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“ what other use are you to me in your state , if not to be my bed warmer ? ” the lie doesn’t sound believable , even to his own ears. not after baring themselves , in more ways than taking their clothes off. not after crying with despair while cradling him into his arms. not after showing the utmost care to him in the last week. it’s as though he wants kyungsoo to read between the lines , to hold onto him with all of his strength , despite eden actively pulling away from him. eden wants to hold onto the illusion of shared love — clear as day , he can replay those very words , told with such reverence it never crossed his mind they could be anything but sincere — as much as he wants to shatter it with his bare hands. it’s more onto his plate , and the final straw that breaks the camel’s back. a week and a half worth of tension catches up to him , and releases with every shard of glass that makes a home in his hand. physical pain is good. physical pain masks the hollowness that carves under his ribs. physical pain he’s been trained to endure a great deal of. he doesn’t want it to stop. he can’t bear it. thus , he fights against kyungsoo’s grip as he makes an attempt to clean his wound ( the irony isn’t lost on him ) and manages to pull away. he’s looking right at him while he presses down on the shards that are still in his skin. pain shoots sharply through his entire hand , and he smiles. a little unhinged. yes ! “ why won’t you leave me alone ? ”
that’s a lie. that’s a fucking lie. any sane person in his place would be able to find flaws in eden’s revelation, but his doubts dance with his insecurities and drive him mad. questions that have plagued his mind this whole time resurfaced. he supposes this is the best scenario, the moment eden finally wakes up and embraces the reality. “because you’re not like the rest of them to me either.” he quotes eden’s words, spoken with both conviction and ire merely a week ago. he recalls the tear stains on eden’s cheek, the tiredness from nights of deprivation, the fury before he made him promise he wouldn’t leave. what’s changed? why would someone who wants him to leave nurse him back to health, show him the most care he’s witnessed since he was made all alone in this world? it’s not eden’s fault — he barely knows him. barely knows the wounds that live with him to this day, his longest company. the demons that reign inside his head, telling him he’s undeserving of tenderness for he only ever brings ruins instead. people like him do not deserve to be loved. they are a liability everywhere. “because i don’t want you to get hurt because of me.” because he’s done watching people he loves bleed to death in front of him — so he took eden’s place instead, without even a flicker of hesitance. his voice cracks and his eyes water — pathetic, pathetic — “just let me do this for you one last time, okay?” let me fix this, just this once. “then i’ll be gone, like you want me to.” he removes eden’s hand to keep him from worsening his injury. “don’t get hurt because of me, it’s not worth it.” i’ve never been worth your time, have i?
#( when i tell you they break my goddamned heart.... )#( the way their insecurities always interact in the worst way possible </3 )#tw injury#tw death mention#kyungsoo ft. eden.#kyungsoo — threads.#protcsts
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“ care ? ” he parrots , and the laugh that mingles in is m o c k i n g. “ there is no such thing as caring for the likes of you and me. don’t be foolish. ” the victory isn’t to be his , but eden’s. kyungsoo started the game , and he’s ending it. it would be on his shoulders for as long as he lives , the burden of every mistake he made. giving into a silly infatuation for the newest pretty face that joined the ranks of his family’s bodyguards. repeatedly taking him to bed , until his clothes weren’t the only layers he was peeling off his person. uttering those cursed three words that were the push to his descend into madness. not only has he made a fool of himself , but his bodyguard is without fear when met with the coldness that has sent many to their knees , begging for mercy and their lives to be sparred. he approaches him as though eden couldn’t turn on him in the fraction on a second … as though he isn’t a well-oiled killing machine , as well trained as he is. the restlessness worsens with yet another cage closing in on him. “ get the fuck away from me. ” infuriatingly , there’s an undeniable urge to curl into the warmth that emanates from his lover. the familiar scent of him intoxicating , and melts his insides. no , no , no. “ shut up ! ” he bursts , and the rampage that follows isn’t pretty. everything he comes in contact is shattered , incoherent shouts echoing loudly through the entire apartment. he doesn’t feel the glass that slice his hand open , nor sees the trail of blood that paints the floor. “ i hate you. i hate you ! ”
there is no such thing as caring for the likes of you and me. don’t be foolish. eden’s words would have made sense, had they been spoken weeks ago. before the passionate nights brimmed to overflow into the long hours of lazy mornings. before the attack and the injury. before the week spent here, when kyungsoo was in a state too frail to offer what eden usually wanted from him — the only thing that he should be wanting from him. but even that is too much and perhaps it is about time for them to face the reality, that the flings were a mistake to start with and are bound to end as such. “so you stayed here all week just to have someone warm the bed?” there is so much that contradicts what is said. the slippery ice that they are teetering on, fragile enough to break any second. he didn’t think about what eden’s reaction could be, but perhaps the greediest part of him wanted him to yield. to melt within his hold and never leave again — but it’ll always be too much to ask. everyone always leaves. it is a fact of life that he should be too accustomed to, so what’s changed? he is acting out of line — he has been for far too long. it happens so fast, eden pushing him away and wrecking a havoc in his too-vacant room. he can barely follows everything that happens, before the crimson catches his eyes. “ — stop.” he’ll drop it if he wants him to. he’ll do whatever he wants — just as he’s supposed to. “just stop.” he reaches for the unused bandage on the nightstand — how their roles have reversed this time, compared with the previous tender nights. he catches eden’s hand and applies pressure with the cloth, eyes fixated on the site of injury when his heart bleeds in silence. he’s got no right to feel any of this, anyway. what am i supposed to do when you're this good at hurting yourself? “don’t move.”
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the pair is seemingly caught in the twilight zone , the tables flipped — eden has been in kyungsoo’s shoes more times than he cares to acknowledge, and he deserves to gloat as much as he wishes to. the older’s thoughts are getting louder by the second , and eden’s ears are wide open. smugness increases within the younger , and he stores the reactions carefully , in mind to coax them out of him , over and over. “ you enjoy making me wait a little too much. such a waste of precious time. ” there’s so much teasing he can handle. don’t they deserve all the fun , after six months of behaving ? “ so you say , handsome. but , you’ve yet to comply with what i want. so disappointing. ” a little goading doesn’t hurt anyone. “ CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. remember that you brought this upon yourself , when i get on your nerves so much that you regret every decision you’ve ever made. ” snapping at eden’s competitive string is never a good idea. his determination , rather stubbornness , knows no bound. he can’t say that it doesn’t make him feel warm , and that much more enamored with the man , to have his biggest ‘ flaw ’ be embraced and encouraged by kyungsoo. the embrace tightens subtly , a million silent thank yous in the action. “ well … — ” he doesn’t mean a word he said. like he’d ever entertain entering such a dynamic. “ you’ve never met my fathers. your success rate is about to drop significantly. ” this time , he laughs. eden adores his fathers , but their protective streak borders on ridiculous. “ especially as the first person i’d introduce to them. ” he wants to , god does he want to. share his happiness with the world. he can’t , not even with them.
“ i can’t stand you. ” and if he stomps a metaphorical foot in impatience , it’s no one’s business. “ you get me , however you wish to have me. think about it , baby … all those fantasies of yours being fulfilled in exchange for a secret. what do you say ? ” he can’t make his intentions clearer … once again. he wants , he wants , he needs. maddeningly so , the hitch getting bigger by the second. he can’t , nor doesn’t want to , keep himself under control. it snapped into nothingness , the moment their lips made contact , never to return. “ i’m not trying to rush the process , but a little nudge is sometimes necessary. fear can be paralyzing at times , can’t it ? but it’s part of growing up too , and learning to overcome it is important. perhaps , i’ll never even manage to make a home here either. i can’t predict the future , life is too unpredictable. ” aren’t they proof of it ? eden has a lot to learn still , but he’s found out a lot about life , about himself , in the year and a half he’s been away from home. and , he continues on learning more every single day. “ what about you ? what’s home to you ? ” is it too intrusive ? too soon to bring up the topic ? “ you don’t have to answer that. ” as if he hasn’t long melted into an absolute puddle of goo , yet he liquifies some more against him. he sweetly nuzzles his nose against kyungsoo’s. “ if this is maybe a little , i can’t wait to see what maybe a lot looks like. ” if they get any closer , they’ll mold into a single being. he wouldn’t mind it. “ at times , only ? now , that’s offending. i pride myself on being the most insufferable person possible. tsk. ” and he enjoys it immensely. “ so can you , buddy. doesn’t that make us the perfect pair , mm ? ”
what a waste of precious time. “weren’t you the one who suggested we come to freshen up?” he reminds him, his tone teasing as ever. “was it just a ploy to trick me here, to fulfil whatever fantasies you had in mind?” tsk, tsk. his finger traces over eden’s ear, before his lips ghost over the same sensitive spot. “me fucking you in front that mirror — was it what you really had in mind?” he smiles from eden’s eagerness to take on the challenge — the two have always enjoyed annoying the hell out of each other, the way best friends do. even though making connections with strangers has always been easy to him, what they have has always strayed from what’s common. a special something that’s purposely ignored, swept under the rug to not be inspected again. “maybe it’ll be you who grows tired of me first.” there is a hidden layer of meaning to his words, so casually self-deprecating that one can hardly ever take him seriously. he has always envied it, whenever others mention their parents with fondness, even if they are referring to their protective tendencies. imagine being close with your parents, imagine that. “how can anyone ever resist this face?” he offers his most endearing smile just to prove his point, before he falters from eden’s next words. “the first — ” he swallows the unspoken question, not wanting to mention the name when he knows it’ll mean the return of his budding guilt.
“what about your fantasies?” his smile is wickedly curious. “i want to hear them, too.” he does plan on staying here for the weekend, after all. all this time to explore every filthy thought that’s drifted through their mind. “it’s a brave thing you’ve done, coming here all by yourself.” it is not easy to build a life elsewhere, when eden has such close bonds with the ones back home, too. for kyungsoo, however, running away was more of a reprieve than a risk. if you never had much to begin with, leaving doesn’t sound as frightening as it is freeing. what about you? what is home to you? the atmosphere shifts and he almost feels uneasy. home is not usually a topic that he entertains, preferring to talk about things that are far removed from his past. it always leads to too many questions and a pity party in the end. “home is where people care, i suppose.” but he’s learnt early on that it doesn’t always come from the ones you expect to. he’s since lived without expecting much from others and finds himself that much lighter as a person. the warmth of eden’s body against his is addicting, but a hidden part of him is already bracing himself for the parting. “i have no doubt you do.” he chuckles, the movement causing the water to ripple around them. “a perfect pair.” he hums in kind and bites down every thought that dares to doubt. lowering his head, he buries it on eden’s shoulder before another kiss adorns the skin over his collarbone. you’re perfect to me.
#( them talking about fucking n meeting eden's parents aT THE SAME TIME??? standard esoo behaviour )#( esoo says it's not actually my day off but national esoo day 💀 )#kyungsoo ft. eden.#kyungsoo — threads.#protcsts#usfw
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what changed ? his heart stops. his veins freeze over. even more perceptibly than in his ever swinging moods , all his defenses slam back up. how can kyungsoo ask him such a thing while touching him with reverence ? eden has manipulated his fair share. he has made people fall to extract information out of them , to put his hand on something he desires. could the bodyguard be doing the same ? playing a successful con on the heir , that is too blinded by the experience of first love to put an end to the charade ? the conditioning he went through as a child , the distrust for all that surround him — his own parents included , to a degree — and paranoia that has kept him living on the edge every single day of his life. all return with vengeance. all eden feels from the other’s touch is disgust. disgust at himself for allowing physical attraction to grow into this. “ what business of yours is it ? ” karma isn’t kind to the people of the likes of eden , that go around playing god and do as they please with the lives of others. he flinches away from his touch , gets out of bed and puts his clothes back on. barriers to keep kyungsoo at a safe distance. “ touch me again and i’ll KILL you. ” it’s a very real threat , unlike the ones he previously threw around with mirth. he paces around like a feral lion kept in a g o l d e n cage. rage roars , slashing at his insides , making him bleed more profusely. now and then , gaze goes to him , looking to him with such fiery emotions it could burn the entire city to the ground.
and just like that, the spell is severed. what business of yours is it? is this when the near vanished line is drawn again? is this when they finally separate business and private matters and reject all traces that the latter have ever existed? is this what eden wants? is this what kyungsoo wants? “am i not supposed to care about how you feel?” the words stumble out before he can stop himself — wise men don’t ask. wise men keep their mouths shut to keep their heads on their shoulders. but he has never been as level-headed as he’s supposed to be around eden. little by little, the man has grown on him like a vine, roots delving into his softest spots. spots that he didn’t even know existed, ones camouflaged under the scars accumulated over the years. confused as ever, he follows eden’s movements and gets himself covered up again just in case it’d be him who’s pushed out of his own apartment. touch me again and i’ll kill you. the threat should be enough to make anyone freeze, given that they know the heir as well as he does. how unflinchingly cold he could be towards those he deems no longer useful — is he considered one of them, too, all of a sudden? how does eden expect him to react? this is why one should stick to the roles assigned, rather than meddling where he doesn’t belong. he lifts himself off bed, closes the distance between them and cages eden with his arm. “then do it. i almost died, anyway.” i almost died for you. it is still unknown to him what drove him to act in such a manner without hesitance — is it unknown, or is he too afraid of what the truth might bring? “if you’d wanted me dead, you wouldn’t have kept me alive.” let alone waste a week stuck with him the way he did, so what is this?
#( dumb meets dumber strikes again 💀 )#kyungsoo — threads.#kyungsoo ft. eden.#protcsts#tw death mention
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“ mm , guess i have to prove my point. ” it never fails to amuse him , her regular denial that he makes her feel some type of way when all signs point to the opposite. what other choice does it leave yunho than push at her buttons harder until she’s left with no other alternative than admitting to her maddening thoughts ? warmth builds deliciously in the pit of his stomach , but he feels no urge to chase the grand finale. the moment isn’t about scratching an itch. rather , all about the journey , reconnecting with the other half of him that was missing for far too long and being close as is humanly possible to seoah. the experience is a new first they are getting together. back then , sex wasn’t a mean to bond. they found other ways to show subtle affection to one another , provide reassurance , and whatever their other half needed. it’s different , so different from everything else he’s experienced. the ones he lied with , that weren’t her , are faceless in his mind and nothing that was meaningful enough to form a concrete memory of. he doesn’t dare to think about his boyfriend , but it’s safe to say that their encounters pale in comparison to being with his soulmate. “ i’m so what ? ” with a hand sneaking to the small of her back , he presses her closer to him , slipping deeper inside. it doesn’t feel close enough. he would melt into her if he could. “ i’m never leaving again. ” with all the might in the world , he couldn’t. he would give everything up , what has been his very first love and the core to his being included , before he let her slip through his fingers again. “ you’re my life. ” he seals the promise with the most tender kiss he’s ever given her.
“can’t wait.” it is amusing, her hopeless denial on how weak he makes her. it started when she first realised her damned feelings for her best friend, cursing in her head about how much of a bother it was. ill-fated, in a world as cruel as theirs, with the only person she trusted enough to lean on entirely. but love, as she knew it, ruins everything. she remembered wanting to hide the secret for as long as she could, but the truth slipped in a moment driven by late-night impulses and the rest is history. it’s funny how she thought she’d sworn off love forever, only to have her faith restored in full when she wasn’t even looking. her moans become breathless, whimpering little sounds, heart racing even faster as pleasure continues to flow. “you — “ she could well lose her mind, when he presses her closer and her legs around him tighten in kind. “you feel so good, baby.” there are so many other ways he makes her feel, but words are lost to her for now. i’m never leaving again. she knows him. knows that he means what he says, that they’re so much more than flimsy things said in a moment of passion and forgotten in the next. you’re my life — and you’re mine. she doesn’t get her turn to say it when he seals his lips with hers, but she makes sure to convey them in the kiss brimming with so much affection. i love you. i’m glad you’re here — i’ve been waiting for you to come back to me. finally, she doesn’t have to pretend her feelings are more as she did with her past lovers, push past the guilt and act like it's all fine when she knew deep down they're all a means to an end. it’s futile — it’s always been him, it hasn’t changed, not even once. it’s ill-timed, but her eyes grow blurry nonetheless. she feels more than she can ever put into words. “i love you so, so much.”
#( this is the most wholesome 🍋 that's ever existed... ma'am they're so in love 🥹 )#seoah ft. yunho.#seoah — threads.#protcsts#usfw
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the lawyer was awed by the austere beauty of the woman before him. miyeon looked like spring and shone like the sun once the bouquet was handed over in her arms. " for you. " levi breathes while chuckling a little timidly at the mention of his chosen outfit. " is it that bad? " he should’ve dusted off those pair of jeans ara had bought him ages ago. levi must admit he was a bit of a… slacks and dress shirt type of guy. back to her — taking every little detail in of her delicate persona. " perhaps, but the color suits you. a goddess of spring, if you may. " a compliment that fell easily off his tongue. not wanting to keep them standing at the door any longer, with a silent ask of permission, he offers his hand. " i thought maybe you would care for a walk to the garden festival? it’s a ten-minute walk, the weather too beautiful to be stuck in my stuffy car. "
“they’re beautiful! thank you.” her friends are correct — it’s been too long since she’s been on a date that she cannot remember the last time she received flowers instead of making bouquets for people’s other halves. sure, she’s received plenty on valentine’s, hoping that she’d spare a date, but none of them caught her eye. levi, however, is someone she finds quite intriguing. “no — it’s just — you look like you’ve got somewhere important to be.” she doesn’t mean it in a bad way, either, only factual. “oh please, you flatter me too much.” though she is no stranger to compliments, this one makes her chuckle a bit. merely a second passes before she agrees and takes his hand, while her other hand holds the flowers bought for her — it’s strange to think only three days ago she told her boss with certainty that he’s just another customer. “have you ever been to a garden festival?” he doesn’t look like the type who’d frequent such occasions, but people are often full of surprises. “i missed it last year, but this one should make up for it.” with lovely company, too.
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it’s strange, i felt less lonely when i didn’t know you. "it's good to see you too, eunki." cladded in an evening gown and hidden away on a balcony overseeing the skyline, she looks like she belongs in a romantic commercial woven with pinks and lilacs. of course, she'd recognise his voice anywhere. she didn't expect to see him here, but lonely souls find lonely souls. she turns around and finds herself as starstruck as the first time she's seen him — he looks dazzling tonight and she'd tell him if things didn't change between them. it's not so much that things changed, but the world that showed its cruel colours. should she reply in kind if a confrontation is what he wants? should she dodge him again? instead, she takes another sip from her half-emptied glass. she is too tipsy to care and everyone else is a bore. "have you tried this?" her manicured nail taps the rim of the glass. "they've got exquisite wine."
#( are we getting post breakup eunra.... 👀 )#( i'm thinking it could be a celeb party OR better yet.... a lavish gala by her mom cause name a bigger eunra shipper ajskda )#ara ft. eunki.#ara — threads.#neokitsched
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does kyungsoo not realise the dangerous game he’s playing ? or is he seeking the consequences to fueling the inferno raging ? the latter quite piques eden’s interest , and he wonders how far he could push his lover’s p u n i s h m e n t. he pictures it , the gazes lingering on the body of which he’s explored every curve of , found every weak spot that made his lover into a docile little doll he could toy with for hours on end. as though they have a right to fantasize about what he claimed as his. eden doesn’t take kindly to his territory being invaded. “ what are you doing ? ” every word enunciated slowly , with such coldness it could chill one to the bone. the same tone with which he addresses his preys before they’re to meet their demise. a plan’s already formed in the younger’s mind. if the older thought those were mere jealous rambles rather than a serious threat , he knows little of what he’s capable of. he would make an example of the delivery boy. a warning for kyungsoo to remember when playing his little game. his lover’s bruised , bloody lip isn’t the only victim on eden’s path of destruction. deep scratches that would not disappear for days , and the sting that would be a constant reminder of him. bruises in the shape of his fingers , on his hips , once he’s satisfied with the art piece on his lover’s back and moves to his next canvas. marks on the length of his throat that couldn’t be hidden. still , he’s far from appeased. “ i used to think it was all that mattered. �� before he came face to face with kyungsoo’s deception , with the little care he showed to stomping on his heart as though it mattered little. nevertheless , eden can’t quit him — the bodyguard is far from his first lover , but he’s the first that hasn’t bored him in bed … that stirred up a craving that can hardly be quenched and drives him mad when it goes unsatisfied. yet another inconvenience brought by the other’s presence in his life. eden is angry. irate. furious. enraged. and whatever other synonyms that exist for it , don’t come close to doing justice to the raging emotions inside him. “ now , before i grow tired of you and find better company for the night , fuck me. ”
the coldness in eden’s voice may be chilling to some, but he’s learnt to be unafraid. he doesn’t push further — despite the violent nature of the world he’s tangled up in, he isn’t particularly fond of causing casualties without reason. “nothing.” kyungsoo brushes it off just to pacify eden, though the same question lingers. he has witnessed eden’s swinging moods so often that they no longer shock him, but he cannot help but notice the way his emotions fluctuate in even greater extremes since the day he woke from the hospital bed. one moment, he is tender with eyes brimming with affection, ice cold in the next. it makes him wonder if he has done something truly terrible… did almost dying do the part? the unspoken fear of almost losing him for good? or is he assigning too much importance to someone who’s supposedly as disposable as any other chess piece? he has his questions, ones that he keeps swallowed and stored in the chamber of his heart. he doesn’t know what the answers could be, doesn’t know if he’ll be better off knowing them or without. yet he has a feeling that he is getting closer to it without even trying. there is an invisible line he is not meant to cross, but who is he to care when countless lines have already been stomped upon? i used to think it was all that mattered. he frowns, hesitates for a moment before he finally lets his words out. “what changed?” how can he appease him when he doesn’t know what he’s done wrong? bitterness seizes him from eden’s next words, before he shrugs it off with arrogance. usually, he'd be more than happy to obey, but eden’s command is disregarded for now when more pertinent questions reign. “who?” his hand trails from eden's chest to the tip of his chin, his eyes remain on his indignant lover. “didn’t you say no one made you feel as good as i do?”
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“ why are you making the rules ? who made you the boss ? ” there’s no going back to what eden thought them to be. he couldn’t ignore his feelings , that are so deeply rooted he’d have to remove his heart from his chest , if he tried his hardest. he couldn’t keep up the pretense of loving another when his soulmate loves him back. NO TAKE BACKS. he’s never broken a promise to kyungsoo. he doesn’t plan on starting now. he’s full of love for this man. this man that has been a constant for so many years of his life. that was his very first , and remained his dearest friend. his rock through every insecurity that teenage years brought upon , and appeasing his ever turbulent mind. the one person he’s loved above all else , all along. “ so i noticed. you sinner. ” the words that follow make him go bright red , but he keeps some of his composure. “ i don’t fall for pretty promises , pretty boy. ” it’s tempting , so very tempting. what would throwing caution to the wind really change ? the outcome for his relationship with his ex boyfriend is set in stone. kyungsoo and he moving towards starting one. UGH. “ you’re gonna have to prove it. ” he shakes his head and laughs along. it’s better to keep it light rather than lose his mind from wanting him. his pinky closes around kyungsoo’s. “ always always. ” he means it. like he meant his promise to be his best friend for the rest of their lives. pinky that he soon rips away and wiggles right out of his embrace , p o u t i n g. “ you had to ruin the moment. you couldn’t help yourself , could you ? get out of my house. ” why does he love him , again ? why does he love this absolute pain in the derrière ? “ what does it make you ? the unluckiest man on earth ? ” he pouts harder.
“jesus did. fight him, not me.” he is an atheist. there’s a part of him that still cannot believe that this is real. perhaps it’s a dream, a cruelly realistic one that will come to crush him by the time the sunshine wakes him up. how lucky is he to have fallen for his best friend and have the sentiment returned? the two have been inseparable ever since kyungsoo moved to the neighbourhood. the new kid on the block with too many hopes and found in his home too much disappointment, but eden has always been a breath of fresh air from everything that was suffocating him back then. it has always been love — it will always be love. kyungsoo beams from the dare, he cannot be more willing to prove himself and what he’s capable of. his hand cups eden’s cheek, thumb stroking his lips gently before he leans close with certainty, yet in a move slow enough for eden to dodge him if he wants to. he doubts he wants to. there is no one else but them, they can do whatever their hearts desire... to hell with the boyfriend. “no, i’m never getting out.” he is stuck with him for life — the luckiest man on earth, indeed. his heart melts the way it always does when eden pouts adorably, yet it doesn’t stop him from teasing because it’s what best friends do. “stop pouting, you look like an idiot.” an idiot that has his whole heart and more. “that makes me the second luckiest man on earth, only after you.”
#( i love them sm in every universe... disgusting )#kyungsoo — threads.#kyungsoo ft. eden.#protcsts#( once again it's cheating time ahsdkjajd )#tw cheating
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“ would you believe me if i said i’m not happy ? ” there’s no way he would believe him. if there’s someone that knows of yunho’s woes and wishes for reconciliation , in spite of stubbornly insisting that he would stay away from seoah as he was far from deserving of a second chance , it’s junso. “ i’m happy. we both are. ” he doesn’t even acknowledge junso’s i told you so. he knows he’s in for a lifetime of i told you so’s and telling anyone that’d listen he’s the sole responsible for their relationship rekindling. albeit , he deserves some credit. maybe more than some , but his brother’s head is big enough as is. “ so you say. ” a bunch of stubborn people , junso and he are. yunho wants to see his best friend happy. “ if there’s nothing worth saving , why do you still play white knight ? ” junso can fool anybody else , but never him. “ you aren’t ready to let go of him , are you ? so , don’t. ”
“no.” yunho is the worst liar in the world but even he knows not to attempt such an unbelievable one. it is a miracle how the couple managed to hide their relationship from everyone else back then, though fans wishing that junso and yunho were dating instead probably helped — ew. “i’m happy for you guys.” he cannot be more genuine this time — finally, the cupid’s job is done. it is hard to be put into words, it’s like watching his favourite couple on a drama find their way back together, only that it’s in real life. if only he is as invested in his own romance or lack thereof. “ — out of the pure goodness of my heart, of course.” a lie. anyone who knows junso knows that such extended acts of kindness are very much reserved to a selected few, not that he is by any means harsh to people he barely knows, only indifferent. “are you actively encouraging me to steal someone’s boyfriend now? wow, i can’t believe you.” the irony of his words when he practically forced the pair to commit the same crime is not missed by him, nevertheless.
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“ mhm , i remember. ” he remembers everything. his mind playing their shared memories in loops. he’d begged at the top of his lungs , wishing to forget , to escape the haunting memories. broken , crumpled to his knees and gasping for just another breath to keep on going. THANK GOD for his mind not allowing to let slip away what were his most precious memories. what he dreads happens. it’s time to explain himself. he huffs out a breath. “ it isn’t as black and white as it looks , kyungsoo. i loved him , sure. never in the way one is supposed to love the person they are meant to marry. ” he feels ashamed , so ashamed that he went through with marrying the man. what the hell was he thinking ? “ i was … a shell of myself when he met me. it didn’t scare him away , though. he made it his mission to put a smile on my face. after a while , i let it happen. i wanted to feel something other than the ache for you. ” he hates remembering that time. “ after a while he wanted to take me on a date , i let him. he wanted to be with me , i let him. i let it happen because i didn’t think i could ever have you back. ” it sounds even more ridiculous now that it’s voiced out loud. “ i fell in the role of the perfect partner. i put a smile on my face , i did what someone supposedly in love is supposed to do. it got out of control quickly , and i didn’t know how to walk away. i suppose i needed to feel loved , even though i wasn’t deserving of it. ” he never wanted to be that person , ever. “ you were still there. in my mind , in my heart. everyday i wished you were the one holding me , kissing me. on the day i got married all i could think about was : what would our wedding would have been like. ” he can’t bring himself to look at kyungsoo , terrified with what he’d find in his eyes. would he find him disgusting for using a poor soul ? “ if i knew in a month time i’d get to have you back , i wouldn’t have married him. i love you with every fiber of my being. i never stopped , not for a second. nor did i ever solely blame you for how our relationship ended. ” it’s yet another discussion for the pair to have. for another day. he doesn’t have the energy to go down this road today. “ whoever told you that is a liar. you aren’t funny. ” he shakes his head. “ it sure was , and see , it worked. i win. ” he’d do anything to keep him. “ i like it when you listen to me. ” not that it was a battle that he could win. minutes only cement his resolve to stay by his love’s side. he doesn’t have a clue how he’s supposed to deal with the husband waiting for him back home , but he doesn’t worry about it. his focus is on kyungsoo , and kyungsoo only. it’s their turn. their turn to be happy together. their turn to have their happily ever after. “ my life is you and with you. ”
“ — what do you remember?” he whispers, pressing a feather-light kiss on that spot on eden’s neck. it is easy to fall back into a pink bubble where no heartaches or woes exist, but the reality is much harsher than the undisturbed world they have here. it’s transient, slipping away like quicksand barely held by his fingers. a thousand emotions fill his chest as he listens to eden’s side of the story, the imagery of eden and his husband becoming more vivid as seconds pass. it makes him sick, all the things circling through his head, all the things he wishes he has the courage to confront. hurt, jealousy, guilt, empathy — they might have chosen different ways to cope, but weren’t they looking for the same thing in others to distract themselves from what they’d lost? who’s kyungsoo to judge when his ways were far from healthy either? he could hardly justify the string of flings he threw himself into after the fallout, the people he lured into bed for a night just to feel a flicker of something, anything. it’s what he’s yet to divulge, but it wouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone when he’s only falling back on his old vices. “we were just looking for what we lost in other people.” i don’t blame you. he knows that there is more to his aches, though. the root of all his suffering is fear. the fear of not measuring up, the fear of losing him, the fear of keeping him and failing him all over again. “it’s just something that’s always playing at the back of my head. what if he’s the better one for you? what if i’m messing up your chance at happiness? what if you forget about us the moment you’re back with him?” what if this is just a mistake? what if he is? he sucks in a deep breath, trying to keep his tears from falling. never has he been so bare about his fears and vulnerabilities before, but he owes it to the both of them to be honest. didn’t he say that he’s done breaking their promises? it is as relieving as it is terrifying to put his festering thoughts into spoken words, to not be alone anymore with the torture they bring. i love you with every fibre of my being. i never stopped, not for a second. “i never stopped, either.” even when he was doing all that he could to forget about them — it’s a foolish game, a hopeless fight, one that he could never win. “you’re just jealous.” he would die before he stops defending his sense of humour. my life is you and with you. “how can you sound so sure?” he asks, the words echoing eden’s on the night their paths entwined again, only the roles were reversed. where had all his previous courage gone? does it matter? he doesn’t always need to have it together. they can both be a mess and pick each other up after. he lets himself shuffle close, lips meeting eden’s forehead. “i love you.” no words can describe how he feels accurately, but he’ll start here. “thank you for choosing me.”
#( between lemons n pain... i chose pain today </3 )#kyungsoo — threads.#kyungsoo ft. eden.#protcsts
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“ do so. ” he’s daring him to , in fact. he highly doubts kyungsoo would go through with eden’s joke and reveal more of himself to him. he could do so himself , make it a trading game between the pair. they would be on equal footing , for once. no longer caught in this imbalanced and unstable entanglement that is theirs. eden can’t lie and say he doesn’t get a thrill of having the power over someone , however. frustration , that’s grown steadily over the week , fuels the white-hot rage that burns his insides. hours is all they could go without finding a somewhat discreet corner to make each other fall apart. it’d taken less than a week to lure his new bodyguard into his bad. needless to say , eden is on the brink of m a d n e s s , desperately needing to feel all of his lover. “ did you give me an order ?! ” to add insult to injury , he struts to the door wearing the flimsiest towel known to man , exposing himself to the waste of air that interrupted their alone time. eden is shaking with rage on the bed , hands fisted into the sheet that rips under the force he uses. his dear , dear bodyguard is about to make good on hiding a body for him. possibly dug his own grave , if eden felt so inclined to make him pay some more. “ you — ” he despises how his body yields under the older’s warmth , goosebumps breaking over his skin and breath audibly stuttering. hand tangles in his hair , the other digging hard into the meat of his shoulder , then yanks him down for a rough kiss. it’s possessive , bruising , staking a claim. “ what the fuck did you think you were doing ? ” his ire hasn’t subsided in the slightest. “ i’ll find his name , and soon he’ll be ten feet under. his young life stolen because you played with fire. ” whether the threat is serious is soon to be found out. teeth sink hard into the older’s bottom lip , drawing blood and sucking onto the crimson nectar with a pleased moan. “ you’re fucking mine. ”
“maybe i would.” as if. eden’s complaint is heard but not responded to, as he quickly tended to the delivery guy waiting outside. there’s little use in making him wait and prolongs the torture, after all. eden’s possessiveness is more intense than he imagined — it speaks volumes about the even stronger attachment he now feels towards kyungsoo, but it is something that neither of them has brought up so far. a kind of attachment that goes beyond a pair that only share a physical relationship, but even when the signs cannot be clearer, neither of them has stopped running from the obvious. “baby, come on.” if he thought he knew what possessiveness meant before, he knew nothing at all. then again, he has never been with anyone quite like eden. “if you’re going to do that to everyone who’s seen me shirtless, the list would be pretty long.” not that he’s currently sleeping with anyone else. “i happen to go swimming quite often, you know.” he adds as an afterthought. there, another piece of kyungsoo that exists outside of work, the kyungsoo that lives beyond the mafia’s dealings and criminal affairs. still, it doesn’t ease eden’s wrath the slightest. he grimaces from the hard bite, the taste of iron soon filling his mouth. he’s fucking crazy — why is that so damned enticing? so is the way eden melts under his touch, melts under no one but him. everyone treats him like a god, but only kyungsoo can bring him to his knees. “all yours.” he agrees, losing the last piece of barely-there clothing as the two gets tangled in bed again. it is a dance they are too familiar with, yet cannot get enough of. the slight, emerging ache reminds him of how he shouldn’t be doing this, but to hell with the rules. the adrenaline will do its part and endorphins will solve the rest. “only you get to have me like this — shouldn’t this be all that matters?” in the comfort of the apartment, only they exist — if only it could stay this simple, if only they could keep on forgetting about the rest of the spinning, dizzying world.
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“ more bonuses can be negotiated. lay out your case , and i shall examine your requests thoroughly. ” where does eden draw the line ? how far can he allow the fraternization to go before it becomes too dangerous of a game ? as careless as he may be , there are limits that even he is obliged to stay within for the greater good. more so than utter indifference for most of his peers , such notion was drilled into his head until it became an automatism , thus he kept his distance from every single one of them. individualistic desires and wishes are to be second to the family. kyungsoo is the exception to many of eden’s rules. the deeper he falls for the older , the more what’s instilled in his being dwindles to nothing. it’s dangerously easy to lose himself in him , lose himself in the sentiment he refuses to acknowledge for a second time and the headiness of his lover’s presence. he isn’t the only one weak to what exists in the small space between their bodies. electrifying , impossible to resist. to the regular eye , eden looks the picture of innocence , but kyungsoo knows him beyond the surface. you’re trouble … he said so , himself. “ i’ll make it the most pleasant experience of your life. ” to hell with doctor recommendations. eagerness is mirrored , so much it’s almost painful but in the most pleasurable way and the moan that is breathed against his lips prove as much. digits explore at the planes that he knows oh so well , and star in every of his fantasy. his shirt soon flies through the room and as he moves to remove the last clothing kyungsoo is wearing , the intercom rings. the sound brings about a murderous urge with impressive speed and unlike he’s felt before. “ you’d bury a body for me , wouldn’t you ? ”
“should i draft a proposal? i have so much time on my hands so i might as well.” he jokes heartily — he can hardly remember when was the last time he wrote anything other than text messages. even then, he is far from a man of many words. in their world, the less they reveal, the better — the higher chance to keep his head on his shoulders, intact and unharmed. one week should not be considered long by any means, but it is so for the pair that can barely keep their hands off each other once they have stolen a taste of the forbidden. it is addictive — he is. in the beginning, kyungsoo tried to resist. he had always thought of himself as someone with remarkable self control — but apparently not when it comes to a certain someone. a soft sigh escapes from eden’s tempting offer — how can he possibly turn it down? “that’s quite a promise.” his imagination runs wild, bringing back fragments of their past rendevouz together. “prove it.” their lips meet in a maddening kiss, clothes torn off his torso in the matter of seconds. the sight of the wound he still bears should be enough to stop anyone in their track, but not them. the groan that leaves him mirrors eden’s pointed dismay, before his lips twist into an entertained smile. “i would.” he almost died for him, burying a body would be a non-issue. “but leave that guy alone — he’s just doing his job.” knowing his lover too well, he grabs a clean towel in a drawer within sight to cover himself and greets the delivery guy himself. the slight shock with the faintest hint of a blush on the stranger’s face amuses him, but he keeps it to himself and thanks the man for the service after leaving a tip. the tantalising scent of takeaway fills his nostrils, but he has more urgent things on his mind. “now, where were we?” he traps eden with his arm once the man is within sight again, his finger ghosting the shell of his ear ever so lightly. “ — hungry?”
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“ for that ultimate success? yes, for sure. ” happiness spoke in many languages in short and/or long terms. it wasn’t perfect either, with the world needing flaws to be able to learn from mistakes if they ever come along the way. fleur loved the simple things because they made her the most joyous regularly. she nodded in agreement about the atmosphere tonight — an odd rift between friend groups ever since relationships were broken and destroyed amongst them. thus she was glad they left that place, feeling the cool night breeze tickle her skin. " the few minutes we shared inside. i agree that you surely are. " being around anthony felt like a warm blanket with a cup of hot chocolate, but she kept those silly, innocent thoughts to herself. their conversation eased up the tension in her body, unable to stop the soft smile tugging at her lips. " that sounds lovely! "
“i’m glad you agree — would’ve broken my heart if you’d said no.” anthony has always been the one to leave good impressions — he’s glad his charms worked just as fine despite the strange atmosphere that plagued the party. he feels a little bad about leaving his friends too soon, but he’ll make up for it some other time and he’s quite certain that his cupcakes were the best dish brought to the event, so that might help make the disappointing night a bit more tolerable. he starts leading them in the direction of the gelato shop once she smiles in agreement. that is part of his core philosophy in life: there are few things that cannot be remedied with desserts, few worries that cannot be temporarily eased by sugar rush. it's how he became so fond of his job, watching the faces of the customers light up after the first bite at his parents' donut shop. “you’ve got quite a sweet tooth, don’t you?”
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“ whatever makes you happy , junjun. ” it’s been quite a while since he’s freely joked around with the younger. there was something holding him back from fully being happy , fully embracing his life returning to what it once was to a degree … he knows it to be missing the other half of his soul , now. a weight lifted from his chest the moment the promise to start again was sealed. he feels for junso , baring witness to the misery the both of them attempted to push through but that he could clearly see through as their best friend. perhaps he deserves some slack … not yet. “ fine. not ruining your jacket today. ” he doesn’t need to be in the younger’s presence to hear the wheels in his head turning , scrambling to find a way to deflect yunho’s change of subject. “ you know damn well what boy i’m talking about. y’know , seoah and i may pull a you and intervene if you don’t do so yourself. ” as seoah and himself proved , a significant other can be a mere bug to swat away , rather than the end of the road.
“does it not make you happy?” he would argue it’s anything but the opposite. as eager as the pair to convince themselves that they’re content with their respective relationships, junso was the one who had to listen to the problems thinly veiled under the disguises. “i’d hate to say i told you so, but i told you so.” it would be unlike junso not to demand credit, especially when he deserves it. his last plan at the release party might have worked more poorly than anticipated, but he never let it stop him. it’s amusing how invested he is in his best friends’ romance, when he acts like he couldn’t care less about the pathetic state he’s in with his crush. “there’s nothing to be intervened.” he insists, “you know, last time i brought his drunk self home, he actually thought i was his boyfriend.” the other things revealed that night... were too fragmented for him to take them seriously. “there’s nothing worth saving between us.” they never had what yunho and seoah shared.
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cynical , isn’t it ? to have such view on the world while being young as they are. neither kyungsoo nor himself have the luxury of putting blinds over their eyes , and ignore what their reality is. the only reprieve they have is in each other. even then , there’s something heavy pushing against the pair’s bubble , every second they spend with one another. “ you get b o n u s e s , are those not enough for you ? ” here it is again , the odd boundary between being the boss and the lover. subjects that are not to be spoken about together. to eden , his lover’s colleagues are nothing more than chess pieces to move around as he pleases. the power to undo one’s life with a single word lies between his hands. nevertheless , the heir is someone that likes to venture into forbidden territory and push back against boundaries. the more something seems out of reach , the more determined he gets. he feels the thud of his heartbeat getting more erratic underneath his lips. it only fuels him , instead of stopping him in his tracks. eden is supposed to be looking after kyungsoo , not putting his health at risk once more because he hasn’t gotten any in a week , and has too much of an affinity for playing with fire. “ hard is how i like it. ” with much reluctance , he pulls away to look at him , eyelashes batting innocently. “ mm , are you complaining ? ”
“i guess i should not be too greedy.” kyungsoo hums in agreement and drops his case — it is a strange thing indeed, to be tangled up with his boss like this. someone he’s supposed to know only superficially, someone he’s meant to obey and even fear. he is well aware that none of his colleagues concern eden a fraction of what the younger feels towards him — but things change too much too soon in the world they are in. it’s always a good thing to be careful with his thoughts and opinions. for a moment, he forgets about his injury and lets himself slip under the spell again — as if he’s ever escaped it except for the nights that he was rendered unconscious. the pain meds are working, after all. perhaps too effectively, enough to distract him from the fact that he was so close to death mere nights ago. just like that, his breathing gets heavier and his eyes narrow at his lover near judgmentally. he should be judging the both of them, he really should. “i suppose there’s no better way to die.” is the answer he gives before he pulls eden close to his eager mouth.
#( do i have any reason to use this gif? no )#( am i gonna do it? YES )#( jail FOREVER )#kyungsoo ft. eden.#kyungsoo — threads.#protcsts
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“ maybe so. ” yunho will find a way to show his best friend his gratitude , for now junso can stew in frustration from the lack of acknowledgment from neither seoah nor himself. yunho too can be a b r a t. he learnt from the best , after all. the pair still has a few things to work through , mostly ending their respective relationships , but they are well on their way to hopping back on the road leading directly to their happily ever after. “ are you sure ? i can tell you all about what we talked about. ” he wouldn’t. yunho isn’t the type to be chatty about his intimate life. “ still not a good enough reason to talk about you. we were a bit too busy with each other to think about you , junjun. ” he laughs some more. “ speaking of pulling your head out of your ass. how is it going with that boy of yours ? ”
“maybe so?” junso repeats, voice fraught with utter disbelief. “i’d call it a huge success.” he has spent far too much time watching the both of them suffer through mediocre relationships. sure, their current partners are not terrible by any means, but nothing can compare to a bond as strong as theirs. they are lucky to have found each other in the most formative years of their lives and junso has gotten too used to seeing his best friends live their best lives together. “i’d rather not vomit. this new jacket costs too much to be ruined like that.” he is glad that they’re happy, that is all. he winces at the brief attempt of oversharing, before he realises that between it and him getting interrogated instead, he’d much prefer the former. “what boy?” suddenly, he is nervous but he hides it under a calm voice. kai is a friend who’s perfectly in love with his boyfriend. there is no hope for him. “if you’re talking about my baby of an album, i’d say it’s going well and should be ready in two months.”
#( narrator: he is NOT talking about the album )#( i hate him sm )#junso — threads.#junso ft. yunho.#protcsts
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