shinso is good at a lot of things. straight As, guitar, knowing exactly what to say thatâll get your thighs pressed together for friction. most would know him for his impeccably bad posture or his complimentary resting bitch face. of all the things youâve known him for, his hands are probably your favourite.
being naturally good with his words, his physical talents are often left underestimated. it started when he invited you over to his place, to help pack his room for a big move. or maybe clean up his bookshelf. whatever it was, it ended with him seated on the edge of his bed while you sat next to him on the floor, looking up as his fingers skimmed over the guitar strings.
every now and then, his indigo eyes would furrow while he worked out a tune. at one point, maybe his tongue was stuck out. he could have been strumming the national anthem, and youâd have no way of knowing. your attention focused solely on his hands, and bow they moved across the strings, skilfully plucking each line, curling.
among the many things shinso is great at, heâs also very perceptive. which is why he has your clothes on the floor, allowing you to straddle his waist while he buried his index and middle finger into your soaked heat.
he has half a mind to laugh, watching your back arch when he circles your clit with his thumb. whatever he asked you to come over for is long forgotten.
âfeel good, princess?â his voice deep, raspy, looking up at you while you catch your breath. you whine, and he feels his cock twitch underneath his sweatpants. he continues playing your pussy like an instrument, the music, of course, being your voice.
he develops a steady rhythm, pumping his two fingers in and out while chasing the feeling of you around him, knowing youâre close. he thinks, for a moment, of withdrawing his hands completely, letting you and your big, beautiful eyes lick his fingers clean, and then pulling you down onto his hard, throbbing dick. how heâd love to let you ride him, chase your own pleasure before deciding he doesnât have the patience and thrusting up into you.
âfuck, hitoshi!â you half scream, and it pulls him back down. his fingers havenât slowed in you. he canât tell if heâs surprised that you said his first name, or that you came on his hands.
regardless, he rides out your orgasm, running his perfect fucking fingers between your folds before slowly withdrawing. his usual smartass mouth plasters a grin, a shit-eating one that would otherwise piss you off, had you not had the ride of your life off his hand alone.
a/n: i need ,,, this sry ovulation turned me into a cumslut đŁ
âfuuuck babygirl.â katsuki holds your hair back. âjust like that.. yeah..â his hips jerk up a little.
youâve been sucking on him for a while now, heâs already cum but neither of you care, you want to keep sucking and he wants to keep cumming. youâre sloppy with it right now, spit and cum all over your lips as you press open mouth kisses down his shaft, staring up at him with nothing short of love and adoration. you swirl your tongue around his tip and swallow him back down.
âshit.â he groans.
the front door opens and his roommates walk in, denki lets out a groan that turns into a whine, sero pushes past him to get a better view and kiri pushes the three of them in so he can close the door. katsuki adjusts his hips, making you gag but you keep going unfazed.
âgot an audience baby.â katsuki lets out a breathy chuckle.
âdamn.â sero walks over to the couch to take in the side view. âswallowing you down real good.â
âsheâs so good.â katsuki pats your cheek. âbeen at it for thirty minutes.â
ââs yummy.â you murmur against his dick, blinking up at him. âmore.â you whine, pumping him quickly, letting your mouth fall open, tongue lapping at his tip.
âfuckfuckfuuuuck.â thick ropes coat your tongue and mouth.
âdamn thatâs hot.â sero groans.
âi came.â denki pants.
âi wanna cum.â kiriâs voice cracks.
you glance at katsuki and he lets out a little laugh and nods, putting himself back in his sweats. you turn to kiri and reach up to the waistband of his shorts.
âwhoa uh..? you sure?â he looks to you and katsuki.
âshe wants to keep going and iâm spent.â katsuki shrugs, leaning back on the couch.
when you tug kiriâs shorts down you whine at how big he is, licking your lips still coated with cum before you wrap your fingers around him. you lick a slow stripe up from his base all the way to his tip, thighs squishing together when he moans. you suck his tip into your mouth, whining at his taste.
âshe feel good, ei?â katsuki gives him a lazy grin.
âsheâs fucking perfect.â
you hum at the praise and take him to the back of your throat. denki and sero collapse on the couch, pulling themselves out of their pants and start jerking in time with your movements on kirishima. youâre in heaven surrounded by all of them with their dicks out, mouth watering even more at the thought of them cumming and letting you lick their hands clean.
kiri fucks into your mouth, praising you the whole time as you gag and stare up at him. his stomach is flexing and coiling with pleasure, he wants to hold off but youâre too good. you whimper feeling him twitch in your mouth and move faster, nails digging into the back of his thighs and he fills your throat. you swallow down everything and pull off with a gasp and a crooked smile.
âthey made a mess over here, babygirl. wanna clean em up?â katsuki tilts his head at you.
âmhmm.â you crawl over to the couch.
you lick at seroâs hand and cock, slurping down all of his cum before making your way over to denki. denki twitches back to life when you lick his dick, ready to cum for a third time already and all it takes is a swirl of your tongue around his tip and heâs coating your lips.
âthatâs enough baby, câmere.â katsuki tugs softly on your hair.
âneed more.â you pant.
âcâmon.â he scoops you up and carries to off to his room ignoring his roommateâs as they call after you.
carniya has me thinking about casa boy! satoru who really shouldâve been part of the original cast. heâs so perfect. all snowy hair, blinding smile, and the brightest blue eyes youâve ever seen. the hottest guy to step into the villa in love island history. but production knew exactly what they were doing when they saved him for casa amor. they knew no couple would stand a chance once he arrived.
your current connection is already in shambles. youâd watched your partner completely disrespect you during the live-streamed heart race challenge. heâd spent the majority of your time together making you feel small and forgotten.
in a single day, satoruâs made you feel more seen, more desired, than your partner has in weeks. and now youâre tucked away in say less, the mellow amber lights casting everything in a honeyed glow. heâs teaching you basic phrases in japanese, deep voice reverberating as he murmurs foreign words against your skin
âwatashi no namae wa . . . desuâ he says, his lips brushing your ear.
you echo the phrase back, stumbling a bit over the syllables, heart fluttering when he chuckles. âyouâre a natural,â he praises, thumb stroking your jaw. âkirei desuâ
âwhat does that mean ?â you ask, leaning into his touch as his gaze drops to your lips. you feel like youâre on cloud nine.
âit means youâre very pretty.â he murmurs. he closes the distance. lips fitting against yours like they were always meant to be there. you can taste the faint mint on his breath, feel his hand slide from your jaw to the nape of your neck. the kiss is so good it makes you completely forget about the cameras on you.
his other hand finds your waist, pulling you impossibly closer until youâre practically sitting in his lap. his hands are everywhere, tracing the curve of your spine, mapping the dip of your waist, resting on your hips. it makes your head spin. without so much as thinking, youâre swinging a leg over his to straddle him properly, gasping into his mouth. he takes the opportunity to sweep his tongue against yours. youâre melting, a syrupy puddle in his arms.
âfuck,â he breathes against your lips, breaking the kiss just long enough to speak. âyouâre so perfectâ
you can only whimper in response, hands sliding up his chest to loop around his neck. pulling back slightly, you look down at him, his face is flushed, his lips are swollen and glistening. his pupils are dilated. and you know your original couple doesnât stand a chance. âwould you like to sleep in my bed tonight?â you ask, voice merely a whisper.
a grin quickly spreads across his face. âi thought youâd never ask.â
Š GYARUJO 2026. please do not plagiarize, repost, or translate any of my works on here or any other websites. do not feed to ai
đđ youâre keigoâs physician, coming over to check on him while heâs in rut
⢠keigo takami x f!reader
cw ~ rutting!hawks, avian specialist!physician!bird nerd!reader, reader wears glasses (stereotypical nerd? i wear glasses so itâs okay), smut;; handjob, painful erection, ballplay?, feral talk from kei, excessive precum + keigo cums a lot, facial ?, reader gets almost intoxicated off pheromones, so i guess mild dubcon, most likely inaccurate things ab wing anatomy though that parts not focused on.. (am i getting better at this)
wc 4.4k (i genuinely donât know how that happened)
You breathed deeply before grabbing the keys and unlocking the doorârushing yourself in and swiftly closing it behind you.
âTakami?â you called out. You automatically made the mistake of breathing in too quickly, getting hit hard by the strong musky air that filled this entire house.Â
The warmth was what bothered you, but you were familiar with this scent. Not with how especially potent it was todayâbut it wasnât new. Though youâd been warned about this years ago, and told to get a mask to protect yourself from the damn near drugs this man produced. Youâve been fine, though. How bad could things get? Youâd get a little dizzy after too long, but you could deal.Â
You walked toward the coffee table, putting down your bag and looked over to the hallway to see your giant, shirtless patient.
âAh. Trying to scare me?â You grinned at him as he stared at you blankly, before taking heavy steps to sit on the couch.Â
âNot even gonna smile for me?â You fake pouted. âIs it that bad?â
He looked at you, eyes piercing through yours, before sighing. âYâdonât even know.â he rasped.
âActually, I do, very much. And why are all the windows shut? You know I told you the fresh air is good.â
âThe city smells like shit.â
âIf any normal civilian walked in here, theyâd tell you this house smells like shit.â
âSmells like me.â he huffed the correction.
âIt smells like sex.â You giggled, slipping off your white jacket and walking over to hang it. âCome on. Let me open one window. You know this isnât very good for me either.â
ââŚYouâre bothered?â he muttered, lifting his head.
âOh, no. It just makes me sort of drowsy. Yâknow, your pheromones are meant to be attracting another⌠half-human⌠half-bird⌠partner. Iâm just me. Youâre suffocating, almost.â
He looked at you for a long while, before sending a large feather to open a window behind him. You scowled at his wings as they spread, the state of them a horrible sight. âYouâre a mess,â you groaned, quickly walking up to him and taking a closer look. âUgh. My babies...â
You saw his head flick in your direction, most likely glaring.
âDonât look at me like that.â you murmured. âYeah. Iâll be here for a while. Youâre wrecked.â You turned back to the table, searching through your bag and grabbing the thermometer and flashlight.
You put the thermometer in his mouth and grabbed his face as you shined the light in his dark eyes. âPupils heavily dilatedâŚâ you looked down at the thermometer. 41°C. Which would take a human to the emergency room, but itâs around average for him during a rut. Still, very hot. You could see the glow on his skin from how heâd been sweating.Â
You took the tools back, taking out your notebook to write the information down, leaving it open on the table. âCan you stand up? Stretch them out for me?â you asked sweetly, your hands folded at your front.
He gave you another silent stare before he got up. He seemed to have grown about three inches taller again. He groaned, before obeying. His wings, as usualâdespite being a mess, were still beautiful. Large enough to fill this whole living room, if he stretched properly. But heâs tenseâheâs sensitive.Â
âDoes it hurt?â you asked, getting closer and looking at the feathers closest to his back from the front.Â
âAches.â he said.
âYeah, cause you love cramping them to your back all the damn time,â you murmured, receiving a mean glare from him as a response. You looked at his bare chest, getting closer as you saw how defined his muscles had become. His entire body shifted during this time of year, trying to give him all the strength heâd need to bury himself in someone and breed them, of course, without a single chance for them not to be full of his seed.
Thatâs⌠vulgar, but unavoidably true. Youâve dealt with him like this for so long that nothing is embarrassing, or shocking. You really take everything scientifically now, knowing youâre here to care for him, and track his behaviors. Nothing more.
So, of course, as you told him to breathe deeply while you listened to his heartbeat, you couldnât help looking down at the huge print in his sweatpants. You could see the entire outline of his cock, especially his swollen tipâthat you were actually shocked to see wasnât leaking as it usually would be. You noticed his growth down there, too. Just a bit longer, a lot thicker.
Again, some things you canât ignore, youâve grown to see as normal. Thatâs just something else to write down.
âYour heartbeat is⌠uneven. Irregular,â you mumbled, looking up at him expecting an answer. His heartbeat usually keeps a quickened, but constant pace when heâs like this.Â
He shook his head, putting it down toward you but keeping his eyes closed. âYouâŚâ he breathed.
âMe?â
ââŚJust⌠smell good..â he finished, followed by another heavy breath and a twitch from his wings.Â
You raised your brows, chuckling as you put the stethoscope away. âImpressive, that you can smell anything through your aroma in here.â
He lazily hummed in response, eyes opening quickly as he suddenly felt your hand on his chest.Â
âSit down, and turn a little so I can see your back.â you said, turning and grabbing a small bottle of oil. He did so in silence.
You sat next to him, or⌠behind him, sort ofâlooking over his wings. Like his chest, his back muscles had gotten more defined as it had to adjust to the new weight of his wings.Â
âHave you been eating well?â you asked as you popped the bottle open.
He simply grunts in response as he shrugs his shoulders.Â
âCome on, what does that mean?â you groaned. Rut must be especially bad this time. âHave you eaten today?â
âNo.â
âTakami.â you paused, as if he could see the expression on your face. âYou have to eat after this. Youâre so frustratingâyour body has gained⌠like, fifteen pounds of pure muscle and youâre not bothering to eat? Then you get all groggy.â He stayed silent as you ranted to him about his own health.Â
You huffed before pouring a generous amount of oil into your hand, and balancing the bottle on your thigh, as you reached for the base of his wings. Old feathers were tangled between the growth of his new ones, his pin feathers especially matted back here.
As soon as the moisture touched him, he flinchedâposture fixing from the cool sensation. Heâd relax though, as you slowly worked through his feathers.Â
Shlick. The familiar sound filled the room as you massaged the oil into his rough coverts. You hummed, this process being so familiar it was comforting at this point.Â
As youâd reach his primaries on his right wing, heâd occasionally grunt or hum. Which was nice to hear, him getting more comfortable. Keigo deals with a lot when heâs like this, and of course this isnât something that heals himâbut it is a relief. Quite literally a weight lifted off his shoulders, which feels good to do for him.
You collected the old feathers you plucked out, placing them on the coffee table to later put away for inspection. You took the oil again, coating your hands and reaching the end of his left wing. Shlick as you firmly dragged the serum down a long feather. Inspecting it closer, you caught a crumbled old feather that was stuck just underneath. You let him go, reaching for the tweezers again.
Though, you realized that as you stopped touching his wings⌠that sound didnât stop.
Shlick⌠Shlick⌠Shlick.
Each interval taking a few seconds before it came back again, just as loudâeven wetter as it continued.Â
You almost thought you were going insane, that your hands were still moving on him or somethingâyou literally looked at your arms to make sureâthen looked down to see the muscle in Keigoâs shoulder blade moving. It was slight at first, and then got more apparent, along with his elbow slightly trembling as well.Â
You then remembered the way he was grunting and breathing earlierâyou thought it was from the massage. You looked over his wings, and saw him enjoying aâŚdifferent massage.
The waistband of his pants stretched down a bit, and his hand wrapped around his thick, throbbing cockâas he stroked himself with a hard grip. Every stroke up had a bead of pre-cum forming at his tip, and dripping down with his hand. His dick almost had a red tint to it with how swollen he was. It looked like it hurt.Â
âTâŚTakamiâŚâ you spoke softly after sitting back.Â
He didnât stop, or slow downâyou didnât even catch a twitch in his feathers.
You werenât⌠uncomfortable. Not really, honestly the main thing going through your mind now was the fact that you underestimated how he was doing today.Â
You have seen his cock before. A few times, the ache would get bad for him and youâd have to check and make sure it was just his hyper-arousal rather than something concerning. Youâve also caught him pleasuring himself before. The first time, it was enough to shake your professional persona, but it was easy to get over.Â
Keigo doesnât get anything to really⌠deal with himself. He feels itâs a little odd to have women coming to deal with him when heâs like thisânot only is it an weird feeling for the feral side of his mind, fucking someone who wasnât his mateâbut it just⌠wouldnât⌠work.Â
Keigoâs uncontrollable during this time. He needs a partner. A mate. Someone he can call his woman, outside of his rut and as it happens. Someone he can have those long conversations with about how heâs going to need the help. How heâs going to need to fuck, and breed, and keep doing it until he the burning under his skin fades awayâwhich will take longer than anyone expects.
That conversation about how itâll be exhausting, how he could scare themâhow he could hurt themâall of that.
You got that conversation too before you started working as his physician, and sure it⌠concerned you a little, but then after meeting him any worry about how heâd be during that time faded. You werenât even nervous when you walked in during his first rut with youâalso the first day where he really didnât seem like himselfâhis body completely changed, bigger and tougher and really looking like a predator.
Itâs because that bird-brained half of him had gotten comfortable with you. That side of him assigned you as someone who cares for him, makes him feel better, makes him fly better. Youâre sweet and youâre understanding and you take your time with him. So, he could hardly get scary with you. He knew better, both sides of him.Â
You wouldnât know it, maybe not even he did, but some part of him put that âmateâ title onto you.Â
With how you treated him so well, and the fact that you were the only person he saw during rutâhe almost had no other choice. His mind needed something to cling to, and that became you.
Again, unbeknownst to you, youâd also make his ruts worse. He was seeing his mate almost every day and he couldnât take her? Claim her? It was torture, just as it is now.
So, youâre here, sitting behind him as heâs desperately touching himself. What makes it different this time is that heâs doing it now, while youâre here. Heâs doing this, and he knows youâre here, and he knows you know and heâs not stopping.
As mentioned before, youâve seen him get boners while you worked. Youâve heard him say some feral lewd things to you and kept it pushing. Youâve walked in his home, hearing him loudly deal with himself in another roomâbut all those times there felt like there was a sort of barrier that didnât make things weird.Â
Thereâs literally no barrier here. You hardly even knew what to sayâwhat to do. Walk out? Well, that would make him instinctively try to chase you.
âTakamiâŚâ you spoke a little louder as you got up slowly. He still didnât react. As you moved the bottle of oil onto the coffee table though, his wings twitched as he moved and sat back on the couch, now completely exposed to you and seemingly not caring as he kept stroking himself.
Now, you couldnât look away from his cock as it faced you. Swollen wouldnât cut it. He was completely engorged, a vein that went down from his tip pulsing with each strong pump. Strong wouldnât cut it either, and your eyes widened as you saw the muscles in his arm deepen every time he went back downâjust choking the thick base of his dick. You breathed deeply before you spoke again.
âK⌠KeigoâŚâ you murmured, his name almost unfamiliar on your tongue. âI⌠Iâm gonna be honest, I donât⌠IâI feel likeâŚâ the words wouldnât come to you. Every option of a sentence felt wrong.Â
He actually moaned then, and you watched his muscles tensed as he gripped himself impossibly harder, almost squeezing the precum out of him as it trickled down his inches. Â
âHurts,â he grumbled, opening his eyes to look at you for a second before throwing his head back onto the couch. âFucking hurts.â
âYeah,â you breathed. âI knowâŚâ
The room went silent and felt hot, you started to wonder if his pheromones were getting to you now. All you could hear was both of your heavy breaths along with him stroking the sloppy mess of his shaft. His eyes were closed, his brows furrowed, every now and then gritting his teeth.
You swallowed, trying to do what you came to do. Youâre meant to care for him.
âI⌠uhm, I have some suppressants here, Keigo, if itâs this bad for you. It could help with the⌠swellingââ
âNo,â he rasped. âNo drugs.â
âItâll help you,â you argued, taking a small step toward him. âYouâre⌠holding yourself too hard, you can hurt yourself like that, Iâll getââ
âWonât work.â he cut you off, gripping his dick again as if just to concern you more. As he dragged his hand down to the base, he lifted his head and opened his eyes to look at you. âNeed to breed.âÂ
ââŚI know you do. Youâre in pain. I can help it, I can make you feel better,â you insisted, feeling bad for sort of⌠lying to him. You knew those suppressants stopped working for him years ago. When he was a teen, they used to completely block out ruts. Eventually, they just turned into numbing pills for him, which kept the burning and the animalistic thoughts, and just made it impossible for him to get any relief. They also put him to sleep, which⌠sure, thatâs something, until he wakes up.Â
He still didnât respond to you. His hips twitched into his hands, and he started to groan moreâand louder.Â
But then, he slowed down a bit, lazily lifting his head and staring at you. His gaze was intimidating, intentionally like he wanted to scare you. Well, he didnâtâas you were used to thisâbut he was trying.Â
âMake⌠make me feel better?â he asked roughly, repeating your words to him.
âYes,â you said softly, thinking you were getting to him. âIâm here to do that, Takami. You can trust me.â
He seemed to try to keep his eyes on you, but they rolled back as he stroked himself again. Another moment of silence as he tended to his ache, before his gaze snapped back to yours.
âThen⌠do it,â he breathed. âCome. Touch me. Help me.â his voice cracked near the end, and you heard a small whine as his face contorted while his tip kept self lubricating.Â
You completely froze, breath hitching. Not knowing what to do at all. You did literally just say you would help him. And the way heâs doing it to himself is damn near scary.Â
But⌠What? A handjob?
You watched him as you couldnât speak. Your patient, completely at the mercy of his biology. Your patient who got like this so many times around you, completely feral and desperate, and never crossing a lineâand now heâs whining for it.Â
What line would this truly cross, though? You take care of him. You assist him with his issues that come with being half bird, and⌠this technically counts as one of them. Youâre the only person in the world who sees him when heâs like thisâwho helps him.
You werenât going to just let him suffer with this, not when he directly asked you.Â
You took a slow breath, adjusting your glasses with a steady hand. ââŚOkay..â you spoke softly.
You took a few steps, standing between his legs before kneeling down in front of him. Your hands were still greasy from the oil, but it wasnât like it would do him any bad. Heâs also already soaked in his own slick.Â
One of your hands finally wrapped around his cock, stretching your fingers wider than you expected. It was almost like he didnât even feel your handsâhe only reacted when he saw you touching himâhis wings flinching closer to his back before he had to force them to relax again. His eyes were locked on yours.Â
He hesitated, before letting himself go and resting his hands on his thighs. You took your other hand, stacking it above the other.
âGrip⌠grip it tighter,â he rasped. You listened, looking up at him for approval but then he shut his eyes hard. âTighter than that.â
Heâd tell you this about two more times until you huffed against his length. âIâm.. going to hurt you...â you mumbled.
He opened his eyes, brows furrowing in frustration as he put his hand over yours and showed you exactly how he needed you to hold him. Just as you said, his hand hurt against yours and you couldnât imagine that pressure on him feeling goodâbut, nonethelessâŚYou held him that same way, getting a deep groan in response as his legs spread wider.Â
Your hands hesitated before they started moving up and down his length. Both following each other, before you started twisting them around him rhythmically.Â
He moaned, hips bucking into you and individual feathers twitching off his wings.Â
âStop,â he suddenly grumbled, and you hovered before stopping. He sort of nodded his head as a signal for you to move, so you took your hands off of him.Â
A whine came from deep in his chest by the loss of contact. He grabs his waistband, tugging it down his legs, his lower half now bare. Your eyes automatically snapped toward his balls. Just as swollen as his cock, tightened up close and twitching as he grunted for you to continue.
You breathed, getting closer as your hands held him. You started stroking him, before his hand shot over both of yours again and crushed them under his grip. Again, completely unbelievable how this felt good to him, but you listened. You got a whimper in response, the muscles in his thighs shuddering.Â
You were sort of grateful by how empty your mind was right now. His pheromones were definitely doing something. Is this what the effect was supposed to be? Make someoneâs mind blank, just willing to do whatever he needs them to? Fascinating.
Your eyes kept flicking toward the tight, swelling base of his length. It almost bothered you from your clinical view, how tight his balls were and the way they lightly pulsed with each stroke.Â
You didnât want to speak, the words would have been awkward coming out of your mouth. Oh, can I touch your balls? You simply let your bottom hand drift every now and then, letting his pre just slightly get lower and lower to lubricate all of him, while you watched his reactions.
Then, youâd let your hand linger, your thumb rubbing against the skin between them before sliding back up. After a few more times, you fully moved your hand down, cupping them gently. They were hot and heavy, and you tried to stable your shaking fingers as you put just a little pressure on them.
âOhhh, oh my godâŚâ he moaned, his hips jerking up into you.Â
You almost smiled, so satisfied that he was feeling good. Your thumb and the pads of your fingers slowly kneaded into his throbbing sack. You found a rhythm, stroking him firmly and tending to his balls.Â
âHurts⌠fucking hurts so bâaaad.â his words were slurred between whines, his hands gripping to the couch. You held him impossibly tighter, making him sob out a moan that had your hands hesitating against him. He sounded like he was in excruciating pain, honestly. âKeep⌠keep goinâ⌠shit, hands feel sâfucking goodâŚâ
He placed his hand on top of yours again, this time thankfully not crushing your fingers under his. âFuck⌠fuck, spit on me.âÂ
âWâWhat?â you spoke quickly, hands stuttering against him again.
âSpit on it. Need your spit.â his gaze pierced into yours.Â
You frowned, looking away to think...Â
Well, actuallyâŚÂ
If he needed itâŚ
You lapped your tongue across the roof of your mouth, gathering spit and letting it dribble from your lips onto his tip.Â
âOh my god, I need your cunt,â he whined.Â
ââŚTakamiâŚâ you muttered, your voice barely even coming out. You dragged your spit over his dick, watching him twitch as you did.Â
âNeed to stâstreetchh, mmmgh, stretch you out and⌠and use that cuntâŚâ
âNot me,â you corrected quietly. âYou donât wanna do that to me.â
âI do, I fucking doâI need you,â he cried, now squirming under your touch. From the way his balls kept twitching in your palm, you could tell he was close. âCanât⌠canât cum if itâs not in your pussy. Wasting my seed in those fucking handsâŚâ
You watched as his whole bottom half was literally tensing up from the way he was holding back his orgasm. He was very serious.Â
I mean, this goes back to the severe lack of relief he gets during his ruts. He jerks off when it gets bad, but that feral side of his mind very much hates wasting his sperm on anything but someoneâs cunt.Â
âWaste?â you repeated quietly, making sure to keep that heavy pressure on his length, and your fingers massaging his balls. âKeigo⌠itâs⌠itâs not a waste.â
He could only groan deeply in response, the muscles in his thighs twitching. You knew the words he wanted to hear, and the words he needed to hear.Â
âYouâre⌠using me right now,â you looked at him as you spoke, your glasses fogging with how youâd started panting (along with how youâve been sweating for a while now.) âUsing my hands. Theyâre⌠making you feel good⌠y-youâre⌠claiming them.â you gave him a firm squeeze at the base of his cock.
âAaah, shit, making those hands all mine⌠gonna fucking paint them,â he whimpered. You knew those words would do him good. Thatâs exactly what he needs now. He wants to fill someone up, and claim them as his. Mark themâmark his territory.Â
âPââŚPaint me then,â your wet hands sped up into a frantic pace over his length. âPaint my skin and cum for me.â
He couldnât hold back for another second. His hips gave an uncontrollable, violent buck into your palmsâhis wings stretching out behind him, as his tip shot his cum everywhere. The second rope hit directly onto your glasses lens, you could almost hear the heavy splat against your face.Â
The strong scent hit you even harder than that, almost like honey right from the comb. A wave of bittersweet, animal musk instantly coated the back of your throat. It was like you could taste it on your tongue.Â
Oh, wait. Thatâs because you were.
Fuck, when it hit your glasses you gasped and opened your mouth in shock just as more splurted out of him again. A thick, extremely warm jet shot straight past your lips, hitting the roof of your mouth. With a gooey texture, and a deep pheromone sweetness that you could feel go straight to your brain. It was almost hard to swallow. Because of course you swallowed.
The whole scene was extremely sloppy, and messy. Your hands hovered over your glasses as you heard him moan and completely empty himself in front of you.Â
When it got quiet, you slipped your glasses off of your face, looking at him.
A mess, as expected. His own seed was splattered over his chest and the couch, and your hands, and your glassesâand just a sliver remained on your top lip. Without thinking, you licked it off. Then you met his eyes.Â
Low lidded, until he looked toward your glasses, and your nervous face. He groaned long, his hand suddenly sliding down his torso, shudderingâand you watched as his limp cock lifted back to its hardened state. The same as it was when he first started touching himself. Possibly harder, actually.
âHaahâŚâ you let out a breath, surprised by how quickly that happened. You knew he could get boners back quickly, but⌠hardly even fifteen seconds had passed.Â
He simply looked in your eyes as you watched his flesh engorge, his veins fat and pulsing down the shaft again.
Your hand rested on your own chest, feeling your slowing heartbeat. Your lids were low, and now without the distraction of trying to make him finish, you realized just how out of it you were.Â
Realizing how hot this room was, the way you were covered in sweat. More importantly, realizing the aching pulse you felt between your legs.Â
It was intense, and you could only sit back and try to process what the fuck just happened. What was happening.Â
Your hand went over your mouth, trying to cover the way you were panting. You couldnât control the whimper that came after that.Â
Keigo suddenly growled, making your eyes snap to him. He was taking slow, deep breaths and staring at you with big eyes.
âMmmh⌠You smell so fucking sweet,â he grumbled. âNeed to claim that wet cunt.âÂ
Your thighs clenched together hard, the sudden friction only making it impossible to ignore the throbbing in your pussy. You were completely vulnerable to him now.
Well, youâre the one who decided to help him in the first place.
Youâre the only one who can, soâŚ
You should probably do your job.
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IâM GONâ RIDE in which James -your âfriendâ just bleached his hair blonde but youâre atrociously down bad for each other.
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⯠MDNI, friends-with-benefits, blond hair!james, semi-public heated interaction (for a lack of better words), needy and vocal james, oral (m. receiving and f. receiving), riding, extreme eye contact, unprotected sex.
ăthe number of requests for blond hair james was concerning. is everyone okay? anyways thanks for 2k my gooner team!
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âDo people have a sixth sense that-â
You clicked the delete button furiously, fingers shaking.
âCan someone feel when another person is-â
You closed the Google tab, seconds away from throwing your phone out of the window- but the specific feeling that lived right between your thighs magically dragged your fingers back to the screen, opening a brand new one instead.
âIs it possible for someone to feel when another person is aroused?â
Aroused was a weak word. Fuck that.
âIs it possible for someone to feel when another person is wet, without touching them?â
You added a single word at the end of your question- reddit. Because somehow these forums had all the answers to every single question.
It had been like this all day -ever since the moment James stepped in the building with that new blonde hair. Platinum, almost silver under certain lights, falling in soft spikes that framed his sharp jawline and made his dark eyes pop like a fucking sin.
The internet was losing its collective mind; and you weren't ready to face the thousands- screw that- millions of thirsty comments.
Blonde James was lethal.
But blonde James was yours first and foremost.
You clicked on the first reddit link, foot tapping on the floor anxiously.
âYou probably can't help being turned on by certain people, but as long as you are polite and don't stare, you'll probably be OK. Just don't do anything to make it worse, like actively fantasizing about sex with them.â one netizen said.
Funny.
Cause you were pretty sure today, that blonde hair had flipped a switch inside you. Every time James moved, your gaze locked on the way the strands caught the light, he looked like a glorified anime character, sharp and lean everywhere. And then your eyes would drift lower: the corded muscles of his forearms exposed by rolled-up sleeves, the prominent veins that traced paths over his skin, pulsing faintly with each gesture.
His hands- god, his hands.
Long fingers, knuckles that flexed when he adjusted his mic pack, veins standing out against the back of his palm. You kept imagining them on you, in you, gripping, teasing, spreading.
âJust don't do anything to make it worse, like actively fantasizing about sex with them.â
Oh you were fucked.
Because that's exactly what you were doing since 9 am sharp this morning, with no break whatsoever.
Get it together, you thought, clenching your thighs together as you waited in the wings during soundcheck.
You aggressively turned off your phone and put it back in your pocket as if it was mocking you with these reddit threads. Your body felt hypersensitive, skin prickling under your stage outfit, heat pooled low in your belly, a constant throb that made your lace panties feel too tight, too damp already.
Just from hair? Pathetic.
But it wasn't just the hair. (It was the hair.) It was also how it made everything about him sharper, the way the strands brushed his neck when he tilted his head and-
Had you mentioned his hands? Oh yeah you were screwed.
Break time. The hallway between dressing rooms was empty for once, staff scattered for lunch. You slipped away, heart hammering, only to feel a warm hand catch your wrist.
And obvious-fucking-ly, it was James.
James your handsome... There was no word to describe what James was.
James was what he became the moment he slipped in your bed and spread your legs with that cocky smirk of his. Which was happening a whole lot lately ever since you'd made that whole fuck-buddy arrangement on a drunken night.
"Hey," he murmured, his voice low and smooth like velvet.
Since when did you throb when someone greeted you? You were going to have to have a pep talk with the girly downstairs, as soon as expeditiously possible.
James pulled you into a shadowed alcove near the emergency exit, the door clicking softly shut behind you both before you could even greet him back.
Up close, the blonde was devastating. A few strands fell over his forehead, and he brushed them back with long fingers. He was still a little sweaty from dancing, having changed his tee shirt into something more comfortable- but also more revealing; his strong arms now completely bare- shoulders and all.
Your breath hitched audibly.
You were so easy, it was terrifying.
"You've been staring all day," he observed, a small smile playing on his lips. Not smug but rather warm- appreciative even.
He leaned in, his breath ghosting your ear, carrying the faint scent of his shampoo mixed with stage makeup and clean sweat. "Something on your mind, baby?"
You swallowed hard, your back pressing against the cool wall. His hands. Those veins. You wanted them wrapped around your throat, your thighs, inside you.
The thought made your nipples tighten against your top.
Reddit girl would be so mad right now.
"Is it that obvious?" you managed to squeak out, though your voice sounded much deeper than you intended.
You tried to look anywhere but at his mouth, but- there were no buts- James was just all over you, playing with the knowledge that you were currently as red as a tulip.
He chuckled, a vibration that you felt in your own chest and he stepped closer, closing the microscopic gap between your bodies until you could feel the heat of his bare arms. He raised one hand, long fingers grazing your jawline before tucking a stray lock of hair behind your ear.
You let out a shaky breath, your knees feeling dangerously weak. You thought you could die right then and there.
"It's more than just staring," he murmured, his thumb tracing the line of your lower lip, pulling it down just enough to reveal the damp pink of your inner lip.
James' gaze darkened, dropping to your mouth before snapping back to your eyes. The playful warmth was still there, but it was being rapidly overtaken by something hungrier, something you knew all too well from how many times you'd explored him.
"You look like you're about to pounce..." He leaned in even closer, his nose brushing against yours, his voice dropping to a whisper. "what's wrong baby?"
What's wrong? You wanted to scream in his face, pull on his hair- but the thought only made you wetter- so impossibly wet- you thought you had never been this turned on in your whole entire life.
All because of some bleach and dye.
He didn't wait for an answer. He slid his hand from your face, his palm flat against the small of your back to pull you flush against him, the hard planes of his chest pressing against your breasts and the solid weight of his thighs slotting between yours. You let out a small, broken moan, your hands instinctively flying to his bare shoulders, your fingers digging into the firm muscle there.
You were so incredibly, hopelessly wet it was pathetic- and the friction of his denim against your damp lace was almost too much to bear.
"James," you breathed, his name a plea.
"Yeah, baby?" He nipped at your earlobe, his teeth grazing the sensitive skin just enough to make you arch into him. "Tell me what's wrong sweet girl."
Your hands, still anchored to his bare shoulders, slid upward, palms grazing the warm, slightly damp skin of his nape. Your fingers tangled into the short, silky strands of his new hair that was softer than expected. Your nails grazed at his scalp, scratching lightly, the way you knew he loved.
"Nothingâs wrong," you whispered, though the way your hips involuntarily hitched against his told a completely different story. You pulled back just enough to look him in the eye. "It's just... you. How am i supposed to focus when you're walking around looking like that?"
James let out a soft, breathless sound halfway between a laugh and a sigh and leaned his forehead against yours, his eyes fluttering shut as he soaked in your words.
"Shit." he let out a breathy laugh, nose brushing your jawline.
Your whole body was on fire, his skin brushing against yours like he had all the time in the world and you weren't standing in a hallway of your workplace.
You didn't answer his cursing with words. Instead, you tilted your head, your fingers tightening in his hair to pull him down just an inch more. You leaned in with a slow and agonizing movement that forced him to hold his breath in anticipation.
When your lips finally met his, it wasn't as frantic as usual; it was a languid, melting sensation. You started with the lightest of brushes, just a ghost of a touch against his bottom lip, teasing him, dragging a needy sound out of him.
You could feel his hands tremble against your waist, his grip tightening as he leaned into the sensation, desperate for more.
Then, you deepened it.
You let your lips part, your tongue sweeping out to graze the seam of his mouth before sliding inside. The kiss was heavy, wet, and incredibly unbearably slow, as you moved your tongue against his in a rhythmic, swirling motion, tasting him the faint hint of mint and the heat of his mouth.
Every time he tried to increase the pace, to suck harder or pull you closer, you slowed down even more, forcing him to endure the delicious torture of your restraint.
James let out a low, broken sound deep in his throat a needy, desperate hum that vibrated against your tongue. He was melting and you could feel him sagging against you.
His hands migrated from your waist to the back of your head, his fingers tangling in your hair to guide you.
He was so responsive, so hungry for the contact that it made you feel less insane for being so aroused by his goddamn hair.
Every time your tongue swiped against his, he let out a tiny, hitched breath, his hips stuttering a frantic, rhythmic press against yours. And when you finally pulled back just a fraction, leaving a thin, glistening thread of saliva connecting your lips, you didn't let him go far.
You stayed in his space, your noses brushing, your breaths mingling in the small gap between you.
James' eyes were hooded, lips swollen and red from your teasing, "You're gonna kill me, you know that?" he dropped a wet kiss on your collarborne.
You didn't give him the satisfaction of a verbal answer- yet again. Instead, you took one of his hands from your waist and guided it downward, moving slowly, watching his eyes widen, his breath hitching in his throat as your fingers led his palm over the curve of your hip and slid beneath the hem of your outfit.
When his fingers finally made contact with the damp lace of your panties, James let out a choked sound.
He didn't even have to push; the moment he felt the slick, undeniable heat radiating from you, he knew. He felt the warmt of your need, the way the fabric was practically soaked through.
His eyes searched yours, blown wide.
"Fuck" he cursed, his voice cracking. "You're soaked y/n."
He looked like he wanted to sink to his knees right then and there on the floor, to worship you properly while you tugged at his blonde hair.
But just as he began to press a finger inward, seeking to soothe the ache, you caught his wrist.
You pulled his hand away, leaving him momentarily unmoored and breathless, and then you slowly drew his fingers out of the lace.
They were glistening, coated in your heat.
James didn't even hesitate, he brought his hand up to his mouth, his eyes never leaving yours, and licked his fingers clean with a slow stroke of his tongue. The sight of him as he tasted you sent a fresh jolt of electricity straight to your core.
"Wanna bury my face between those thighs-" he started, breath fanning over your neck.
But life wasn't all rainbows and butterflies.
"James! Five minutes! We're back on!"
The muffled shout of a stage manager from down the hall shattered the moment in pieces.
The sudden intrusion made you both jump, a small gasp escaping your lips and James let out a frustrated, low groan, burying his face in the crook of your neck for a fleeting second, breathing you in as if he could store the scent of your skin to last him through the next fe hours.
"I'm gonna die." James exhaled shakily, eyes squeezed shut. "Why'd you have to be so fucking beautiful-"
The man made a low, pained sound in his throat. He glanced down, his face flushing a deep flustered crimson and reached down, awkwardly trying to shift himself, but the bulge in his stage pants was unmistakable and completely unyielding.
Despite his efforts, he couldn't hide the evidence of how much you'd just affected him.
He looked up at you, his eyes wide and pleading, completely overwhelmed and his hands hovered in the air, unsure of where to go, his shoulders hunching as if he were trying to shrink away from his own desire.
"I-I can't," he stuttered, his voice strained and thick. "I can't go out there like this. Fuck i'm so hard."
You started to move toward him, maybe to offer a reassuring touch or a lingering glance, but James stepped back, shaking his head frantically. He looked almost pained, his jaw tight as he tried to regain his composure.
"You have to go," he breathed through a pained chuckle, his gaze darting everywhere but your face. "I need a few minutes to cool down, or I swear i'm gonna forget every lyric to the songs."
He laughed, a shaky, breathless sound that lacked any of his usual confidence. He was trembling, his chest heaving as he tried to force his heart rate to slow down. "I can't get it down while you're standing there looking at me like that. You're too... you're too much. I can't think straight."
You gave him a small, knowing smile, enjoying the sight of him so completely undone.
âGood luck with that, handsome.â You began to back away, but he followed you with his eyes, his expression a mix of desperate longing and a sweet, innocent sort of agony.
"Hey, hey, come back here," he called after you, his voice a little louder now, "I mean no- don't come back- just text me when you're out. You're coming back with me tonight."
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James was a man of his word- so as soon as the show ended, still sweaty and soaked in water from the bottle of waters his members had poured on him- he was looking for you.
The adrenaline from the final encore was still coursing through his veins, he didn't even wait for the staff to clear the wings.
The moment he saw you standing near the equipment crates, he was moving. He didn't walk; he practically stumbled toward you, his eyes wide and frantic, searching yours.
He looked like a man who had spent the last hour in a fever dream, counting down every second until he could touch you again.
"You're here," he breathed, the words coming out as a relieved, shaky exhale. He didn't care that he was damp with sweat, or that the scent of salt and stage musk was heavy on him. He reached out, his large hands finding your waist with a suddenness that nearly knocked the wind out of you, pulling you into the shadow of a heavy equipment trunk.
He didn't kiss you immediately. Instead, he leaned his forehead against yours, his eyes squeezed shut, his chest heaving as he tried to regulate his breathing. He was still vibrating from the performance, but the hunger in him was even more intense than it had been in the alcove.
"God, it was so hard," he whispered, his voice a low, wrecked rasp against your skin. "Every time the lights went down for a transition, all I could think about was you."
You let out a small chuckle, amused, but he didnât let you speak.
"Can we go?" he asked, his voice pleading, his hands sliding down to grip your hips tightly. "Please, baby. I don't wanna talk to the guys, I don't wanna do the debrief... I just wanna be alone with you. I need to feel you."
He leaned in, his damp hair brushing your temple, his lips hovering just a fraction of an inch from yours, waiting for your permission, waiting for you to lead him away from the noise and the lights and into the quiet of your bedroom.
You let out a soft, breathless laugh, your hands sliding up his damp chest to cup his face, your thumbs tracing the line of his jaw.
So needy, you thought, feeling a surge of affection so strong it was almost painful.
"Letâs go then, go grab your stuff," you whispered, leaning in to catch his swollen bottom lip in a quick firm kiss. You pulled back just enough to meet his blown out pupils, your eyes dark with the same hunger he was projecting. "We need to leave now before the hallways get crowded."
You grabbed his hand, lacing your fingers tightly with his, and began tugging him toward the private exit.
"Right. Yes. Stuff. Going," he stammered, his brain clearly struggling to catch up with his body's frantic demands. He looked like he wanted to scoop you up and run, but the reality of the crowded backstage area forced him to maintain a shred of decorum. "Don't move. Don't move from this spot. If someone separates us, Iâm gonna lose it y/n.â
He practically scrambled away, his movements uncharacteristically hurried as he grabbed his bag and his damp towel. You watched him, your heart hammering a frantic rhythm against your ribs, feeling the weight of his gaze on you even as he turned his back to gather his things.
A few moments later, he was back, his hand finding yours with a desperate strength, his fingers lacing through yours so tightly it felt like he was trying to fuse your skin together.
He couldnât care less if the stylists or the other members saw him practically dragging you toward the private exit.
As you slipped through the back door and into the cool and quiet night air of the loading dock, the sudden temperature drop made you shiver, but James was there instantly, pulling you flush against his side. He was still radiating heat, unbothered by the possibility that his members might be looking for him.
"Call your driver, pretty girl," he whispered into your hair as he leaned down, his lips grazing the shell of your ear, his breath hot and frantic.
The silence in the car was heavy, James didn't even bother to ask to turn on the radio; the only sound was the low hum of the engine and the frantic uneven rhythm of your breathing.
He sat in the back seat, but he wasn't looking out the window. He was turned toward you, his body angled sharply, one hand gripping the edge of the leather so hard his knuckles were white. Every time the car hit a small bump, his knee would brush against yours, and he would let out a sharp, hitched breath, as if the simple contact was enough to push him over the edge.
"Itâs so hard to sit still," he finally groaned, the sound vibrating in the small space. He reached out, his hand trembling as he rested it on your thigh, his fingers digging into the fabric of your skirt. "I feel like if we don't get to the apartment in the next thirty seconds, I'm going to start unzipping my pants right here."
It was a joke- not that you would mind.
He let out a breathless, self deprecating laugh, but there was nothing funny about the way he was looking at you. His gaze was tracing the line of your throat, the curve of your lips, the way your chest rose and fell with your heavy breathing.
"You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?" he whispered, his voice dropping to a low, gravelly register that made your stomach flip. "The way you're sitting there... so calm... so pretty.â
âShhh weâre almost there Yufan,â your hand hiked up his thigh, tracing over the hard muscles there.
His hips gave an involuntary, desperate twitch upward, seeking the pressure of your hand, trying to close the agonizing gap between your touch and his need. He was so hard, so incredibly sensitive, that even the slight friction of your hand against his trousers felt like a lightning strike.
"Don't... don't stop," he groaned, his fingers curling into the leather of the seat, his knuckles turning a ghostly white. "Please, baby, don't stop. If you stop now, I think I might actually die."
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The second the apartment door clicked shut, he was on you.
James didn't even wait to turn on the lights. He didn't even make it past the entryway, he practically tackled you against the door, the heavy wood thudding against your back as his body slammed into yours. His hands were everywhere at once clutching your waist, tangling in your hair, pulling you so close that you could feel the thudding rhythm of his heart against your own chest.
"Finally," he choked out, the word sounding more like a prayer than a statement. "Finally, finally, finally."
He didn't kiss you gently this time. He devoured your mouth, his tongue sweeping into your heat with a desperate, rhythmic intensity that made your knees buckle. He was kissing you as if he were trying to breathe you in, as if he could absorb your very essence into his lungs.
Your hands slid under your top, his palms hot and slightly damp against your skin, tracing the curve of your ribs before gripping your waist to hoist you up. You instinctively wrapped your legs around his hips, your thighs squeezing his waist, and the sensation of your damp lace pressing against his hard length made him let out a broken moan into your mouth.
"You're so hot," he whimpered against your lips, his voice wrecked and needy. "you're so fucking beautiful."
He began to move, stumbling backward toward the bedroom, never once breaking the contact of your lips or the frantic grip of his hands. He was stumbling, uncoordinated and desperate, his movements driven by a singular, overwhelming need to be inside you, to feel the friction.
You reached the bedroom and just as you were lost in the heat of his neck, James pulled back just an inch, his breathing still heavy but a glint returning to his eyes. That lopsided, cocky smirk the one he usually reserved for the stage spread across his lips, though his eyes remained soft.
âYou know...â he started. He tilted his head, a stray lock of that platinum hair falling over his brow as he cupped your jaw âThe hair... I dyed it for you.â He let out a soft, breathless chuckle, his hands sliding from your waist to cup your face, his thumbs tracing your cheekbones with a tenderness that contradicted his smug expression. âFigured since you like Bakugo so much... you might start to like me.â
You stared at him, momentarily stunned. Not a single fiber in your body was ready to think about whatever that meant.
But as you looked at him, really looked at him the way his chest was heaving, the way his eyes were dark with a hunger that bordered on desperation, and the very obvious, heavy ache straining against his trousers a different thought took hold.
Oh, James needs some head. Fuck it he deserves it. âYou did?â you smile, breaking the contact. âDidnât have to change your hair color for me to like you, i already did anyway.â
You slid down his body, your hands gliding over the firm muscles of his thighs, guiding him as you descende and James let out a startled sound as you sank to your knees on the hardwood floor in front of him. He reached out instinctively, his fingers tangling in your hair, his knuckles white as he braced himself against the wall for support.
"Baby?" he breathed, his voice trembling, his eyes wide and blown out as he looked down at you. He looked completely undone, his smugness melting instantly into a state of pure, vulnerable anticipation. "Wait- are youâŚâ
He didn't finish the sentence. He couldn't. He just stood there, trembling, his head tilting back as he watched you, his breath hitching in his throat as he waited for your next move.
You didn't give him the satisfaction of immediate relief. Instead, you leaned in just enough to let your warm breath ghost over the fabric of his trousers, right where he was most sensitive. You watched his eyes flutter shut, his head lulling back against the doorframe with a shaky, expectant groan.
You started with a tease, your tongue tracing the hard, pulsing line of him through the cloth, circling the head of his length with agonizing slowness. You could feel him shudder, his hands tightening in your hair, his hips jerking forward in an uncoordinated attempt to meet your touch.
"Baby... please," he asked, needy "Don't... don't play with me like this. You know how much I need you."
You let out a low, muffled giggle against the fabric, enjoying the way he trembled under your control. You moved your hands up, unbuttoning his trousers and sliding the zipper down with a rasp that sounded like thunder in the quiet room.
When you finally freed him, the sight of him thick, heavy, and pulsing with his own heat made your mouth water.
Then, you finally leaned in.
The moment your lips made contact, James let out a low sound. You took him into your mouth, tongue swirling around the sensitive head before sliding down the length of him in one long, wet motion.
The reaction was instantaneous. His entire body went rigid, his fingers clenching so tightly in your hair that it was almost a tug, but you didn't mind.
He was lost. He was completely, utterly gone. He leaned his head back, his throat working as he swallowed hard, his eyes rolling back in his head.
"Oh god..." he gasped, his voice breaking. "Right there angel... just like that. You're so good... so fucking good to me."
You picked up the pace, your movements becoming more rhythmic and intense. You used your hands to stroke the base of him, creating a seamless, overwhelming sensation that had him swaying on his feet. He was a mess of sensation, his breath coming in ragged, frantic gasps, his hips beginning to move in time with your mouth.
The rhythm of your mouth was relentless, a perfect, swirling combination of heat, suction, and the expert glide of your tongue. You weren't just being careful; you were being thorough, worshiping him with every wet, sliding movement. You could feel the tremors racking his entire frame, the way his thighs shook so violently he had to lean against the wall just to stay upright.
As you felt him reaching that final, frantic peak his hips beginning to stutter in short, desperate jerks you decided to change the dynamic.
You slowed down just a fraction, pulling back enough to let the cool air hit his slick, heated skin, and then you tilted your head back to look up at him. Your eyes were heavy, lidded as you looked up at him through your lashes, your lips glistening and we. Your gaze traveled upward, past his trembling chest, past his frantic throat, until it landed on his hair.
The strands were a mess, damp with sweat and tousled from his own fingers, catching the dim light of the apartment.
He looked so goddamn good-
James opened his eyes, his vision blurry and his mind a fog of pleasure, and he looked down to find you watching him with that dazed, worshipful expression. He saw the way your eyes lingered on his hair, the way you looked at him like youâd die if he didnât touch you.
"Baby..." he choked out, his voice a mere whisper, his hands shaking as he reached down to cup your face, thumbs brushing over your wet lips. "Just- come up here. Iâll give you anything you need, yeah?"
Every time your glassy, dark eyes drifted up to catch his, his heart gave a violent, painful thud against his ribs.
James was not okay.
He felt dizzy a legitimate, spinning vertigo that made the room tilt. It wasn't just the physical sensation of your mouth; it was the way you were looking at him, you looked so hungry and that caused his undoing.
His cock was twitching in front of your face, the head of him weeping clear droplets of pre cum, reacting to the sensory overload of your presence. He felt like he was a live wire, a single touch away from loosing all control.
James reached down, his fingers trembling so badly he could barely grip your shoulders, his knuckles white. He felt like he could cum at any second, just from your eyes alone.
"Don't look at me like that and then stop," he pleaded, a broken, needy whine vibrating in his chest. He was practically begging now, his pride long since abandoned. "Just... finish it. Please. I can't... I can't hold it- I'm right there... I'm so close..."
His hips gave a sudden, violent twitch, his entire body tensing as he felt the first, unmistakable wave of a climax beginning to form through him.
Gosh- was he that down bad?
You didn't let him drift away, you leaned forward, your hands gripping his thighs to steady him, and took him deep.
The sensation of him filling you, the thickness of him sliding past your throat, forced a muffled noise from his lungs. His fingers tangled so violently in your hair that it was almost a pull, his knuckles white as he braced himself against the wall, his entire body vibrating with the force of his climax.
"Oh fuck fuck fuck- baby." he curzed, the word catching in a sob.
He was pulsing, his entire length twitching rhythmically against your tongue as he began to come. You didn't pull back; you leaned into it, your throat working, your suction intense and unrelenting as he poured himself into you. You felt the hot, thick waves of his cum hitting the back of your throat.
He was shaking, his knees finally giving out as he slumped against the wall, his breath coming in frantic, sobbing gasps. He was completely spent, his eyes glazed and unfocused, staring down at you with a look of pure, holy awe.
And you didn't miss a single drop.
You swallowed every bit of him, the thick, salty taste of him a final, intimate seal on the moment. You took your time, making sure he saw the way you swallowed, making sure he saw the way your throat moved, before you finally pulled back.
The moment you finished, James was a man possessed. He didn't let you stay on the floor for long; he scooped you up and carried you to the bed, his lips finding yours in a series of frantic, messy kisses as he laid you down.
He was still reeling, his mind a hazy fog of pleasure, but the sight of you flushed and breathless made his head spin.
He flipped you onto your stomach, hands sliding down the curve of your spine- and he leaned down, breath hot against the back of your thigh, as he began to work his way up.
When his tongue finally found you, nudging your panties to the side- he let out a low, needy groan, his face burying into your pussy from behind.
His strong hands gripped the soft flesh of your ass, spreading you open for him as a moan vibrated against your soaked folds- his tongue dragging slowly from your dripping entrance all the way to your swollen clit.
James was completely lost in it. He licked broad, flat strokes across your pussy, lapping up your arousal like a man dying of thirst. His tongue circled your clit with teasing pressure before flicking rapidly over the sensitive bundle of nerves, making your hips jerk involuntarily.
âFuck⌠you taste so good,â he growled against your core, the words muffled as he pressed his face in harder.
He nudged your panties further aside with his nose, then sucked your clit between his lips, hollowing his cheeks as he drew on it with pulsing suction.
Your thighs trembled, a broken moan spilling from your mouth into the sheets. You didnât even know what to do anymore- you were wrecked- completely.
You were grinding back against his face without shame now, chasing the building pressure which James only encouraged, his free hand kneading your ass, spreading you wider so he could eat you more thoroughly.
He alternated between long, hungry licks and focused suction on your clit, occasionally pulling back just enough to blow cool air over your overheated flesh before diving back in with renewed hunger.
"James..." you gasped, your fingers digging into the bedsheets, your hips arching instinctively toward him. The sensation was incredible, but the ache in your core was demanding something more something else. "James, stop... wait."
He paused instantly, his head lifting, his face flushed and his hair a beautiful, damp mess. He looked up at you through his lashes, his eyes wide and searching, looking like a puppy waiting for a command. "What? Whatâs wrong baby"
"Nothingâs wrong," you breathed, reaching back to grab his hands and pulling him upward. You rolled over, your eyes locking onto his, dark and commanding. "I don't want you down there. I wanna feel you. I wanna ride you."
James didn't argue. He couldn't possibly.
He simply sat back on his heels, his breath coming in shallow, jagged hitches as he watched you climb over him. His hands hovered near your waist, wanting to grip you, wanting to pull you down, but he held back, his fingers trembling with the effort of letting you take control.
As you settled onto him- hovering over his cock and slowly sinking down- the sensation of him filling you caused his head to loll back, a long groan escaping his lips.
When you began to move, the rhythm of your hips setting a pace that was both slow and punishingly deep, James fell into a trance of pure sensation.
He couldn't even find the words to praise you anymore.
He just sat there, his chest heaving, his eyes wide and wild as they tracked every movement of your body.
His mouth hung slightly open, his breath hitching every time you bottomed out against him, his gaze so intense it felt like witnessing something forbidden.
You leaned forward, your hands reaching up to find purchase in that beautiful hair youâd been admiring all day. You wound your fingers into the silky strands, tugging just firmly enough to pull his head back, exposing the lon line of his throat.
"You look so good like this, James," you whispered, your voice a low, sultry purr that seemed to vibrate through him. You leaned down, your lips brushing his ear, your breath hot and teasing. "This hair... you look so good.â
You gave his hair another sharp, commanding tug, pulling his face up to meet yours.
"Fuck..." he finally managed to choke out, though it was barely a sound, just a broken exhale of your name. He looked completely unmoored, his hands finally coming up to grasp your hips, not to guide you, but to hold on for dear life as you drove him closer and closer to the edge. "Youâre gonna kill me... You're absolutely killing me."
The pace shifted from a slow, torturous grind to a frantic, rhythmic bounce that sent jolts of electricity straight to his core.
You leaned forward, your chest brushing against his, and reached down to grab his hands, guiding them away from your waist and to the swell of your ass.
âFeels so good- youâre so deep.â you keened, head lolling back.
As you picked up the speed, you began to consciously squeeze, your internal walls clenching and pulsing around his cock. You gripped him with a precision that was nothing short of calculated, catching him with every upward surge of your hips.
"Ah fuck-" he whimpered, trying his best not to make this end so quickly.
His hips began to buck upward instinctively, trying to meet your frantic pace, his entire body coiling into a tight, vibrating knot of pure tension.
"You're so tight... you're so fucking tight..." he gasped, the words coming out in broken fragments.
âI know, baby, I know fuck...â you moaned, your head falling back as you felt him bucking beneath you, âYouâre so good, James... you feel so fucking good.â
He couldn't even keep his eyes open; he just stared up at you, his jaw tight, his entire body vibrating with the effort of not coming mid sentence.
"mmhh fuck," he choked out, his hands sliding from your ass to your hips, his fingers bruising your skin as he tried to pull you even deeper, to merge your bodies together. "Do it... do it again. Squeeze me like that... please, sweetheart, please."
So you did.
"You're so beautiful..." he said, the words catching in his throat as he watched you, his eyes glassy and unfocused.
âOh fuckâyou gasped, the words breaking into a ragged moan as his hips bucked violently against you, trying to meet your desperate pace. You leaned down, your hair brushing against his sweat slicked skin, and bit your lip to keep from screaming as the tension reached a breaking point. âIâm so close, James... so so closeâ
You reached down, your fingers tangling in his blonde hair to pull his head up, needing to see his expression when you finally broke.
He cursed sharply, hips snapping up to meet you with renewed force. One hand slid up your back, pressing you flush against his chest while the other slipped between your bodies, his thumb finding your clit.
âCome for me baby-â he growled, voice low and filthy. âLet me feel you.â
The tension snapped.
Your orgasm crashed over you hard, a white-hot wave that tore a loud, shameless moan from your throat. You clenched around him rhythmically, pulsing, soaking him as pleasure ripped through every nerve.
You did it one final time, and that was all it took.
James came with a groan that tore straight from his chest. His whole body seized beneath you -every muscle locking up tight as the first spurt of his cum flooded deep inside you. He couldnât stop moving. Even as his orgasm ripped through him, his hips kept thrusting up into you in short, desperate, uncontrollable strokes, chasing the pleasure, fucking his cum deeper with every erratic snap of his pelvis.
âFuck- fuck, baby- â he gasped, voice hoarse.
His arms wrapped around you like a vice, clinging desperately as he pulled your body flush against his. One hand splayed wide across your back, fingers digging in hard enough to leave marks, while the other gripped the back of your neck, holding you in place. He buried his face into the crook of your neck, mouth open against your sweat-slick skin, panting and moaning as another thick pulse of cum spilled into you.
You could feel everything- the way his cock throbbed and twitched violently inside your pulsing heat, his hips kept rolling in shallow, stuttering thrusts even as he came down, like he physically couldnât stop claiming you. His lips pressed open-mouthed against your throat, teeth grazing your skin as broken whimpers and curses vibrated against you.
For a long minute he stayed like that -buried to the hilt, still giving tiny, involuntary thrusts as the last drops of his cum leaked into you, arms locked around your body like he never wanted to let go.
âFucking hellâŚâ he finally breathed, voice wrecked and muffled against your neck. He pressed a sloppy, lingering kiss just below your ear, then another, softer this time. His hold slowly loosened, but only slightly- one hand still stroking down your spine while the other stayed tangled in your hair.
âYou okay, baby?â He nuzzled deeper into your neck, pressing another kiss there. âI think I lost the ability to think for a secondâŚâ
You softly giggled, breathless- and you kissed him right back on the temple. âCuteâ
James looked up, his eyes always told stories but right now- they told you all you needed to know about the nature of your relationship.
There was no way in hell you could both pretend this wasnât more than a stupid drunken arrangement anymore.
âI should dye my hair more often if it means youâll ride me like you just did.â
that shit was so long idk what possessed me iâm so down bad itâs so unfunny.đâđť
Ýę°á˘. .á˘ęąâËâš ěě˝ - when you are chosen to be the female lead in the âblue lipsâ mv, martin seonghyeon keonho and juhoon canât help but tease james for his long time crush on youâŚ
warnings .á fluff, alcohol consumption, smoking, smut ( mdni ), unprotected sex ( do not do that ) fingering, oral, praising, soft dom james, reader finds out she likes the whole submissive ordeal, drunk sex kinda, very very light choking ( just hand around the neck atp) a looooot of praising like a crazy amount.
at twenty-two years old, your name carried the kind of weight most actors spent decades chasing.
not because you were loud or chased headlines, but because every role you touched became unforgettable. you were the actress critics called âemotionally dangerousâ because people never watched your dramas casually, they felt them. deeply and pathetically at that. the kind of performances that left people staring at ceilings at 3 a.m. wondering why fictional heartbreak suddenly felt personal.
your rise happened obscenely fast.
at seventeen, you played the younger version of the female lead in a historical drama and completely overshadowed actresses twice your age with barely fifteen minutes of screentime. one crying scene alone went viral across korean platforms overnight, and directors began requesting you specifically after that.
at nineteen, you starred in your first lead role in the netflix drama âwinter staticâ, a romance about two strangers communicating through old cassette tapes left inside a train station locker.
the drama exploded internationally, and tiktok edits of your scenes reached millions overnight. people quoted your monologues religiously, which was kind of stupid for you since they were just words stuck in your brain at this point.
your face appeared on billboards from seoul to tokyo to paris.
then came âvelvet hourâ and âsalt to the seaâ, then the thriller âsilhouette heartsâ that earned you your first baeksang arts award for best actress at the age of twenty-one. youngest actress in the category to win in over a decade.
after that, everything changed.
luxury brands fought over you. you became the global ambassador for miu miu and later the face of dior beauty in asia. campaign photos of you covered entire department stores. airport pictures became articles within minutes. fashiom editors loved your âold cinemaâ aura, soft eyes, elegant posture, expressions that looked heartbreakingly human even in still photographs.
and despite your fame, people adored you for smaller reasons too, your quirks became internet lore at some point. you were kind of awkward with the camera but in an endearing way, you didnât know how to behave at award shows and came across as a socially akward person.
it wa also maybe the way you always carried disposable cameras instead of using your phone, and how you wrote handwritten letters to the staff after filming ended. how you fell asleep absolutely anywhere, chairs, makeup rooms, car rides shorter than ten minutes. fans also noticed you had a tendency to mirror people unconsciously. if someone leaned closer while talking, you did too. if someone laughed quietly, your voice softened automatically. interviewers said conversations with you felt strangely intimate because you listened with your entire attention and never felt unapproachable. there were compilation videos online titled:
ây/n being accidentally affectionate for 8 minutes straight.â
your management hated those videos. but the internet ate them up.
you also had one particular reputation in the entertainment industry: mv queen.
not because you appeared in many or anything, because every mv you touched became viral.
at eighteen, you starred in txtâs emotionally devastating âghostingâ inspired visual film project, playing a girl remembered through fragments an old footage. the chemistry between you and the members had fans posting edits of tiny interactions for months.
a year later, enhypen chose you for a vampire-themed comeback trailer where you portrayed a girl that anchored them to the mortal world. your final scene, holding member jakeâs inanimate body in the sea, became one of the most replayed teaser moments of the year. you had a gift for making music videos feel cinematic instead of performative.
you understood silence, micro expressions, longing.
which was exactly why the cortis creative team wanted you.
specifically you.
mainly because of you name and the reputation you carried but also because âblue lipsâ wasnât supposed to feel like a regular idol music video. it was supposed to feel like a lost teenager being put in an adult world after spending years as a trainee, caught on camera.
and your role inside it was very important. you would play the embodiment of what martin talked about in the song. the metaphor of swimming in a pool for a long period of time, referring probably to his trainee days.
you werenât a girlfriend, not a muse either, something slightly in between.
the director had apparently rejected over thirty actresses before seeing one clip of you from âvelvet hourâ. a scene where your character silently cried while pretending to smile during dinner.
that was it.
the director reportedly paused the screen and said: âthatâs her.â
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
so two weeks later, you found yourself seated inside a glass walled meeting room at the company building of one of the biggest rising fifth-generation groups in korea.
rain tapped softly against the windows outside while managers discussed paperwork around you, the conference table covered in contracts, visual references, concept photos drowned in blue tones.
You sat calmly in an oversized cream sweater, lazily spinning an expensive fountain pen between your fingers while your manager reviewed the conditions carefully.
âthe filming schedule overlaps slightly with the milan campaign,â your manager noted, he was an overly serious guy with coffee problems.
one of cortisâ executives nodded immediately. âweâre prepared to accommodate her availability entirely.â
another added quickly: âthe director is willing to reorganize scenes around her schedule if necessary.â
you tried not to smile, because it always felt surreal when entire productions adjusted themselves around you now. like you were more essential than you imagined.
at twenty-two, that level of influence still startled you sometimes. things came easy for you but that came with a price to pay.
the creative director slid a storyboard toward you, inside were rough sketches of scenes:
a flooded apartment, blue lipstick stains on skin, hands trembling beneath neon lights, a drowning scene, but everything weirdly coincided with the whole cortis aesthetic.
you skimmed through quietly. âitâs emotionally heavy,â you murmured.
âthatâs why we wanted you,â the director admitted honestly.
he looked almost nervous speaking to you. youâd noticed that recently. older directors tended to treat you less like a rookie actress and more like someone they genuinely wanted approval from.
âthe members were personally involved in choosing the female lead,â another staff member added.
âoh?â you glanced up with mild curiosity.
the director smiled faintly. âthere was unanimous agreement.â
you tilted your head slightly. âthatâs flattering.â
your manager laughed softly. âyou say that like it isnât obvious.â
you ignored him, not in a rude way but just because sometimes he made you look like a stuck up celebrity without meaning to.
the meeting continued for another hour, image rights, overseas distribution, teaser appearances, confidentiality agreements.
standard things. pleasantries if you will.
but eventually the conversation shifted toward the actual emotional dynamic of the music video.
the director leaned forward slightly, a head full of ideas, âthe role requires natural chemistry with the members,â he explained. âespecially james.â
your eyes flickered briefly toward the storyboard page featuring him.
you had had time to check who all the members were beforehand, not because you didnât know them but because you simply never had a free moment to really give it a try.
cortis were monsters internationally right now, but james stood out even among them to you, he was extremely unfiltered, goofy even, alternating between insane visuals and unhinged moments. you heard he also had a reputation for being painfully outgoing offstage.
you had watched interviews while preparing for the meeting, he always spoke out and gave his opinion, always made funny faces and enjoyed things way too much.
the director continued speaking. âthe emotional core of the mv revolves around your connection with him specifically, itâll be grief and pain.â
your manager nodded. âunderstood.â
then the director smiled suddenly like he just remembered something,
âthe members actually wanted to meet her personally tonight if sheâs comfortable.â
you blinked. âtonight?â
âthereâs a team dinner.â
your manager looked at you questioningly. you considered it for a moment before shrugging lightly.
âsure, i can make that work.â
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
and that was how, three hours later, you ended up entering a private hot pot restaurant room alongside two managers while five of the most talked-about idols in korea immediately stood up to greet you.
the room smelled warmly of broth and spice and low golden lighting reflected against polished wooden walls while steam curled softly from the simmering pots placed at the center of the table, the restaurant itself was cozy, sat tucked away in a quieter street of Seoul, the kind of place celebrities favored because paparazzi rarely bothered searching for it.
your manager walked slightly ahead of you as an employee guided both of you toward the reserved room.
âyouâve worked too much this week,â your manager muttered quietly while checking his phone. âtry to eat properly tonight.â
âi always eat properly.â
âyou had strawberries and iced coffee for dinner yesterday.â
âoh yeah⌠forgot about that.â
he sighed deeply. âone day Iâm going to retire because of you.â
you smiled innocently just as the sliding wooden door opened.
inside, the members of cortis stood almost immediately. they bowed politely, intimidated not so much, but just cordial and respectful.
âthank you for coming,â one of the managers said warmly.
âthank you for inviting me,â you replied.
you greeted the members one by one.
martin was immediately charismatic, respectful but outwardly comfortable as if he treated this more like a job interview or a way to get more experience.
keonho shook your hand while joking that the pressure surrounding this music video already felt âoscar-level.â, he seemed the most introverted, nervous almost.
juhoon greeted you politely before admitting his sister would probably disown him if he didnât get a selfie with you eventually, he seemed chill and easy to be around.
seonghyeon seemed calm and observant, speaking gently, a little nervous but growing confidence over the course of dinner.
and then there was james.
quiet.
polite.
a little reserved.
not at all what youâd expected, you were almost waiting to see him unhinged as he was on cortisâ reels, joking around, but he was way calmer, after all it wasnât unknown that idol put on a bit of a show on-camera when asked.
he bowed respectfully, offering a soft greeting before pulling your chair out slightly without making a big deal out of it.
the dinner started slowly, mostly conversations between management teams about, and promotional timing. they talked about their new album, about how âblue lipsâ would be totally different from other mvs and much more vulnerable.
this felt entirely different from your usual work settings, even though you werenât immensely older than them, it still felt like grabbing lunch with high school friends, in a good way. you liked people who joked easily.
when it came to talking about the music video, you asked questions about the symbolism behind the flooded apartment set.
martin became overly passionate explaining how one choreography sequence represented emotional dependency.
he scratched the back of his neck with a small laugh at some point.
âitâs kinda embarrassing when people explain it seriously.â
âyou wrote it,â juhoon replied. âyou explain it.â
martin groaned dramatically while everyone else laughed softly.
the director slid one of the concept pages toward you. unlike the earlier boards filled with blue neon lights and cinematic references, this one was simpler.
a swimming pool with dark water and rippled reflections.
a figure submerged too long beneath the surface.
you looked up curiously.
martin rested his elbows against the table before speaking quieter this time.
âthe songâs about being a trainee.â
you recalled seeing somwhere that he had spent 6 years as a trainee.
âi trained for years before debut,â he continued. âand eventually it starts feeling like youâre swimming without knowing where the edge of the pool is anymore. or at least thatâs how iâd like to put it you know?â
âyouâre exhausted all the time,â he continued with a small shrug. âbut everybody around you is exhausted too, so you convince yourself itâs normal.â
your eyes drifted back toward the image of the water. cold enough to turn lips blue.
âthe pool represents training?â you asked softly.
martin nodded. âthe longer you stay in cold water, the harder it becomes to feel anything properly. but you still stay inside because leaving feels worse.â
for a moment, nobody joked, certainly not you, you hadnât experience being a trainee, but you connected easily with words and experiences, so much that his words resonated with you in a silly way, really. You didnât usually expect tha level of emotional intelligence coming from a person around your age.
then seonghyeon spoke gently.
âthe song isnât really about giving up though.â
martin nodded again.
âyeah.â his expression softened slightly.
âitâs more like⌠asking the people beside you if theyâll keep swimming too.â
that sentence stayed with you.
maybe because you understood it immediately.
not as an idol or anything. but as someone who entered the entertainment industry young enough to mistake exhaustion for ambition.
âthatâs why the music video canât feel overly glamorous,â the director explained carefully. âwe want emotional intimacy more than perfection.â
suddenly all the visual references clicked together inside your head.
âyou know whatâs ironic?â martin said suddenly, picking his chopsticks back up. âthe company hated the original demo.â
everyone burst out laughing.
âno seriously,â keonho added. âthey said it was too depressing.â
the mood lightened again after that, but the conversation stayed centered around the songâs meaning now.
the members began sharing small pieces of their trainee experiences naturally.
long practice nights and monthly evaluations, the weird emotional numbness that came from repeating the same routines endlessly.
at one point, seonghyeon admitted quietly:
âyou stop noticing how tired you are after a while.â
your expression softened instinctively. that sentence felt familiar too.
actors werenât trained the same way idols were, but exhaustion translated across industries frighteningly well, especially when being underage in such a cruel industry.
âyou just adapt to it,â you agreed.
several eyes turned toward you.
you laughed faintly. âfilming is similar sometimes.â
âhow long was your longest shoot?â keonho asked.
âtwenty-one hours.â
the members stared at you in horror.
âdamn thatâs illegal.â
âit probably was.â you shrugged like it was no bigdeal
âwhat drama was that?â
âsalt to the sea.â
martin physically pointed accusingly. âthat drama emotionally destroyed my mother.â
âiâm getting blamed for a lot tonight⌠i mean not that i donât usually get accused of sending people into meltdownsâŚâ you cringed.
âyou should. that shit was brutal.â
the table laughed again.
but then James spoke quietly from beside seonghyeon.
âi watched the behind-the-scenes documentary for that.â
your gaze flickered toward him.
he continued calmly, almost thoughtful.
âyou kept filming even after collapsing during the staircase scene.â
you blinked once in surprise, very few people remembered that, probably you and your manager⌠that was about it.
the documentary itself had only shown brief footage before the production team cut the cameras.
your manager immediately sighed beside you.
âshe scared everyone that day.â
âi was fine.â
âyou passed out, y/n.â
âtemporarily. see i came back.â
martin looked genuinely alarmed now. âwhy do actors live like nineteenth-century poets?â
âoccupational hazards i guesssâ
james smiled faintly into his drink at that.
âhe watched all your dramas actually, big fan,â juhoon added helpfully, almost matter of factly.
keonho leaned dramatically across the table, chopsticks projecting sauce across the surface.
âhe also defended your ending in velvet hour for two hours. which is weird since you killed someone and all.â
âbecause people misunderstood the symbolismââ james started.
âhe took notes...â
you let out a soft laughter before even thinking. real laughter, the kind that makes your shoulders shake slightly.
at some point the staff began discussing practical filming concerns.
rain machines, and underwater camera rigs. cold temperature precautions and all the other overly serious things.
your manager immediately interrupted:
âsheâs sensitive to cold filming environments.â
you groaned softly. âah you say that like iâm an elderly victorian child.â
âyou get sick every winter.â
âthatâs just my immune system, i should be okay.â
the members laughed, then unexpectedly, james spoke up quietly toward the production staff.
âthe water temperature should stay monitored anyway. hypothermia risks increase during long shoots.â
you glanced toward him. you didnât take him as a serious and practical person at all before this.
the production manager nodded quickly. âof course.â
martin talked constantly, sometimes started rapping parts of his sentences like it was normal,
keonho teased everyone equally, even you, he was still 17 and had the energy of a high schooler. it felt refreshing to hang out with people around your age rather than 40 year olds.
juhoon had dangerously quick humor, pretty nonchalant guy overall, with a resting model face that made it hard to take him seriously.
and james⌠james observed today, he smiled from time to time but he put his bubbly personality aside for the night.
that was the first thing you noticed. he was not himself, or maybe he was just like that all the time and you were biased by youtube videos.
at one point you mentioned casually: âi havenât slept properly in weeks because of filming, itâs been tough.â
twenty minutes later, without saying anything, james quietly slid the least caffeinated drink on the table toward you instead of soju after noticing what others were pouring.
cute, you thought.
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
the first day of filming began at 4:12 a.m.
you knew because you checked the time through half-open eyes while your alarm aggressively blared in your ears.
âyour driver is downstairs.â your manager texted.
a muffled groan escaped you from beneath layers of blankets. you dragged yourself out of bed dramatically, hair messy, oversized sleep shirt hanging off one shoulder while your cat blinked judgmentally from the corner of the room.
early filming days always felt surreal, no matter how famous you became and no matter how many awards sat in your apartment collecting dust.
at four in the morning, every actor looked equally miserable.
your routine before shoots had become almost ritualistic over the years.
warm water first, never coffee immediately, your body reacted badly on an empty stomach.
skincare while still half-asleep.
voice warmups your acting coach forced into your life at nineteen.
then wardrobe references, probably the most annoying part.
your stylist had already sent final fitting photos the night before, so you scrolled through them while eating strawberries over the kitchen counter.
the styling for âblue lipsâ was intentionally understated compared to your previous projects. you usually ended up in chanel and dior but this time around it was way simpler. you liked that.
soft fabrics and muted colors, smudged makeup and natural hair.
nothing glamorous.
your manager arrived while you were still trying to force yourself awake properly.
âyou slept three hours.â he checked the sleep schedule you had hung on the fridge.
âhad to rehearse my lines for âif wishes could killââ
another drama you were shooting.
he handed you iced coffee anyway, because despite his complaints, he enabled you constantly. he had worked with multiple celebrities but you were by far the most humble and hardworking one.
the drive toward the filming location stayed quiet.
seoul still looked asleep beneath pale blue dawn light while your phone buzzed endlessly with schedule notifications.
over the past few weeks, your life had become filled almost entirely with âblue lips.â
creative meetings, camera tests, wardrobe fittings, chemistry readings, storyboard revisions.
youâd met with the cinematographer twice alone just to discuss facial framing during emotional close-up shots.
rhe director was obsessive in the best possible way.
every visual detail mattered.
you also had several rehearsals with the members before filming officially began, not full acting rehearsals, but movement coordination, emotional pacing discussions, and camera positioning workshops.
those meetings unexpectedly became some of your favorite parts of preparation.
the members were involved in everything, fun to be around, and easygoing.
the filming location for day one was an abandoned motel complex outside seoul, transformed entirely by the production team overnight.
the moment your van pulled into the parking area, you could already see massive lighting rigs glowing through the early morning fog. staff members rushed everywhere carrying cables, garment bags, equipment cases.
the assistant director greeted you immediately.
âgood morning y/n!â
âgood morning,â you answered with a sleepy smile.
âyouâre our first cast member here.â
âthatâs concerning.â
he laughed. âthe members finished rehearsal extra late last night, so theyâre probably on their way.â
the makeup trailer smelled faintly like hairspray and coffee when you climbed inside, and for the next hour, your face slowly transformed into the exhausted melancholy the character required.
light concealer, smudged eyeliner, pale lips and a subtle shadows beneath your eyes.
the stylist adjusted your navy dress while reviewing continuity photos carefully.
âyou look too healthy,â she complained.
âthank you?â
âno, for the scene.â she laughed.
she proceeded to make you look emotionally devastated again, because apparently it was a thing.
by the time you stepped back outside, the set had fully awakened, and unfortunately for your nervous system, so had cortis.
âyou survived,â martin announced dramatically the moment he spotted you.
âbarely.â
âyou look sad already,â keonho noted approvingly.
âthe makeup team worked very hard for this depression.â
juhoon immediately pointed toward your sweater, the oversized one you had put over the dress for temperature purposes. âdamn youre even dressed like a cortis member now.â
you laughed softly while greeting everyone properly. the atmosphere felt noticeably easier compared to the dinner weeks ago.
familiar now, not totally strangers anymore.
even the staff interactions had relaxed over time.
then you spotted james standing near the monitor screens speaking quietly with the cinematographer.
black hoodie and messy dark hair, sleepy eyes.
he looked up when you approached.
âmorning,â he greeted quietly.
âyou look awake.â
a small laugh escaped him. âgot some redbull, want one?â
âim good thanks, they make my heart go crazy.â
ââŚfair point.â
the first scene filmed that day took place inside one of the motel rooms.
the set design was extremely cortis-coded, sand in lieu of the floor, and dozens of misplaced items such as buoys and rubber ducks. dim blue lighting flooded cracked walls while rain projections moved softly across thin curtains. old cassette tapes littered the floor beside overflowing ashtrays and unfinished cups of coffee.
the room looked like something out of an abstract painting,
you sat cross-legged on the motel bed while martin paced near the window during his verse,
your role wasnât to comfort him directly but rather just to exist beside him.
the director explained carefully before filming:
âyou represent the reason he keeps enduring everything. not because you save him, but because loneliness feels lighter beside you.â
martin nodded thoughtfully, he hadnât wanted to make this into a romantic music video but here you didnât portray a lover but rather an emotion?
you understood immediately.
âaction.â the room fell silent.
music echoed softly through hidden speakers while martin moved through the scene naturally, frustration building beneath restrained expressions. he was truly at ease with the cameras, the level of empathy needed to be an actor was really highlighted, so much so that you already begun imagining different career paths for him.
you watched him from the bed quietly, not smiling just observing while the camera cut through the room. the windows were open letting the curtains flow around martinâs figure.
the director loved it instantly.
âperfect,â he muttered behind the monitors. âdonât overact. keep it restrained.â
the next several hours blurred together in typical filming chaos. different angles, different lighting setups, endless camera adjustments.
one sequence involved all the members sitting together inside the motelâs dim laundromat at while water overflowed from broken machines slowly across the floor. another one showed you walking through narrow motel hallways illuminated entirely by flickering vending machine lights while james followed several steps behind, never quite reaching you.
the symbolism stayed subtle but emotionally heavy, it was truly nice seeing how invested they were in the artistic process.
at one point during setup delays, juhoon challenged everyone to balance grapes on their noses, it seemed like a common occurrence really, like it happened everyday.
seonghyeon succeeded immediately somehow.
martin cheated shamelessly, and you nearly choked when keonho dropped his directly into hot coffee.
meanwhile james sat across from you quietly watching them fool around.
âi really thought youâd be crazier,â you told him.
âiâm just too tired for that, i feel like u go through a threshold when you turn 20 and then you donât have energy anymore,â he answered.
âhah, skill issuesâ
james smiled, his teeth peeking out as he wrapped his fluffy blanket around his shoulders.
the first real scene between you and him happened around noon. the setup was intimate visually but emotionally restrained.
a narrow hallway and a green screen for special effects purposes, youâd heard they wanted to add some kind of animal, again very cortis-coded.
your character sat against the wall while james stood nearby after an implied argument no audience would fully see.
no dialogue, just acted out emotional aftermath.
the director approached both of you before filming.
âdonât play romance,â he smiled âi know youâre used to it for the dramas etc and youâre obviously amazing at it, but right now itâs moreâŚ.â he instructed carefully. â⌠familiarity.â
you nodded. and james beside you nodded too.
âaction.â
the silence between you inside the scene felt strangely real almost immediately.
you stood while james leaned against the opposite wall, enunciating his verse while looking at you.
then slowly, without speaking, he slid a cup of vending machine coffee across the floor toward you.
that was it.
that was the scene.
the director looked content watching playback.
ââŚyeah,â he murmured softly. âthatâs the feeling.â
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
by lunchtime, everyone looked genuinely exhausted already.
the production team moved outside near equipment trucks while staff distributed boxed meals and drinks. without cameras rolling constantly, the atmosphere shifted completely.
less professional.
you ended up seated in a circle of foldable camping chairs beside the members near the edge of the parking lot. large plaid blankets covered everyone because the wind had turned freezing unexpectedly.
martin looked half-dead beneath his blanket cocoon.
âi canât feel my fingers anymore.â
âthatâs because you keep standing in the rain you dick face,â seonghyeon replied calmly.
âthe pics go hard though,â
âyouâre gonna get hypothermia, thatâs gonna hit harder.â a staff member said while walking past with cardboard boxes.
seonghyeon pointed at him like saying âsee?â
you sat between juhoon and james while balancing hot soup carefully in your hands. for the first time all day, there were no managers nearby. no stylists fixing clothes, and no directors discussing angles.
just all of you resting together.
the conversation drifted naturally between random topics.
keonho confessed he once cried over fried chicken during debut preparations.
âthatâs deeply moving,â you told him, ironically.
âit was a spiritual experience, shoulda been there.â
juhoon pointed at james suddenly like a kid remembering something, âhe once got emotional over taiwanese food.â
james looked confused immediately,
âthat happened once and stop oversharing dude.â
âthree times.â juhoon raised a finger matter-of-factly.
you smiled quietly into your drink.
the members clearly adored embarrassing each other.
eventually martin stretched dramatically in his chair.
bside you, james sat slightly hunched in his chair scrolling through his phone silently, dark hair messy from filming. the sunlight caught faintly against the silver rings on his fingers.
and unfortunately for him, martin suddenly looked down at his screen with the exact expression of someone about to ruin another personâs life for entertainment.
âoh my god.â
james immediately narrowed his eyes.
Keonho physically turned away coughing dramatically into his fist.
âyou know whatâs weird?â
âwhat?â you asked.
âi feel like we havenât addressed the rhino in the room.â
âelephant dudeâŚâ juhoon corrected.
âno this oneâs way bigger and has big ahh horns and shit.â
you sat back, digging into your lunch, as everyone shot him a confused look.
âgo straight to the point.â
âbro james, show y/n your saved folder on tiktok.â
james didnât even look up from his phone when he said it, but the immediate redness creeping across his ears betrayed him instantly. he dropped his phone backwards on his lap.
âdawg shutup.â he gave you an awkward smile, âdonât mind him.â
âwhatâs in the folder ?â you asked, chewing on your food like you really had no clue wtf they were talking about.
âfangirling materialâ keonho coughed, looking around like âwho said datâ.
âyeah my dude right here has thousands of edits of you saved.â martin chuckled, pushing his sunglasses on his nose like they would hide his amusement.
âwhy you out him like that?â you smiled, glancing at james.
the latter had one of his eyebrows raised, frozen and staring straight ahead.
âitâs nothing weird or creepy, he just always talks about how youâre the best actress korea has ever known.â seonghyeon comes to the rescue.
âwell thatâs sweet, can i see?â you turn directly to james now, trying to get him to look up at you.
the entire circle exploded immediately.
âOH MAH GOD.â
âBROTHER STAND UP.â
james looked ready to walk directly into traffic.
âitâs literally nothing,â he muttered.
âoh its absolutely somthing,â juhoon corrected.
you laughed quietly while trying to catch jamesâ gaze again.
ânow iâm curious.â
for a second, he just stared at you, trying to determine whether you were joking maybe. but your expression stayed open and amused rather than mocking.
eventually he sighed softly through his nose.
âyou guys are evil.â
martin looked proud. âlook who decided to man up.â
james unlocked his phone slowly, still visibly embarrassed, before turning the screen slightly toward you.
and immediately your eyes widened. âdang.â
not because it was creepy or anything, it was just⌠extensive, there was a lot, you could probably scroll down a few times and still not come to the end of it.
edits from your dramas, interview clips, award show moments, cinematic compilations with dramatic music. one fan edit from winter static with over four million likes. you stared at the screen in disbelief while james, him, visibly contemplated death beside you.
âwait,â you laughed softly, âthis edit has better color grading than my actual drama.â
james rubbed tiredly at his forehead.
âi told you it wasnât weird.â martin mouthed.
âitâs adorable,â keonho corrected immediately. âheâs like a little fan boy.â
âitâs cinema appreciation,â martin added dramatically.
you kept scrolling slowly through the folder, some videos were emotional scene compilations while others focused on your interviews or behind-the-scenes moments.
then you paused at one specific edit. it was from salt to the sea. a scene where your character silently broke down at a bus stop in the rain while pretending to smile.
you remembered filming that scene vividly, it had taken hours because emotions were raw and because portraying mental decay and insanity was harsh on you.
âyou saved this one?â you asked softly.
james nodded once. âitâs my favorite scene.â
something in his voice changed slightly when he said it. youâd knew then that this wasnât a stupid crush or anything like that, it was just someone truly appreciating someoneâs art.
you looked at him curiously. âwhy?â
for a moment, he seemed surprised by the question itself but then he answered honestly.
âbecause it didnât feel acted.â
the others had quieted now too, because james rarely spoke this openly. he kept his eyes on the phone screen instead of directly on you.
âa lot of emotional scenes feel polished i think,â he continued carefully. âbut that one just felt⌠human. and you transmit emotions in a way ive never seen before.â
your chest tightened unexpectedly, actors spent years hoping audiences would notice performances beyond aesthetics, not beauty or popularity, and in that moment you felt seen.
and somehow james articulated exactly what youâd wanted people to get from that scene years ago. you smiled softly without realizing it.
âthank you.â he finally looked up then.
and the expression on his face almost made your stomach flip unexpectedly, because he looked relieved, like heâd worried you might misunderstand him completely.
martin abruptly pointed between both of you.
âsee this is why they have chemistry.â
âi been saying.â keonho added.
âoh my god,â james groaned, rolling his eyes.
âyou literally analyze her scenes like a film professor,â juhoon added. âno really y/n we have to put up with his shit all the time.â
âmeanwhile I just cry and move on,â keonho admitted.
âthatâs cause you lack emotional depth,â martin informed him.
âyou cried during toy story 3 my dude, fuck you mean emotional depth.â
âthat movie is devastating.â
you laughed again, warmth settling naturally into your chest now. and honestly? there was something strangely touching about discovering that james admired your work so genuinely before ever meeting you. not in the shallow celebrity-crush way people often assumed.
he paid attention, and it explained a lot actually. from the thoughtful comments during rehearsals to the way he approached scenes carefully.
entually you handed his phone back gently.
âwell,â you announced lightly, âiâm honored to apparently live inside your tiktok algorithm.â
james looked like he wanted the earth to swallow him whole, but beneath the embarrassment, there was the faintest smile tugging at the corner of his mouth now too.
thankfully martin immediately ruined the moment.
âwow,â he sighed dramatically. âcinema soulmates.â
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
the second half of filming resumed around three in the afternoon. and somehow became even more chaotic. the official tiktok team arrived, which instantly destroyed any remaining dignity on set.
âoh no,â you muttered the moment you saw phones appearing.
âoh yes,â juhoon corrected.
you really werenât into the whole tiktok filming thing, youâd given it a try but you looked akward more than anything.
thas how between filming emotional scenes, the members suddenly transformed into content demons. incorporating dance challenges to âblue lipsâ choreographies that mind you, didnât have anything to do with the vibes.
at one pointartin forced everyone into a trending transition video while staff members tried not to laugh watching from behind cameras. your manager had said something about requiring a few content for social media.
âyou have experience with idol tiktoks already,â keonho accused while reviewing footage.
the social media manager immediately brightened.
âcan we film one with only james and y/n too?â
james looked genuinely alarmed.
âwhy me?â
âfans will love it.â
unfortunately he was right.
the video itself was simple, just a slow cinematic trend using audio from âblue lips.â the concept involved james walking past the camera before the transition revealed you standing in the same hallway afterward, doing a silly tiktok dance.
easy in theory. except james became awkward anytime the camera focused too directly on him outside official filming.
âyouâre overthinking it,â you told him while the staff reset lighting.
âi know.â
âpretend itâs an actual scene.â
âthatâs worse.â
you laughed softly. and weirdly enough, that finally relaxed him.
the final take turned out perfect. the social media staff looked thrilled immediately.
âoh this shit is DEFINITELY going viral.â martin smiled at the screen. ââs like two fandoms crossing.â
james looked exhausted already. âyou people terrify me.â
âyou chose fame my guyâ martin reminded him.
âi was young and vulnerable.â
the sun had already started setting by the time day one finally wrapped.
everyone looked tired, cold and emotionally drained, but satisfied.
as staff members slowly began dismantling equipment around the motel set, you stood near the monitors reviewing final shots with the director. and honestly? the footage looked beautiful. exactly what the song deserved.
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
you said your goodbyes to the staff slowly before heading toward your van. as you climbed inside, your phone buzzed immediately.
lee minjae: u alive?
you snorted softly. you and minjae existed in that messy category of relationship nobody defined properly. friends sometimes, colleagues, occasional hookups other times. mostly convenience mixed with familiarity.
there had never really been emotions involved, which was probably why it worked.
he wasnât deep, he was a stable constant, always there but not too much.
you: barely
minjae: come over after shoot?
you stared at the message for a second. normally maybe you wouldâve considered it. a few hours together. satisfying sex, temporary distraction from exhausting schedules.
but tonight your entire body ached, and honestly?you just wanted silence.
you: too tired tonight sorry
three dots appeared immediately.
minjae: damn they got u working like a victorian child again
you smiled faintly.
you: exactly
by the time you arrived home, it was nearly midnight. your apartment felt blissfully quiet after the nonstop noise of filming equipment and staff chatter all day.
the first thing you did was shower. a long scrumptious hot shower. enough to thaw the cold still trapped inside your muscles from the rain scenes.
then came your actual night routine, an oversized hoodie, hair clipped loosely away from your face and your skincare lined neatly across the bathroom counter.
you moved through the routine automatically by now. cleanser, moisturizer, lip mask. finally you applied a cooling sheet face mask while walking barefoot into the kitchen for tea.
you were trying to be aesthetic but that failed instantly because the taste was awful. you hated tea. your apartment lights stayed dim while city noise hummed faintly outside enormous windows.
you shouldâve slept immediately, but instead, you curled up on the couch with another script resting across your lap.
your next drama project. a psychological thriller filming later that year. something about wishes and an app. the character notes were covered in your messy handwriting already, underlined motivations, emotional beats, scene interpretations. you read through several pages while absentmindedly sipping tea, still half-lost in the atmosphere of âblue lips.â
then, annoyingly your thoughts drifted toward james again. specifically the way he observed scenes afterward instead of rushing away between takes. the way he listened carefully during emotional discussions.
the saved tiktok folder probably.
you smiled quietly to yourself before tossing the script aside.
âabsolutely not,â you muttered aloud.
your brain needed sleep.
you eventually fell asleep sideways on the couch beneath a blanket, script pages still scattered nearby.
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
the next morning arrived cruelly fast. your alarm went off at 4:30 a.m.
you genuinely considered quitting the entertainment industry for a corporate job. for three full seconds before dragging yourself awake. today was the swimming pool shoot.
which meant one thing: cold.
the production studio sat inside an enormous indoor filming complex on the outskirts of seoul. when your van pulled inside, you immediately spotted massive water tanks, underwater camera rigs, lighting cranes suspended from ceilings, and crew members in waterproof gear rushing around the space.
the swimming pool itself looked unreal, huge and deep blue. artificial fog drifting softly above the surface beneath enormous studio lights.
underwater speakers played instrumental versions of âblue lips,â the haunting melody echoing strangely through the massive room.
the atmosphere felt dreamlike already. you stepped toward makeup still half-awake while staring around the set.
âthis is insane,â you murmured.
one of the stylists laughed. âwait until youâre underwater for four hours.â
âdonât say things like that.â you chuckled, mentally preparing for the cold.
the styling process took almost two hours, you had to have the perfect amount of color corrector to look a certain way under the blue lights, but the makeup itself focused heavily on softness.
wet skin and smudged lashes with the signature pale lips, like someone submerged too long.
then came wardrobe, the dress waiting for you hung beside the styling rack beneath protective plastic. it was white and long, thin enough to become almost translucent underwater.
beautiful in a ghost way,
âits gonna weigh like twenty pounds once soaked,â the stylist warned while helping adjust the fabric.
âgreat. good newsâ you chuckled with her, sipping on your iced coffee.
âyouâll look amazing suffering though.â
when you finally stepped onto set fully dressed, several crew members visibly paused for a second. the dress flowed around you softly beneath the blue studio lights, already giving you an almost ghostlike appearance against the dark water.
and unfortunately, you also immediately spotted james already inside the pool.
your breath caught slightly, without you wanting, he gave you a small smile and went back to focusing.
his dark hair was completely soaked, floating against his forehead while stylists adjusted the drenched white button-up clinging to his frame underwater.
the first underwater sequence involved you diving into the pool after spotting james floating motionless beneath the surface. the symbolism represented trying to save someone emotionally drowning alongside you, from youâd been told.
the stunt coordinator explained everything carefully beforehand,
âyou dive here,â he instructed, pointing toward a marked edge of the pool. âswim toward james, grab his wrist first, then pull upward.â
you nodded while adjusting your breathing, underwater filming always exhausted actors faster than people realized because everything became heavier and slower, each movement required extra strength.
after a few minutes of touch ups and the crew getting ready, you heard the director behind you.
âready?â
you inhaled deeply. âyep, we can go ahead, iâm ready.â
the music started playing and like a choreography, you looked at the pool, seeing him in the water, the camera angled towards you as you walked, then dove.
cold swallowed you instantly, the white dress blooming around your body beneath the water while muted instrumentals echoed through the pool speakers.
across from you, james floated eerily still beneath blue lighting, eyes closed and body suspended weightlessly. you swam toward him quickly, fingers catching around his wrist before trying to pull him upward.
but the soaked fabric tangled instantly around your legs.
you both resurfaced coughing.
âcut!â everyone burst into laughter immediately.
âthe dress is trying to murder me, iâm sorry, could we get it shortened maybe?â you gasped.
james pushed wet hair back from his forehead, laughing quietly too.
take two went smoother.
this time you reached him properly underwater, grabbing his arm while his eyes slowly opened beneath the surface.
the moment felt strangely intimate underwater, just eye contact and drifting fabric surrounded by blue light. you understood in that moment how one could think actors fell in love on set. this is probably how those stories started.
you pulled him upward carefully while cameras followed beside you.
âcutâ beautiful!â several staff members clapped softly.
the cinematographer looked thrilled reviewing the monitor playback.
âagain,â the director called. âone more for safety.â
several more takes followed afterward, some focused entirely on your expression underwater and others captured james reaching toward you weakly beneath the surface before sinking again.
by the fourth take, both of you were visibly freezing. your teeth chattered violently between resets while staff wrapped heated robes around your shoulders immediately after each cut
james looked equally exhausted.
âyou okay?â you asked quietly while makeup artists fixed wet hair from his face.
he nodded once. âyou?â
âyeah iâm good, cold though.â
martin suggested later, a brilliant idea really, that you guys filmed a tiktok with the sound âswimâ by bts, which you agreed to unwillingly.
the next sequence paired you with juhoon underwater instead. the concept was more abstract emotionally.
no rescue, no struggle, just two people drifting around each other in slow movements beneath dark blue lighting while the instrumental played overhead.
the underwater choreographer demonstrated soft turning motions and hand placements before filming began.
and once submerged, everything became eerily beautiful. your dress floated weightlessly around you while juhoon reached toward your hand underwater, both of you spinning slowly beneath the lights like fading memories. hair drifting, and fabric swirling.
at one point the director asked both of you to simply float motionless beside one another underwater while staring upward toward the surface.
the result looked haunting on playback and by the time the morning shoot finally paused, your entire body felt frozen.
staff immediately wrapped a heated blanket around your shoulders while you sat shivering near portable heaters.
wet hair clung to your neck while makeup artists tried repairing smudged eyeliner.
and then,
ârough?â
you looked up.
james stood nearby still damp from filming, oversized gray hoodie thrown over soaked clothes. you smiled tiredly.
âi canât feel my limbs anymore.â
âgood sign.â
âfor hypothermia maybe.â
he laughed quietly before sitting beside you on one of the equipment cases, he reached on the small table behind him and handed you a warm drink of something.
âthere you go, so you donât get hypothermia.â
you smiled some more, fingers wrapping against the hot cup to get warm. âthanks, i owe you one.â
for a moment neither of you spoke, the massive studio echoed softly around you, crew members moving lights, water rippling gently behind cameras, distant instrumentals still playing faintly underwater.
then James glanced toward the pool.
âthe underwater shots looked insane.â
âyou saw playback?â
he nodded. âthe scene where you grabbed my arm lookedâŚâ he paused slightly, âpretty real.â
you looked at him curiously beneath the blanket wrapped around you.
âwell you were very convincing as a drowning man.â
âyears of experience.â
you laughed softly.
and weirdly enough, sitting there dripping wet beside him beneath freezing studio lights felt strangely peaceful.
eventually lunch break arrived annd somehow the atmosphere felt even friendlier today than yesterday. everyone sat together around folding tables in oversized hoodies and blankets while inhaling hot food like survival depended on it.
martin looked emotionally broken already.âunderwater filming was invented by sadists dude, fuck my life.â
âyou swallowed half the pool, iâm dead.â keonho reminded him, cracking up.
âand lemme tell you something, that water tasted expensive. i kid you not i bet they fill it with fiji water.â
at some point seonghyeon asked about your upcoming project and everyone listened genuinely while you explained the thriller script youâd been preparing for.
âitâs like a cursed app thingy, shamanism and stuff.â
âshit thatâs so cool, i wish i was an actor.â juhoon looked down.
âbro wants to be everything. model, idol, police man, dude pick a fight.â keonho turned to him.
âno but lowkey, acting is so cool, sounds exhausting though.â
âshe works too much,â james said suddenly like heâd been thinking about it.
you blinked. âso do you.â
âyeah,â he admitted quietly. âbut still.â
by early afternoon, your filming schedule wrapped for the day while the members prepared for additional solo scenes that didnât involve you.
you said goodbye gradually while staff removed underwater equipment behind everyone.
âsurvive your scenes,â you told them while gathering your bag.
âno promises,â martin sighed dramatically.
juhoon saluted weakly from beneath three blankets.
and james looked up from his chair near the monitors.
âget home safe,â he said softly.
you smiled automatically, you did a lot of that these days.
âyou too.â
then you climbed back into your van still smelling faintly like chlorine and studio fog, completely exhausted while Seoul blurred softly outside the windows on the drive home.
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
the studio doors slid shut behind your van and for about three full seconds, silence settled across the set.
then martin slowly turned toward james with the most insufferable grin imaginable.
âso.â he wiggled an eyebrow âhowâs the crush going?â
james didnât even look up from the towel draped over his head. âiâm going to drown you in that pool i swear to god.â
keonho gasped dramatically from nearby âyouâre getting violent towards your homeboy, all thisâŚ. just for a woman. what happened to bros before hoes.â
âshut yo ass up keonhoâ james retorted.
âthat sounded defensive,â juhoon pointed out immediately.
the members were still scattered around the massive pool set wrapped in blankets while staff members reset lighting for the next scenes. Wet clothes hung over equipment racks nearby, and the dress you had been wearing was there too.
james sat near one of the portable heaters trying to thaw himself back to life. unfortunately his members refused to let him exist peacefully.
martin dragged a chair directly beside him.
âno because lowkenuinely,â he continued, âyouâre down catastrophic dude, talm about some artistic respect, man fuhhhh thatâ
james sighed deeply. âyou guys say this every day.â
âbecause every day you prove us right,â seonghyeon replied calmly while sipping hot coffee.
james looked betrayed. âyou too dude? no support whatsoever.â
âi support realism, fuck you mean.â
juhoon pointed dramatically across the empty set where you had been standing earlier beneath your heating blanket.
âbro looked at her like she personally invented cinema. she must be one of the lumiere brothers the way he bowed down to her.â
âah shutup man, you donât even know what youâre talking about.â
martin physically mimicked jamesâ expression from earlier, staring into the distance with exaggerated emo sadness.
keonho clutched his chest dramatically. âthe yearningâŚâ
james shoved martin weakly with one hand.
âyouâre all actually unbearable you bunch of virgins.â
âi might be a virgin looser,â martin replied smugly, âbut iâm not incorrect.â
james groaned and leaned further back in his chair, towel still hanging over damp hair.
honestly? he knew they werenât entirely wrong. that was the problem.
at first, before filming started, the crush had felt manageable, he just thought you happened to be the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, but overall just a celebrity crush. just someone he admired for their moving work. normal. but now?
after working a couple weeks with you in meetings, small artistic gatherings and whatnot, now that you sat beside him during breaks laughing quietly into your coffee. now he knew the exact expression you made before cameras rolled.
it was becoming a bad thing. what had started as a harmless crush, tripled in size by the hours. and apparently it was painfully obvious.
martin watched him silently for a second before speaking again, this time less teasing and more curious.
âyou actually like her, huh?â
james stayed quiet, which unfortunately answered the question immediately.
keonho slowly sighed, âoh heâs cooked.â
âdeeply cooked,â juhoon agreed.
james rubbed at his face tiredly. âi just think sheâsâŚâ he paused.
the members looked at him expectantly.
âreally easy to be around. but i donât thinks itâs a crush, itâs just admiration.â
that softened the teasing slightly, because they understood exactly what he meant cause you never acted superior despite your fame. never made filming awkward, never demanded attention. you listened carefully during conversations. thanked every staff member individually. stayed professional while still feeling warm somehow.
even martin had admitted privately that working with you felt comfortable.
stillâ
that didnât justify why james felt this way,
martin leaned forward again. âshe looks like she likes you too though.â
james immediately looked up. â⌠huh.â
âoh my god,â keonho groaned. âthere he goes.â
âIâm serious,â martin insisted. âyou think she smiles at all of us like that?â
âyes?â james replied cautiously.
the entire group stared at him. seonghyeon looked almost offended.
âshe definitely doesnât. sheâs under that zhao yufine shit charm.â
juhoon nodded aggressively. âshe laughs at your jokes specifically. Thatâs important.â
âthat means nothing.â
âit means everything.â they continue feeding into his delusion.
james rolled his eyes but his ears had already started turning pink again. martin looked delighted noticing it.
âand the way she looked at you during lunch?â
âplease stop talking.â
ânah cause see iâm analyzing.â
ânobody asked you to.â
martin ignored him completely.
âthereâs tension.â
âthereâs literally not.â james rolled his eyes.
âbrother she asked to see your saved edits folder voluntarily.â
keonho pointed upward like that proved divine intervention existed. âthatâs basically marriage.â
james nearly choked on his drink. âyall need serious help.â
juhoon shrugged. âweâre not the one staring at an actress like sheâs gta 6 with a 50% discount.â
silence, then seonghyeon added calmly:
âdonât listen to him, that shot did look kinda insane though.â
unfortunately that was true. even the staff had noticed the chemistry during playback earlier.
martin suddenly leaned back in his chair dramatically.
âdamn.â
âwhat now.â
ânow that i think about it youâre living every manâs dream.â
james narrowed his eyes suspiciously. âwhat that mean?â
âyou have a mutual slowburn with the nationâs most beautiful actress while filming a devastating music video. shit you might be blessed.â
âyou need to touch grass.â
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
the final day of filming arrived wrapped in rain.
real rain this time, not artificial studio water or carefully controlled downpours created by production crews. actual gray skies stretched over the city from early morning onward, leaving streets slick and reflective beneath traffic lights.
your manager glanced out the van window while driving toward set.
âkind of fitting. did you grab an umbrella?â
you hummed softly in response, half-awake beneath your hoodie. last night youâd slept a little late, crawling under work. you were also preparing to be the mc of a variety show in a few months, everything was kinda crazy.
the atmosphere already felt different before you even arrived, final filming days always carried a strange emotional weight to them, even though this one wasnât a big one, it still felt too good to end. youâd truly loved the project and the aesthetics, but especially working with the whole cortis crew. you saw shoots as a little world that people packed up once it was over.
you arrived at the set around six in the morning, as today was a shorter day, more centered around correcting any possible mistakes and issues.
todayâs location was an abandoned indoor train station with graffitis on the wall. the signature blue fluorescent lights reflected against wet concrete floors while massive industrial fans pushed cold air through the enormous space probably to add visual effects onth hair. fake rainwater dripped steadily from ceiling pipes into shallow puddles arranged carefully for reflections.
The final scenes today would focus heavily on group shots, lypsincing with no excessive action.
you stepped into the makeup room while staff buzzed around quietly preparing for the day and even the stylists had stopped pretending they enjoyed early call times.
todayâs makeup stayed minimal again, pale skinn, tired eyes and slight redness beneath the lashes. your stylist pinned sections of damp hair away from your face while studying continuity photos carefully.
âdoes this bother you? the piece of hair in your face.â
âyeah, if you could possibly pin it, please.â
âsure, should i add some more product or does that feel like too much on your head right now?â
âdo whatever you think looks best, youâre the professional, either way you do amazing work.â
âyouâre annoyingly kind, what are we gonna do once youâre gone.â
you laughed softly. âmight need to start working on my sets.â
outside the trailer, you could already hear the members somewhere nearby arguing loudly over coffee. by the time you stepped onto set fully dressed, filming had already started on martinâs opening shots.
you paused automatically near the monitor screens. the scene looked pretty sick, martin stood alone beneath flickering station lights while rainwater dripped from dark hair onto his face, he was wearing baggy jeans as always.
you watched quietly beside the director until someone approached from your left.
âmorning.â
james.
you looked up. his dark jacket hung loosely over layered black clothing while damp hair fell messily across his forehead. He looked tired too.
âmorning,â you replied. âyou look freezing.â
âi am freezing.â
you dug inside your pockets, âwell i have these pocket warmer thingys, if youâd like one.â
he blinked once, then nodded as you handed them over, âwarm, thank youâ
you noticed immediately that talking to him no longer felt careful because atthe beginning of filming, every interaction carried awareness beneath it. professional politeness and measured conversation.
now things slipped naturally, like two good friends working together.
the assistant director eventually called you both toward the first setup together.
todayâs scene involved you and james sitting inside the abandoned train car while rain hammered softly against the windows outside. you were supposed to be just sitting there, special effects added later to make it look like the train was moving, and to stare at the camera while james lip synced.
the director explained quietly before filming:
âremember, youâve both stayed in the water too long by this point emotionally.â
you nodded.
âno dramatic sadness,â he continued. âyouâre past that stage now. just tired.â
james glanced toward you briefly after that, and an eye contact that lingered half a second too long ended in a small smile.
âaction.â
your character stared absently out the rain-covered window. and james watched you, lip syncing the word as if he were actually talking to you.
my blue lips ( weâve been in here way too long) iâve been feeling way too cold.
then slowly, your eyes met his, nothing dramatic. no touching. no speaking. but something unspoken passed between both characters anyway. recognition maybe. the understanding that neither of you knew how to leave the pool anymore.
âcut.â
nobody spoke immediately. the director stared at the playback monitor for several seconds before exhaling softly.
ââŚyeah.â
several staff members exchanged glances quietly behind cameras.
âletâs do a couple more just to be sure, but iâve never gone through a scene this quickly, you guys are truly phenomenal.â
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
the next few hours passed through constant filming setups around the station. one sequence involved all the members standing motionless on separate train platforms while water slowly flooded the tracks below them.
another showed you wandering through empty hallways while distorted station announcements echoed overhead. everything felt dreamlike. the emotional tone of the project had settled fully into everyone now.
between takes, the members still joked around constantly, but softer today, like everyone subconsciously knew this temporary atmosphere was ending soon.
at one point keonho started aggressively singing âblue lipsâ while staff reset lighting equipment.
martin threw a plastic spoon at him. âshut the fuck up bro.â
âyeah dude iâm tired of the song already. iâve been hearing it too much.â juhoon expressed.
âfair.â
you smiled quietly from your seat beside a portable heater, you had your phone in hand, you and a friend texting back and forth about an upcoming event.
james sat nearby scrolling through monitor playback again.
you nudged his shoe lightly with yours. âyou re gonna watch every take?â
he glanced up. âmost.â
âwhy?â
he considered the question briefly. âi donât know we all look pretty fly in them, it doesnât feel like reality.â
you smiled faintly. âso iâm not fly off screen? that what youâre saying?â:
a small silence settled before he quietly corrected himself, âno, you look pretty fly all the time iâd say, i was mostly talking about me and the guys.â
before you could respond, martin suddenly appeared between both of you holding coffee cups.
âwow.â he said, dreamy.
james closed his eyes immediately, smiling amused. âplease fuck off before i loose it.â
âam i interrupting cinema?â
âyes,â both of you answered at the exact same time.
james and you were growing friendlier, talking more, like it came easy. nothing had happened technically.
but something was definitely happening.
the afternoon scenes focused heavily on physical closeness.
one setup involved james resting his forehead briefly against yours while both characters sat on the flooding train tracks, completely exhausted. this was specially intricate, because it couldnât cross an invisible line at the risk of upsetting fans.
the director explained carefully beforehand:
âyouâre comforting each other without actually fixing anything.â
the scene sounded simple, but it absolutely was not. how could you communicate a feeling that wasnât love, but still looked like it.
the station lights dimmed low around you while cameras moved closer slowly.
âaction.â
you sat facing one another in silence. water started flowing the tracks, but none of you paid attention..
then slowly, james leaned forward, his forehead touching yours lightly. warm despite the cold set.
the proximity felt startling suddenly because you could hear his breathing, feel it on your mouth. feel water dripping from his hair against your skin.
things like these happened more than youâd like to think, physical touch scenes were always complicated to film because of the bodyâs natural reactions to being close to someone, it wasnât necessarily that much of a challenge with james because you didnât mind his closeness.
and worse, neither of you pulled away immediately after the director called cut.
just half a second too long, like youâd enjoyed it.
âthatâs wrap!â
the entire station exploded instantly. staff members cheering. applause echoing everywhere.
you blinked slowly beneath dripping hair while reality returned all at once.
james looked at you quietly and for one strange suspended second, neither of you joined the celebration immediately, just stood there beneath the rain staring at each other like maybe something unfinished still lingered.
then martin screamed somewhere nearby:
âYES MY CHICKENS, THATS A WRAAAAAP.â
and you couldnât help but burst into laughter.
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
james stood quieter near the monitor station speaking softly with the director while absentmindedly pushing soaked hair away from his face.
your eyes drifted toward him automatically.
dangerous habit.
he looked handsome like that, with a bandaid on his left cheek from a careless scratch.
the director eventually gathered everyone together beneath the rooftop overhang for final thank-yous.
âi mean this genuinely,â he said while looking between you and the members, âthis project only worked because everybody trusted each other emotionally.â
the atmosphere softened instantly.
the cinematographer nodded toward you specifically.
âwe had to chance to work with the amazing y/l/n y/n, you brought exactly the realism we needed.â
you bowed your head slightly.
âthank you for trusting me with it.â
âand thank you,â the director added while turning toward the members, âfor being vulnerable enough to tell this story honestly.â
âoh no,â Keonho sighed dramatically. âthatâs so artistic i might cry.â
eventually people started separating naturally, staff packing up, managers discussing post-prod, stylists collecting clothing pieces from dressing rooms downstairs.
you had just started walking toward the elevators when martin suddenly clapped loudly behind you.
âfood.â
juhoon looked up instantly from inside his fuzzy blanket.
âyes.â
âiâm serious,â martin continued. âwe survived hypothermia together. we deserve meat.â
âreal,â juhoon agreed.
âthereâs a barbecue place nearby,â seonghyeon offered.
everyone looked interested instantly. then martin turned toward you.
âyouâre coming.â
you blinked. â was that a question or do i not have a choice ?â
âyou donât.â
twenty minutes later, the six of you were crammed into a private room inside a small korean barbecue restaurant tucked into a quieter seoul side street.
the moment you stepped inside, heat hit your freezing skin instantly. actual heaven.
everyone collapsed around the low table dramatically while staff brought endless plates of meat and side dishes.
shoes were kicked off beneath seats and heoodies tossed carelessly aside. exhaustion settling comfortably over everyone.
you laughed softly while clinking glasses with everyone. you and james were the only ones drinking alcohol as you were the only people of age, you had picked a japanese beer while he went with strawberry soju.
the atmosphere loosened almost instantly afterward, alcohol seeped in your veins, making you instantly more comfortable. conversations overlapped naturally while grills crackled loudly in the center of the table.
martin aggressively cooked meat while pretending he was a professional chef while keonho criticized him nonstop. juhoon kept stealing pieces directly off the grill before they finished cooking.
âyou people are animals,â seonghyeon muttered calmly. âsomeoneâs gonna get food poisoning if you donât wait for the meat to cook.â
âerm hello? iâm martin edwards park i donât get food poisoning. the only i poison is dat beeeeaaaat.â he said the last part loudly.
âunfortunately.â
you sat beside james almost accidentally after everyone settled into seats. not that anyone failed to notice.
the conversations drifted between memories of the tiktoks you hadmade, keonhoâs hand showing the videos over the table, best places to eat in the city and other non importants.
at one point juhoon asked: âwhat was everyoneâs hardest scene?â
âthe underwater one,â keonho answered immediately. âsaw my ancestors man.â
âyou barely submerged.â
âdude i canât hold my breath fr long.â he rolled his eyes.
martin pointed dramatically toward you.
âhers with James on the rooftop though?â
james closed his eyes immediately like he already knew where this was heading.
âhere we go,â he muttered.
âiâm serious,â martin continued shamelessly. âthe tension was insane.â
âthere was no tension,â james replied too fast.
you smiled, looking at him while sipping on your second beer, the table went silent briefly.
then juhoon slowly leaned back. âthat sounded crazy defensive not gon lie.â
you hid your smile behind your cup, he was the only one embarrassed cause you genuinely didnât mind the teasing.
âthis group is a nightmare.â
âshutup cause youâd be unemployed without us.â seonghyeon said.
âno the fuck i wouldnât?â james frowned.
he was objectively hot, now that the alcohol made its appearance in your veins. sharp jawline and all tight muscles. nah you were definitely not going there.
but it didnât help that at some point while everyone argued about whether mint chocolate was overrated, you reached toward the grill at the exact same moment as james.
your fingers brushed lightly.
both of you paused instinctively. the warmth blooming of the tiny moment suspended strangely long beneath restaurant lighting.
âmy badâ he quickly said, leaving you space to grab meat.
who wouldâve thought zhao yufan was shy when provoked.
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
somewhere between the endless teasing, food, and celebratory drinks, you and james had both crossed into that dangerous almost-drunk state.
you hadnât controlled the drinks, just kept diving in for some more, it felt natural, like a friend gathering.
you felt warm in the cheeks, you were probably flushed red by now, loose around the edges.
james was becoming less guarded, easier, he laughed louder now, shoulders relaxed while leaning back against the wall beside you.
at one point keonho stared dramatically between both of you across the table.
âoh my god.â
james narrowed his eyes immediately. âwhat now.â
âyou guys are literally glowing.â
you started laughin, not because it was necessarily funny but⌠yeah you didnât even know why.
james was also laughing beside you, head dropping slightly while rubbing at his eyes. âyou people genuinely need hobbies.â
âwe had hobbies,â martin replied. âbut now weâre gonna have to take you home.â
you hid your smile behind your drink, feeling way too jolly for your wellbeing.
honestly the alcohol made everything feel softer tonight, you werenât one to drink usually but this felt right, like finally you claimed back all those teenage years spent working. the only thing that was bad though, was jamesâ lingering looks and the way they felt nerve-wracking. youâd promised yourself not to be stupid, and here you were.
eventually when the table became empty, everyone slowly started gathering their things. managers had long since gone home, trusting the members enough to survive one celebratory dinner without supervision. outside, the city glittered beneath rain-slick streets and blurred neon reflections like a scene straight out of cyberpunk.
cold air hit your face immediately when you stepped out of the restaurant. âdamn,â juhoon muttered. âitâs so coldâ
âpissesme off, we had sun last week,â keonho agreed while tightening his jacket.
the group lingered outside for several minutes beneath the restaurant awning while figuring out rides home. juhoon seonghyeon keonho and martin called an uber, while james claimed he would wait to sober up before coming back. you were gonna call a ride back home too.
the 6â3 giant looked between you and james suspiciously one last time before grinning.
âfuck off receding hairlineâ martin shot back instantly.
âgoodnight.â james deadpanned, already turning around.
everyone burst into laughter. then slowly, one by one, the members disappeared into separate cars still yelling dramatic goodbyes through open windows.
until eventually, only you and james remained beneath the glowing restaurant sign. rain had softened into mist now, cool against your cheeks while distant traffic hummed somewhere beyond the narrow streets.
you were painfully aware of how flushed you were and how undone your hair probably was, but decided not to worry, at the end of the day, he had seen you underwater, under the rain, in various weird situations.
then james caught your attention by shoving his hands deeper into his jacket pockets and glancing toward you.
âsoâŚâ he started softly. you looked up.
âdo you have somewhere to be?â
the question lingered gently between you, he wasnât pushy nor presumptuous. maybe he meant it in a friendly manner but it came across as hopeful.
you shook your head slightly. ânot really.â
something subtle shifted in his expression then, probably relief.
âyou wanna hang out a little longer?â
your stomach flipped embarrassingly fast, probably the alcohol.
âyeah,â you answered quietly like it was evident.
james smiled, the bandaid on his cheek crooking.
âcool.â
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
twenty minutes later, the two of you stood inside a convenience store near the han river laughing over candy choices like idiots. the alcohol absolutely wasnât helping.
âthat shitâs gross, worst flavor ever. you canât possibly eat that.â you frowned.
âwatch me.â
that made both of you laugh for some reason, carefree, like two morons.
âwhat flavor do you want?â james chuckled,
âthose peach ones, stop with the crap weâre not eating cherry ones.â
he laughed, grabbing the peach bag, almost letting it fall.
the cashier looked mildly amused while ringing everything up, he couldnât recognize you with your masks. james insisted on paying, struggling to get his card to go through with how much he was swaying.
outside again, cold night air wrapped around both of you while plastic bags swung gently from jamesâ hands.
the han river stretched dark and glittering beneath city lights ahead, and you eventually settled onto a quiet bench near the water. the city skyline reflected beautifully across the river while distant bikes rolled past occasionally along the paths nearby.
you sat tucked into your coat while james leaned back against the bench beside you sipping canned coffee despite already being energetic enough.
âyou know,â you murmured, âthis is pretty nice actually. i never thought you and i would be friends.â
he looked toward you, the word friend stabbing through his heart. ouch.
âyeah me neitherâ
âyouâre pretty cool, i like hanging with you.â you said, head dizzy.
you took a sip of water, leaning closer to him for warmth. you gestured vaguely between both of you and the river and the convenience store snacks.
âi donât even really hang out with people actually. i mean- i have friends but i never have time to hang out. so this is nice. â
james smiled faintly.
âyeah, iâm glad, you can call me anytime if you wanna hang.â
âi probably will if i have time. schedules are pretty tough these days, i bet you guys have it the same.â
he nodded at that, âyeah weâre preparing for upcoming shows and stuff, itâs hectic. but iâll make time for you.â you looked down briefly at the snack bag in your lap, trying unsuccessfully to hide your smile.
âthat sounds dangerous,â you murmured.
âwhat does?â
âyou saying things like that.â
james laughed quietly under his breath. âsorry.â
âyou donât sound sorry.â
âiâm not.â james leaned back slightly against the bench, shoulder still brushing yours.
then suddenly he squinted toward your phone sticking halfway out of your coat pocket. ââŚis that an arcane keychain?â
you blinked. âmaybe.â
his head turned so fast it almost made you laugh.âno way, you play league?â the genuine disbelief in his voice was somehow offensive.
âyes?â james stared at you for a full second.
âyouâre lying.â
âi literally have the keychain.â
âthat proves nothing. people fake interests every day.â
âyouâre lameâ
âi need proof.â
you immediately pulled your phone out. âgatekeeping lol like millions of people donât already play it.â
james leaned closer automatically to look at the screen and unfortunately your shoulder pressed fully against his now. his eyes widened immediately.
âyou actually play.â
âtold you.â
âwhat rank?â
you narrowed your eyes suspiciously. âthatâs classified.â
âoh my god youâre bronze.â
âiâm not bronze.â
âso silver.â
âi hate you.â
james looked genuinely delighted now, like a kid. âthis changes everything.â
âhow?â
âi donât know yet but it definitely does.â
you laughed softly while shoving his shoulder lightly. âwhat about you then, idiot?â
he looked annoyingly smug suddenly. âemerald.â
your jaw dropped. âno way.â
âway.â
thatâs how you both ended up yapping about league of legends, because it was easier to do that than to pretend like there wasnât an underlying tension.
âand junglersâ oh my god donât even get me STARTED on junglers.â
âyou literally play jungle sometimes.â
âyeah and every lane blames me for EVERYTHING. top dies in a 1v1 thirty seconds in? âjg diff.â bot lane pushes to enemy tower with no wards and gets ganked six times? somehow itâs MY fault. i could physically cure disease and my mid laner would still ping my smite cooldown.â
he then realized he had spoken without stoping for a breath, so he did just that, your shoulder brushed his slightly while reaching into the snack bag.
your eyes were bored on his, slightly drunk but it wasnât just that. maybe it was the whole league of legends rambling that got you going, who knew you were into geeks. but you suddenly felt way too honest.
âthat was the hottest thing iâve ever heard.â your eyes trailed on his face, your voice carrying the softest drunken slur.
james didnât expect that, his eyes slightly widened, but his ears went red. âwhat? youâre serious? i didnât know that league of legends was hotâŚâ
you didnât waste a second, alcohol bringing back that bold side of you, âno, you are.â
his eyes went wild, like he couldnât believe what you had just. said. âhuh?â he said dumbfounded.
âjust keep on talking.â
james took a shaky breath, hand retreating to his lap, and he looked around trying to distract himself from your gaze, your absolutely breathtaking gaze. you were so much bolder than he ever was, he hid behind jokes but he wouldâve never been capable of telling you all the things he wished he were doing to you right now.
your heart stumbled violently against your ribs and the city noise around you suddenly felt very far away. when jamesâ eyes drifted back to you, they landed on your lips before lifting back to your gaze again.
âyou know what the worst part is about all of this?â he murmured, trying to change the subject for his sanity. âi canât watch your scenes normally anymore.â
your breath caught slightly, not really understanding where this was going. âwhy?â
a tiny smile pulled faintly at the corner of his mouth.
âbecause now i know what you sound like laughing between takes.â the whole changing the subject thing wasnât working. âi know how you feel when youâre close to me and i know what you smell like.â
you stared at him silently. and maybe kissing a friend wasnât all that bad. not that you had ever been friends truly. friends didnât want to undress each other. at least thatâs what you knew.
the tension stretched tighter but neither of you moved. james swallowed once before speaking again, quieter this time.
âcan i?â he asked softly. then even quieter: âplease.â
you nodded, you knew what he was asking for. with the way he was looking at your lips, it was painfully evident.
he wasted no time cupping your jaw, knees brushing against candy bars, he kissed you.
slow at first, like heâd imagined this too many times and was terrified of ruining it now that it was real.
his mouth moved carefully against yours, warm and slightly tasting like coffee and sweet alcohol while the city blurred somewhere far beyond the river.
you felt him exhale softly when you kissed him back harder, like tension physically leaving his body.
one of your hands instinctively grabbed the front of his hoodie, pulling him closer without even realizing it.
that made something shift in him immediately, the kiss deepened, like you werenât outside, like you werenât two famous celebrities eating each other in public. but that was long forgotten, the alcohol taking away every ounce of responsability.
jamesâ thumb brushed slowly against your jaw while his forehead nearly bumped yours from how close heâd gotten on the narrow bench.
and god,
he kissed just like he looked at you.
undressing you with attention, reverence and undeniable respect. your heart hammered violently against your ribs when he pulled back barely an inch, just enough for both of you to breathe.
you found yourselves in the same position as in the filming, foreheads pressed together, warm breaths, but this time it was different, because he had just kissed the living hell out of you.
âyou have no idea,â he murmured quietly, âhow long iâve wanted to do that.â
the tension somehow got worse after the kiss. because now you knew exactly how he tasted. how he sounded when he lost composure for half a second. how his hand tightened gently against your jaw when you kissed him back.
âyouâre staring,â you whispered.
âcan you blame me? youâre beautiful.â his nose brushed against yours, mouths opened and chasing each otherâs.
your stomach flipped hard but before you could answer, he kissed you again. this time there was nothing hesitant about it. his hand slid from your jaw to the side of your neck gently, thumb brushing beneath your ear while he leaned closer against you on the bench. the kiss deepened almost immediately, not afraid to use tongues, a little messy from laughter and alcohol and too much tension finally snapping loose at once.
you kissed him back harder without thinking and that earned the quietest sound from him,barely there, almost swallowed by the river breeze, but it made your entire chest tighten anyway. jamesâ other hand settled instinctively against your waist, pulling you closer until your legs brushed fully against his.
the convenience store bag tipped sideways somewhere beside you but neither of you cared. your fingers slid into the front of his hoodie, bunching the fabric of his undershirt slightly while kissing him again and again and again like maybe you were both trying to make up for weeks of holding back.
being kissed by someone who already liked you this much felt unfair. you could feel it in everything. it was so painfully sweet yet so filthy, so him. like the way he gripped your waist, scared to go lower, the way his sloppy kisses sent thrills down your body, the way he kept pausing for half-seconds just to look at you before kissing you again, like you were the most beautiful thing heâd ever seen.
james tilted his head slightly, kissing you deeper now while his hand ventured underneath your shirt, tentative. he wanted to pull you on his lap right then and there, but that was the alcohol speaking.
âyouâre killing me,â he murmured quietly against your mouth.
âyou started this.â
âi know.â
then he kissed you again immediately like he physically couldnât stop himself, his hands brushed against the under sides of your breast through your clothes for a second before he slid them down.
at some point your hand brushed against his lower stomach and james visibly lost composure.
âoh my god,â he muttered softly against your lips.
and then, a bike sped past somewhere nearby. very nearby.
both of you froze instantly. the reality of being outside in public slammed back into place all at once. james pulled back just enough to look around quickly while still keeping one hand at your waist.
you stared at each other for half a second, out of breath, not thinking straight.
âyou were one second away from climbing into my lap.â he stated.
âlike you wouldâve said no.â
âright here yeah, i can control myself, i donât want anything bad happening to your career.â he said.
you breathed out, taking his hand in yours and playing absentmindedly with his fingers and rings. you didnât know what to say and everything was a blur.
so, you didnât know how you ended up in the hallway leading to your apartment, pinned to a wall while james kissed his way to your neck.
it had probably started when you had resolved to innocent conversation but one wrong sentence ended up in another kiss, and another, and another, until youâd been halfway on his lap on the bench, both of your hoods pulled over your heads for a minimal privacy. after that youd stood up, hands unable to leave him, and youâd called over a taxi, putting face masks back on and requested your address. the drive had been intense, youâd wanted to climb on his lap right then and there, just to see how far his kisses would go.
the second you had been out, james had pulled you closer, almost running towards the elevator, and once inside he had pinned you to the wall, making you gasp in the feverish kiss.
and now, you struggled with your key to open the door, while he was behind you, mouth on your neck, your ass pressed right against his hardness. truth is, he didnât wanna be disrespectful but he had a thing about your ass, had to physically refrain himself for looking at it while you walked past these last few weeks, couldnât help but imagine how itâd feel against his palms, or if he ever got to slap it while you bounced on-
you let out a moan when he reached for the hem of your hoodie, tugging at it upwards, he managed to take it off as the key finally got in, you forced the door open, and he pushed you inside. it took everything in his power not to take you right there against the door,
"bed," you said with a shaky voice.
"yeah," he nodded, walking backwards, still kissing you while you guided him through the mess of your apartment.
once in your bedroom, he didnât look around, he was too focused on you, on how perfect you sounded against him, undone, breathy, he sat you on the edge of your bed and his hands slid up your sides under your top,slow and deliberate and stopped at your chest. both of them. full. you inhaled sharply.
"fuck," he breathed, more to himself than you.
his thumbs dragged over your tits, testing, squeezing, like he had been thinking about this in the privacy of his own mind.
"is it wrong that iâve thought about this?." he whispered against your neck, leaving wet kisses there.
you shook your head immediately, âno⌠tell me about it, i wanna hear.â
he pulled your top and bra down and his mouth replaced his hands, warm and open, taking your tit into his mouth, tongue circling your nipple before he sucked, harder than you expected. you gasped, back arching off the mattress while his other hand stayed on your other breast, squeezing, rolling your nipple between his fingers, alternating between slow and sharp until you had your hands in his hair and your eyes shut tight, absolutely no remaining composure.
âthought about these so many times, how perfect they looked in that dress, in the swimming pool, youâre fucking perfect y/n, so beautiful, everywhere.â
you moaned at his words, âjamesâ
âi know, i know pretty thing.â he said, not looking up. he dragged his teeth lightly over your nipple as he pulled away, causing you to shiver. then he dropped to his knees.
âyou know how many times i had to stop myself from staring at you? cause id feel guilty, always wanted to be so respectful, but i couldnât stop imagining youâŚâ
he got your jeans off and pulled you to the edge of the mattress; his mouth found your inner thigh, in absolutely no hurry. he mapped out slowly in open-mouthed kisses, the slight scrape of his teeth occasionally, and you propped yourself on your elbows to watch him, his hair tousled, eyes black and wild with arousal. he glanced up, catching you looking and the almost-smile he gave you was genuinely unfair.
when he finally got to your pussy, you shuddered, thighs already trying to close around his head, one hand draped across your face in anticipation. he started with the flat of his tongue, one long stroke, as the breath punched out of you. only then did he settle in. he learned you fast: what made your hips stutter, what made you tug at his hair. his tongue working your clit in slow circles, pulling you taunt like a thread, and when he slid two fingers and curled them just right, the dual pleasure made you go crazy. you thought youâd come with that gesture alone, your chest moving up and down with uncontrolled breaths.
"there," you say. âright there⌠pleaseâŚâ
he kept the same pace, looking up at you with adoration, learning the faces you made when you were touched right. his mouth then stayed on your clit while his fingers worked that spot relentlessly.
âlook at you, so pretty, so fucking pretty.â he praised against the skin of your thigh, hooking your legs over his shoulders.
he was so turned on, his pants tight with the throbbing ache between his legs, he thought he could cum in his pants just by eating you out alone. heâd seen a lot of things in his short life, but nothing compared to this. to seeing you stretched out around his fingers, ever so compliant, beautiful and wrecked.
you moaned as he found the perfect rythm, the perfect coherence of fingers and tongue, your release building in the pit of your stomach, it was usually rare for someone to make you come that fast, but you werenât at the end of the surprise, because when your hips started grinding down on his tongue, he flipped you around, ass up, arched on the soft sheets.
and god, james thought he knew what living felt like. he thought he was pretty damn accomplished already, a promising idol career, fans, brand deals, but this? james just stared,like this sight of you was a religious experience he wasnât worthy of.Â
you whimpered just then, face buried in your pillow, and he looked down, mesmerized, surely the alcohol had worn off, but now it was a different type of drug that possessed him. âso beautiful like this, all for me. what am i gonna do with youâŚâ
your hips moved back, triggered by his words, and your ass pressed right against his pants. james clicked his tongue, the flat of his hand grabbing your ass. âwhat do you want? huh? tell me what you want and iâll give it to you.â
you preened, one hand reaching behind you, spreading your ass shamelessly, your pussy glistening with your arousal and his saliva, clenching around nothing like you just couldnât fathom not feeling him inside of you. you were ready to beg, you werenât normally into that, but the way he carried yourself so differently from usual, not shy, not afraid of anything, made you want to tell him he could do anything with you.
âfuck⌠youâre gonna kill me.â james bent down to press a kiss against your spine and you shivered, so empty⌠and so cold.
âplease⌠pleaseâ you crossed one of your boundaries, you had never thought you would ever want to- scratch that- need to beg. but it felt so good, the way his breathing stopped for a second, the way his hips rutted against your bare ass, like it was the best thing heâd ever heard.
âplease what, baby?â he sucked a spot on your spine, right where you had a tattoo. âtell me what you need. use your words.â
and fuck, youâd always thought you were kinda dominant⌠maybe? or vanilla. sex only ever cringed you out when dudes started calling the girl âgood girlâ and manhandling them. but this? you thought you would die from the tone of his voice, reverant but so fucking firm. it made your insides turn into burning fire, made you rethink your whole view on sex.
âplease⌠i need you to fuck me.â you spoke, like a big girl. you felt jamesâ tongue drag a path down your spine, until it reached your tailbone.
âthatâs it, youâre doing good.â he dropped a kiss there, one of his hands going back to your pussy.
he spread you, still giving unwavering attention to your tailbone while two fingers slipped inside, earning a dragged out moan from you. âso fucking loud⌠such a good girl.â
who was this? cause this certainly wasnât the james from set, the james whose ears would turn red everytime you spoke to him for too long, the james who was worried heâd be a pervert if he so much as gazed at your tits. but you had no complaints whatsoever. your soaked thighs were enough evidence. you clenched around his fingers at his words, gripping the bedsheets, and he gave your shoulder a kiss. âis that good pretty thing? you like that?â
you nodded instantly, afraid heâd stop if you didnât manage an answer, your breathing had long turned franctic, leaving you a mess, but itâs like he knew what he was doing to you, and he wanted more. he knew how surprised you were, god even he was surprised at himself.
âyou want more? yeah?â james worked his jeans open, only the zipper, as his other fingers were busy hitting that delicious spot inside of you, the one that made you reconsider pleasure. the angle made it so unbearably good that you couldnât even manage words out.
âyes ⌠yes fuck yes please⌠- please.â you babbled, ass pushing against his hand with unabashed need.
âlook at you, my pretty girl is so needy.â james pushed his jeans down, along with his boxers, his thick cock resting on your ass now.
you ground your ass against him, the feeling of him so heavy sending jolts right where his fingers where working tirelessly. you were so close, so so close, and he was so good, like he had done this hundreds of times, he touched you exactly where you liked being touched. âplease⌠fuck me.â you begged, wanting to be properly filled.
âyouâre being such a good girl for me right now⌠you think you deserve it?â he mused, tip leaking on your lower back, so much so that at first he thought heâd came.
you nodded aggressively against the pillow, teetering on the edge of release,walls fluttering around his digits. âyes yes - fuck yes- i donât know⌠please⌠please iâll- iâll be your good girl, iâll listen, just please.â
this was new for you, so foreign, but it felt somehow right, like you relished in his praise, his taunting tone. james was all man, and you were already ruined.
âso desperate, my sweet thingâŚâ he sped up his fingers, cock now shamelessly grinding against the skin of your behind. âyouâre gonna be a good girl and take what i give you okay?â
you nodded, because his hands were driving you insane, and now he was pinching your nipple, twisting it between his fingertips, and you were a goner.
your orgasm crashed into you like a train, body lapsing into convulsions while you didnât even try to be keep sane anymore. you moaned over and over not caring about how loud you were, about how vulnerable you were, ass spread for him as he made you cum with only two fingers, and he kept praising you, like you were a precious thing, like he couldnât believe he was getting to see you like this, he whispered sweet things in your hair, fingers never stopping.
only when he was satisfied with the mess between your legs, he flipped you around, on your back, his mouth immediately latching onto your neck, careful not to leave any marks that could harm your career, he spread your legs, throwing his shirt across the room, and settled between your thighs, cock heavy on your lower stomach. âyou did so good⌠might have to do that again but this time i wanna see your face.â james said agains your jaw, mouth brushing but not quite touching.
your fingers raked through his hair, softly tugging, until he was groaning, cock slipping to where you needed him the most. when you felt his tip nudge your clit, you arched, breasts touching his chest. âso wet, look at you babyâŚâ he kissed your cheek then forehead. âyou want me to fuck you, yeah?â
you nodded incapable of forming coherent thoughts, your legs wrapping around his waist, âiâll fuck you my love, i think you deserve that donât you? youâve been so good to me, came on my fingers like a champâŚâ james kissed your pulse point, cock sliding between your folds.
his forehead pressed against yours, he cursed, guiding the tip at your entrance. âare you sure my pretty girl?â you nodded immediately, hips chasing him. james wrapped his hand around his cock, almost like he had to restrain himself from burying himself inside of you, and he slid the tip inside, cursing. âshit⌠so wet baby.â
you whimpered, as he took in the sight of your pussy accommodating his length, squeezing on only the tip of him. he slid in ever so slowly, and when he was fully seated inside, he didnât move. he thought he could cum from just the feeling of you, squeezing him, the tight fit, your moans⌠he couldnât take it. âfuck⌠youâre taking me so well pretty thingâŚâ
he took a second, grounding himself, before finally moving. he slid all the way out before slamming back in, kicking the breath out of your lungs. you moaned, so close to him in all the senses of the word, filled to the brim with only him. your heels dug on his lower back, you felt him so deep that you wanted to honestly cry.
you wrapped weak fingers around his wrist, without thinking it through, and guided his hand on your neck. it wasnât something you thought youâd ever enjoy, but there you were, his hands so fucking attractive you could only think about them choking you. so he did exactly that, following your movements, he wrapped his fingers around your neck and squeezed, mouth slightly open at the sight of you, you were being so good, so perfect.
âso beautiful with my hand around your neck, you know that right ? you know how fucking pretty you are?â he rasped, eyes wild with want, and devotion. âanswer me baby,â his lips trailed down your neck.
you nodded, gasping, but he didnât seem content with that response, his cock dragging inside of you. ânuh-huh, words baby. i need to make sure my girl is aware- fuck- of how beautiful she is.â
and there he was, calling you his girl, you didnât mind it one bit, cause somewhere in your head you were already ready to be his. âyesâ⌠i know⌠fuck i know.â
james pushed impossibly deeper, knocking the sense out of you, âgood girl,â and he showed you, just how pretty you were, every drag of his cock sending you closer to a devastating edge.
âmmmh⌠jamesâ you moaned, the intimacy of the moment overtaking you, â- need moreâ
âyeah?â he reached for one of your leg, lifting it to rest on his shoulder. âthere, better?â
you nodded, the pressure in your lower belly unbearable, the new angle dragging sounds you didnât even know were yours out of your mouth. he fucked you harder into the mattress, his hands around your neck never too overwhelming, whispering sweet nothings interrupted by curses agains your skin.
âm so- so closeâŚâ you said delirious, arms wrapped around him, pulling him impossibly closer.
truth is, you had never felt so good, and that scared you, you were discovering another side of you, another side of him, and it was so dangerously good. you wanted to crawl into his skin, keep him around forever.
âmmhh⌠so tight, youâre squeezing me so tight sweet girl, are you gonna cum for me?â he pushed in faster and deeper, if that was only possible.
your walls fluttered around him, nails digging on his back, and you felt him twitch inside you, he wanted to tease you, edge you until you couldnât take it anymore, but he was so close he couldnât sustain that, he ached for you, wanted to bury himself inside of you and never leave.
âso so so sweet⌠so good to me, youâre doing so good my princessâŚâ he whispered, feeling you getting closer and closer.
one last push was all it took, your orgasm shook you beyond reason, you trembled against him, moaning his name over and over, you werenât even sure how long is lasted, james kept dragging out your pleasure, until he was the one violently twitching.
he buried his face in your neck, rutting inside of you, âoh fuck fuck fuck⌠so fucking⌠goodâ his hips snapped fast, âiâm cumming, iâm cumming⌠shit.â you felt him come inside, thick and warm, filling you up until it dripped between your thighs. james kept panting, pushing it deeper, before he crumbled on top of you, exhausted with the force of his release.
it dawned onto you just then, how fucking gone you were.
âËâĄ. âËâĄ
what had undeniably been the best sex of your life ended with you both falling asleep jus like that.
exhausted by the alcohol, the tension, the day of filming, and the world wrecking sex. james didnât pull out, he tucked you against him, still buried deep inside, and in a beat you were both asleep.
what was, as unspoken as it was, supposed to be a good time, nothing much more, ended up in- well⌠much more.
you started seeing often. when the screening of the music video came around and you saw the chemistry you had on screen, you remembered glancing at him through your lashes across the room, heâd felt the same things. you snuck out right after, kissing like lovesick teenagers not worried about loosing their jobs. he fucked you in the bathroom, loosing himself in you all over again. it happened a couple of times after, until one day, balls deep inside of you, he asked if you could be his. it was an evidence for you, and you retorted that you were already his.
that was how you ended up falling in love with him, pushing aside every boundaries you once had about dating, you couldnât care less about anything. he loved you like a sickness, and that was enough to make the risk worth it.
and truthfully ? how lucky was he to have made his all time celebrity crush fall in love with him?
you know what, fuck it be free, keep reading that bad fan fiction, keep writing that bad fanfiction, keep using y/n, keep staying up to 4 a.m reading x reader, to be cringe is too be free