you upright.
âSorry.â You huffed out, watching your breath dissipate in the air.
Jungkook looked down at your chest unsteadily rising and falling, âHey, hey, it's okay.â He spoke softly into your ear as his hands reached for yours from behind and he pressed against you so you could feel his chest as he breathed deeply. He smiled at how you relaxed ever so slightly, âGood girl.â He mused as he watched your chest rise and fall a little more steadily.
âPeople are staring.â You mustered shyly, âThey might think-â
âI want them to.â He stated firmly and it made you shiver, âCome on, let's go talk.â He stepped next to you, his left hand remaining intertwined with your right one as he pulled you lightly in his direction.
Your feet moved on their own accord as your mind tried to add up how the hell Jeon Jungkook knew how to: 1. Recognize when you were plagued by the bubbling of an anxiety attack and 2. Bring you back down from boiling over. There was too much going on and the shame that was squeezing at your throat began to loosen its grip as your tightened on Jungkookâs.
Jungkook smiled at you as you both walked through campus and to his evidently expensive car, âIt's a bit much, but I bought it when I was 18, what do you expect?â He chuckled a bit as he opened the passenger door for you. You silently cursed to yourself at how weak in the knees he made you.
âMy car predated me before it was totaled.â You chuckled a bit at the stark difference between every aspect of you and Jungkook.
Jungkook chose not to ask you what you meant by totaled. He didn't want to bring back harsh memories of what he could only assume was a death-defying car crash. All the signs were there from the way you tense when somebody yells or some idiot crushes a tin can obnoxiously. He's watched you long enough to know how to put two and two together. Almost everything you do has a reason.
The seats in his car were a deep black leather that reminded you of some cosmic wormhole you could get lost into. It was like a portal into another realm, but there was a slight sting in your nerves at the thought of how many women have sat in the same seat as you with a much heavier mood than this one.
Heavy.
It was now that the weight of your situation hit you harder than ever. Jungkookâs hand had made its way onto your own at some point. Odds are, the way his thumb was rubbing on your palm was the only thing keeping you from dry heaving the anxiety attack you've been swallowing down for the past 10 minutes. You wanted to hate yourself for being so susceptible to his touch. It felt so pathetic. Like you were some charity case or minor piece of some teen movie bet he made with his friends.
There was no way this shit could be real.
That's what you kept repeating to yourself the whole way to his apartment. Even when walking through the very nice building and waiting for the glass elevator. Up the 7 floors, you unintentionally counted and finally to the mahogany door that read 709 in gold numbers.
The living room was quite wonderful. A color palette of black and white reigned throughout. It was very indicative of the serious side of him. However, occasional knick-knacks and posters told you there was a side of him most people don't see, one that you have only seen a small semblance of.
All this, unfortunately, wasn't enough to quell the tightness in your chest as you tried not to obsess over how taboo this all feels.
âJungkook.â Your mouth spoke before you could stop it. The man in question snapped his head up at the sound of his name, but more so the sound of your voice. Now with his undivided attention, you had no words.
This isn't right.
What is going on?
Is this some sort of sick joke?
Do you always do this?
Instead, all that came out was, âWh-Where'd you get this candle?â You could beat the shit out of yourself and still not be satisfied as you pointed at the strawberry mint candle with the shakiest of hands. You made a complete 180 as you faced your back to Jungkook to admire the glass candle that obviously had a store name on the label.
Jungkook smiled knowingly. You were so cute. So nervous, scared, confused, and all you could ask was where he got a candle. You were on guard, and he was sane enough to understand why. It made sense. However, sanity only stretches so far between him and his group of friends.
There was an overwhelming presence in the air around you and you couldn't pinpoint why it was so apparent until you felt a rock hard torso press into you, âIt was a gift.â Your breath hitched at the gruff voice behind you as you felt Jungkook's nose survey your neck, âBut I don't think you care about it that much, hm?â You shuddered when you felt the vibration of his question against your neck.
âH-HmâŚâ Was all you could muster as your knees nearly locked.
âFuck.â Jungkook growled as his hands locked in the front of your hips, pulling you flush against him, âI'm really trying to take it slow here, and you are making me so fucking hard.â
You gulped and only then did you realize you were salivating, âI'm sorry, I didn't mean to.â You said before immediately regretting it. Why couldn't you ever go with any flow?
The tension snapped with a hearty laugh and a kiss on the top of your head, âSon of a bitch, you are so cute.â He mused, spinning you to face him, âI'm sorry if I scared you, I justâŚâ A hint of red dusted his cheeks as his brown eyes darted across the room, âFeel so much for you.â
While you could infer as much considering the past 24 hours, you could not deduce, âWhy?â You blurted out, âNot to sound annoying, but I genuinely don't get it.â
âYou are so genuine.â Jungkook looked in your eyes, more confident now, âEverything about you is so honest and yet there is so much more I could only see now that I am this close to you.â It was then you realized his nose had been touching yours and there was an almost magnetic pull that caused you to tilt your head up and flutter your eyes closed.
This was it. This was his chance to burst out laughing and talk about how dumb you look. It was now or never, really. He still had time to pull back and kick you out. It would be so much easier for both of you.
However, your thoughts were quickly shut down by plush lips meeting your own. Jungkook's hands gripped your hips as he brought you closer and deepened the kiss. This spurred you to travel on hand up to his chest and the other to the back of his neck and you brushed through his hair, making him groan into your mouth. Before you could even think, your tongues were intertwined, no fight for dominance needed. It was a dance and you happily gave Jungkook the lead.
After a millennia of exploring each other's mouths, you both pulled back ever so slightly to breathe, âI don't want anyone else to see this much of you.â Jungkook's breathed as his hand went to stroke your warm cheek, âToo precious, so beautiful.â He mused, âI want you for myself.â
âMe?â
âYou.â Jungkook confirmed, âBe mine.â
âThis doesn't make sense-â You shook your head, trying to break from the trance he had you in but his hands that cupped your face kept you trained on him.
âDo you want to be mine?â He asked firmly, âBecause I know I want to be yours more than anything.â This made your breath hitch, âI want to be the only one who can touch you, kiss you, hold you, fuck if I had it my way I would be the only one able to even look at you.â
âJungkook where is this coming from-â
âDo you want to be mine?â He asked sternly, âAnswer me honestly, princess.â He spoke firmly as you were forced to look into his eyes.
âI do, but I-â You were cut off with a heart-melting kiss. The only thing you could think of was that you were his.
The kiss was Jungkook telling you everything you needed to hear. He was pacifying you and it was liberating to be cared for. It had been you looking after yourself for so long. His hands went under your thighs and you wrapped your legs around him. He held you so tightly, you felt safe. You felt safe as he kissed down your neck
You were lost in the feeling of his lips against your skin until you heard your shoe drop, "Kook." Was all you could muster but it was enough for him to pull away for a moment, breath heavy and pupils blown. The sight of him being so fucked out after just kissing shook you to your very core, "D-Don't trip on my shoe-" You sputtered as your other shoe fell too, "Shoes, I mean." You smiled sheepishly as you watched the corner of his lips twitch before a cheesy smile sprung into his face. The mood in the room shifted dramatically and cursed yourself, "Oh I didn't mean to fuck up the mood, I want to do...it...with you-" You paused and huffed in frustration, still avoiding eye contact, "I sound so dumb, can you just⌠shut me up?" You finally gained the courage to look at him, pupils still blown, mouth agape in a short smirk, and his tongue made an appearance to swipe across his bottom lip.
Jungkook simply shifted you to where you could feel his bulge against you clothed core and you gasped at the sensation, "Oops." He shrugged before diving back into your neck.
"Shit." You moaned out, pressing yourself harder against his erection. With this movement, you felt the vibration of a growl against your neck as your back pressed harder against the wall.
In this frenzy of sensations, your eyes only shot open when one of Jungkook's hands slipped past your underwear to rub your sex, fingers instantly coated in your juices. Both of you groaned in tandem at the sensation.
Jungkook could barely work through his thoughts. Everything he had been doing was purely primal. The innate ecstasy of having your lips on his clouding his mind and when he felt how wet you were, he could no longer hold himself back. His filthy thoughts were coming to a head as one of his fingers slipped into you with such tantalizing ease. He leaned his head up to lick the shell of your ear and you let out another delicious gasp at your own sensitivity, "Fuck, you're so wet." He growled into your ear, finger pushing in and out, "I slipped in so easily, and yet, your pretty little pussy keeps sucking my finger back in." He pushed another finger in, "What a greedy little thing you are, hm?:
Your mouth popped open, tongue sticking out ever so slightly as Jungkook fucked your pussy with only two fingers. Your face was red from his explicit words in your ear, but you by no means wanted him to stop, "Please, Kook, I want you inside me."
At your pleading, he curled his fingers up, "What?" He mused tauntingly, "This isn't enough?"
You shook your head, "I want you so bad." You moaned out as he slipped a third finger in.
"How bad?" His voice was husky in your ear before turning to look at your face. His resolve to tease you was shaken drastically at your lewd expression.
"I need it!" You cried out, feeling your high creeping closer, but not wanting to achieve it before you became one with him, "I want your cock inside me so bad!" You moaned out and in an instant, Jungkook freed his hardened erection out only to rip your panties to rub around your exposed opening.
"Ask nicely." He teased, despite his voice very evidently being strained.
"Please fuck me, Jungkook!" Your eyes rolled back as you felt him push inside you with a satisfied grunt when you were filled to the hilt.
The feeling of being so full was intoxicating and when he began thrusting something awoke within you as your arms locked around your neck to allow you the leverage to bounce up and down as he held you up in the air, "Fuck, baby." He moaned out as your hips worked wildly on his dick, "So fucking good to me." He managed before moaning out again as your nails dug into his shoulder.
He felt the need to put you in your place as he turned to lay you both on the sofa, him above you, pounding mercilessly hands ripping the flannel on your body open, the clatter of the buttons falling on deaf ears as he pulled your bra down to suck on your nipple while he fucked you into oblivion, "I've waited so long to feel you around me, fuck." He was in bliss as his hips snapped against you.
His hand went to pinch your other nipple as you began to tighten around him. His hips were beginning to stutter as you both approached your orgasms.
"You gonna cum around me, princess?" He began to thrust harder as you could only let out a choked moan, trying to nod in response, "Do it, baby, cum for me." You didn't need to be told twice as the swirling in your stomach snapped and your well-deserved release came as your vision went white, a scream ripping from your throat.
Feeling you around him was intoxicating. He could hardly control his hips as he ground against you, needier than he had ever been in his life. He was chasing his release, but he also wanted to be inside you like this forever. You were panting as his mouth wrapped around your nipple and you clenched around him. This spurred Jungkook to reach his peak that much quicker with his hips barreling into you until he came with a low moan, hips thrusting spastically as you and he rode out the sensation together.
Your chest heaved as you tried to regain your senses. Jungkook pulled out slowly as you grimaced at the sensation.
He let out a breathy chuckle against your ear at this, "Trust me, baby, I'd kill to stay insideâŚ" He trailed off jokingly as you scrunched your nose with a laugh.
He smiled at you before he made quick work of the condom you hadn't even known was there before redressing himself. You fell asleep, memories of him dressing you in a large T-shirt and slipping a pair of boxers up your legs hazy at best.
Finally, for the second time in 24 hours, you were carried to his bed.
Jungkook slept like a rock with you in his arms, knowing that you were safe and finally his. He wouldn't be surprised if a pleased smile was brushed across his mouth the entire night. The post-sex glow only adding to the grandiose pleasure of carrying you into his bed again. He had been so close to losing you so many times, but in the end, it only proves you both were meant to be. He loved you. He knew that much, and confidently. However, that confession would have to wait. He didn't want to even think of overwhelming you or scaring you away.
You woke up much more naturally than you were used to. You flicked your eyes upward only to see the sun void in the sky. You looked at Jungkook's clock to see it was 4:00AM. You sighed dreamily as you looked at Jungkook. He looked more boyish when he was asleep, his domineering aura not present at the moment. You propped yourself up on your elbow as you studied his face at the moment. You lightly poked his cheek with an amused glance.
Not wanting to seem creepy, you opted to get water and then go back to bed. You softly tossed the covers off your body, and all was well until you stood up. Your standing time clocked in at 5 seconds and your walking time at 2 as you crumbled to the hardwood, thighs slapping against it, "Shit!" You blurted, forgetting how long it's been since you had sex.
Jungkook woke up immediately. He sprang into a sitting position as he looked around the darkroom for your form once he realized you weren't next to him, "Baby?" His voice was so much deeper, sleep still present and you would've been a lot more turned on if you weren't on the floor, "Y/n?!" He was growing more panicked until he heard you.
"Here." You raised your hand and his eyes darted to the direction if your meek voice.
"Princess?" He was more confused this time as his legs swung over the bed to reach your crumbled form, "What are you doing here, huh?" He looked down as you, legs splayed on either side, "Not trying to run from me, are you?" He laughed nervously.
You didn't catch his tone and shook your head, "Can we just say I like the floor and not that I can't walk straight?" You lifted your hand, asking for help. You could see his smug smirk as he leaned down to pull your arms so he was holding you much like he was not long ago, "I just wanted water." You mumbled through pouting lips.
"We can go get some." He held the smirk on his face as you clung to him. He walked with you to the kitchen like that, setting you on the counter before handing you a glass. He stroked your thighs as you tipped the glass between your lips.
You gave him a smile, wet lips glistening as you offered him the glass, "Want some?" He shook his head with a blissful smile as he gave you a slow kiss.
You pulled apart, sipping on the water while Jungkook watched the skin of your thighs in his hands. He squeezed them, enjoying how you looked under his touch, how liberating it felt to touch you all he wanted, "You're so fucking beautiful." He breathed, leaning down to place a kiss on top of your right thigh, before moving to the other. It was softer than he envisioned.
"Kook?" You questioned as you set the glass down on the granite. He placed his hands on your knees, spreading them slowly, placing kisses up your knees. You breathed hitched as he reached your inner thigh, only to deflate when he moved to the other knee.
"Your skin is so soft." He nearly moaned against your thigh, and it wasn't until he was just a couple kisses from your core that he let out a hearty moan, "You smell so fucking good." He growled out as you felt his nose press against your clothed pussy. He stretched the material of the briefs and you felt the pressure of the taut fabric against you. You bit your lips at this, "Can I eat you out, baby?" His nose stayed at your center and you wondered how you weren't grossed out as his strongest hands spread you further, "I am a little⌠parched now that I think about it." He pulled away to give you a devilish smile as he put your legs over his shoulders.
"Can we at least go to the bedroom?" You whined, "This countertop looks really nice."Â Jungkook breathed a small chuckle.
"I guess I can wait just a little bit." His eyes flicked back up to you from the definite wet spot on the white boxers he gave you, "Hold on tight."
Your eyebrows scrunched, "What do you- OH MY GOD!" Faster than you could blink, Jungkook grabbed you by the thighs and held your pussy against his face, legs locking behind his neck, and hands frantically going into his hair as you became much taller than you could ever imagine.
He groaned as you writhed against him, his mouth catching kisses upon your lips through the increasingly annoying item of clothing. You squeaked each time as he skillfully maneuvered his way back to the bedroom. His arms had locked against your thighs, keeping you on his shoulders as he shamelessly pressed you up against the wall to lick you through the fabric. The soreness was easier to ignore as you let bliss and pleasure overtake your senses.
"Not enough." You whined and felt Jungkook chuckle against you.
He laid you on the bed, "You're such a brat when you're horny." He teased before moving the boxers so quickly off of you he tore them.
"Rich coming from the Hulk here-FUCK!" You threw your head back when Jungkook licked a thick stripe on your clit.
"What was that, baby?" He placed a hand flat on your sex as you writhed against him.
"Please, Kook." You let out a strangled moan when the nickname sent him into a lovesick frenzy on your pussy. His mouth found home on your clit, and he groaned at the squeal that left your beautiful lips.
Jungkook could do this all day, all night. You were so undeniably gorgeous, and you tasted like heaven. You were his awakening. You were his savior. But most importantly, you were his. His main goal seemed to be memorizing the feel of you under his tongue. This was the most selfish head he has given to someone who was enjoying it so much. His dick was absolutely twitching at each time you squirmed, he tried to pull himself through his boxers and give himself relief, but he could only moan when his hands left his own appendage to hold your hips still. He almost lost it when you let out the cutest whine as he left your clit to kiss up your body.
"I was so close." You murmured, hands on your eyes. He wondered how you were still so shy despite screaming his name only moments ago.
He pushed the shirt up as his mouth set its course to your own, stopping to grab your breasts, tongue going to each nipple as you let out a soft gasp each time the muscle twirled around the sensitive buds. His mouth reached your neck as he sucked with a ferocity that would surely leave a mark. He licked the area of busted capillaries with a satisfied smile you could feel against your neck. Your arms lay on his shoulders, hands in his hair as his mouth lay on yours. You almost stopped him, not wanting to taste yourself, but you relented. His lips looked so kissable, and he actually wanted to kiss you. You pulled him closer to you, feeling his bare dick on your equally bare core.
You gasped at the sensation. You both knew there was no way you could handle being penetrated again, but when his hips instinctively bucked, grinding his length along you, an alternative arrived. You nodded lightly, nibbling on his bottom lip. He grunted as his hips moved hesitantly again. He took your moan into his mouth and as a sign to keep going. He ground down hard and you almost threw your head back.
"Fuck." He growled as pressed himself against you, "You got me so fucking hard for you, princess." His lips moved against yours, "Can you feel how much I want you, baby?"
"Yes, yes!" You were being fucked into the bed and you loved the sensation of your body bouncing against him, his shaft against your clit making a delicious sensation for you, "I want you too, I-I-" You cut yourself off with a gasp of pleasure as your eyes rolled back. The very act of getting off by just grinding was so erotic, you could barely keep your tongue in your mouth, the heavy atmosphere too much for you not to taste.
"Oh, shit," He grunts as he rutted against you, "You what, baby, hm?" His hips moved expertly as you could feel yourself getting closer. You were losing your mind as he went to capture your lips again.
"I-fuck!" You moaned out as his thrusts became more desperate, "I love you so much, Kookie, fuck!" You lost your mind. You hadn't even thought of the words before they left your mouth with a moan.
Jungkook nearly saw white when he heard you say those words. Those wonderful little words. You were just like him, weren't you? So lonely, yet so sure of what you felt. You had to be, right? You were his, after all. You would continue to be.
He sped his movements up in the chase for his high and excitement at your confession, "Yeah? You love me?" You nodded weakly as the bed shook, "I love you so fucking much, baby." His lips moved against yours as he spoke, "Fuck, fuck-AH!" He cursed as he came, ropes of cum decorating your pelvis as you came, legs enclosing around his muscular body to keep him pressed against you. His hips moved ever so slightly as you both rode out your highs, chests heaving against one another.
When the morning came, Jungkook found empty sheets next to him, inciting another wave of panic as he sat up, checking the floor frantically. When you weren't there, he sprang up, ripping his bedroom door open, causing your form on the couch to jump, "Oh my!" You gasped, halting movements, needle and thread in hand along with a familiar flannel in your lap, "Never startle a seamstress." You placed your hand over your chest.
Jungkook was relieved, walking over to you wordlessly to plant a kiss on your lips and you smiled into it, "Never scare me into thinking you left." He mumbled against your mouth, stealing another kiss.
You nodded as he pulled away, "I'd never leave you, Kook." You smiled blissfully, "I may be a little crazy, but I'm not stupid."
Jungkook plopped on the sofa cushion next to you, "I know, baby." He was all too satisfied with your answer, "So what was so important I woke up alone?" He was still a bit pouty and you rolled your eyes.
"Well somebody, not gonna name any names," You glared at him, "Likes to rips things, such as buttons, off of a very lovely shirt." You gestured to the flannel in hand, "Ironically enough, you're a clothes ripper with a clothes fixer as a girlfriend who loves you enough to use said skills." You teased as he watched your hands expertly attach the buttons to the shirt.
"Well, I love you too, angel." He planted a kiss on your cheek as you reddened, "You don't have to fix the clothes, though." He pointed out and you shrugged, "Whatever I rip, I'll buy you an even better version of it." He breathed against your ear and you giggled. You almost forgot how unbelievably wealthy he was.
"Well, I like this shirt." You admired your work of the buttons, "It has sentimental value." You mused as you placed it and the sewing materials on the table.
Jungkook to the chance to pull you into his lap as you let out a squeak. He brushed his nose along your neck, admiring his markings before you laid your head against his chest, "You're so fucking cute." He sighed as you buried your head in his chest, "I hope you know I mean it." He breathed, "I love you."
You sighed dreamily, "I love you, Kook." You mused, "I never knew I did, but it feels like I always have."
He squeezed you a little tighter, "And always will." You nodded with a smile and your eyes closed, missing his serious expression.
Jungkook was not messing around anymore. You were his now. He had everything he needed, and he would go to the ends of the Earth to keep it that way. You would hardly leave his sight, and he would give you the world. All you had to do was love him, be with him, stay near him, and he could ensure your wildest dreams would come true. You were his wildest dream, after all, it's the least he could do to pay you back for spending the rest of your life with him, right?
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Attach - MARK |Swing!|
I wrote 50k words in 10 days I think my brain is going to shut down
THANK YOUÂ @deathbykpopboysâ FOR GIVING ME THE IDEA TO CONTINUE THIS FROM THE ORIGINAL DRABBLE (here). I LITERALLY OWE YOU MY LIFE. THIS STORY WOULDNâT EXIST WITHOUT YOU I SWEAR. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME USE YOUR IDEAS, YOU DESERVE THE W O R L D
One more thing: a long time ago I promised @zhengtongueâ (fari love u) that all further Mark stories I wrote would be dedicated to her :) :) hereâs the first Mark story Iâve written since then :) :) dedicated to you and @deathbykpopboysâ :D
Pairing: Mark x fem!reader
Genre: fluff, angst, Spiderman!au
Triggers: a lot of cursing, mild violence, some descriptions of sex (as in like. sex ed. no one actually does it), PANIC ATTACKS IN FUTURE CHAPTERS (I in no way meant to romanticize these triggers. If you feel I did, please let me know and I will fix it.)
Word Count: 9.2k
A disastrous field trip to OsCorp leaves you and Mark with two spider bites and a decision to make.
Attach >> Arc { 1 - Drifting Apart | 2 - Coming Home }Â
NCT Masterlist | Swing!Â
You wake up with a misplaced sense of excitement that makes you even grumpier than normal. Itâs six in the fucking morning, finals and AP exams are in a month and a half, so what the hell is there to be excited about?
Then you open your eyes enough to see the permission slip sticking out the top of your bag and it clicks.
The field trip to OsCorp is today!
A grudging smile comes over your face. It might be six a.m., but youâre about to go on a field trip to one of the biggest biotech corporations in the world â you have a right to feel excited. You may be in high school, and some may say that getting excited over field trips is for little kids, but itâs OsCorp. Not Stark Industries, but still pretty damn close.
Quickly, you shower and dress, careful not to wake up your older brother. As you pass by his room, you feel a stab of guilt. Johnny worked another late shift last night, and heâll probably have another one tomorrow. And here you are, taking a field trip.
Mood slightly dampened, you head out the door, locking it behind you with a quiet snick. In the lobby, you wait a few minutes for Mark to arrive. Exactly three minutes later, you hear his feet pounding down the stairs.
Any guilt you felt washes away at the sight of your best friend smiling behind his round glasses. Mark is what people might call a typical nerd â youâre a little too confrontational for that label â but youâve known him for over ten years.
Heâs so much more than that.
âReady for OsCorp?â Mark pushes up his glasses, grinning widely.
You smile back just as eagerly. âFuck yeah.â
The smiles stay throughout the train ride to school. Markâs gets slightly smaller when Flash rolls through Midtown Highâs gates and gives him that stupid smirk, but you distract him with talk about the labs you guys will get to see. The bus ride passes without fanfare â though Mark gets into a spat with your friend, Haechan, about the merits of computer science versus physics, fucking nerds â and soon enough, youâre is pulling into the huge parking lot at OsCorp.
Even Flash, who was griping about not getting to see Stark Industries and having to âsettle forâ OsCorp, is stunned by how immense the building actually is from the inside.
Itâs fucking amazing. Pristine walls surround your classmates, while people in lab coats and business suits mill around beyond the huge lobby. Conference rooms with walls of glass let you see people giving presentations with complicated diagrams youâre itching to see.
Beside you, Mark catches his breath in delight. When you turn to him, he grins with so much excitement in his face that your heart melts for a moment.
He deserves a break. He deserves this excitement. With that, you link arms with him as a cheery intern starts the tour.
. . . . .
Thereâs nothing Mark would trade for being at OsCorp today. Even though he canât go everywhere, the tour guide, Joy, makes the most of the places she has access to. With each new lab Mark enters, his wonder only heightens.
If this is OsCorp, he thinks, how cool is Stark Industries?
The tour ends with a video about what you all could do as future scientists and world leaders, and then Ms. Wilson herds the class back into the lobby to wait for the bus.
Mark has to use the bathroom. Though Wilson clearly isnât happy about it, she lets him go with a stern warning to hurry.
He finds the bathroom quickly and starts to head back. But at some point, he takes a wrong turn or something because heâs now in a stark-white hallway that he hasnât seen before.
Oh, come on. He doesnât need Wilson to hate him any more than she already does. Confused, he looks around for someone to ask for directions, but thereâs no one in the hall. In his frustration, he rolls his eyes towards the ceiling.
He barely suppresses a scream at the dangerous looking blue and red spider sitting up above him.
Normally, Mark just leaves spiders alone unless they get too close. He doesnât have much love for insects or arachnids, but he doesnât enjoy killing them. They just want to mind their own business, like he does.
This one, though, just oozes malicious intent.
Other spiders just want to do spin webs and eat bugs and stuff. Not this one.
Before he has time to yell, this one fucking leaps, silk tracing behind it, lands on his arm, and bites him.
A sharp sting races up his arm and the spot where the stupid arachnid bit him starts to throb. Belatedly, he starts shaking his arm to get rid of the thing, but itâs already climbing back up the wall and onto the ceiling.
For a moment, Mark just stares at the spider, clutching his arm.
âMark?â Your voice jerks him out of his daze. Relief floods his veins, but terror and worry soon replace it. He opens his mouth to tell you to get away, but he canât fucking speak. Then you turn down the hall.
Too late.
âDude!â You jog forward, ignoring or misinterpreting Markâs outstretched arm trying to push you away. âThe bus is here! We need to ââ You stop talking, finally realizing somethingâs wrong. Your eyes go to his arm, which is now bright red. âMark? Whatâs ââ
His vocal cords take that moment to start working. âLook up,â he whispers.
The spider leaps without warning, barely after a second after your eyes have even registered it. It settles on your arm quickly and you yelp.
It must have bitten you too.
Thankfully, you have more of a destructive instinct than Mark does. Your arm smashes against the wall with a resounding thud and the crushed spider drops to the ground. A spatter of liquid stains the white paint. You wipe your arm against the wall.
For a moment, you and Mark just stare at the spiderâs corpse. Mark can feel the blood draining from his face.
âIt bit you too?â you finally ask.
Mark nods tightly. âYeah.â
You take a glance at your arm and blanch. Mark winces, seeing your skin already darkening with inflammation. With trembling fingers, you untie your jacket from around your waist. âHide it,â you tell him when he looks at you questioningly. He numbly pushes the sleeves of his hoodie down.
Ms. Wilson yells at him a lot when he gets back, which he takes with a bowed head and many apologies. He barely hears it, though. The throbbing in his arm is almost overwhelming, and his mind is racing too fast to comprehend much of anything. When you all finally board the bus, you drag him to the back where the two of you sit, silent and scared.
That spider wasnât from any lab he visited today, which means it was probably from some classified, secure experiment. Well, one that was supposed to be secure.
It was bright red and blue. It attacked without provocation.
Clearly, it wasnât meant to have gotten loose.
Why was OsCorp even making these things?
Mark sneaks a glance at his throbbing arm. He doesnât dare look under the hoodie sleeve for fear that someone else will see, but it hurts.
What effects will that bite have?
Can I even treat it?
Dread pools heavy in his stomach. Some spiders are extremely venomous.
Am I going to die?
Markâs hand reaches over and grasps yours tightly. You try to give his hand a reassuring squeeze, but your hand is clammy and cold with anxiousness.
Any residual excitement from visiting OsCorp is gone. Only terror floods his veins.
. . . . .
The spider bite doesnât go away for seven days, and with every hour that passes, the stupid thing only looks like itâs getting worse.
You try to ignore it at first. After all, you canât exactly call in sick for a bug (or arachnid, whatever) bite. If you did, that would a) sound stupid and b) make your brother worry, which he really doesnât need. So for the first three days, you grit your teeth, cover the bite with long sleeves even as the days begin to warm uncomfortably, and trudge to class.
The only thing that keeps you going is that youâre not alone. If anything, Mark is panicking a lot more than you. With every day that passes, he grows more and more outwardly concerned with the spread of red inflammation and the aches all over his body.
At least at first, youâd like to think that you hide your concern better than Mark. But by the third day, the inflamed part of your skin is about the size of your hand and hot to the touch, and youâre sure you donât look much better than your best friend.
Mark comes over after school that day because Johnnyâs working late and the two of you want to talk, alone. But at first, you donât even speak â just lie on your bed and stare at the angry red spots on your arms.
âAre we going to die?â Mark finally mumbles, somehow sounding both panicked and resigned.
You want to reply with a âno, definitely not, stop overreacting,â but the aches feel horrible and you have the strong urge to vomit. Neither of you have looked up your symptoms because the spider was clearly unnatural and WebMD will only make you feel worse, but you donât need to be a genius to know that something is very wrong.
Nothing gets done that night, and itâs with a sinking feeling in your stomach that you hug Mark tightly before he walks up the several floors to his own apartment. Not wanting to eat for fear of it just coming back up, you messily scribble some answers to your homework and pass out.
You wake up the next morning and vomit all over the floor.
Johnny wakes up to the sound of crying and retching and immediately calls in sick for both of you when he opens the door to you trying to drag yourself to the bathroom, studiously avoiding the pool of sick on your floor.
Bleary-eyed and lightheaded, you text Mark and tell him youâre not going to school. He doesnât reply until several hours later. He went to school but got picked up early after he threw up in class.
By day five, you have a high fever and Johnny has to take another day off. Luckily, itâs Saturday. You donât have school. You hope you feel better by Monday.
But on day six, Sunday, youâre shivering and aching all over and the fear of death breaks you down. Tears stream down your face as you toss and turn in bed, intermittently yelling and muttering gibberish that Johnny canât understand. At one point, you become aware of him sitting on the side of your bed, silently crying. With the last of your energy, you touch his fingers and squeeze lightly, tears still running down your cheeks.
You hope desperately that Mark feels better than you do.
On day seven, you feel slightly less disgusting. You stop vomiting sometime in the afternoon, and the redness of the spider bite has started to fade. The aches are still there, but theyâve concentrated in your stomach, back, and legs, so you donât hurt everywhere anymore.
You wake up the next morning, already resigned to missing another day of school. But something immediately feels very, very wrong.
You donât hurt. At all.
This makes you panic even more than when every part of you was in pain.
You roll out of bed with a frantic thud and practically rip off the blanket to check your arm. No redness. No heat. No sign of inflammation.
Your back doesnât ache. Neither does your core. But wait, what the fuck - are you taller?
Everythingâs clear, you realize. No blurriness from your near-sighted left eye, even without your glasses. You can see every leaf on the scraggly tree just outside your bedroom window.
You might have stopped vomiting, but this all still makes you feel like dry heaving. A hand goes to your stomach and you freeze.
Peeling up your shirt slowly, you look down and almost scream.
You have abs.
Abs.
With shaking fingers, you pull out your phone and dial Markâs number. You know heâs fine enough to pick up â you and him were texting sporadically yesterday. He answers with a groggy, âY/N, what the fuck.â
âMark.â You try to breathe. âDo you hurt at all?â
Dead silence on his end.
â... No.â
âIs the bite still there?â
â... No.â
âDo you have fucking abs?â
âNo â what the â Y/N, what the fuck is going on, what the fuck?â
He might be hyperventilating at this point. You canât blame him. You think youâre about to vomit your guts out again.
âMeet me outside,â you snap, hastily changing your clothes. âI donât know what the fuck is going on, but those spiders at OsCorp were... they werenât fucking normal.â
Thatâs an understatement.
It takes ten minutes to convince Johnny youâre fine, you really are, you swear, youâre not vomiting and you canât miss your French quiz today, youâve already missed a week of school, yes you promise youâll call him if you throw up again. When he finally lets you go, you race down the stairs faster than youâve ever gone before.
Markâs already there. For a minute, you two just stand outside the ratty apartment building with similar looks of shock and panic on your faces. Quickly, you tell Mark about whatâs happened to you. He confirms it all.
âAre we like. Fucking. I donât know.â You pull on your hair out of frustration. âSuperhuman? Spider-people?â
On any other occasion, Mark, lovely logical intelligent Mark, would laugh and ask you if you were feeling all right. But now?
He shrugs, but you can tell heâs at least considering your words. âMaybe?â he replies in a very small voice, and then you realize heâs shaking.
The overwhelming need to protect your best friend rises up in you, but you canât protect him from the spider venom in your veins. Frustration bubbles up in your chest and you clench your fist, but one look at the lost look on his face drains the panic from your body and you just envelop Mark in a hug that he immediately returns. âWeâll figure it out, Mark,â you mumble in his ear. âWeâll be fine. No matter what. Okay?â
âOkay,â he whispers in your ear.
âGood.â
Then you find that you canât fucking detach yourself from him.
Itâs not that you donât want to. You literally canât. Your fingers are somehow stuck to the back of his shirt and you have a feeling that if you yank hard enough to pull yourself away, a patch of cloth is going to come off with your hand.
âMark? Try to let go of me.â
It turns out he canât either.
âMark, we have ten minutes before the next train leaves.â
Long story short, you miss the train. And as the two of you sheepishly walk in late to homeroom, you have a terrible feeling that youâre going to be missing many more trains in the future, too.
. . . . .
That first hug, sadly, does not bring an end to the adventures of Mark and Y/N sticking (literally) together.
Mark tries to be careful, he really does. He knows youâre trying too. But youâre both so used to linking arms, hugging, and holding hands that itâs difficult to remember that touching literally anything could result in a whole stupid fiasco.
You two are late to homeroom every. Single. Fucking. Day. Of. That. Week. Because neither of you can remember to keep your stupid hands to your stupid selves.
On Tuesday, itâs the hug.
On Wednesday, he grabs your arm to avoid a group of rushing passerby.
On Thursday, you playfully shove him.
On Friday, Mark wakes up praying for one day of peace, just one fucking day before he can bury his head in his pillow for two days straight and dream that this never happened.
And it wouldâve been perfectly fine if you hadnât fallen asleep on the train.
Itâs not your fault, not at all. The night before, you were up so late trying to fix a bug in your computer science assignment that you almost fell asleep waiting for the train. Almost as soon as you board, youâre passed out.
Mark is stupid.
Normally when one of you falls asleep, the other will hold their hand or arm to keep them from slumping over completely. Itâs basically instinct now, so when your head lolls onto his shoulder, Mark quickly grabs your hand and nudges you upright.
Then he realizes his mistake.
Fuck.
His slight jolt of realization shakes you awake. Markâs heart sinks as your tired eyes open and immediately zero in on their linked hands.
Youâre wide awake now.
You try to tug away. It doesnât work.
âFuck,â you say eloquently.
Mark winces. âSorry. I swear I didnât mean to, itâs justâŚâ He winces again. âHabit?â
Honestly, after a week of this, Mark would have thought the two of you would get better at detaching from each other. But every morning, without fail, itâs been exactly like this â flailing limbs, anxious yanking, clothes threatening to rip.
The two of you stumble into the train station still stuck together. With his free hand, Mark checks his phone and groans.
âWe have five minutes.â
Unsticking takes fifteen.
Mark is normally a pretty mild person. He can take a lot more of Flashâs shit than you can without batting an eye, and his teachers usually like him for his calm demeanor. But as he slips into his seat, face hot and ears undoubtedly bright red, he thinks heâs going to lose his mind.
Four late days in a row. Four fucking days.
He stifles a groan. If you two donât figure out this sticking situation soonâŚ
The bell for first period rings literally minutes after he sits down. With a sigh, he reaches down to pick up his bag, praying that he wonât stick to it, when Mr. Thomas, his homeroom teacher, calls for you and him to stay behind.
âSomeoneâs in trouble,â Flash sneers as he passes by.
Mark wants nothing more than to punch him in the face.
Thomas is a cool teacher, as far as Mark has known. Heâs chill, likes to make jokes, and has two kids of his own â he knows and cares for his students. This knowledge just makes Mark feel so much worse, and as the two of you walk up to his teacherâs desk, he readies himself to make an apology.
âSo, Iâm sure you two know why I wanted to talk to you today.â Mr. Thomasâs mild voice contains a hint of reproach, and Mark winces. Next to him, he sees you do the same. He opens his mouth to apologize.
âI understand.â
Both of your heads snap up. How does he know?
âFirst love can be very overwhelming, especially at your age.â
Mark blinks. Then he blinks again.
His teacher just smiles benevolently. âBelieve me, I would know. I met my wife when I was in high school, and we had some crazy memories. First love is a beautiful thing.â
Mark doesnât want to hear anymore. He can already feel the redness creeping up his cheeks.
Please, Earth, just open up and swallow me whole.
âBut let me give you some advice.â Mr. Thomas leans forward slightly, looking the two of you in your unwilling eyes. âRomantic rendezvous in the morning shouldnât be more important than getting to school on time.â
A sort of strangled eep comes out of his throat just as you sputter, âRomantic rendezvous?!â
âYou both are very intelligent and hardworking students, two of the best this school has ever seen, and I do think you two are a good fit for each other,â Mr. Thomas continues as if he hasnât heard anything. âHowever, itâd be a shame for such good students to give up on your schooling for a boyfriend or girlfriend.â
âWeâre â weâre not dating,â Mark protests. âMr. Thomas, seriously ââ
His teacher holds up a hand. âMark, Y/N, if you two canât control your⌠urges, you should at least be safe. I trust that you two both know that.â
Thereâs a stapler next to Mr. Thomasâs computer. Maybe he can staple his hand and go to the clinic. Or he could bash his head against the edge of the desk and knock himself out. Maybe grab those scissors in that cup of pens and just slit his throat right then and there.
Some sort of croaking noise leaves your throat. Mark doesnât need to look at you to know how youâre feeling.
Mr. Thomas sighs. âBut beyond that, school really should be your first priority.â He flashes a smile that Mark canât find the presence of mind to return. âThatâs all I wanted to say. Iâll give you two passes for next period. What do you have next?â
Passes in hand, the two of you stumble into the now-empty hall. Mr. Thomasâs parting words â âRemember my advice!â â rattle around in Markâs mind.
That didnât actually happen. Thereâs no way Markâs homeroom teacher just gave the sex talk to him and his best friend who happens to be of the opposite gender. This is all just a really, really long nightmare, and Mark will wake up in a few minutes, wrapped in warm blankets.
He pinches himself. It hurts a lot.
Not a nightmare.
âThat has to be illegal,â Mark mutters. âFucking⌠what the fuck even was that?â
âI want to die,â you mumble.
Thereâs a bit of silence.
âWellâŚâ You swallow hard, resolutely looking anywhere but Markâs eyes. âIâll be⌠going to class?â
He nods dumbly, then watches you disappear down the hall. The closing of the door jerks him out of his daze and he turns around, heading to his own class.
Head down, he hands the pass to his teacher and takes his seat, ignoring Flashâs smirk and Haechanâs look of worry. He grinds the heels of his hands into his eyes, trying to wake himself up from this real-life nightmare.
Could this day get any worse?
. . . . .
You honestly think, after leaving homeroom, that nothing could make this day even worse.
By third period, youâre cursing your naivete.
Itâs like the stickiness is on tenfold today. Your fingers glue themselves to everything â textbook pages, the disgusting desks, pens, even a whiteboard marker from when you go up to solve a problem in calculus.
It takes a five-minute tugging match for Mr. Garcia to finally peel the marker off of your skin. The giggles of your classmates join the vestiges of Mr. Thomasâs âadviceâ in bouncing around your brain like a million vicious ping pong balls.
After that, you avoid raising your hand to answer questions at all.
By the time you meet back up with Mark, you two have come to a silent agreement to not touch each other whatsoever. You studiously ignore each other all throughout English, and at lunch, you sit across the table, not next to each other like normal. At the same table, your friends look like they want to remark on the situation, but they wisely keep their mouths shut.
When you get up to throw your trash away, Diana, a girl you know but donât really talk to, walks up as well. âHey, Y/N,â she greets.
âHey.â You try to smile.
âUm, I just wanted to ask.â She bites her lip, looking sympathetic. âDid⌠did you and Mark break up?â
You can almost hear the Windows shutting-down noise as your brain short-circuits.
How could you have broken up if you were never dating in the first place.
With an effort, you turn to her and swallow. âWe were never dating,â you enunciate carefully. âSo we never broke up.â
Diana immediately flushes bright red. âOh, fuck, sorry. Itâs just, Flash told everyone the two of you were together? And you guys seemed super close and all so it really looked like you were. I really did think you guys were dating, you looked super sweet together. But you didnât talk much today, and you two looked pretty worked up this morning, so people thoughtâŚâ
Youâre going to kill Flash. Youâre going to beat him up behind the school and slit his throat with your own nails.
âWell, weâre not.â You smile as best as you can. âUm, yeah.â
It just doesnât stop. Until now, you never realized this many people actually paid attention to your personal life. Five more people have come up to ask if you and Mark are okay by the time chemistry rolls around, and as you take your place behind the cramped lab table with the boy everyone thinks youâre dating, you can practically feel the steam billowing out of your ears. Mark doesnât look nearly as angry as you, but he looks a lot more confused and annoyed.
You brush fingers a few times as Mark pours out the acid and you try to set up the buret for todayâs titration. Thankfully, you donât really stick this time.
But then Mark gets his hand stuck to the Erlenmeyer flask and you have to spend ten precious minutes trying to tug it off, causing you to almost not finish the lab and earning both of you another black mark in Ms. Wilsonâs mental book.
You ignore anyone who tries to ask you or Mark anything as you all but run out of school, only relaxing once youâve thrown yourself onto a seat on the train. Mark slides down next to you and puts his head in his hands.
âTell me this is all a nightmare,â he mumbles.
You donât have the heart to tell him the truth.
By the time youâve walked up the stairs to your apartment, you think youâre going to pass out. Itâs been a long day. You donât care if you have homework or if Markâs staying over for a bit â you just want to lie in your bed and sleep away the horrors of today.
Then Johnny opens the door before you even have the chance to unlock it and you just know from the glint in his eye that everything is about to get ten times worse.
âY/N, Mark. What a lovely surprise!â Your older brother is all welcoming words and terrifying smiles. âI got a very interesting call today from a certain Mr. Thomas. Mei did too ââ and at this, poor Mark looks like heâs going to faint right then and there â âbut she couldnât leave work, so she asked if I could come home early and give you both a talk.â
You think youâre going to vomit.
âJohnny, whatever Mr. Thomas told you, it isnât true,â you plead. âI swear on my life ââ
âSo you two havenât been late to school every day this week?â Johnny raises an eyebrow.
You think youâre going to die. âWell, yes, but ââ
âHave a seat.â Johnny gestures grandly at the small kitchen table, where heâs pulled out two chairs. To your horror, it looks like heâs enjoying this. âMei and I think itâs time we gave you The Talk.â
If your day was bad before, Johnny gleefully takes it straight to hell.
âSo boys have appendages that are called penises,â he begins sagely, âand girls have vaginas. You may know these by more colloquial terms, but those are a bit crass for my household.â
Bullshit. Johnny calls his co-workers dicks and Ten an ass every other night.
âBoth of these are integral to the process of sex, and thus, baby-making,â Johnny continues. âDuring sex, the male â or whatever they identify as â will put the penis inside their partnerâs vagina. Of course, thatâs traditional. Other forms of sex include oral and analâŚâ
Youâre five seconds away from putting your hands over your ears and just screaming bloody murder. Mark is looking down, fists screwed into his shirt, and his face is so red that he looks like he might implode.
Meanwhile, your evil older brother is grinning like the Joker. Itâs infuriating and terrifying. You really, really want to reach out and punch him and just brawl like when you were younger, but your feet feel rooted to the floor.
Johnnyâs spiel pauses for a second as he takes a dramatic breath. Immediately, youâre on guard. Whenever Johnny wants to be dramatic, itâs never a good thing.
âSo in anal sex,â Johnny starts, âthe appendage goes in the ââ
Oh my god.
âWeâre not fucking!â you finally explode.
Mark breathes a sigh â you think itâs one of relief, but you canât be sure â while your brother just blinks. âPardon?â
Your face burns hot, but you grit your teeth and stare Johnny in the eye. âMark and I are not fucking,â you repeat carefully.
âWho said anything about you and Mark?â Johnny raises one perfect eyebrow.
Oh, you want to punch him so badly.
âBut thank you for bringing that up!â Johnny smiles benevolently like a teacher rewarding you for doing something good in class.
You groan, knowing youâve just made things so much worse.
âYou two are hormonal teenagers, so youâve undoubtedly already started to feel those urges.â Johnny keeps smiling pleasantly, even as youâre having war flashbacks to this morning in homeroom. âThatâs perfectly normal. So â and Iâm not saying youâre fucking ââ he gives you that look that means uh huh, I totally do not believe you, but Iâll drop it for now until you prove yourself wrong â âbut if you do become sexually active, you should always get tested for STDs and STIs first, and take preventative measures such as using condoms and birth control.â
Thatâs it. Youâre just going to die. Slit your own throat with, you donât fucking know, the pencil lying by Johnnyâs arm. Maybe youâll just grab that piece of paper over there and cover yourself in tiny papercuts and bleed to death. That couldnât possibly hurt as much as hearing Johnny talk right now.
âNow back to anal sex!â Johnny smiles.
Mark lets out a small groan and buries his face in his hands. If anything, Johnnyâs smile grows wider. âAnal sex is when ââ
âJesus Christ, Johnny!â You grab the pencil you wanted to slit your throat with and hurl it at your brother. The blunt point pokes him harmlessly in the chest and falls to the floor. âI donât know what the fuck Mr. Thomas told you, but I â we ââ you gesture helplessly between you and Mark â âweâre not doing anything! And I know all of this, dude, I go to high school!â
Even after that excellent point, Johnny still goes on for another ten minutes before he allows you to drag Mark to your room and slam the door shut.
âIâm so fucking sorry,â you mumble into your pillow.
Mark just makes a little pained noise in his throat.
The two of you do end up passing out for the best part of an hour before spending the rest of the afternoon finishing homework. Mark can barely look Johnny in the eye when he says goodbye, and as soon as the door shuts, you round on your older brother.
âWhat the fuck did Mr. Thomas say on the phone?â you snap.
Johnny raises his hands in a gesture of surrender as he stirs pasta in a pot. âHe just said you and Mark have been late to homeroom every day this entire week, and he was sure it wasnât much because you are both stellar students, but he worried that the two of you were becoming distracted because this wasnât normal behavior.â He scrunches his eyebrows. âHe mightâve mentioned⌠romantic rendezvous?â
You sink to the floor with a groan.
âI was just messing with you earlier.â Johnnyâs words make you open your eyes to catch his teasing smile. âSeriously. I think I know you and Mark well enough to trust you not to do anything stupid.â
Suddenly, you become very aware of the spot on your arm where the spider bit you, the stupid thing that caused this whole mess in the first place. âUh huh.â
âBut I do want you to be careful.â Johnnyâs eyes turn serious. âMark is still a teenage boy, and youâre still a teenage girl. I do trust you, but things can still happen, even if theyâre unexpected.â
Internally, you gag. Outwardly, you just nod. âI know.â
âGood.â Johnny turns back to the pasta, then quickly looks back at you. âDoesnât it look like Mark filled out a little?â
Your heart literally leaps into your throat. You hadnât really thought about it before, but the spider venom has caused you both to pack on some muscle overnight.
Sure, part of you is worried that Johnny is catching on to something weird. But something else is also making you sweat.
A memory of your linked hands from the morning flashes through your mind. In it, you realize, Markâs arms are bulkier. A lot more than before.
Heat rises in your cheeks. You want to fling yourself into the void. âY-yeah,â you squeak.
âY/N, dating your best friend isnât anything embarrassing ââ
âWeâre not dating!â you protest.
Johnny just gives you The Look again as he pours the water out of the pasta. âOkay.â
For the umpteenth time that day, you will whatever god is listening to just smite you down right then and there.
. . . . .
There are a lot of things that come with being a sort of spider-person that neither you nor Mark realized would happen, but in hindsight, they kind of (not really) make sense.
. . .
One: the sticking thing. It does make sense. Spiders walk on walls and other vertical surfaces by sticking to them with the little setules on their legs. Mark hypothesizes that maybe thereâs some sort of electrostatic force between your skin and objects around you that makes you stick. After a moment of thought, you agree.
Doesnât matter. Mark never wants to go through that ordeal of the first week over again.
He used to idolize Johnny. Johnny was something between another parent and the older brother he never had, embarrassing but cool and kind and so, so strong. Even after your parents died and he had to drop out of university to take care of you, he always stayed strong.
But now? After that disastrous Friday, Mark knows what you mean when you complain about Johnny being a menace to your health and well-being.
And of course, thatâs not the end of it. Aunt Mei just has to get her hands into it too. The literal day after The Talk, you walk up to his apartment to work on a research paper together for the lab you two volunteer in. When he takes your laptop to read something, the device somehow gets stuck to his skin.
Mei comes home early that evening and walks in on you practically straddling him, trying to yank your laptop away.
Even Mark knows that it definitely doesnât look that way from her perspective.
But all she does is say, âUse protection,â and close the door behind her.
(You leave early that evening, rushing out of the apartment with a face hot with embarrassment and lowered eyes. Mark slinks out of his room at some point to get something to eat, and Mei just gives him a smirk.)
Thankfully, after a couple more weeks, the two of you more or less figure out how to stop sticking to every goddamn thing you touch. Itâs more of a thing that happens when either of you are nervous or stressed, so as long as you two keep calm and purposely remind yourselves not to stick to stuff, youâre fine.
Mr. Thomas still gives you a few looks, but now that youâre coming in on time to homeroom, he doesnât say anything.
Thank fucking God for that.
. . .
Two: both you and him somehow buffed up overnight. Well, probably during the time that you two were sick. That explains the aching muscles in his stomach and his back â he has abs, and heâs definitely taller. So are you.
Spiders are strong. Relatively. So the new muscles kind of makes sense, even though itâs hard for Mark to get used to at first.
What doesnât make sense is how much strength these muscles actually contain.
The first casualty is Markâs apartment doorknob. You go to open it one day after visiting the lab and it just⌠fucking⌠twists all the way around. Mark finds himself staring at a doorknob in your hand and an open door with a hole in it.
You squeeze your eyes shut and sigh heavily. Mark rubs a hand over his face. âMei is going to kill me,â he groans.
The two of you spend five panicked hours fixing the doorknob instead of working on the research paper and Wilsonâs lab report. When Mei comes home, she doesnât notice anything (which really is a miracle), but from that day on, whenever the doorknob squeaks or stalls or does anything weird in his vicinity, Mark freezes.
A trail of broken things starts littering your paths. A stapler he pushed down too hard. His locker door, which now has a dent in it. One of your bedroom floorboards, though you hide the crack in the wood under a pile of clothes. Someoneâs old MP3 player on the sidewalk literally shatters beneath his feet. Pens, pencils, and highlighters break in your hands. No one wants to lend either of you supplies anymore, so he becomes more vigilant about his own.
Oh, you also âaccidentallyâ step on Flashâs calculus binder, flattening the metal rings and breaking the covers. But you donât regret that.
Itâs like heâs a toddler again, hiding broken toys or messily fixing them with scotch tape and glue. The only difference is now, he uses duct tape and superglue and is somehow even worse at hiding things than before.
Mark starts putting away all of his and Meiâs valuables into high-up cabinets with the excuse of keeping them safe from his clumsiness. He advises you to do the same. Eventually, you two learn to control your strength and the number of things you break slowly dwindles to zero.
Of course, there are accidents. One time in PE, you run the mile a little too fast (which is an understatement â you beat everyone else in your group, which has never happened before), and now Coach wants you to join the track team. Then Mark squeezes a glass buret a little too hard in chemistry one day and the thing just fucking shatters onto the table. While he hastily grabs the broom and starts sweeping up the pieces, you tell Ms. Wilson he accidentally dropped it while Flash keeps insisting that he saw Mark snap it with his bare hands.
Ms. Wilson might vehemently dislike you and Mark, but she now thinks Flash is insane. The one spot of joy Mark now finds in chemistry comes from Ms. Wilson narrowing her eyes at Flash whenever he says something remotely stupid, like sheâs thinking of sending him to the school psychologist.
After all, who would accuse spindly, nerdy Mark of having the strength to shatter a reinforced glass tube in his palm?
Heâs never particularly liked the stereotype people placed him in, but now heâs pretty thankful for it.
. . .
Three: he has reflexes sharper than heâs ever had before.
Itâs not the same as, say, having his senses enhanced. They are enhanced â both of you can see clearly without glasses, he can hear things heâs never been able to before, and his nose wrinkles at smells no one else can detect. Sometimes itâs overwhelming and he has to duck into a quiet shop to escape the bustling noise of New York City.
But this new sixth sense reflex thing? Itâs different.
It isnât fake. Like, Mark could say heâs developed a sixth sense for when Flash wants to be a little shit, meaning he hears when Flash snorts or shuffles around in the back and knows to duck his head.
But this?
Mark first realizes it a few weeks after the spider bite. Heâs minding his own business, talking with his friends before class, when Flash decides to be stupid and throw an apple at his head.
Mark doesnât see Flash. He doesnât see the apple. He doesnât hear any swoosh of wind or feel anything in the air. But something in his head screams DANGER DANGER DANGER and he whips himself away from the apple, which smacks into his locker.
The hall falls awkwardly silent as Mark tries to process what just happened.
He didnât even notice Flashâs arm or the apple. He didnât see it, didnât hear it, didnât feel it. But somehow, he knew something was wrong. He knew to duck away.
You recover a few seconds later. âWhat the fuck, Flash?â Then you pick up the apple, throw it back with far more force, and the hall descends into its normal levels of chaos. You all go to class, but in his peripheral vision, Mark can see you raising an eyebrow at him.
âWhat was that with Flash?â you ask later, when you two have boarded the train home. âI know you didnât see that apple coming. Your back aas completely to him.â
Mark shrugs. âI just felt⌠I donât know, really. I didnât see him or hear anything. Just, something in my brain screamed danger and I just kind of moved.â
You look around, making sure nobody is paying attention. âSpider thing again?â you whisper.
âMaybe?â
For the next week or so, nothing happens that would trigger whatever the hell that was again. Mark makes sure to keep everyone he talks in sight, not allowing anyone to get behind him or to surprise him. He only ducked away that first time, but is surprised again, he has a feeling that his reactions could be a lot worse the next time. Like more violent.
The two of you are walking home from the lab when you hear scuffling in a nearby alley. Common sense tells Mark to keep walking, but as you two pass by, he canât help but look. You stop walking too.
Itâs a mugging, but the muggers clearly donât have a lot of experience. Sure, theyâre in a mostly-empty place, but the sunâs barely gone down and theyâre trying to get money from a teenage girl who probably doesnât have much on her. But one of the two has a gun.
He should just walk past and ignore it. Things like this happen all the time. Cops would just escalate the situation, and heâs too weak to help much.
The realization hits him with a jolt. But he isnât weak anymore.
Mark feels your gaze on him and he turns to meet it. You raise an eyebrow, cocking your head slightly toward the alley. He nods.
Heâs always been light on his feet, but the spider bite seems to have made him almost soundless as he steps into the alley. The muggers donât notice either of you at first, theyâre too focused on their crying victim.
It happens quickly. You dart behind the unarmed man and pull him into a chokehold. His partner has fast reflexes though and immediately aims the gun at Mark.
DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER â
Mark drops to the ground seconds before the bullet sinks into the wall behind him.
Together, you subdue the men, leaving them groaning by the side of the street. Under the blanket of darkness thatâs now fallen, Mark crushes the gun with his shoe, hoping nobody is paying attention to the dark object under his feet or the cracking noises. The girl thanks you effusively and runs off, and the two of you head on home.
This is what gets him thinking. You two are strong now, sticky, and have a sort of sixth sense for imminent danger.
It terrifies him to think of it, but the more he does, the more it makes sense.
You guys could keep doing this. Patrol the city, help people get around safely. Everyone knows the NYPD and the justice system arenât shit. They couldnât charge the drunk kid with a rich daddy who killed your parents. They couldnât find the thief who shot his uncle. People will keep committing crimes, and the NYPD wonât be able to stop them.
But maybe, just maybe, Mark thinks, you could.
. . . . .
Mark is the one who brings up using your newfound skills â you refuse to call them powers, thatâs just a step too far â for the good of the neighborhood.
âThink about it,â he says, looking at his hands. His face is pale, but he keeps going. âWe have these, uh, enhanced abilities. Remember how we helped that girl get away from the muggers? What if we could do that for more people?â
Youâre usually the brash one in most situations, but here, you take a step back. âThereâs a lot of things to think about if we want to do that, Mark.â You chew your lips, thinking. âWe canât get caught, or else we could get arrested too. We need to be able to get away quickly and without injury, or Johnny or Mei will find out. We canât afford a lot of hospital bills, either. We would need to move fast. Really fast.â
Mark nods. âI know. Itâs justâŚâ He looks at his hands again. His fingers are just as slim and graceful as they used to be, but both of you know the strength that now lies within them. âI donât feel right, being able to help people but not doing it. You know.â He looks at you, and though his face is pale and his voice a little shaky, heâs resolute. âYou and I have always tried to help people whenever we could.â
Thereâs bitterness there and you echo it, remembering the inept, corrupt legal system that couldnât even bring justice to your family. The same law enforcement that couldnât bring justice to Markâs.
You could help prevent that. You could prevent the crimes in the first place, find the criminals and tie them up for the police to put away. Help make sure no one else has to deal with what you and Mark went through.
âOkay.â You rest your chin on your fist. âAll right. Letâs say we hypothetically do this. We need to be able to mask ourselves as much as possible, keep our DNA away from the scene. This can only happen when Johnny and Mei are doing late shifts, so they donât catch on.â
âFirst aid,â Mark adds. âWeâll probably get into scrapes and things. But weâll also need to be able to immobilize the criminals and get away fastâŚâ
Silence falls as you start thinking. Ropes are bulky and get heavy. Chains are even worse. Carrying them around would slow you down, so thereâs no point. What you need is something lightweight and sticky, but strong.
An idea begins to form in your mind. You and Mark volunteer in labs at a nearby university. Professor Wang in the organic chemistry lab is really chill and lets you perform experiments with polymers and stuff he doesnât need anymore. Mark works in mechanical engineering with Professor Tuan, who lets him build things out of scrap plastic and metal.
Spider bites.
Spider webs.
You could create synthetic webs, while Mark could make something that lets you shoot them out. Thereâll be a lot of test trials and youâll need to find an empty space for that, but if it works?
Itâll be so worth it.
Your mind races with possibilities. You could immobilize criminals, stick them to walls or the ground. You could stopper guns, or at least slow bullets down. You could trip people up with webs on their legs, keep them from punching or shooting with some on their arms.
And you could swing from buildings, which solves the travel problem.
âI have an idea,â you say. Mark raises an eyebrow.
A smirk grows on your face. âBut weâre going to need to work on your fear of heights first.â
. . . . .
Mark thinks heâs going to have a heart attack, and heâs not even the one jumping first.
The two of you have taken a day off to go to Central Park â not for fun or anything (well, you insist itâll be fun. Mark has other opinions), but to test out the strength of your web fluid. Youâve already done some trial runs with inanimate objects and you think itâs strong enough to hold both yours and Markâs body weights, but you need to check.
Mark wants to argue that you have the rest of summer break to check, but you insist on doing it as early as possible. âWe need time to fix mistakes,â you point out. âPlus, the earlier we finish this, the earlier we can... start doing stuff.â
He canât exactly argue with that.
The web shooters are working well, Mark is finally thankful to say. Every single time he remembers the first test trial, he wants the earth to just open up and accept him into the void.
(He didnât realize just how strongly the shooter would actually eject your âwebs.â He also didnât know how to aim very well. Long story short, you got a glob of polymers right to the face and Mark consequently wanted to die right then and there. The ensuing purple bruise on the side of your face made you the subject of several kinky jokes on Flashâs end.
They stopped when you picked up his new calculus binder and hit him over the head with it.
At least you found out the webs were indeed sticky enough.)
âIâm going!â you yell, startling Mark from his thoughts. Youâre at least twelve feet up in a tree in Central Park, looking determinedly at a sturdy branch poking out from another trunk around ten feet away. Markâs heart flips when he sees how high up you are.
Jesus Christ. Twelve feet, and he already feels like heâs going to start screaming.
Whatâs going to happen when he possibly has to swing off a building?
With shaking hands, Mark holds up his phone, fingers poised over the record button on the camera app. For whatever reason, youâd insisted on recording each âtrialâ like it was an actual laboratory test. Mark just goes along with it.
âReady?â he yells.
âYeah!â
He presses the record button.
For a second, you stand on your branch, staring steadily ahead. Then you raise your right arm, shoot a line of webbing to the next tree trunk, and leap.
Markâs breath catches.
A screeching yelp tears itself from your throat as you swing through the air, using your momentum to rise back up and land neatly on the tree branch. Mark holds his breath as you wobble back and forth slightly, then drop into a steadier crouch. He sighs in relief and stops the video.
âHoly shit!â You climb down the tree and run over. âHoly shit! That was so fucking cool, Mark!â
âIâm sure,â he replies in a faint voice, looking at the tree you leapt from.
Twelve feet. Itâs just twelve fucking feet, not like the monstrosity that is Trump Tower. Itâs not even as high as his apartment building.
And yet he still wants to die.
Fucking acrophobia. Mark squeezes his eyes shut and forces himself to take a breath.
Your hand goes to rest on his shoulder. âHey, Mark.â
He looks at you.
âIf youâre really not ready today, itâs fine.â The excitement in your eyes is gone, replaced by calm concern. âWe can do this another day. Or we can figure out another option closer to the ground.â
God, what did Mark even do to deserve a friend like you? Even after all the work you put in to making the synthetic webs â a stroke of genius, by the way â youâre willing to put it all aside for him. Just for him.
He steels himself. âIâm good. Iâm fine.â He flashes you something resembling a smile and starts hauling himself into the tree. âI can do this,â he mumbles once heâs on the branch.
Then he looks down and almost throws up.
Placing a hand on the tree trunk, he looks away and forces himself to take a deep breath. Heâs fine. Heâll be fine. He trusts in his web shooter to be accurate. He trusts in your webs to be strong enough.
He trusts that even if he falls, you wonât let him get far. He trusts that youâll keep him safe.
âReady?â you yell. Mark looks down again to nod, but the world isnât spinning anymore. He locks his eyes onto the tree you jumped into and aims his web shooter.
âReady!â he yells back. Faintly, he hears the beeping noise that signals the start of the recording.
Thwip. Web fluid shoots out and latches onto the branch. Before he can lose his nerve, he jumps.
A yell rips from his throat as he hurtles to the ground. Air rushes past his face as he swings his body up, up, until the branch is in view and he can plant his feet against it, using the last of his momentum to pull himself up. He wobbles a bit, then plants his arm against the tree trunk to steady himself.
He gasps shakily. The ground still looks so small from here, but the drop feels a fraction less frightening than it used to be. He takes one more deep breath, then starts to slowly climb down the tree.
As soon as he reaches the ground, you race over and engulf him in a strong hug. âYou did it, Mark!â you all but yell into his ear. âYou did it!â
Despite himself, Mark lets out a trembling bout of laughter, hugging you as close as he can. âHoly shit,â he mumbles, drinking in the steadiness that you bring to him. âHoly fuck.â
The two of you spend the rest of the afternoon in the secluded spot, leaping from the tallest trees you can find for longer and longer distances. You take notes as Mark pulls the sticky but mostly solidified web fluid from the branches, analyzing how some of them seem to have solidified and cracked a little under stress. âThey need a little more flexibility,â you tell him as the two of you pile the web fluid into a bag. You think you can recycle it to make more. âWith the adjustments you make on the shooters, I think theyâll be even better next time.â
âYeah.â Itâs all Mark can say. As he sits down next to you on the subway, he suddenly feels so drained and tired that he automatically slumps and places his head on your shoulder.
A small, surprised laugh sounds next to his ear, and he feels your hand go up to pat his head. âYou did great today,â you murmur.
He smiles. In that moment, while your hand continues stroking his hair, he feels like he could do anything.
Anything for the world.
Anything for you.
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Can I get the 'arm doesn't bend that way' and the 'cannibalism' thing with mark (got7) ? ^-^
of course bb ^_^
a/n: inspired by that one Halloween episode of Community so please show understanding. warnings, mild spoilers for the series!
pairing: mark from got7 x reader (f.)
prompt(s):Â âI donât think your arm is supposed to bend that way.â & âOh yeah, Iâm totally into cannibalism.â
genre: humour; crack; zombie au; angst
warnings: mature language; gore; minor character deaths; mentions of drug use; mentions of alchohol use
words: 3.5k
âMm, weird,â you state once the first bite of those weird tacos hits your oesophagus. Itâs Halloween, in what could be the first Halloween party ever thrown by the Dean himself as a way to bring the spirit of the holiday over the campus. Or more precisely cause he didnât have anything better to do on Halloween night.
Mark cocks an eyebrow at you as he drags away his hand with the freshly bitten taco. Tonight requires Markâs unwilling assistance, seeing as youâre dressed as Edward Scissorhands and your hands are, well... scissors.
Safety scissors to be precise! Which, of course, had prompted a series of laughs to emit from your friends as the attempt to dress as Edward Scissorhands has left you with poorly dyed-black safety scissors.
Your friend in the James Bond costume takes a bite from your bitten taco. Oh, heâs gonna pay for this. âYour tendency to dress up in things that limit the use of your hands? Iâd say alarming, though definitely weird,â Mark says in midst of chewing your taco and gloats when you try to take it back and fail spectacularly.
Damn your scissor-hands.
âHa-ha, and what are you supposed to be, some hot guy with money that has sex with girls and never calls them back?â you throw the sarcastic jab while trying to cross your hands on your chest. Not with very much luck.
Mark smiles at your comment. âThatâs exactly it! Howâd you know?â he says with a cocky grin and you groan at loud. Sometimes heâs just insufferable.
âUgh, gross, I swear youâre more tolerable once the sun is up, like some kind of asshole vampire that craves sex instead of blood,â you comment, eyes searching the crowd for either Yugyeom or Bambam (as they usually go together and are the most fun ones in the group) or even Jinyoung.
âThat... sounds awesome actually. Anyway, you said weird. Weird as in?â Mark redirects the conversation back to where it began before you let it go off the rails.
 âOh, right. Weird as in âWeird, this taco doesnât taste like a real tacoâ,â you say as you lean in for one more bite. Mark gives you a judging look you choose to ignore, nevertheless, he brings the taco closer letting you have one more bite.
You chew slowly, letting the taste infiltrate your taste buds as you struggle to understand what kind of meat this is.
At that moment, the overly cheery collection of songs coming through the speakers stops to give way to another usually overly cheery voice that now sounds entirely too panicked.
âEVERYONE STOP EATING THE TACOS! PUT THE TACOS DOWN NOW! THIS IS A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY!â comes the shaky voice of the Dean and everyone turns around to look at each other weirdly.
Your eyes find Markâs. âOkay, thereâs definitely something weird with the tacos.â
Mark scoffs dismissively. âYeah, but itâs not like weâre gonna die or something, right?â
Pause.
The Deanâs voice comes back on.
âWEâRE ALL GONNA DIE!!!â
And itâs pandemonium.
.
.
Itâs been two hours, thirteen minutes and...
And...
Fuck, you messed up the counting again.
âY/N, stop counting the seconds since the outbreak took place!â Mark hisses as he, you, Yugyeom and Jinyoung try to barricade one of the study rooms, currently the only one empty and therefore safe.
You ignore Mark, as you put up more chairs on top of the couch in front of the doors to keep them from opening. To be fair youâre not counting the time since the outbreak took place.Â
Only the time since you took the first bite of that taco.Â
When the Dean made that announcement (although it sounded more like a cry for help), you started realizing things you hadnât before. That girls dressed as Harley Quinn and Poisson Ivy that seemed to be making out werenât actually making out; the Poisson Ivy girl was biting into Harley Quinnâs neck. That guy that looked like he was making a pretty good impression of Tommy Wiseau wasnât actually high; he was zombified.
And all because of that questionable taco meat that both you and Mark had eaten. Symptoms included: itching all over the body and particularly on your palms, absence of pain, sleepiness and more importantly a sudden, violent desire for human flesh. And it takes about four to three hours for the symptoms to take action since consuming the probably mutant meat.
Which means you and Mark donât have much time.
âOkay, I think this will do,â Jinyoung exclaims once heâs certain thereâs no way the door will open. Yugyeom looks around with fear in his eyes, as he tries to look for any possible way someone may break in.
You can see though heâs still weighed down from losing Bambam in the crowd. Amidst the mayhem of everyone trying to escape (or barf the recently eaten meat) Yugyeom and Bambam got separated and you havenât heard from him since. You just hope heâs okay.
âSo what do we do now?â you ask, crossing your hands on your chest freely now that you got rid of the safety scissors. How can you fight a zombie pandemic with safety scissors for godâs sake?!
Mark settles down on the floor, grabbing a beer. âHave a nice cold pint and wait for this all to blow over?â
You resist the urge to scoff as Jinyoung steps forward. âWait for this all to blow over? Do we even know what this is?â
âItâs a zombie outbreak,â Yugyeom murmurs somehow detached.
Jinyoung rolls his eyes. âOkay, I know you have a thing for movies but this thing out there is real, people we know are getting ill, or worse, dead! We canât just sit back and wait for this all to blow over!â he claims, mocking Markâs suggestion and you and him exchange a wary look.
Mark takes a swig of his beer. âAnd what do you suggest we do?â
Jinyoung levels his gaze. âGet out there.â
At that, your eyes almost bulge out of their sockets. âAre you mad? That instantly means getting bitten! Plus if we go out now, theyâll know where weâre hiding!â
Mark scoffs, taking another sip. âThat seems like a great idea, because, oh yeah, Iâm totally into cannibalism,â he sneers almost to himself.
Jinyoung doesnât seem deterred as he takes a step closer with a confident look on his eyes. âNot if we donât use the front gate.â
Thereâs a silence as you struggle to follow his train of thought, when Yugyeom looks upwards and gasps.Â
âThe vents.â
Jinyoung smiles. âPrecisely!â
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.
The weight of getting through the vents fell to you and Yugyeom so now you find yourself with the other boy, trying to fit through the vents to scout the rest of the library building to find any survivors or any means for escape.
So far youâve passed by three study rooms which were all full of the infected, not one survivor on sight. Things arenât looking good.
And your palms are starting to itch. Definitely not good.
âDo you think Bambam is somewhere out there?â Yugyeom whispers from behind you as you crawl through the vents. You bite your lip, not having much hope for your friend but not cruel enough to diminish Yugyeomâs hope too.
âYeah... Probably hiding. You know how good heâs at hiding...â you say in a terrible attempt to comfort him. If he sees through your bullshit, he doesnât say it.
Fuck, goddamnit thereâs another itch on your palm. How much longer till Yugyeom sniffs out whatâs going on? Fuck you gotta tell him and Jinyoung at some point.
You soothe the itch by shaping your hands into fists, letting your nails softly scratch against the irritated skin.
You pass all the study rooms which are currently swarmed with the infected, your only hope lying on the abandoned library cafeteria. The cafeteria had been closed off for ârenovationsâ for the last couple of years, so you can only hope no one managed to break through to it.
And lo and behold, as you reach the open vent above it and look down, you find in joy the abandoned area to remain as such. Completely empty, chains locking the doors next to the entrance to the basement where the boiling room is.
You make a little cheering sound at your discovery as you and Yugyeom decide the place is perfect and make your way back to inform Jinyoung and Mark.
But on your way back as you pass by the second study room, the itch returns and for one second you forget yourself and scratch the open palm with one hand, an almost moaning sound breaking free from your lips.
When you realize what youâve done itâs too late.
Yugyeom stops behind you with alarm in his eyes as he looks at your palm. âY/N, what are you-?â
A loud groan interrupts him and you both look down the vent into the second study room to see an overly familiar face looking for something to eat. Or someone.
Your eyes widen as you watch Bambam walk around aimlessly with bloodlust in his eyes. Yugyeom sucks in a breath and leans in further to get a better look.
âYug, be careful! We donât know what they can do yet!â you warn him, a part of you sad for seeing your friend become one of them yet another part relieved for Yugyeomâs distraction.
Yugyeom doesnât listen though. His eyes find his best friend and murmurs softly his name.Â
Bambam, or what used to be Bambam, turns his head upwards at Yugyeomâs voice and for a moment youâre afraid heâll alert the others and that will be your doom.
But he only looks at Yugyeom with a tilted head and bloody eyes before-.
âMust. Prank. Jinyoung.â
Yugyeom almost cries with relief. âHeâs still in there! Heâs still in there! Maybe thereâs hope for them!â
You stare at zombie Bambam for a moment too long, entirely taken aback from the revelation. That means that maybe this situation is reversible. That, maybe, both you and Mark have a chance.
You drag Yugyeom away after that, still needing to inform the others of the empty cafeteria. You finally reach the study room, Yugyeom going down first and waiting to catch you but when you move to go down, your costume gets caught in the vents, resulting in you falling down the vents in a weird angle.
Yugyeom doesnât catch you right away, resulting in you falling on top of one of the chairs barricading the door before falling on Yugyeom and dragging him down in the process.
Yugyeom groans from underneath you as Mark gives out his hand to help you up and with terror, you realize you feel no pain from the fall. Even if your arm seems broken, to say the least.
Markâs worried eyes find yours, cause if youâre in that stage that means thereâs not much time for him either.
âUgh... Y/N? You okay?â Jinyoung asks cautiously as he leans back to look your over.Â
âAHahahha, YEah! Why?â you say entirely guilty, trying to hide your broken arm with not much success.
âBecause I donât think your arm is supposed to bend that way,â he comments, all seriousness and Yugyeomâs eyes widen.Â
âYouâre infected! She kept scratching her arms on the way here!â he observes out loud and Jinyoungâs eyes widen as well.
Mark turns to look at you before he sighs and takes a step forward. âActually guys, itâs my fault. I was eating a taco and made her take a bite because it tasted weird,â he claims, taking more than half the blame when both of you know itâs not quite like that. Youâre left staring at him in shock as Jinyoung gasps.Â
âYouâre infected too?! Why didnât you tell us? Or were you waiting until the last minute to get us infected as well?!â he asks full of anger as he takes a step further away from you.
Yugyeom takes his turn to talk. âI think they were just afraid.â
âWell, theyâre stupid too!â Jinyoung snaps back and you shrink into yourself.
âWe found a safe place. The abandoned cafeteria. No one made it in yet,â you share with the rest, out of guilt. Mark turns to look at you with shocked as Jinyoungâs anger fades away little by little.
Yugyeom confirms your statement. âItâs true! Itâs after the rest of the study rooms but itâs there! Not a single soul inside!â
Jinyoung looks between the three of you, anger, sadness, disappointment in his features. âThen I have no choice. Yugyeom and I will go to the cafeteria, see if thereâs any way out. You two stay here. Iâm sorry guys but we might as well be the last two non infected in the entirety of the campus.â
You feel your throat closing up and yet you nod to show you understand. Markâs jaw is clenched as he looks at you, his nostrils flaring up with anger before he turns to Jinyoung. âSo what, youâre just gonna leave us here for dead?!â
âMaybe if you werenât so stupidly selfish, thinks would be different!â Jinyoung yells back but then he regains his composure. He takes a deep breath, looking at you and Mark with sorrow in his eyes. âIâm really sorry but thereâs no other way. Come on, Yugyeom, weâre leaving,â he states with finality in his voice as he climbs into the vent.
Yugyeom takes one last look at the two of you before he follows Jinyoung out the vents.
Leaving you and Mark alone.
.
.
Time passes by and the itch grows, spreading to your whole body as Mark begins experiencing the side effects as well.
âOkay. So. Weâre screwed,â you comment, voice too panicky for your liking as you scratch behind your neck.
âOh, I wouldnât say screwed. More like doomed to spend the rest of our human lives in complete agony before we turn into violence-craving monsters that feed on the flesh of humans,â Mark casually comments as he scratches his left thigh.
You groan at him, throwing one of the couchâs pillows at his face. âIs everything a joke to you?â
He groans back at you. âWhat else am I supposed to do, huh? Cry over my pitiful fate on the last few hours of my existence? No thanks, I call that a normal Tuesday night, Iâd rather get drunk and not think,â he shoots back at you, going for his beer but he already took the last sip. He shakes his bottle on top of his tongue for any last drop of liquid but with an annoyed sound, he throws the bottle at the other side of the room.
You stay quiet at that, instead scratching your arm as you avoid his gaze. Who wouldâve thought youâd spend the last minutes of your life alongside Mark?
Which reminds you of how he covered for you earlier in a completely uncharacteristic behaviour of him.
You clear your throat to get his attention once more. âUm, thanks... for before... You didnât have to cover for me like that.â
Your words have him take a wary glance at you before he shrugs nonchalantly. âItâs no big deal.â
You cock an eyebrow at his blatant display of macho-ness.  âReally? Cause the Mark Tuan I know would never have done that.â
He sighs tiredly, eyes avoiding yours. âIt was the safest way to admit I was infected as well, I was saving my own ass...â he says, eyes still away from yours as he crosses his arms on his chest.
Your eyebrows furrow. âThat-â doesnât make any sense. But judging by Markâs look on his face you know that bringing up that now will one give you the opposite result of what you want. So you say nothing.
A second passes before-. âWe saw Bambam,â Markâs eyes turn to you in interest, âYugyeom and I. Heâs...â you take a breath, âHeâs one of them, but he seemed to show aspects of his human side while being a zombie,â you ponder scratching your jaw as if youâre thinking over it.
But really the itch just spread to your jaw as well.
Mark seems interested in that. âWhat did he do?â
You swallow a snort. âHe kept saying he must prank Jinyoung.â
Mark blinks as your words, too taken aback for a second before he proceeds to laugh his ass off. His genuine laughter brings out your own and in a manner of seconds, youâre both laughing like lunatics all over the floor.Â
Once your giggles die down, Mark wipes a hypothetical tear from his eyes. âAh, classic Bambam. I hate to say it but Iâm bummed I wonât get to see what kind of pranks zombie Bambam might pull on Jinyoung,â he whispers as he shuffles closer to you to bump your shoulder with his.Â
You bite your lip to hide your smile at his attempt to make you feel better though youâre not very successful. Though your smile is quick to fall when the itch reappears, along with the first signs of sleepiness, ultimately reminding you of whatâs coming in less than an hour.Â
âMark...â you whisper quietly, waiting for him to acknowledge you before you continue. He hums softly, showing heâs there and you take a deep breath.
âIâm scared,â you finally admit, letting an exhale leave your lungs, feeling somehow relieved the words are finally out and an incredulous chuckle escapes you. âI mean Jinyoung was right; we donât really know what this thing is or whatâs gonna happen to us after it happens, or if we really can survive this...â you mumble, the exhaustion and sleepiness slowly taking over you as you rest your head on Markâs shoulder.
You feel his shoulders rising and falling, indicating the intake of breath. Then his hand slips into your own, fingers interlacing and squeeze your palm softly as if to say âyouâre not alone in thisâ without saying it out loud, as if to comfort you.
Strangely enough, it does.
âIâll be honest, even though we both know honesty isnât my strongest suit,â he chuckles at his inside joke and you do as well, âI donât really think we will survive this,â he admits, his voice grave as he runs soothing circles with his thumb at the back of your palm and you suck in an accepting breath.
âBut amidst of all this despair at least Iâm glad I get to spend my final moments with you...â he admits quietly, almost in a whisper. You feel your heartbeat increasing at his words, refusing to read too much into them just yet and you move your head slightly to look at him.
Only to find him already looking at you.
Both of you remain silent, staring into each other eyes, not daring to break the comfortable silence just yet.
A shaky exhale escapes you before-. âMe too.â
Mark takes another breath. His other hand travels to rest on your cheek, to bring your face closer as he leans in.
His lips are soft on top of yours, caressing them tenderly as you kiss him back as well. The kiss is gentle, comforting and contrarily sweet among the chaos around you. Itâs a chaste yet passionate kiss, warm and long enough to distract you from the reality youâre going through, and yet you canât get enough.
He leans back, interrupting the kiss and resting his forehead against yours, both of your breathing heavily against each other, his hand still on your cheek, your hands still intertwined.
And as your eyelids grow heavy, you rest your head once more at his shoulder.
âThank you...â you whisper softly as you feel sleep taking over you.
The last thing you can feel is Markâs soft lips pressing against your palm.
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The whole campus is swarmed by paramedics, checking peopleâs temperatures, taking care of open wounds and giving the necessary shots for people that need them. The Dean looks at the whole debacle from outside the library building, relieved the whole situation came to an end without many casualties yet still traumatised from the nightâs events to get close to any student.
Jinyoung sees Youngjae from across the lawn, walking confusedly towards him, still trying to gather his surroundings. The two friends look completely out of it. They ask each other what happened. None of them knows. None remembers.
On the other side, near the paramedicsâ tent, Yugyeom is finally reunited with his best friend as Bambam sits next to him while getting treated for some weird scratches in his arms. They donât remember either.
Across from them, near the cafeteriaâs entrance is Y/N and Mark, bickering as usual with no recollection whatsoever of tonightâs events, forced to hide the truth from each other for a little while longer.
Everyone shares the same mark on the inside of their elbow, like a puncture wound no one remembers getting, which means it was successful.
And among the students, walks around the older Jinyoung, known also as JYP, campusâs resident grandpa. He asks when the music is gonna come back on. Everyone tells him to shut up, they all know his internet history.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Prompt Event - Day 2
Prompt: Drunk/high as a kite. Would be a good idea to call someone, right?
Pairings: Past V x Vik, implied/reference V x Dum Dum
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About a quarter of seven in the morning, Vikâs agent pinged. A text from V.
[You up?]
V only ever asked that when she was planning to talk. So when he replied, he expected a call to follow shortly after.
Aside from brief messages checking in on her â clinical questions which received appropriately clinical answers â V had been radio silent for the past week. She had answered him well enough when he asked how she was doing; noting her symptoms or lack thereof, how often she was taking the blockers, how they were working; but she offered nothing more than that.
This was the first time she had reached out since⌠everything.
After a couple minutes, her call came through on holo.
âHey V,â he answered. âEverything okay?â
âHey Vik,â she replied, light and hazy. ââm fine. Winding down. Just⌠wanted to talk.â
The black makeup around her eyes was smudged and her hair â usually neat and styled back â fell over her forehead in a choppy fringe. Â
âLong night?â
She huffed a little laugh. âYeah something like that.â
Using holo was a rarity for her, and the look on her face was just as rare. Relaxed, eyes lidded, a barely there smile. Sleepy and dazed, in a pleased sort of way. Heâd seen something like that before, once or twice, while sharing a cigarette after a particularly⌠vigorous session. She looked well enough, but Vik suspected sheâd been drinking.
âSure youâre alright?â
âYeah. All good. Nothing dangerous last night. Just⌠busy.â
He told her to come by for a checkup soon, and she hummed her agreement. There was a lull, and then she asked:
âWhyâd we stop hooking up?â
Ah. She had definitely been drinking.
âV, you drunk?â It was a doctorâs question; she was allowed to have her fun, but between the blockers, the chip, and the three bullets he pulled out of her not too long ago, excessive amounts of alcohol was not a good idea. Â
âNah,â she drawled. âStill pretty fucking high though.â
Even worse. Heâd seen her tipsy more than once â she lightened up and loosened up when she was riding that edge â but never outright wasted. And never on anything illicit. Â
âWe had fun, didnât we?â she asked, âHooking up?â
Yeah, theyâd had a lot of fun. A little too much fun, that he was a lot too damn old for. Twenty-five, thirty years ago, she would have been perfect. But now? V was too much for him, plain and simple.
She was also high as a fucking kite, so there was really no point in having this conversation now, if they were going to have it at all. âYeah,â Vik said with a sigh, âWe had fun.â
âSo whyâd we stop?â God she sounded young, her voice soft with a hint of a pouty whine. She looked it too, with her smudged makeup and messy hair. Those two things combined⌠it mayâve been the first time Vik had seen her actually looking her age. Â
Incidentally, that was also a part of why they had stopped.
âWe can talk about it later if you want,â Vik said. âLook, I gotta get to work, and you need to get some sleep. Doctorâs orders.â
Thankfully, that distracted her from the topic. She yawned, covering her mouth. âYeah, I do. See you later?â
âYou going to be alright? What have you been taking?â
Predictably, V dismissed the question with a wave. âBe fine. Just tired. âm home, safe and sound.â
âV,â Vik said firmly, âWhat were you taking? If there are any interactions withâ,â
âWouldâve happened by now,â she interrupted. ââm on the downside of it. Iâll be fine.â
Vik sighed. There was also no point in this conversation. He was either going to have to take her word for it, or go over there and make sure. Aside from the obvious, she did seem fine â her eyes were focused, she was cutting words short but not slurring, her movements were coordinated. Â
âAlright, kid, if youâre sure.â
She nodded, and it was interrupted by another covered yawn.
âIâll see you later then,â Vik said. âYou know where to find me. Call if you need something.â
V nodded again, mumbled something too soft to make out, and ended the call. Â
Vik sighed, took his glasses off and rubbed his eyes. He didnât have the patience to deal with anyone inebriated these days, and the fact that it was V somehow made it worse. Â
With her⌠condition, he supposed it was understandable if she wanted to escape for a little while. But if she was going to find a way out of the mess she was in, she couldnât afford time wasted getting wasted. That thought lit a spark of anger in him; he stamped it out. V was a grown woman and she could make her own choices, good or bad. Â
As long as it didnât become a habit, or worse, then he wouldnât give her any trouble about it. Â
And if it did, well⌠at least an addiction was something he knew how to treat. Â
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It was late when V woke up. Â
Sheâd slept hard and didnât dream; it felt like she had only just closed her eyes, so she didnât understand why the alarm on her agent was ringing. She felt around for it blindly and turned it off. After a minute, the disorientation cleared enough for her to remember what the alarm was for, and she propped up on her elbow and felt around for the bottle of blockers too.
The shutters were closed and the lights in the apartment were off, as they always were, so she handled the pills and water bottle by touch alone. She was too tired to open her eyes for more than a few bleary seconds anyway. Pill swallowed and bottles recapped, she flopped over on her back to nap for a while longer.
The feeling of the sheets and her clothes across her skin was irritating, it was too warm, and most of her was hurting. Not bad, but enough to be uncomfortable; cuts and scrapes and bruises. Enough to keep her drifting on the edge of sleep, dozing here and there.
A short trill from her agent snapped her back to wakefulness. A message, not important. V laid there for a while before she rolled over again â god she was sore â and picked it up to check the time.
Almost nine p.m. Several messages. Â
Fuck, itâs late.
She dragged herself to the edge of the bed, and then to her feet, and then to the bathroom. The lights came on automatically; too bright even on the lowest dimmer setting. Her mouth was dry, her eyes were dry⌠all of her skin felt hot and dry too. She rinsed her mouth out, splashed water on her face.
She was in last nightâs clothes too. Or, underwear and shirt at least. Underneath the smell of sweat, spilled alcohol, and⌠everything else, there was a hint of her own blood. She really should have showered when she drug herself home in the morning. Â
Still squinting in the light, she thumbed through the messages while the shower warmed up. Most from fixers, cars and jobs, which she marked as read. Two that warranted replies. The first was from Vik. Â
[Vik: 8:38pm: Doing alright?]
It was a little fuzzy, but she did remember calling him that morning. If she had been half as fucked up then as she was most the night, he probably had a reason to be worried.
[V: Fine. Just woke up.]
[Vik: Come in tomorrow?]
She left him on read. He knew she was alive, that would do. Â
The second was from⌠someone new. Someone who could wait. V got into the shower, clothes and all. Â
V had spent the better part of the night and early morning at Totentanz. Partying with Maelstrom may have been the best bad idea sheâd had in a long time. She hadnât been there an hour when a familiar âborg found her; heâd offered her a hit of Lace, and oh, that was exactly what she had been needing.
The rest of the night was spent in a haze, Dum Dum pressing an inhaler to her lips every time she started to come down. She didnât pay him for it in eddies, and she had been needing that too.
V wrung her shirt out and draped it over the sink to dry. Wrapped in a towel, she opened the other message.
[Hollow-point: 1:12 pm: hows the hangover?]
Vâs lip quirked up and she exhaled a puff of air in amusement. Â
[V: Slept through it. Sore as fuck tho tyvm.]
[Hollow-point: i bet u r]
[V: Havenât had it that rough in a while. Just what I needed.]
[Hollow-point: anytime princess]
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Hot lead singer
Word Count: 1,506
Pairing: kinda Kid x fem!reader
Warnings: cursing, Symptoms of anxiety, alcohol abuse, sadness
Summary: Kid is fed up with the band life, but starts to have a crush on a certain someone who is Always at his shows
Kid sat on an uncomfortable couch backstage, spreading his legs and resting his elbows on his knees. He had his hands folded and his head laid in them. He groaned. Fuck was he sick of this. Of his bandmates, their fans, their stupid fucking manager, everything. It was too much, the success, it made him feel more machine than human and he´d be destroyed if he didn´t deliver. But who did he even deliver to? Nobody cared about his music, not one soul on the planet. The worst thing were the fans, those hypocrites, singing along at his shows and not knowing what the words meant. Nobody understood, nobody got him. And that frustrated him, greatly. Why did he even care? He just felt so empty and numb, it made him sick to the stomach. He wanted so badly to feel, anything at all. Kid sighed and stood up sluggishly only to stretch his arms and throw his head back. Then he proceeded to walk up the few stairs until he reached the stage. He could already hear the crowd´s screams and feel the vibrations of their voices as he made his way into his position. He grabbed the mic, the lights went on, blinding him and then he sang. Every time he did, time went still. The only thing he remembered afterwards was him getting off stage and then driving to some club to get drunk and laid. The club his band and him were in tonight was pretty decent actually and Kid went straight to the bar to order anything which would make him feel alive.
After a few drinks however he got sick of the people clinging to him and decided to go home.
Sleep didn´t come to him however, so he took out his sketchbook and drew a bit, he painted the blurry crowd he saw every night, the only face he drew clearly was yours, he painted you in a red atmosphere, you always stood out to him somehow.
You were a fan of his music and Kid saw you singing his words back at him with passion every night and it made him flash you a crooked smile, it made him happy.
It was weird being happy, honestly, he never was before, he just barely got by.
And now some stranger he never even talked to was occupying his mind, clouding the rest of his thoughts.
Kid needed some outlet for his thoughts and emotions, he always did, ever since he was a child. Back then he just excelled in utter violence, beating people up was all he needed, call it revenge,
what the hell did he care.
Over time however he accustomed to writing down whatever was on his mind, be it lyrics or that stupid diary he told himself he´d never write into. Now there were already seven of those.
He needed to be busy, otherwise his mind would take over and make him feel actively shitty.
Of course he hated himself, he was self-aware after all, his subconscious always made him feel like complete crap, but he didn´t need to actively think about that, because if he did it would stop him from being of any use whatsoever.
Whenever he was in an active state of self hatred and awareness, he was numb, the agonizing screams of his victims and all the insults he got, got louder than gunfire, he saw the faces of those he brought misery clearly, he saw their shaking disappointed heads and tears.
And then he saw you, smiling at him.
At this point he found himself in complete silence and back in his home.
Those were the times he came up with new lyrics and melodies, practicing and trying new things all night, switching from piano to drums to bass to guitar.
The piano and the guitar were reserved for songs about you, Kid wrote a lot of those recently but never had the guts to share them with anyone, not even with Killer.
It was silly, he didn´t even know you.
And yet he felt a weird connection to you, your face was the only clear and genuine one he made out ever night. Kid didn´t know what it was about you, but somehow he felt like you were the only one who gave a shit about him. Not even his music or lyrics per say, but him as a person. Which was weird since you were complete strangers. But still, it was a comforting thought.
In a world full of people who hated him and let him know, full of people who feared him and therefore ignored him, people who wanted to please him and were afraid of getting on his bad side. He got so mad because of all the people who looked at him with disgust.
Kid didn´t know why but the next time they played a show, backstage before they went on, he had a word with the band.
âUm, guys⌠I need to talk to you about something. So, I´ve been a fucking asshole lately, I mean I always am but you know what I mean. And I wanted you to know why. I don´t know if you´ve noticed, but there´s this girl at every one of our shows, she´s not a groupie, she´s just kind of there. Fuck that sounds stupid. But she always sings along and looks so happy and it´s really cute. Eh, anyway. I just wanted you to know that in case you were wondering why I was so distant lately, it´s because of her, cause I´ve been sketching and writing about herâ Kid awkwardly rambled on, watching the amused faces of his bandmates. He felt his cheeks flush in embarrassment as they started laughing.
âYou mean (Y/N)?â Killer asked, making Kid look confused.
âIs that her name? And how do you know that?â he asked, nothing came to his mind that would make sense.
âWell, she talked to us at the bar a while ago, complimenting us. She´s really sweet, she likes you, you know?â Killer commented.
He would never forget you, usually the only ones who talked to them were the groupies who just wanted to get laid, but you were different.
You actually really liked their music and the way they played, making you very liked among the members. You would have long and meaningful and fun conversations with them and they really liked that.
In those conversations you let it slip multiple times that you thought Kid was cute and the others would always joke that he´d kill you if you told him that. And not only did you find him cute, you also loved his lyrics and found him incredibly hot.
The band members promised you not to tell Kid, but oh well, if he was too dense to notice it himself. It was his fault that he missed you anyway.
âYou´re fucking shitting me...â Kid exclaimed as Killer told him how and that they knew you.
Before the argument could commence though, it was time for the show.
And again, there you were, singing his words back to him. And again his heart started racing and he could feel the adrenaline pumping like you transmitted it directly to him.
He couldn´t help but smile like an idiot, jumping around stage like a fucking madman, his sweaty hair got in his face, but he didn´t care. On the one hand he never wanted this moment to end, he felt way too good seeing you, but on the other hand he wanted to talk to and get off this stage as soon as possible.
After they were done, he ignored all the groupies and hurried to get backstage and to pack away the equipment.
To his surprise you were there with the rest of the band, laughing with them as you also helped get the instruments ready.
âSo you finally get to meet our lead singerâ Killer smirked, nudging your shoulder. You weren´t prepared for this situation, so you could only imagine how bright red your face must´ve been right now.
âUm...hi...it´s nice to meet youâ you quickly grinned at him, reaching out your hand for a greeting.
Kid still was in shock of seeing you so suddenly, looking at you in confusion.
âEh, sorry, that was weird. Who the fuck does handshakes with bands?â you giggled in your nervousness after Kid didn´t react.
âAnyway. You´re amazing, your lyrics are just great and I swear the front row gets pregnant every time you do this...â you impersonated his moves on stages in your awkwardness, making him laugh out loud. It was flattering, really. But only from someone as cute as you.
âAnd, oh fuck how could I forget the way you play guitar? Fucking amazing! And your hair looks so fluffy, I justâŚ. you´re amazing, okay?â you told him, almost out of breath from your rambling.
Kid just chuckled, looking over at Killer with the biggest fucking smile on his face.
âCan we keep her?â he asked cockily.
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A Look at my 2020
The end of the year is upon us. Itâs been a tough one for all of us. It is a year we will all remember forever. I want to do a positive reflection of this year. I will probably write a blog about what I hope our countryâs New Years Resolutions should be. The thoughts on that have been rolling around my head for a few days. But today, December 16, at 4:30 a.m. and unable to sleep, that 2020 familiar dread of what will happen today waking me early, I want to look at some positives. I want to unwrap the positives of 2020 like a Christmas gift before Christmas so that I can wrap myself in them as a blanket of warmth. One thing that I have been truly impressed with is the resilience of the human spirit. Letâs call this a resilience exercise.
Counting my blessings one by one...
1. I am alive. Surviving is a cause for celebration. As far as I know I have been COVID free...although there were a few days in April or early May when I was sick with something and in Feb I had the strangest cold in my life and this time last year weeks of fatigue ended in frozen shoulder syndrome on Christmas Eve. See, I want to be thankful, but I donât want to be naive in my retrospection. Best to be honest. Iâm not sure if I had COVID or not, but if I did I survived with relatively minor symptoms. Every cough or sniffle I feared in a completely irrational way was COVID. There was the week I walked around sniffing everything to make sure I could still smell. It dawns on me it is going to be difficult to write a honest and, yet, positive, retrospective of 2020. I am alive, but I have never been less healthy. Iâve gained weight. I havenât had the physical exercise to which I am accustomed and now when I try to take a long walk I realize my stamina is gone. It will take years of concentrated effort once things are âback to normalâ for me to become normal again. It wasnât that I didnât try. I did yoga daily in the Spring and switched to an online Tai chi class in the summer, but I donât live near beauty or anything interesting so wasnât motivated to walk and just my everyday life of lockdown in a studio apartment meant less movement. All of which sounds even to me like not very good justification. Did I mention though that I survived. I am alive. I will take that as blessing number one.
2. No one I care about very deeply has died or even been seriously ill from COVID. Doesnât March 2020 seem far away? I donât want to be dismissive of 300;000 dead especially with more to come. I or someone I love could still be gone by New Years Day. But in March and April we held our breaths for an apocalypse and at some point most of us decided to take a breath. I donât know really if itâs good or bad that we have simply adjusted our normal and the number deaths we are willing to accept. Itâs bad, what am I saying? Itâs bad. But how long can we wait in fear? So I donât know, but I want to count as a blessing that those I love have all survived to date. I cannot vanquish the fear, but I can be grateful for survival.
3. I have maintained employment in a bad economy and have mostly been able to work from home. There have been some struggles. Sometimes the work I do is depressing. Sometimes I feel I donât make a difference. There has never been a worse time to be an advocate...or a person with disability, or a caregiver, or a provider agency, or a health care professional. I have maintained employment.
4. I count among my blessings the fact that I had a wonderful 2020 before....remember there was a 2020 before. I love when my work takes me to Santa Fe for a prolonged time. A friend came out in Feb for a wonderful weekend. Another friend came to Albuquerque to see me for my birthday in early March. I remember thinking how social I was in those first ten weeks in 2020. Itâs as if I somehow knew....it sustained me.
5. I count among my blessings that when I felt my mental health despair getting at its worse...the strain of living alone in a studio apartment, working from that same apartment and following the Governor orders not to go or do anything. ..that I had friends and two weekends of âriskyâ behavior; a friend who came for the Fourth of July holiday and an out of state trip to Durango in late September. Iâm fortunate that when I had to have human contact my closest friends were there for me
6. I count as my blessings that Biden won the election. Itâs not simply a matter of politics. Iâm not sure if the last eight months of the Trump Presidency wasnât worse for my morale than the pandemic because Trump kind of lost whatever semblance of sanity he had. Part of the trepeditation over what each new day will bring is what Trump will say, do, tweet, exacerbate. I still fear revolution in the street before Jan 20. The pandemic is not the worse of what America has gone through. Thatâs the oddest thing about this year.
7. Here is the blessing which probably will be unpopular. The lockdown and stress of all we have experienced is tough, but the slowdown is a blessing for me. My life had gotten pretty busy. While I miss travel, itâs ok for a year not to have had the time suck that travel for work entails. I will be so happy the first work trip I get to go on, but I feel like 2020 has given me the gift of time. Itâs odd because, like many, my creative sense has suffered. I have written almost nothing. Still, I often think of a Dylan lyric, maybe in the next life I will be able to hear myself think. I could hear myself think this year. Unfortunately I thought about the existentialist angst of the meaning of life and my failures as a human being and I donât think there is enough time still to process the effects of the pandemic and Iâm sick to death of the sound of my thoughts, but....I have been given this unique gift of time. Even on December 16th I am not rushed to shop, to cook, to decorate, to go to a zillion parties. Itâs a different year. The Holiday will still come. It is pleasant not to feel urgency over, letâs face it, non-urgent things. I am mentally and emotionally fatigued, but not nearly as physically exhausted as I was this time last year
8. The next one is a big one. The gift of living in the moment. I have spent my entire life since 7th grade when Miss OâNeil gave me a copy of The Rubyait of Omar Khayyam trying to live with the philosophy of living for the now. Clear the cups of past regrets...tomorrow, why I may be myself with yesterdayâs seven thousand years. The only time I have ever truly experience this is in a handful of concert experience. Even now, I fear for my future and I blame myself for my mistakes. Still, my relationship with time has changed. There is the sun rising and setting and that is a day. Seasons will change. But the gift of time means I can approach my day differently. When five o clock comes on a workday, a needed nap is a step away. No where to go on a Friday night... no where I can go...means the weekend rhythm exists only as I define it. The simple pleasures we always take for granted mean something more now. There is a coffee truck that stops near me on Fridays and Saturdays. When it first started stopping I was over the moon that I could walk and get a latte with fairly little risk. If I go to the grocery store and have a conversation with a stranger, it is different than it was before. Mindfulness exercise and meditation is one thing, but nothing can compare with this year to further my lessons in this pursuit. May I take the lesson with me into years to come.
9. Zoom...yes, of course I have zoom fatigue. But five friends in five different states having a monthly drink together on zoom is a benefit of the pandemic. I watched a movie this year with someone who lives in Brazil. I celebrated a friendâs sixtieth person even though I couldnât be with her. Iâve attended book discussions and readings in New York and I already have tickets to an event in March. Kind of love New York. Iâve never been there in person. Just a lot happens there. Educationally and socially the world is now open to me. I am not limited to what is going on in my community. I hope this doesnât completely go away.
10. Finally, storytelling and music. I found it hard to read new things in the lockdown for a while, but in March friends asked me to a virtual book club of three books I already read and we reread them together which took us into the summer. I rediscovered the Foundation series of Asimov and suddenly I could read again! My favorite book Iâve read published in 2020 is Jess Walterâs The Cold Million. I did read a digital advance copy of David Duchovnyâsnew book due out in 2021 and it is, in fact, the breakout novel I knew this hot young writer would eventually write. Looking forward to 2021 book club! I finally binged Breaking Bad and The Travelers as well as The Queens gambit and watched Peanut Butter Falcon. I am doing a disability focused watch on the X Files and I better kick it it the rear because Iâm presenting on it in Feb. at a conference. My God, Dylan put out his first original music in eight years. It will take me eight years to fully ingest it and enjoy it. You see, no matter what happens, humanity will tell its stories and gather to make its songs. Itâs that human resilience. Creation of art is not trivial. Itâs vital. It has continued in this odd and strange year. It is humanityâs greatest gift and I have definitely used it this year as a resilience and growth tool.
Those are my top blessings in this horrific and, yet, wondrous year. However, you have been impacted, what we all share in common is that In a very short time it will be a memory of a year in the past.
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âTheir Blood is Upon Themâ Catholic!Lucy: Part 1
((My masterlist))
Pairing: F!Reader x Catholic!Lucy
Word count: 3,500
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Synopsis: Growing up Catholic, you knew that certain things were right and certain things were wrong: you knew that God made the heavens and the earth in six days, that youâd never develop a taste for unleavened bread, and that love was between a man and a woman. Youâd never struggled with these facts before. That was until you met Lucy.
Warnings: Dramatic angsty gay shit, smut in future chapters, FxF content, Catholic guilt, homophobia, internalized oppressionÂ
A/N: A little something for my lovely queer ladies! Iâm aware that FxF content may not be as popular as my usual FxM stock but I worked very hard on this gay cheese and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Love you thotties! (Yes this is re-uploaded Iâm a dumbass and accidentally destroyed the formatting)Â
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You knew who you were as you stood in the art gallery.
The statue had done it. A statue of a veiled virgin; gossamer straining like sinews across the face and stomach, falling smooth over her white breasts. Her features were masked beneath opaque veins of alabaster, her thighs poised just-so. Her skin looked so real that you wanted to touch it. You imagined it gliding smooth and satiny beneath your hand. You imagined raising tiny goosepimples--a shiver, a flutter of lashes, a feminine sigh. And that made you think of Lucy.
It was with that conflation that you finally knew. That quick, knee-jerk reaction that had occurred before you could pack your mind with a distraction. This wasnât something that came from navel-gazing, like all those nights youâd spent beneath your pilly cotton blanket, wondering if youâd just thought yourself into a rut. This was instinctual. And as you watched the lines of marble melting against the smooth, milky skin, you realised that you were too tired to fight it anymore.
It was difficult to put your finger on when the symptoms had started. Thatâs what Sister Evangeline would call them: symptoms. As though desire were an illness, something that could be remedied with prayer. You were often thankful that Sister Evangeline couldnât read your mind, that she had no inkling of the tiny flames that danced in your stomach whenever you saw a pretty girl walk by, of how your dreams were occupied by supple curves and girlish moans, of how hard you had to push to join your dorm-mates in fawning over the handsome priest. You had starved these thoughts, tried to crush them down. Some days this was easy, and some days you had to battle it. Thatâs why you were so surprised when your defeat came in the quiet, white cool of the art gallery, as though someone had covered your mouth and slid a blade between your ribs. A silent, understated demise.
The rest of the group were oblivious to your state. Most had flocked past the naked statues for fear of being caught ogling by Sister Evangeline, and had opted for the Medieval Madonnas, giggling at how old and strange baby Jesus looked. You glanced across to them, weak and swaying on the balls of your feet. Sheets of shiny hair rippled as they spoke; most girls liked to grow it long and tie it in damp braids at night. Bottle green blazers swamped each narrow set of shoulders, and stockinged legs protruded from long plaid skirts.
Lucy stood out like a sore thumb: blunt hair, short skirt, blazer tied around her waist. You hated how effortlessly she leant all her weight on one leg. That smug ease. Perhaps an anti-climax was befittingâshe had teased the crippling epiphany out of you with nonchalance. There was no need for ceremony. Â
You felt like you were paralysed above a deep stretch of blackness. All you could do was watch her, unable to tear your gaze away. She idled by the exhibits, listless as a house fly. You felt a sudden guilt at ogling her.
âY/n, whateverâs the matter?â Sister Evangeline was beside you. To have teased sympathy out of her meant that you must look ghastly. You met her eyes, your feelings so hot and full that you were sure she could read them. The sight of her lined, humourless face and mannish eyebrows at least cooled you down. âYou look like a bled calf. Are you ill?â
You shook your head and swallowed, composing yourself. âJust feel a little lightheaded,â you said hoarsely. In all honesty, it wasnât just your head that felt light; you felt so suddenly hollow that you were surprised your ugly brogues were still managing to anchor you to the floor.
âPerhaps you need some fresh air,â she said, turning into the next room of the gallery. You knew that she was scouting for Murielâthe school prefect and your best friend, whose Girl Guide-administered First Aid training would be enough to remedy your dizzinessâbut sheâd long since moved out of the sculpture hall. âWhere on earth have theyâOh, Miss. Boynton.â
Your heart seized in your chest. Whatever nausea you were feeling before increased ten-fold. Lucy, who had been busy looking at a framed Turner painting, turned towards you. You felt another stabâ this one somehow sweet and dreadfulâas you were reminded of how beautiful she was. Sister Evangeline was beckoning her over.
âIâm fine, Sister,â you managed, trying not to belie your desperation. Lucy, casting one last look at the painting, walked towards you. âIâm feeling much better actually. Iâm fine.â Evangeline looked towards you, noting the moustache of perspiration that had suddenly beaded your upper lip. She raised a bushy eyebrow and ignored you.
âIâm sorry to disturb you, Miss. Boynton,â she said, as Lucy neared. She gave you an icy up-and-down look. A shiver rolled through your body, ending in your stomach. âY/n isnât feeling well. Could you take her outside for some fresh air?â
Lucy didnât answer straightaway. Instead she looked at you, cocked her head to one side and asked: âWhatâs the matter?â
âNothing,â you said, mouth dry. âJust a bit lightheaded.â
âHow come?â
âIâm anaemic.â The lie was out of your mouth before you could stop it. For a sick split-second you wondered if Sister Evangeline was going to expose you, but she didnât seem to be listening.
âCan you take care of her for me?â she asked, her gaze in the next room, where the troupe were pointing, scandalised, at Simone Solomanâs âSappho.â
âSure,â Lucy said. Without warning she took your arm and yanked you towards the nearest fire exit. âI needed a fag anyway,â she murmured, once she was out of Sister Evangelineâs earshot. Her arm was warm and smooth against yours. Every brush of skin on skin felt tickly, making you want to both twitch away and move closer. Your heart thudded in your chest. Lucy pushed the door open and you squinted in the sudden glare of sunshine.
âYou should sit down,â she said, backing onto the pavement. You obediently dropped into a sitting position on the floor, scooting on your hands until your back was pressed on the hot stucco of the museumâs walls. Little grits of dirt bit into your palms. You couldnât look at Lucy. Instead you watched her legs, long and inky-black in their opaque tights. Traffic sped by and kicked up dry dust, powdering them a little. Â
âHow have you still got that on?â Lucy asked.
You wanted to speak but your mouth was so dry that you were unsure if youâd be able to summon the words.
âHello? Y/n?â You were glad of the sting in her voice. You wanted her to be cruel. It was what you deserved.
After a few seconds you were emboldened enough to meet her gaze. She was stood over you, shading her eyes from the sun, hair glowing and tossing in the hot breeze. âWhat?â you asked quietly.
âTake your blazer off.â
Something hot rushed through you. Close to panic but a little sweeter. âWhat?â
âTake your blazer off. Itâs boiling out here. Probably why you feel so faint.â
âOh,â you said, and quickly scrambled to rid yourself of it. From the way she was looking at you, you wondered if she was going to start laughing. âWhat?â you asked, disturbed by her inquiring eyes.
âIs that all you know how to say? What, what, what.â Then, without warning, she pulled her skirt up. You flinched as though sheâd just hit you.
âWhatâwhat are youââ you began, before her chuckle cut you short.
â âWhatâ,â she parroted, her laugh as high and clean as the peal of a bell. It took a little while before you noticed the rectangular lump in the waistband of her tights. You tried not to flit your eyes down to the thighs, covered as they were. âWant one?â she asked prematurely, pulling a box of Silk Cuts from the elastic. Her skirt streamed down in a delicate motion.
âOh umâno thank you,â you said, relieved that she was covered again. A few silent seconds elapsed in which she lit up, cupping the flame with her palm.
âNot giving those up for Lent?â you asked, at a loss of what else to say. She gave you a sidelong glance, cheeks hollowing around the cigarette. The tip pulsed bright amber.
âNo,â she said, exhaling. Everything suddenly felt lucid: the razor-sharp shadows, the smell of the smoke, the sound of Lucyâs voice: âIâve given up masturbation.â
It was only by the quirk of her eyebrows that you realised sheâd said something inappropriate. You grappled for a definition, totally pre-occupied with the sweet haze of cigarette smoke, the light that shone on the edges of her profile like cut glass. âWhat?â
She rolled her eyes. âThatâs not funny anymore,â she said.
âIâm serious,â you insisted, a little hostile. âWhat do you mean?â
She stilled completely, eyes wide with intrigue. âYouâre serious?â
You nodded. As though by reflex, she took a deep drag on the cigarette. Her slightly sullen gaze was now cast to the passing traffic. âNever mind,â she said in a low voice. âI forget that some of you have been raised with this shit.â
All at one you thought of how stupid and bovine you must look to herâanother pristine, clueless Catholic girl. You bristled a little, folding your blazer in your lap. âItâs a sin, right? Masturbation?â you said, pulling from your hazy recollection of old R.E lessons.
She gave a humourless, one-syllable laugh. âWhat isnât?â
âGood point.â
She looked towards you, and you thought you read a little flash of fondness in her eyes. She cocked her head to one side. âItâs proving difficult, you know. Abstaining.â
You nodded, wanting to look collected. Her cigarette stub was hardly two inches long. You watched it smoulder between her two fingers. Realising that you werenât going to respond, Lucy continued. âIt really is; temptation is everywhere.â
âWell, thatâs what Father Alec would say,â you said, rolling your eyes. Your dislike for the priest was in no way feigned; he was a dull, drawling, caterpillar-eyebrowed man who all your friends had an inexplicable crush on.
You seem to have said the right thing, for Lucy started laughing. âFather fucking Alec,â she said, shaking her head and flicking what left of her fag onto the asphalt. She drew her eyebrows into a low scowl and adopted his low monotone: â âRemember girls, if you stick your fingers in your pussy youâre going straight to Hell.ââ
Her impression was so spot-on that you couldnât contain your laughter. You contorted your own brows into a frown and shadowed her: â âRemember children, the Lord is always watching. If your skirts are more than a fingersâ width above your knees, youâre destined for the flames.ââ
âDestined for the flamesâ was an actual term he liked to use every now and then. You noticed how it always reduced Lucy to fits of giggles in Mass, and it did likewise here.
âIf you say the Lordâs name in vain, youâre destined for the flames.â
âIf you sneeze, youâre destined for the flames.â
âIf you think impure thoughts, youâre destined for the flames.â
âI used to think Father Alec could read my mind, you know,â you said, breaking the train. Lucyâs eyebrows shot up.
âOh yeah? How come?â
âIt was the first time I took confession. I think I was seven or something, and my brain kept repeating this one line from âCinderella.â I kept trying to stop thinking about it, I thought Iâd get told off for not taking it seriously enough.â
Lucy blinked at you, her expression divided between humour and disgrace. After a few seconds, she shook her head. âCatholics,â she muttered, raising her skirt again to fish out another cigarette. âTheyâre all fucking nuts. No offense.â
âNone taken.â Once sheâd extracted the cigarette, you watched her try and ignite it. Her short-nailed thumb crunched on the sparkwheel. The lighter was silver, with a horizontal rainbow stripe down the left side. âSo, the last school you went to,â you started. âWas that not Catholic?â
She took a deep drag, lungs expanding, before puffing it out. âNo, it was. I just wasnât raised Catholic. Not until my parents got into the whole âBorn Again Christianâ shit.â
You nodded slowly, taking this in. Your eyes drifted to her collar, where a large crucifix stood stark against her throat. Despite her obvious abhorrence for religion, Lucy wore a black, plastic rosary necklace that threw her delicate beauty into relief. When sheâd first arrived in her parentâs carâwith plans of reformation and a reputation that had sent every face flocking to the windows to watch her arriveâ sheâd been berated for loading herself with too much costume jewellery. You had watched over Murielâs shoulder as the new girl unhooked her earrings and wiggled her fingers out of her rings before dropping them in Sister Evangelineâs palm, her mouth hard and cold. Since then sheâd been squeezing through every loophole she could find, contesting over the length of skirts and arguing that any accessory with a crucifix on it was legitimate. You remembered the look on Sister Evangelineâs face when one of the crosses in her lobes had been upturned, either accidentally or not.
âI donât know why you think youâre exempt from the rules, Miss. Boynton,â sheâd said, as Lucy had airily taken the studs out. âBut this isnât a fashion show. There is to be no makeup, no unnatural hair colours, no jewellery, and no long nails.â Â
âI wouldnât worry about that, Sister,â Lucy said, fixing her with a look as she deposited the earrings into her weathered hand. âI keep my nails nice and short.â
It was the wink that led to her first detention.
âWhy did you come here, then?â you asked, once sheâd had a few more puffs. You watched her lips fasten on the end, her throat straining as she inhaled. Her collarbone stuck out like two white hyphens. Â
âI got kicked out. Look, are you sure you donât want one? I feel kind of bad just stood here.â She gestured with the cigarette.
âNo thanks. Why did you get kicked out?â
It was difficult to tell if Lucy looked interested or evasive. She watched you as she inhaled again, buying herself some time, you thought. âIâll tell you if you take a drag.â
You laughed. âNo way. Iâll cough.â
âThatâs exactly why I want you to do it.â
You tensed up suddenly. Merely the mental image of you inhaling wrong and spluttering in front of Lucy was enough to make your face burn with embarrassment. On seeing your hesitation, she spoke.
âIt would be less intense if we shotgun it.â
âWhat does that mean?â
âIt means I just blow whateverâs left into your mouth.â
Your stomach knotted. That lightheaded feeling was back, and your mind felt so loud and busy that you were scared you were going to blurt something stupid. âAlright,â you said instead, getting to your feet. Your blouse was sticking to your back a little. âWhy did you get expelled, then?â you asked, rising to your full height. You knew that to avoid eye contact would be to belie how nervous you felt, so you looked at her squarely, watching her pupils dilate slightly despite the arid sunshine.
âYou really want to know?â
âI do now.â
She paused. âYou promise youâre not going to freak out on me?â
The knot in your stomach tightened. âI promise.â
âOkay. So last year I was staying at St. Maryâs. It was an all girlâs school, kind of like this, but it was more relaxed. And it wasnât a boarding school.â
You nodded, wondering why she was stalling with so much detail.
âIt was me and this girl Isabelle. She was the vicarâs daughter. A real good girl, you know. They had this idea that I âcorrupted her,â or something, but thatâs not true, I mean she was alwaysâbasically, we got caught in the disabled toilets together.â
Sheâd begun rushing towards the end. You could tell straightaway that she regretted the anecdote. Still, a current of curiosity forced you to ask: âTogether?â
She flicked her eyes up to you and took a steadying breath. âKissing,â she said, shrugging. âThat was pretty much it. I had my hand under her shirt but thatâs as far as it went. Itâs stupid really, isnât it? A stupid reason to expel somebody.â
Silence hung between you for a few seconds. You could feel Lucyâs tenseness. In a way it felt gratifying, to have that power over her for once. You could have responded the way Muriel might, by wrinkling your nose and calling her disgusting and refusing to have her lips anywhere near yours. Youâd be met with a âFuck you,â and would shake it off and step back into the sterile white of the art gallery, already reducing the strange experience to a memory. Or you could show compassion. Not solidarity, not affirmation, but aloof understanding, like those new wave Christians that Muriel swooned over.
âItâs not the stupidest reason someoneâs got expelled,â you said after a while. You liked how unfazed your voice sounded. Lucy looked towards you, relieved.
âIsnât it?â
âNo. A girl once got suspended for a week for having a nosebleed in the middle of a prayer circle. Iâm not joking. They wrote her a letter home saying that she couldnât come to school because she was possessed by a demonic presence.â
Lucy burst into laughter. âJesus.â
âI know.â
Lucy stayed laughing for a few seconds longer, though your delivery hadnât been that funny. You sensed that she was grateful for your reactionâdespite the whole impervious act, she was still the new girl. She was the victim of incessant rumours, she sat alone in the lunch hall, she was picked last for cricket. Perhaps she was more in need of a friend than you realised.
âLook,â you started, leaning back against the sunned stucco. âAre you going to the Easter dance with anyone?â
Lucy quirked an eyebrow. âWhy?â she asked, voice coquettish. âIs this a proposal?â
You couldnât tell if she was being serious or not; the Easter dance was a famously chaste affair, occurring under the strip lights of the church hall and watched hawkishly by the Sisters and the statue of the crucified Christ. Still, it caused a yearly stir due to the allowance of own clothes and the boys from St. Peters, who were invited and permitted to put their hands on the girlsâ hips and spin them in awkward, arms-length circles. The worldlier girls found ways to invite their crushes, but the rest merely awaited the big day, hoping that their options would be less acne and halitosis-riddled than they were last year.
âWell, yeah,â you said. âI mean, me and Muriel and the rest of the girls all get ready together and stuff. It can be good fun.â
âRight,â Lucy said, with a slightly humoured smile.
âJust donât want you to go alone, thatâs all,â you said, bristling slightly. You stopped yourself short of saying: âIt just seemed like the Christian thing to do.â
âWell, thatâs sweet of you.â You dropped your gaze to the floor, dragging the sole of your foot through the chits of asphalt. There was a small gasp, as if Lucy had just remembered something.
âAlmost forgot,â she said, and from your constricted view, you saw swirls of cigarette smoke changing their course. A hot prickle seared up both shoulders as you realised what she was doing. Sure enough, the two-inch stub of the cigarette was wedged between her lips, and she was giving it a deep pull, causing the tip to swell with a sudden throb of amber.
Before you knew it, her face was darkly near and her eyes were closing and her smoky breath was tickling your lips. Her mouth sealed over yours. Everything was wound tight as the tobacco sighed into your parted lips. Sheâd put her hands on your hips. Casually, platonically. The kind of tactility that wouldnât raise eyebrows at a teenage sleepover. A reflexive image jumped into your head, of Lucy hooking her fingers into the waistband of your skirt and yanking you towards her until your stomachs collided. The idea frightened you so badly that you gasped, flattening the smoke against the back of your throat.
Breaking away, you coughed and spluttered. Lucy stayed still, allowing her arms to fall back to her sides. Your hands were shaking. It wasnât supposed to feel like that, you knew. Not with a girl. You were sick. You were just what Sister Evangeline said: sick.
âAre you okay?â Lucy called, after blowing what was left of the smoke skywards. You watched it curl up and peter into nothingness, blitzed by the sunshine.
âFine.â
Two days in and youâd already broken your Lenten sacrifice; youâd vowed to give up lying.
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