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[đ]. a relationship or friendship that you can't get out of your head, which you thought had faded long ago but is still somehow alive and unfinished, like an abandoned campsite whose smoldering embers still have the power to start a forest fire.
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ăďš đź ďšâI was just... wondering,â you say, blood roaring. "Well, Yeonjun wants me to come over to his place this weekend, and... Iâve never...â Sucking in a quick breath, you just spit it out to get it over with, âWould you be my first kiss, Kai?âÂ Ë ď˝¤ď˝¤
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đairings childhood bsf!kai x reader (lowkey soulmates?) ⤡ ft. asshole!yeonjun x reader
đ˘ â; smut Ë angst Ë some fantasy
đ´arnings angst, family issues, fingering, jealousy (iâm sorry i just love ts), yeonjun really is an asshole, orgasm denial, thigh fucking, unprotected sex (they're stupid!), strength kink a lil bit, breeding kink, possessiveness, cream pie, choking... i think that's all, lmk if i missed any
âŕ ashlynn's note omg. this was such a fun palate cleanser to write. this wasn't supposed to be as big as it is, but it just kept getting bigger and bigger, and i got super into the story. this kai is SOOOO!! yeah. iâm so nervous posting this because iâve only ever posted TSFAWC, butâŚ. here you areee (^^;; this is not proofread, so if you see a mistake... give me a sec. i'll get to it. hehe
Though you fan your hand furiously over your face, the little breezes washing over your clammy skin are not enough. The air is thick and heavy with summerâs heat. So thick that you almost feel it each time you swallow. Itâs better than just letting yourself melt away, though. The cushion at your back doesnât help much. It holds your warmth and returns it to you the longer you sit slumped back into it. You suffer it thoughâyouâve gone too sluggish to move. Â
You let a leg dangle over the arm of a chair, watching a hopeful moth dance in the light of the buzzing porch light overhead. It flutters frantically in it, making a grand fight to reach that false moonlight, only to drop away when it realizes that itâs being burnt. You watch it rinse and repeat, relentless and sure, for who knows how long. Itâs no special mothâno luna moth or the ones with the pretty pink wingsâbut the light falls down on it and colors it a pleasant stardust silver. Â
You delight in letting your conscious brain turn off to watch it. It lets you forget the sweltering under your skin, and also that Kai had drug you out here. His dad gives him shit when he plays inside, but itâs way too hot to be out here. Isnât it supposed to cool off after the sun goes down? It doesnât feel like it. The deep acoustics are drowned out each time a car whirrs by. Playing outside should be the best option, but you and Kai live right on a busy road. Â
When the roar of some car going ten miles over the speed limit doesnât obscure his playing, though, you admire the intricacy of it. His fingers work up and down the neck, jumping frets that you imagine would be impossible to anybody without those long fingers of his. You had always been a loud supporter of his playing, even way back when the most he could play were simple chords, but you became especially so when a few years back he put a guitar in your hands and tried teaching you. Even with his fingers guiding yours, it was quick to learn that the effortlessness with which Kai handles the instrument is hard earned. Â
He practices on the acoustic guitar, but thatâs not his domain. With houses just a dash across the street from each other, Kai had grown up at your home more than he had at his own. So vividly, you remember the stars in his eyes when heâd listen to your dadâs music. Metallica, The Smashing Pumpkins, Linkin Park, any of it. He had fallen in love with it a long time ago. Your whole life you knew that it was only a matter of time before he was in his own band, chasing his dreams with a boundless mind and an indelible vision of himself on stage. How had that time come so soon, though? You donât know if the notebooks full of inky lyrics that live wherever he deems inspiration might hit him make you proud or nervous. Heâs making good on his dazzling aspirations, and you?Â
You speak finally into the air, cutting through heat waves and his music and the night. âIsnât it weird that weâre not going back to school after this summer?âÂ
He doesnât have to even stop playing to answer you. Playing comes to him as a second nature. âKinda,â he answers, brown eyes flitting up to you. âBut itâs not like you wonât be back to it in September. College is the same shit.âÂ
The leg youâd been dangling and bouncing pauses. Thatâs right; youâre supposed to be going to that college youâd chosen because it was only a three-hour drive away from here. You pluck at the seatâs threadbare fabric, and the moth, still there, becomes oh-so-interesting once again. When his playing stops, you drop your head back with a cushioned thud and a groan that you wrangle in your throat.Â
âWhy are you acting like that?â he says, voice gone sharp like accusation. He doesnât even know the truth, but heâs known you too long.
Canât you just keep secrets for yourself, sometimes?
Kai, arms clad in a well-loved hoodie even in this dreadful weather, lays the guitar down. You maintain your silence. âSeriously, what?âÂ
Some secrets have timers, though. This one could only last you until about September, or even August when he realizes that youâre not preparing to return to school. A controlled sigh from your chest isnât enough to soothe the nerves that sparks. âNothing.âÂ
âSecrets, huh?â Kai says. When you do finally look to him, black spikes of hair frame his eyes and the accusation in them.Â
Itâs a simple poke, but it gets under your skin as sharp as any thorn might. Itâs not like you donât keep secrets from him, and youâre sure he keeps some from you too. But those are the little kinds, the inconsequential onesâlike I ate already when asked why youâre not eating or like Yeah, Iâm fine when itâs been a bad day. You donât hide this kind of stuff from each other. Usually, youâd run over to his place to tell him whateverâs bothering you. Why not, when heâs known even the worst details of your life for almost the entirety of it? Youâve been holding this one close to your chest since somewhere around the end of senior year, though. The longer you let it fester, the worse your nervousness snowballs. âCâmon, Kai. Letâs not do this. Can you keep playing?âÂ
He doesnât like that, of course. But you watch recognition dawn over his chocolate brown eyes, helpless to stop it. âYouâre not going,â he says. Itâs not a question nor a suspicion, itâs a bone-dry fact. Â
Well. There that goes. You want to tear every hair on your head right out. Why had you even thought youâd keep him in the dark about it? When heâs not out in some garage making music, you two are together. The conversation was going to stroll by at some point; this was only inevitable. His disappointment radiates off him in waves and blisters you. He hasnât even said anything yet, but you know exactly what he thinks of it. Itâs why you kept it from him in the first place. Â
Your silence is enough confirmation for him. âWhy?â he says. âI thought you were excited to move out.âÂ
Wincing, you nod slowly. You were. Even went through the whole application process, along with most other kids your age. Ultimately, you never went through with declaring a college. You donât exactly know why, but somewhere weaseled down in the shadowy recesses of your soul, you know. Taking those steps, the massive and terrifying ones from adolescence into adulthood, meant agreeing that this form of your life was over. It meant that at some point, youâd be moving away from here to where living your days away in Kaiâs room would not be a choice. Everybody has to do it eventually, you know that. Kaiâs music gig could take off any day, too. Heâs going to make it happen. And then what? All this stalling and wishing on just a bit more time would mean nothing, heâd be off and chasing that dream. As excited as you are for it to finally become reality for him, thereâs a nasty bitterness thatâs budded in your chest, infecting your person. Â
Canât things just stay like this?Â
âI was,â you say. It comes out of your mouth heavy. Â
âThen why arenât you going?â he says. Crickets, never seen but always heard, sing their song into the nightâs darkness. âYou didnât get rejected. Youâre too smart for that.âÂ
An ache sits heavily somewhere near the center of your chest, maybe over your heart. All those good grades, nights spent bent over a desk and AP paperworkâyouâre wasting it. You shake your head. âNo... just...â Itâs an effort to dress your thoughts in a way that might appease him. A quiet moment stretches with your thinking before you continue, âI donât know what I want to do.âÂ
He doesnât like that, the yellow wash of the overhead light dancing over his taut lips and hard eyes. âDonât know what you want to do?â he says, bringing his legs up onto the seat to crisscross them. He wears his favorite jeans. Theyâre heel-bitten and baggy enough over his legs that he can wear them around the house without any bother. âYouâve wanted to be an artist your whole life. You know exactly what you want to do.âÂ
Your chest only seems to ache harder. When the both of you were only young and hopeful, you both had big dreams. Kai was going to be the face of a metal band, and you were going to be an artist. A painter, potter, sculptor, even doing animation for those big companies like Dreamworks and Disney. You wanted any of it, just as long as you were doing art. Youâd even promised him that youâd do the cover art for his albums with interlocked pinkies and flushed, hopeful cheeks. That passion and love wasnât gone from you, it blazed strong in your veins. This blaze wasnât the kind that kept you warm and excited to push forward into life, though. It had morphed into something that scalded you when you got too close or started imagining yourself pursuing its call. Itâs a taunting silvery glow, no longer a guiding north star. Taunting words of family members stamped down on that hope hard. When you were little, it was said lighthearted and in passing. The older you got, though, the more serious their faces became. They wouldnât say it outright perhaps, but you hear what they think well enough. Art is a dead-end career. Â
Shifting in your seat, you tell him, âI donât know.âÂ
âWhat do you mean?â Kai says. âThere are good colleges for that.âÂ
âI just... donât know.âÂ
Shaking his head, he tells you, âBut you love it.âÂ
You do. In its every form, you love creating. But loving it doesnât mean that itâs right for you, or that you should trust your future in its hands. âI think I can do it in my own time,â you say, finally pushing yourself upright from the cushion. âDonât wanna kill the passion by doing it for a living, you know?âÂ
He thinks on that for a moment. âIf you love it, you should do it,â he says.Â
An awful frustration bubbles in your chest. Kai has always had a clear life path, the steps ahead of him set in stone and waiting for him to follow in them. Itâs hard for him to see why you might not want to do the same. Thereâs nothing that makes you as happy as the fact that he has it all figured out, that he knows just where heâs going and that heâs so incredible at it that he doesnât have to worry about meeting the requirements, but your path seems obscured and untrodden. Punctuating a deep, resonant sigh, you say, âItâs not that easy, Kai.âÂ
âIf youâre not doing that, then what are you going to do? Are you just going to settle for a nine-to-five?â he says full of accusation, the tapping on his knees gone still. Â
A dry laugh, you say, âMaybe Iâll marry a super rich guy and just do my art for a living. No nine-to-five.âÂ
His face flashes. Heâd always been a bit reserved, especially around others, but he bared his emotions freely around you. You hold them dearly to your chest and made sure to do your best to make good on that trust. He says, âYouâre more than some guyâs housewife.âÂ
Cheeks radiating in the heat, you snort. âI know, dork. Iâm a rockstarâs best friend. Itâs my personal favorite achievement.â Â
His face sours when you reach out and pinch hard at his cheek, but he doesnât pull away or brush you off. The skin there is warmed and clammy. Really, the two of you should go meet the cool AC inside before you suffer heat stroke. But this moment feels so niceâyour shoulders feel tons lighter without something to hide. If you had it your way, things would stay like this forever. Just the two of you, sat here like you have so many times before, just taking for granted the time youâve got together. Â
His mouth opens to banter, probably something about how heâs not a rockstar yet or to get you back for calling him a dork. Wingbeat and sterling dashes about your face send the image into a blur, though. Youâre a quick mess of limbs and a whipping head, as if itâll chase the thing away from you.Â
âSeriously?â Kai says. Youâd climbed halfway over him, elbows digging into him and knee doing a number on his thigh. âItâs a moth. Youâre not scared of moths.âÂ
Lingering for a few moments later to ensure the flying thing was nowhere on you or around you, you hold back a laugh before you climb off him and fix your hair with undignified tucks behind your ears. âHe was in my face,â you say around a laugh, because you know it was a bit too much. Nobody likes wings in their ears and spindly legs in their face, though, and youâre in no control of what you do when anything with six legs tries and get too friendly. Even moths. Â
âYou just wanted me to protect you,â he says. A sarcastic, shit-eating smile tugs at the corners of his mouth. Â
âOh,â you scoff, batting your eyelashes and clasping your hands together all saccharine-sweet. âYes, Romeo, wonât you kill that bug for me? This girlâs heart just canât take it!âÂ
Kaiâs nose crinkles, and the playful light twists into a glare. âNasty.âÂ
âThatâs how you sounded,â you say. âI only reacted accordingly.â Laughing, you kick your legs out over his lap and sprawl back out. He takes the guitar back into his hands.Â
As much as you want to escape the mugginess, youâll survive it for just a little while longerâif only with the force of an indulgent heart. The eternal moments are those you allow to linger. Â
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Some things, you forget when youâre older. Maybe itâs timeâs hand, eroding memories down and stuffing more in the longer you live to experience them. But also maybe because theyâre the sort of things you canât say in the adult world without a laugh in the face and a look from down their noses. Â
This memory is one of those forgotten things. Itâs moth-bitten and dusty, something you one day folded up in a moving box and decided to never revisit.Â
Youâd been down at the creek. Kai and you had spent so many summer days there. It wasnât too far from home, just past the filbert trees and into the shallow neck of the backwoods, but there you were out of sight and free to get up to nothing good. It was a wonder your mom ever let you do it. Kaiâs dad didnât care too much where he went or what he did, but your mom dug her claws in deep. You like to think that she imagined you two would have each other, if anything ever happened.Â
Usually, youâd be there holding your jeans up from the stream and Kai would be letting his jeans go dark with it. The bite of water was nice as it washed over warm skin. Fun was a simple thing to find, then. You dug your fingers into the mudbanks and tossed stones way too big to be throwing at each other, just because you two remembered how much the adults hated it when you did. Then, youâd drag tired limbs home avoiding sweetgum tree spikes that had fallen to the ground and dug splinters out from your feet. Â
This day, you had been in the blackberry bushes. It was maybe late July or early August, and theyâd gotten heavy on their branches. Youâd waited until the smell of them, summer-warmed, was sweet and cloying in the air to pick them. With buckets in your hands, you plucked only the fattest berries from their bunches. Your fingers were stained a delightful purple and perhaps a bit thorn raw, but you didnât mind much then. You plucked for hours, and it was dusk before you could catch it. Dinner was no doubt waiting for you back home.Â
âThereâs a bunch over here,â Kai had said. He reached a long boyish arm, still awkward and lanky with puberty, up high for ripe bush. You finished off picking before climbing around thick branches sticking out to take a peek. A bunch, there was.Â
When you went to drop a handful of them into your bucket, Kai hissed. Heâd been snagged by a vicious looking branch, those ones as thick as a finger with thorns to match and youâd warn each other tongue-in-cheek to watch out for that one. Heâd worn those ridiculous shorts that day, the ones that looked half pants half shorts with how long and baggy they were, and the claws of the bush had jumped at the opportunity. At first the scrapes were white, but then red blood crawled out and down his leg. Â
âKai,â you said, some parts chiding and some parts just wondering how heâd managed that. You surveyed his leg for a bit, and then determined that he should wash his leg off in the stream. He walked there strong, but of course you noticed the hobble beneath his acting. When you squatted down into the dry grass and cupped water to wash off his leg, you laughed.Â
âWhat?â he had said, holding the shorts up. You covered your laugh with a hand, but it erupted past your palm. You remember the glare on his face very well. Â
You still laughed. âYouâre stupid,â you had told him.Â
âI didnât see it,â he said. âI tripped over it because it was sticking out.âÂ
That time when you brought your hands to catch some water, there was a twinkle in its surface. You didnât notice it for a second. The creek moved fast and you could see a lot of things in its reflection. When it lingered, thatâs when your brows furrowed. It seemed to twirl, dancing around like alive over the stones.Â
The sound of Kaiâs voice remains with you. âHey,â he had said, strong to call your attention but also wavered with uncertainty.Â
When you looked up, there was silver dust dancing around you.Â
It was fluffy and whorling, fine silver stardust. Itâd moved weightless in the air, as though it barely existed. In the center of it were a few moths. They seemed to be made of sterling powder just as the dust was, and they glowed against duskâs backdrop. If your memory serves you right, there had been a sweet hymn of coos from them. They beckoned you. Summerâs heat felt lighter, and so did your chest. You wondered where they had wanted you to go.Â
Almost afraid that if you spoke they might have fluttered away, you whispered soft and low to Kai. âWhat is that?â He was stood frozen there, pant leg still scrunched up in his fist. Stardust glowed soft in his brown eyes while he took it all in, you remember. It wasnât a scared frozen. You werenât scared, eitherârather, it was as if that lightness had found its way into the core of your being and brushed over it with mending hands.Â
He whispered back, âI donât know.â How could he have known? It was absurd.Â
Those whisps had beckoned you, flowing toward the deeper woods. The soft moths, their murmuring brushing up against your ears, seemed to wait for you to follow. You remember a pull, soft tendrils wrapping themselves around your heart and the yearning it planted there. Â
But there was also this reluctance, a bone-deep answering that had told you: No. Youâre not ready.Â
âKai, I wanna go,â you told him.Â
You didnât even need to tell him twice. Berry buckets forgotten; the journey home was a stranger one. When your dad asked why you returned from berry picking emptier handed than you had left the house, Kai and you only shared a look. You pair kept that evening at the creek hidden so well that it became more forgotten than shared secret. Â
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Once, you had been the type of girl that loved being around family. Some of your favorite days of your life were spent in this living room, T.V. roaring over bouncing conversation. Some of those nights ended in rosy cheeks and laughs, and some ended with words thrown angry like fireworks. You never knew which youâd be getting, but you endured the fear of not knowing because it was a simple loveâthe basic kind built with biology into you the moment your infant skin touched your motherâs. You endured it because eventually, sleep washed away the bad taste left in your mouth and you forgave them quick, sometimes quicker than you ought to, and things would go on as if it hadnât even happened. You endured it because you could handle its burden, if only to feel the warmth you feel when itâs a good day. Â
Kai was always thereâhis dad was hardly home, so he found family in yours. When you were younger, youâd been embarrassed he was there for caustic, spitted words and intimate fights. Now, youâre just grateful for his shoulder. Â
So, yes. Once, you had loved being around your family. But things feel tenser now, nights spent all together less frequent and when they do happen, theyâre tainted by a strange air. You think that this strangeness is new, but an awful worry also makes you think that itâd always been there, that you only feel it now because youâve grown into your adult mind. A hollow ache stakes its claim in your chest, declaring that it wonât leave until you find that youthful ignorance and joy once more. You think that it might stay there forever.Â
Bare feet bounding down the stairs, you make a rare appearance downstairs. The cupboard is only half open to make way for a snack raid before your momâs voice cuts through the air. You know quickly just by the look on her face that you shouldâve stayed upstairs.Â
âHey,â she says, gathering laundry into a basket. âYouâve been applying to jobs?âÂ
With an anxious belly, you tell her, âYeah. A few. Theyâre not really, like, ideal, but I sent applications.â You donât remember when it got hard to look into your motherâs eyes, but you canât bring yourself to do so now. Â
âNot ideal?â she says. âItâs not like you can be picky. Mcdonalds or wherever, I donât care, youâre going to need to get a job if youâre staying here.âÂ
âI know. I applied,â you reiterate around a mumble. You close the cabinets, not so interested in a snack anymore. âI just... I donât know, ma. I donât want to do that for a living, going between those sorts of jobs.âÂ
Face hard and abrasive against the truth you bare, she does that awful taunting smile that makes you feel small. Stupid. âYouâre not going to college, so thatâs what itâs gonna be. You canât sit up there and draw for a living. Youâve gotta get into the real world, get some real experience.â Â
Thereâs a burst of hurt in your chest, dazzling and gnawing. Sheâs getting closer to saying how she really feels about your dreams out loud every day. Your face burns and so do your eyes, knot thick in your throat. âYeah, okay. Got it,â you say, nodding. Youâre at the front door before you even know it, slipping on shoes and fighting the greatest internal battle to will back tears. Sheâd use those against you, no doubt about it. âIâm going to Kaiâs,â you throw over your shoulder. Â
Whatever she barks back at you, youâre glad you donât hear. Bells on some old Christmas decoration hung on the door that had yet to be taken down, even into summer, jingle and wash it away for you.Â
Kaiâs brows shoot up when he opens the door to your face crumpling. Youâd done so well at damming it up, but the wall cracks and the water crashes through once you see him. If it were anybody else, youâd feel icky and attention seeking, but youâd held Kai to your chest through gut-wrenching sobs as much as heâs done it for you. Without question, he takes you into his arms, warm hand running up and down your back. The warm soothing is so familiar. You melt right into it. Â
He keeps you there for a long moment. Then, his chest rumbles as he tells you, âCome on.â The walk through the AC to his bedroom is nice. Having a house like Kaiâs to come to where it can just be you is nice, too. You step around the mess of clothes and scattered belongings on his floor like you have a muscle-memory roadmap of his room. Boxsprings creak and hard mattress welcome you back home. His room is dark as always, a night-dweller you call him. The array of peeling band posters plastered over walls you two had painted blue some years ago, when itâd been his favorite color, donât help to lighten it up. He keeps a low lamplight on. Â
âShe never listens to me,â you say, crying gone to occasional sniffles from your chest. You rest your cheek on your bent knee.Â
âI know,â he says. âBut at least she cares about you. Pays attention to you.â His voice is soft and deep and right next to you. Always right next to you, there for you even when you might not appreciate it as you should. Â
His dad cares too little what he does, and yours care too much. The grass is always greener on the other side, you know it. Still, you hold a fantasy where youâre able to do teenager stuff. Where youâd allow yourself to do bad things, because you werenât so intent on painting yourself with their will. You two hold eyes for a long moment, your twinkling ones caught in that steady brown. âI just want to get away. Be my own person.â Your words are muffled in the softness of your skin.Â
âYou had the chance to do it,â Kai says, hand playing with your fingers. âBut you didnât.âÂ
Holding your legs closer, you lick your lips. What do you say to that? Would it ever be the time to tell him that you did it because you think that your soul is pathetically intertwined with his, and that it might snuff your lifeforce out to even try pursuing life without him? Without this? How do you tell him that youâre so frozen and unwilling to pursue any sort of future because it means accepting that this chapter is over? You clutch childhood to your chest like a wild animal guarding scarce food; you refuse. You refuse to acknowledge its end. Â
âKai,â is all you say, trembled and thick. Itâs not just your motherâs words that dig at you and tear to shreds the last bits of what dreaming you had left in you, but so many other reality checks too. This isnât the first time youâve heard those sorts of words, urging you forward. You can only dig your heel into the ground for so long before youâre swept away in timeâs ruthless, endless moving. Â
He understands. Lifting your face with warm fingers against your cheeks, he says, âHey. How about we go get ice cream, or something?âÂ
Ice cream does sound nice. âDairy Queen?âÂ
Smirk tugged over his mouth, he says, âYes, Dairy Queen. A blizzard. Câmon, letâs go.â Sliding off the bed, he offers you an urging hand up.Â
But you falter. âI donât know if we can. Sheâs mad at me. I donât think sheâll let me go.âÂ
âLet you go?â he says, eyes narrowed. âShe doesnât have to let you go. Youâre an adult now, you go if you want to.â He offers his hand to you again.Â
Itâs so him, freely going wherever he ordain it. The bullheadedness is very him, as well. Always the devil on your shoulder, he was the root of any rebellious thing youâve ever done. He could never understand your apprehension, or why getting in trouble was such an awful thing to you. âI have to ask to get money.âÂ
Brows pinching, he says, âYou think Iâm not gonna pay for you? You donât need them to give you money, Iâll pay. Iâll take care of it.â He drags you up from the bed this time. âLive a little. Do you want to go?âÂ
It was never the punishments or the getting in trouble that you were scared of, though. Disappointment was a scarier word than grounded. Sneaking out and those sorts of things, itâs not like you had angel wings at your back and never considered them. Itâs that you are deeply, utterly terrified of changing how they look at you. You begin to tell him, âI do, butââÂ
He cuts you off, adamant. âThen do it. Letâs go. If you want to go, then go,â he says. âAt some point, your life needs to become your own. Itâs not sneaking out when youâre graduated and eighteen years old, itâs going wherever the hell you want. Youâve... Youâre gonna end up stuck here, in this town, forever. You donât deserve that.âÂ
That sounds like both the best and the worst thing youâve ever heard. You take his hand. Â
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Your frozen fingers nurse your ice cream. The cup itself is cold, but the Dairy Queen on your side of town is always thirty degrees below what it should be. Itâd always been that way. Even way back when you two couldnât drive, youâd get dropped off here to escape the melting weather and get a frozen treat with a handful of dollars. Each time, youâd start off sagging with the relief of summerâs weight off your shoulders and left the place shivering and sugar-mouthed. Â
Itâs really only you two in here. You crinkle your nose when he takes a spoonful. âOut of all the flavors...âÂ
Unbothered and no doubt expecting you to say it, he offers you a flat, âYou get your flavor, I get mine.â He makes a point of taking an extra-long bite. His lips linger around the red plastic of the spoon and his brows rest high in silent challenge. Â
The corners of your lips twitch up. âHmm. Well. I just have a hard time believing that Oreo... or, like, brownie fudge, is right there, and you actually want M&M. I donât get how M&M your favorite.â A familiar banter falls over your tongues. Your heart buzzes and your cheeks radiate. This is the first youâve done this all summer, and itâll be weaning off into fall soon. Any other summer, you wouldâve been here on all the hottest days. You hate that Kaiâs been so busy with his music; you hate that you can hear the resounding ticks of the clock counting down your time. You also hate that the stubborn depths of you still believe that if you freeze yourself here in stasis that the world will relent and stop along with you.Â
You look over the sharp lines of Kaiâs jawline as it feathers with his chewing, and the broadness of his shoulders where his jacket stretches around it, and the starkness of his collarbones against his chest and the bobbing of his adamâs apple when he swallows. No, time doesnât stop. Some of him remains the same, though. In it, you see the boy that had love creeping up on you so long ago, with all its aching and all its hope. That freckle on the column of his neck, the bump in his nose leading down to the button tip that beckons your lips to steal a quick kiss. Â
And, those lips. Theyâre as soft as ever around the discontented grimace he pulls. âM&M isnât my favorite.âÂ
With a pursed mouth and patronizing brows arched over your eyes, you say, âOh, huh. Thatâs funny, because if my memory serves me right, itâs the only flavor youâve ordered for the past... six years.â Â
Kai husks a laugh at that. âThatâs because they havenât had my favorite for years,â he tells you, scooping up the final bit and then pushing it off to the side. âIt was a blizzard of the month that they discontinued. The blackberry cheesecake one. I made peace with it, though. It lives on in my heart.â He grins, arms crossed over his chest and his back settled into the booth seat to let you finish your cup. Â
âBlackberry cheesecake,â you say, voice made taunting. Your nod is slow and taunting, too. âWell, forget M&Ms.Why would blackberry cheesecake be your favorite? Ever?âÂ
His face falters, a moment where something flows over his eyes as if reliving a memory in a few short seconds. Then, he shrugs. âIt just is.âÂ
You roll your eyes. âWhatever,â you laugh. âMaybe my palate is unrefined.â Imagining the tarte fruit in purple swirls of ice cream, youâre taken back to a humid July day and the scent of churned mud. Â
The strange memory unfolds itself quick. As if it were waiting for you to find wherever itâd hidden itself away. With a sharp gasp, you say, âOh my god, Kai. Do you remember that one day? That weird stuff we saw down at the creek?âÂ
He nods. âYeah. I was just thinking of that the other day, actually...âÂ
Less interested in finishing your cup now, you let the spoon rest. âWhat?â you say, the word peaking in the middle. That day hadnât crossed your mind once since itâd happened. âHow weird is that?âÂ
Scoffing a laugh, he says, âWeird, yeah. Just as strange as two kids high on fermented berries.âÂ
That draws a breathy laugh from you. âIs that what you think it was?â you ask him with knitted brows. The berries had been fresh, and you two had popped plenty into your mouth. But no doubt, youâd have spat them right back out if they were that ripe. âI mean, we saw the same thing.âÂ
âIt happens to animals all the time. Squirrells, and stuff.â He lends you a gallic shrug. âWe just freaked ourselves out. Like that one time you said you saw the shape of something in the dark and we freaked out. And it was clothes.â Â
Well, hallucinating, in tandem, a glowing mist because you two by chance ate fermented berries is a very long shot. However nonchalant he acts about it, he seems to have thought long and hard about it. Enough to reason it away with some far cry explanation. Would you have even been able to get drunk off a handful of fermented berries? And, god, youâre really sure that youâd have noticed. That taste isnât really one you just donât notice. Â
Whatever. Maybe you were just drunk idiots. Thatâs a lot easier to swallow, anyway.Â
âOkay, but you saw that. Did it not look sinister?â you say. With your spoon back in your hand, you punctuate the sentence pointing it at him. âYou freaked out with me, too.â Â
An unsatisfied scowl on his lips, he steals a spoonful of your dessert. You donât even swat him awayâyour phone buzzes in your pocket.Â
Catching sight of whoâs calling, you share a long look with Kai. Itâs funny, how fast those three white letters scramble you up. When you hesitate to answer, Kai tells you, âAnswer.âÂ
You hope she canât tell youâre not at Kaiâs by the refrigeratorsâ dull buzzing. Itâs an effort to tussle that invasive worry back. Youâre at Dairy Queen. Getting ice cream with the boy sheâs known since childhood. She should clutch her hands and thank the sky that youâre here, not out in some nasty frat house like you could be. You thumb the green button.Â
Her voice comes through the speaker crackled and asking you to run over to do a quick dish load. For a heartbeat you consider telling her that you will and then start rushing home. Instead, you fork out the truth through resistant lips.Â
The hangup tone sits heavy on the air between you and Kai. Having listened to the whole thing on speaker, he says, âWhat was so hard about that? The world didnât end, did it?âÂ
The plush of your lip takes a hard gnawing. No, it hadnât. âI know sheâs not going to get mad at me for just going here,â you say as you rest your elbows onto the table. âItâs that theyâre supporting me right now. I still live under their roof. The more I go around and insist I can do whatever I want, theyâll start reminding me of it.âÂ
His face drawn, he lets his mouth twitch to one side. âYeah,â he muses. âI never thought yours would be the type to kick you out.âÂ
Kaiâs dad had started threating him with getting kicked out years ago, when he first started telling him that he wanted to do music. How many times had he let reluctant tears flow into your shoulder over it? Because music wasnât a real job? Back then, youâd whispered in his ears that heâd become everything heâd dreamed of and more as your fingers carded through shaggy locks of hair. Â
âI donât know,â you say, humming it out noncommittally. âIs your dad still... yâknow?âÂ
Nodding slowly, his eyes tell. âYeah. Always.âÂ
âBecause youâre taking the band seriously, now?â you ask. Â
âProbably. I donât give a shit what he thinks about it. If Iâm just his goddamn problem, Iâll give him what he wants soon enough.â His eyes blaze with promise of it. Â
It takes a bit out of you to not wince. Kai living anywhere but in the house across from yours is wrong. âI donât think he necessarily wants that, Kai...â You take his hand in your icy ones, the urge to reach out to him thinly veiled under the guise of searching out warmth. Heâd always run warmer than youâyour personal heater. âItâs probably because he can see that youâre doing it for real. Not just saying it anymore.âÂ
âYeah, well,â he spits, âI canât fucking wait to see what heâll say to me when I make it. That piece of shit, though, he wouldnât even care. Itâs not like he ever gave a shit about me enough for it to matter.âÂ
But, it matters to you, you want to tell him. You understand his need to throw it all in his face. Though. âIs that one label going to sign you? The one you were talking about?âÂ
His tongue darts out to wet dry lips. âThey havenât yet. I donât know. But I donât need that money to get out of here, Iâve been working on it.âÂ
âThey will,â you say. âBut, where would you go? Not too far?â You try and keep it light and playful, even as your heart aches.Â
âCome with me,â he says. Itâs painfully blunt, as if it were that simple. âLetâs go get and apartment; you and me.âÂ
âKai...â you say. âYou donât have to drag me along because you feel bad.âÂ
The idea doesnât sound half bad, though. Â
âWhat?â His face tightens, as if somewhere under the surface your words had scraped somewhere tender. âYou donât have to stay here forever. Please. I want... I want you to come with me. You wouldnât have to even tell them; just bring all your stuff and go together. We could do it together. Like we said we would.â Â
âWe were like, five. Everybody tries to pretend running away at five,â you deadpan. Itâs a washy attempt at lightening things back up.Â
Living with him, moving out together, should feel like everything youâve ever wanted. And, maybe it is. But, heâs not asking you to live with him the way you want him to. Not in the way that your aching heart wishes he would. Â
Kai doesnât share the laugh you give him. âYeah, okay,â he says, leaning into the table. Â
Perhaps you should consider the potent disappointment heâs terribly masking with a face of indifference, though.Â
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Slowly, the knots in your belly have worked themselves out. When Kai had dropped you off, theyâd been so awful that you felt borderline sick. You sat the whole ride there in his old beat-up truck picking at your nails and rambling to him. He listened to you the whole time. And then when it was time to walk in, it had least felt a little easier to do so with his eyes on you, watching to make sure you made it in safely.Â
Youâd gotten a job. Itâs not too bad, folding clothes out on display. It would be nice if they kept the lights a bit brighter, but youâll get used it eventually, you hope.Â
Most of your coworkers are around your age, but the one showing you the ropes... your heart had fluttered.Â
âYouâll get it,â Yeonjun says. The smile you find on his lips once he straightens up from placing product on a display is smooth and smug. Sleek strands of black hair fall over his eyes. You fluster under his gaze. Â
With arms crossed over your chest you say, âYeah, probably.â You reach into the cardboard box for stock to practice on.Â
âWhereâd you work before this?â he asks, leaning back into a wall to watch you. Suddenly, you make sloppier work of your folding. âYour first retail job?âÂ
Some obnoxious pop song falls down from the speakers over the store. Nobodyâs in here yet, thankfully; youâve got some time to try and get a handle on everything. âNo, this is my first job. I was so nervous walking in.âÂ
Interest catches in his eyes. It encourages that smooth smile on his lips further. âDonât worry, sweetheart, Iâll show you the reins.âÂ
Your mind stalls. The suggestive, sly flicker to itâare you looking too much into it? Maybe thatâs just how guys like Yeonjun act. Itâs hard to pretend that you donât see how heâs looking at you, though. It has your belly twisted up in fluttery knots. Itâs not like you hadnât had your share of his type. But, for some reason youâd rather not address, heâs got your heart thumping in your chest.Â
He laughs at your fifth attempt to fold up the shirt. When he takes it from you to help, he smells of musk and vetiver. âYou going to college near here?â he continues. Â
âNah, just doing this, I guess,â you answer, watching him fold it up to try and soak it up. Â
âReally? Why not?â he hums, crossing his arms about his chest. âYou seem like a smart girl.âÂ
Buffering, your blood buzzes in your veins and your cheeks burn. âDunno. Not really sure what to do. Are you in college?âÂ
âNah. Iâm trying to figure things out, too.âÂ
The both of you pop your heads up when the bell rings to announce the arrival of a customer. Â
âYeah,â you say, eyeing him. Heâs a few years older than you, no doubt, and yet his life hasnât fallen apart because heâs not done anything grand yet. Â
Timeâs hand around your neck loosens. Just a little bit. Â
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You sit crisscrossed on top of Kaiâs bedsheets. Heâd thrown the windows open because the AC died, but itâs no help. The hot air wafting about the room sits heavy on your skin. Youâd dressed in as little material as possible to let it breathe, bare thighs clad in a pair of loose shorts and a thin tank top, but itâs still miserable.Â
Perhaps you two should be going over to yours, but you havenât had time alone with him for a few weeks now. You hate this busier life, where you struggle to make room for this.Â
Your new job isnât so awful, though. Especially with Yeonjun there. A bout of nerves flows up through your stomach. That reminds you.Â
Sitting up a bit straighter, you consider not doing it. In fact, you really shouldnât. But your mouth moves before you can put a stopper on it.Â
âHey, Kai,â you say. The thickness in your throat makes you believe that your heartâs jumped up into it, caught. God, what are you doing? The unsure waver in your words has you regretting.Â
His eyes flicker up to yours. He hums out a, âHuh?âÂ
No, this is wrong. You mess with the thin cotton strap of your tank top where itâd slipped down. âNever mind,â you tell him, trying to shrug it off. Â
That piques his interest. âNo, what?â His brow pinches. Â
You lick your lips and shake your head. âNothing, never mind. Really.âÂ
His eyes search you from where he sits up against the wall. âTell me,â he demands.Â
Really, you shouldnât have said it in the first place. It was a ridiculous idea. But now you know heâs not going to let it go. And, ridiculously, you say it. âI was just... wondering,â you say, blood roaring. "Well, Yeonjun wants me to come over to his place this weekend, and... Iâve never...â Sucking in a quick breath, you just spit it out to get it over with, âWould you be my first kiss, Kai?âÂ
Insects buzz outside as he looks at you, frozen in spot. You reject the urge to dart away or throw up. Youâre honestly just as shaken as him. But really, who else could you trust with something like that? You donât want Yeonjun to be disappointed if he kisses you, or to seem inexperienced to him.Â
And, perhaps, the hopelessly in love part of you hopes to at least feel his lips on yours at least once. If youâre going to be alone forever in your longing, you just wish that you can have this.Â
âWhat?â Kai says. He looks rattled. Â
Of course, heâs shocked. You shift. âForget I said that,â you tell him, unable to meet his gaze. Â
String-roughened fingers wrap around your upper arm. âI didnât say anything,â he says, voice strained and face less shock-fallen and more darkened. âBut... I mean, you want me to teach you to kiss for some other guy.â He spits out the last bit as if bitter in his mouth. Â
âYou donât have to do it,â you say. âI just... thought that I might ask you to do it. I donât know, Iâm sorry I said it. Iâll just wing it or something.â His roomâs grown ten degrees hotter, if that was possible. Especially where you feel his eyes on your face. Â
Almost imperceptibly, his hand tightens around you. He swallows hard. âYou want to learn how to kiss?â he says. âFine. Iâll teach you.âÂ
In a heart-stopping moment, your eyes snap to his. Brown and familiar, they hold you with an intensity that turns your limbs into jelly. The air is stifling. âWhat... do I do?â you ask when the silence becomes too heavy. Â
A muscle feathers in his jaw, reflected in the low light of his room. Itâs quick and so easy to miss, but it tells you everything you need to know about how this is making him feel. How much disbelief heâs in. âCome here,â he says, stilted around the absolute absurdity of it. He pats on his lap.Â
You make a hesitant crawl across the bed toward him. It seems as though your elbows might buckle beneath your weight, but you make it despite the odds. A fog settles over your brain when you rest your hands on his shoulders and bring your legs to straddle his lap.Â
But you shove it back; you want to live and breathe every last second of this. No matter how unbelievable or blistering it is. Â
Breaths fan out over your face. Itâs seizing your mind like undiluted liquor. âWhere do I put my hands?â you ask him. Itâs breathless, the air stolen right from your lungs though your mouths havenât even touched. Â
âThere is fine,â he says. His words sound breathless, too. The weight of his touch on you as he runs his own up to support your back is unsure. âAnd then...â he says. It falls out on your mouth slowly, and then heâs taking your lips onto his.Â
The walls melt away, sound does too. All that is real is the taste of his lips and how they move against you. Your lips start tentative, but you try his mouth movements yourself. It feels like a timid danceâit feels like deep, deep down, finally everything is right. That mist, thick and blinding, falls back over you.Â
Something changes. Something in it, where you two meet, changes. He becomes hungry. Softly locked lips turn biting and nipping, shaky breaths exhaled slow through your nose. His hands on your back become surer, and one even ventures off to grab your chin. The other holds you to his chest, melded together despite the intense smoke and flame rolling off your bodies. You wonder if he can feel your heart beating a mess there.Â
Reluctance paints you both when you pull back. Youâre panting deep drinks of air. Itâs hard to think; your mindâs run off and sits just out of reach. Licking your messy lips, stained with illicitness, you can only manage to brush your fingers against it to form words. âHow... was that?â you say, searching his eyes. You find his pupils blown so wide that they consume the warm brown. Youâre ready to jump out of your skin with that look pointed at you. Â
Kai doesnât answer, though. He slams your mouths back together as if starved by just the brief moment youâd parted for air. Nips on your bottom lip and emboldened handsâhe moves like roaring water through a dam. A dam that heâd worked hard to fortify, and yet, at a crack itâs all falling down. Fingertips digging through the fabric of your shorts down to your soft hips, his chest rumbles. You feel it reflected in your core, electricity charging there and shooting up your spine and down your thighs.Â
You kiss him for all the times you wish you wouldâve, but didnât. The slight rolls of your hips down onto him come easy. You love how it has him making a sound into your mouth and taking the fat beneath his fingers harder into his hands. He helps you.Â
He drops his head into your neck. Your head swims for air and he has you shuddering with just the brushing of his nose against the column of your neck. The walls of his room spin around you. âKai,â you whine, every bit of friction his jeans provide, even clothed as you are, just enough to rile you but not to give you what you need.Â
âGod,â he growls, thumbs hooking under your waistband. âYou always fucking run around dressed in nothing,â he says, letting his fingers linger like a suggestion of undressing you. âDid you do it on purpose? Expect to make me crazy, knowing I couldnât touch you?âÂ
And, in those words, it seems that he steals every last bit of breath from you. How often had you gone braless or worn something like this around him? Laid here, in his bed, like that?Â
Grown tired of your fruitless grinding, he brings a hand down to support your lower back and says, âTurn around.âÂ
Though you explode with the prospect of what he might be intending to do or whatâs next, if youâre really going to do this, you do so in a flash of eager limbs. His chest is solid against your back, you melt against the feeling of it. Heâd become such a man lately, filled out, and you watched it happen. It was hard for your eyes not to catch on muscle-corded forearms while he picked at strings or to not appreciate the timbred rumble of his voice when youâd feel it come from his chest. How could it not do things to you? Now, heâs dragging your shorts down your legs and youâre in disbelief. Â
âFuck,â he breaths out. His fingers find your panties soaked through. âSo, youâre the type to get dripping wet.âÂ
An embarrassed blush decorates your cheeks. Kai drags his index finger in circles around your clit through the fabric as if enamored with how much of a mess youâd made of it. Your hips twitch every time he rolls right over it. Itâs strange how heâs got your body acting on its own volition with his touches. Even stranger that itâs your best friend doing it. âSorry,â you tell him, wavering. Â
He continues those terribly slow circles. âSorry?â he says, chin on your shoulder. Heâs got you wrapped up in him, with nowhere to go but to melt back into him and let his fingers work. Free hand on one of your inner thighs digging divots into the plushness there to hold it still, he tells you, âItâs nothing to be sorry about. Itâs hot as fuck. Youâre so excited for me to touch you, huh?âÂ
The words wreak havoc on you, feeding the flame that has your belly twisted up tight and the ignition point between your thighs pounding. To hear them coming from him, reserved Kai, has you digging your fingers into his forearm to prove that itâs real. Youâd never have imagined him being so... filthy. You imagine him behind falsely nonchalant eyes, devouring you with a perverted mind all the times youâd spent innocently sitting together in this room. Â
Your cheeks squish beneath his fingers as he takes your face and turns it to him. He wants to make sure youâre look at him as he asks you, âDo you want me to finger you?âÂ
Like a record, your brain skips. Between the blunt, lewd question and his hand on you, itâs in overload. How could ask something like that so simply? Stunned as you are, of course you want him to. You want him to do anything to you. You nod. Â
Every last nerve and neuron in your system, just below the skin, cry out when his fingers slow down to nothing. âHmm?â he says, ignoring the chasing of your hips and the opening of your thighs to invite him into paying your poor pussy the attention heâd ripped from it. He wants to hear you say it. Â
About ten minutes ago, you lost your mind. It does not return to you now. âI want you to,â you say, chest beating in tandem with your cunt.Â
âYou want me to, right? Not some dumbass you met a week ago, huh?â he says. âBecause you know that this is what itâs meant to be. Me, doing these things to you. Not some twenty-five-year-old piece of shit. He doesnât deserve you, baby. Understand?âÂ
His fingers slider under your panties. Dumb brained and cognition gone muddled, you nod. All you can really think about is the moment his fingers slide over you. Fire licks up your lower belly and your insides as he brushes calloused finger tips finally right against your clit.Â
Puffed breaths of a scoff raise goosebumps over your skin. âTeach you to kiss so that you can go over there and get his hands on you,â he says, middle two fingertips prodding at your entrance. âAs if you were ever anybodyâs but mine. Youâd come crawling back to me, baby, because it was always meant to be us. He could never satisfy you.âÂ
His words might alarm you or have you asking questions if he hadnât pushed his fingers into you and begun curling them with strong, pointed presses, pulling soft mewls and hums from you until he finds a spot that twists up your insides. Even through the palm you press over your mouth, your moans come out more like wavering grunts and croaks. Your thighs quiver and twitch, threatening to snap closed against your own will with each. Only your feet stay planted to the mattress. Like a cone of soft serve under the sunâs blistering attention, you melt down him. Just his frame keeps you upright.Â
âRight there, huh?â he says. The smirk on his mouth filters his words into something taunting. âThatâs where you like it.â Itâs like heâs learning your body step by step, fulfilling all the questions heâd been forced to only guess at before this. Â
âUh-huh.â It comes out whiny and cracks in the middle, but you canât find even an ounce of you to care right now. If this moment had been a long spiral, a fall from grace, down into a dark pit of forgotten inhibitions, youâve just hit the bottom. Cheeks blazing cherry blossom pink and with your fingers curling into his pant leg, you donât doubt that you are a picturesque mess. The kind of mess thatâs beautiful because itâs dirty. Your teeth are not gentle on your plush bottom lip. It stings, tugged back and bitten and still a bit swollen with kisses. Perhaps you taste the tang of metal on it, but you pay it no mind.Â
Kai redoubles his efforts. Now that he knows exactly how to play you, heâs fucking you on his fingers without mercy. The sounds coming from your cunt were wet, but now theyâre differentâ nasty squelching. The only noises coupling with your pathetic keening. Forget anchoring yourself on his thigh, forget muffling your sounds. Instead, your hands fly to encircle his flexing forearm. Under your nails, angry red crescents dig into the muscle there. What had been a languid, building pleasure suddenly becomes everything. Your breaths run away from you, and you chase them frantically. Deep down in your core, the muscles spasm and rage against his fingers. âHâoh god,â you groan. Even the muscles in your thighs and tummy tighten up.Â
âSo whiny...â Kai mumbles, voice taut with the effort of eroding you down into pure, blinding-white pleasure.Â
And then, in a swoop of mercy, your belly tightens. You hover here, on the precipice of something so consuming and voracious that your muscles and bones reject it, and yet your heart sings. Your eyes and cheeks and lungs and belly burn, the flame charring the edges of you in a beckon. You answer its call. Kai doesnât mind the snapping of your legs shut around his arm, nor does your bucking or shaking deter him. He just holds you through it, arm like a metal bar around your waist. Heâs everywhere, in this momentâthe smell of him, leather and utterly familiar, his mouth dusting hot kisses over your skin, his fingers guiding you through orgasm. Where youâd gone silent in the initial crash of it, you devolve into mewls and grunts as you come down. Â
He holds you even as you slump against him boneless. Afterglow simmers in your veins and has your brain all lethargic and lazy. Neither of you speak for a while, your pulse thumping a rhythm. His breaths rise and fall against you; it grounds you in this moment where you feel all spacey and gone. You become aware again of how disgustingly sweltering it is in his room, your skin sheened.Â
That brainless bliss only lasts you for so long, though. When rational mind returns to you, no matter how you wish it wouldnât, youâre hit in the chest with regret so hard it knocks the wind out of you.Â
How will anything ever be the same after what youâd just done? Stricken still by the thought, you barely register him pulling his fingers out of you. After all your worrying about making sure no wedge comes between you two, look what youâve gone and done. No; nothing ever will be the same again. Â
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A couple of weeks ago, you ruined the one friendship you were supposed to have forever. It presses down heavy one you while you sit sprawled out on Yeonjunâs couch, his arm around your shoulder. His phone casts a glow over his features with all the lights out.Â
It doesnât smell like home. He, pressed against your side, doesnât smell like home. Â
Some stupid movie that heâd picked out, yet somehow youâve ended up the only one still watching it, weaves a hum into the quiet of his apartment. Tangy hurt wells up in your throat. Even the moments when you and Kai would sit in mutual silence on your phones never felt like this. This is different. Â
You havenât seen Kai since that night. Heâs been busy getting ready to move out, and youâve been here most days. How fast all of it had changed. You wish youâd feel whiplashed, left empty, by the drifting that youâd been so terrified of. But you donât. Itâs just been you, locked on land, watching him being taken away by the oceanâs tide with no way to change its course. You tried and screamed to call him back, but now your voice has gone hoarse. Â
And instead of watching him go, you choose to look elsewhere. Itâs all you can do to protect yourself from the hurt.Â
âHey,â Yeonjun says, finally addressing you rather than whoeverâs heâs got in his phone. âDid you bring anything to change into?â Â
âI brought stuff to sleep in,â you say, eyeing him. You know thatâs not why heâs asking. If it came down to it, you could just steal something from him and pull it on. He means going out clothes. Your jaw tightens. âBut nothing nice. Why?âÂ
He stretches his arms behind his head in a flaunt of long arms and tanned muscle. Hours spent at the gym lent him those; you appreciate the look of it with a watering mouth. Kai had earned his build by hours spent outside with your dad, because his own could care less, helping him fix up cars and vehicles of all ridiculous sorts. You remember when Kai had first gotten his truckâjunk on wheels, honestlyâheâd spent so much of summer out there getting it running. And, well... the sun-kissed bronze of his skin and frame that came with it, you had no qualms with.Â
But those memories only sit heavy in your chest as youâre sat here beside Yeonjun. You banish them elsewhere; you need to let him drift off. If you canât have each other, and your feelings wonât permit just being friends, then you have to. You want him to do amazing things, and you fear that itâs your presence in his life that will interrupt that. As much as your feelings are real, they are selfish. You, your unsure direction and all your dead weight, should let him go. Because you love him.Â
âThe guys want to come over,â he tells you, pushing off from the couch. âYou should probably into change into something less showy.âÂ
Less showy. Your mouth drops into a scoff of disbelief, looking down. A pair of shorts and a shirt, showy? You have to laugh, or else youâll succumb to the strange embarrassment crawling at the back of your skull. Whatâs he trying to say? Is that what he thinks of you? âWhatâs that supposed to mean?â you say, face tilted up to him in a twist of distaste. âIâm wearing something comfy.âÂ
He shrugs, hands shoved into the pockets of his black sweats. âDonât want to give them the wrong idea about you, thatâs all, baby. Theyâre guys; I just want to protect you.âÂ
âNo,â you say, the word falling out in a barked laugh. âWhy would you even be bringing over dudes that you think will look at me like that? Why are you even friends with people that you think are gonna make moves on your girlfriend?â He holds a hand out to you, but your hands stay right where they are: crossed solidly over your chest.Â
Throwing that hand up in audacious exasperation, he gives you a look that makes you feel small and petulantâlike youâre throwing an overblown fit. And, maybe you are. You should probably just do it; him seeing you as some overbearing or high maintenance girl has that embarrassment flaring like wildfire thatâs found dry brush. âCâmon, baby,â he says, a lazy smile on his mouth that gets under your skin. âLetâs just have an easy night. Donât make it a big deal.âÂ
Letâs just have an easy night. As if youâre the one ruining the night. Something snarky tries to seize your tongue, but you hold it down. âI thought it would be just us. We wanted to watch the movie together, Yeonjun. Canât you wait to hang out with your friends? Letâs enjoy our time together; youâve got your shift tomorrow.âÂ
âMy fucking god,â he groans, running a hand through his hair furiously. âYouâre needy, you know that? The neediest Iâve ever had to put up with. I donât put up with needy, baby. Canât you just chill out a little? My last didnât mind when Iâd have friends over.âÂ
Your eyes burn. Your cheeks burn. Heâd been with plenty of other girls before you; that, youâre well aware of. Itâs been a corrosive source of self-doubt for you. You donât want that title: the neediest heâs ever had. Donât want him to think of you as some prude that wonât let him have fun. Just... hearing him bring up the other girls heâd been with before you stings and leaves welts no different from a slap in the face. Feelings of inadequacy shackle you and have you saying, âFine. Iâm gonna borrow some of your clothes.âÂ
Heavy resentment blooms on your skin where he bends down and presses kisses to your cheek, and then mouth, and then down your neck. âThank you, baby.âÂ
And, where those ugly, wilted flowers of it bloom, you hear echoes of something. Something that tells you that Kai wouldnât treat you like this. But youâve made your bed, decided to do it yourself, and now youâve got to lay on it.Â
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The frat parties are the worst kind of social outing that Yeonjun insists upon. The smaller kinds, more intimate gathering with just his closer friends, you tolerate much easier. Youâre not fond of the circles he chooses. Breathing in thick, smoked-out air surrounded by alcohol-coated breaths is not your type of fun night. Somehow, you end up doing that more than date nights. But thatâs better than being here. The base rumbles up through your feet and makes your stomach sick, and it reeks of grinding bodies and body odor, and condensation coats your fingers from the red solo cup as full as when youâd first gotten it.Â
But, still, you come along. Not every time, but when you donât, you lay in his bed sickening yourself with images of what he might be doing here. How pathetic is it to attend parties with your boyfriend because you fear that otherwise, he might stick his tongue down the throats of other girls?Â
Youâre looking for him right now, awkward and left alone. Heâd promised to stick around; you had begged him to. That was pathetic, too. You know that you put up with too much. If he loved you, or honestly even liked you, you two would be in the thick of the throngs dancing or off somewhere talking with others. Together. The frantic skimming and weeding of your eyes through the blur of faces is not right. That���s not how he should make you feel. Itâs not how Kai would make you feel.Â
Well, Kai would never have you here in the first place.Â
Venturing out from your little corner, you sift between the bodies of people have a hell of a lot better time than you. Drunken, some you bounce off of like bumper carts. You press your palm over the round face of your cup to spare the floor from spillage threatening to pour over the lip. Itâs not like a splash from yours would matter much, though. The linoleum has already been made a fetor mess of dirt off shoes and the sticky sugar of liquor. Your shoes peel from it as you walk. God, what would your parents think of you being here?Â
You peek around corners and eye big groups. Heâs not in the kitchen when you look there, either. Your stomach feels sick in a knowing wayâa gut feeling that doesnât justify anger or tears just yet, but you know. Right in the center of your chest, you know.Â
Itâs in some room that you find him. Sat on the floor along with a few faces you donât know, he pulls from his bottle. And on his shoulder, he lets a girl with shining curls and pink cheeks rest her head. At your busting in on the intimate gathering, Yeonjunâs eyes slide to you. Recognition flashes over them and wars with bleary drunkenness.Â
âHey, baby,â he says. Their gazes all fall on you, but you can hardly see them through blurry eyes.Â
The girl lifts her head from his shoulder. Sheâd caught the memo.Â
âI think Iâm gonna go.â You make it sound resigned, try to not let them see your shame, but your voice betrays you and crackles. Maybe itâs better to pretend it doesnât feel like youâve just been kicked in the stomach and left to reel against the force, but you canât. Youâre nowhere near shocked, nowhere near blindsided, but still you hurt.Â
He follows you down the hall. âWhatâs your problem?â he says, the few, plain words mending and waving into a slurring.Â
Youâve got one goal: get to the front door, away from the shitty music and him. His words, sharpened, fall off your skin despite his efforts. What good would fighting do you, anyway? It was always going to end up this way. This is just who he is, and he doesnât give two shits enough about you to want to change that.Â
âBaby, seriously? That made you this mad? I didnât even fucking do anything. Stop being insecure,â he says. At the gritting of your teeth, he sees an opportunity and pounces on it. âYou donât need to be jealous. I donât do jealous shit. We can dance, or something. Shit, I donât know what you want! Just stop throwing a fit.âÂ
Didnât do anything? You have to laugh. Maybe you didnât walk in on him fucking someone else, but thatâs not what this is about. Not even a little bit. Youâve checked out, and the fact that he thinks he can make you believe that itâs your fault this time only drives the killing stake in harder.Â
Maybe youâre bitter. It claws at your insidesâturns your face hot and screams in your face that youâve been used. But beside it sits a sadness. Not the slow kind, but the quick sadness of hurt. Why hadnât you been good enough for him to love you? To like you? Youâd left behind Kai and rested your new life on Yeonjunâs shoulders. Youâd wanted so badly for his approval, or for him to want you. You did your best to try and make this work out because you needed it to. You needed so desperately proof that you could fall in love with somebody else. But your best was not what Yeonjun was interested in. Â
Pins and needles prick your skin as you step outside, like jumping into an ice bath. It shocks you out of dizziness. Words surge up and out in a flash flood like hard reality. You spin on him. âJealous?â you say, choking out a scathing laugh. âThe last thing Iâd ever let myself suffer over you is jealousy. Get over yourself. Iâm going, stay here if you want. I donât care.âÂ
âHow are you gonna do that, huh?â he says. The flickering yellow of the porchlight paints his features. The shadow of something fluttering around it cuts dark spots in the light, and then a small little moth comes down and jumps around in his face. He waves it off. âGonna have bitch boy come pick you up? You canât leech off him forever; heâs gonna get sick of picking up another manâs girlfriend.â It seems like you walking in on that had sobered him up, but his breath still curls out onto your face with the reek of alcohol. âItâs not a big deal. Youâre making this a bigger deal than it has to be. Do you not trust me?â Â
âYou are such a piece of shit,â you grit out. âI donât know what I was thinking. Ever. I donât know how I let this go on for so long.â You donât like him having Kai in his mouth, donât like him trying to act like youâre conflating things, and especially donât like that face heâs making. As if youâre acting crazy and overblown. âNo, I donât trust you. You didnât fuck her, but come on, Yeonjun. Seriously? You think Iâm stupid, and Iâm sick of it. You thought this would be easy because I didnât have the experience you have, but Iâm sorry. I donât like being walked over.âÂ
âIf youâre gonna be so goddamn jealous, then maybe we arenât gonna work,â he says.Â
That moth, floating light in the air, is right back in his face. Yeonjun takes two hands and smashes it between a clap of his hands. He shakes its flattened, broken body off his hand. Looking down at it laying there on top of dirt-caked concrete, you get this... feeling. A tickling around your person. Â
âSee if I care,â you snap, throat aching against the onslaught of emotion and held back tears. Â
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Rivulets of raindrops dilute the tears on your cheeks. Your hair plasters to your face and your clothes to your body. Â
For a week, youâd went about it all as if it hadnât happened. And then you came here. Â
Itâd not been this rainy when you first got down to the creekâjust a gentle trickle, really. You hadnât been crying then, either. But, watching the water work at babbling over stone, you let yourself feel it. Here, where youâd had so many good memories. Youâve gone and tainted it, now. But for whatever reason, youâd just wanted to be here. Arms curled around yourself and fingers digging into drenched sleeves, you donât wipe away the tears or cover the sounds of your crying. You let the stream hear it; itâll sweep it right up and down the way. Somewhere far off, where you donât have to feel it anymore.Â
You realize that, usually, youâd be over at Kaiâs right now. The fact that his room was not the first place you thought you could go to anymore is a punch to the gut. You drop your face into your hands and cry harder. Really, youâve got to stop doing that to yourself. Thinking of sad thingsâputting your hurt under the microscope to see it closer. Itâd be easier to just fold it up and tell yourself that itâll pass, and that relationships end all the time.Â
Itâs not him that you cry over. Well, maybe some of it is. Rather, itâs that you have absolutely no idea where youâre going. Where you are. Finally, youâd built yourself a raft to get off the shore and go out to sea, because thatâs what youâre supposed to do, and itâs breaking apart right beneath you. And, stranded and alone in the water, youâve got no way to get back to shore to build yourself another raft. Youâre stranded, and the scariest bit is that youâre doing it all alone. You werenât supposed to do this alone. You two made promises back then.Â
You suppose that a promise is one of those things you were supposed to leave faith in back on shore.Â
The raindrops are heavy over you. The fall of it roars against the ground, a torrent downpour. Itâs not coupled with whipping wind or flashes of lightningâjust straight, still falling. Itâs a somber feeling no different from the gnawing in your chest.Â
Like chimes, thereâs a distant, gentle sound. Maybe water falling over creek rock, but itâs more like suggestion. A sweet sound that you shouldnât even be able to hear over the rest of it, itâs as if itâs right in your ear. A whisper. Â
You fix your blurry eyes with a wet sleeve. Rain falls right back into its place, but you see it: a silvery, whimsy haze. And the moths. They jump and call you, this time. Their glow bounces off the rainy mist against the grey of nightâs arrival. Then, all you can hear is the whispering. Where you stand frozen, your feet beg to move. To follow them.Â
So you do.Â
Their entourage of moondust trails them where they go, wrapping you up and weaving between raindrop and space. You donât worry where theyâll take you, or even try to wrap your head around this happening again. You just follow, mind glossed over and entranced with how beautiful it is. When youâd seen them before, itâd made you uneasy. Mostly because it looked so unearthly and unbelievable. But this time you just follow.Â
A far-off voice, one oh-so-familiar, peaks through the haze. Itâs not enough to stop you, but then you hear it again, louder and closer.Â
You blink a few times. Once to break away the fog, and then twice to focus your eyes on Kai stood in front of you. His hair lays in wet spikes over his eyes and beads of rain trace the planes of his face. Heâs as soaked as you.Â
âKai?â you say. Looking around you, youâve ended up somewhere in the field between your houses and the creek. But youâve got no recollection of walking here. Whatever that mist is, sentient or not, had swept you here. Â
His voice is strained, but you appreciate hearing it. âBreak up with him,â he tells you.Â
In his eyes, as you search them, thereâs stardust glowing like reflection. Your face twists up. âWhat?â you say, breath a puff of smoke ahead of you. Summer had come and gotten away from you so fast, and now itâs gone all cold again.Â
âBreak up with him,â he echos, face solemn. He looks ruffled.Â
âWhy?â you ask, âAnd why are you out here?âÂ
âBecause Iâm moving out today, and I think I deserve to at least see you before I go.â His eyes look over you. âAnd... your dad said you went down to the creek.âÂ
Heâs moving out today, and you had no idea. And really, itâs your fault. Youâd driven that wedge between the two of you. âI did break up with him.âÂ
Downpour fills his quiet for a few moments, his face swirling with emotion like the clouds above you. He nods. âGood.âÂ
There are a few more long minutes between you; just you two searching each other's faces, antsy to say so much that it bunches up in your chests and stalls. Itâs what a summer of longing does to you. Even with Yeonjun, even trying to slowly chip away the stitching that had connected the two of you at the hip, you were helpless to stop the gnawing of the love you bear for him. Even just seeing him now, you feel those threads mending back up. God, why does it have to be so hard?Â
He just looks at you. For a few beats, he just looks at you. There are so many questions in his eyes. They flit across and turn over, but all he settles on is, âWhy?âÂ
Thereâs so much you want to tell him. Words pile up to the top, some threatening to spill over. But you know that if you tell him some of it, just to make up for all the time youâd missed out on together, itâll all come crashing out. And you donât think you want him to know just how much you accepted, the way you let yourself get treated. So, you shake your head and say, âIt doesnât matter.âÂ
Kai looks like he wants to push that issue, but whatever look he finds on your face deters him. âCome with me,â he pleads. âI want you to come with me.âÂ
Your throat tightens. Curling your arms around yourself harder, the rain only coming down on you harder, you say, âKai, I want to. I want to. I just... I donât want to freeload off you, because youâre doing great things, and Iâm just...â Your tongue darts out to wet your lips, but theyâre already as soaked as the rest of you. âIâm just going nowhere. And I donât want to be a burden, or ever be the reason that you canât do what you dream of. If staying here means that you become everything that youâre destined to do, then Iâm happy with that, Kai. I am.âÂ
He shakes his head, stumbling toward you. âNo, no you donât get it,â he says, frantically taking your shoulders into big hands. Under his touch, every taut muscle goes slack. You melt. âYou donât get it. You are the music. Every single song is about you. Every single fucking song is about you. I want you to come with me, please. I love you, I have always loved you, and I will always love you, and I thought youâd loved me too, and I donât want to do this alone. I canât do it alone.âÂ
He loves you. Kai loves you. The enormity of it rumbles the ground where you stand on legs you fear might just give in. You flex your fingers to combat the tears pricking your eyes. It doesnât work; they brim and well up, spilling down over your cheeks. âWhat?â you say, voice softly breaking. âKai, I didnât...âÂ
âAnd just when I thought I finally had you, you left me,â he says, throwing a hand up beside him in a big gesture. âYou left me! I woke up thinking youâd be there, and that maybe you loved me too, and you had left me. And then you threw me away for some piece of shit, and you stopped coming around.â His chest heaves for breaths.Â
Your face contorts. That night, the one where you two had slipped up, youâd fallen asleep curled up against his chest on undiluted contentment. When you woke up, you had panicked. You thought heâd wake up and pretend it hadnât happened, or heâd be uncomfortable, or even be disgusted and regretting. You couldnât handle that, so you slipped out before he woke up. Itâd been an attempt to protect your tender heart, but looking at the twitching of his lip now, you begin to think itâs the most selfish thing youâve ever done. He thinks you used him and left him. Your stomach twists. Voice thick, you say, âIâm sorry. Iâm sorry I left you, Kai. I thought you didnât... I thought you didnât see me that way. I was scared. Iâm sorry I hurt you.âÂ
Brows knitted together, he says, âThought I didnât love you?â His hand cups your cheek, warm against the soft frozen skin he finds there. âIâve... Iâve dreamed of you almost every night of my life. In my sleep, I see you, and youâre happy and glowing, and that damn... mist is all around you. I couldnât get away from you even in my sleep.âÂ
Darting between his eyes, soft and reflecting your face back to you, itâs hard to breathe. Kaiâs dreamt of you; heâs as sickly in love with you as you are him. Thunder claps, and the ground shakes, and the heavens open up above you, the trumpets belt, and you two are in love. Somewhere deep in your center, you feel itâyour soul nodding yes.Â
The mist. You know exactly what heâs talking about. âI saw it. That stuff, those moths. The stuff we saw back then.âÂ
âI did too,â he says, wet spikes of hair bouncing with a nod. âNot that long ago. It was the first time I saw it out of a dream since that day.âÂ
Back then, you two had only budding, innocent love for each other. Things hadnât become mangled and lost to confused hearts or expectations. When theyâd appeared to you, you hadnât needed it. This time, youâd followed it. And it had led you hereâsomehow had led you right to the very spot you needed to so that every last piece might fall into place. For this moment to happen. You know why it did.Â
âIâll go with you, Kai. Iâll go wherever you go; I love you. Iâve loved you since forever,â you say, each and every word massive and lovely on your tongue. âIâm sorry I didnât say it earlier.âÂ
So unlike the last times your mouth had met, he brings his mouth to yours with a dazzling clarity. No longer is it confused kisses; he locks his lips against yours with the urgency of so many years being unable to. Kaiâs hands cradle your wet cheeks, hold you so tenderly into his kiss. His touch grounds you, makes the moment real. You melt into himâyour fingers curled into his shirt as if holding him there so that he wonât disappear like something of an incorporeal dream. He sighs through his nose, kissing you harder. Even if it all were fake and this was nothing more than a feverish figment of your imagination, you think you could die happy just knowing this once.Â
But it is utterly real, and utterly yours. You kiss him harder, too.Â
When your lungs start to burn and plead for breath, you two pull away from each other. Your eyes flutter open to capture his. Warm and brown and the same ones youâve stared into so many times before, but not like this, you sink into them. He runs his thumb over your cheek as he sinks into yours. His tongue darts out to lick lips painted with you. In the inches between you, space no longer feels heavy or charged with grievances. Every last unsaid thing had been answered.Â
âI have my stuff up in the truck,â he says, breaths soft. Brown eyes dart around your face. âIâll help you add your stuff to it.âÂ
You shudder out a breath. Add your stuff to it. A nervous energy settles down over you, but it doesnât seem so bad if youâre doing it with him. Together. Â
âOkay,â you whisper, a balmy secret just like the ones you used to share in small, giggly voices so many years ago. âOkay.âÂ
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Shivers seize you like jittering bones, all wrapped up in a blanket. The velour cushion seats beneath you have soaked up water and become damp, but Kaiâs got the heater blasting. You wind around back roads, headlights illuminating the way ahead of you. Stray droplets whip in them, but nothing much. Isnât it funny how the rain had just stopped like that? Thatâs just how the weather is, out here. You wonder how the weather might act wherever youâre headed.Â
Your teeth chatter as if your jaw had its own will. The two of you had the windows down thinking that the wind might dry you off, but all itâs done is lap at your bitten cheeks. You reach down for the handle to crank it up. Youâve got a long drive ahead of youâeither youâll eventually dry off, or you can pull off at a rest area to change in a bathroom. The wet clothes are really not helping.Â
With an arm up on the steering wheel, Kai turns his attention on you. You know that smile. âCold?â he asks, eyes darting between your face and the road. With the hand heâs not got working the steering wheel, he runs fingers over your thigh. Soft, gentle massages, yes. The number it does on your core is absurd. Each mindless digging into your thighs and brush of his thumb, sparks sputter there. Youâve sat here, right in his passenger seat, so many times before. Day trips up to the lake, the one heâd joined your family camping at for so many summers, all the times heâd driven you to school in this truck, and even just a quick run down to a convenience store for a late-night snack. Youâd deemed it your seat. But never once had you sat in it like this. Your heart does a flip. All those times youâd wish heâd reach over and do just thisâa small gesture that wouldâve been so big then. And itâs your reality, now. Â
âFreezing,â you say. A brush of his fingers nearer the apex of your thighs sends you pressing them together and shifting in your seat. âBut not everybody runs as hot as you, though, so.âÂ
His eyes catch the movement in just the split second he looked over to you. âHuh,â he says. He turns to look at you, his gaze flickering with something anew. Something that youâd only ever seen once before. âIs that it?âÂ
Itâs hard to swallow. His fingers brush higher, and higher, feather-dustings of calloused fingertips that sends tingles shooting up your spine at the slightest suggestion of where heâs headed. âYes,â you say, feigning indignance to cover the shiver that threatens to overtake you. When his fingertips dance at the waistband of your bottoms, it does so anyway. âKai,â you say, blood hot in your veins. âYouâre...driving.âÂ
His eyebrows pinch into a taunting furrow. âI am,â he says, nodding. âDonât worry about it, baby. Iâve got us.âÂ
And he does; fingers slipping under the band of both your bottoms and your panties, he doesnât even tear his eyes off the road. Heâd driven these roads so much, you think he might be able to do it asleep. Even drawing a mewl from you with a brush over your clit, he doesnât look away more than a quick glimpse at your pinkened cheeks.Â
Two fingers dragging up your folds, right over the source of the mess. âYou get excited so easily, huh?â he hums. âYou like it when I play with you.âÂ
When he presses those fingers at your entrance, you canât help but be taken back to that night. It echoes and reverberates through you. Long fingers, strong and punctual brushes against the sweet spotâhe was criminally good with his fingers. Playing guitar did more for him than just music. He seemed to know exactly how to utilize those roughened fingers and trained flicks. Your muscles flicker as he abandons your hole for more brushes at your bud. Â
Those teasing, sly touches turn to something more serious. His fingers roll over your clit, slow but enough to have you sighing and rolling your hips against the seat belt. But last time had gone just like this, him touching you and receiving nothing. He should feel good, too. âShouldnât you pull over?â you sigh, muscles taut. Your breaths come out shuddering and half-controlled, interrupted by the tightness that each delicious swirl provokes. The door takes the brunt of your grip, white-knuckling the interior.Â
He laughs, a husky sound that is tinder to fire. He knows what you mean. âMaybe,â he says. âBut I think Iâm enjoying this plenty. I think I want to see you cum on my fingers again.âÂ
Fingers pinching and flicking faster, you grow breathy and whiny, hips rolling against the seatbelt and back into the seat. Your muscles, all the way down your thighs and deep in your belly, jump and twitch each time his fingers run over your clit in just the right spotâthat tender spot thatâs so good that it teeters on overwhelming. The kind that makes you hiss and then want more. âShit, Kai,â you whine. âRightâthere, keep going." Â
He doesnât answer with any teasing words. No, he just doubles down right at that angle and pressure, leaned back into his seat and driving as if he wasnât fingers-deep in your panties right now. His sculpted profile at total easeâit does something for you. A delicious tightness curls its fingers over your center, promising a sugary ecstasy that you canât help but chase. Bucking into his hands as best you can, you go quiet. Right thereâright there, you feel it. The cusp. Your fingers brush over it, clenching around nothing and squeezing your thighs tight around him. Every last drop of blood in your body reaches for it, singing and dancing through your veins and making you dizzy.Â
And then he stops. Your mouth drops open, whiplashed and helpless to its slipping away from you. You whittle your gaze into something sharp and turn to him. âWhatâwhy?â you complain. The tide slips further and further and further back, but you still taste sea salt on your tongue. Frustration sets in its place as you feel it go. Seriously, youâd been right there. âYouâre so mean.âÂ
He slows and then with the clicking of the turn signal, heâs off the road and pulling the truck into park on a little secluded side road. Where the headlines pierce the pitch black, nothing but gravel and field surrounds you. He doesnât kill the engine, instead pulling his hand free from you.Â
Your heart, still stuttering with your lost orgasm, kicks back to life as he smears your slick over your mouth, dragging it over your lips and then taking his thumb to run it right over the plush of your mouth. âAm I?â he says, fingers taking your chin to meet your eyes with his. Endless hunger, pupils so blown that his eyes look black, pins you. âI donât think youâve seen mean yet, baby.âÂ
Darting your tongue out to clean your lips, you look at him through your eyelashes. âShow it to me, then.âÂ
Something dark passes over his face. It has your skeleton jumping out of your body. Then, he says, âIs that what you want? You want mean?âÂ
Brain gone to mush that can only really think about him touching you, a slow nod is all you can manage.Â
The engineâs hum prevails for some long, thick seconds. And then, he tilts his head in a gesture. âGet in the back.âÂ
Holy shit. You want to sit there frozen in an overwhelming sort of excitement, but his seatbelt clicks undone and youâre set into motion. In a flurry of giggles and clumsy limbs, you climb up over the center console and into the backseat. He slips out of the front seat, not bothering to even kill the engine.Â
The door beside you opens in a swirl of cold wind. In nothing more than a blink, a strong hand has both your wrists pinned to the cushions and your back flush against it. Nose-to-nose, his breath hot over your face. âIâve got plenty of ideas as to how I can warm you up.âÂ
You appreciate each otherâs faces for a beat more, you looking up at him big-eyed and waiting. Kai breaks the moment to attack your neck in a procession of bites and kisses. Your mouth falls into a silent sound.Â
âYou know,â he says, free hand working your pants off. His eyes are trained on you, though. âI thought about doing this to you all summer. Touching you again.â He moves on to your top, pushing the fabric up until your chest is freed, clad in soft cotton. He eats the sight up. You want to reach down and cup the back of his head or feel his hair between your fingers as he presses his mouth against the soft beginning of your cleavage, but heâs got your wrists firmly planted. So much so, that you wonder exactly how heâs got you so secure with just one hand. Kai is strong, but maybe you hadnât seen just how strong. Your skin aches under the purple bites he decorates you in. The sight of himâface in your chest and marking you up so lazilyâhas your teeth abusing your bottom lip. Whatever sounds you might make otherwise would be embarrassing. Kai lifts his eyes to you. âAnd I think you thought of me, too. Didnât you?âÂ
âOh, god, yes,â you say, writhing beneath him. Heâs going so slow. You want him all over you. âSo much.âÂ
He likes that. He takes your pebbled nipple into his mouth through the fabric. Soft grazes of teeth and sucks, youâre burning all over. When he pulls back, heâs left you dark wet patches when the bra had only just dried against your body heat. âGood,â he rasps, taking his big hands demanding and hungry over your torso. They swallow your frame up, soothing skin but lighting it aflame all the same. âGood girl.âÂ
You never thought just words could unravel you, but those did the job. Not a gasp, nor a sucking in of breathâno, you go silent and brainless, fumbling for rational thought.Â
The dropping of your jaw has Kai delighted. âYouâre so pretty,â he says. In a swift and powerful hoist, heâs tugging you down the cushions toward him with greedy fingers. Heâs got your thighs pressed up to your chest. Youâre bent right in half.Â
Out of breath, you huff out, âYou too.âÂ
A quick laugh falls from his mouth, lips pulled into a smug tilt. He nips at your calf up by his face. âSo sweet, it almost makes me feel bad for what Iâm about to do to you.â Reaching down for your panties, he pulls back on the suffocating press for only enough time to drag them up your legs. Those get discarded somewhere on the floor. Who cares about that right now, though? All you can register is the metallic clinking of his belt being undone. Itâs got your nervous system twisting up.Â
And, those words. Electricity shoots bolts of pure, sizzling revery into your core. What Iâm about to do to you. You imagine a great deal of things that he might mean, but still, you think that none could hold a candle against the promise his voice held in saying it.Â
Kai presses his body to your thighs and hooks your calves over his shoulders, and it all becomes real. The press of his heavy cock to your folds, the digging of his fingers into your outer thighs, his pretty eyes sparkling with something feral. As real as it getsâmore real than anything youâve ever felt in the entirety of your life. Your hands find perch flattened to his broad chest.Â
The position leaving you two no option but to look right into each other, he holds your gaze and begins slow drags of his hot length up and down your slit. Tantalizing, awful, awful drags. When his tip nudges your eager clit, you jolt. And then he does it again. And again.Â
âKai,â you mewl. A press against your hole has you hopeful, and he lingers there for a moment, but doesnât give it to you. Canât he just fuck you? Youâve never been more pitifully in need of something in your life.Â
âShh.â His ruts get more daring, smearing your slick up onto your belly. âTake it.âÂ
You wiggle your toes in the air and make passes at arching yourself into him in search of better friction. Heâs got you pressed so suffocatingly into the seat that it does absolutely nothing for you. In fact, he holds your harder and changes tack so that your thighs press together. At the very apex of them, his weeping cock slips through the seam.Â
Pressing his cheek into your calf, he watches you. Every gasp and shaky inhale, he watches. It spurs his rutting on, sticky sounds and pants eating up the air. Your nails claw at his hands as, finally, a knot tightens in your core.Â
âYes, please,â you breathe. He fucks your thighs harder. Faster. Every nudge at your clit and hole becomes euphoric. âKai, babyâIâm gonnaââÂ
Just as furiously easy as last time, he rips it all away from you. The rushing away of the buzzing and promise of shaking thighsâhe takes it from you again. It brings prickling tears to your eyes. âKai?â you hiss. âAgain?âÂ
His eyes arenât playful. He pulls your calves back over his shoulders, handling your hips into a better position to press his cock right at your entrance as if you weigh nothing. Face utterly straight, he says, âI donât think you deserve it, do you? Not after what you did with Yeonjun.âÂ
A swallow goes down your throat hard. He presses himself just a bit harder into you. Not in yet, but right there.Â
When he does begin sliding in, the stretch of it... You cling to him and squirm between him and the warm cushions behind you. Each inch is a heady feeling, all the way up to the hilt of him. He shudders a controlled breath. âYouâre so fucking tight, though,â he grits out. âDid he not fuck you right?âÂ
Slaps of skin bounce off the car interior and between your bodies. He starts off at a brutal pace; you know itâs meant to make your brain go foggy. Squeezing your eyes closed, you manage, âI... didnât fuck him.â It comes out strangled, voice bouncing as he fucks you into the car seat.Â
Thumb tugging your bottom lip down and then dipping into your mouth, he watches the show of your ecstasy down to every last detail. âYeah?â he says, voice shaking and almost desperate. âAlways thinking of me, huh? Such a good little princess. You know exactly where your heart belongs.â Â
You want to answer him, even just with a whine or moan. You try to. But with his thumb pressing down on your tongue, enough to pin it to the floor of your mouth, itâs not gonna happen. He tastes salty in your mouth.Â
His truck consists of his grunts and whines, and your taut groans for some moments that seem to stretch forever. The planes of his groin grind against your clit when he delivers occasional pointed rolls, but mostly itâs just an animalistic, feverish dancing of your two sweaty bodies, holds growing more frantic the closer you get. Â
Thumb wet with saliva; he frees your mouth. The hand trails slowly down your face and your chin, brushing feather touches, until he finds your neck.Â
Your eyes fly open, wide. He pressed his fingers into your neckâno real pressure yet, he looks at you through damp strands of dangling hair and says, âWant my fingers around your neck?â His thumb brushes over the buzzing pulse point there.Â
âYes,â you grit out, body bouncing and back raw with friction against the coarse cushionâs surface. Your breath stutters, your mind stutters. Even your blinks stutter, eyelids too lazy to keep up. âPlease.âÂ
The pressure of his fingers thereâit frightens you and has you tightening around him at the same time. But you would trust nobody more with your life than Kai.Â
He presses his cheek to your calf to indulge in the sight of you like this: underneath him, folded in two, nowhere to go but to take his pistoning hips, cheeks blazing, and his fingers pressed into your windpipe. If the way he becomes sloppier and more desperate in his tempo has anything to say for it, it does something for him.Â
âGonna be my pretty little girlfriend, huh?â he says. His voice is tightâso is your belly. Youâre both so close. Hopefully, this time heâll let you cum. âTake you to every show; show you off to everybody. Fuck.âÂ
Brain like static and swimming with a pinched flow of oxygen, you slur your words. âYouâreâhahâgonna have other girls all over you.âÂ
The taunting, split-second raise of his brows flips your belly. You tighten him again. If he keeps hitting that spot, tip ramming into the soft spot deep inside you that heâd taken such delicate care of finding last time, youâre going to burst into sparkling flame and firework. He growls, âWell, Iâll just have to knock you up so that they know Iâm yours, huh?âÂ
Holy shit. You like the sound of that. Your nails dig into his wrist around your neck, but you cry out a pitchy, âYes!âÂ
âOh, you like that?â Kai releases your throat to take both your hips. You gulp for air, finding nothing but the thick air of sex and humid breaths, at the opportunity. Heâs ramming into you like heâs found a purpose. âIsnât this the perfect position to do it? Get you pregnant?âÂ
With every last bit of brain power youâve got, teetering on the edge excruciatingly close to salvation, you groan a long, hoarse sound. âFuck, yes! Please, Kai, insideââ A hot trail of tears roll down your temples.Â
Itâs all heâs got to hear to still inside you. His growl rumbles deep in his chest, holding you in place and filling you with his hot cum deep in your cunt. That feeling, coupled with his short grinds against your clit as he fucks his seed deeper, takes your soul by sinful claws and crumbles it down into nothing. You burst into a shaking, whimpering peak, sucking your lips into your mouth to bare through the sheer twisting of your insides and the flame that consumes up your thighs and cunt.Â
He falls on you heavy, face in your neck. Warm kisses against your clammy skin meld with your slow floating down, the two of you a beautiful, nasty picture of fucked out. He stays right inside youâthe absolute stillness of him, you think he has no plans of pulling out any time soon. His long fingers card through your sweaty locks of hair.Â
Finally, he presses himself off you. You get a glimpse of the window behind himâfogged up and filthy with your affairs. Anybody to see the truck from the outside would know exactly what went on inside, but right now, you donât care. Not one bit. Your panted breaths drag in nothing but musk and thick, hot air. The drumbeat in your chest tells you that, despite how you feel ripped straight from your body, you are very much still alive. More alive than ever.Â
âWarm?â he says, pushing sticky hair off his forehead. Heâs a mess, too. His hair is ruffled with your touch, his clothes rumpled the same, beads of sweat rolling down the planes of his cheeks and neck, and his eyes a lazy smolder. As much as he looks like sex personified, a soft smile twitches at his lips.Â
You snort. You canât help but feel giddy, here with him. Youâre with him. Nothing has ever felt more right. Unplugged when he pulls out of you, your mess trickles down onto the seat below you. âYeah,â you say. âVery.âÂ
Warm is not enough to begin to describe how you feel. In your ears, you hear whisperings. Soft and gentle. Perhaps it was divine intervention, or the fates lending you their word, or maybe just rational thought. It says:Â
Home. You are home.Â
âŕ ashlynn's note how do we feel about this pair? i really didn't mean for this to get so long, but i ended up RLLY liking their chemistry. i had to do their story justice. also, i finished this with kai as a guitarist and then his drummer performance came out... hmm.
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Never gonna be over how unutterably pathetic and in dire need of ANY kind of companionship or friendship that doesn't revolve around their band the entirety of dethklok are. I love these horrible idiots who are so devoid of any real connections outside of themselves that they will latch onto anyone unfortunate enough to get too close to any one of them! And GOD help anyone they latch onto!!
#jay talkin#metalocalypse#im thinking about the doubles episode where they just seem genuinely happy to have 'friends'#who arent like. industry people. these men are so starved of any kind of connection#and it takes them four seasons a rock opera and a movie to realise they can find that in each other lmao#also thinking about how quickly any of them bond and become really intense abt anyone in their life#aka: NATHAN TOWARDS ABIGAIL. oh dear poor abigail oh dear#but also toki to damn near anyone and this goes for the entire band tbh as well they all do this at least once#and yeah its mainly cuz 10min eps mean u gotta progress stuff fast#but also holy shit. charles these boys want friends so bad u gotta set em up on playdates or smth#maybe it'd get some of their dumb stupid idiot energy out and they'd be better behaved. well. no they wldnt but... u can dream#i do think theres smth to be said that yeah all of dethklok are cool theyre metal superstars they r good at what they do#theyre also fucking prophesised saviours too and theyre also incredibly dangerous idiots and terrible ppl#but never forget that they are also. so so SO pathetic and isolated and dysfunctional#these men have not lived in the real world in decades and are disconnected and unsocial and spoilt and u can see that this does impact#the way they interact w the world! they need like. anything other than the band in their lives hah. they do need to pal around#im glad they find that in each other eventually!!#i dont want 2 sound like im babying them or infantilising them these r grown asshole idiot men but like. listen these shitheards r lonelyyy#everyone in their lives is like. assigned to be there and is set as beneath them in a class and workbased system#they dont rlly have ppl who r just there cuz they like em. outside of fans. and fans arent rlly a real connection yknow#their only connections come via work networking sex and violence and worship baby!!!! its fucked up!
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The Me who bought tickets to see TMBG in february 2023 and the Me who's going to actually go to the show next month are two completely different people
#slash extremely negative#it's funny to actually live this whole sort of cliche of: the time between buying tickets and going to the show can be so absurdly long#with what was supposed to be my 1st 'real' concert no less#'i bought the tickets as a teenager but i'm going to see them in my 20s etc' and stuff like that#and then when it gets rescheduled too... well. a year and 9 months is in fact a pretty long time!!!#and i'm not even talking about rescheduling due to covid because god at least i didn't have to deal with that i guess#(it IS funny though that by the time the 30th anniversary of flood tour ends#flood will be 2 months away from turning 35. so yeah lmao a lot happened in the meantime huh)#anyways day two of going crazy going insane for no reason other than well i guess that's just my life now!!!!! ���đđ#me when i say i'll stop documenting my rapidly progressing mental breakdown online and then keep doing it anyway#but idk maybe this will heal me in some way. my only hope rn no joke#and my mom actually seemed to be unsure if i we should book the hotels and stuff because. ig i'm this obviously unwell even over the phone#but BY GOD this is the only thing i can really look forward to right now i really need this to survive#(trying to forget how i was doing in september of last year when they rescheduled the tour#and i couldn't even be sure if i'd ever get to see them in the end lollllll#and at the heights of my tmbg obsession this was my number 1 dream. i mean it still is)#also i think i'm finally entering my tmbg autumn era now with some more frequent listening after not doing so for a while#how could i let myself pretty much forget that i love tmbg??? and that their music is so good and makes me happy???#they're still my fav band of all time just like they were back then. THAT didn't change at least#it's just that now they share that spot with sparks also lol. can't choose between them and why should i anyway#what else. ig i just hope i get the energy to finally draw tomorrow at least#because if i don't turn the ideas i have into reality then they will never become real! and that would be so sad#so maybe this can be my main reason to continue for now. whatever#goosepost
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i get a little anxious because louis ribs i can see but hes very toned and fit so i know he is okay i just love him a lot
seems to me that's just from the way he's stretching up to raise his arms in the air all the time, I believe he's doing great, like you said... and like it's none of our business what he eats or whatever but damn, the pictures of catering for the tour, they are eating WELL!!! but anyway reblogging something for you and agreeing, I love him a lot too, and I am happy to see him looking fit and happy
#I mean I feel you- I will never forget him sitting there trim and slight and completely looking the same as he always does to me#telling the walls promo interviewer thanks for saying he looked fit because he'd been putting on weight#like sir??? no#and I do suspect that he wouldn't be so all in with the tight tank tops if he hadn't taken off a little tummy with his workout regime#which is a shame because I fucking live for that tummy and think its so sexy#and I would like him to stop trimming up#but it's his business and I don't think he's doing anything too consuming#and I like seeing him so happy with his body and comfortable in it#it really has not always been this way there was a long time after the band it didn't seem to be the case at all
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once again dreamt through the entire logistics of attending one of my sleep token shows. what is wrong with me
#the first dream about this was a 'practice' show before the real thing#but everyone in the crowd plus the band were there?? and i couldn't see at all#until one point vessel climbed up a wall like some spider creature thing#quite creepy actually#eventually i got a good spot but we weren't allowed to stay still and the band wasn't playing anything. then i woke up#and this time#i think this was merged with the rhrn plans because i was off to the show after arriving to stay with my parents#but somehow forgot it was on so left all my clothes at uni... couldn't wear the planned outfit and instead had a shirt from my#uni department#which says 'electronics and computer science'#embarrassing. anyway. woke up at 5pm? couldn't find the entrance?? and the venue was really strange#i was just stressed i wasn't wearing my fun outfit and i'd also left my makeup at uni so#no logo on my face as was the plan#and then on walking into the doors i realised omg i've never heard ascensionism#and was thinking maybe it's good to hear it live as my first listen#but maybe they'd think i was a fake fan if i couldn't sing along#and i was already wearing a shirt that said not sleep token but electronics and computer science...#woke up just as we all went in and for some reason everyone was holding hands#anyway#dreaming about it has made me somewhat less stressed about the real thing#because regardless of what happens i'll never forget my outfit and i will listen to ascensionism skhjdbcj
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Coworker asked me out of nowhere if I listen to Bring Me The HorizonâŚ
#bro got to see them live right after Suicide Season came out Iâm forever jealous#itâs truly never just a phase ig#musicposting#bring me the horizon#memes#why do I forget that theyâre like a really popular band lol
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i cannot stop talking huh
#oh man#finally saw my favorite band live yday but then spent today teary and in despair#the come down from all that adrenaline was so ROUGH i feel so empty and sad#like donât get me wrong it was like a top 10 night for me i will never forget#the lead singer & i got to chat and exchange jewelry after the show and like afterwards i was full body trembling like a chihuahua like#iâve never loved life more#but now everything feels so grey and unsatisfactory#ugh!!!!!!!!#iâm TIRED of it grandpa iâm tired of constantly planning enrichment activities for myself so i donât leap off a building!!!!!!#also i thoufht i wss going to do a lot of wholesome hobby stuff once i moved out#like start drawing and writing and reading again and perhaps even picking back up instruments and stuff#but instead i have to schedule social interactions constantly back to back to back bc i cannot stand being alone#but then conversely when the stars aligned and my friendâs lease was ending and i wss up for transfer i was like no#i canât do it i love being alone actually#a roommate would probably be good for my brain but at the same time iâbe spent the past two years bouncing in between#stifling living conditions that never gave me my own space so now i do have to sit here and fiercely remind myself that i NEED this#anyways one ray of positivity is that i made a soup today and oh my god it is so delicious#my second soup iâve made in this apartment and i do consider myself a culinary genius of just this genre#itâs just annoying that this is the only day this entire week that i blocked out to make myself sit in my apartment and not see anybody#but yet iâm still fiending for at least a phone call and hoping a friend texts spontaneously#iâve been running back to back between my friends and i was like ahhhh ok i finally get a day to relax#but i do think it was a bad idea to place it right after the show bc i DEFINITELY needed company today#half the time i didnât even know why i was crying
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solution nine discourse on the for you page. here's my input: đ
#yeas yes yes its a dystopia the citizens arent equipped to deal with grief yes yes#however#they did not handle it at all lol#hopefully in the patches they might. try?#that would be nice.#but like it's really hard to feel for the people considering the conditions of their continued survival etc etc. how is it much different f#rom living memory...?#like idk. sucks to be you i guess? damnn. maybe your society is screwing you over. but uh. theres nothing to work with here#the most compelling thing of the entjre area was the lightnjng sickness concept#that was then dropped like a hot potato#frustrating#i just personally cant be made to care for a place so cushioned and sanitized so as to be unaware of reality like that#theres nothing THERE#to feel for...#it needed to be thr central focus of the msq there imo. there needed to be something to force the citizens into a reallt really tough spot#not just. end of entire story. oh noo! our qphene!#and then cut to black#tuliyollal getting the siege scene was fun but i feel like it wouldve gone much farther to see s9 in peril#to further the themes of idk#people are people everywhere! even these people who do not know loss can band together and#spread the liiight of hopeee amongst each other in order to persevere#idk idk idk idk idk IDK#and i GET that the seat of imperial power never suffers the same way their targets do. thats an interesting angle#but i donf know how much i trust them to deliver on this so im just left wondering why they didnt take the easy out to reinforce the themes#edit i literally did forget that there were eeevil soldiers raiding s9 LMFAOOOO Buf also. ghe fact that i forgot. is maybe poignant
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How I entered the void so easily after 1 year of trying
So after 1 year and half of trying to enter I finally did it and I am so mad because it REALLY IS SOOOOO EASY and tbh if in this post you are looking for any sort of validation or info you smart ass already know then please REMEMBER THIS : entering the void is extremely easy. You just have to do it in a way that resonates with you.
Personally for me since I had adhd I couldnât just stay still and affirm for 1 or even a few for 10 mins. Not just because I was lazy but because just repeating âI am in the voidâ for so long gets me tired and makes me think of the void more and you actually donât want to think too deeep about it. I couldnât wake 3 hours prior and then affirm or even have the patience to do the psych k, yes I was extremely lazy back then and unpresistent but one thing that helped me even backed then was THE ALPHA STATE MEDITATION !
You just have to find what works for you, find a method technique whatever you want to do that doesnât seem like a chore. So In a post back then I found on @gorgeouslypink acc talking about doing the alpha sate meditation and I tried it back then and I felt really relaxed and it was a good feeling but like I said back then I was realllly lazy so after a few mins I stopped. Then many months later passed and I was still looking for anything and everything on the void. Then just like two days ago I came across another post which was pretty simple and the technique I used was called the DISTRACTED TECHNIQUE.
All there was to do was the usual you get into a comfortable position and then she said to use the alpha state meditation and used the one gorgeouslypink recommended. So I used it and then what she tell you to do is to just think of anything else just get distracted basically and this WAS SO GOOD 4 ME because back then I had adhd so it made it harder to concentrate on just affirming and so yeah I just thought of random things and then at some point where I was completely distracted I felt my body like lift up đ if that makes sense I just canât clearly describe it. It felt really like a shift and I was like âpanickingâ in a way but I wasnât actually panicking I just kinda became aware what was going and then I got scared a little but I just relaxed shortly after. Also my fan that was making like a loud noises was coming in an out and then I only hear it in one ear and then I didnât hear anything and I just stayed there wondering if I reached the void and i actually was!!! I didnât feel my body it felt like I had no body at all and it was pitch black just like how I imagined the void to be. For a few minutes I just stayed there feeling the most surreal peace I have ever felt. I needed that peace fr đ.
So then I affirmed for my desires all I said was âI have all my desired results from my subliminal playlist.â Then just to be extra sure I just said âI have everything I want.â
At that point I got really excited and then I wiggled my toes to get out because I was too dam happy I needed to see all my shit the moment I wake up and then I slowly started getting out and when I tell you I cried for like a good dam minute when I woke up and saw how DIFFERENT. My room looked. I literally screamed onto my pillow. I was so dam scare and yet excited to see how I looked.
WHAT I MANIFESTED :
Desired body and face
Having silky straight tailbone length hair cuz mines was originally curly
And everything in my sub playlist
My desired boyfriend and guys I made him be like Gojo Satoru ( because we are all delusional over him đ¤Ş) and let me tell you he is so tall, handsome, sexy and a literal god. He is so silly too đŠˇ
Moving countries I now live in ny
Never actually meeting my ex and all the people in my old school forget me and have actually never even met me. Like if u asked them about me they have never heard or known me before
Extremely rich rich like hella bands
Got rid of my anxiety and mental health issue
Plus +++
NEVER EVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS.
Even if the circumstances seem to be eating you alive donât mind that too much. Even if all seems hopeless donât give up because you already know nothing can decide or be unless you give it power to be. So stop being goofy and take responsibility and DONT STRESS!! You donât see God stressing do you. All he has to do is blink and whatever he wants to happen, happens. Plus a lot of confidence came from non dualism that I owe a huge thanks to @trynafindbarbiee she really said it like it is !!
YOU GOT THIS ML đŠˇđŠˇđŠˇđŠˇ
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being the worst wolverineâs wife and one day you get zapped by the TVA for whatever reason, and it looks like you completely disappeared, this is what leads logan to become depressed, start drinking and ultimately ignore the x men when they die etc etc
he goes with wade purely bc he would if you were alive- he couldnât give less of a shit about wadeâs universe but he can feel you over his shoulder like an angel telling him he needs to do this (i imagine itâs like the jean hallucinations he had in the wolverine movie)
what if youâre in the void and he finds you with the rest of the group, like being unable to believe youâre really here?
hehe i love angst and ily avo <3
I already did a âLogan meets you in the voidâ fic here so I didnât wanna make this too long or Iâd just end up hitting the same beats!
1.4k. rated m for excessive use of the word âfuckâ
The day you disappeared you took his fucking soul with him.Â
You had been out shopping. Nothing weird about that, he wasnât some overbearing husband who demanded to know your location every single hour. But then afternoon had turned into evening had turned into night and nobody had heard from you. The unfamiliar sensation of panic had risen, queasy, from his stomach into his chest. They sent out a search party and looked for days. Not a trace of you to be found. Logan couldnât smell you. Fuck, heâd never not been able to smell you before.
He would hunt for you every day, hoping to find you alive but trying to level with the idea of you being cold and dead because at least then heâd have closure; heâd stay awake for hours on end until he collapsed from exhaustion⌠then heâd wake up and repeat the whole horrible affair. Nothing. After weeks of searching, Charles had laid a hand on his arm. Logan can still remember the look of pity on his face, like a bomb to the gut.Â
âIâm so sorry, Logan.â
They had to assume you were abducted and killed. Your body never turned up. And Logan just had to⌠keep going. How was he meant to keep going? You were his entire fucking life and then you were justâŚ
Gone.Â
To say he was left empty was the biggest understatement of his fucking life. He was a shell of the man he once was. He never laughed any more, never smiled, always trying to plug the hole your absence left in him with whatever alcohol he could get his hands on. Drink himself to a place where he could forget you.
It never really worked. At least it made him numb to the pain though.Â
When he staggers home one evening, eyes bleary and head spinning, and finds the whole mansion torched? Everyone left that he loved fucking dead? Well, it takes the last vestiges of his existence and crushes them into dust.Â
Oh, Logan, he hears in the back of his mind. Your voice. It breaks him. He falls to his knees, hands buried in the burning timbers, and wails.Â
He survives. He does not live. Thinking about everyone heâs lost, with you haunting the corners of his consciousness, always reaching out to comfort him - but when he goes to nuzzle into the warmth of your palm he is overcome with rage and bitterness to find itâs just his own imagination playing tricks on him.Â
Then a fucking idiot in red dragged him away from the shambles which was his life and forced him to be functional again, if only barely. Heâs angry, so angry all of the goddamn time, even when in the back of his mind he can hear you speaking sweet, calming words to him.Â
And then he hears your voice for real.Â
Sees you standing across the base this pathetic resistance has made. You look older, sure, he does too - but thereâs no mistaking the fire in those eyes. Youâre even wearing the same fucking shirt you went missing in, he remembers it, it has a picture of your favourite band.Â
His heart stops dead in his chest as you whisper his name.Â
âLogan?â
âOh shit!â says Wade, and Logan has never wanted to kill him more, âOh shit! Is this your refrigeratored wife, coming back to throw in a third act character arc?â
Logan finishes the bourbon bottle and throws the empty at Wadeâs head, where it shatters and knocks him flat. You wince at the violence and he feels like pure shit.Â
âIâm fine,â Wade calls from the ground, sticking a thumbs-up into the air.Â
âLogan, IâŚâ you clearly want to say something, but you have not been met with the Logan you knew. That Logan would have spent no time running to pick you up and hold you in his arms. This one half-snarls at the man he bloodied on the floor.Â
There is an agonising silence, both of you wanting to speak but not being sure how. You take a hesitant step forward.Â
âI never thought IâdâŚâ
âHow do I know itâs you?â
You recoil like heâs stabbed you with his claws, confusion and hurt flooding your face. Goddamn. He is the worst man alive. Heâs not sure if heâs saying it because he just wants to lash out at the nearest person, orâŚ
⌠or if, because he gets his hopes up, it might just kill him to have them crash down again.Â
âWhat?â
âAll these fuckinâ timelines. How do I know? How can I be sure that youâre you?â
The sadness in your face melts away into anger. When you step forward this time, youâre on the warpath. He sees the others in the room cringe, trapped now in this caustic reunion.Â
âHow can you be sure itâs me? Fuck, Logan, I knew it was you, didnât I? What do you want? You want me to show you the shitty tattoo I got after we first started dating and we were both drunk?â You lift your sleeve to reveal a little design on your shoulder. âWant me to tell you how an eighteen-year-old Marie was my bridesmaid and she cried because she didnât think anyone would ever be that kind to her after living as a mutant again? Want me to fucking remind you that in my vows I said I would be by your side, for fucking ever, no matter what - and how when that TVA agent zapped me when I was out for the day and I ended up here, it was only the thought of fulfilling those vows which kept me going? How about all that, or do I fucking need to humiliate myself more?â At this, you gesture to the others who have lined up at the side of the room, trying to look scarce but utterly failing.Â
Your shoulders are heaving with emotions, tears hot and heavy in your eyes but not yet spilling over. Logan grits his jaw. Yeah. Itâs you.Â
âIâŚâ he starts, but trails off when he realises thereâs nothing he can say. You shake your head, numb.Â
âFuck you, Logan Howlett,â you spit, words youâve never ever thrown his way before, and run out of the room.Â
âWow. Aced that one, peanut,â says Wade, and Logan rips off one of his legs.Â
He finds you several hours later at a campfire outside the rundown building which makes up headquarters. LeBeau has clearly been kind enough to part with some of his liquor, because youâre gulping down whiskey like itâs air. You stare at him, embers dancing in bitter eyes.Â
âWhat do you want?â you snap. He grunts as he sits down opposite you, either from age or exertion. Stares into the flames.Â
âI never stopped looking,â he manages.Â
You blink.Â
âWhat?â
âI neverâŚâ he shifts uncomfortably. Itâs been a long time since he bared this much of his soul. âI never stopped. Even when the others told me to give up, that I would only make it worse for myself, Iâd still search. Couldnât face the idea you werenât there any more.â
Itâs true. If he was twelve bottles deep heâd be looking, if he was hungover as a dog heâd be looking. When the rest of the X-Men were still there and even after they werenât. If he wasnât sitting at a bar he was on the streets, ever a bloodhound trying to catch your scent again.Â
For the first time you soften.Â
âOh.â
âSo⌠when I asked if it was you⌠ah, fuck. I didnât mean to come off as an asshole. Just couldnât live with it if it wasn't true. Wasnât real.â
When you stand he expects a slap. He deserves it. What he doesnât count on is you sitting down - not on the log next to him, but in his lap. He hasnât felt you do that for so long, and itâs so good. Your warmth on his thigh. You grab one of his hands, still larger than yours, and press it to your chest so he can feel your beating heart.Â
âIâm real, Logan. Iâm right here, baby,â you whisper, eyes dewy. Fuck. His are as well; he canât help it. Heâs overwhelmed by you, your feel, your gaze, your smell. Heâd forgotten how much he loved it.Â
Logan noses upwards against you, searching for your lips, and you let him find them. When you stroke his hair he can feel the wedding ring on your left hand. The kiss is desperate, longing, and the best one heâs ever had.Â
âRight here,â you repeat, forehead against his. He grips you so tightly that itâs possible heâll never let go again.Â
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Ahhh I do NOT know what this is other than depressed af Bakugo, who is trying to be a good boyfriend with a hint of fluff
It starts as something as innocent as forgetting to fold your laundry after a hard day of work. Although he never does that, he's too meticulous about the house chores even after a 12 hour shift. You don't yell at him and he doesn't yell at you. He has ordered take out before even getting home and he eats in silence, after offering you some of his pizza and you decline, hurt that the portion of food that you made for him will go to waste. He doesn't say anything else for the remaining twenty minutes he remains awake and you end up folding the laundry.
By the time you go to the bedroom he's fast asleep, blond hair covering his forehead and mouth open enough so he can breathe through it. you notice the band aid on his nose; another wound he didn't bother telling you about.
It's a silent, muffled goodnight that puts you to sleep and not his arms around your waist but it's okay, youâve been more than used to it.
When apathy isn't something that's enjoyable or even barely tolerable when you're in a relationship, you overlook it.
You think of him more often than you see him and you see him all the time.Â
He delivers flowers to your workplace as an atonement for giving you the cold shoulder last night with a note.Â
âSorry for being so grumpy lately, date tonight at 8?â
Your coworkers definitely enthuse about it and you grin like a schoolgirl. You think that even if you get off at six and you barely have enough time to get ready you can make it. So you text him, frenzied and insanely happy that you can make it and he snaps a picture of him drinking his smoothie while sitting on a railing of a building. Then he tells you where you're going for the night so you can be there as he'd be coming right after work.
Or at least he was supposed to.Â
So what? He doesn't show up on a date. Katsuki's a pro hero, in the top five, too, so you can forgive that one time, despite having to endure the looks of pity from the waiters at the restaurant he has booked, and despite paying the minimum order fee all by yourself. All while downing a bottle of wine, dressed in your best clothes, make up done so nicely, in such little time too.
You try not to cry, at least not in front of anyone, because it's one time and it's okay that he didn't even bother to cancel on you, he for sure must have been busy!Â
But you don't find it in you to plan another date anytime soon, and you don't allow him to mention whatever happened that night when he gets home to you. Heâs battered, heâs bloody and behind red eyes there's that sorry expression of a dog thatâs trashed the whole roll of toilet paper.Â
You dont yell, you don't fight. He runs a bath for himself and you wash his hair.
Though, you'd love to actually at least leave a sassy remark on what he did, you're scared that his response won't be up to your standards or liking and hurting yourself like this -yes, begging for an explanation to the happening is begging- is not something you plan on doing.Â
Until it happens again.Â
This time, it's worse, because he's supposed to meet you and your friends at the cinema, on a day patrol shouldn't take too long to end. On a day there's no new article about a monstrous villain destroying the city. And yes, you do refresh the news section on your phone every second, with the way he's been getting so beaten up on the daily.
But this time, it's okay, because he lets you know beforehand.Â
10 minutes beforehand.Â
Through text.Â
And even if it infuriates your friends, you can live with it. It's fine, you tell yourself and your friends. It doesn't usually happen, and he actually made an effort to let you know so you don't have to wait on him.Â
It's more than understandable, you tell your friends, because your boyfriend (if you could call him that still) is a pro hero, and you, nothing but a civilian. His lifestyle is far more important than yours. Which, you actually find funny in the moment, now that everyone's staring at you.Â
But your friends do not find it funny, actually. They don't lecture you yet, if they did, you'd burst in tears, and you enjoy the movie as much as you can in their company and rheir company alone.Â
They're all you have, at the end of the day.Â
Katsuki doest really have an everyday life as a civilian. And while striving to become number one he's overworking himselfÂ
There's also the time he shows up to your friend's art gallery opening with his hero costume -broken left gauntlet and grease and mud all over his hair and face- because 1) you've lectured him about never showing up and the impression he's left on your friends and 2) he really is trying to make an effort and well 3)he doesn't really care about an amazing public image.
Your friends hate him.Â
You don't.
The annual hero ratings come around the corner and he's fallen one place on the chart. The two of you spend that night at his parentsâ and some subtle comments that youre not sure from whom it is worded sparks a fight with his mother, she tells him to not visit her again if he doesn't fix his attitude. They end up fighting over the phone every single day.
He gets worse after, always towards himself, as if he's done all the bad in the world. He spends most of his day on patrol and in the gym, but he doest bulk anymore. Heâs more than okay with you making him lunch for work, heâs not mindful of any of his habits for a while.
Every single day that passes heâs more unhappy. Every day is worse than the other.
You continue to wash his hair and do the laundry on days he comes home bleeding and you don't get mad when he just wants to stuff his face in pizza. You go to bed with him and never let him sleep alone.
âyou're sânice to me when you don't have toâ he mutters as you're stroking his hair away from his forehead. Not one of you is focusing on the movie that's playing. He;s sprawled like a cat on your chest, breathing from his mouth like that night.
âIts just cause i want toâ
âm sorry i stood you up on that dateâ
âno need to talk about itâ you reassure him. And its like he gets mad when you place a kiss on his exposed forehead. Brows furrowed, eyes half lid in exhaustion.
You pay him no mind, averting your eyes to the screen on your right Heâs been so frustrated, you just know he's going to want to pick a fight
âdumbass. you should have dumped me.â
âYou want me to dump you?â
He shakes his head in your chest as a response, hands wrap even tighter around your waist.Â
âStop saying dumb shit then okay? and stop thinking you don't deserve to be happy because life is shitty right now. You're the one who told me. Remember?â
At that he hugs you impossibly close. Pebbled chest pressing on your stomach as he wiggles his hands to wrap your feet around his waist. Your hoodie is lifted, just above your belly so he can plant a kiss on your skin and slanted red eyes look into yours again, this time more determined.
He knows how life has been for you. Things keep happening to you one after another and he's been there to witness it. To hold you. Your relationship with your own mother is only a little worse than his own and now, for the first time he actually understands how it's like to have someone hold him through all that he's been going through.Â
No one can understand him better than you do, no one can love him better than you do.
There's an end to his restless nights, as you're spending them wrapped in his arms, face squished between his pectoral muscles. And now it doesn't matter if you sleep for two, five or eight or twelve hours. You're always rested. Heâs not grumpy in the morning. Your migraines are gone. His muscles aren't sore anymore.
 Katsuki never had a civilian life, but when he comes home to you it's the closest he can get to one.
(this is my first post in two years be nice)
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The Moon Knows Our Secrets (1)
Exes to Lovers!AU | Hybrid!Jungkook x Hybrid!OC | Soulmate!AU
genre: angst, smut, exes to lovers, vampire/werewolf hybrid (emphasis on werewolf), soulmates, forced proximity
rating: explicit
description: He doesnât remember loving you. How could he, when youâre the one who erased his memories? You run into him a year later at a wedding. The year after that heâs reported missing and you go off to find him. Then you wonder: did he ever forget you?
word count:Â 9.1k
warnings: blood, blood-drinking, one injury, flirting, TXT is mentioned and theyâre horny brats but protective!JK swoops in, ANGST, mentions of compulsion, past deaths, JK smokes for like, one second, fire, resentment, but trust me, they will fall for each other all over again, two-shot đ
smut warnings: OC goes into HEAT at the worst time, kissing, oral sex (female receiving), fingering, squirting, overstimulation, (more intense smut to come in part 2)
a/n: This is an epilogue for my series Moonstruck (inspired by TVD), but it can be read as a STAND-ALONE! You do not have to read Moonstruck (but it will be more satisfying if you have đ). I love this couple and they deserve their (steamy) happy ending. They both embody the âright person, wrong place.â
Part 1 | Part 2 |
âYouâre going to forget the fact you ever loved me. Iâm just the girl who had a crush on you and trained with you, nothing more. I want you to live your life freely. If we ever cross paths again, donât approach me. When Iâm ready, Iâll come to you and you can decide then if youâll have me. Youâll remember then. I love you, Jungkook.â
You first saw him again at a wedding.
When you arrive at the venue, your eyes scan the sea of strangers for him like an automated response. You clutch onto the chain of your purse, the tight squeeze in your chest never seeming to disappear. Once youâre sure of his absence, the tension in your shoulders fades.
Round tables are arranged around a central dance floor, so you sit at the closest one, joining in the crowdâs applause despite not knowing whatâs happening. The happy couple is swaying to romantic jazz music played by the live band, their adoring smiles perfectly matched.
âWhat did I miss?â
Your old classmate chuckles when she notices your presence, using her fingers to count as she lists off her answers. âThe ring bearer, flower girl, the da-da-da-da piano introduction, the vows, the kiss, the first danceâso pretty much everything. Surprised to see you here.â
So are you. It took you hours of hyping yourself up before deciding to attend. You never RSVP-ed properly, allocating all your time to getting ready instead. Not that you had anyone to impress, but itâs a wedding. Sweatpants werenât going to cut it.
âCan everyone please have a seat? Weâre going to hear the best man give his speech!â That authoritative voice belonged to Kim Namjoon, the headmaster of BTSU (Be The Supernatural University). His dimple smile emerges when he notices you and he waves excitedly, dropping the microphone in the process.Â
You giggle. âSee? I didnât miss everything, Lia.â
She hands you a glass of champagne, then clinks the glass against your own. âOkay, Ms. Fashionably Late. At least you look hot.â
The guests take their seats while the couple sits at the head table near the dance floor. Thereâs a small stage next to them and on it is a microphone stand under a beautifully decorated archway. A blanket of silence washes over the crowd as anticipation rises, but the best man is nowhere to be found. Murmurs spread quickly as heads turn in confusion.
âIâm here, Iâm here!â
You donât have to look to know who that voice belonged to. The glass in your hand trembles, on the brink of shattering under your tightening grip. Your mouth parts open in shock, your heart rate beating so loudly that it rings in your ears, drowning out the noise of the crowdâs applause as the so-called best man gets on stage.Â
Jeon Jungkook â your ex-boyfriend.
Could you even call him your ex? Your history was, in a word, complicated. Boyfriend and girlfriend werenât labels you two were fortunate enough to share. Bound by trauma, forced into despair, crippled with pain â the ârelationshipâ in question was toxic.Â
âYouâre going to forget the fact you ever loved meâŚâ
A hybrid had many advantages â compulsion included. With one look, you ordered him to forget having loved you and then left. Traveling the world healed you and the thought of returning to your college campus never once crossed your mind until a year later.
Your old professor sent you a text â a wedding invitation to be specific. Though the gesture was sweet, you preferred staying blissfully ignorant. You almost deleted it. However, F.O.M.O was a crippling feeling, so you ultimately gave in.Â
You were aware the chances of running into Jungkook were high, but thatâs why you arrived late on purpose. You had let your guard down too easily, assuming he mightâve left early or not bother showing up at all. What a fool.Â
The fairy lights strung across the venue illuminate him with a gorgeous golden glow as he steps onto the stage. You hold your breath as the world seems to slow down, taking in his features.Â
His hair used to be longer and shaggier; you teased him for having a mop-head back then (lovingly). Now itâs half long, with shaved sides and a slight mullet. He wore a simple white shirt, layered with a classic black blazer and matching dress pants. Several square box chains surrounded his neck, complimenting his silver hoop earrings and lip ring (when did he get that?). His accessories sparkle under the lights, almost blinding, as if he were a living filter.Â
Damn. Heâs only gotten more gorgeous.Â
Jungkook quickly adjusts the microphone stand to his height, then presents a bunny-tooth grin. âHello everyone! Sorry, Iâm late. I had forgotten my script.â He shakes the index cards in his hands gently, causing a ripple of laughter through the crowd. âItâs an honor being both Hoseok and Yoongiâs best man.â
Jung Hoseok was your old classmate, who used to be the alpha of the werewolf pack senior year. But then along came Jungkook, who stole the title from beneath him after challenging him to a duel. Funny how he is now his best man.Â
Min Yoongi was the one who invited you, a research assistant at your university. If you had to describe him in a phrase, itâd be: âActions speak louder than words.â You knew his intentions when he sent the invitation, so you had to come and support him the same way heâs done for you.Â
Jungkook peers down at his script before placing a hand on the microphone.Â
âIâve known Yoongi and Hoseok for years now and their love is truly special. Theyâre often private with their affection, but we know how they would go out of their way for each other. My favorite part is whenever Hoseok compliments Yoongi, heâdââ
âAaarrghhH!!!â The obnoxious scream is from Yoongi himself, who had stood up and faced away from the crowd. People crack up at his hilarity, including Hoseok who is clapping his hands like a seal.Â
âYes. That. Exactly that,â Jungkook says, followed by a soft chuckle. âThe two play off each other well. Hoseok brings joy to everyone and itâs infectious. Iâve never seen Yoongi happier than when heâs with Hoseok.â
Yoongi rubs the nape of his neck, a shy smile gracing his features as he sits back down. Hoseok places his head on his partnerâs shoulders, sighing in content. Jungkook flips to the next index card and clears his throat.
âYoongi and Hoseok are people I like from the bottom of my heart. Theyâre like family, and Iâm so glad to be a part of their story. We were able to come to where we are right now because everybody was all together.â His lips tremble slightly as he holds the corners of the card with both hands, tears slowly welling up in his eyes. His head hangs low for a moment but then he looks up, forcing a smile on his face. âSorry, Iâm getting emotional.â
You almost shout itâs okay! but nothing comes out. Fortunately, a couple of folks blurt out comforting words that make him laugh as he quickly wipes his tears away. He rolls his shoulders back and blows a small raspberry with his lips to reset.Â
âThese two have both helped me through so much. When I almost lost my life. When I lost my friends. When I wanted to give up on myself,â His eyes scanned across the venue as if simulating eye contact with each guest. âAnd especially when I experienced the biggest absence of my life withâŚâ
His words are cut short at the same time your breath hitches. Itâs a split second, but youâre sure. Youâre sure his gaze fell on you, his expression stiffening slightly while you let out a silent gasp. The world seems to be at a standstill until he crumples the cards in his hand and tosses them aside. He lets out a half-hearted laugh, gesturing to the large projector screen he prepared earlier.Â
âEnough about me!â he exclaims. âI made a compilation of the coupleâs best moments. Enjoy!â
You donât pay attention to the video playing despite the roaring laughter from the crowd. Someone shouts something about the couple wearing colorful animal sheet masks, but your eyes are glued to Jungkook. He exits the stage, heading back to his group of friends at the table furthest from yours. They give him a pat on the back and heâs back to smiling as if nothing happened.Â
Was it your imagination? Maybe he wasnât looking at you. You finish your champagne in one gulp, slamming the glass down without meaning to. The sharp sting in your palm makes you realize your actions as you groan, the deep cut across your hand oozing blood.Â
â[Y/N], are you okay? Oh my gosh, here.â Lia is quick to grab the cloth napkin, wrapping it around your hand and tying a knot.Â
âThanks, but Iâm fine. Iâll heal anyway.â
âStill, how did this even happen? Whatâs got you so tense?â
You say nothing, but she follows your line of sight and purses her lips. âAre you looking at the wolves? Is it Jungkook?â
âNo,â you say quickly. âIâm gonna go to the restroom and wash the blood off.â
Before she can interrogate you further, you make a break for it. It was difficult walking in your nude heels, each step feeling like you were sinking deeper into the grass. The fairy lights help you see in the dark as you pass by the greenery of the garden, the flowers being your favorite part. Youâd stop to smell them but didnât want the blood to stain their lovely petals. Your feet finally reach a cobblestone path and you see the restroom building up ahead.Â
Thereâs a handwashing sink outside. Once you turn on the faucet, you unwrap the cloth around your hand and wash the excess blood away. The cut had partially healed already â another perk of hybrid blood â but it still felt nice.
You find yourself lost in thought as the cool water flows onto your hands. You tell yourself thereâs no way Jungkook was looking at you. He doesnât even know you. At least, not in the way he used to.Â
âIâm just the girl who had a crush on you and trained with you, nothing more. I want you to live your life freely.â
Ah. Right. Youâve been reduced to a mere stranger now. The depressing reality makes you sigh as you turn off the water.Â
Thatâs when you hear it. Footsteps. Heavy ones that grow louder from behind you. The hairs on your neck stand up as you turn around.
Jungkook is approaching you, his stride long and confident. Your brain must have been rewired to put him in slow motion because heâs like a model walking down a runway. You canât believe your eyes and are torn between running away or staying put. Heâs closer now. Your heart skips a beat, the anticipation crushing you. Stay put it is.
âIf we ever cross paths again, donât approach me.â
Yet here he is. Approaching you. Had the compulsion not worked on him? Did he remember you all this time? Well, your answer comes when he walks right by you without sparing a glance as he enters the menâs restroom. You blink a few times, stunned by what took place.
Well, that proves it; the compulsion was still effective. You look at the bloody napkin in your hand, clutching it tightly.Â
âWhat, is he blind? He didnât even ask if I was okay. This is a huge red flag, literally!â You wave the fabric around like a crazed woman, having half a mind to chuck it across the building. After sulking for a minute, you compose yourself and prepare to head back.
Thatâs when an unpleasant smell creeps its way into your nose. Itâs harsh, like the smell of acetone and burnt wood, and you cough uncontrollably. The acrid fumes are suffocating as you wander around the restrooms for the smell.Â
âItâs coming from the menâs sideâŚâ you mumble to yourself.Â
âWhen Iâm ready, Iâll come to you and you can decide then if youâll have me.â
Ignore it. Itâs not your business. Yet your feet are already stomping inside, where your ex jolts in alarm at your sudden presence.Â
âHey, just because youâre a hybrid doesnât mean smoking is okay!â The cigarette dangles from his mouth when his lips part in a small âoâ shape, seconds from falling. You swipe it from him, drop it on the ground, and crush it under your heel. His doe eyes are larger than before, but your actions render him speechless. âItâs a gross habit and causes bad breath. So⌠yeah. Donât smoke. Even if youâre practically immortal itâs not good for you.â
You spin around and close your eyes, cringing at your meddlesome behavior. You should leave before things escalate.Â
âAre you okay?â Your eyes flutter open. He must think youâre deranged! âYour hand⌠is that blood?â
You look down, noticing the cloth in your hand was no longer white, but a deep crimson that seemed to permeate nonstop.Â
âOh, this is nothing. Itâll heal soon.â
He circles and gets in front of you, holding out his hand. âMay I take a look?â
Whatever compels you to give your hand to him is a mystery, but you do it. He removes the cloth first, then inspects your palm, concern etched in his features. Blood continues to ooze out of the gash, but all you can focus on is the warmth of his hand enveloping your cold one. It reminds you of holding a hot cup of coffee in the morning except in this case, your cortisol levels are spiking.Â
âItâs not good for you, you know,â he says with a soft smile. He directs his gaze from his hand to your own. âGetting cuts on such pretty hands. Who did this to you?â
If you had a brain, you didnât anymore. You feel it short-circuiting, the hints of protectiveness in his voice setting sirens off in your mind. âNo one⌠I accidentally broke a glass.â
It comes out as a whisper, but he acknowledges your response with a gentle âhmm.â
âThis wonât do. Itâs not healing fast enough,â His eyes shift up to meet your own. âYouâre practically dripping in my hand.â
How can he say such things to you with such a straight face? The double entendre is blatant, but calling him out for it would only expose your impure thoughts.
âShall I clean you up?â You donât miss how he says âyouâ and not âit.â His irises glow a ruby red, matching his blood-shot sclera. Protruding veins appear under his eyes as he opens his mouth wide enough to exhibit his sharp fangs. Itâs a hauntingly beautiful sight.
âThatâs okay, you donâtâyou donât have to.âÂ
âMaybe I want to. Besides⌠I was smoking to curb my cravings. You took that away, so I need something else to satisfy me.â
You gulp. âAnd you think my blood will do that?â
He flashes you a smirk. âIâd like to find out. If youâll let me.â
He doesnât remember. He doesnât remember. He canât remember. Right?Â
You agree with a soft âokayâ and Jungkook doesnât hold back. He sticks his tongue out, licking up the blood that overflowed onto his thumb first before following the stream up to your palm. He presses his lips onto the gash and sucks, earning a small gasp from you. This catches his attention, and he stares at you. His pupils are dilated, the primal look in his gaze so enrapturing.Â
The pit of your stomach is on fire as he continues feeding from the palm of your hand. His tongue comes out to play, swiping back and forth, leaving no spot untouched. It tickles, but youâre too tense to move a muscle.Â
Then he moans. Itâs low at first, but then he closes his eyes and does it again. This time itâs more guttural, and he presses harder against you like he was starved.
âOw,â you say, wincing when his fangs pierce your skin. It coaxes more blood to come out, and he visibly shudders.
âSorry, IâFuck,â His breath is uneven as he pants, drunk on your taste. He furrowed his eyebrows like he was mad, fighting against his primal urges to devour you whole. âIâll be more careful. Please let me finish, please.â
Oh my god. Heâs begging you. Itâs too adorable to resist. He opens his eyes when you donât reply, and you quickly give him your consent. His technique, if you can even call it that, grows sloppy as he rushes to clean up the mess he made. Itâs like he was embarrassed, which makes your heart grow fonder.Â
Once he finishes, his lips come together and make a loud smooching sound. He kisses the spot once again, lovingly, and then pulls away. Youâre shocked to see the cut is no longer there.Â
âDelicious. Sweet, with a hint of spice.â
Youâre flattered by the handsome blood sommelier but retract your hand, hiding it behind your back while clearing your throat.Â
âUm⌠Thank you.â That sounded more lame out loud than in your head, but nothing else seemed appropriate.Â
Jungkook rubs the excess blood from the corner of his lips with his thumb. âIt was my pleasure.â He sucks it and then releases his thumb with a loud pop.
Discomfort washes over you with how quiet the restroom gets, but you donât break the silence. Instead, you turn around and head for the exit.Â
âYouâre [Y/N], right?â Three steps. Thatâs how far you got. âWe were in the same year together.â
You grab onto the chain of your purse again. âYeah. We were.â
And you leave it at that.Â
You walk around to ease the buried feelings threatening to bubble up to the surface. Aside from the reception in the garden, the rest of the campus is quiet. Not a single light is on from the buildings you pass, your heels following the moonlight instead.
You pass the library, the gym, and the fine arts hall, but your steps halt at the girlsâ dormitory. Memories flood your mind one by one: decorating your room, staying up late studying for exams, and the time when Jungkook slept over andâno. Shit. Donât think about a love thatâs lost.Â
A weighted sigh comes as you sit on the steps, giving your feet a much-deserved break. You hug your knees, tuck your head down, and rest it in your folded arms as if you wanted to hide from the world. Why the hell did you think coming here would be easy?
His touch lingers in your mind as you replay the moment. The way he held your hand, the way he was concerned for your well-being, and the way he fed off your blood was far more intimate than you expected. Then he said your name.
It ignited a yearning you thought you had suppressed.
âI should leaveâŚâ you say out loud to no one in particular.Â
âAnd miss the group picture?â
You lift your head slowly like you were caught red-handed committing a heinous crime. Youâre greeted by pointed black dress shoes, black dress pants, a white shirt and black blazer, silver necklaces, and soft doe eyes that could melt anyoneâs heart.Â
âJungkookâŚâ
His eyes light up, a tinge of rouge dancing across his cheeks as he slips his hands into his pockets. âSo you do remember me.â
How could I ever forget? âWell yeah⌠we were in the same year together.â
He scrunches his nose, amused at your usage of his past words. âThatâs it? We were sparring partners, we went on missions together, and Iâm pretty sure you saved my life by turning me into a hybrid,â Your jaw falls to the ground while his lips curve into a playful grin. âRing a bell?â
The logistics of your compulsion werenât specific as to how much Jungkook would remember. Then again, you didnât erase his memory of your existence, so itâs natural he would remember some basic things.Â
âWow, you have a good memory. Um⌠yeah, I guess that covers the extent of our relationship.â
He quirks his eyebrow, sounding far too happy for your liking as he says, âWe⌠have a relationship?â
You put your hands out in a stop motion and shake them in a panic. âNo! Not at all. IâI meant thatâs all we are to each other. Nothing more, nothing less. Just old classmates.â
âI see. What a shame though. I feel like we would have⌠should have gotten to know each other more back then.â
His voice has a trace of longing, but you dismiss it for friendly conversation. âReally? I was too focused on my studies anyway. You wouldnât have liked me.â
He nods. âConsidering how you stomped out my cigarette? Yeah, probably not.â
You scoff, a playful glint in your eyes. âExcuse me for looking out for you.â
âNever asked you to, but Iâll admit, I enjoy the attention.â You both laugh and then he extends his hand out to you. âCome on. Letâs go take the group picture together.â
âOh, itâs okay. Iâm not fond of pictures. Yoongi and Hobi donât even know Iâm here, so itâs not like theyâll notice.â
âIâll notice,â You stare at him, watching his smile fade and how serious his demeanor becomes. âYour absence is significant, especially to those who care about you. Theyâll remember it for the rest of their lives.â
You are about to speak when he adds, âBesides, the formation is off and we need one more person to fill in the gap.â
With a roll of your eyes, you swat his hand away and stand. âAlright, I get it. Letâs go.â
He smiles, puts his hands back in his pockets, and leads the way back. You follow him to the garden where guests are lined up in neat, staggered rows. Most of them have their arms crossed, some tapping their feet anxiously, while the rest have their hands on their hips. Even the main couple in the front row are mouthing words you canât hear, but the way Yoongi slaps a hand to his forehead makes you aware of his distress.
âOh!â Hoseok shouts with a jump, pointing his finger in your direction. âTheyâre here!â
Everyone expresses their relief with a âthank goodnessâ or âabout timeâ as you and Jungkook make your way over.Â
âYou found her!â Namjoon says, holding up his hand for a high-five. Jungkook walks by too fast to notice, so you high-five him to ease his embarrassment.
âWow, is that [Y/N]? You look incredible.â The man next to Namjoon gives you two thumbs up and you smile at the compliment.Â
âJinâŚâ You canât help but hug him tight and he reciprocates. Kim Seokjin aka Jin was the head witch on campus and counselor. Youâve confided in him for years and seeing him again almost brings tears to your eyes.
âAlright, alright. Thatâs enough.â Yoongi pats Jinâs back, a signal to release his hold on you. You laugh and then embrace him next, earning an obnoxious groan, but the fond smile on his face shows his true emotions. âIâm so glad youâre here. Thank you for coming.â
âOf course. Thank you for inviting me.â
You stop hugging him to see Hoseok with his arms out already, his heart-shaped grin wide.
âCome here~,â You let out an âoofâ sound from how tight he squeezes you. âWe had no idea you were here! Jungkook convinced the cameraman to wait until he found you.â
You let him go and look over to Jungkook, who clears his throat as he looks off to the side. The apples of his cheeks are rosy, which you find endearing.Â
âHere, stand in the front row next to me,â Hoseok says, gesturing to the spot between him and Jungkook. Jungkook takes a large step to the right, allowing enough space for you to squeeze in.
âAlright, now that we finally have everyone hereâŚâ the cameraman says out loud, throwing a harsh glare in your direction. You give him a sheepish grin in return. âEveryone needs to scoot over to my left please.â
The crowd obeys, but the cameramanâs displeased frown remains. âNow everyone needs to squeeze closer together.â
Thereâs some shuffling and you bump into Hoseok after Jungkookâs shoulder bumps into yours.Â
âSorry,â he whispers. You tell him itâs okay.
The cameraman crosses his arms. âCome on, you guys. Act like you like each other! Closer!â
Everyone scooches in again, but Jungkookâs hand brushes against yours. The touch is electrifying, and you forget how to breathe. You canât process your emotions as the cameraman orders the guests on your side to turn their bodies inwards at an angle. Jungkook exhales and his hot breath fans the nape of your neck. You feel your palms start to sweat.Â
âThree, two, one, smile!â You put on your most picture-perfect smile, the flash nearly blinding you. âOne more! This time do a silly pose!â
You observe what others choose for their pose. Bunny ears are common, heart poses are also popular whether using arms or hands. Some stick their tongues out while others fake a dramatic gasp. You shift in your position when your heels betray you and you stumble backward.
As if on cue, a pair of arms catch you and youâre dipped like youâre in a dance class with Jungkookâs face peering down at you. His sweet cologne wafts into your nostrils, a nice blend of amber and rose. These moments only happen in movies â or so you think â yet heâs a fantasy that somehow becomes your reality.Â
The camera shutters and captures your deer-in-the-headlights expression and Jungkookâs, who mirrors after you. It makes the cameraman let out a hearty laugh, and heâs not sure who the real married couple is.
âAre you okay?â
You nod and he helps you regain stability. Your hand touches your face, feeling the heat radiating off your cheek. The cameraman dismisses everyone and your friends jump at the opportunity to hound you with questions.Â
Hoseokâs eager to go first. âWhatcha been up to, [Y/N]? Itâs been so long since weâve all been together.â
âJust traveling, not much,â you reply, forcing the muscles in your mouth to cooperate into a believable smile.Â
âHey, thatâs her business. Donât be nosy,â Namjoon interjects. Yoongi and Jin give each other a knowing look.
âYouâre just saying that because she communicates with you the most,â Jin teases.Â
âI mean, I was her mentor⌠canât help it if Iâm her favorite.â He pats his puffed-out chest twice, proud as he winks at you. You giggle and Yoongi joins in the conversation.
âOkay, if anyoneâs her favorite, itâs actually me. But anyway,â he tilts his head towards the bar, âhelp yourself to a drink.â
âOoh, I will. Do you have any recommendations?â you ask.Â
âDo you want something strong? Fruity?â
âGet her what Jungkook got,â Namjoon says. Jungkook stands off to the side, his jaw clenches at his name being mentioned. âYou like peach-flavored things, right?â
âYeah. Howâd you know?â
âBecause he told meâŚâ He notices the group shooting glares at him like daggers. It reminds you of when an idol spoils their next comeback by accident. â... Told me it was delicious and that anyone would like it. It goes down smoothly. Very yummy. Hah. Hahaha! Is that a saxophone?â
He leaves the group in a hurry with Jin chasing after him yelling, âNo! Leave the sax alone! Iâm not paying for damages!â
Awkward glances are exchanged between Hoseok and Yoongi, a silent two-player game of telepathy you werenât a part of. You canât compel Hoseok, but Yoongiâs human. One look and youâd know what he was thinking, but thatâd be highly inappropriate to do that to the groom at his wedding.Â
âIâll order my own,â you tell the couple and they wave goodbye. Jungkookâs already retreated to his friends, much to your relief.Â
Once youâre at the outdoor bar, your mood lifts upon seeing the bartender. She puts down the glass she was drying and rests her hands on the countertop.
âWell if it isnât the original hybrid queen herself.â
The bartender is young, her oval face and sharp jawline giving her a cute, handsome aura. Her hair is short, about shoulder-length, and straight. Her eyes are large, emphasized by her dramatic makeup to draw you in until youâre lost in them.Â
âHi, Ryujin. Wow, I havenât seen you in forever.â She had a white shirt underneath her black vest; you think it suits her tom-boyish charms well.
âSince vampire ability class, I know. What can I get you, beautiful?â
The smirk she sends you has your nerves sparking, and the palms of your hands sweaty. It was different when a girl complimented you. It felt more believable, flattering even.Â
You shrug in response to maintain a calm demeanor. âHmm⌠I donât know. Maybe something fruity? Citrusy?â
She nods, grabbing a shaker and a bottle of liquor under the counter straight away. You watch as she juggles the two items in the air, covering your mouth at the thought of gravity ruining her trick. However, she caught them both with ease, moving at such a fast speed as she concocted your beverage. Itâs an elegant performance, her movements fluid like itâs an art. She finishes by topping off your glass with an orange slice.
âHere you go,â She slides the glittery pink drink over, and you take a sip, allowing the fruity taste to coat your tongue. âMatches your dress.â
You smile at the thoughtful gesture. âItâs good. Tastes like peaches and grapefruit. Whatâs it called?â
âItâs something I came up with. I wouldnât mind sharing the recipe with you after the eventâs over.â
You donât miss the flirty tone in her words and can only laugh. She was so refreshing and has always stuck up for you in the past when others called you stuck-up for being a hybrid. Who knew she would end up flirting with you at a wedding years later?
âSo? What do you say?â she asks, her eyes brimming with hope. You take another drink and finish the whole thing despite your shaky hands. She gives you a fond smile. âIf Iâm being too forward, tell me.â
âNo, Iâm just nervous,â you blurt out, setting the glass down. âYouâre really pretty.â
âIs that so?â
Youâre about to respond when you feel your temperature rise. You clasp a hand to your forehead, which goes from warm to scalding in seconds. Sweat beads form around your temples as your breathing becomes harsher. You rest your elbow on the counter to keep yourself balanced, but your legs are burning too. It was like someone lit a torch from beneath you, cooking your flesh inside out.Â
âHey, whatâs wrong? Are you okay?â Ryujin asks. You shake your head and your vision blurs, the lights behind her looking like a bokeh image. She hands a bottle of water to you, and you gulp it down, yet the fever persists and you feel worse.Â
Ryujin sees your eyes widen in alarm as you peer down at your dress. She inspects it too, but doesnât see anything abnormal. You rub your thighs together.Â
âFuck⌠I think Iâm in heat,â you tell her. Your hand rummages through your purse and then you curse again, frustrated. âIâm out of suppressants!â
Ryujin snaps her fingers when a lightbulb goes off in her head. âAsk Lia.â
âGood idea.â
You blink to wet your eyes, regaining clarity of your surroundings before heading to Lia on the dance floor. She was all smiles with a guy until you bumped into her, your darn heels being the bane of your existence.
âHey!â
âSorry,â you quickly say, âI need your help.â
She takes one look, excuses herself, and brings you to a quieter space. Her hand reaches into her clutch and pulls out a lace handkerchief, dabbing the sweat off your forehead. Her touch is gentle and she asks quietly, âAre you in heat?â
Lia and Ryujin were best friends. Your sole encounters with her were because of Ryujin by extension, but even back then, you knew she was sweet. Wolves often looked down upon her because of her doll-like, docile appearance. However, she had enough balls to find friends in other cliques and was, what people say, a girlâs girl.Â
âYes, I feel like Iâm dying. Ryujin told me to ask if you have suppressants.â
âI donât. Do you not track your cycle?â
âIâm a hybrid! Itâs random for me!âÂ
She grimaces, the pity in her eyes inevitable. âIâm sorry, I forgot. But you need to get out of here. Do you know how many horny young wolves are here with zero self-restraint?â
You shift your weight and a pool of discharge releases in your panties, the sticky sensation making you cringe. Lia brings out a travel-sized perfume spray and spritzes your entire body. A wheeze is forced out of you from the potent floral scent, but at least it will cover your pheromones long enough for a distraction.
âHey everyone! The fireworks are starting soon, letâs go to the front of the school and watch!â Hoseok has his hands cupped around his mouth to carry his voice through the venue, catching the attention of all guests. Lia holds both your hands, looking you dead in the eye with a straight face.
âThere. Use this time to find suppressants or get out of here. The perfume wonât last very long.â
âThanks, Lia, I will.âÂ
While the crowd heads towards the front, you rush back to the restroom building. Youâre a panting mess once inside, but you go into a stall, shut it, and pull down your undergarment. The fabric is soaked in slick and has a hefty weightâyou have no choice but to discard it.
Grabbing toilet paper, you clean yourself up as best as you can. Then you step out, wash your hands, and exit the building.
âHey there.â You almost topple backward from the sudden intrusion. Three guys are in front of you, all wearing the same, smug grin. Theyâre young, probably younger than you, but one thingâs for sureâtheyâre werewolves.Â
Thereâs a particular scent that emits from wolves. Itâs earthy, like a pine tree, and youâd usually find it comforting but now? Fear crawls up your spine like a spider has latched onto you, its legs creeping up your back in a spot you canât smack away.
The one in the middle had greeted you first. He has a youthful face, and sculpted cheekbones, which are easy on the eyes. Speaking of, that was his most striking feature. They are almost cat-like (ironically) with how wide and long they are.Â
âAre you lost? Everyoneâs watching the fireworks,â he says, his thumb hiked over his shoulder. You donât respond. âAh, Iâm Yeonjun. This is Beomgyu and thatâs Soobin.â
Soobin is the tallest. He shows off his dimple smile upon being introduced, which seems pure, but the way his irises shifted to goldenrod says otherwise. Beomgyu, on the other hand, had the most innocent baby face youâve ever seen. However, you donât miss the way he licks his lips while giving you a once-over.
âIâm [Y/N]...â You donât know why you give them your name, but it slips out. Maybe you hoped playing along would lead them to spare you.Â
âOh!â Soobin says, his index finger pointing up at the discovery. âYouâre the original hybrid the professors rave about!â
âHalf-vampire, half-werewolf, right?â Beomgyu asks. Your double moon necklace glows as you form your fingers into a claw shape behind your back. A small flame ignites and you hold it there, waiting for the right opportunity.Â
âYeah. I guess,â you say. âWhy donât you boys go watch the fireworks? Iâll catch up.â
âNonsense! As gentlemen, we should escort you. Unless⌠youâd rather do something else. Here. Now.â Yeonjun raises an eyebrow, but you scowl in response.Â
âNo thanks.â
Soobin takes a step forward. âIs there anything else we can help you with?â
Beomgyu takes two. âIâm sure the three of us can be of use to you.â
Itâs not until Yeonjun approaches you that you cower, stepping backward until youâre stopped by the water fountains. âNo need to be shy. No oneâs around.â
Your blood is boiling, though youâre not sure if itâs from your heat or rage. Whatâs worse is youâre not mad at them; youâre mad at yourself. Their words spurred you on as arousal drips down your thighs, a sign of your bodyâs betrayal. You fear if this escalates, theyâll figure out youâre not wearing anything underneath.Â
âGet. Back.â You reveal the burning flame in your palm, the heat emanating off of it close enough to Yeonjunâs face. He jumps back and places a hand on his chest.
âWhoa! Sheâs feisty. Or should I say⌠fiery.â
âMaybe we should head back. She can do magic. I thought hybrids donât know magic,â Soobin whispers. Yeonjun laughs at the ridiculous suggestion, shoving his friend for his cowardice as Beomgyu inspects him for injuries.Â
âDoesnât matter. Look at her state now.â He points in your direction, seeing how youâre barely able to stand. Your breaths are quick, shallow and your heart is thumping around like itâs going to burst out of your rib cage. The fire in your hand diminishes to a mere flicker, and then itâs out. You try to bring it back with the flick of a wrist, but all that emits are tiny sparks. Shit. I havenât been practicing long enough.
Your womanhood is craving something, anything to alleviate the agony. Itâs screaming for release, and you hold your abdomen as a sudden cramp pains you horribly. Human females experience this type of thing monthly and you have to hand it to them. This type of pain requires endurance and fucking sucks.Â
You fall onto all fours, clutching your heart which is seconds away from bursting. Itâs beating so loud, you canât even hear the vulgar things the youngins are saying as they rush over. Soobin grabs your right arm; Yeonjun has the other.
You thrash in their clutches, but they only mock you with their boisterous laughter as they force you to your feet.
âHey, hey! Weâre just trying to help,â Soobin says.Â
âUnless youâd rather be on all fours,â Yeonjun teases. Beomgyu bends down to your eye level, a crooked smile on his dainty face, the true embodiment of a wolf in sheepâs clothing.
 âYouâre pure temptation, you know that?â He leans close, his lips grazing the shell of your ear as he whispers, âGive up. Donât put up a fight.â
âI donât consent,â you say, a harsh bite in your words.
Soobin squeezes your arm, almost crushing it in his large hands. âWhy? Is it because weâre young?â
âItâs clear youâre horny⌠we are too. Come on,â Beomgyu pleads. âWeâll take good care of you. Teach us what you like.â
âYeah. And weâll do the same.â Yeonjun holds your hand, inspecting it closely. âSo soft. I bet your hand would feel so good around myââ
âGet your hands off her before I bite them off.â
Dizziness overwhelms you, so all you see is a blurry figure behind Beomgyu, and you shake your head to come to your senses. Once the manâs face comes into focus, relief washes over you, sending signals for your brain to let down your guard. The energy you so desperately clung to has depleted, so you close your eyes as your limbs turn into jelly.
Five seconds pass and the boysâ hold on you is gone. Someone else catches you before you faint, his scent familiar and comforting.Â
âI got you,â he says as he lets you lean against his body.Â
âJungkookâŚâ
âCan you stand?â You donât know but nod anyway. âGood. Get behind me. You donât want to see this.â
His broad back shields you from the three wolves, so you donât even see the damage he inflicted upon them. Yeonjun was thrown into a tree a hundred feet away, the impact so potent that it split in half. Soobin and Beomgyu were fortunate not to collide into anything after being catapulted⌠except for each other.Â
Soobin lands on top of Beomgyu and the smaller boy groans, pushing him off in a huff. He stands first and helps Soobin after.Â
âHey, we didnât do anything wrong!â Yeonjun shouts as he scrambles to his feet, flaring his nostrils. âYou and I both know sheâs a bitch in heat!âÂ
You cling onto Jungkookâs blazer, and he looks over his shoulder.
âIs he right?â You donât know if he asks to be polite because even you can smell your essence leaking. You hide your face in his back, flustered, but he feels you nod.
He redirects his attention back to the wolves. âThat doesnât give you the right to touch her. I suggest you leave before I make it physically impossible.â
Soobin scoffs while Beomgyu rolls his eyes. Yeonjunâs fuse was already lit and Jungkookâs sure thereâs smoke coming out of his ears. You hear him crack his knuckles, the silence that follows deafening as you hold your breath in anticipation. Â
âItâs three against two. Well, three against one, really,â Soobin says, laughing like heâs already won.Â
âAll I see is three smooth-brained pups who are pissing me off.â Jungkookâs eyes shift to a fiery goldenrod, the corner of his lips twitching as he smirks. âYouâre aware that [Y/N] isnât the only hybrid⌠right?â
You donât see it, but their faces pale in comparison to earlier. Beomgyu covers his mouth, Soobinâs eyes widen, and Yeonjun growls.Â
âThere were rumors about more than one hybrid existing, but I didnât think they were true,â Beomgyu says in a hushed tone.Â
âShe turned him? Fuck, theyâre bonded then,â Soobin says. Yeonjun waves him off in a dismissive manner.Â
âI donât give a fuck. Sheâs not marked. We can take them.â
Jungkook has his fists up and changes into a fighter stance, but he feels you press your forehead against his back. Itâs a searing sensation that scorches him even through the two layers of fabric he had on. He turns around and holds you by the shoulders.
âHey, stay with me,â he begs. Your head is lolling back and forth as if you were inebriated.Â
âItâs so hot⌠Iâm too hot⌠I hate this, I hate this. Please⌠I need to cool down,â you beg. Jungkook takes a peek at the time on his watch, then bites his lower lip.
âOkay,â he whispers. âWhen I count to three, I need you to hold your breath. Can you do that for me?â
You mumble something Jungkook believes is a âyesâ based on the beginning /y/ sound.Â
âThree⌠twoâŚââ he looks up ââone!â
A firework shoots up into the night sky, painting it with an explosive rainbow of sparkles. You cover your sensitive ears, but make sure to hold your breath as Jungkook uses his enhanced speed to whisk you away. More fireworks go off, muffling your tracks and making the youngins work harder to find you.Â
However, Jungkookâs skills are unmatched. He sprints to the side of the school where the mountains are, and they follow suit. At the last second, he pivots and heads to the secluded area on the opposite side, where the lake is.Â
The last memory you had here was something you blocked out to spare your mental health. You had almost died. But now this place was going to save you, funny enough. If you think about it, the lake had more happy memories than bad. This was where Namjoon trained you before you trained Jungkook.
You can picture it now as if it was yesterday. He, a newly turned werewolf, scared of whatâs to come in his new life, and you, the school prodigy who had a crush on him.
Jungkook jumps off the dock with you in his arms, the splash overshadowed by the fireworkâs detonation. The cool water refreshes your sweltering body as you close your eyes, submitting to it. For a moment you donât care about anything. Not how your makeup is smeared, how your curls are undone, or how your dress is ruined.
You feel strong arms hold you close, and an overwhelming sense of longing hits you in the gut. God, you missed him so much. Even without his memories, he still cares for you. Hell, he went out of his way to protect you.
Just when your lungs are on the verge of giving out, youâre pulled up to the surface. Your eyes flutter open as you rub the water off your face. Jungkook coughs, then cups your face with both hands.
âAre you okay?â
You take in his appearance for what feels like an eternity. His brown eyes twinkle from the moonlight, so beautiful and full of worry. You find it amusing how his hair is stuck to his forehead, the strands partially obstructing his view. Your hand pushes it out of the way without thinking like muscle memory, causing his breath to hitch.
âThanks to you.â
Fireworks are still going off in the distance, illuminating you two in the crystal-clear water. Jungkook slowly removes his hands from you.
âGood. I um⌠donât hear them anymore. They mustâve left. And the water should keep your scent hidden for now.â
âThatâs a relief.â Jungkook places the back of his hand against your forehead but retracts it quickly as if he touched a hot stove.Â
âOw, oh my god. Youâre still burning up!â
How naive were you to think itâd be over? Youâve experienced this once before, but that was with your first ex, who was at your beck and call for sex whenever you needed it. You couldnât ask that of Jungkook. Not after everything thatâs happened.
âIâll figure something out. Youâve done a lot for me already and your clothes are wet.â
âI donât give a damn about my clothes. Tell me how I can help you.â
*BOOM*
A red heart-shaped firework went off as you two stared at each other. Your gaze flickers from his eyes to his luscious lips and he doesnât miss it. Maybe you donât want him to.
âWhy do you want to help me? We⌠Weâre not that close.â
âWell⌠the thing is⌠I-I justâŚâ He is so freakinâ cute. You might die from how endearing he is before your heat destroys you first. âBecause.â
âBecause?â
*BOOM*
âBecause itâs finally just you and me.â
His answer is simple. There shouldnât be any underlying connotations and yet, it reminds you of a past conversation.Â
âWeâre in this together. You and me. Okay?â
âIs it really you and meâŚâ
âWhat do you mean?â
âWill it ever be? Just you and me?âÂ
âNow tell me what you need. Use me.â
Your pussy is throbbing so much that itâs agonizing. You just need a quick release, then youâll be sane enough to go home without collapsing.Â
âThis feelsâŚâ So right, you think. âWrong.â
His hands sneak around your waist. âThen letâs misbehave.â
He hoists you up onto the edge of the dock without warning as if you weigh nothing, and a grunt leaves his lips. Itâs far too sexy to ignore, and your mind craves to hear it again. Then he places his hands on either side of your thighs and pulls himself up halfway out of the water, his face now directly in front of yours.Â
âTell me what you need. How can I please you?â
Fuck. You bite your lower lip when you realize the dock isnât that tallâheâs at the perfect height to carry out the desires youâve been suppressing. âI need to comeâŚâ
A water droplet falls off his button nose when he chuckles. âHow do you want to come?â
You stare at his lips, which are thin yet plump at the same time, his lower lip being the bigger half. You think back to earlier when he sucked your palm.Â
 âI want you to eat me outâŚâ
He moves fast, almost like he knew what youâd say. His grip on the dock loosens, and he plops back into the lake but grabs your ankles, pulling you forward until your bottom is perched on the very edge. He spreads your thighs and rests his head between them, looking up at you like you were worth the entire universe.Â
âWhy donât you lift your dress for me, gorgeous?â
Youâre unsure whatâs louder â the fireworks or your heart rate. If he keeps speaking to you in that low dialect, you may come right now. Your fingers bunch up the fabric at the hem and you slowly pull it up, exposing your pussy to his feasting eyes.Â
âFuck, what a beautiful pussy.â
You take two fingers and glide it up your folds, coating it in your slick. Jungkook watches, unsure of what you are going to do next. You lean forward, cupping his face with your other hand with a naughty glint in your eyes.
âOpen.â He obliges, and you stick your coated fingers in his mouth. A muffled groan comes out as he sucks your fingers, his tongue swirling around so nothing goes to waste. âGood boy.â
You remove your fingers and heâs practically drooling, his eyes a bit crazed from your addictive taste.
âPlease let me pleasure you, please.â
You donât answer and run a hand through his damp hair, stopping at the back to grip it tight as you guide his head closer to where you need him most. He peers up at you adoringly when you hold him an inch away.
âPlease me then.â
He doesnât hesitate. His tongue licks a stripe on your sopping cunt, earning a shudder from you. Your thighs squeeze his head like a reflex, which only spurs him on to press his mouth harder against you. He begins to lap up your juices like a dog and you throw your head back, moaning at how insanely good it felt.Â
You tangle your fingers in his hair and pull him closer if possible, the tight hold giving him a tinge of pain that ignites his carnal desires. He slurps your pussy like it was his last meal on death row, slithering his arms underneath your knees and holding your thighs hostage. You donât know which noise was most obsceneâyour moaning or Jungkookâs.
Sneaking your free hand down, you use your forefinger and middle finger to spread your pussy lips wider. Jungkookâs excited and sinks his tongue as deep as it would go. Youâre impatient now, riding his face as he tongue-fucks you.Â
âFuck, youâre so good to me, yesâoh godâŚâ You donât have it in you to say anything more coherent except for broken moans. Jungkook pauses for a second, and you whine at the loss of contact. Then youâre being stretched out as his two fingers submerge into you, nearly knocking the breath out of you.Â
You lean back on your forearms as he begins to piston them into you, your wetness making it easyâtoo easy even. They slip out when he speeds up, and he makes up for it by eating you out and sinking his fingers back in simultaneously.Â
Youâre shaking, unable to hold yourself up any longer. Your back rests on the wooden planks as Jungkook flicks your clit with his tongue, his fingers drilling into you at a brutal speed and brushing your sweet spot.Â
You see the last of the fireworks show go off, a beautiful explosion of silver sparkles and stars, as your orgasm finally comes. You arch your back and scream, but Jungkook doesnât slow down. He can feel how tight your walls are constricting around his fingers and knows you need a few more seconds of bliss to be fully satisfied.Â
Overstimulation was always a gamble. If pushed too far, youâd be in pain. But most of the time you welcome it. One second you want the pleasure to stop building, but then you crave that ache of clenching so hard until your body gives out.Â
Jungkook stops again. This time he pulls himself out of the water completely and hovers over your body. His fingers plunge into you again, his speed relentless, and you swear youâre seeing stars (or maybe thatâs the fireworks who knows). Your eyes roll to the back of your head and you say his name like a mantra.
âCome for me, beautiful. I want you dripping in my hand again.â
Your eyes are wide when warm lips are pressed against your own. But you submit and savor it, having missed his touch. Combining that with the way he curls his fingers inside makes you squirt. Hard.Â
Your entire body convulses and you canât even scream because Jungkook is determined to swallow them. The limitation only makes you come harder than before. Then again, youâre not sure if this is a second orgasm or a drawn-out first one.Â
The involuntary gushing is an indescribable sudden wave of pleasure. You feel so relieved from the release, pushed to tears at how good it felt. Jungkook pulls away a centimeter to let you breathe, and you submit to the foreign feeling.
Oh my god, he made me squirt. I didnât even know that was possible.Â
He pulls his soaked fingers out and resumes kissing you, moving his lips in rhythm to yours. Itâs so natural, almost like heâs done this before. Well, he has, but it felt so right. So loving. So⌠intimate.Â
You place a hand on his chest and give him a gentle push. He pulls back a little, a melancholy look passing his face.Â
âWill you stay?â
You canât. Heâs not supposed to be tangled up with you again. You erased his love for you for a reason; it wasnât the right time. Any decisions made till now were because of your heat and your brain was finally back in command.Â
âI canât.â
He caresses your cheek. âWhy not?â
Because Iâm not ready to love you the way you deserve. Because I love you so much that Iâm afraid things will fall apart again.Â
âBecause we donât know each other,â You push him off you and stand, trying not to slip. Jungkookâs hands were already in position to catch you if you did. âNot really.â
As you walk away, he says something so chilling that it crystalizes your blood into ice. âYouâre running away again.âÂ
You refuse to turn around. âItâs my choice.â
âWhat about my choice and what I want? Do you not care?â He stands up and tightens his fists. âAre you leaving for good this time?â
This⌠time? He doesnât remember. He canât remember.
âGoodbye, Jungkook.â
He watches as your figure grows smaller in the distance. His head hangs low and he fights back tears. Youâve made it clear what you want. He had to let you go.
A/N: I am currently writing part 2, don't worry! It's a long one, lol. This was also my first time writing in present tense. Loved it. I hope you enjoyed it too. Thank you for giving my writing a chance. đĽ°
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how you met
rockstar!rafe x model!reader
The pulsing bass and dim lights made it easy to get lost in the heat of the underground club. The air was thick with the smell of sweat, spilled drinks, and the kind of energy that came alive after midnight. It was the perfect place to forget⌠or be forgotten. Exactly what youâd needed after your friends all but forced you out tonight, insisting that life didnât end just because youâd left your famous ex in the past.
"Look around!" one of them yelled over the music, nudging you with a sly grin. âThis is exactly what you need!â
âRight,â you muttered, taking a sip of whatever drink theyâd ordered for you, scanning the room with a sort of lazy detachment. You werenât really looking to rebound with anyone here. That is, until you saw him.
He was on stage, barely ten feet away. Shirtless, tattoos splashed across his skin, he had that dark, brooding edge that made him look like he was born for a stage like this, all arrogance and mystery wrapped up in a stunning face with a jawline that could cut glass. His voice was raw, gravelly, like he was spitting out every word with a vengeance, and somehow, he had the entire crowd hooked.
Rafe Cameron.
You recognized him immediatelyâheâd been the face (and body) of a million indie music magazines youâd been in too, though your worlds had never actually crossed. But seeing him up close, hearing him live, felt different. You watched, your heart picking up speed with each word he growled into the mic, his piercing blue eyes scanning the room untilâ
He saw you.
There was a beat, maybe two, where the energy between you was so thick it was almost tangible. His gaze raked over you slowly, starting from the glossy heels that matched the clingy little dress your friends had practically begged you to wear. His eyes were heavy, hooded, and every time he looked at you, you could practically feel the heat licking at your skin. You arched a brow, pretending not to notice, barely giving him a second glance, which only seemed to make his stare even bolder.
âGod, heâs looking right at you,â your friend whispered, practically squealing in excitement. You kept a cool exterior, giving Rafe the most casual of glances before looking away, leaning back to take a slow sip of your drink. His band continued their set, but he never stopped glancing in your direction, his attention flickering between the song and whatever spell youâd cast over him.
The moment they finished, you expected him to disappear backstage. Instead, Rafe practically leaped off the stage, heading straight for the bar, for you.
âDidnât think a girl like you would ever show up in a place like this,â he drawled, voice low and teasing as he leaned an arm on the bar next to you. He smelled like sweat and the faintest hint of smoke, and somehow, it was intoxicating. Up close, he was even more gorgeous, a mix of rugged, careless appeal and a confidence that was probably earned from too many one-night stands.
âMaybe you donât know what kind of girl I am,â you replied, shooting him a little smirk. You wanted him, yes, but the game was too fun to rush. Besides, you were still reeling from the effect he had on you. You couldnât give him the satisfaction of knowing that.
Rafe chuckled, and there was something wicked about it, like he already knew exactly what you were doing and had every intention of breaking down your resolve. âOh, I know. Iâve seen your face on more magazine covers than I can count. Got them all over my place, by the way.â His eyes roamed your body again, this time with no hint of shame. âBut trust me, youâre even better in person.â
âYou talk like you think youâve got me all figured out,â you shot back, the smirk playing on your lips as you turned to face him. His stare was unrelenting, blue eyes devouring every inch of you, and there was no hiding the smolder in them. Heâd probably perfected that look a long time ago, and it was undeniably sexy.
He leaned in, his lips brushing just past your ear. âYou want me to figure you out?â His voice was a low, dangerous whisper. âBecause, baby, Iâll take all night if thatâs what it takes.â
You couldnât help the way your breath hitched at his words. He was crass, unapologetic, and entirely too good at this game, but you werenât about to let him know heâd gotten under your skin. Yet.
âOh, please,â you replied coolly, rolling your eyes as if unaffected. âLike you could handle it.â
Rafeâs grin widened, flashing that perfect smile that made your pulse thud in your chest. âBig words for a girl playing hard to get,â he said, his hand reaching to twirl a strand of your hair between his fingers. He was close enough that you could see every detail of the tattoos etched along his collarbone, and you had to focus hard to keep your cool as he looked at you like you were something he was seconds away from devouring.
You arched a brow, meeting his gaze head-on. âPlaying?â you echoed, feigning nonchalance. âThis is just my normal.â
His laugh was a dark, husky sound, and the way his fingers brushed along your arm left a trail of heat on your skin. âIf thatâs the case, sweetheart, consider me hooked.â
He paused, eyes locking on yours as he closed the distance, his hand coming to rest on your waist. You could feel his warm breath on your lips, smell the scent of whiskey on his breath. You knew exactly what he wantedâand, if you were honest with yourself, you wanted it too. But you werenât about to make it easy.
You let a long moment of silence stretch between you, your eyes flicking to his mouth for the briefest second before meeting his gaze again, a smile tugging at the corner of your lips. âThen I guess youâll just have to work a little harder for it, wonât you?â
Rafeâs smirk softened into something that was almost a grin. âOh, trust me, I donât mind putting in the work.â Without another word, his lips crashed against yours, hungry, unrestrained, a kiss that held every bit of the reckless energy he had on stage. His hands held you firmly, like he was staking a claim, and the way he kissed was more than just a kissâit was a promise, a challenge, a taunt all in one.
As you pulled away, a satisfied smirk played on your lips. Rafe was left standing there, his hand still lingering at his side as if reluctant to let go. You met his heated gaze, letting a slow, coy smile spread across your face before stepping back, savoring the way his eyes stayed locked on you, intense and unyielding.
With one last lingering glance, you turned on your heel, swaying your hips with each step, knowing full well he was watching every second. Each sway was deliberate, your heels clicking against the floor in time with the pounding bass of the music, and you didnât look back, but you could practically feel his eyes tracing every curve.
Rafeâs husky voice rang out, half-amused, half-starved, over the music. âYouâre playing a dangerous game, you know that?â
You glanced back, giving him a sly wink. âGuess youâll just have to catch up and see.â
His smirk grew, and you knew youâd just sparked something wild in him. Just the way you wanted it. And as you slipped into the crowd, you could already feel the tension simmering, ready to pull you back to him the second you both decided to stop playing games.
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High School Time Travelers, Part 2
It's finally here! Follow up to this story.
***
âSo. Spill. What the fuck is going on with you and Angelique?â
Raph fidgeted uncomfortably, and something within Erin roared out in protest at that. They were in her room, surrounded by her clutter and band posters and the stuff he kept at her house to keep his mom from throwing it away. He wasnât supposed to be uncomfortable here.
Eventually, he took a deep breath. âI time-traveled last night.â
âIâm seriousââ
âSo am I,â he said wearily. âI woke up in a house I havenât set foot in for years, across the hall from someone I promised myself Iâd never talk to again. It happened, and if youâre stuck on that part then this conversation canât continue.â
Erin got up and paced her room, kicking aside her backpack, nearly knocking over the guitar stand in the corner. âWhat the fuck.â
âThatâs what I said.â
âWhat the fuck, Raph.â
âI didnât mean to!â
The absurdity hit her instantlyâhe didnât mean to time travel, as if they were talking about him forgetting his homework or getting in Monica Dillonâs way during passing period. She wanted to laugh.
But then she remembered some of the weird things Angelique had saidâabout friendships imploding, about college, about shit not mattering in high school, all with the easy certainty of experience.
âProve it,â she said. âCan you do that thing where you predict what Iâm about to say?â
âIâm not stuck in a time loop, dumbass, yesterday I was thirty-three!â Raph snapped. âI had to go through math class trying to pretend I still remembered my teacherâs name!â
âOkay, okay, Jesus.â Erin held up her hands placatingly. âThereâs gotta be something.â
Raph sighed, rubbing his forehead. âI dunno. Anything meaningful and unchangeable I can remember wonât happen for a while, so if youâre willing to wait for the Trump presidency or the global pandemic, thereâs that.â
âThe what.â
âWait, whoâs president right now? Itâs still Bush, right?â
Erin pulled a face.
âNext oneâs Barack Obama, heâs gonna do two terms,â Raph informed her. âFirst black president.â
âOh, huh. Cool,â Erin said faintly.
âLetâs see, what else, um⌠Balloon Boy? Has Balloon Boy happened yet?â
âNo, what the fuck is Balloon Boy?â
Raph brightened. âYeah, so at some point this family is gonna release like, a homemade weather balloon? Or something? And thereâs gonna be this huge panic because they think their son is stuck inside it, but then it turns out he was fine and hiding in the basement the whole time and it was a hoax.â
âOkay, Iâll keep an eye out for that I guess?â Erin sat down again. âYouâre seriously not fucking with me right now?â
âI mean, if you want, we could forget this conversation ever happened,â Raph offered. âContinue with our normal lives, while I keep under-reacting to devastating world events.â
âChrist, I donât know.â Erin pressed her palms into her eyes. After a moment, she lifted her head again. âWait a minute, weâre getting off track. What does this have to do with Angelique?â
Raphâs silence could not have been louder.
âRaph,â Erin said, a little desperately.
âFirst you have to promise you wonât be mad,â said Raph.
âDid you sleep with her in theââ Erin paused to do some arithmetic in her head. ââeighteen years between then and now?!â
âSheâs my wife,â Raph blurted out.
Moments later, Erinâs mother knocked politely on the bedroom door. âEverything okay in there?â she asked. âThatâs an awful lot of screaming for a Tuesday night.â
Erin continued howling into her pillow. âSheâs fine, Mrs. Yokota!â Raph called. âWeâre looking atâuhâcreepypastas!â
âCreepy what?â
âUhâcrap, are they still called that?âlike, ghost stories and stuff!â
Placated, she left them to it. Eventually Erin recovered enough to lie back and stare listlessly at the ceiling.
âDude.â
âYeah, I know.â
âWhat the fuck is your life?â Erin demanded. âHow did that even happen?â
âWe ran into each other atâso my friend Hazel got roped into being in their college roommateâs bridal party and dragged me along for moral support, and Angelique was in the same friend group but with like six degrees of separation from us,â Raph explained. âIt took half the reception for her to recognize me because at that point Iâd been on T for a few years, but the second she realized we went to the same high school she turned fishbelly-white, pulled me aside, and apologized for how much of a bitch she was back then. It was really awkward.â
Back then, he called it, even though for Erin it was still right now. âAnd you married her?â
âLike eight years later, yeah.â Raph ran his hand through his hair, not quite hiding the small smile that stole over his face. âShe really turned over a new leaf.â
Erin was silent for a while, mulling over this new information, combining it with what she already had from that afternoon.
âIs your name still Raphael?â she asked. âShe sounded really surprised about it. And I know you said you were just taking the name on a trial run, but you really seemed to like it. Not that thereâsâyou know,â she added. âI know thatâjust because I picked it, I knew you might not⌠you know. Itâs fine, I was just wondering. If I should call you something else.â
âI didâI do like it,â Raph assured her. âBut, uh, some stuff happened. My dad found me.â
Erinâs eyebrows shot upward. âWait, really? Whatâd he have to say for himself?â
âThat Mom ghosted him when she got pregnant because her side guy had more money.â
âDude, fuck your mom.â
âDonât fuck my mom, sheâll ghost you for money, werenât you listening?â
Erin burst out snickering. âFuck, sorry, this isnât funny.â
âIt will be in eighteen years,â Raph said with a wry smile. âHindsight. Anyway, he found me inâheâs gonna find me in two years unless I reach out first. Heâs a good guy. My stepmomâs pretty cool, too. And I have sisters? So thatâs awesome. And yeah, he had this friend who passed away when he was younger, and he always wanted to name his son after him, but then Mom disappeared and he only ended up having daughters, so when he found me, it kind of worked out.â He hesitated. âIâm Damian. Damian Raphael Harker.â
âThatâs such a cool name,â Erin sighed.
RaphâDamianâtilted his head back to grin at her. âYours is cool, too.â
âShut up,â she said fondly.
âNo, seriously,â he said emphatically. âYour name is unspeakably cool.â
There was something odd in his tone, sticking up and catching like a loose nail. It bothered her, the same way something Angelique said earlier had bothered her.
âHey, RaâDamian?â Erin said cautiously. âEarlier, when Angelique sat down with us, she didnât recognize me.â
âShe does, donât worry.â
âNo, she didnât,â Erin pressed. âIt took her a second to realize who I was, and she stopped herself from saying why.â
Suddenly Damian looked deeply uncomfortable. âI, uh.â
She took a deep breath. âWas I dead in your time?â
âWh-no! No no no no, of course not!â Damian looked horrified. âWe played Pathfinder like last week, youâre not dead.â
âWhatâs Pathâno, never mind. Somethingâs clearly up. If we just played whatever-that-is last week, and Angelique is your wife, then why didnât she know who I was?â
âUhâŚâ Damianâs hands had worked their way deep into his sleeves. âYou look different, thatâs all. You kind of reinvented yourself in college.â
âOh,â Erin said, momentarily relieved. Thenâ âWait.â
âWhat?â
âDamian. Youâdââ She hesitated. âIf I was a guy, youâd tell me, right?â
âOh my God,â Damian mumbled into his be-sweatered hands.
âDamian.â
âYouâre... not...â
âYouâd tell me, right?â
âSee, I donât know if I would!â Damian answered, in a strained high-pitched tone. âThatâsâlook. If you were a guy, thatâs something youâd have to work out for yourself!â
âDamian, I swear to God.â
âI canât crack your egg for you, thatâs like violating the Prime Directive!â
Erin seized a pillow and started to buffet him with it. âYou are such a nerd!â
âItâs your personal journey, you canât use me to cheat!â Damian cackled, fending her off with a plush horse.
***
âYeah Iâll get the banana split.â Angie bounced on the balls of her feet, eyes raking over the array of toppings. âCan you put caramel and chocolate sauce on it? And Heath bar pieces, chopped strawberries, and M&Ms.â
âYeah, sure thing.â
It took all of her self-control not to press her nose against the glass as she watched them make it. Some small part of her balked at the sight of three huge scoops of ice cream and all the toppings, but she quieted it. She had a second shot at being a teenager, and that meant never taking her garbage disposal stomach and body made of rubber bands for granted ever again.
She hummed absently to herself, only to pause halfway through the tune. How did it go again? She tried repeating the first half, only to get stuck at the same spot. Oh, this was going to bug the crap out of her. It wasnât like she could look it up, not when the song wouldnât come out for almost ten yearsâ
Her phone vibrated in her purse, and she checked it absentmindedly, zeroing in for a moment on the DAD displayed on the screen. After a moment, she put it back without answering. If it was that important, he could text.
Sure enough, her phone gave a short buzz. New text messageâhe hadnât even bothered to leave a voicemail.
DADI need you to talk to your brother.
Angie checked her banana splitâs progress with a glance, and replied.
lol why
DADHeâs not listening to me. We both know the courts favor the mother so if weâre going to beat her I need both of you on your A game.
Angie ground her teeth until her jaw creaked.
what do you need me to do
DADJust coach him on how to talk about her. Youâre a smart lady, I know you can do it. Heâs always getting scuffed up at practice, just have him say the bruises came from her. Throw in a drinking problem if you have to, just keep your stories straight.
why father dearest iâm surprised at youyou want me to lie under oath?
DADJust talk to him, will you? Keep your stories straight, donât get too outlandish, and weâll get out of this with everything we want. Youâll never have to hear the word no again, I promise.
ok daddy ill do my best!
DADGood girl. Youâre the smartest girl I know. Smarter than your mom, smarter than her bitch lawyer. Love you!
âOrder up!â
Angie brought her banana split to the table with the clearest view of the door. It took her a moment to decide how to begin, then nearly a full minute balancing equal parts ice cream, banana, and toppings in a single spoonful. She managed it in the end.
Mood lifted, she unlocked her phone again and made a call. âHeeeey, Anika.â
âNeed I remind you that phone calls are billable,â her motherâs lawyer said dryly.
âYeah, Iâll be quick, I have some incriminating text messages I think youâll be interested in?â
The sound of rustling papers paused. âGo onâŚ?â
âDad just told me to lie to the judge,â Angie explained, twirling a thin ribbon of caramel around her spoon. âAnd to coach Eric to lie to the judge. I took screenshots.â
Anika cursed softly under her breath. âThank you for telling me. Send them to your mom, okay? Thank you.â
âYeah, no problem.â
The bell above the ice cream parlor door jingled, and Angie perked up as both Damian (Raph?) and Erin walked in. She waved them over, grinning when both pairs of eyes widened at her treat.
âThat thingâs half the size of your head,â Erin pointed out.
âSure is, you guys came just in time.â Angie nudged it across the table, along with the two extra spoons. âIf we split it, Iâll have enough room for a milkshake chaser.â
âYouâre a monster,â Damian said delightedly. âOh shit, are those Heath bars?â He dug in without waiting for an answer.
âTheyâre peanut butter cups,â she said solemnly, once heâd taken a bite and could probably tell they werenât. âI added them just to hurt you.â Damian rolled his eyes and dug his spoon back in.
Erin stared at her, probably still baffled by the gentle banter, but at least she looked more curious than infuriated, like instead of being suspicious she simply didnât know what to make of Angie.
âSo, you guys talked?â Angie asked carefully. âAre we⌠all good?â
âI think so,â Damian replied, shooting a cautious glance at Erin.
âYouâre on thin ice,â Erin informed her as she helped herself to the chocolate scoop.
âFair.â Angie didnât remember Erin putting up quite as much of a fight, but then, it had been years when theyâd reconnected before. This time around, it was still fresh.
âThe ice cream helps,â Erin added, slightly muffled by the spoon in her mouth.
âNoted.â Angie paused, weighed her options, and shrugged. No harm no foul, probably. âHey, youâre a musician, right?â
Erin swallowed. âYeah, why?â
âAnd not just a performer, but you write music too, right?â
âYeeaaah?â Erin squinted suspiciously. Beside her, Damian shot Angie a warning glare.
âIf I give you half a tune, could you resolve it?â
Erin was staring at her like sheâd grown a second head. âProbably.â
âGreat!â Angie hummed the earworm from earlier. âHow would the next part go?â
Erin repeated it to herself, nodding along. After a moment, she said, âProbably likeââ
And sure enough, there it was. The rest of the chorusâs tune came rushing back to Angieâs memory, and she breathed a sigh of relief.Â
âThanks! That was driving me nuts.â Angie returned to her banana split, ignoring Damianâs growing scowl.
Later, when Erin was in the bathroom and Angelique was standing in line to order her promised milkshake, Damian dug his elbow into her side. âYouâre not as slick as you think you are,â he muttered.
âWhat?â Angie said innocently. âI didnât give anything away.â
âYou just taught her half the chorus of a song sheâs eight years away from writing!â
âIâve planted a seed,â Angie insisted. âIâve created a stable time loop.â
âThat is not what you did and you know it.â Damian pursed his lips, clearly trying to stay annoyed with her. âI barely avoided spoiling her transition, and thatâs after she asked me to my face.â
Angie grinned. âSo you havenât told her sheâs a genderfluid punk rocker yet?â
âNo. Because sheâs not a genderfluid punk rocker yet.â
âAnd now, when she becomes one,â Angie said with a smile, âsheâs going to look back on this day and laugh.â
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It's still not cheating when he's your best friend â Rafe Cameron x Reader (Part 2)
See here for part 1
Summary: You're excited to see your favorite band live. But a fight with your boyfriend threatens to cancel the trip, until someone you donât expect to see, saves the day: your best friend Rafe Cameron.
Concept: best friend, only nice to her
Warnings: mdni! â smut, fingering, public, (kinda) dubcon, cheating (reader cheats on boyfriend), hints at a toxic relationship, name calling (reader is called slut), protective!rafe
Word count: 3.1k
a/n The past weeks have been really hard for me due to health issues. But I've finally been able to write again. I had fun writing this and I hope you wonât be disappointed reading it. Please let me know your thoughts.
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He almost ruined it. For months, you had been looking forward to seeing one of your favorite bands at the beach festival. The day before the concert, your boyfriend told you he didn't want to go and he didn't want you to go either. You had a fight that started over something stupid and ended with him accusing you that you just wanted to go to the festival so you could run around naked and fool around with guys, like the slut you were. You cried when he stormed out and shut your dorm roomâs door with a bang. You cried all night.
Your boyfriend was supposed to be the driver. And now on top of all the personal pain you were feeling, you had to explain to your friends that you no longer had a ride to the festival. Neither you nor one of your friends owned a car. You tried to get your parents' car, but they needed it themselves. In the group chat you discussed all kinds of possibilities, until one of your friends wrote that he had organized a car. Everyone cheered at that, and even you, despite of all those tears that kept running down your face, were relieved that you and your friends could make the trip. You not only wanted to see the band play, more important to you was to get out with your friend and forget about the argument you and your boyfriend had.
Your friend also mentioned that the car's owner would join us to the festival, to which everyone naturally agreed and was excited. You even promised to bake cookies for the mysterious hero.
But you didnât expect it to be him. You could have guessed because that friend also went to high school with you and they had been friends then. Still, it was kind of a shock and you froze when you saw a familiar car on the parking lot next to the dorms. The Cameron family SUV.
You hadn't talked to him since that one night. That one night that should have never happened. That one night that had been the best night of your life. That one night when you had had the best sex of your life with your best friend, Rafe Cameron.
Rafe wasn't much of a texter, but he had texted you. You had written six different replies and never sent one. You had wanted to write him or call him several times. Like last night when your boyfriend had made you cry again. Suddenly you were very aware of how you must look. Your eyes all puffy from the crying.
Rafe was at the back of the car, loading bags into the trunk with the friend who had invited him to this trip.
He hadn't seen you yet, his back was turned towards you, and you were glad about it, because you didn't know what to say, didn't know how to feel. So you were more than relieved when one of your friends arrived shortly after you, pulled you in a hug and decided that you two could already get into the car which was much cooler than standing around in the burning sun, while you could leave it to the guys to load your stuff into the car.
You sat in the middle of the backseat, your friend to your right. She started chatting right away and you felt somewhat relieved that she didn't comment on your boyfriend's absence nor your puffy eyes. Shortly after, the rest of your group arrived, you were six altogether, and luckily the SUV was really comfortable â more comfortable than your boyfriend's old minivan.
Rafe got into the driver's seat, and for a moment, he looked at you through the rearview mirror, before you turned your attention to your friend, as you felt your heart skipping a beat at that moment. You were unsure whether you saw a smile flash over his face, and you didn't dare to look again to check, afraid your face might reveal too much of your inner turmoil.
Though the drive took several hours, time flew by quickly. You had been right. It was good being with your friends and having fun. Everyone was in a good mood, the music was good, there was lively chatting and laughter, there was drinking and snacking, and even stupid car games were played. You might have been a little quieter than usual, but no one seemed to notice â no one except Rafe, who again and again looked at you through the mirror, but never directly spoke to you.
The parking lot of the festival site was already quite full, but Rafe managed to find a good spot for the car. When you got out of the car, you stretched your arms and felt the sun on your skin. It was a very hot day and the car had been nicely air-conditioned. Since it was so hot and the festival was on the beach anyway, your friends and you decided to just wear your bathing suits. You got out of your jeans shorts and shirt, as you were wearing your bikini underneath. You saw Rafe take off his shirt, and one of your guy friends commented that he should put it back on as it would make them all look like total wimps compared to him. There was laughter and Rafe smirked as he casually flexed his chest muscles. It was true. Rafe did look fitter than most guys. It wasn't too much muscles, but he was big and looked strong. Sometimes you thought he looked too good to be real, like a statue of some Greek god⌠Rafe had caught you staring at him and you quickly averted your gaze, feeling heat crawling to your face.
Since everyone was hungry, your friends and you decided to get some pizza and drinks, and after that more drinks. Everyone was relaxed and had a good time. You smiled a lot â except when you looked at your phone and saw the notifications. Your boyfriend had sent you several texts and voice mails. You didn't open them, you had already seen in the preview window what those texts were about. Obviously he hadn't calmed down. If anything he was even more angry, even more hurtful in his messages.
When looking at the phone, you also saw the time. The band you wanted to see was about to play soon. You asked your friends to go with you closer to the stage, but no one really wanted to move. They said you could hear the music perfectly well from their current spot, besides the booze was here. To that everyone cheered and raised their cups. Everyone but Rafe.
âIâll go with you.â
âYou don't have to. You can stay here, enjoy yourself. I'll just go on my own.â
âQuit that bullshit,â he said and came closer, he had put his cup away. âI'm going with you. So you won't get lost in the crowd. Besides, I know how much you want to see your third favorite band live.â
âYou remember,â you gazed up at him, who stood now directly in front of you. You had to shield your eyes since the sun was shining so brightly, but you could definitely see a smile on his lips.
âOf course, I remember,â he said in a low voice, almost whispering and you couldn't help it, you gasped for air.
The smile on his lips turned into a smirk as he continued, âHow could I ever forget you dancing to that one song for like all of junior year, hm? You're gonna do that dance again? Wouldn't wanna miss that.â
And he started moving his hips and his arms in a weird clumsy rhythm, imitating what was supposed to be you dancing. It looked ridiculous and you had to laugh.
You punched his shoulder. âStop that. That's not how I dance.â
He kept on moving in that awkward way and you tried hard to stop laughing â suddenly feeling lighter and more relaxed than you had in weeks â since that night.
You crossed your arms in front of your chest and pushed out your lips, pouting, but couldn't fight the giggles, as Rafe tried some elaborate pirouette which caused him to stumble, but he stopped, directly in front of you. All of a sudden he was calm and there was something so soft in his features which you knew he rarely ever showed anyone.
âLet's go,â it was almost a whisper, then he added in a louder voice. âWe don't want to miss that song and that dance.â
You punched his chest, your hand almost hurting as it hit the hard muscle â and felt his hot skin. But you let him take your hand and lead you from the group of your friends who were engrossed in some conversation of their own. His strong hand holding yours felt good, it felt right. Rafe was your best friend. He was the one you trusted most, he was the one who made you laugh, no matter what.
Rafe walked towards the stage and tugged you along with him. When there were more and more people around, he pulled you close to his body. Still holding one of your hands, his palm touched your back as he walked behind you, keeping you very close. He made sure you didn't get lost in the crowd. His body shielded you from anyone bumping into you or spilling their drinks on you.
The place got more and more crowded and he had to slow down. You turned your head to look at him.
âThis is okay,â you said.
Rafe frowned as he looked at you. âNo, it's not. We're going to the front row.â
âNo, Rafe, this is totally okay. I can see enough from here.â
His frown deepened. âNo, you can't. You're too tiny.â
At that comment you frowned. âIâm not tiny. You're just a giant,â you said and wanted to punch him with your free hand, but you didn't have enough space to move your arm, so you just ended up placing your palm on his chest. Feeling his hard muscle, feeling his hot skin, and his heart beating. He placed his hand on yours and your breathing hitched.
Rafe held you even tighter to his body as he proceeded to walk to the stage. His strong arms held you, protected you. And despite all these people around you, you only felt him, his presence, his closeness, all around you. Your skin tingled where it touched his, and that tingling grew stronger and became something else. Something that went so much deeper. And you felt a too familiar pulsing in your core.
Some people complained and pushed and shoved, but one look at Rafeâs face and stature and they made room for you and him. He really managed to secure a spot in the front row for you, right in the middle and you got the perfect view of the stage, standing directly behind the first barrier. Only a few feet of empty space separated you from the stage. Rafe was standing directly behind you, his hands to both sides of you, resting on the rail, his arms caging you in â shielding you.
You wanted to turn and thank him, but in that moment the band entered the stage and started playing their first song. You were captivated by their performance and the great atmosphere their music created. There was cheering, singing, dancing all around you. People were pushing and shoving, but you only felt a fraction of that as Rafe's body pressed closer to yours. He was shielding you from all the crowd's wilder movements, while you could enjoy being part of this experience safely.
You even danced a bit, your back rubbing against Rafe's front. When you craned your neck to look back at him, you saw him grin. And you felt a grin on your own face.
The set list was great too. They played all your favorite songs and the lead singer managed to put some kind of spell on the audience when they played a couple of slower songs. Or that spell was just on you, and not caused by the singer, but by something or someone else.
You leaned back a little, your head resting against Rafe's broad chest, feeling his heart beat. You closed your eyes and your hips swayed to the slow rhythm of the song. Your skin touched his skin. And you didn't mind the thin film of sweat covering his body from the heat of the bright sun and the crowded place. You smelled his scent so intensely, it made you almost forget where you were. It just made you feel.
Your eyes opened, your upper body leaned forward, resting your arms on the barrier. You watched the singer putting all his emotions into each and every note. Goosebumps crawled over your skin. But it wasn't from the singer's raspy voice. Rafe's hand touched your hip. Your back arched a little as your butt was pushed back. You gasped. Rafe's hand rubbed over your butt cheek, you felt the rough palm, the long fingers, the cool metal of his ring on your skin. The touch was light, too light, too gentle, too soft. Your mouth opened, but all sounds were drowned by the music and the noise of the people.
His fingertips, just his fingertips, tenderly touched the back of your thigh, moved to the inside of your leg. They moved up and one finger rubbed over the fabric of your bikini bottoms. It was like scratching and you flinched, but that didn't make him withdraw his hand. Instead, the finger pushed harder, pushed to part your folds, pushed to tease you, while the layer of clothes still was between you and his digit.
You felt heat rushing through your body, neither caused by the sun nor by the heat of the people moving around you. You did not perceive any of them. You just felt him, while your eyes were directed at the band on stage performing their emotional song.
Rafeâs finger moved along your slit with pressure. Through your bikini panties his fingertip was able to find your most sensitive spot at once and he began teasing it mercilessly. No one heard it, but you were sure, Rafe felt that you were moaning. You felt a growing need that threatened to take over all your senses. As if he knew that, felt that, perceived that, Rafe pushed the fabric aside â tantalizingly slow. And his fingers found you wet and yearning for his touch. A mewling sound escaped your lips as a finger pushed inside you. You felt your walls clench around the digit. And you felt Rafe tense behind you and you were sure you heard a groan.
The song had changed, you only now realized, its rhythm was faster, wilder. And so was Rafe's touch. His finger thrust into you, stretching your tightness, pushing deep, making you squirm. Your hands gripping the metal of the barrier for support. Your legs started shaking as Rafe added a second finger and began fucking you with his digits. He curled them inside you and your head went back to your neck as you moaned shamelessly. He pulled his fingers out completely, just to push them into you even deeper. Again and again.
The song grew louder, harder, fiercer â and so did his finger-fucking you. Your body trembled, your voice was hoarse and you were whining now. He pushed you further and further, closer and closer to the edge.
Then, all of a sudden, he leaned over you â maybe he was pushed by the crowd jumping about, maybe he needed to feel you closer too â and you could feel his hardness press against your back. You pressed your eyes shut as your climax hit you, hit you hard. The wave swept you away and carried you to another place, where all you did was feel, feel this, feel him.
His fingers fucked you through your orgasm. He had wrapped his arm around you, was holding you close to his body, and thus was also keeping you from falling, since your legs were shaking and you feared you no longer could trust them to support you.
Slowly he pulled his fingers out. And even though you still felt echoes of your high, this also left a feeling of emptiness inside you. A longing that was always there if he wasn't inside you.
You felt his breath close to your ear and heard him say something, but the music drowned his words. You turned your head, looking at him with hooded eyes and saw him lick his fingers.
The rest of the concert felt like in a haze. Rafe kept his arm around you, holding you close, while you watched the band play but could only listen to his heart beat, as your body was still shivering.
When the show ended, people started moving and Rafe took a step back to give you room to turn around to him.
âThirsty?â he asked you, and you just nodded, not trusting your voice.
His hand on your back, Rafe guided you through the crowd back to your friends, and you had to admit to yourself that you wouldn't have found them on your own.
Rafe ordered something to drink for you at the nearby bar while you stood with your friends. One of them commented that you were glowing and that you looked totally blissed out. You touched your cheek and felt the heat, and felt that smile on your face. She asked if the show had been that good and you replied that it had been amazing. Your voice was hoarse and she suspected it was from you singing along with the band so loudly all the time. You didn't comment on that, just felt another wave of heat going through your body. As you turned, your eyes met Rafe's. A little smirk on his lips as he put a cup into your hand and took a swig out of his own.
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