crucified on a cross,
in front of all my closest friends.
MICROCASTLE is a three-story anthology that focuses on three aspects of solitude: loneliness, yearning, and acceptance.
I: AGORAPHOBIA
STARRING: Lee Heeseung
SYNOPSIS: Port towns are two thingsātiny and unbearable. While Heeseung dreamt of a life in the city, hopelessly extending his hands to the wonders of the mainland, he slowly begins to realize that dreams are simply meant to stay as dreams. With a critically endangered legacy of diving that he has to protect and the beckoning of death at his father's doorstep, he is stuck between the top of the lighthouse and the bottomless ocean, forever wandering the thin horizon of life and death.
WARNINGS: Graphic descriptions of cancer and chemotherapy.
II: COVER ME SLOWLY
STARRING: Jake Sim
SYNOPSIS: Jake only loves one, and he will always love one. He knew she was the one when she gave him a Power Rangers band-aid after he scraped his knee on the sidewalk. He met her again in a classroom at thirteen, where he continued to believe she was the one after she treated his wounds in a soccer match. At seventeen, she was still Jake's only loveābut she loved another. Now, at twenty-two, Jake continues to lament that he could only love her, even in the face of a car crash.
WARNINGS: Graphic descriptions of accidents; bullying; childhood trauma
III: TWILIGHT AT CARBON LAKE
STARRING: Kim Sunoo
SYNOPSIS: Sunoo was surrounded by plane crashes all the time. He lost his parents to one when they were on their way back from Malaysia, and he was one of the few to make it alive on the other side of the universe, near a grey, ashy lake that failed to show his reflection. He doesn't know how long it's been, but all he knows is that a life near the presence of a murky lake would be a decent beginning. It was time to stop searching for love in the hearts of others; in an isolated little secret that only he knew, he was bound to have to find love within himself.
WARNINGS: Graphic depictions of plane crashes; surrealist narrative
With working long hours, often filming the same scenes an upwards of fifty times or more for even just the smallest mistakes, you were almost dying for a break. So much so that even a quick water break to quench your thirst would suffice.
āTake five!ā The slate clicked shut, and you sighed. Leaning back on your hands, mindlessly kicking the rocks beneath your feet, you slowly slipped out of character.
Beside you was your best friend, Sungchan. The two of you had been inseparable since the first project you worked on together, as kids. Your chemistry was undeniable. It was almost expected when the public unofficially petitioned for the both of you to work together more often. You thought that was totally fine; you always enjoyed working with Sungchan. He was your best friend, after all. He always makes the long days and nights working fun.
But the problem arises when youāre cast as love interests.
The thing is, youāve been harboring a massive crush on him for many years now. Who wouldnāt? Youād try to reason with yourself that heās everything someone could ever want. Heās tall, handsome, incredibly sweet, and admittedly the biggest dork you have ever met. So, it seemed natural that you had a crush on him at least once in your lifetime.
However, you figured it was all in vain, because how could he feel the same? Youāre half of what he is, you thought. He would never look at you as anything other than the awkward little girl heād come to know you as your whole life.
When first reading over the script, Sungchan was with you, like always. As soon as your scripts came in the mail, he ran straight to your house to look at it with you. As you both skimmed it, you made notes along the sides to remember, talking about the best ways to go about the scene. And upon realizing there was a kiss scene right in the middle, you let out the biggest gasp. At the time, you managed to play it off as being averse to kissing Sungchan, the boy who sneezed in his hands and wiped it on your jacket when you were sixteen years old. Not Sungchan, the man you were hiding your feelings from. Your romantic feelings.
Now that the time was here, you were unsure if you could film the scene. Surely youāre able to call in a stunt double, right? They do the things that are too dangerous for the actors, donāt they? Kissing your long time crush feels dangerous enough. You felt as if your heart was going to sink to your stomach and shoot right back up your throat.
A hand waved in your face, startling you and making you jump. āHello? Can you come back to earth?ā
Once your eyes focused, you were met with Sungchanās concerned face only a few inches from yours. You lightly pushed him away and laughed it off. āSorry, I spaced out.ā
āFor five whole minutes? Itās already time to film the scene.ā He gestured to the director and camera crew watching expectantly. āYou know, the kiss scene. The most anticipated scene in the series because Iām such a good kisser.ā
You scoffed and shook your head.
Before you could offer a rebuttal, the director demanded your attention. āWeāre on a tight schedule! Enough chit-chat, lovebirds.ā You blushed, but it went unnoticed under the hot lights. āSungchan, your character just realized heās in love with his best friend after rejecting her. You chased her as she ran off and now that youāve caught her, itās time to kiss her.ā With the quick recap of the scene, you both nodded along.
After a few moments of silence, the start of the scene was called with the clap of the slate. Snapping back into character, you began stomping away in the opposite direction. Sungchanās footsteps were heard crunching the rocks under his feet as he followed closely behind you, begging you to listen to him. On a particularly dramatic swing of your arm, his hand wrapped around your wrist. He used this as leverage to twist your body and pull you into his embrace. And suddenly, he was kissing you.
His lips felt soft and plush against yours. Your heart started to skip a beat, fire starting in the center of your body and blooming out towards your fingertips. The script calls for a short, fleeting kiss, but neither of you pull away. You quickly find yourself lost in the feeling of his lips on yours, the faint scent of his cologne, and his hands holding you as if he was afraid youād slip away. Subconsciously, you moved closer to him. Sungchan cupped your face, kissing you deeper. The kiss was soft and slowāso slow, it was almost as if the two of you were afraid to let the moment end.
And in a way, you were.
You wanted to pause time and kiss him until you got tired of it. How could you, though, when his lips meld perfectly with yours? All of your years spent pining led to this very moment, and you felt that it couldnāt be any more perfect. Sungchan must have felt the tension, too, with the way one hand dropped to your waist and pulled you even deeper into the kiss.
āCut!ā The tension between the two of you was sliced into pieces. āThat was perfect! A bit much, but perfect. You two really interpreted the feelings flawlessly and made the scene so much better.ā
Slowly, you and Sungchan pulled away from each other, ragged breaths mixing and hearts thumping wildly against your chest. With just one look, the two of you exchanged all of the words you ever wanted to say.
Of course you interpreted the feelings wellāyou felt them. You were living them.
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