Hello all! I present to you my submission for our server's latest prompt challenge, where my task was to write a story using the time of sunset, and the added challenge of "The story must open with the end of the time duration, then rewind to the beginning and play through again".
Hope you guys like it <3
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"You lasted longer than I thought you would," she says between breaths, and even now—completely fucked out, thighs still trembling—she's got that fucking pleased little smirk on her face.
You don't have the energy to respond, just managing to flip her the bird while you stare at the ceiling, pulse still racing.
There are scratches down your back that sting when you shift position, her nails having carved you up badly when you'd finally pinned her against the mattress.
The sheets are ruined—no saving them. Not with the mix of sweat, cum, and whatever's left of Yujin's makeup smeared across the fabric. She's sprawled beside you, chest still heaving, her hair a complete disaster fanned across the pillow. Her sundress is crumpled by the door, one strap torn clean off.
Yujin rolls onto her side to face you, and you can see the aftermath of everything that just happened all over her body. Her lipstick is smeared from her mouth to her jaw, dark bruises already forming on her neck and collarbones. Cum is still leaking from between her thighs, making a mess on skin that's flushed and marked with your fingerprints.
"Worth it though, right?" She traces a finger down your chest, lazy and satisfied, like she's admiring her handiwork.
"You're impossible," you finally manage.
"You love it."
She's not wrong.
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Six hours earlier, you'd been stupid enough to think this would be a normal date.
Yujin had texted you that morning with a simple "pick me up at 2 <3" and you'd thought—fine, easy. Lunch, maybe walk around, watch the sunset over dinner. Standard relationship stuff. You should've known better the second you pulled up and saw what she was wearing.
The sundress is light blue, thin cotton that does absolutely nothing to hide the fact she's not wearing a bra. It hugs her waist before flowing down to mid-thigh, and when she bounces over to the car, you can see everything move in ways that make it very clear she planned this outfit specifically to fuck with you.
It's working.
"Hi baby," she says sweetly, sliding into the passenger seat and leaning over to kiss your cheek. Innocent enough, except her hand lands directly on your thigh and stays there while she buckles her seatbelt.
"You're evil," you tell her.
"I'm adorable." She grins, adjusting the dress that's already riding up her thighs. "Where are we going?"
"That café you wanted to try."
The drive is only ten minutes, but Yujin makes it feel like an hour. Her hand doesn't leave your thigh, fingers tracing lazy patterns while she chatters about her week. Every time you glance over, she's doing something designed to distract you—adjusting her hair so the dress pulls tighter across her chest, crossing and uncrossing her legs, biting her bottom lip while she looks out the window.
At the café, she orders an iced vanilla latte and immediately wraps her lips around the straw in a way that's just absolutely not necessary for drinking coffee.
You watch her take a slow sip, eyes locked on yours.
"What?" she asks, like she doesn't know exactly what she's doing.
"Nothing," you mutter, taking a drink of your own coffee and trying to focus on literally anything else.
She leans forward on her elbows, and the neckline of her dress dips low enough that you can see the curve of her tits. "You seem tense."
"I'm fine."
"Mm." She doesn't believe you, and that little smirk says she knows exactly why you're tense.
You finish your coffees and decide to walk through the nearby park since the weather's nice and you're clearly a masochist. Yujin loops her arm through yours, pressing close enough that you can feel the heat of her body through that thin dress.
"Isn't this romantic?" she says, full of fake innocence as her free hand traces up your arm.
"Very," you say flatly.
She's already sliding that hand down, lacing her fingers with yours, bringing your joined hands to rest at her hip where the dress cinches.
The park is busier than you expected—couples on blankets, families with kids, people walking dogs. Yujin doesn't seem to care. She steers you toward a quieter path lined with trees, and the second you're out of immediate sight, she stops and turns to face you.
"I want a picture," she announces, already pulling out her phone.
"You take like fifty pictures a day."
"And I'm going to take fifty-one." She steps close, arm around your waist, phone up for a selfie. You're about to smile when her ass presses back against your crotch—a deliberate roll of her hips.
You grab her waist on reflex.
The camera clicks.
Wow. That is not a graceful expression.
"Perfect," she says, grinning at the photo before tucking the phone away.
She doesn't move away from you. You don't let go of her waist. She leans her head back against your shoulder.
"You're being very well-behaved so far."
"I'm being patient."
"And how long do you think that'll last?" She turns in your arms, and suddenly you're face to face with her, close enough to kiss. Her hands slide up your chest, fingers playing with the collar of your shirt. You can smell her perfume, feel her breath against your mouth.
"Yujin—"
"What?" Those big, innocent eyes blink at you, like she's never done a thing wrong her entire life. Her thigh presses between your legs, just enough pressure to make her point. "We're just taking pictures, baby."
Someone walks past on the main path and you step back, mostly to maintain some semblance of dignity in public. Yujin just laughs, bright and delighted, before grabbing your hand and pulling you back toward the park exit.
"Come on, I want to look at the shops before dinner."
The boutique she drags you into is small, full of expensive clothes and a bored-looking attendant who barely glances up when you enter. Yujin immediately starts browsing through racks, pulling out dresses and holding them up against her body.
"What do you think of this one?" A black one that would barely cover her ass.
"It's short."
"That's not a no." She grins and drapes it over her arm, moving to the next rack. You follow behind. Her fingers trail over the different materials, hips swaying just a little more than necessary.
She disappears into the dressing room with three dresses, and you lean against the wall outside to wait. The curtain doesn't close all the way—you can see flashes of movement, the sundress pooling at her feet. Then her hand appears, crooking a finger at you.
"I need a second opinion," she calls out.
You glance at the attendant, who's fully absorbed in her phone, and slip behind the curtain.
Yujin is standing in just her panties. Holding up one of the dresses in front of her body.
Not wearing it.
The dressing room mirror shows everything—the curve of her bare tits, those panties sitting low on her hips, the cheeky smile that says she knows exactly what she’s doing.
"Well?"
"You're not even wearing it," you point out.
"I wanted to see your reaction first." She drops the dress entirely, closing the small distance between you. Her hands find your belt, fingers tracing the leather. "Are you going to do something about it?"
"There's a person right outside."
"So you'll have to be quiet." She's already popping the button on your jeans, and fuck, her hand sliding into your boxers is not helping your resolve.
You grab her wrist, stopping her before this gets completely out of hand. "Get dressed. We have dinner reservations."
The look she gives you is pure frustration, but there's need underneath it. "You're no fun."
"I'm RESPONSIBLE."
"I don't like responsible," she pouts, but she lets you pull her hand away and picks the sundress back up. You slip out before you do something stupid.
She emerges a minute later. Doesn't buy any of the clothes she tried on.
She does, however, grab your ass when you're walking out of the store.
"An Yujin."
"Hand slipped!"
The restaurant is one of those places with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the water. You'd picked it specifically because Yujin mentioned wanting to watch the sunset over dinner.
Romantic as hell. Seemed like a good idea this morning.
You’re having second thoughts.
The golden light of the sunset coming through the windows catches in Yujin's hair when she sits down, makes her skin glow in a way that's entirely unfair. She's gorgeous in normal lighting, but with a sunset behind her she looks… unreal.
"This place is beautiful," she says, and she actually sounds genuine for once, looking out at the water where the sun is starting to paint the sky in shades of orange and pink.
"Yeah," you manage, trying to focus on your own menu and not the way the light is hitting her.
The waiter comes by and you both order—she gets the salmon, you get the steak, and she requests a wine she definitely can't pronounce but sounds expensive. (She knows you’re paying, after all). She's suspiciously polite, ordering without any funny business.
Then the waiter leaves and you feel her foot slide up your calf.
"Yujin."
"What?" She’s staring at the sunset like she’s never done a thing wrong in her life.
"We're in public."
"I'm just getting comfortable." She blinks at you as her foot reaches your thigh and stays there, and you become very aware of how thin her dress is, how the sunset behind her makes it… almost see-through in places…
The wine arrives and she takes a slow sip, eyes on you over the rim of the glass. When she sets it down, her hand disappears under the table, and a second later you feel her fingers on your knee, sliding up your thigh with clear intent.
"Can't you just wait for the food," you plead, grabbing her wrist under the table.
"I'm not hungry for food." She leans forward, and the neckline of her dress dips dangerously low. The sunset behind her creates this halo effect that would be romantic if she wasn't currently trying to get her hand on your cock in a public restaurant.
You don't let go of her wrist, keeping her hand firmly on your thigh and nowhere else. "Behave."
"Make me," she says, and there's that fucking smirk again.
The food arrives. You let go of her hand so the waiter can set down the plates.
Yujin thanks him sweetly. He's barely gone before her hand is back—making it all the way to your crotch before you can stop her.
She palms you through your jeans, and fuck, you're already half-hard from her teasing all day. Her fingers trace the outline of your cock while she cuts into her salmon with her other hand like nothing's happening.
"How's your food?" she asks conversationally.
"Yujin, I swear to god—"
"You should try the salmon, it's really good." She takes a bite, and her hand squeezes you just enough to make you bite back a groan.
The sun is almost touching the horizon now, the entire sky turning brilliant shades of orange and red. The light hits her face and she looks like a fucking angel.
An evil little cock-teasing angel who’s decided getting you off under the table is way more fun than eating.
"You're so hard already," she murmurs, leaning closer like she's sharing a secret. Her hand works you through the denim, and you're trying to keep your expression neutral while she's clearly enjoying watching you struggle.
"Stop," you say, but it comes out strained.
"You don't want me to stop." Her thumb finds the head of your cock through your jeans, rubbing in slow circles. "You've been wanting to fuck me since I got in your car."
She's not wrong, and you're done.
You grab her wrist, pull her hand away. Harder than necessary. "We're leaving."
"But we haven't finished—"
"Now, Yujin."
Pure triumph on her face. This is exactly what she wanted.
She doesn't argue, just grabs her purse while you flag down the waiter and hand him your card without even looking at the bill.
The sun is halfway below the horizon when you walk out, the sky on fire with color, and Yujin is practically skipping to the car.
She beats you to the passenger side, slides in with that pleased smile still on her face.
You're barely in the driver's seat. She's already leaning over the center console, hand on your thigh again.
"That was mean," she says, not sounding very sorry at all.
"You started it." You turn the key and pull out of the parking lot faster than necessary, and the sky is deepening now—brilliant orange fading to pink and purple at the edges.
"So you're admitting I won?"
"I'm admitting I'm going to fuck you until you can't walk."
The way her breath catches is supremely satisfying, but she recovers quick. "Promises, promises."
Her hand slides higher on your thigh and you grab it, pinning it in place. "You're going to make me crash."
"Then drive faster."
"You… want me to make our crash worse?"
"Just drive, idiot!"
The sunset is in your rearview mirror now, the sky ahead darker where night is already creeping in. You make it maybe two minutes before her other hand finds your belt, and you have to move your grip to catch that one too.
"Yujin."
"What? I'm just sitting here." She's absolutely not just sitting there—she's shifted in her seat so that dress is riding up her thighs, and when you glance over at a red light, you can see the lace edge of her panties.
"You're insane."
"You love it," she says again, and manages to get one hand free to palm you through your jeans. You're fully hard now, have been since the restaurant, and her touch makes you grip the steering wheel hard enough that your knuckles go white.
The light turns green. You have to let go of her to shift gears.
She takes full advantage—gets the button of your jeans open before you can stop her.
"Jesus Christ, Yujin—"
"Keep your eyes on the road, baby." Her hand slips into your boxers, fingers wrapping around your cock, and the feeling of her actually touching you after hours of teasing makes you groan.
You catch her wrist but don't pull her away, too far gone to pretend you don't want this. The sky outside is streaked with the last colors of sunset, deep purple and orange, and her hand is stroking you slowly while you're trying to drive through downtown traffic.
"Let me reiterate. You, me, a semi-truck, all meeting in less than a second if you don't get your stupidly smooth hand off my cock."
She laughs but settles back in her seat, pulling her hand away with clear reluctance. You make it three more blocks before you have to pull over at another red light, and the second the car stops you're hauling her in for a kiss.
It's messy and desperate, her mouth opening for you immediately, and your hand finds her thigh, pushing that dress up until you can feel the heat of her through those thin panties. She's soaked, and when you press against her she makes this needy sound that goes straight to your cock.
Someone honks behind you and you realize the light's green.
"Fuck," you mutter, pulling back and trying to focus on driving. Your hand stays on her thigh though, high enough that your fingers brush against the lace edge of her panties every time you shift.
The sun is gone now, just the afterglow painting the sky, and you can see your building up ahead. Yujin sees it too, and her hand goes right back to your cock, stroking you through your open jeans.
"Almost there," she purrs, and you don't know if she means the building or something else entirely.
You pull into your spot and kill the engine, and then you're both out of the car and you're crowding her against the door, kissing her hard while she fumbles with your keys. She gets the door open and you're inside, kicking it shut behind you, and her back hits the wall in the entryway.
"Now?" she asks breathlessly, and there's triumph in her voice even now.
You don't even dignify her with an answer.
The dress hits the floor before you've even moved away from the door, and Yujin's hands are already pulling at your shirt, yanking it over your head while you work your jeans down. She's in just those lace panties now, and you can see the wet spot where she's been soaked for hours.
"Took you long enough," she breathes, but you shut her up by shoving her harder against the wall and kissing her like you're trying to devour her whole.
Your hand slides between her legs, fingers pressing against the soaked lace, and she gasps into your mouth. "You've been wet all fucking day, haven't you?"
"Since the car," she admits, hips rolling against your hand. "Maybe before."
You hook your fingers in her panties and drag them down her legs, and the second they're off you're dropping to your knees. Her eyes go wide.
"Wait, I thought you were going to—oh fuck!"
Your mouth is on her pussy before she can finish the sentence. Tongue dragging through her folds.
She tastes as good as she looks.
Your hands grip her thighs, holding her against the wall while you eat her out like you're starving for it. Maybe you are, after the torture she's put you through today.
"Oh god, oh f-fuck, yes—" Her hands fist in your hair, and she's trying to grind against your face, shameless and desperate. You focus on her clit, sucking it between your lips, and her whole body jerks.
You don't. You work her with your tongue until her thighs are shaking, until she's practically sobbing, and when she cums it's with your name broken on her lips and her pussy clenching against nothing.
She's still trembling when you stand up and kiss her, letting her taste herself on your tongue. "Bedroom. Now."
"Fuck the bedroom," she pants, already reaching for your cock. "Right here."
Her hand wraps around you and strokes, and you're so fucking hard it almost hurts. But you catch her wrist, spin her around so she's facing the wall, and kick her legs apart.
"You wanted this so badly," you growl against her ear, lining yourself up. "So take it."
You push into her in one thrust and she cries out, hands splaying against the wall for balance. She's so wet and tight that you have to pause, breathing hard, trying not to cum immediately like a teenager.
"Move," she demands, pushing her hips back. "Fuck me already."
"Greedy, aren't we?"
You pull out and slam back in, and the sound she makes is perfect—broken and needy and so fucking desperate. You set a brutal pace, one hand on her hip and the other sliding up to grip her throat, not squeezing, just holding her in place while you fuck up into her.
"Yes, yes, fuck, harder—"
The angle is incredible, and you can feel her getting wetter with every thrust, slick dripping down her thighs. Your grip tightens on her hip, hard enough to leave marks, and she loves it, pushing back to meet you.
"Is this what you wanted?" you ask, voice rough. "Teasing me all day just so I'd fuck you like this?"
"Yes," she gasps. "Knew you'd—ah!—knew you'd s-snap eventually."
You pull out suddenly. She whines at the loss.
Then you're turning her around, lifting her up. Her legs wrap around your waist automatically. You push back inside her, using the wall for leverage.
"Oh fuck, so deep—" Her nails dig into your shoulders, and you can feel her pussy clenching around you, tight and perfect.
You kiss her while you fuck her, messy and hard, and she's moaning into your mouth. The angle has you hitting the spot inside that makes her gasp every time, and her tits are pressed against your chest, nipples hard.
"Gonna cum again," she warns, "don't stop, please—"
"Cum on my cock," you tell her. "Let me feel it."
She does, her whole body tensing and then releasing, pussy spasming around you in a way that almost takes you over the edge. You carry her to the couch—fuck the bedroom—and lay her down, pulling out just long enough to flip her onto her stomach.
"Ass up," you command, and she scrambles to obey, presenting herself to you.
The view is impeccable—her pussy swollen and dripping, cum already leaking out of her. You push back inside and she moans into the cushions, and this angle lets you go even deeper.
You fuck her hard, hands gripping her hips. The wet sounds of your cock driving into her pussy fill the room.
She's babbling now—words barely coherent, just broken pleas and your name and "yes" over and over.
"So fucking perfect," you groan, watching your cock disappear into her. Wet coating your shaft. Dripping down to make a mess on the couch. "Look at you, taking it so well."
"More," she gasps. "Harder, p-please, I need—"
You give her what she wants, slamming into her with enough force that she has to brace herself against the arm of the couch. Her pussy clenches around you, still sensitive from cumming twice already, and you can feel how close you are.
Your hand slides around to find her clit. She practically screams, body jerking. "Can't, too much, I can't—"
"Yes you can." Your fingers rub tight circles. "Cum with me."
She's shaking, thighs trembling, and you can feel her getting tighter. You lean over her, changing the angle, and she sobs out something that might be your name.
"Gonna fill you up," you warn, thrusts getting erratic. "Gonna cum so deep inside you."
"Please," she begs, "please, I want it, want you to—fuck!"
She cums first, pussy spasming around your cock, and that's all it takes to drag you over with her. You slam in one final time and cum hard, spilling deep inside her while she moans. You can feel it flooding her, so much that it starts leaking out around your cock even while you're still inside her.
You stay buried in her for a long moment, both of you breathing hard, before finally pulling out. Your cum immediately starts dripping down her thighs, obscene and perfect, and she's so thoroughly fucked that she just stays there, ass in the air, too wrecked to move.
"Bed," you finally manage.
She makes a sound that might be agreement. You both stumble to the bedroom, collapse onto the sheets.
You should probably stop.
You don't stop.
You're on her immediately, pinning her wrists above her head, and she gasps when you push back inside her. She's oversensitive and so fucking wet—cum from earlier mixed with how turned on she still is—and the slide is almost too easy.
"Sure you can handle one more round?" she teases, but her legs are already wrapping around your waist, pulling you deeper.
"You started this," you remind her, rolling your hips. "We finish when I say we finish."
She moans, head falling back against the pillow, and you take the opportunity to bite down on her neck, hard enough to leave another mark. Her pussy clenches around you in response, and you can feel how swollen she is, how thoroughly fucked.
You let go of her wrists, brace yourself above her.
Her hands find your back. Nails dig in immediately, dragging down your shoulder blades as you thrust into her.
The sting is perfect.
"Fuck, Yujin—"
"Harder," she demands, and her nails scrape down your back again, definitely breaking skin this time. "Give it to me harder!"
You shift the angle, driving deeper, and she cries out. The bed frame is hitting the wall with every thrust, and the sheets are getting soaked beneath her—sweat and cum and her pussy dripping everywhere.
"Look at me," you tell her, and when her eyes meet yours they're glazed and desperate. "This is what you wanted all day, isn't it? To get fucked until you can't think straight?"
"Yes," she gasps, nails carving new lines down your back. "Yes, god, don't stop—"
You don't. You fuck her hard into the mattress, one hand gripping her hip while the other slides up to wrap around her throat. Not squeezing, just holding her there while you fuck her apart.
She's babbling again, that incoherent mix of your name and "fuck" and "please," and you can feel her getting close. Her nails are brutal on your back, scratching hard enough that you know you'll be marked for days.
"Gonna cum again?" you ask, and she nods frantically.
"Can't help it, you're so deep, I can't—"
"Do it," you command. "Cum on my cock one more time."
She does, and it's like her whole body seizes up. Her nails rake down your back viciously as she screams, pussy clamping down so tight around you that it's almost painful. The sensation drags your own orgasm out of you, and you bury yourself as deep as possible, filling her up for the second time.
You can feel it mixing with the first load, so much cum that it's leaking out around your cock, soaking into the sheets beneath you. When you finally pull out, the evidence is everywhere—her thighs covered in it, the sheets stained, her pussy absolutely wrecked and dripping.
You collapse beside her, and she immediately sprawls out, chest heaving. Her makeup is completely destroyed now, smeared down her face, and her hair is a disaster. She looks thoroughly, completely fucked.
Perfect.
Your back is on fire where she scratched you, and when you shift, the sting reminds you of every mark she left.
"You lasted longer than I thought you would," she says between breaths, and even now—completely fucked out, thighs still trembling—she's got that fucking pleased little smile on her face.
You don't have the energy to respond, just managing to flip her the bird while you stare at the ceiling, pulse still racing.
~~~
Sorry for the wait! I have a big project waiting to go, and also maybe another Twice smut that should be out within the next week or two :)
The elevator hums on its way up. Yujin fixes her blazer for the fourth time in thirty seconds. She glances over at Rei, who’s clutching two leather briefcases like a rookie paralegal at a firm that definitely launders money.
"Okay. One more time," Yujin says, cracking her neck. "We arrive, we explain the situation, we get him to sign the contract, and then we do what we came here to do. Simple. Clean. Professional."
Rei nods emphatically, though her grip on the briefcase handles tightens. "I still can't believe we're actually doing this..."
“This is everyday business for powerful people. Breakups, mergers, emotional takeovers. It’s just corporate restructuring with feelings thrown in. You'll get used to it, little bird." Yujin adjusts Rei's collar with two fingers, smoothing a crease that wasn't really there. "Wonyoung demands results. And you are going to deliver. Give it your best, yeah?"
Rei straightens slightly, a spark lighting up her eyes. "Wonyoung’s going to be proud of me!”
"That’s the attitude!" Yujin pats her on the shoulder.
The elevator dings.
The doors glide open straight into your suite - no hallway, no buffer. That’s the kind of place this is. Forty-two floors up, with a private elevator that answers only to you, and floor-to-ceiling windows framing a city that feels curated for your view. You’re standing in the bedroom doorway, halfway through buttoning your shirt, fingers lingering on the third button, when you hear footsteps on marble in a place where you’re supposed to be alone.
Two girls stride out of your elevator like they own the entire building.
You lift an eyebrow. “…How exactly did you two get in here?”
The taller girl moves in first, posture unshaken, like self-doubt has never been part of her vocabulary. Her shoulders are squared, chin angled with precise control - refined, yet quietly intimidating. “I’m An Yujin,” she says, holding out her hand.
You shake it. Her grip is firm, unwavering
The other one, a few centimeters shorter, shifts the briefcases to one hand and gives a small bow that's almost endearing in how formal it is. "Naoi Rei. Pleasure to meet you."
"It was easy to get in here," Yujin continues, already scanning your suite with the casual appraisal of someone who's been inside a lot of expensive rooms. "We can get into anywhere. Think of us like the Men in Black, but without being men."
"And without wearing black," Rei adds, glancing down at her navy blazer.
"Right. We also don't handle UFO events. Or alien immigration. Or memory wiping. Although," Yujin taps her chin, "that last one could be useful sometimes."
You finish buttoning your shirt and fold your arms. "So you have literally nothing in common with the Men in Black."
Yujin pauses. Thinks. "Yeah. That sounded better in my head.”
"My underwear is black, Yujin. That's already a start."
Yujin points at Rei without looking at her. "See? She's committed to the bit. I respect that."
You pinch the bridge of your nose. There are two strangers in your penthouse, one of whom just volunteered information about her underwear, and it's not even noon yet. "Look. As much as I love pretty girls trespassing on my private property, and I want to stress that this is extremely private property, what the hell are you doing here?"
"We're here on behalf of Jang Wonyoung," Yujin says, your eyebrow rises slightly. Now that she's said it, you actually do recognize Yujin. You've seen her at a few events, always orbiting Wonyoung, always laughing too loud at things that probably weren't that funny. Part of the entourage.
"What's this about, exactly?"
Yujin doesn't answer right away. She walks over to your sofa, a twelve-thousand-dollar Italian leather piece you've sat on maybe three times, and drops herself onto it without a shred of hesitation. She crosses her legs and leans back like she's been living here for months. Rei bows slightly, murmurs a quiet "excuse me," and sits down next to her with considerably more grace, placing both briefcases on the coffee table with the care of someone handling evidence.
"So here's the thing," Yujin begins, folding her hands in her lap. "Your relationship with Wonyoung is coming to an end. I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this. Well, actually, I'm not that sorry, because I barely know you. But professionally speaking, I'm sorry."
You stare at her.
"It didn't perform as well as she hoped. There were metrics, projections, social media engagement targets, public perception polling, a whole spreadsheet situation. And the numbers just didn't hit. The relationship underperformed across every key indicator." She shrugs. "In other words, you're a flop, darling."
"Thank you for your kind assessment," you say, the sarcasm obvious in every word. "I bet you love what you do, don’t you?”
"Hey, chill, I'm just the messenger. Think of me as the Hermes of the situation." She wiggles her feet. "My winged sandals are by Prada, though…"
You lean against the wall and try to process this. You knew. Somewhere in the back of your mind, past the optimism and the carefully curated date-night photos and the way she sometimes smiled at you when cameras were around, you knew. The relationship was a strategy from the start, something cooked up between Wonyoung's management team and the political arm of your family. Good optics on both sides. You were useful, and she was beautiful, and for a while that felt like enough.
But you'd been hoping, stupidly maybe, that she'd eventually come around. That the dinners would start feeling real. That the hand-holding would stop being choreographed...
Wonyoung is so goddamn gorgeous she fried your brain.
"She could've at least come and told me herself," you say. "Or called. A text, even. Carrier pigeon. Smoke signal. Anything."
"Wonyoung doesn't have time for that," Yujin says, completely matter-of-fact. "She's a global star. Schedule's packed. And to be blunt with you, she doesn't care enough about the relationship to handle this personally. That's what we're for."
That one stings, but it's not a surprise. You exhale through your teeth. "Fine. I get it. But why both of you? With all due respect, it feels like you’re more here to mess with me than actually handle any legal issue.”
Yujin reaches over and pops open one of the briefcases. Inside, a thick contract sits nestled in foam like it's a piece of jewelry. She slides it toward you across the coffee table. "Part of the original relationship contract included a breakup-sex clause. Section fourteen, subsection C. If one of the involved parties declines to personally fulfill the obligation, a consenting third party may represent them."
You blink. "I do not remember that clause."
"It was in the fine print," Rei says, speaking up with the tone of someone who genuinely finds contract law interesting. "It's always important to read and review every document with a qualified attorney before signing. These things have layers. The legal world is full of traps."
"The little bird is right," Yujin nods sagely. "You really should have had better representation."
You run a hand through your hair and try to assemble the sentence correctly in your head before you say it. "So if I'm understanding this correctly, you two came here to have sex with me. In the name of Wonyoung."
Rei nods. "Yeah, that’s pretty much the idea."
"Sorry, I can't do that. That's unethical. That's professional abuse. You're being exploited. Wonyoung is sending you here to sleep with a stranger because she can't be bothered to handle her own breakup. Do you not see how messed up that is?"
Yujin holds up a finger. "First of all, darling, we read our employment contracts. Every word. Every footnote. Unlike some people in this room." She glances at the breakup contract on the table and back at you. "Second, we're both here willingly. One hundred percent. Nobody's being exploited. This is a task we accepted with full knowledge and enthusiastic consent."
"Then it's fine. You can go home. I'm not going to hold a grudge. I'll survive."
"It's not quite that simple." Yujin uncrosses her legs and leans forward, elbows on her knees. "Our job is to make sure you leave this relationship completely satisfied and without resentment. The goal is to prevent any future public bitterness, accusations, tell-all interviews, leaked texts, the works. Wonyoung's PR team was very specific."
"I promise I won't say a single bad thing about Wonyoung. I never have. I wouldn't."
Rei shakes her head gently. "Unfortunately, a verbal promise doesn't constitute a legal guarantee. You need to fulfill the terms of the contract, or there could be litigation."
"Litigation," you repeat.
"Litigation," she confirms, not blinking.
You take a breath. "Wouldn't it have made way more sense to just put a mutual non-disparagement clause in the contract? No public criticism from either side after the breakup. Done. Simple."
Yujin and Rei look at each other. A beat passes.
"That… would have been better," Yujin admits.
"That would have been much simpler," Rei agrees.
"Honestly, that feels like a plot hole." Yujin scratches behind her ear. "But it is what it is. The contract says what it says. We need to make you cum, man. That's the rule of the game. Them's the terms. You’ll be king for a day, so live it up." She slaps both her thighs and stands up. "Besides, Rei already shaved everything for this occasion. Don't let that effort go to waste."
Rei's cheeks flush a shade of pink that's almost impressive in how fast it appears. "I shaved because I wanted to. It had nothing to do with this!"
"Sure it didn't."
"It didn't…”
You look at the two of them. You're tired. It's not even lunchtime and you've been dumped by proxy, threatened with a lawsuit, and propositioned by two women you met four minutes ago. This is, without question, the last thing you needed today.
But you'd be lying if you said they weren't both stunning. Yujin is tall, almost catching up to your height, with long legs that her tailored slacks do absolutely nothing to hide. Dark hair falls past her shoulders, thick and straight, framing features that seem built for trouble.
Rei is different. Softer. Her face is rounder, her features more delicate, with wide dark eyes that make her look endlessly curious. She's shorter than Yujin by a handful of centimeters, and her frame is slimmer, more compact. Her hair is long and dark, parted neatly, falling past her chest. Something in her reads as gentle and careful, as though she’s constantly anticipating what comes next but keeping that knowledge to herself. The blush is still sitting on her cheeks, making her look even more endearing.
Together, standing in your living room in their formal wear, they look like a legal team that accidentally wandered into a very inappropriate comedy movie.
You sigh. A long, defeated, resigned sigh. "Fine. Let's just get this over with."
Yujin grins and claps her hands together once, all business. "Rei. Open the black briefcase again. Get the contract."
Rei nods, turns to the coffee table, and pops open the latch on the nearest briefcase. The lid flips up, and you all three stare at its contents in a brief moment of shared silence. Inside, nestled in neat little compartments, is a full spread of lace lingerie in various colors, two bottles of lubricant, a silk blindfold, a set of what appear to be very expensive restraints, and a few other items you don't even want to identify right now.
"That's the other briefcase, idiot."
"Both briefcases are black, Yujin!”
"One has a silver clasp and one has a gold clasp. I told you this in the car."
"You told me a lot of things in the car. You talked for forty-five minutes straight about how a hotdog is technically a sandwich."
"Because it is. Open the other one."
Rei closes the sex briefcase with a firm snap and reaches for the second briefcase. This one, mercifully, contains a thick stack of legal documents and a matte black pen. She pulls them out and hands them to Yujin, who fans through the pages with ease before turning the whole thing over to you.
"Sign here." She points. "Here." She flips a page. "And here. This document certifies that we have completed our objective and that you agree to all terms and conditions outlined in the original relationship contract between yourself and Jang Wonyoung." She flips to the last page and taps a highlighted section. "And in case of non-compliance, you will be sued for millions."
"How many millions?"
"Many millions. You’d probably have to sell this place to help cover the costs."
Whatever. You read approximately none of the fine print, which is ironic given the conversation you just had about reading fine print. You scrawl your signature across all three lines, grumbling the entire time about how this is the most absurd Tuesday of your life. You hand the contract back. Yujin slots it into the briefcase with the reverence of someone archiving a sacred text.
"Beautiful. Now." She turns to face you fully, hands on her hips. "Do you have any preferences? Sexually, I mean. We'll do basically anything. I personally won't do anal." She jerks her thumb at Rei. "But maybe this one will. She looks like she'd be quite the little slut given the chance."
Rei's back straightens. "Hey, I am not doing anal. That's too kinky. And filthy..."
"Nobody needs to do anal," you say, rubbing your temples. "I don't need to fuck anyone's ass. Can we just… not talk about asses for a second?"
A silence settles over the three of you. It is, without exaggeration, one of the most awkward silences you have ever experienced. You're standing in your own living room with two women you met less than ten minutes ago, a signed sex contract on the table between you, and absolutely no idea what the appropriate next move is. Do you offer appetizers? Put on music? Is there a Spotify playlist for "breakup sex mandated by your ex-girlfriend's legal team"?
"Do you guys want something to drink?"
Rei perks up instantly. "I want a Coke."
"We're not drinking anything," Yujin cuts in. "You can have a Coke on the way home."
"You said that last time and I didn't get a Coke."
"I forgot. I bought one later."
"You bought Pepsi. I don't like Pepsi."
"They taste the same, Rei."
"They absolutely do not taste the same. Coke is better. It's always been better. It's scientifically proven."
You hold up a hand. "I'll give you a Coke before you leave. I have a whole fridge full."
Rei beams at you like you just promised her a pony. Yujin rolls her eyes and snaps her fingers twice, redirecting the room's energy back to the task at hand.
"We should start. Right now. Before this turns into a beverage debate." She reaches back into the first briefcase, the fun one, and pulls out several sets of lingerie, holding them up for your inspection. A red lace set. A black number with straps that seem architecturally impossible. Something white and sheer that leaves less to the imagination than a clear window. "Which one do you prefer?"
You look at the options. You look at Yujin. You look at Rei. "You don't have to wear any of that. I’m fine."
Yujin's face falls. She stares at the lingerie in her hands, then slowly, mournfully, folds each set and places them back in the briefcase. "I arranged all of this for nothing. I spent an hour picking these out. An hour. At La Perla."
"I'm sure they're very nice."
"They're gorgeous. You have no taste." She closes the briefcase. "Fine, Mr. Vanilla. Let's go."
You lead them down the hallway to your bedroom. It's large, open, and minimal. King bed against one wall, floor-to-ceiling windows on the other, clean surfaces, muted colors.
You turn to face them. "So. How do we start?"
Rei raises a tentative hand, half like she's in a classroom. "Maybe a few kisses? To break the ice?"
Yujin is already unbuttoning her blazer. "You two get started. I'm going to warm up."
You watch her shrug off her jacket and toss it onto a chair. "Why do you need to warm up before sex?"
"To avoid joint problems." She rolls her shoulders in slow circles. "Warming up is a fundamental part of any physical activity, including sex. Especially sex. I don't want to wake up tomorrow with neck pain and a tweaked hip because I went in cold." She drops into a lunge, stretching her right quad with absolute seriousness. "You can’t mess around when it comes to your health.”
You sit on the edge of the bed. Rei sits next to you, close but not quite touching. Her hands rest on her thighs, fingers fidgeting with the hem of her skirt. You look at her, and she gives you a small, shy smile that makes her round cheeks push up slightly.
"I've never seen you before," you say. "Are you new?"
"I started working with Wonyoung pretty recently. This is actually my first time doing something like this." She glances over at Yujin, who is now doing push-ups in her underwear on your bedroom floor. "Yujin is supervising me. She says I need field experience."
"Field experience."
"That's what she calls it."
In the corner, Yujin knocks out another push-up, perfectly controlled. Her arms flex, and her dark hair pools on the floor beneath her. The girl has form; you'll give her that.
You turn back to Rei. "Can I kiss you?"
She nods. Just a small dip of her chin. With her permission, you reach up and cup her face with one hand, your thumb resting just below her cheekbone. She's warm. Her skin is impossibly soft. You lean in and press your lips to hers, gentle, unhurried. Her mouth is full and plush, and there's a faint sweetness there, something glossy and almost fruity. The kiss stays soft for a few seconds before it deepens, just slightly, her lips parting, the tip of her tongue brushing against yours with a tentativeness that's almost careful. Like she's still figuring out how much of herself to give.
When you pull back, you drag your thumb slowly across her lower lip. The gloss smears just slightly.
"You're pretty," you tell her. "Cute, too."
"Thank you." A faint blush creeps up from her neck. "You're very polite. Most guys just skip straight to grabbing."
"I'm a gentleman. For now."
She bites the inside of her cheek, fighting a smile. "Can I take my clothes off now?"
You nod. Rei stands and starts with her blazer, folding it neatly over the back of a chair. You help her with the buttons on her blouse, fingers working down the front while she unzips her skirt and lets it slide down her legs. She steps out of it, and there she is. Black panties. Black bra. Just like she said.
Her body hits different without the corporate layers hiding it. She’s curvy in a way those formal clothes were clearly trying to keep in check. Full hips, a soft waist, thick thighs that brush together when she shifts. Her chest fills out her bra easily. Her face hasn’t changed though - round cheeks, wide brown eyes, lips still faintly smudged from your kiss. That contrast, innocent face and everything beneath it, makes your pulse spike.
You pull her gently back onto the bed and kiss her again, slower this time, your hand sliding to the back of her neck as you ease her down against the mattress. Her hair fans out across your sheets, dark against white. When you settle over her, careful to hold your weight, she looks up at you and there's this brightness in her eyes, something electric and new.
“You’re a really good kisser,” she murmurs. “Even more handsome in person, too.”
"Rei." Yujin's bark comes from the foot of the bed. She's finished her push-ups and is standing there in nothing but a matching navy bra and panties, hands on her hips, a thin sheen of sweat across her collarbones. "Tone it down with the sweet talk. You're here to accomplish a task, not fall in love with the target."
"What happens if she falls in love?" you ask, still hovering over Rei.
"I'll have to kill her."
Rei's eyes go wide.
Yujin holds the serious face for exactly two seconds, then breaks into a grin. "Kidding! But seriously, this is a professional engagement. Keep it professional."
"You just did push-ups on his floor in your underwear, Yujin. How professional is that?"
"Extremely. That was occupational health and safety." Yujin climbs onto the bed, and the mattress dips under her. She's lean and long, toned arms, flat stomach, legs that don't seem to end. She crawls toward you with a confidence that borders on territorial. "Move over, little bird. I want to see if he's really that good."
She grabs your jaw with one hand, not rough but not gentle either, pulls you off Rei and onto your back, and swings a leg over you. Before you can get a single syllable out, she's kissing you. And where Rei was tentative and sweet, Yujin is immediate and aggressive, her mouth hot against yours, her tongue pushing in without asking permission. She kisses like she's trying to win something. You match her energy, one hand gripping her waist, the other sliding up her back, and she makes a small sound of approval against your lips.
When she pulls back, she's slightly breathless. She wipes the corner of her mouth with her thumb and tilts her head, evaluating. "Not bad. Eight out of ten. Room for improvement."
"Tough grader."
"I have standards." She looks down at Rei, who's propped up on her elbows watching the whole thing with mild fascination. Yujin's gaze drags over Rei's body with open appreciation. "She does have a really nice body, though. For someone who only drinks Coke."
"I don't only drink Coke! And I work out."
"When?"
"Sometimes..."
"Wow, that's fucking convincing." Yujin leans down and kisses her. Rei's hand comes up to rest on Yujin's shoulder, and for a moment the two of them are just tangled together on your bed, all lips and skin. Then Yujin pulls away and turns back to you.
"Clothes off. Rei, help me."
They work in tandem. Rei handles the buttons on your shirt while Yujin goes straight for your belt. Your shirt comes off first, and Rei's fingers trail briefly across your chest before she catches herself and pulls back. Your pants follow, Yujin yanking them off your legs with zero ceremony and tossing them somewhere behind her.
Both girls sit back on their heels and look at you. Just your boxer briefs left, and they're not doing a great job of hiding anything.
"Wonyoung picks her boyfriends very well," Yujin says, her gaze traveling across your torso, your arms, down your stomach. "At least she's got good taste in bodies."
Rei's head tilts. "Is it true that you and Wonyoung never actually had sex?"
"Yeah. We kissed a few times, tops. It never went further than that."
Yujin snorts. "That's pathetic."
“Hey, don’t be so harsh,” Rei says.
"No, she's right," you admit. "It was a pathetic relationship. The whole thing was for show."
"Okay, that's enough moping." Yujin flicks your forehead with her finger. "Stop crying. You've got two girls to fuck today. That's a net upgrade from zero. Rei, calm the baby down."
Rei leans over you and starts pressing small, quick kisses all over your face. Forehead. Cheeks. Nose. Chin. The corner of your mouth. Each one leaves a faint lipstick mark on your skin, and she giggles between them. Yujin joins in from the other side, stamping little prints across your jaw and temple.
You can feel them both laughing, their breath warm against your skin, and despite everything, you have to press your lips together to stop yourself from smiling. "Okay. You can stop now,” you say, and they obey, still laughing. “You’re gonna leave me looking like a passport full of stamps.”
Yujin's hand slides south. Her fingers trail down your stomach and settle over the front of your boxer briefs. She palms you through the fabric, and her eyebrows lift, not dramatically, just a little. Her grip adjusts, fingers curling slightly, testing the thickness, the length. You feel yourself twitch against her hand.
Rei reaches over too, her smaller hand pressing against you from the other side, and her lips part just slightly. "It's really big."
"The little bird loves a big cock in her mouth, don't you, Rei?" Yujin squeezes you gently through the cotton, not taking her eyes off Rei's face.
"Maybe..."
Yujin takes Rei's face in her free hand, squishing her cheeks gently between her fingers, and angles her toward you like she's presenting a product. "Look at this adorable little face. These brown eyes. These full lips. Tell me they don't look perfect wrapped around a cock."
The blush on Rei's cheeks darkens, spreading down her neck. She pulls her face free from Yujin's grip. “You’re way more of a slut than I am,” she says flatly.
They continue this back and forth while their hands work together to tug your boxer briefs down your thighs, over your knees, and off your ankles. Your cock springs free, fully hard, thick and flushed and straining against your stomach.
Both of them go quiet for about half a second.
"Well," Yujin says.
"Yeah," Rei agrees.
Your cock sits between them, heavy and at their complete disposal. Rei makes the first move. Her fingers wrap around the base of your cock, tentative at first, like she's testing the weight of it. Her grip is soft, polite even, and she gives a slow experimental stroke from root to tip. Yujin's hand joins a second later, wrapping around the upper half, and together their fingers overlap and slide in a lazy, uncoordinated rhythm that somehow still feels incredible.
"Okay, he's really hard," Rei murmurs, more to herself than anyone else. Her thumb swipes across the head, spreading the bead of precum that's already gathered there. She watches it with a focus that borders on academic.
"What did you expect? We've been touching him for ten minutes." Yujin adjusts her grip, tighter, more purposeful. She strokes you with a confidence that suggests she's done this more than a few times, her wrist rolling at the top of each stroke. "Rei, match my pace. You're going too slow."
"I'm being gentle."
"He doesn't need gentle. He needs results." They find a rhythm eventually, both hands working you in tandem, Yujin's grip firmer and faster, Rei's softer and more exploratory. The contrast alone is enough to make your hips shift against the mattress. Two different touches, two different temperatures, four hands on you at once. Your cock throbs between their fingers, thick and flushed, and you let your head fall back against the pillow.
Then Yujin leans forward and spits directly onto the head of your cock. A thick, wet strand that rolls down the shaft and over both their fingers. Rei blinks. "Yujin!"
"What? It needs to be wet. I'm providing lubrication. This is a professional service."
Yujin doesn't wait for further commentary. She dips her head and takes you into her mouth, her lips stretching around the tip, her tongue pressing flat against the underside as she slides down. She's sloppy about it on purpose, generating as much spit as possible, pulling back to let long strings of saliva connect her lips to your cock before diving back in. She bobs her head with an efficiency that matches the rest of her personality: fast, aggressive, no wasted motion. Her hand works what her mouth can't reach, twisting on each upstroke.
She pulls off and nudges your cock toward Rei. "Your turn. Show me what you've got, little bird." Rei tucks her hair behind both ears, lowers her head, and takes you in. And immediately goes deeper than Yujin did. Significantly deeper. Her throat opens and your cock slides in past the halfway point, then further, her nose nearly touching your pelvis before she pulls back with a slow, controlled drag. Your stomach clenches. Your fingers grip the sheets.
"What the fuck," Yujin says, watching Rei's throat work.
Rei comes up for air, a thin line of spit trailing from her lower lip. She wipes her chin with the back of her hand. "What?"
"Since when can you do that?"
"I've always been able to do that."
The two alternate. Yujin takes the left side, her tongue tracing the length from base to tip, getting you soaked, spreading spit everywhere with a shamelessness that's almost admirable. Then Rei swallows you deep again, her throat constricting around your shaft, and holds there for a count that makes your toes curl before pulling back.
It's been a long time since anyone has put their mouth on you. Months. Maybe longer. You stayed faithful to Wonyoung through the entire relationship, which in retrospect was probably the stupidest form of loyalty you've ever demonstrated. You very much doubt she showed you the same courtesy, but that's a thought for another day, because right now two beautiful girls are sharing your cock and your brain is having trouble forming complete sentences.
"So," you manage, your breathing a little uneven as Rei takes you deep again. "What do you two usually do when you're not, uh. Working?"
Yujin pulls her mouth off the side of your shaft and gives you a flat look, saliva glossing her chin. "Don't try to engage in personal conversation. This is a professional engagement."
"You're literally licking my dick."
"And it's a perfect dick, by the way. I mean that professionally." She drags her tongue from your balls to the tip in one long stripe. "Professionally perfect. Five stars on the dick Yelp."
Rei surfaces, catching her breath, her lips swollen and shiny. "I like watching anime," she says casually, like she's not kneeling between your legs with your cock an inch from her face. "And I play my Switch 2 a lot. And I listen to music."
"Yeah? Who do you listen to?"
She wraps her hand around you and strokes slowly while she talks, absentminded, like she's forgotten what her hand is doing. "I really like Noah Cyrus. Aphex Twin. Gracie Abrams. Björk. A lot of different stuff."
Yujin groans. "Here we go. She's so performative with this indie shit. She even has a Letterboxd."
"What's wrong with having a Letterboxd?" Rei asks, visibly offended.
"You probably fakelist all those weird movies. There's no way you actually watched Mulholland Drive and understood it.”
"I understood it."
"What's it about then?"
Rei opens her mouth, pauses, then puts your cock back in it instead of answering. A tactical retreat.
"That's what I thought." Yujin grabs a fistful of Rei's hair, gently, and guides her pace. "Stop talking and keep sucking him off. Earn your five stars for best blowjob giver." She leans down and joins her, both their mouths working you simultaneously. Yujin shifts lower, her tongue finding your balls, lapping at them with broad, wet strokes while her hand holds the base of your cock steady. She takes one into her mouth and sucks gently, and you feel it all the way up your spine.
Meanwhile Rei has you deep in her throat again, her nose pressed against your lower stomach, swallowing around you in a way that makes your abs tense involuntarily. She holds there, eyes watering just slightly, then pulls back with a gasp and immediately goes back down.
"She can swallow the whole thing," Yujin observes, pulling off your balls to watch. "She must have sucked a lot of dick to get this good. That's just math."
Rei comes up, flushed. "That's not true. I just have a good throat."
"That's what they all say."
"It's what I say. Because it's true."
"Sure, Rei. And Mulholland Drive makes sense." They both come together at the tip, their tongues meeting around the head of your cock, lapping at it from opposite sides. Rei's tongue slides across the sensitive underside while Yujin circles the ridge, and then their tongues touch, slick and pink, and they kiss over the head of your cock, slow and messy. Yujin bites Rei's lower lip gently before pulling away. Rei's eyes are glazed, her cheeks are red, and there's spit all over her chin.
They pull back. Your cock stands between them, absolutely drenched, twitching against your stomach. Rei leans in one more time and presses a soft, almost tender kiss to the very tip. Just a peck. She looks up at you through her lashes. "Do I deserve five stars?"
"Absolutely,” you reply, sounding slightly breathless. “I'd write a review praising your technique. Detailed. With specific examples."
Her smile is genuine, bright enough to crease her whole face. It’s achingly cute, at odds with her puffed lips and the messy trail of spit and precum glistening on her chin. “That’s so sweet.”
Yujin sits up and wipes her mouth with the back of her hand. "Okay. Enough of the customer satisfaction survey. It's time to put this cock to work." She pats your thigh firmly. "Let's see if it's just for show or if it has some practical use."
"It has practical use,” you inform Yujin.
"We'll be the judges of that." She settles back on her heels and looks at you expectantly. "So who do you want to fuck first?" Before you can answer, Yujin turns her head sharply to the side and sneezes. Hard. She sniffles, blinks, and waves a hand in front of her face. "Sorry. My rhinitis flares up when I give head. Something about the angle." She pinches the bridge of her nose. "I really need to get that deviated septum surgery. I've been putting it off."
"Take your time."
"I'm fine. Answer the question. Who do you want first?"
"I don't mind. Whoever wants to go."
Yujin gestures at Rei with a tilt of her head. "Rei goes first, then. Since she's already head over heels for you."
Rei straightens up, indignant. "I am not head over heels for anyone. I'm just an affectionate person."
"You kissed the tip of his dick like it was a puppy."
"That's just how I am."
"Great. Then you can be very affectionate eating my pussy while he fucks you from behind. Put all that affection to good use." Yujin is already reaching behind her back to unclasp her bra. "Clothes off. Both of us. Let's go." The two of them strip. Yujin's bra comes off first, and her breasts are small but firm, her nipples already stiff. She hooks her thumbs into her panties and peels them down her legs without an ounce of self-consciousness, kicking them off the side of the bed. She's lean all over, slim hips, toned stomach, long legs, with a neat strip of dark hair between her thighs.
Rei takes a little longer. She reaches back and undoes her bra with careful fingers, letting the straps slide down her shoulders before pulling it away. Her breasts are fuller than Yujin's, round and heavy, and they settle against her chest with a softness that makes you stare. She wiggles out of her panties, and true to her earlier claim, she's smooth everywhere. Her hips flare wider than Yujin's, her thighs thicker, her whole body built along softer, rounder lines. She looks like a Renaissance painting someone accidentally dropped into the twenty-first century.
Both of them naked, side by side on your bed, are a sight that your brain is going to be replaying for the rest of your natural life.
Yujin catches you staring. "Have you never seen two naked girls at the same time before?"
"No. Never."
"Seriously? With your money?" She shakes her head with genuine disbelief. "If I had your bank account, my bed would be full of whores every single day. I'd have a subscription service."
"I had a girlfriend."
"You had a business partner. There's a difference." She crawls up the bed and settles against the headboard, sitting upright with her legs parted. She pats the space between them and looks at Rei. "Come on, little bird. Get in position."
Rei gets on all fours. She lowers herself, her elbows resting on the mattress, and settles her face between Yujin's open thighs. Her back arches naturally, pushing her ass up and out toward you. The curve of her spine is ridiculous, dipping down from her shoulders to the swell of her hips, and from this angle you can see everything, the smooth skin between her thighs, the pink of her pussy already glistening. She shifts her knees apart slightly, adjusting, and looks back over her shoulder at you. You're on your knees behind her, your cock still slick and hard, and the two of them are spread out in front of you like something your subconscious could never have conjured on its best night.
You're halfway to lining yourself up when a thought hits you. You pull back slightly. "Wait. Condom. I need a condom."
Yujin doesn't even blink. "Not necessary. We're both clean and on the pill. It's a job requirement. Wonyoung's team is very thorough about health compliance."
Rei turns her head, her cheek resting against Yujin's inner thigh. "We prefer to fuck raw anyway."
Yujin strokes Rei's hair once, almost affectionately. "The little bird is right. Besides, we've already had access to your medical records. Full panel. You're clean too."
You stare at her. "I think it's better if I don't ask how you got access to my medical records."
"Yeah, that would be wise."
You settle back into position behind Rei, your knees sinking into the mattress between her spread thighs. Her ass is pushed up toward you, round and full, and the arch in her lower back deepens the curve of her hips into something that makes your cock twitch. You reach down and run your index and middle fingers together along her entrance, slow, tracing the seam of her. She's soaked. Her lips are plump and pink and slick, and when your fingers drag through the wetness gathered there, she trembles. Not a big shudder, just a fine vibration that runs through her thighs and up her spine. Your fingers slide easily, parting her, feeling the heat radiating off her.
"Please put it in," Rei says, her grip tightening on the sheets near Yujin's hips. "Quickly. Sir."
Yujin's eyebrows shoot up at that. She looks down at Rei, then up at you, and a grin tugs at the corner of her mouth. She says nothing, but the look on her face says plenty. She threads her fingers into Rei's hair and guides her head gently between her legs. "Focus here, little bird. You've got a job to do too."
You take your cock in one hand and press the tip against Rei's entrance. The heat alone is staggering. You push forward, just the head at first, and her body resists for a second before opening around you, tight and slick and deliciously warm. You sink in an inch and stop, letting her adjust. She's so fucking tight it's almost difficult to move. Every fraction you push deeper, her walls grip you, squeeze you, like her body is trying to memorize the shape of you.
Rei exhales shakily into Yujin's thigh. Her fingers curl into the sheets. "My god, his dick..." You give her another inch. Then another. You can feel every ridge of her around you, the wet heat pulling you in, her muscles clenching and releasing in tiny flutters as she stretches to accommodate your thickness. By the time you're halfway inside her, Rei's forehead is pressed against Yujin's pelvis and her breathing has gone shallow and ragged.
"Breathe, Rei," Yujin says from above, her fingers still laced through Rei's hair. "And start licking. Multitask, babe."
Rei lifts her head slightly and lowers her mouth to Yujin's pussy. You watch her tongue extend and make contact, a slow, flat stroke from bottom to top, and Yujin's stomach muscles tighten visibly. Rei licks again, finding her rhythm, her tongue working in careful, measured passes while you continue feeding your cock into her from behind.
"Good girl," Yujin murmurs, and her hips shift against Rei's mouth.
You bottom out. Your hips press flush against Rei's ass, every inch of you buried inside her, and the sensation is so overwhelming that you have to hold still for a moment and just breathe. She's tight and hot and wet and alive around you, her walls pulsing, adjusting, gripping. You pull back slowly, watching your cock slide out of her, glistening, before pushing back in with a long, steady stroke. Rei gasps against Yujin's pussy, and you feel the vibration of it through your own body somehow.
You set a slow pace. There's no rush. Each thrust is full and deep, pulling almost all the way out before sinking back in to the base, and you savor every single second of it. The way her body yields to you, the wet friction, the obscene sound of skin meeting skin. You grip Rei's hips with both hands, thumbs pressing into the soft flesh above her ass, and use that leverage to control the depth and angle of each stroke. Her ass ripples slightly every time your hips connect, and the sight of it alone is enough to keep you hard for the rest of the afternoon.
Your eyes lift from Rei's back and find Yujin's. She's sitting against the headboard, legs spread wide, Rei's face buried between them, and she's looking right at you. Not at Rei. Not at the ceiling. At you. Those dark eyes are half-lidded and sharp at the same time, full of something that isn't quite challenge and isn't quite invitation but sits in that dangerous space between the two. She bites her lower lip, slow, letting her teeth drag across the pink of it, and holds your gaze.
"You look good like that," she says. "Behind her. Holding her hips. All that control." Her chin dips slightly. "It suits you."
You thrust into Rei again, unhurried, and watch Yujin's expression flicker as Rei moans against her. "You look pretty good yourself. Legs spread. Holding her hair while she eats your pussy." You push in deep and hold there, grinding slightly, and Rei whimpers. "Speaking of which. How's she doing down there?"
Yujin's breath catches. A low, unguarded moan slips out of her before she can stop it. She recovers quickly, tipping her head back against the headboard. "Pretty good. The little bird has a very skillful tongue. I'll give her that."
"I know. I just had that mouth on my cock. She's talented."
"Mm. Multi-talented." Yujin's hips roll forward against Rei's face, a slow, grinding motion she's clearly trying to keep subtle and failing. Her fingers tighten in Rei's hair. "She's doing this thing right now with the tip of her tongue that's... yeah. That's really good."
You pull back and thrust into Rei harder. Not brutal, but firm enough that the impact travels through her entire body, pushes her face deeper between Yujin's legs. Rei moans, a muffled, desperate sound that vibrates directly against Yujin's clit, and Yujin's thighs clamp around Rei's head for a split second before she forces them open again.
"Fuck," Yujin breathes. "Do that again."
You do it again. A deep, intentional thrust that buries you to the hilt inside Rei, and her whole body rocks forward. She moans louder this time, the sound smothered by Yujin's pussy, and you can see the effect it has in real time: Yujin's stomach flexing, her toes curling against the sheets, her fingers pulling Rei's hair tighter.
"You're using her as a vibrator," Yujin says, and there's a breathlessness in the way she says it that wasn't there before. "That's very resourceful."
"I'm a problem solver."
Rei pulls her head up just long enough to gasp for air, her chin slick, her lips swollen and shiny. "You two are going to break me and I haven't even been here an hour." She sounds wrecked already, her eyes glassy, her cheeks flushed so deep they're almost red.
"Get back to work," Yujin says, pressing Rei's head back down. "You're on the clock."
You settle into a rhythm. Each stroke is measured and full, your hips meeting Rei's ass with a steady, wet impact that echoes off the bedroom walls. You're not rushing. You're not chasing anything. You're just enjoying the feel of her, tight and slick and trembling around you, and the view in front of you is so fucking good it almost doesn't feel real. Rei's back, arched and glistening with the faintest sheen of sweat. Her ass, round and pushed back against you, taking every inch of you like she was built for it. And beyond her, Yujin, watching you with those dark, sharp eyes, her chest rising and falling a little faster than she'd probably like to admit.
You change the angle slightly, tilting your hips upward on the next thrust, and Rei's entire body jolts. She pulls off Yujin's pussy and her mouth falls open, a choked, guttural sound pouring out of her that she clearly wasn't expecting. "There," she pants. "Right there. Please."
"You found her spot," Yujin says, looking at you over Rei's trembling body. "You're getting warmer."
You hit the same angle again, a slow grind that presses the head of your cock against that swollen ridge inside her, and Rei's arms give out. Her chest drops to the mattress, her face turning sideways against Yujin's thigh, and her fingers grip Yujin's hips with a desperation that leaves white marks on her skin. You keep going, maintaining that exact angle, that exact pressure, and Rei is falling apart beneath you in a way that's almost too satisfying.
"Use your tongue, Rei," Yujin reminds her, tugging her hair. "Don't forget about me." Rei, with visible effort, turns her head back and buries her face between Yujin's legs again. Her licking is messier now, less precise, all broad strokes and sloppy enthusiasm, but from the way Yujin's abs keep clenching, it's working just fine.
You lean forward slightly, one hand still on Rei's hip, the other bracing on the mattress, and fuck into her with a slow, grinding pace that never lets her catch her breath. Every time you bottom out, you hold there for half a second, letting her feel the full depth of you, before pulling back and doing it again. Rei is shaking. Her thighs are quivering. And the sounds she's making into Yujin's pussy are getting louder, needier, more broken with every thrust.
"She's dripping all over your sheets," Yujin observes, glancing down between Rei's legs. "Absolutely ruining them. I hope you have a good dry cleaner."
"I'll manage."
"You better. Egyptian cotton isn't cheap." Yujin's hips buck forward against Rei's mouth, just once, a sharp involuntary movement she immediately tries to play off by adjusting her position against the headboard. But you saw it. You saw the way her jaw tightened, the way her fingers gripped a fistful of Rei's hair and held on, the way her thighs tensed and trembled for a fraction of a second.
She catches you watching and narrows her eyes. "What?"
"Nothing."
"Stop smiling."
"I'm not smiling."
"You're smiling with your eyes. Stop it." You thrust into Rei again, deep and firm, and the moan Rei produces into Yujin's pussy makes Yujin's head fall back against the headboard with an audible thud. Her eyes flutter shut. Her chest heaves. And for just a moment, the cocky, controlled, chaos-agent exterior cracks, and underneath it there's just a girl getting her pussy eaten really, really well.
She opens her eyes and finds you still looking at her. Something shifts in her expression. Something warm and a little bit dangerous. "Your turn is coming," she says. "And I'm not going to be as easy as she is."
"Looking forward to it."
Rei lifts her head, breathless, chin soaked, and manages to look over her shoulder at you with half-lidded eyes. "Can you go a little harder? Please, sir?" You grab Rei's hips with both hands and give her exactly what she asked for. The pace shifts from slow and teasing to firm, constant, each thrust landing with purpose and weight. Your hips snap forward and drive deep, pulling back just enough to slam home again, and the wet, rhythmic slap of your skin against hers fills the room like a metronome set to filthy. Rei's whole body rocks forward with every stroke, her knees sliding on the sheets, her fingers clawing at whatever she can reach.
You spread her cheeks with both thumbs, pulling them apart, and the view opens up completely. Her pussy stretched around your cock, pink and swollen and glistening, gripping you on every outstroke like she doesn't want to let you go. Her tight little asshole on full display above it, clenching involuntarily every time you bottom out. Everything wet, everything exposed, everything yours to look at while you fuck her at a pace that's making her lose the ability to form thoughts.
"Don't stop," Rei pants into Yujin's thigh, her face turned sideways because she can barely hold herself up anymore. "Please don't stop. Your dick is too fucking good."
Yujin looks down at her with undisguised delight. Her eyes are wide and bright and she's grinning in a way that suggests she's witnessing something she's been waiting to see for a very long time. The sweet Rei. The polite Rei. The girl who watches anime and plays her Switch and listens to Björk and blushes when someone mentions her underwear. That Rei is currently face-down between another girl's legs, getting railed from behind, and begging for more. Yujin reaches down and strokes Rei's hair away from her flushed, sweaty face like she's petting a cat.
"Look at you," Yujin says, and her tone is somewhere between pride and amazement. "Little miss 'I just have a good throat.' Little miss 'I'm just an affectionate person.' You're a complete slut, Rei."
Rei's fingers tighten on Yujin's thigh. Her back arches deeper, pressing her ass harder against you. "I can't help it." Her eyes are squeezed shut and her mouth is hanging open and the flush on her face has spread all the way down her neck to her chest. "His cock is just too fucking good. It's so thick and it's hitting everything and I can't think straight."
You thrust into her hard enough that her body lurches forward and she lets out a sound that's half gasp, half moan, entirely desperate. You bring your hand down on her right ass cheek, a sharp, clean slap that leaves a pink print on her skin and makes her whole body clench around you. The tightness is staggering. You feel it from the tip of your cock to the base of your spine. "Moan for me," you tell her.
Rei's head drops. Her shoulders tremble. And when you thrust into her again, she lets it out, a raw, unfiltered moan that she doesn't even try to contain. It's loud enough to bounce off the walls of your minimalist bedroom, and it's the most genuine sound you've heard all day.
"Yes, daddy!" The word falls out of her mouth like it's been sitting there waiting for permission. "Spank my ass more. Please. Harder."
You slap her left cheek this time, harder, and Rei's pussy clenches so tight around you that your rhythm stutters for a second. Her skin blooms red under your palm and she pushes back against you, grinding herself onto your cock with a desperation that's completely unrecognizable from the shy, formal girl who handed you a briefcase forty minutes ago.
"Again," she begs. "Please, daddy, again."
You give her another one, right across the curve where her ass meets her thigh, and the moan she produces is broken and raw and so loud that Yujin stops even pretending Rei is going to eat her out anymore. Rei's face is buried in the mattress between Yujin's legs, her mouth open, drool soaking into the sheets, and every thrust you deliver makes her entire body shake.
Yujin shifts her position, sliding her back up the headboard so she can see better. She spreads her legs wider, her left hand drifting between her own thighs, two fingers finding her clit and starting to rub in slow, tight circles. Her right hand stays in Rei's hair, gripping loosely, more for contact than control now.
"Fuck her good," Yujin tells you, her fingers picking up speed between her legs. "Harder. Reset her brain. I want to see her forget her own name."
You grab Rei's hips and pull her back onto your cock as you thrust forward, and the collision draws a sound out of her that isn't even a moan anymore, it's just noise, raw and broken and high-pitched. Her hands are fisted in the sheets so hard her knuckles have gone white. Her back is arched so deep her stomach nearly touches the mattress. And she's babbling, a stream of fragmented, barely coherent pleas that tumble out of her in between gasps. "So deep, you're so fucking deep, I can feel you in my stomach, don't stop, please don't stop, daddy, please..."
"She called you daddy," Yujin says, rubbing her clit faster, her chest rising and falling with quickening breaths. "Twice. The sweet little rookie is calling you daddy. This is the best day of my professional career."
You maintain the pace, steady and relentless, your cock driving into Rei with a consistency that never lets her come down. Every time she thinks she's caught her breath, you're already bottoming out again, filling her completely, your hips pressed flush against her ass. The wet sounds between you are constant and obscene, and Rei's pussy is so slick that every thrust produces an audible squelch that would be embarrassing in any other context but right now just makes you fuck her harder.
"I think I'm gonna cum," Rei gasps suddenly, and her whole body goes rigid. Her walls clamp down on you so hard you can barely move. Her thighs are shaking violently, her toes curling, her fingers tearing at the sheets. "Holy shit. Holy shit, I'm going to cum on your dick. I'm going to cum, I can't stop it, it's right there..."
"Cum for me." You grip her hips and keep your pace exactly where it is, deep and firm, hitting that spot inside her with every stroke. "Cum like a good girl."
"Yes, daddy." Her entire body is vibrating. Her head lifts off the mattress and her back arches and her mouth opens and nothing comes out for a second, two seconds, three seconds. "Yes, daddy, I'm cumming, I'm cumming, I'm—"
Yujin exhales sharply, her fingers a blur between her own legs. "Fuck, it's so hot watching her like this. She's completely gone. I'm almost cumming just from looking at her."
Rei's orgasm hits her suddenly and all at once. Her body locks up completely, every muscle tensed, and then she lets out a sharp, sustained moan that breaks in the middle and keeps going. You feel it around your cock, intense rhythmic contractions that squeeze and release, squeeze and release, her pussy pulsing around you in waves. Her thighs clamp against your hips. Her fingers claw the sheets so hard you hear fabric rip. The flush on her skin darkens to a deep, blotchy red that spreads from her cheeks down her neck to her shoulders.
You slow your pace, dragging it out. Long, deep, lazy strokes that keep her trembling, keep the contractions going, coax every last tremor out of her. Every slow thrust draws another whimper from her, smaller now, softer, her body twitching each time you push in. You can feel the aftershocks rippling through her, her walls fluttering weakly around your cock, and the wet heat between you is almost unbearable.
Gradually, Rei's body goes slack. Her knees give out and she melts onto her stomach, sinking into the mattress with the boneless grace of someone whose skeleton has temporarily left the building. She's still shaking, tiny little aftershocks running through her limbs, and her breathing is ragged and uneven. You lean over her, your chest close to her back, and press your lips to her shoulder. She's warm and damp with sweat and she smells faintly like floral fruity perfume and sex.
Rei turns her head on the pillow and looks up at you. Her eyes are glazed. Her lips are parted. Her hair is plastered to her forehead in sweaty strands. And she's smiling. It's the dumbest, happiest, most sex-drunk grin you've ever seen on a human face, the kind of smile that only happens when someone's brain is still rebooting after a catastrophic pleasure event. "I can't believe Wonyoung never tried your cock," she mumbles, still catching her breath. "What a waste. What an absolute waste. She had this the entire time and she never once sat on it."
"Her loss,” you say.
"Her monumental loss." Rei shifts slightly, wincing at the sensitivity, then settles back into the mattress with a contented sigh. "I barely had one orgasm and I already want more. My legs don't work though. Give me a minute."
"Take your time."
"Nope." Yujin is already moving. She crawls across the bed with the energy of someone who's been watching the previews and is ready for the main feature. She nudges Rei's leg out of the way and settles between yours, her fingers wrapping around your cock, still slick and hard and coated in the evidence of Rei's orgasm. She looks at it for a second, appraising, then lowers her mouth and takes you in.
The taste of Rei's cum on your cock makes Yujin hum appreciatively, a low, sustained vibration around your shaft that sends a shockwave through your hips. She sucks slowly, savoring it, her tongue swirling and pressing, cleaning every inch of you with a thoroughness that's almost meditative. She pulls off with a wet sound and licks her lips.
"Tastes so good," she says, stroking you lazily, her thumb smearing Rei's slickness along the shaft. "Like Coke."
From somewhere behind her, Rei grunts. "Stop it!"
A pillow flies across the bed and catches Yujin in the side of the head. She catches it one-handed before it falls, laughing so hard her shoulders shake, and tosses it onto the floor. "Chill! I’m kidding..." She gives your cock one more long, slow lick from base to tip, then releases you and crawls forward, positioning herself above you.
Yujin straddles your hips, her knees on either side of your waist, her hands flat on your chest. She's lean and warm above you, her dark hair hanging around her face, her small breasts catching the light from the windows. Up close, you can see the thin sheen of sweat on her collarbones, the slight flush across her chest, the way her pupils are blown wide despite the composed expression she's wearing. She reaches back with one hand and takes hold of your cock, angling it upward, and you feel the head press against her entrance, hot and slick. She's wetter than she probably wants to admit.
She holds you there, right at the edge, not letting you in. She looks down at you with an expression that's part challenge, part warning. "Let's see what all the fuss is about." She rolls her hips slightly, teasing, the tip of your cock sliding through her wetness without entering. "I should tell you upfront. I'm not easily impressed. Not like Rei."
From across the bed, Rei lifts her head just enough to protest. "I wasn't easily impressed, his dick is just really good."
"You called him daddy within five minutes."
"He earned it." Yujin ignores her. She adjusts her grip on your cock, positions it exactly where she wants it, and locks eyes with you. "Ready?"
"Yes. Let's see if the professional is really that good."
Yujin's eyebrow lifts. A slow, dangerous arch. "Are you challenging me?"
"I am."
She grins. "You just made a very big mistake." She shifts her weight above you, her thighs flexing on either side of your hips. "New rule. Whoever orgasms first loses. And the loser has to fulfill one request from the winner. Anything. No limits, no negotiations, no backing out. Are you in?"
"Yeah, I'm in,” you say, confidently.
"Good." Yujin sinks down onto your cock. Her jaw tightens and her eyes narrow but she doesn't make a sound, taking you inside her with a controlled patience that's almost defiant. She's tight, not as tight as Rei but tight in a different way, her muscles gripping you with an intentional squeeze that tells you she knows exactly what she's doing with her body. When she bottoms out, her ass flush against your thighs, she lets out a single measured breath through her nose and rolls her shoulders.
From the other side of the bed, Rei is lying on her stomach, chin propped on her hands, watching the two of you with the satisfied, dreamy look of someone who just got thoroughly fucked and is now enjoying the show. She catches your eye and gives you a small, conspiratorial nod. "I'm rooting for you."
Yujin's head whips toward her. "Traitor. Traitor to the entire gender. I'm writing you up for this."
"Write me up all you want. I want him to win."
"You've known him for an hour. I expected a bit more from you.” Yujin turns back to you and starts to move. Torturously slow. She lifts her hips until just the head of your cock is inside her, holds there for a count that feels like an eternity, then sinks back down in one fluid, rolling motion. It's sensual in a way that's almost aggressive, every movement calculated to make you feel as much as possible while she gives away nothing. Her stomach flexes. Her thighs tense. She keeps her eyes locked on yours the entire time, watching for any crack in your composure, any twitch, any tell.
"So," she says, rolling her hips in a slow circle that makes your fingers dig into the sheets. "Do you know what you'll ask for? If, hypothetically, by some miracle, you manage to win this bet?"
You look up at her. At both of them. "I wanna get to know you two better. I want to take you both out. Get dinner. actually having a real conversation instead of just this… transactional sex."
Yujin laughs. "A date? That's your big ask? You could ask for anything and you want to take us to dinner?" She shakes her head, still riding you with that agonizing slowness. "Smart aleck. Trying to charm us. Well, it doesn't matter, because you're not going to win. We'll finish the job today and you'll never see either of us again. We serve Wonyoung."
"I can treat you both better than she does,” you argue.
Yujin's rhythm falters for just a fraction of a second. Barely noticeable. She covers it immediately. "Oh yeah?"
"As people. Not tools for her to dispatch whenever she can't be bothered to handle her own life."
The room goes quiet for a beat. Just the wet, slick sound of Yujin moving on you and the soft rustle of sheets. Then she starts bouncing. Properly bouncing, lifting herself up and dropping back down with a snap of her hips that drives your cock deep and draws a sharp exhale from your chest. Her ass connects with your thighs on every downstroke and the impact sends ripples through her body that you can feel in your teeth.
She's good. She's really fucking good. The way she angles her hips, the way she squeezes you at the top of each bounce, the way she uses her weight on the drop. Her ass is incredible, firm and round, and watching it work as she rides you is pure bliss.
"What about you?" you manage, keeping your breathing even through sheer willpower. "What's your request if you win?"
Yujin's grin turns feral. She leans forward, her hands on your chest, her face close to yours. "I'm going to fuck your ass." You swallow hard. "There's a strap-on in the briefcase in the living room. You're going to be my slut." She punctuates this with a hard downward thrust that buries you to the hilt. "I'm going to bend you over this very expensive bed and make you call me mommy."
Across the bed, Rei buries her face in the pillow. Her ears are bright red. You can hear her muffled squeak of shock through the cotton.
You hold Yujin's gaze. You keep your expression perfectly flat, perfectly unbothered, even though she's riding your cock like she's trying to break it. "Then maybe you'd better try harder. I've had better rides from girls before."
Her face changes instantly, the playful confidence slipping away as raw irritation takes its place. Her jaw clenches, her eyes narrow, and she starts riding you harder, slamming herself down with a ferocity that shakes the entire bed frame. Her pace doubles, then triples, her hips working furiously, the wet slap of skin against skin filling the room in a relentless rhythm. She's going to make you cum through sheer force of will and spite, and honestly the strategy isn't bad.
But it's costing her. Her breathing is getting ragged. Short, sharp inhales through her nose, quick exhales through parted lips. And the moans, the ones she's been holding back since this started, are beginning to leak out. Small ones at first, barely more than breathy gasps, but they're growing in volume and frequency with every passing second. Her thighs are trembling. The flush across her chest is deepening. "Rei." Yujin's composure is cracking and she knows it. "Help me. Do something. Get over here."
Rei lifts her head from the pillow and looks at you, questioning. You give her a small nod. It's fine. She crawls across the bed to your side, her body still flushed and marked from her own session, and lowers her mouth to your chest. Her lips close around your left nipple and she sucks gently, her tongue flicking across the sensitive skin, and the added sensation sends a jolt straight down your spine to your cock. Rei's hand rests on your stomach, warm and grounding, and she alternates between soft licks and gentle suction, her eyes closed, completely content in her supporting role.
You place both hands on Yujin's waist. Your thumbs press into the grooves of her hip bones and you guide her rhythm, not changing it, just steadying it, controlling the angle so that every time she drops down your cock hits exactly where it needs to. Yujin lets you, too focused on maintaining her pace to fight the direction, and the adjustment makes her next moan come out louder than the ones before.
You watch her. The way her stomach flexes with every movement. The way her small breasts bounce with each impact. The way her dark hair swings and sticks to the sweat on her neck and shoulders. The way her lips part and her brow furrows with concentration and barely contained pleasure. She's stunning. Absolutely, unreasonably stunning, in a way that's completely different from Rei's softness, all sharp angles and lean muscle and controlled power that's currently losing its grip. "You're gorgeous," you tell her.
Her eyes snap to yours. "What?"
"You're gorgeous. I'm looking at you riding me and you're the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen." Something complicated happens on Yujin's face. She tries to smirk but it comes out uneven, one corner of her mouth lifting while the other trembles. Her rhythm stutters and she has to reset, grinding down on you to find her pace again. "More gorgeous than Wonyoung?"
"Yes. A lot more."
The reaction is subtle but it's there. A softening around her eyes. A looseness in her shoulders that wasn't there before. Her fingers, braced on your chest, press a little harder, like she's anchoring herself to something. She liked it. She liked it a lot, and she's going to go to her grave before she admits that out loud. "You just broke up with your girlfriend," she says, and her attempt at a dismissive tone is undercut by the breathlessness in every syllable, "and you're already hitting on someone else. You're a slut. All men are the same. Every single one."
Rei detaches from your nipple, her chin resting on your chest, and looks up at Yujin with raised eyebrows. "You're being too bratty."
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me." Rei's hand squeezes your stomach once, encouraging. A grin spreads across her face, still loopy from her own orgasm. "Daddy, put her in her place."
You tighten your grip on Yujin's waist. She sees the shift in your expression half a second before she feels it, and her eyes widen just slightly. "Wait, what are you..." You plant your feet flat on the mattress and thrust upward. Hard. A single, powerful stroke that drives your cock deep inside her and lifts her knees off the bed for a fraction of a second. The sound that comes out of Yujin's mouth is loud and unguarded and completely involuntary, a full, open moan that she claps her hand over a second too late.
"Oh fuck," she whispers behind her fingers.
And you don't stop. You grab her hips and start fucking her from below, driving up into her with a pace that's fast and punishing and completely controlled. Every thrust is deep, the kind of deep that makes her stomach clench visibly, and you're not letting her set the rhythm anymore. She's riding you but you're the one in charge now, using your grip on her waist to pull her down onto every upstroke, meeting her body with a force that turns her controlled bouncing into something messy and desperate.
The transformation is immediate. Yujin's hands drop from her face to your chest for stability, her fingers splayed, her nails digging in. Her head falls forward, hair curtaining around her face, and the moans are coming freely now. Real moans. Loud, surprised, helpless moans that she couldn't stop if she tried. Her thighs are shaking against your sides, her abs are twitching, and the wet sounds between you have gotten louder, sloppier, more urgent.
"Oh my god," she breathes, and her hips jerk involuntarily. "How are you... what the fuck, how are you this..."
"This what?" you ask, not slowing down.
She grits her teeth, refusing to finish the sentence, but another deep thrust pulls a whine from her that answers the question anyway. Her back arches and she grinds down onto you, trying to find some control, some leverage, and you give it to her for exactly two seconds before slamming up into her again and watching her composure shatter.
You shift the angle slightly, tilting your hips, and on the next thrust you feel Yujin's entire body seize. Every muscle locks, her nails claw into your chest, and the moan that tears out of her throat is so raw and so loud that it makes Rei's eyebrows shoot up. You found the spot. You keep the angle and fuck into it relentlessly, steady and deep and unforgiving, and Yujin's composure doesn't just crack, it collapses.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck," she chants, her head thrown back, her throat exposed, her body bouncing on you helplessly. She's not riding you anymore. She's holding on. "You're so fucking deep, oh my god, you're so fucking deep and hard and I can't..."
She catches herself. Bites down on her lower lip so hard it goes white. Straightens up and plants her hands on your stomach, trying to wrestle back control. Her hips start moving again, grinding in slow circles, and she looks down at you with an expression that's equal parts furious and aroused. "I'm not losing this bet," she says, and the tremble in her thighs says otherwise.
Rei rolls onto her side, propping her head up on one hand, watching Yujin bounce on your cock with the serene satisfaction of someone who already got hers. "You really don't look like someone who's winning, Yujin."
"If I don’t peg his ass," Yujin pants between thrusts, her thighs trembling around your hips, "I'm fucking yours."
"Mm, I don't think so." Rei stretches lazily, running her fingers along the damp sheets. "After daddy makes you cum, you're not going to have the strength to get out of this bed. Trust me. I speak from very recent experience."
Yujin grinds down on you, her jaw tight, sweat rolling down her neck into the valley between her breasts. She shakes her head, stubborn to the bone. "His dick isn't even that good. Very overrated. All this hype for a solid six out of ten at best."
You plant your feet and drive up into her so hard that her hands slip off your chest. Her eyes roll back, her whole body jolting, and the moan that comes out of her is guttural and helpless and completely involuntary. She catches herself with both palms flat on your stomach, fingers splayed, panting, and for a second she just stays there, impaled on you, her brain clearly buffering.
You look at Rei. "Give me some space." Rei scoots back immediately, pulling a pillow with her, settling in cross-legged near the foot of the bed with the eager posture of someone who just got front-row seats to the best show of her life. You turn your attention back to Yujin, who's still trying to reassemble her composure above you. "You sound a lot better moaning than you do talking all that bullshit."
"That's so fucking rude,” she grumbles. “You don't get to tell me when to talk and when to..."
You tighten your grip on her waist. Both hands, firm, fingers digging into the lean muscle of her hips. In one fluid motion, you lift her off your cock, shift your weight, and flip her onto her back on the mattress. The air leaves her lungs in a sharp gasp as her shoulders hit the sheets, her hair fanning out around her head, her legs falling open on either side of you. Before she can process the change in position, you're already between her thighs, one hand pressing her hip into the mattress, the other guiding your cock back inside her. You push in with a single, deep stroke that fills her completely, and Yujin's entire body arches off the bed.
"Oh, fuck—" Now you're on top. Now you're in control. And from the way Yujin's eyes have gone wide and glassy, she knows it too. You set a pace that's fast and hard and unrelenting, your hips slamming into hers with a force that shakes the headboard against the wall.
Each thrust drives deep, bottoming out, and the wet, obscene sound of your cock pounding into her fills the room alongside Yujin's increasingly desperate moaning. Her legs wrap around your waist instinctively, her heels digging into the small of your back, pulling you closer even as her hands push against your chest in a confused, contradictory bid for some kind of control she's already lost.
"You're such a fucking asshole," she spits, but her pussy is clenching around you so tight with every thrust that the insult loses all its teeth. "You absolute piece of shit, you think you're so fucking special because your dick is big and you can last a long time, you arrogant, smug, insufferable..."
"Keep going." You thrust harder, deeper, angling your hips to hit that same spot that made her fall apart earlier. "Every time you insult me, I just want to fuck you harder."
"You're the worst lay I've ever had." Another thrust. She chokes on a moan. "You have no technique. Zero finesse. You're just a rich boy with a big cock and no personality."
"That's a lot of talking for someone who's shaking."
"I'm not shaking." She's shaking. Her entire body is trembling beneath you, her thighs quivering against your ribs, her stomach muscles twitching every time you bottom out. The insults keep coming but they're getting shorter, more fragmented, punctuated by moans she can't swallow anymore.
You bring your right hand up and place it on her throat. Not squeezing. Not choking. Just resting there, your fingers curled around the column of her neck, your thumb against her pulse point, a firm, steady pressure that says everything without applying any real force.
Yujin's reaction is nuclear. Her eyes blow wide, her back arches so sharply that only her shoulders and hips are touching the mattress, and the sound that comes out of her mouth is raw and loud enough to make Rei flinch at the foot of the bed. Her hands fly up and grab your wrist, not to pull your hand away, but to hold it there. Her fingers wrap around your forearm and grip so hard you can feel her nails leaving crescents in your skin.
"Oh my god," she breathes, and her pussy clenches around you so hard your vision blurs for a second. "Oh my fucking god."
"Holy shit," Rei whispers from the foot of the bed. She's sitting forward, her eyes huge, her lips parted, her thighs pressed together. "That's so hot. That's so incredibly hot. Fuck her, daddy. Fuck her harder." You maintain the hand on Yujin's throat and pound into her, your hips relentless, each stroke driving so deep you can feel her cervix, feel the full length of you burying inside her again and again. Yujin's legs tighten around you, her heels locked behind your back, and she's pulling you into her on every thrust, her body working against her brain's protestations.
She's fighting it. You can see the battle playing out in real time on her face, the way she bites her lip, the way she squeezes her eyes shut, the way she tries to slow her own breathing. She's fighting the orgasm with everything she has, refusing to let it happen, refusing to lose. Her jaw is clenched so tight the muscles in her neck cord beneath your palm. "I'm not going to cum," she says through gritted teeth, but it comes out like a plea, not a statement. "I'm not. I refuse. I don't lose. I never lose."
"Cum on his cock, Yujin." Rei has crawled closer now, kneeling beside the two of you, her face flushed, her eyes bright with a wildness that wasn't there an hour ago. "Just let it go. It's going to be the best orgasm of your life. I promise."
"No." Yujin shakes her head against the pillow, her hair sticking to her face. "No, no, no, I'm not going to..." You hit the spot again. Hard. And hold there, grinding the head of your cock against that swollen ridge inside her while your thumb presses just slightly firmer against the side of her throat. Yujin's mouth opens. Her eyes go wide. Her hands fly from your wrist to the sheets, fisting the fabric.
"Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck..." It pours out of her in a continuous, panicked stream, each repetition higher and more desperate than the last. Her hips are bucking up against you, meeting your thrusts with involuntary, frantic movements she's clearly not controlling anymore. The flush on her chest has spread to her face, her neck, her ears. "You're going to make me cum. Damn it. Damn it, you're going to make me cum."
"That's it," Rei breathes, leaning close to Yujin's ear, her hand finding Yujin's thigh and squeezing. "Cum for him. Make her cum, daddy. Fuck it out of her."
Yujin's body goes rigid beneath you. Every muscle locks. Her back arches, her thighs clamp around your waist like a vice, the orgasm hits her and her mouth opens in a scream that your hand on her throat compresses into a strangled, ragged moan, muffled but still audible, still raw, still the loudest thing in the room. You feel it around your cock, a violent, rhythmic clenching that squeezes you in waves, her entire body convulsing beneath you, her hips jerking against yours in uncontrollable spasms. Her eyes are squeezed shut and there are tears at the corners, not from pain, from intensity, from the sheer overwhelming force of what's ripping through her.
You release her throat.
The sound that erupts from Yujin is unholy. A full, unrestricted moan that tears itself from her chest and fills the room, followed immediately by a series of gasped, broken syllables that aren't really words anymore. Her hands fly to your arms, gripping your biceps, and her whole body starts shaking, genuine, full-body tremors that make the bed vibrate beneath you.
"You won." It comes out wrecked, barely intelligible. "Damn it. You won. Fuck. I can't take it anymore. Stop. I can't..."
But you don't stop. You keep the same pace, your cock driving into her still-spasming pussy, and the hypersensitivity hits her like a second wave. Her eyes snap open and they're unfocused, pupils blown, tears tracking down her temples into her hair. Her mouth moves but nothing coherent comes out for a few seconds, just gasps and whimpers and fragments of sounds.
"She can take it." Rei's kneeling beside Yujin with a grin on her face that borders on feral. "She's a slut. Keep going."
"No no no no, fuck, please." Yujin's head thrashes on the pillow, her nails dragging red lines down your arms. "Daddy, no. Please, daddy, stop. You're going to make me cum again if you keep going like this. I can't. My body can't. Please."
That's exactly what you want. You grab her thighs and push them wider, opening her up completely, and fuck into her with everything you have. Deep, hard, constant, targeting that same angle, that same spot, and Yujin's protests dissolve into a continuous, high-pitched moan that climbs in pitch with every thrust. Her hands grab at everything, your arms, the sheets, the pillow behind her head, the headboard. Her body is arching and writhing beneath you, completely out of her own control.
"Fuck, fuck, I'm cumming, oh god I'm cumming again, I can't stop it, it's happe—”
The second orgasm slams into her harder than the first. Yujin screams, a real scream, sharp and loud and broken, and her body bows off the mattress. You feel a sudden rush of warmth around your cock, slick and hot and forceful, and then you see it. She's squirting. A hard, pulsing spray that soaks your stomach, your thighs, the sheets beneath her. It just keeps coming, her pussy clenching and releasing in violent contractions around your cock, each one pushing out another warm jet.
Rei's eyes go enormous. For exactly one second, she stares. Then she moves.
Her hand shoots between Yujin's legs and two fingers find Yujin's clit, exposed and swollen and drenched, and she starts rubbing. Fast. Hard. Aggressive circles with her fingertips pressed flat against the sensitive nub, and the effect is immediate and devastating. Yujin's squirting intensifies, the spray arcing higher, soaking Rei's wrist and forearm, splashing against your abs. Yujin's screams have gone silent, her mouth open, her body locked in a sustained convulsion, only her heels and shoulders touching the bed.
Rei giggles, bright and delighted, watching the chaos Yujin is making with the same breathless fascination as someone mesmerized by a burst of fireworks. "Look at all of that. Look at her go. She's making such a mess." Her fingers don't stop, rubbing Yujin's clit with a relentless enthusiasm that borders on cruel, and every pass of her fingertips draws another gush from Yujin's trembling body. "Come on, Yujin. Give us more. I know you've got more."
Yujin's hand grabs Rei's wrist weakly, trying to push her away, but there's no strength behind it. Her body is spent, wrung out, every muscle exhausted from the sustained intensity of two consecutive orgasms. She's making sounds that aren't moans or screams but something in between, small, broken, hitching gasps, her chest heaving, her stomach flexing with each aftershock.
You pull out. Slow, careful. And as your cock slides free, one last jet of clear fluid pulses from Yujin's swollen, flushed pussy, splashing against your thigh before trailing down between her legs and pooling on the already ruined sheets. Rei finally pulls her hand away, her fingers glistening, and wipes them on the sheet next to Yujin's hip with a casual nonchalance that makes you shake your head.
Yujin lies there. Breathing. Trembling. Her legs are still spread, too heavy to move, and her arms are limp at her sides. Her hair is a dark, tangled mess across the pillow. Her skin is flushed from her face to her navel, blotchy and pink and damp with sweat. Her eyes are closed and her lips are parted and her chest rises and falls in deep, unsteady rhythms that gradually, slowly, begin to even out.
You lean down and press your lips to her cheek. Soft. Unhurried. You can taste the salt of her sweat on her skin. "Looks like I won."
Yujin's arms come up and wrap around your neck. She pulls you down against her, tight, her face burying into the crook of your shoulder. She's holding you like someone who just survived something, her fingers gripping the back of your neck, her body still trembling in small aftershocks against yours. The embrace is fierce and needy and completely at odds with everything she's projected since she walked out of that elevator. You let her hold on. You settle your weight carefully, not crushing her, and let her take what she needs.
Rei tilts her head, watching the two of you with a soft, teasing smile. "Look at that. Daddy softened up the bratty girl."
"Shut up," Yujin mumbles into your shoulder, but there's no harshness in it. There's barely any volume.
You pull away slightly, just enough to meet her gaze. Her eyes are open now, softer, different - no more sharpness. Just a stunned, wide look, like she’s still trying to piece together what just happened. Her lips are swollen and her mascara has smudged slightly at the corners of her eyes and she looks completely, thoroughly, beautifully wrecked.
She grabs the back of your neck with one hand and pulls you down into a kiss. Not teasing, not competitive, not calculated. Hard. Deep. Her mouth opens against yours and she kisses you with a hunger that tastes like surrender, her tongue pressing against yours, her teeth catching your lower lip. Her other hand comes up to cup your jaw, holding you there, and when the kiss finally breaks she doesn't let you pull away. She keeps your face close, her forehead against yours, and brushes her nose against yours. Once. Twice. An almost unbearably tender gesture from someone who, five minutes ago, was calling you every name in the book.
A small, mischievous smile curls the corner of her mouth. Her thumb traces your jawline. "That was the best orgasm of my life," she murmurs, her breath warm against your lips. "Motherfucker. Congratulations."
Yujin turns her head on the pillow and looks at Rei, who's sprawled out on her stomach beside you both, chin resting on her folded arms, looking entirely too pleased with herself. Yujin narrows her eyes. "You were way too harsh on me back there. The little bird has claws."
Rei shrugs one shoulder, not even a little apologetic. "It was really fun. And you had it coming."
"I had it coming?"
"You called me a slut like four times today."
"That's because you are one. But fine." Yujin's mouth twitches. Something almost warm passes through her expression. "I'm proud of you. You were vicious. I respect vicious."
"Thank you. I learned from the best."
"Damn right you did."
You shift onto your side, propping yourself up on one elbow. "So. I won."
Yujin groans and presses the pillow over her face. Her response comes out muffled through Egyptian cotton. "Yes. You won."
"Which means you owe me a date. Both of you."
She pulls the pillow down just enough to glare at you with one eye. "You're going to complicate my life so badly."
"That seems fair. You two showed up at my apartment unannounced, broke up with me on behalf of my fake girlfriend, threatened me with a lawsuit, and then fucked me. I think one dinner is a pretty mild complication by comparison."
Yujin lets the pillow drop and stares at the ceiling. She exhales slowly, her chest still rising and falling a little faster than normal, the flush on her skin only now beginning to fade. "If Wonyoung finds out, Rei and I are done. Not just fired. Done. She's not the forgive-and-forget type."
"She really isn't," Rei agrees, but her tone is remarkably casual for someone discussing career annihilation. She traces a pattern on the sheet with her fingertip.
"I know she isn't," you say. "Wonyoung's petty. Always has been. She wouldn't care that she dumped me. She'd care that you two are seeing me, because in her head, everything that was hers stays hers. Even the stuff she threw away."
Yujin looks over at you, a subtle flash of surprise in her eyes, as though hearing her own thoughts echoed back in a way she didn’t expect. "That's... exactly right, actually. She'd do so much worse than fire us."
"I know. But she's not going to find out anytime soon. And if she does, I'll handle it. That's my problem, not yours." You hold her gaze. "I've dealt with petty rich people my entire life. I come from a family of them. I know how the game works."
Yujin chews the inside of her cheek, considering. She turns to Rei. "What do you think?"
"Yes!" Rei says instantly.
"Girl, I hadn't even finished the question."
"You were going to ask if we should go on the date. The answer is yes. I don't need to think about it."
Yujin squints at her. "Fifteen minutes ago you were a nervous intern who couldn't open the right briefcase. Now you're making life-altering decisions in half a second?"
"I've had a productive afternoon." Rei rolls onto her side to face both of you, tucking one arm under her head. "I thought I admired Wonyoung. Before I started working with her, I really did. She was this incredible, untouchable person and I wanted to be around that." She pauses, picking at a loose thread on the pillowcase. "Then I actually started working with her, and I saw how she treats people behind closed doors. The way she talks about them. The way she throws them away when they stop being useful." Her eyes drift to yours briefly. "My admiration kind of eroded after that."
The room sits with that for a second. Nobody fills the silence.
"Okay." Yujin pushes herself up on her elbows. "One date. Just one. To see how it goes." She points at you with a finger that still isn't entirely steady. "Don't get your hopes up. I just need to add some variety to my life. Everything's been work, Wonyoung, work, Wonyoung, repeat. A girl needs some seasoning."
"Noted. No hopes. Very low expectations."
"Extremely low. Rock bottom. Subterranean."
"Got it."
Yujin shifts her weight and her hand drifts down between you. Her fingers find your cock, still hard, still flushed and thick against your stomach, and she wraps around it loosely. She gives it a slow, lazy stroke, and then stops. She looks down at it. She looks up at you. "You didn't cum."
"Nope."
"How." It's not a question. It's an accusation. She strokes you again, slow, her thumb circling the head, and watches your cock twitch against her palm. "No guy has ever lasted through me riding them. I've broken every man I've been with. Every single one. And you just... sat there and flipped me over and kept going."
"I've always had good stamina." You fold your arms behind your head, casual, even though her hand on your cock is making it hard to project total nonchalance. "I can get pretty competitive sometimes. Especially when someone threatens to peg me."
Yujin's teeth catch her lower lip. She's trying not to smile and failing at it, a slow, reluctant grin spreading across her face that she absolutely cannot contain. Her hand keeps stroking you, absentminded, her fingers exploring your length and girth like she's cataloguing it for future reference. "I like that," she admits. "I like a guy who doesn't fold."
Rei yawns and stretches, her back arching, her body unfurling against the sheets. The movement is lazy but it draws your attention to every curve, every line, the fullness of her thighs, the soft weight of her breasts shifting as she moves. She catches you looking and doesn't shy away from it this time. "Anyway," Rei says, rolling her neck. "This is all very sweet, but I'm still really horny."
Yujin releases your cock and rolls her eyes so hard her whole head moves. "She's insatiable. One orgasm and she turns into a monster."
"Your fault. You brought me here."
"Fine. Since you're so worked up, go ahead and let him fuck your ass then."
Rei pauses. Looks at you. Looks at Yujin. takes one brief, unashamed look down and shrugs. "Okay."
You sit up slightly. "Hold on. I thought anal was too kinky and filthy. Your exact words."
"I changed my mind." Rei says this with the serene conviction of someone announcing they've decided to try a new restaurant. "A girl can change her mind."
Yujin barks out a laugh. "Please. She's always liked anal. The whole innocent act was bullshit. I knew it the second she said it." She gestures at Rei like a prosecutor presenting evidence. "Look at her. That angelic face. Those big brown eyes. That thick ass." She shakes her head. "Anyone with a functioning brain can see that girl loves a cock in her ass. It's practically tattooed on her forehead."
Rei blinks, and for the first time, she looks genuinely caught off guard. "Is it that obvious? Can people actually tell?"
"Rei. Babe. Everyone who has ever looked at you knows immediately."
"Everyone?"
"It's the combination. The sweet princess face and the body that won't quit. It broadcasts a very specific frequency." Yujin swings her legs off the bed and stands, still naked, still glistening faintly with sweat. "I'm getting the lube from the briefcase. Don't start without me."
She pads out of the bedroom on bare feet, moving with the easy confidence of someone who's entirely comfortable being naked in a stranger's penthouse. The view from behind is excellent. Her ass, round, full, juicy and still faintly pink where the sheets creased against her skin, disappears around the corner.
The second Yujin is out of earshot, Rei scoots closer to you. She puts a hand on your chest and leans in, her lips near your ear, she murmurs: "She called you daddy."
You look at her. "I caught that."
"While you were fucking her. Multiple times." Rei pulls back and grins at you, her nose scrunching. "She was begging. Actual begging. 'Daddy please, daddy no, daddy stop.' She's going to pretend it didn't happen."
"Probably."
"She likes to act all tough and unbothered, like nothing gets to her. But she loves being put in her place. She needs it." Rei taps your chest once with her index finger. "She's been waiting for a guy who wouldn't buckle. Every other guy she's been with folded the second she started pushing. You pushed back harder. That broke her brain."
"You figured all that out in one afternoon?"
"I'm observant." Rei smiles, and there's nothing shy about it anymore. "Also, she talks in her sleep during naps at the office. Very revealing stuff."
You hear Yujin's footsteps coming back down the hall. Rei immediately scoots to a respectable distance and adopts an expression of pure, guileless innocence. The transformation is so seamless it's almost frightening. Yujin rounds the corner holding a bottle of high-end lubricant. She tosses it onto the bed, where it bounces once and lands between Rei's knees. Her gaze flicks between the two of you, eyes narrowing.
"You were talking about me."
"We absolutely were not," Rei says, and she sounds so sincere that even you almost believe her.
Yujin stares at her for two full seconds, then decides she doesn't care enough to pursue it. She climbs back onto the bed and grabs Rei's shoulder, spinning her around. "All fours, little bird. Show's about to start."
Rei catches your eye one more time as she moves into position, and the look she gives you is quick and private and full of mischief. Then she turns, plants her hands on the mattress, and arches her back. Yujin pops the cap on the lube with her thumb. She squeezes a generous amount directly onto Rei's ass, a thick, clear line that drips between her cheeks, and then another dollop onto her own palm. She rubs her hands together, warming it up.
"This one heats up," Yujin says, spreading the lube across Rei's skin with slow strokes. Her fingers glide over the curve of Rei's ass, working the slick between her cheeks, coating everything thoroughly. "High-end stuff. Wonyoung's company card paid for it, so you know it's premium."
Rei shivers. Her back dips and her fingers curl into the sheets. "That feels really good. The warming thing is nice."
"Of course it does. You love being pampered." Yujin's thumb traces a slow circle around Rei's tight hole, spreading the lube, not pushing in yet. Just getting her used to the contact. "And your absolute favorite pampering is a thick cock in your ass. Isn't that right?"
Rei presses her face into the mattress and says nothing, which is an answer in itself. You lean back against the headboard, watching Yujin work. Her fingers are careful, attentive, making sure every inch is slick and warm. It's the kind of consideration that comes from actually giving a shit about someone, not from following a job description. "You don't seem like Wonyoung's biggest fan," you say.
Yujin doesn't look up from what she's doing. "Wonyoung is my boss. I do what she tells me to do. End of story."
"I don't know. Seems like there's more to it."
Her fingers pause on Rei's skin for just a fraction of a second. "Who are you, Sherlock Holmes?" She resumes, her thumb pressing gently against Rei's rim, applying just enough pressure to tease without entering. "Put the magnifying glass away."
"Just making conversation."
Yujin stays quiet for a few seconds. The only sounds are Rei's soft breathing and the wet, slick noise of lube being worked into skin. Then, without prompting, Yujin says, "We used to be closer. Me and Wonyoung. It wasn't always a boss-and-employee thing. There was more to it than that."
You wait. Don't push.
"If you're going to ask what happened, don't bother. Better question is what didn't happen." She squeezes more lube onto her fingers and slides one fingertip just barely inside Rei, who exhales slowly and pushes back against the intrusion. "I don't like talking about it. It's boring and depressing and I've spent enough energy on that woman for one lifetime."
The subject closes itself. You let it go. Yujin works her finger deeper into Rei with a patience that borders on surgical, rotating slowly, letting her adjust, and Rei's breathing gradually shifts from tense to steady to something that sounds a lot like enjoyment. She's rocking her hips back in small, barely-there movements, instinctive, chasing the feeling.
After a moment, Yujin speaks again. Quieter this time, her eyes still on her own hand. "Did you mean what you said earlier?"
"About what?"
"That I'm prettier than Wonyoung."
There it is. Past all the attitude, the sarcasm, the Theatrical indifference - this. A question she couldn't bury, surfacing again the moment she convinced herself enough time had gone by to make it seem offhand. "Yeah. I meant it."
"Why, though?" She adds a second finger alongside the first, scissoring gently, stretching Rei open. Rei whimpers into the mattress, her toes curling. "Wonyoung is one of the most beautiful women on the planet. That's not even an opinion. There are rankings."
“Rankings are bullshit.” You keep your eyes on her. “There’s something in your eyes, Yujin. The way you look at people, the way you talk, even when you’re being a pain in the ass. There’s a spark there. You feel… I don't know, alive? Present?” You pause, choosing your words. “Wonyoung’s stunning, yeah, but she’s like a photograph. Perfect, but still. You’re not. You’re always moving. That’s why it’s so hard to look away from you.”
Yujin's hand goes still inside Rei. For a couple of seconds she just stares at you, and something passes across her face that she doesn't manage to hide in time. Her throat bobs with a swallow. Then she blinks, resets, and the classic Yujin is back, smooth as ever. "Jesus Christ." She looks away, her mouth twitching. "You could've just said I'm hotter than her. You didn't need to write a whole TED Talk about my eyes."
"That too. You're way hotter than her."
"Obviously." She pulls her fingers out of Rei and wipes them on the sheet. The flush on her cheeks has nothing to do with exertion. She slaps Rei's ass with a crisp, ringing smack that makes Rei yelp. "She's ready. All warmed up and stretched. Now all that's missing is your dick."
Yujin turns to you, grabs your cock, and squeezes the bottle directly onto the shaft. The lube is warm, almost hot, and it runs down your length in thick rivulets. She strokes you with both hands, one twisting at the base while the other slides up and over the head, spreading the slickness everywhere, making sure every inch is coated. "You're not small," she says, matter-of-fact, her fist gliding up your lubed shaft. "So go slow or you'll break her."
"I'm right here," Rei says from all fours, looking back over her shoulder. "And I'm not fragile."
"Your ass is about to have a very different opinion on that."
Yujin gives your cock one final stroke, root to tip, and releases it. She wipes her hands on the sheets, already ruined beyond salvation, and scoots to the side, settling into a cross-legged position near the pillows with a clear sightline to the action. Supervising.
You move behind Rei. She's on her hands and knees, her back arched, her ass pushed up and out toward you. The lube is everywhere, glossy and warm, catching the light from the windows. Her hole is slick and relaxed from Yujin's prep work, pink and tight and glistening. You run one hand up the back of her thigh, over the swell of her ass, and she pushes back against your touch, eager.
You grip the base of your cock and press the head against her. The contact alone makes her tense, a reflexive clench that tightens everything, and you hold still. Just the tip against her, not pushing, letting the warmth of the lube and the pressure do the work.
"I'm going to start. Tell me if you need me to stop."
Rei nods. Her fingers are bunched in the sheets, her head hanging between her shoulders. "Go ahead."
You push forward. Gentle. Steady. The head of your cock presses against her ring and meets resistance, firm and tight, her body instinctively clenching against the intrusion. You hold the pressure, not forcing, just a constant forward push, and after a few seconds you feel her start to relax. The muscle yields, slowly, incrementally, and the head slips inside.
Rei sucks in a sharp breath through her teeth. Her back goes rigid and her knuckles go white in the sheets. She's impossibly tight around you, her ass gripping the head of your cock with a pressure that's almost painful, hot and slick from the lube but so constricting it takes genuine effort not to just shove forward.
"Breathe," Yujin says from her perch near the pillows. She's watching with her head tilted, clinical and attentive. "Don't tense up. Push out, not in. Let him in."
Rei exhales slowly. You feel the shift, a conscious relaxation that eases the grip around you just enough to move. You push another inch inside her and Rei's mouth falls open, a long, shaky exhale escaping her.
"How's it feel?" Yujin asks.
"Big," Rei manages. "Really, really big."
"I told you." Yujin looks at you. "Slower."
You give Rei a moment. Your hands rest on her hips, thumbs tracing small circles on her skin, grounding her. When you feel her body soften again, you push deeper. Another inch. The lube does its job, the warming sensation easing the slide, and Rei groans low in her throat. It's a sound of fullness, of being stretched in a way that walks the tightrope between too much and exactly enough.
Another inch. You're halfway in now, and the tightness is unreal. Nothing like her pussy. This is a different kind of grip entirely, relentless and uniform, squeezing every millimeter of your cock with equal, crushing pressure. The heat is staggering. Rei's thighs are quivering, her breathing short and fast, and every tiny movement you make sends a visible tremor through her body.
"More," Rei whispers. "Keep going." You push deeper. So slow it's almost painful for you, the urge to thrust fighting against every ounce of restraint you have. The lube squelches obscenely as you slide further in, and Rei lets out a broken, stuttering moan that builds in volume the deeper you go. Her ass is swallowing you inch by inch, her body opening for you, and the visual alone, your thick, glistening cock disappearing into her tight little hole, her round ass pressed against your hips, is enough to make your pulse hammer in your ears.
"Almost there," Yujin narrates, leaning to the side to get a better angle. "About two inches left. She's taking it like a champ."
"I can feel every single inch of him," Rei says, and her tone is dazed, almost drunk. "Every ridge. Everything."
You push the last two inches in slowly, steadily, until your hips press flush against her ass. All of you. Every inch buried inside her. Rei's body shudders beneath you and she lets out a sound that's half gasp, half sob, her face dropping to the mattress, her fingers twisted in the sheets so hard the fitted corner pops off.
"There you go," Yujin says. "All of it. How do you feel?"
Rei doesn't answer right away. She's breathing in short, shallow bursts, her body adjusting to the fullness, the stretch, the sheer overwhelming presence of your cock lodged deep in her ass. You hold completely still, giving her time, and you can feel her pulse throbbing around you, fast and heavy.
Then she lifts her head. Turns to look at you over her shoulder and says: "I'm ready, daddy." Her hips push back against you, taking you deeper, and the moan that leaves her mouth is filthy and absolutely nothing like the girl who asked for a Coke two hours ago. "Please fuck your good girl's ass."
You pull back. Feel every inch of her gripping you as you slide out until just the head remains inside, her rim stretched tight around the thickest part of you. Then you push forward again, steady, controlled, and Rei's whole body sinks into the mattress as you fill her. Her fingers claw the sheets and a long, trembling moan pours out of her, muffled against the pillow, a sound that starts in the gut and doesn't stop until there's no air left.
She's perfect on all fours. Back arched deep, ass pushed up and round and full, her dark hair spilling over her shoulders and sticking to the sweat on her skin. Every slow thrust makes her body rock forward, her breasts swaying beneath her, her thighs trembling with the effort of holding position. The lube has made everything slick and warm and the friction is sinful, that impossible tightness squeezing you on every stroke, hot and constant and so good your jaw aches from clenching it. "Deeper," Rei breathes. Her hips push back against you, greedy, impatient. "Go deeper. I want all of it."
You give her all of it. Bottom out with a slow grind that makes her toes curl and her spine flex. She lets out a choked, guttural sound and her arms give out, her chest dropping to the mattress, face turned sideways, mouth open. "Fuck, your cock is so good in my ass," she moans, pushing back onto you, taking you deeper even though there's nowhere deeper to go. "It's so thick. I can feel you stretching me open. Every single inch."
Yujin is sitting cross-legged beside the two of you, close enough to touch, her chin propped on her fist. She's watching Rei with an expression that's somewhere between a proud older sister and a director reviewing her best actress's career-defining performance. Her eyes are bright, engaged, drinking in every moan and tremble with obvious relish.
"Look at you, little bird." Yujin reaches over and traces a single finger down Rei's spine, from the nape of her neck to the small of her back, and Rei arches into the touch. "All that 'it's too kinky and filthy' bullshit. Too kinky for her. Can't do anal. Absolutely not." She laughs. "And now you've got a fat cock balls deep in your ass and you're begging for more. You're a natural."
"I am," Rei pants, and there's zero irony in it. "I'm a natural. I love it. I love his cock in my ass."
"Tell him that. Don't tell me. Look at him and tell him how much you love it."
Rei cranes her neck to look back at you over her shoulder. Her lips are swollen, parted and there's a strand of saliva connecting her lower lip to the pillow. She looks absolutely ruined. "I love your cock in my ass, daddy." She pushes back against you again, a slow, rolling grind that takes you deeper. "Please don't stop. Please keep fucking me."
You grip her hips tighter and pick up the pace. Not fast yet, but firmer, more rhythmic, each thrust landing with a slap of skin that punctuates the wet, obscene sounds between you. Rei drops her head and moans into the mattress, long and loud and completely uninhibited, and her hands slide forward on the sheets, reaching for something to hold onto, finding nothing, her fingers just clawing at empty fabric. "Harder," she begs. "I can take it. I promise I can take it."
You give her harder. The pace builds gradually, your hips snapping forward with more force, more speed, and Rei starts making sounds you didn't know she was capable of. Deep, throaty moans that break into whimpers at the peak of each thrust, her body jolting forward with every impact, her ass rippling where your hips collide with it. The lube is doing its job beautifully, everything warm and slick, and the tightness of her ass around your cock is relentless, gripping you from every angle, so snug it's almost unbearable.
"Oh my god," Rei gasps, her fingers twisted in the sheets, pulling them off the corner of the mattress. "Oh my god, oh my god, I can't believe Wonyoung never tried this. She had this the whole time. She had this cock and she never even let you fuck her. She never even let you inside her."
"Wonyoung is a fucking loser," Yujin says, casual and absolute. She shifts closer to Rei, settling onto her knees beside her. "The biggest loser in this whole city. She had a man who could make two girls fall apart in one afternoon and she used him for photo ops."
Yujin brings her hand down on Rei's right ass cheek with a clean, sharp smack that echoes through the bedroom. Rei's whole body clenches, her ass squeezing your cock so hard you have to grit your teeth, and the moan she lets out is wild and broken and grateful.
"Say it," Yujin tells her. She leans close to Rei's ear, her hand resting on the reddening handprint she just left. "Say Wonyoung is a loser. A stupid rich girl playing pretend. Say it, little bird." Another smack, harder than the first. Rei's back arches violently and her hips jerk back onto your cock, taking you deep, her body spasming around you.
"Wonyoung is a loser," Rei moans, her face pressed into the sheets, drool pooling on the cotton. "She's a stupid rich girl who throws people away. She doesn't deserve him. She never deserved him."
Yujin's hand smooths over the red mark on Rei's skin, soothing, possessive. "Good girl. That's my girl." Her fingers trail down between Rei's cheeks, brushing the stretched rim where your cock is splitting her open, feeling the slick junction of the two of you. Rei whimpers at the added touch, pushing back against both of you. "Now say you're hotter than her. Say you're better. Say Wonyoung could never give a blowjob like you gave today. That prissy bitch wouldn't even know where to start."
You thrust harder into Rei, punching deep, and the sound that rips out of her is raw and savage and nothing a polite girl would ever produce.
"I'm hotter than Wonyoung!" Rei practically shouts it into the mattress, her hips bucking back against you. "I'm so much fucking hotter than her. She could never suck a dick like I do. She could never take a cock in her ass like I do. She'd tap out in thirty seconds. She doesn't have the range." Her head lifts, hair falling in sweaty tangles around her face, and her eyes are wild. "And I give better head. Way better. She probably just lies there like a starfish. I bet she's never even made a guy cum with her mouth. I could make him cum three times before she even figured out what to do with her tongue."
Yujin's face lights up with pure, unadulterated glee. She grabs Rei's chin and angles her face upward, looking into those blown-out, frenzied brown eyes. "That's my fucking girl. Don't you dare stop. You hear me?" She slaps Rei's ass again, a stinging crack that makes Rei's whole body seize. "Fuck that cock. I want to see your ass moving. Show daddy what you can do."
Rei plants her palms on the mattress and starts rocking back onto you. Hard. Aggressive. Her hips snap backward, her ass slamming against your pelvis with a force that catches you off guard, impaling herself on your cock with a desperate, single-minded hunger. She's not just taking it anymore. She's fucking herself on you, driving back into every thrust you give, meeting you in the middle, and the combined force of both of you sends shockwaves through her entire body. Her ass bounces against your hips, round and full and glistening with sweat and lube, and the wet, filthy slap of impact fills the room in a constant, accelerating rhythm.
"That's it," Yujin breathes, her eyes locked on where your cock is disappearing into Rei's ass over and over. "That's fucking it. Look at her go. She's a goddamn machine."
"Don't stop, daddy," Rei pants, slamming herself back onto you. "Fuck my ass. Use me. Use my tight little ass. It's yours. Everything is yours." You grab her hips and start meeting her pace with your own, thrusting forward hard every time she pushes back, doubling the impact. The collision of your bodies is brutal, wet, loud and Rei screams into the mattress, a sustained, guttural wail that breaks into stuttered gasps with each thrust. Her ass is clenching around you in frantic, involuntary pulses, so tight you can barely pull out before slamming back in.
"Harder," Yujin commands, and she's talking to both of you. Her hand comes down on Rei's ass again, a rapid series of slaps, one two three, each one drawing a sharp cry from Rei. "I want her stupid. I want her drooling. Fuck her brains out."
You grab a fistful of Rei's hair and pull her head up off the mattress, and what you see confirms that Yujin's already gotten her wish. Rei's face is a wreck. Her mascara has smeared into dark streaks beneath her eyes. Saliva trails from her lower lip to the pillow in a thin, glistening string. Her jaw is hanging open, slack, her tongue half out, her eyes rolling and unfocused. She's trying to say something but the only thing coming out is garbled, fragmented nonsense punctuated by moans that sound barely human.
"More," she manages, and even that single syllable comes out slurred and broken. "More more more more more."
"She's gone," Yujin says, and there's a kind of awe in her expression. "Her brain is completely fried. Look at her. She's drooling on your thousand-dollar pillowcase." She cups Rei's face in both hands, tilting it toward her, examining the damage with a grin that's equal parts cruel and affectionate. "Hey. Rei. What's your name? What year is it? How many fingers am I holding up?"
Rei blinks at her, unfocused. A string of drool stretches from her lip. "Fuck me," she whispers. "Just keep fucking me."
"That's not an answer to any of my questions, but I respect the commitment."
You increase the pressure. Each thrust is deep and hard and unrelenting, your cock driving into her ass with a force that pushes her entire body forward on the mattress, her knees sliding on the sweat-damp sheets. You pull her hips back onto you every time she slides away, keeping her pinned, keeping her full, and Rei has stopped trying to form coherent thoughts entirely. She's just noise now, raw and animal, her body shaking and clenching and trembling beneath you. You can feel it building in her. The way her muscles are tightening, the way her thighs are quaking uncontrollably, the way her ass is gripping you in rhythmic, desperate spasms that are getting shorter and faster and more intense. She's close. Her whole body is a coiled spring about to snap, every nerve ending firing, every muscle tensed to the breaking point.
Her fingers are white-knuckled in the sheets, her toes curled, her back locked in a rigid arch that presses her ass up against you as hard as her body can manage. The moans have gone high and thin and continuous, a keening sound that wavers with each thrust, building and building toward something massive. Yujin sees it too. She's leaning close, one hand still on Rei's face, the other resting on the small of Rei's back, feeling the tremors running through her. Her own breathing has quickened, her nipples hard, her thighs pressed together. She strokes Rei's hair, almost tender, and watches her unravel with hungry, fascinated eyes.
"She's about to blow," Yujin murmurs, looking up at you over Rei's quaking body. "Whatever you're doing, don't you dare stop."
Your hips keep their rhythm, steady and deep, your cock driving into Rei's ass with a force that shakes her entire body. Your balls swing forward with every thrust, slapping against her soaked pussy. Rei's face is buried in the mattress, her fingers twisted in the ruined sheets, her entire body trembling with a vibration that's getting worse, tighter, closer.
"I'm gonna cum," Rei chokes out, and her back arches so deep her stomach nearly touches the bed. "Oh fuck, I'm gonna cum like this. From my ass. I'm gonna cum from your cock in my ass, daddy."
"Cum for daddy." You grip her hips and drive deep, holding there, grinding against that spot deep inside her that makes her whole body clench and spasm. "Let go. Give it to me."
Yujin leans in close to Rei's face, her hand on the back of Rei's neck, fingers threaded through damp, tangled hair. "He said cum, little bird. You heard him. You're his good girl. You deserve this." She strokes Rei's cheek with her thumb, almost maternal, while her other hand reaches under Rei and finds her clit, swollen and slick, and presses down. "Cum for your daddy. He earned it. You earned it."
You pull back and slam forward, burying yourself to the hilt, and Rei's scream is instant and raw. You don't stop. You keep that depth, that angle, fucking into her with short, punishing strokes that never let the pressure drop, your balls slapping against her drenched pussy with every impact. Rei's thighs are shaking so violently her knees are sliding apart on the sheets, and Yujin's fingers on her clit are relentless, rubbing in tight, fast circles that make Rei's whole body jolt and twitch.
"I can't, I can't, I can't," Rei babbles, but her hips are pushing back against you harder than ever, her body chasing what her mouth is trying to deny. "It's too much, it's too much, I'm gonna—"
The orgasm tears through her hard. You feel it before you hear it, her ass clamping down on your cock with a crushing, rhythmic pressure that squeezes you in violent waves. Then the sound hits, a scream that starts in her chest and rips its way out of her throat, high and sharp and sustained, her entire body locking up beneath you.
Her back goes rigid, her toes curl so hard her feet cramp. She convulses against you, her hips bucking in frantic, involuntary jerks, and you feel a rush of wetness flood against your balls as her pussy clenches in sympathy, her whole body detonating at once.
"Yeah, cum," Yujin breathes, her fingers still working Rei's clit through the orgasm, extending it, dragging it out. "Cum like the little slut you are. That's it. All of it. Every fucking drop."
Rei's scream breaks into a series of sobbing, gasping moans, each one weaker than the last, her body shuddering through wave after wave of contractions that you can feel rippling along every inch of your cock. Her arms collapse and she goes flat against the mattress, twitching, her fingers opening and closing on nothing.
You slow down. Pull back, inch by inch, letting her feel every ridge of you as you slide out. Her swollen rim clings to you, stretched and pink and glistening, and when the head finally slips free, Rei's body sags into the mattress with a full-body shudder that runs from her shoulders to her toes.
Rei rolls over onto her back, and the sight of her is extraordinary. Her face is flushed scarlet, her makeup destroyed, mascara streaked in dark smears beneath both eyes. There's drool on her chin, trailing down her neck, and her lips are swollen and parted and curved into the stupidest, most blissed-out smile you have ever seen on a human being.
"This is the best day of my life," she mumbles. "Nothing will ever top this. I peaked. It's all downhill from here."
Yujin leans over her friend's wrecked face and licks a stripe up her chin, collecting the drool on her tongue and swallowing it without a shred of hesitation. Then she cups Rei's face in both hands and peppers her with quick, firm kisses, lips pressing against her cheeks, her forehead, the bridge of her nose, the corner of her mouth.
"You were incredible, babe,” Yujin says between pecks, and there's no sarcasm in it. None. Just genuine, unfiltered pride. "That was beautiful, Rei. You took it so well. You're amazing." Another kiss, on the lips this time, lingering. "My little bird."
You lean down and brush a strand of sweat-damp hair off her forehead. "Don't thank me. That was all you. You were amazing."
Rei hums contentedly, her eyes drifting shut for a moment, basking. Yujin's gaze drops to your cock. Still hard. Still slick and flushed and thick, jutting up from your hips with an insistence that borders on unreasonable. She stares at it. "You still haven't cum."
"Nope."
"How is that physically possible? You just fucked her ass for..." She trails off, trying to calculate the timeline, and gives up. "A long time. You fucked both of us. Multiple orgasms. Squirting. Anal. And you're still hard."
"Girls cum first. That's always been my rule. I like making sure they're taken care of before I worry about myself."
Yujin's lips part slightly. "That's... actually really hot. You keep surprising me. I came here today expecting some spoiled rich kid who couldn't find the clit with a map and a flashlight. You're nothing like what I expected."
"Good surprises?" You ask.
"Really good surprises. Now wait here, both of you. Don't move."
Yujin climbs off the bed and walks out of the bedroom. You watch her lean figure disappear around the corner with her stride purposeful and quick.
Rei lifts her head. "Where's she going?"
No answer. Just the sound of the briefcase clicking open in the living room. Rei lets her head fall back against the mattress and turns to look at you. That loopy grin is still plastered across her ruined face. "I'm excited for the date," she says softly. "I already know what I'm going to wear. I have this dress that I bought months ago and never had a reason to put on."
"Yeah?"
"It's dark green. It makes my eyes look good." She rolls onto her side, facing you, tucking her hands under her cheek. "Yujin's going to pretend she doesn't care. She's probably going to complain the whole time about how we're being reckless and how it's a terrible idea. But she's excited too."
"You think so?"
"I know so. The way she looks at you." Rei pauses, searching for the right way to say it. "She found somebody who can actually keep up with her. Someone she can't bulldoze. She's been running over every guy she's ever been with, and she's bored of it. You pushed back. You didn't fold." She smiles. "She'll never tell you this, by the way. If you mention I said any of it, I'll deny everything."
Footsteps in the hallway. Yujin rounds the corner and walks back into the bedroom, and between her legs, strapped snug against her hips with black leather harnesses, is a silicone cock. It's not comically large but it's not modest either, a smooth, dark-colored shaft that bobs slightly with each confident step she takes.
Rei pushes herself up on her elbows. Her eyes go wide. "Oh. Holy shit."
Yujin stands at the foot of the bed, hands on her hips, looking like a general surveying a battlefield. "Time for the fatality." She slaps the strap-on once, letting it bounce. "Today is a day you are never going to forget, little bird."
"It's already extremely memorable, Yujin. I've already had two orgasms."
"This is just to make absolutely sure." Yujin climbs onto the bed, the strap-on jutting forward, and kneels behind where Rei is lying. "You need to cum with two dicks in your holes. Full completion. Hundred percent achievement unlocked."
Rei sits up, her expression oscillating between terror and excitement with a healthy dose of horny delirium mixed in. "You're going to kill me."
"You're going to die happy. And when it's all over, you can have an ice-cold Coke. Straight from the fridge. That's your reward."
Rei looks at Yujin. Then at you. Then at the strap-on. Then at your cock. She chews her lower lip, and something sparks behind those big brown eyes, something calculating and mischievous that looks remarkably like a trait she picked up from Yujin. "Fine," she says. "I'll do it."
Yujin nods, satisfied. "Good girl."
"But." Rei holds up one finger. "Only if we spend the night here."
"You've lost your mind," Yujin says flatly.
"We stay here tonight. Both of us. We leave tomorrow morning." Rei crosses her arms over her bare chest, and despite the fact that she's naked and covered in sweat and her makeup looks like a Rorschach test, she projects a surprising amount of authority. "Those are my terms."
"That's insane. We need to go back. We have schedules. We have obligations. Wonyoung's expecting a debrief."
"Wonyoung can wait until tomorrow. The debrief isn't going anywhere."
"I can make dinner for everyone," you offer. "I'm a good cook."
Yujin's head swivels toward you. "Of course you're loving this idea."
"I make a really good pasta. From scratch."
"Nobody asked about your fucking pasta!" Yujin exclaims.
Rei tilts her head at Yujin. "You want to stay. I can see it on your face."
"You can't see anything on my face."
"Your left eye twitches when you want to say yes but your pride won't let you. It's twitching right now."
Yujin slaps a hand over her left eye. Holds it there for a second. Drops it. Takes a breath that contains the weight of every professional boundary she's crossed today, which is all of them.
"Okay! Fuck it!" She throws both hands up. "The plan's already gone to hell. Everything's gone completely off the rails. We've violated about thirty company policies. Who cares anymore." She points at Rei. "Fine. We sleep here tonight. But I am going to make you regret this idea later. That's a promise." Rei beams. "Wipe that grin off your face and get on top of him."
Rei climbs over you and settles on your hips, straddling you. She looks back over her shoulder at Yujin, who's kneeling behind her, adjusting the straps on the harness. That victorious, shit-eating smile is still spread across Rei's face like she just won the lottery and the Nobel Prize on the same day.
Yujin meets her eyes and smiles back. It's not a warm smile. "I'm going to fuck that grin right off your face tonight, little bird. Enjoy it while it lasts."
You reach down and take your cock in hand, lining the head up with Rei's pussy. She's still soaked, swollen and sensitive, and when the tip presses against her entrance she shudders visibly, her thighs clenching around your hips. Behind her, Yujin squeezes a fresh line of lube along the strap-on and presses it against Rei's ass, the tip nudging her already stretched, tender hole.
"Ready?" Yujin asks, one hand on Rei's hip, the other guiding the silicone cock. Rei nods. Her hands are flat on your chest, her fingers spread, steadying herself. She takes a breath.
You push up. Yujin pushes forward. Simultaneously. Rei's mouth falls open but nothing comes out. Her eyes roll back, the brown disappearing behind her lids, and her entire body goes taut, every muscle locking as both holes are filled at once. Your cock sinks into her pussy, hot and tight and clenching, and you can feel the strap-on through the thin wall separating her holes, the hard ridge of silicone pressing against your shaft through her body. The fullness must be staggering. Rei's fingers curl against your chest, her nails biting into your skin, and a thin, reedy whine escapes her throat.
Yujin pushes deeper, slow and steady, one hand on the small of Rei's back. "Breathe, little bird. Open up for us."
You sink in further. So does Yujin. Inch by inch, together, filling Rei from both sides until your hips are flush against her ass and Yujin's thighs are pressed against the back of hers. Both of you completely inside her. The tightness is absurd, her pussy squeezed even tighter by the presence of the strap-on in her ass, gripping your cock with a pressure that makes your stomach clench.
Rei is frozen above you. Trembling. Her eyes are still rolled back and her mouth is open in a silent oval. She's not breathing. You put a hand on her cheek and she blinks, focuses, sucks in a ragged gasp of air like she just surfaced from underwater. "There you go," you murmur. "Breathe. We've got you."
Yujin leans forward, pressing her chest against Rei's back, and wraps an arm around her waist. "You're doing so well. Just relax. We'll go slow."
The three of you hold there, connected, waiting. Rei's breathing gradually steadies. The trembling doesn't stop but it changes, shifting from shock to anticipation. Her pussy clenches around you in slow pulses, testing, adjusting, getting used to the impossible fullness of being stuffed in both holes at once.
"Okay." Her hips shift, just barely, a tiny experimental rock that makes all three of you feel it. "You can start. Just... go slow." She exhales shakily. "I really hope I survive this."
You start to move first. A slow, shallow thrust upward into Rei's pussy, feeling the tight, slick grip of her around your cock, made even tighter by the strap-on filling her from behind. A second later, Yujin follows, pulling her hips back and pushing the silicone cock forward into Rei's ass with a careful, exploratory rhythm that's clearly out of practice.
"It's been a minute since I've done this," Yujin admits, adjusting her grip on Rei's hips, finding her angle. "I'm relearning the choreography. Bear with me."
Rei is between you, suspended, her chest against yours, her face buried in the crook of your neck. Every movement from either direction makes her entire body shudder. Her fingers are digging into your shoulders so hard you're going to have bruises tomorrow, and the sounds coming out of her are small and constant, tiny whimpers that pulse with every thrust.
"It's really intense," Rei manages, her lips moving against your collarbone. "Both of you at the same time. I can feel everything. Every inch of both of you. It's so much."
"Having second thoughts?" you ask, running a hand down her spine.
"No. Just... recalibrating." She shivers as Yujin pushes deeper. "It looks so much easier in porn. Those girls are just bouncing around like it's nothing. They lied to me."
"Welcome to the harsh reality of having two cocks in your holes," Yujin says, settling into a slow, steady rhythm. "Porn is propaganda, little bird. This is the real thing."
You and Yujin find each other's rhythm. It takes a few strokes, a couple of adjustments, a silent negotiation between your bodies that happens through Rei, but after a minute you're moving in sync. When you thrust up, Yujin pulls back. When you pull out, she pushes in. Rei is never empty, always full of one of you, and the alternating pressure is making her lose her grip on reality one thrust at a time.
You cup the back of her head and tilt her face toward yours. Her eyes are glassy, unfocused, her lips wet and parted. You kiss her. Your tongue slides against hers and she moans into your mouth, the vibration traveling through your chest. She kisses you back with a sloppy, desperate hunger, her teeth catching your lower lip, her tongue chasing yours, and when you pull away she tries to follow, whining softly when the distance opens between you.
"You're doing so well," you tell her, brushing your thumb across her cheekbone. "You feel incredible. Both holes squeezing me. I've never felt anything like this."
Rei's cheeks flush even deeper, which shouldn't be possible given how red she already is. "Really?"
"Really. You're unbelievable."
Behind Rei, Yujin leans to the side, admiring the view. She reaches down with both hands and spreads Rei's cheeks apart, watching the strap-on slide in and out of her stretched, lubed hole. The sight makes her bite her lower lip and push in harder on the next stroke.
"The little bird was truly born to take it in the ass," Yujin says with the conviction of someone stating scientific fact. "Look at this. It's art. Someone should put this in a museum."
Rei whimpers into your chest. "That's not a museum-appropriate activity."
"Everything is museum-appropriate if the curator is brave enough." Yujin gives Rei's spread ass a long, appreciative look, then lifts her gaze to yours. That mischievous spark is back in her eyes, brighter than before. "So. What do you think of your first threesome?"
You thrust up into Rei and feel her clench around you. "I'm having a great time. Really enjoying the company."
Yujin snorts. She actually giggles, a sound you didn't think she was capable of producing. "I genuinely can't tell if you're describing a threesome or a picnic in the park."
“I love picnics,” Rei mumbles into your shoulder.
Yujin lets out an incredulous breath. “Nobody asked you anything, Rei."
“Sorry,” Rei says quickly, shifting slightly, almost sheepish. “I just… really like picnics. With sandwiches.”
Yujin actually pauses, then exhales a short, disbelieving laugh. “I’m literally inside your ass right now,” she says flatly, “and you’re talking about sandwiches. My fake dick almost went limp.”
Rei winces faintly at that, her fingers tightening where they rest. “Sorry,” she murmurs again. “didn’t mean to kill the vibe.”
Yujin's face softens. She runs her palm up Rei's back, gentle, grounding. "I'm just teasing, babe." Then her hand comes down on Rei's ass with a sharp crack that makes Rei's whole body jolt. "Now moan for mommy, okay?"
Rei obeys. A long, unfiltered moan that starts in her belly and spills out hot and broken against your skin. Her pussy clenches hard around your cock, and you feel the pressure of the strap-on through the thin wall between her holes, the silicone pressing against your shaft from the other side. "Good girl," Yujin purrs. "Louder."
You pick up the pace from below. Your hips drive up with more force, more speed, and Yujin matches you, the two of you falling into a faster rhythm that has Rei gasping and writhing between your bodies.
She's pinned. There's nowhere to go, nothing to do but take it, and the realization seems to hit her all at once because her body goes slack against your chest and she just surrenders. Completely. Every muscle releases and she becomes soft and pliant and open, her hips rocking between you in small, involuntary movements, her moans coming on every exhale.
"There she goes," Yujin murmurs. "She stopped fighting it. Now she's just taking it."
"That's it, Rei." You grab her ass with both hands, spreading her, giving Yujin a better angle. "Just feel it. Let us take care of you."
"Both of you," Rei pants, and her hips grind down onto your cock with a needy, circular motion. "Both of you feel so good. I'm so full. I've never been this full in my life."
You thrust harder. Yujin matches you. The rhythm is faster now, the bed rocking beneath the three of you, the headboard tapping the wall in a steady beat. Rei is sandwiched between your bodies, skin against skin, sweat mingling, and every thrust from either direction makes her cry out. The sounds she's producing are raw and uncontrolled, a continuous stream of moans and gasps and fragments of words that don't connect into sentences.
"Come on, little bird," Yujin says, snapping her hips forward, driving the strap-on deep. "Take it. Take both of us. You wanted this. You asked for this."
"I love it." Rei's nails score lines down your chest. "I love both of you inside me. Please don't stop. Daddy, please don't stop. Mommy, please."
You grab Rei's face in one hand and make her look at you. Her eyes are barely tracking, rolling and glassy, her pupils blown so wide the brown is nearly gone. There's drool on her chin again, her mascara is a lost cause and she is the most beautiful wreck you've ever seen in your life.
"Who makes you feel this good?" you ask, thrusting up hard enough to make her whole body bounce.
"You do, daddy." She can barely get the words out between moans. "You and Yujin. Nobody else. Nobody has ever made me feel like this."
"That's right,” Yujin says. “And nobody else is going to."
Yujin increases her pace. She's gripping Rei's hips hard enough to leave finger-shaped bruises, her own breathing getting heavier, her thighs slapping against Rei's ass with every forward snap. She leans over Rei's back, pressing close, her mouth near Rei's ear. "You're taking it so well, babe. Both holes stuffed full and you're still begging for more. You're our perfect little slut."
"I am," Rei sobs. "I'm your slut. Both of yours."
The three of you are moving together now, a single organism of tangled limbs and sweat and noise. You and Yujin have locked into a brutal, alternating rhythm, never letting Rei rest, never giving her a moment without one of you buried deep inside her. Your cock drives up into her pussy, thick and hard and relentless, while the strap-on fills her ass from behind, and Rei is caught in between, overwhelmed, overloaded, every nerve in her body firing at maximum capacity.
You feel her start to tighten. Not just her pussy, her whole body. Every muscle drawing taut, her thighs clamping against your sides, her fingers digging into your shoulders, her teeth sinking into the meat of your chest hard enough to sting. The moans are getting higher, tighter, more desperate.
"She's close," you tell Yujin.
"I know. I can feel her shaking." Yujin pounds harder, the strap-on driving deep. "Come on, Rei. Finish. Give us everything."
"I'm gonna cum." Rei's entire body is vibrating against yours, a fine, uncontrollable tremor that runs through her like an electrical current. "I can't hold it. Both of you are too much. It's too good. I'm gonna cum with both of you inside me."
"Then cum, babe," you tell her, grabbing her hips and driving up into her so hard she bounces off your pelvis. "Cum for us."
Yujin slams forward at the same time you do, and for one brutal, perfect second, Rei is completely filled from both sides at once. Maximum depth. Both holes stretched and stuffed and speared on cock.
Rei detonates. The orgasm is violent. Her body seizes above you, rigid as steel, and the scream that comes out of her is inhuman, a raw, tearing sound that doesn't stop, that just keeps pouring out of her throat as her body convulses. Her pussy crushes your cock in rhythmic, crushing contractions, so tight it's almost painful, and you can feel the strap-on jerking on the other side of that thin wall as her ass clenches just as hard.
She's shaking so violently that Yujin has to grab her waist to keep her from bucking off both of you, and wet heat floods around your cock as she cums so hard her body can't contain it, her juices spilling out around your shaft and running down your balls.
"Holy fuck," Yujin breathes, holding Rei steady, still buried inside her. "Holy fuck, she's still going."
Rei's orgasm keeps rolling, wave after wave, her body clenching and releasing in violent spasms that you feel through every inch of your cock. Tears are streaming down her face, mixing with the drool and the smeared mascara, and she's making sounds that have stopped resembling anything human, just raw, primal noise, her body expressing what her brain no longer can.
You and Yujin slow down together. Easing off. Letting the aftershocks ripple through her without adding to the overload. Yujin pulls out first, slow and careful, and Rei whimpers at the withdrawal, her body twitching. Then you ease your hips down, letting her feel you soften your rhythm to a gentle rocking, just enough contact to keep her grounded while the tremors gradually subside.
Rei collapses onto your chest. Completely boneless. Dead weight. She's breathing in ragged, hitching gasps, her whole body still twitching with aftershocks, and she doesn't move. Doesn't speak. Just lies there, draped across you, her face pressed against your neck, her heartbeat hammering so hard you can feel it against your own ribs.
Yujin unstraps the harness and tosses it off the bed. It lands somewhere on the floor with a thud. She lies down beside you both, propping herself on one elbow, and looks at Rei with something that transcends amusement and enters the territory of reverence.
"Rei. You alive?"
A long silence. Then, muffled against your neck: "I'm going to need a wheelchair from now on." Yujin laughs. "My legs don't work," Rei continues, her face still hidden. "My brain doesn't work. Nothing works. I'm broken. Both of you broke me."
"You're welcome,” Yujin says proudly.
Rei slowly, painfully, rolls off your chest and lands on her back beside you. She lies there spread-eagled on the destroyed bed, staring at the ceiling, chest heaving, body glistening. Every few seconds a residual shudder passes through her and she twitches, her thighs squeezing together involuntarily.
"Tell my Switch 2 I loved it a lot," she mumbles. "We had some amazing moments. Sadly, I won’t be finishing Pokopia..."
Yujin is grinning at Rei when you feel a hand on your jaw. She turns your face toward hers and kisses you. It's unexpected, and that's what makes it hit different. Her lips are soft against yours, warm and unhurried, and she kisses you like she's taking something for herself rather than proving a point. When she pulls back, her eyes are clear and steady. "Good job."
"You did pretty well yourself. Tag team of the century."
She grins, but it fades into something else. She leans close, her lips brushing the shell of your ear, her hand resting on your chest. Her breath is warm and her whisper is low enough that Rei can't hear it. "Can you make me cum again?" She traces a small circle on your chest with her fingertip. "I'm kind of obsessed with your cock. It's becoming a problem."
You turn your head and catch her eye. No guarded expression this time, just a lingering heat, a flicker of want, and something raw she isn’t covering up. "Of course I can,” you say.
Yujin grins again, grabs your hand and pulls you off the bed. Your feet hit the hardwood floor and she positions herself in front of you, standing at the edge of the mattress, her back to your chest. The late afternoon light is cutting through the floor-to-ceiling windows and painting gold stripes across her skin, across the lean lines of her shoulders and the sharp curve of her waist.
On the bed, Rei rolls onto her stomach and props her chin on her fists, settling in. Her legs kick up behind her, crossed at the ankles. "Go ahead. I'll just watch and enjoy the show."
Yujin glances back over her shoulder at Rei. "Didn't know you were into voyeurism."
"After today? Voyeurism is all I've got left." Rei shifts and hugs a pillow to her chest. "Everything else has been thoroughly explored. I'm retiring from active duty. Observer status only."
You put both hands on Yujin's waist. She's warm under your palms, her skin damp and smooth, and you can feel her pulse ticking fast beneath the surface. You pull her hips back against you, your cock settling between her thighs, sliding through the slick heat gathered there. She inhales sharply but doesn't move, letting you take the lead. You angle yourself and press the head of your cock against her entrance. She's wet. Embarrassingly wet, from everything she's watched and done and felt over the last however many hours this has been.
You push inside her. Slow. Steady. And Yujin exhales like she's been holding her breath since the last time you were in her, a long, shuddering sigh that drops her shoulders and tips her head forward. "I missed this," she murmurs. "It's been like thirty minutes and I missed this. That's pathetic."
You slide your hands up from her waist. Over the flat plane of her stomach, up her ribs, until your palms cover her breasts. They're full, firm and her nipples are stiff against your palms, and when you squeeze, gentle but possessive, she pushes back against you and takes you another inch deeper.
Your lips find the side of her neck. You kiss the spot just below her ear, then lower, along the tendon, tasting salt and perfume, and she tilts her head to give you more room. You mouth your way down to her shoulder, teeth grazing skin, and feel the goosebumps rise under your lips.
"You have the most incredible body," you tell her, squeezing her breasts again, rolling her nipples between your fingers. You thrust into her, slow and deep, and feel her clench around you. "Every single part of you. Your stomach. Your hips. These legs." You press deeper and she gasps. "You're so fucking hot it's hard to concentrate."
Yujin laughs, breathy and unsteady, her composure fraying at the edges. "You're so obsessed with me. It's borderline clinical."
"It's the truth. Why would I lie about it?" You pull back and push in again, a long stroke that fills her completely, and her laugh cuts off into a moan. "I've been with one woman for over a year and she never once made me feel anything close to what I feel when I'm inside you."
"Stop being smooth while you're fucking me. It's not fair. I can't think of comebacks."
"Then don't think." You start thrusting deeper. Not faster, just deeper, each stroke reaching further, grinding at the peak before pulling back. Yujin's head falls back against your shoulder, her hair spilling over your skin, and she stares at the ceiling with her lips parted and her eyes half-shut.
From this angle you can see everything. The way her throat works when she swallows a moan. The way her stomach clenches with every thrust. The way her hands hang at her sides because she doesn't know what to do with them, because she's given up trying to control the situation and she's just letting you have her.
"Damn… you’re fucking me so good," she says, voice low, stripped of anything but pure feeling. "You're hitting something in there that I didn't even know existed. How are you doing that?"
"Trade secret."
"Asshole."
"You two look really good together," Rei says, and her tone has a roughness to it that wasn't there a minute ago. "Like, unreasonably good. The height difference. The way she leans into you. The way your hands look on her body." She shifts again. "Maybe I'm more into this voyeurism thing than I thought."
Yujin moans, long and open, as you thrust particularly deep. "Enjoying the view, little bird?"
"Very much."
You keep fucking Yujin. Slow, measured strokes from behind, your hands exploring her body with a thoroughness that's making her squirm. Every time you squeeze her hip, she clenches around you. Every time you kiss her neck, she tilts into it. Every time you murmur something against her skin, her breathing gets shorter.
There's no pretense anymore. No competition, no performance, no score-keeping. She's just here, with you, feeling everything, and for the first time today she's letting herself have it without a fight.
"Wrap your arm around me," she says, quiet, tentative even. You slide your arm around her waist and pull her flush against your chest, and she makes a small, satisfied sound and reaches back to grip the back of your neck, holding you close. The position is intimate in a way that nothing else today has been. Your chest against her back, your arm around her, your cock buried deep inside her, the two of you moving together in the golden afternoon light.
After several minutes, the mattress creaks. Rei has gotten tired of watching. She pushes herself up, swings her legs off the bed, and stands in front of Yujin on unsteady legs. She's still flushed, still wrecked, still marked with the aftermath of everything that's happened to her body today, but there's a renewed energy in her eyes.
She steps close and cups Yujin's face in both hands. Yujin looks at her, surprised, and Rei kisses her, their lips meeting softly, tongues touching, Rei's thumbs stroking Yujin's cheekbones. When they part, Yujin's eyes are glassy. "Looks like the little bird got her strength back."
Rei smiles. "Watching you get fucked is like spinach. Instant recovery."
"Don’t ever let those words come out of your mouth around me again."
"Stop being so grumpy,” Rey says, then her mouth travels down. She kisses Yujin's jaw, her throat, the hollow of her collarbone. Her lips close around Yujin's left nipple and she sucks softly, her tongue flicking across the stiff peak. Yujin hisses through her teeth and her hand comes up to cradle the back of Rei's head, fingers threading through dark hair. You keep fucking Yujin from behind, your pace steady, and between the two of you she's starting to shake.
Rei kisses lower. Down Yujin's sternum, across her stomach, her lips tracing the faint lines of definition there. She drops to her knees between Yujin's thighs, looking up at both of you, and the angle gives her a perfect view of your cock sliding in and out of Yujin's pussy. "Let me help," Rei says, licking her lips.
You lift Yujin's left leg and place it on the edge of the mattress, opening her up. The new angle drives you deeper and Yujin gasps, grabbing your arm for balance. Her pussy is spread wide now, everything exposed, and Rei leans in and presses her tongue flat against Yujin's clit.
"Fuck—" Yujin breathes. "Oh, fuck."
Rei licks her in slow, broad strokes, her tongue running from where your cock enters Yujin all the way up to her clit and back down again. She's licking both of you, tasting Yujin's wetness and the slick coating your shaft, her tongue sliding along the underside of your cock every time you pull back. The sensation is staggering, Rei's hot, wet tongue dragging along your cock while Yujin's pussy grips you from every angle, and you have to lock your jaw to keep your composure.
"This is too fucking good," Yujin gasps, her head falling back against your shoulder again. "Both of you. Her tongue and your cock. It's too much. I can't handle this."
"You can handle it," you tell her, thrusting harder. "You're handling it right now."
"I'm barely surviving."
Rei focuses her attention on Yujin's clit, sucking it between her lips, flicking it with the tip of her tongue in quick, precise strokes. Her hands grip Yujin's thighs, holding her open, and every few seconds she dips down to drag her tongue along the stretched rim of Yujin's pussy where your cock is splitting her apart. The wet sounds are filthy and constant, Rei's mouth and your cock working together in a symphony of slick, obscene noise.
You increase your pace. Harder, faster, your hips driving into Yujin with a force that makes her whole body rock forward with each thrust. Rei adjusts, staying close, her tongue never leaving Yujin's clit. You grab Yujin's hip with one hand and her breast with the other, pulling her back onto your cock as you slam forward.
"I'm not going to last," Yujin pants. Her fingers are tangled in Rei's hair, pulling her closer, grinding her pussy against Rei's face. "Both of you at once is cheating. This is fucking cheating."
"Complain about it later," Rei says against her clit, the words buzzing against sensitive flesh, and Yujin's legs buckle for a second.
"Oh god. Oh god, oh god, oh god." Yujin's hand shoots back and grabs the back of your neck, nails biting into your skin. Her body is tensing up, that familiar full-body clench, every muscle drawing tight. "I'm close. I'm really close. Don't stop. Neither of you stop. Please, daddy, don't stop—"
You pound into her, relentless, your cock driving deep on every stroke. Rei sucks her clit hard, her cheeks hollowing, her eyes squeezed shut in concentration. Yujin is caught between the two of you, shaking, gasping, her body coiling tighter and tighter. "Cum for us," you growl against her ear. "Let go, babe."
Yujin cums. Her whole body seizes, her spine arching away from your chest, her mouth opening in a silent scream that hangs in the air for one eternal second before the sound catches up. A raw, shattered moan rips out of her, and then the flood. She squirts hard, a forceful spray that catches Rei directly in the face.
Rei flinches back, eyes flying open, sputtering. Her face is drenched. Her hair is drenched. She's blinking rapidly, mouth open in shock, Yujin's release dripping off her chin and running down her neck.
Yujin sees Rei's face through the haze of her orgasm and starts laughing. A breathless, broken laugh that mixes with her moans, her body still convulsing around your cock. "Oh my god. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, little bird. But your face right now..."
Another jet pulses out of her, arcing through the air and hitting Rei square in the chest, splashing across her breasts and running down her stomach. Rei looks down at herself, then up at Yujin, her expression caught between outrage and disbelief. "Yujin!"
"I can't control it!" Yujin is laughing so hard she can barely stand, her legs wobbling, her body still twitching through the tail end of her orgasm. "It just happens!"
You ease your pace, slowing to a gentle rocking, letting her ride the last waves. When you finally pull out, Yujin shudders one last time and exhales a breath that seems to empty her completely. She leans against you for a moment, catching her balance, then looks at Rei, who is kneeling on the floor absolutely soaked from the chest up.
Yujin's mouth twitches. "Okay. Since little bird got a surprise facial..." She pushes herself off you and lowers to her knees beside Rei, both of them on the floor in front of you. Yujin wipes a streak of wetness off Rei's cheek with her thumb and grins. "Let's finish the job properly."
Yujin's fingers wrap around the base of your cock. Rei's hand joins hers, overlapping, both of them stroking you in tandem. Their faces are inches from the head, looking up at you, and the visual alone almost does you in. "Look at these balls," Yujin says, her free hand cupping them, weighing them, rolling them in her palm. "So fucking full. You've been holding it in this whole time while you made both of us cum how many times? You're gonna explode. There's gonna be so much."
Rei runs her tongue along the underside of your shaft while Yujin strokes, a long, slow lick from base to tip that makes your thighs tense. "He deserves it. He's been so patient."
"Patient isn't the word. This man has the self-control of a monk." Yujin leans forward and takes the head into her mouth, sucking hard, her cheeks hollowing, tasting herself on you. She pulls off with a wet sound. "I can still taste my pussy on your dick. That's so hot."
Rei takes over, swallowing you deep, her throat opening around your shaft with that natural ease that made Yujin's jaw drop earlier. She holds there, her nose pressed against your pelvis, then pulls back slowly, a thick string of saliva connecting her lip to your cock. "You taste like both of us now."
They alternate. Rei goes deep while Yujin works the shaft. Then Yujin takes you in her mouth, sloppy and aggressive, while Rei dips lower and sucks your balls, taking one into her mouth, rolling it gently with her tongue. The combined sensation of two mouths, two tongues, four hands, all of it focused on your cock with a coordinated intensity that borders on worship, is pushing you toward the edge faster than anything has all afternoon.
"You two are so fucking good together," you manage, your hand finding the back of Yujin's head, your other hand tangled in Rei's hair. "The best mouths I've ever had. Nothing even comes close."
Yujin pulls off long enough to grin up at you. "Tell us more."
"Fishing for compliments with my dick in your mouth. Classy."
"Always." She runs her tongue in a circle around the head. "Now tell us how bad you want to cum."
"Pretty fucking bad."
Rei releases your balls and licks her way back up, joining Yujin at the tip. Both their tongues meet at the head, lapping at the sensitive ridge, their lips brushing against each other and against you in a wet, messy tangle that makes your abs clench hard enough to ache.
"Then cum for us, daddy," Rei says, looking up at you with those wide brown eyes that have no right to look that innocent given what her mouth is doing. "Please. We want it."
"We need it," Yujin adds, stroking you faster. "Cum on our faces. Give us what Wonyoung would never let you have." She spits on your cock and twists her fist on the upstroke, her grip tightening. "That prissy bitch would never let you cum on her perfect little princess face. Too messy. Too dirty. Too beneath her."
"But we're not her," Rei breathes, her tongue flicking across your slit. "We actually want it. We're begging for it."
"We're so much better than her." Yujin's pace increases, her fist pumping your slick cock fast and relentless. "We let you fuck our pussies raw. We let you fuck Rei's tight little ass. We let you do anything you want with us. Wonyoung could never."
"She could never," Rei echoes, sucking the tip between her lips briefly. "She doesn't deserve this cock. We do."
"So give it to us." Yujin's hand is a blur now, her wrist snapping on every stroke, your cock drooling precum that she smears across the head with her thumb. "Cum all over us. Paint our faces. We want to wear it."
Your grip tightens in both their hair. Your thighs are shaking. Your balls are drawn up tight and the pressure is building, building, a coiling heat in your lower stomach that's about to snap. Both of them are focused on the tip now, their tongues overlapping, licking, their lips kissing the head of your cock from either side.
"Cum, daddy," Rei whispers.
"Fucking cum," Yujin demands.
You break. The first rope hits Yujin across the bridge of her nose and her right cheek, thick and white and hot. She doesn't flinch. Doesn't close her eyes. Just keeps stroking, her fist pumping your cock through the orgasm, milking every drop. "More," she says. "Give us more. Don't stop."
The second shot catches Rei across her forehead and her left eye, which she squeezes shut just in time. It drips down her brow and along her cheekbone. The third hits them both, streaking across Yujin's lips and Rei's chin. You're cumming harder than you've ever cum in your life, weeks and months of pent-up frustration and loneliness and faithfulness to a woman who couldn't be bothered to break up with you in person, all of it pouring out of you in thick, pulsing ropes that keep coming and coming.
Yujin's hand doesn't stop. She keeps stroking, fast and tight, pulling every last drop from you while your cock throbs and kicks in her grip. "That's it. Keep cumming. Fuck, there's so much. Look at all of it, Rei."
Rei is a mess. Her face is glazed with it, white streaks across her forehead, her nose, her cheeks, dripping off her chin onto her chest. She opens her good eye and looks up at you with that stupid, blissed-out grin. Your cock pulses one more time, a final weak spurt that lands on Yujin's collarbone, and then you're done. Empty. Completely and thoroughly spent.
Yujin smiles up at you. Her face is covered. It's in her eyelashes, across the bridge of her nose, on her upper lip. She looks like a glazed donut and she couldn't look more satisfied about it. "Amazing… And to think I'm getting paid for this."
Rei scoops a thick line of cum off her cheek with two fingers and slides them into her mouth, sucking them clean. She considers the taste for a moment, like a sommelier evaluating a vintage, and nods approvingly. Yujin runs her tongue across her upper lip, collecting what's gathered there, and swallows.
You sit down on the edge of the mattress. Your legs feel like they've been deboned. You lean back on your hands and let out a breath that comes from somewhere deep in your chest, somewhere that's been clenched tight for months. "That was fucking awesome."
"The best part," Rei says, still kneeling on the floor, still dripping, "is that we're sleeping here tonight. So we can do it again later."
Yujin groans from the floor. "Do we really need him? What if he's a serial killer? We don't know this man."
Rei looks at her flatly. "I just let the serial killer cum on my face, Yujin."
Yujin purses her lips. Opens her mouth. Closes it. "You have a point."
You lean forward and offer both of them a hand up. "How about a bath? I've got a tub big enough for three."
"You made the mess," Yujin says, taking your hand and pulling herself to her feet. "You clean it up." She touches her hair and her fingers come away sticky. "There's cum in my hair. This is a two-hundred-dollar blowout."
"I'll wash it for you."
"Damn right you will."
—
A few hours later, the penthouse feels calmer. Golden daylight has slipped into a cool evening blue, and the city beyond the windows begins to glow.
Yujin is in your kitchen. She's wearing your shirt, a white oxford that hangs to the top of her thighs, the hem just barely covering the curve of her ass, which peeks out whenever she reaches for anything above counter height. Her legs are bare, her hair is damp from the bath and starting to curl at the ends, and she's got your wireless headphones clamped over her ears.
She's singing, her hips swaying as she opens the freezer and pulls out a tub of ice cream. Her bare feet pad across the kitchen tile and she grabs a spoon from the drawer, scooping out a bite and eating it while she sings between mouthfuls.
"Hey, Miss Sun, what can I say?" She twirls the spoon between her fingers, bobbing her head. "I tried to hold you, but the moon got in the way..." She does a little spin, sliding on the tile in her bare feet, and catches herself on the counter. "It won't be long before the morning has you back in my arms—"
The music cuts out. Her phone buzzes on the counter, the screen lighting up. She glances at it and the spoon freezes halfway to her mouth.
Jang Wonyoung
Yujin sets down the ice cream. Pulls off the headphones. Takes a breath. Answers. "Hey, boss."
Wonyoung's tone comes through tinny and sharp, even from across the room. Yujin leans against the counter and examines her nails while she listens.
"Where are you two? You've been off the grid all day. I tried calling Rei three times."
"Yeah, sorry about that. Rei hurt her ankle. Fell down some stairs on the way out of his building." Yujin picks at a cuticle. "That girl doesn't look where she's going. I keep telling her. She just spaces out and trips over everything."
"Is she okay?"
"She's fine. It's just a mild sprain. I took her back to her apartment to keep an eye on her. We'll probably be in tomorrow."
A pause on the other end. "How did it go? Everything run smoothly?"
"Smooth as silk. Textbook operation. Contract signed, obligations fulfilled. All wrapped up."
"Did he cry?"
A flicker of tension pulls at Yujin’s jaw before she smooths it over. “No,” she says, light as ever.
"Seriously?" Wonyoung sounds genuinely annoyed. "He should have cried. I expected at least some tears. I would have cried."
"I think he wanted to. He was definitely holding it back. Didn't want to cry in front of two girls, you know? Fragile masculinity. Big ego, small emotional range. The usual."
"Men..." Wonyoung sighs with the weariness of someone who has never once been inconvenienced by her own behavior. "How was the sex?"
"Everything went according to plan. He was satisfied by the end. No complaints. No resentment. Mission accomplished."
"Perfect. Great work, Yujin. Now we just have to wait about six months." Wonyoung's tone shifts into something brighter, more animated, the sound of someone admiring their own strategy. "The breakup's going to generate tons of attention. Everyone loves a fallen romance. Sympathetic press for me, speculation, mystery. And then in six months, we get back together. Reconciliation arc. The public eats that up. Engagement numbers will be through the roof."
Yujin stares at the far wall. "Sounds like you've got it all figured out."
"I always do. Just keep the documents safe. I want everything on my desk tomorrow."
"Of course. You can count on me, boss."
"I know I can. Goodnight, Yujin."
"Goodnight."
The call ends. The screen goes dark. Yujin stands there for a moment, phone in hand, staring at nothing. Then she puts the headphones back on. The music starts again, Miss Sun picking up where it left off. She grabs the ice cream tub and turns toward the hallway. On her way past the kitchen trash can, she glances down.
Inside, sitting on top of crumpled paper towels, is a small pile of ashes. Gray and black and still faintly warm. The edges of a few charred paper fragments are still visible, corners of thick, expensive legal stock, the kind used for contracts that were meant to be kept in briefcases and filed in offices and presented to bosses who think they run the world.
Yujin takes a bite of ice cream and looks at the ashes for a long, satisfied moment.
“That bitch has no idea what’s coming,” she murmurs around the spoon.
Yujin turns off the kitchen light and pads down the hallway to your bedroom, carrying the ice cream with her, humming softly.
Yujin hated two things about that high school: the achievement board that always carried her name, and the fact that her name was almost always written right next to yours. Not below, not above—always side by side, aligned so neatly it felt deliberate. She stopped in front of the board, eyes scanning the familiar sheet of paper taped crookedly to the wall, the ink already smudged from too many replacements over the years.
Rank 1. Ahn Yujin
Rank 2. You
The difference in score was so small it barely mattered, too insignificant to feel like a real victory, yet just large enough to keep her standing where she believed she belonged.
“Still looking at it?” your voice came from behind her, calm and steady in a way that always irritated her. Yujin didn’t turn around right away. She only crossed her arms and smiled faintly, as if the numbers in front of her were a private joke. “Just making sure my name hasn’t moved,” she said, casual on purpose. You stepped closer, stopping beside her, close enough that she could sense your presence without looking. “For now,” you replied. She finally faced you, meeting your gaze with a confidence sharpened by years of never backing down. “That’s all I need.” You tilted your head slightly. “You sound scared.” She laughed softly. “Of you? Don’t flatter yourself.” For a brief second, something dark flickered across your eyes, and Yujin caught it—felt it—and the feeling that followed was an uncomfortable mix of satisfaction and familiarity.
Everyone at school knew about the two of you. You were never friends, but you were never strangers either. Your rivalry existed in quiet places: exam rankings posted outside classrooms, whispered comparisons after competitions, university recommendation lists passed from hand to hand. Midterms, finals, scholarships—every milestone became another invisible line drawn between you. Whenever Yujin stood at the top, you were there, close enough to breathe down her neck. Whenever you edged ahead, she made sure it never lasted. Once, someone asked why the two of you were always competing, and Yujin answered with a shrug and a smile, saying some people just couldn’t accept second place. You didn’t raise your voice when you replied that some people simply didn’t know how to share the spotlight. No one laughed after that.
What most people didn’t see was that this rivalry didn’t begin in school. It started at home, long before either of you learned how to calculate grades or measure success. Both of you were born into wealth, into families whose names carried weight in boardrooms and business headlines. Your parents moved in the same circles, smiling for cameras while quietly counting losses and gains, their companies forever compared, forever competing. At Yujin’s dinner table, she grew up hearing the same sentence repeated in different forms—we can’t lose to their family. At yours, the message was no different—don’t ever let them step over us. Pride was inherited. Losing was never an option. Friendship was never mentioned.
Later that day, the hallway was almost empty when Yujin passed you. Your shoulders brushed for a brief second, neither of you apologizing, neither slowing down. “You’re still applying to the same universities?” she asked, her voice steady as she kept walking. “Why?” you shot back. “Afraid I’ll follow you again?” She stopped and turned, eyes sharp. “You always do.” You met her gaze without flinching. “Only because we aim high.” Something unreadable crossed her face before she scoffed and turned away. You walked in opposite directions, both too proud to look back.
Graduation arrived faster than either of you expected. Once again, you stood in the same line. Once again, your names were called back-to-back. The applause sounded identical, as if the room itself refused to choose between you. As Yujin stepped down from the stage, she felt your presence beside her—close, familiar, unavoidable. She told herself it didn’t matter. High school was over. Your paths would finally separate. At least, that was what she believed. For now.
University was supposed to separate them. Different majors, different routines, different futures—at least, that was what Yujin had told herself when she signed the lease for the apartment. The building was large, modern, and expensive enough to house people who valued distance. Each unit was private, each door a clear boundary. She lived on the eighth floor. Across the hall, separated only by a strip of carpet and silence, was yours.
She found out the first night she moved in.
The elevator doors opened, and you stepped out with a box tucked under your arm, keys clinking softly in your hand. You stopped when you saw her, surprise flashing briefly across your face before settling into something controlled and unreadable.
“You’re here too,” you said.
“Unfortunately,” Yujin replied, then looked past you at the row of doors. When you unlocked the unit directly across from hers, she let out a breath she didn’t realize she’d been holding.
Same apartment.
Different rooms.
Different lives.
At least, that was what she told herself.
You attended the same university, but your paths split the moment classes began. Different buildings. Different departments. Different expectations. On paper, there was no reason for either of you to cross the other’s world again.
And yet, Yujin heard your name everywhere.
Whispered between students in the hallway.
Mentioned casually during lectures.
Written in small articles shared on campus forums.
You were doing well—too well. Top of your department. Leading projects. Professors spoke of you with approval that sounded dangerously familiar. Yujin never asked directly, never searched your name, but the information reached her anyway, seeping into her thoughts when she least expected it.
She didn’t feel anger this time.
She felt something closer to reluctant acknowledgment.
You heard about her too.
Her name surfaced in conversations you weren’t part of, in group chats that buzzed late at night, in remarks from classmates who spoke with a mix of admiration and envy. Yujin was excelling—again. Different field, same result. Scholarships. Academic recognition. Quiet dominance.
You told yourself it didn’t matter.
But you listened anyway.
And somewhere between lectures and late nights at the library, you began to understand something you’d never allowed yourself to admit before: she wasn’t winning because she was competing with you. She was winning because she was capable.
The thought unsettled you more than any rivalry ever had.
In the apartment building, nothing changed on the surface.
You passed each other in the elevator, standing on opposite sides, eyes forward, words unspoken. You shared polite nods in the hallway, brief acknowledgments that ended before they could become conversations. There were no arguments, no banter, no attempts to bridge the distance.
Only silence.
But it was a different kind of silence than before.
It carried respect.
Yujin noticed how you always held the elevator door when she was a few steps away, even though neither of you ever said thank you. You noticed how she lowered her voice late at night, mindful of the thin walls between your apartments.
Small things. Quiet things.
Neither of you spoke about it.
Somewhere along the way, the rivalry shifted.
It no longer felt like a race.
It felt like recognition.
Two people walking separate paths in the same space, aware of each other’s strength, acknowledging it without words. There was no friendship between you—not yet. No closeness. No trust.
Just a mutual understanding that had never existed before.
And perhaps, for the first time, neither of you felt the need to prove anything at all.
Toward the end of the semester, something changed. At first, it was subtle—easy to dismiss if you weren’t paying attention. Yujin’s door stayed closed longer than usual. The hallway lights clicked off at night without the familiar sound of her footsteps echoing down the corridor. Days passed without you seeing her in the elevator, weeks without the brief nods you had grown used to.
You told yourself it meant nothing.
Final semester was heavy for everyone. Deadlines stacked on deadlines. Internships, research, graduation requirements. People disappeared into their own lives all the time. It was normal. Logical. Reasonable.
And yet.
Her name began to fade too.
Where it used to surface casually in conversations, it now appeared less often—mentioned in passing, if at all. Professors spoke of other students. Group chats buzzed with different names. The absence was quiet, but it was noticeable, especially because you had grown accustomed to hearing it.
You didn’t ask.
You didn’t look her up.
You didn’t knock on the door across the hall.
Still, you noticed.
You noticed the way her apartment stayed dark late into the night. You noticed the untouched mail piling up near her door, envelopes curling at the edges. You noticed how the space she used to occupy felt… empty, even though nothing physical had changed.
You caught yourself pausing in front of her door once, keys already in your hand, mind inexplicably alert. The urge passed as quickly as it came. You stepped inside your own apartment and closed the door, telling yourself that whatever was happening wasn’t your concern.
But concern didn’t need permission.
It settled in quietly, the same way respect once had.
Yujin didn’t vanish completely.
You saw her once, late one evening, exiting the building just as you were coming in. She looked thinner, more tired—her shoulders tense, her gaze distant. She didn’t see you, or maybe she did and chose not to acknowledge it. Either way, the elevator doors closed behind her before you could decide what to do.
You stood there longer than necessary.
Later that night, you lay awake, staring at the ceiling, replaying the image of her in your mind. You wondered if she was sleeping enough. If she was eating properly. If the pressure that had always followed her was finally starting to weigh heavier than she could carry.
You hated that your mind went there.
You hated that you cared.
Because caring meant crossing a line neither of you had ever dared to step over.
Graduation drew closer.
The campus buzzed with talk of the future—offers accepted, plans announced, goodbyes rehearsed long before they were needed. You moved through it all with a strange sense of detachment, aware that something important was slipping quietly out of reach.
And every time you returned to the apartment, every time you passed the door across the hall, you found yourself listening.
For footsteps.
For movement.
For proof that Yujin was still there.
You never knocked.
You never asked.
The worry stayed where it began—unspoken, unresolved, and entirely your own.
And somehow, that made it heavier than anything you could have said out loud.
You never intended to see Yujin that night.
The supermarket was nothing more than a brief stop after a long day—bright lights, cold air, and aisles far too quiet for the hour. You walked without much thought until the cashier’s voice calling the next customer made you stop.
You knew that voice.
And when you looked up, you knew you weren’t mistaken.
Yujin stood behind the counter, wearing a supermarket uniform that looked wrong on her. Her hair was tied low, carelessly. There was none of the confidence she usually carried. Only exhaustion, poorly hidden behind a flat expression.
You stared for a moment too long before realizing it.
When her eyes met yours, surprise flashed across her face—brief enough to almost be missed. She quickly schooled her features back into professionalism.
“Shopping this late?” she asked, her tone cold, as if this meeting meant nothing.
“Seems like it,” you replied shortly.
There was no further conversation. You placed your items on the counter, paid, took the receipt. Her movements were quick, efficient—like someone who didn’t want to leave any openings.
As you turned to leave, you caught the sound of her breath hitching, just slightly.
That was all.
You stepped outside, an uneasy feeling following you. It should have ended there. You had no reason to stay. No obligation.
But you didn’t go home.
You stood beneath the small awning in front of the supermarket, pretending to check your phone. Five minutes. Ten. You weren’t even sure what you were waiting for.
When Yujin came out for her break, she stopped short when she saw you still there.
“What are you doing here?” she asked, clearly annoyed.
“You think I’m following you?” you shot back.
She scoffed. “I’m not that stupid.”
You didn’t answer. You simply handed her the coffee you bought from the vending machine. No smile. No explanation.
She eyed it suspiciously. “I didn’t ask for this.”
“I know.”
She hesitated before taking it. “This doesn’t change anything.”
“We’re not changing anything.”
You sat on the bench outside the supermarket, leaving a small space between you. Neon lights reflected off the wet pavement, casting harsh shadows across Yujin’s face.
“You working here now?” you asked at last, even though the answer was obvious.
“Does it look like I’m playing around?” she snapped.
You exhaled quietly. “You’ve been barely around the apartment.”
“That’s none of your business.”
“True.”
Silence fell again.
“You’re not around campus much either,” you added, the words slipping out before you could stop them.
She turned to you sharply. “Are you watching me now?”
“You think you wouldn’t be noticed?”
She let out a short, humorless laugh. “You’ve always been like this. Acting like you know everything.”
“And you’ve always pretended you don’t get tired.”
That made her go still. Yujin stared at her coffee for a long moment before speaking again, her voice lower. “My family’s business is in trouble. My father made the wrong call. The debt is bad.” She paused. “That’s all you need to know.”
You didn’t respond right away. “I didn’t ask.”
“Yeah,” she said. “But you’re curious.”
You didn’t deny it.
Her break was almost over. Yujin stood first. “Don’t get the wrong idea,” she said, cold again. “I don’t need your sympathy.”
You stood as well. “Good. I’m not good at giving it.”
She walked back inside, the automatic doors closing behind her.
You stayed there a few seconds longer than necessary.
Annoyed that you had seen her like that.
Annoyed that you cared.
Annoyed that you knew, starting that night, you would pay more attention to her.
Not out of pity.
But out of curiosity you refused to admit.
And a resentment that was slowly losing its shape.
The weekend was supposed to be a pause.
For the first time in weeks, Yujin wasn’t rushing between classes and night shifts. She sat at the long dining table in her family’s house, the air heavy with familiarity—polite smiles, carefully prepared dishes, conversations that circled around everything except what truly mattered. Her mother kept refilling her glass. Her younger sibling scrolled through their phone in silence. Everyone was present, yet tense, as if waiting for a verdict.
Her father cleared his throat.
Yujin straightened without realizing it.
“I spoke with their family,” he said at last, voice measured, deliberate. “They’re willing to help us.”
The words landed softly, but their meaning echoed loud. Help meant money. It meant the pressure on their company easing, the numbers finally making sense again. It meant the debt—the one no one said out loud—could disappear.
“With their support,” her father continued, “the loans can be settled. The company will stabilize. We won’t need emergency measures anymore.”
Her mother let out a quiet breath of relief.
“And you,” her father added, turning to Yujin, “won’t have to keep working like this. No more night shifts. No leave of absence. You can focus on graduating. You only have a few months left.”
For a brief, dangerous moment, Yujin felt it.
Relief.
The kind that made her chest loosen, that whispered you can rest now. The kind she hadn’t allowed herself to feel in a long time.
Then her father spoke again.
“There is a condition.”
The room went still.
Yujin’s fingers tightened around her chopsticks. “What kind of condition?”
Her father didn’t look away. “You will marry their child.”
The words didn’t make sense at first. They hovered in the air, detached from reality, as if spoken in another language. Yujin waited for him to clarify. To laugh. To say he was joking.
He didn’t.
“This is a strategic decision,” he said calmly. “A formal alliance. It will reassure investors. It will settle old conflicts. It benefits both families.”
Yujin stood up so abruptly her chair scraped loudly against the floor.
“You’re talking about marriage like it’s a contract,” she said, voice shaking despite her effort to keep it steady.
Her father met her anger with exhaustion. “Because that’s what it is, Yujin. And right now, it’s the only solution left.”
“You didn’t even ask me,” she shot back.
“I’m telling you,” he replied. “Because this family needs you.”
The words hit harder than any accusation.
She laughed once, sharp and bitter. “So that’s it? I work myself into the ground, and now I’m supposed to repay everything with my life too?”
Her mother finally spoke, voice gentle but firm. “We wouldn’t ask if there was another way.”
Yujin looked around the table. No one met her eyes. Not because they didn’t care—but because they already knew the answer they were hoping for.
Her gaze dropped to the floor.
You.
Of all people.
The irony was cruel enough to make her want to scream. Years of rivalry, of silent competition and inherited resentment, all leading to this. A solution built on pride, money, and control—just packaged as salvation.
She thought of the supermarket. The neon lights. The coffee she hadn’t asked for. The way you looked at her, not with pity, but with something she couldn’t name.
“You know I don’t love them,” she said quietly.
Her father’s voice softened. “Love isn’t the point.”
Yujin clenched her jaw.
No. Love had never been the point. Not in business. Not in legacy. Not in families like theirs.
She excused herself soon after, retreating to her old bedroom, closing the door with more force than necessary. Sitting on the edge of the bed, she buried her face in her hands, breath uneven.
Marriage.
A condition.
A solution.
And somehow, the most terrifying part wasn’t the idea of marrying you. It was the realization that saying no would mean letting everything collapse.
Outside, the weekend sun continued to shine, indifferent and bright. Inside, Yujin understood that her life had just been rewritten—without her permission.
The news reached you the way most things in your family always did—neatly packaged and delivered without room for refusal. Sunday evening, your parents asked you to sit with them in the living room. The house was quiet, almost too polished, the kind of silence that made every word feel heavy.
“Do you know Yujin’s family is in trouble?” your father began, as if it were common knowledge.
“I’ve heard,” you said cautiously. “But what does that have to do with me?”
Your mother’s gaze was sharp. “We’ve decided to help. It’s the most logical move. Their company is valuable, and this will finally settle the rivalry between our families.”
You frowned. “So you’re helping them because it benefits you.”
“Of course,” your father said calmly. “Business always does.”
“And me?” you asked. “Where do I fit in?”
Your parents exchanged a look. “There’s a condition,” your father said.
You already felt the tension tighten. “What kind of condition?”
“A formal union between the families,” your mother said carefully. “Marriage—with Yujin.”
You stood up abruptly. “No. I won’t do that.”
“It’s not your decision,” your father replied evenly. “We’re not asking.”
“This is insane!” you snapped. “You can’t just decide who I marry!”
“It’s a strategic decision,” your mother said. “A merger, if you will. It will stabilize everything.”
“I’m not a business,” you shot back. “I’m not a contract!”
“You were raised to understand responsibility,” your father said firmly. “This is part of it.”
“I won’t do it. Find another way!” you said, voice rising. “I refuse.”
A long silence followed. Then your father’s voice cut through. “If you refuse, don’t expect a single cent from us. No inheritance, no financial support.”
“You’re threatening me?” you asked, incredulous.
“We’re being clear,” your mother corrected. “This family doesn’t reward disobedience.”
Your fists clenched. “So my choices don’t matter?”
“They do,” your father said. “You can choose independence… or you can choose your duty.”
You left the room with your heart pounding, anger and disbelief twisting together. Marriage. Ultimatum. Money as leverage. And yet, the thought that unsettled you most wasn’t losing the inheritance—it was knowing Yujin was being forced into the same corner. Whether you liked it or not, your lives were about to collide in a way neither of you had chosen.
After a week had passed since the shocking announcement from both of your families, you and Yujin finally arranged to meet—just the two of you, away from your parents’ eyes and their manipulations.
You met in a quiet café tucked in a corner of the city, lights dim, the hum of conversation around you like background noise you barely noticed. Neither of you spoke at first, just sat across the table, tension heavy enough to press your shoulders down.
“So… this is real,” Yujin finally said, voice tight. “They’re serious.”
You clenched your hands around your cup. “Yeah. Your parents, my parents… they’re treating us like chess pieces.”
Yujin’s jaw tightened. “I hate it. I hate that we can’t do anything. I hate that they think our lives belong to them.”
“Me too,” you admitted, harshly. “They expect us to obey without question, and if we refuse… everything we’ve been given, everything we’ve worked for, it’s gone.”
She stared at her coffee, tracing the rim with a finger. “So what are we supposed to do? Just agree to it? Smile and play along?”
“I guess we have to,” you said bitterly. “Because if we don’t… neither of us comes out alive in this game. Financially, socially… everything. They win, and we lose.”
Yujin let out a dry laugh. “I can’t believe it’s come to this. Marry you… like it’s a contract.”
“Exactly. A contract,” you said. “Nothing else. That’s all it will be.”
You both fell silent, thinking, calculating, weighing the impossible. Finally, Yujin spoke again. “What if… we make it work on our terms? Contract marriage. We live in the same place, but… separate rooms. No interference. Just… survive until it’s safe to get out.”
You blinked, considering it. “We do it this way, we protect ourselves. We finish school, rebuild our lives… and when everything is stable, we get a divorce. Clean. Simple. No one wins except us.”
She nodded slowly. “Agreed. Just… survive. And don’t let them control us completely.”
You exhaled, relief mixed with the bitter taste of inevitability. For the first time that day, you felt like you had a plan. Not freedom, not choice—but a strategy. And sometimes, that was all you could hope for.
Finally, both families gathered for a formal meeting. The setting was luxurious, carefully chosen by your parents to reflect both status and control. The restaurant was tucked away in an exclusive part of the city, with marble floors that gleamed under the chandelier lights, velvet curtains that muted the sounds of the bustling streets outside, and tables spaced just far enough to guarantee privacy. Every detail screamed elegance: the polished silverware, the fine china, the delicate crystal glasses, and the subtle fragrance of fresh roses that lined the center of the table. It was the kind of place where appearances mattered more than anything else—and tonight, appearances were everything.
You and Yujin arrived separately, each escorted by your parents. Both of you walked into the restaurant with measured grace, masks perfectly in place, knowing full well what was expected. Yujin’s dress was understated yet elegant—a muted shade of pearl with clean lines that hinted at sophistication without drawing unnecessary attention. Your own outfit was equally neutral, a classic tailored suit that projected calm authority. From the outside, anyone watching might have thought the two of you were naturally poised, naturally respectful, naturally agreeable. But beneath the composed surface, the tension was almost unbearable.
Once seated, the families began exchanging pleasantries. There was polite laughter, a careful trading of compliments, subtle glances that measured each other’s posture, every word weighed for significance. Your parents’ eyes frequently flicked to you, noting your gestures, the way you sipped your water, the slight twitch of your fingers. Yujin’s parents did the same, scanning her every move with the faintest hint of pride mixed with worry. It was a silent war of observation—each family trying to assert subtle dominance while maintaining the illusion of cordiality.
“So, we’ve agreed,” your father said finally, lifting his glass in a precise motion, “the marriage will be private. A union for the benefit of both families, discreet and respectful.”
Yujin’s father leaned forward slightly, resting his hand near Yujin’s on the table—not touching, but enough to signal possession, protection, and expectation all at once. “Yes,” he said. “No public announcements. No unnecessary attention. Just stability for everyone involved. It is in everyone’s best interest.”
You tilted your head slightly, acknowledging the statement with a polite nod, and sipped your wine. Across the table, Yujin mirrored your gesture, holding the glass delicately before setting it down with a soft click. The symmetry of your movements, entirely unconscious yet entirely deliberate, created a silent understanding between the two of you: tonight, you were both performers in a carefully orchestrated scene.
The waiters moved with practiced precision, refilling glasses, presenting plates with flourishes that demanded admiration. The first course arrived: a delicate arrangement of seared scallops on a bed of microgreens, drizzled with a subtle citrus glaze. Each bite was meticulously described by the server, the names of ingredients pronounced with exaggerated elegance. Both families nodded appreciatively, and so did you and Yujin. Polite smiles, small murmurs of approval. On the surface, the evening appeared ordinary.
Beneath it, your eyes met once, briefly, and you saw the sharp glint of shared understanding. Neither of you laughed genuinely, neither relaxed fully. Every smile was a mask, every compliment carefully measured. You could feel the weight of the contract hanging over the table, thick and oppressive, pressing down on your chest like invisible chains.
Your mother leaned slightly forward, her tone warm but firm. “We appreciate your willingness to meet tonight. It is important for everyone to feel comfortable with the arrangement before we proceed.”
Yujin’s mother responded in kind, her voice calm but layered with expectation. “Yes. While the decision may have been difficult, it is for the good of both families. We trust that you both understand the significance of this union.”
You forced a small smile, nodding. “Of course. We understand.”
Yujin’s reply was equally composed. “Naturally.”
The meal continued. Courses were served in a slow, deliberate fashion: a velvety butternut squash soup, followed by a perfectly roasted sea bass with herb butter and seasonal vegetables. Each time a dish arrived, the conversation danced around neutral topics—travel, business trends, university achievements, polite curiosities about hobbies—but never strayed too close to personal feelings. Your families traded subtle jabs about legacy and influence, but couched them in compliments so that nothing could be called out directly.
Between courses, you and Yujin found ways to communicate silently. A raised eyebrow, a slight tilt of the head, a subtle shift in posture. These small gestures carried volumes: you were both aware of the absurdity, the unfairness, the way your lives had been suddenly dictated without consent. And yet, you maintained the façade flawlessly. To anyone watching, it looked like cooperation, like even enjoyment of the evening.
At one point, Yujin’s father leaned slightly toward her and spoke in a low voice, enough for you to hear only fragments. “Do not let them see weakness.”
Yujin’s eyes flicked to you, and though her lips were curved in a polite smile, there was fire in them. A shared glance passed between you, wordless but loaded with agreement. Weakness was not an option. Not tonight. Not ever.
Dessert arrived: delicate chocolate soufflés, accompanied by a selection of petits fours and a fine port wine. Your father raised his glass once again. “To a prosperous alliance,” he said, voice smooth, commanding, yet laced with personal satisfaction.
“To family,” Yujin’s father replied, echoing the sentiment, eyes briefly flicking toward you and then Yujin.
You lifted your glass, letting it clink softly against hers. Yujin did the same. The gesture was purely ceremonial, but underneath it, a silent promise was forming between the two of you: endure, protect yourselves, play the part.
Conversation drifted into safer waters—shared memories of your families’ histories, polite discussion about future plans that were already written by those sitting around the table. You and Yujin laughed at the occasional joke, each of you aware of the irony but careful to maintain the appearance of genuine amusement. The mask was flawless. Both of you were performers, dancing along the tightrope between obedience and personal survival.
By the end of the evening, as the last of the wine was poured and the check discreetly handled by your parents, a quiet understanding had settled between you and Yujin. You left the restaurant side by side, each carrying the same heavy weight of obligation but also a new, unspoken agreement: endure this, follow the rules, and survive. Separate rooms, separate lives, a shared façade. Until the day this contract no longer controlled either of you.
Outside, the city glittered with lights, oblivious to the silent battles being fought within its quiet streets. Inside both your minds, strategies had begun to form, meticulous and patient. Marriage, on paper, was a contract. But survival, on your terms, was the real plan. And tonight, that plan had taken its first deliberate steps.
The wedding day had finally arrived. The morning in the apartment felt quieter than usual, as if the world itself was holding its breath, waiting for a moment neither of you had chosen. Yujin stood in front of the large mirror, wearing a long, elegant white dress, the satin fabric flowing gently along her figure, delicate lace adorning her shoulders and sleeves. Her hair was styled neatly, with a few strands left to frame her face, which remained graceful despite her eyes revealing a hint of hatred and resistance toward this situation.
You stood behind the door, silently watching. Though your feelings were mixed—anger at the situation, frustration at your parents, unease about the forced marriage—you couldn’t deny one thing: Yujin looked absolutely stunning. The dress, the faintly forced smile, the sharp yet fragile look in her eyes made you swallow hard. For the first time, you admitted to yourself that in this moment, Yujin was truly captivating.
Yujin, on the other hand, was aware of your presence. You were dressed in a perfectly tailored suit, a crisp white shirt beneath, your tie adjusted neatly. Your hair was styled simply but impeccably, projecting attention to detail without being flashy. Without speaking, Yujin felt an unexpected tug of admiration mixed with irritation. Quietly, she found herself thinking that you looked striking, even in the midst of a situation both of you despised.
When the moment came for you to stand together at the altar, facing each other for the first time in this sacred moment, the silence between you was almost tangible. All eyes of family and guests were on you, yet it felt as if the world had narrowed to just the two of you. Yujin looked at you with a mixture of anger, frustration, and a hint of respect she could not hide. You felt the same—entranced, even while your mind raged against the unfairness of the situation.
As you both prepared to step forward, exchanging the formal gestures required by the ceremony, your eyes met briefly. No words were spoken, but in that fleeting glance, you understood each other perfectly: this was just a formality, a role to be played to satisfy your parents. Yet underneath it all, an unspoken acknowledgment lingered. You recognized Yujin’s beauty, and she, despite her resentment, acknowledged your appeal.
Every movement, every carefully forced smile, every step toward the altar was part of the performance you both executed flawlessly. Yujin’s white dress shimmered under the lights, contrasting with your dark, tailored suit. Both of you realized, deep down, that though hatred and frustration were present, there was something undeniable: a subtle, silent attraction emerging in the middle of a situation neither of you wanted.
Finally, standing at the altar and looking into each other’s eyes, there was a brief moment where anger and resentment softened, replaced by a quiet, honest recognition: that even in this forced circumstance, you both saw each other—astonishingly beautiful and compelling—in a way that could not be ignored.
After the wedding, the two of you moved into a new apartment that had already been prepared by both families. It wasn’t just any apartment—it was a luxurious penthouse in the most exclusive building in the city. From the outside, the building looked modern, its large glass panels reflecting the sunlight, with a lobby of polished black marble and crystal chandeliers. Each floor had 24-hour security and a private elevator that only residents could use.
As soon as the penthouse door opened, you were greeted by a spacious living room with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the cityscape. The morning light streamed in softly, illuminating a plush white leather sofa, a soft gray wool carpet underfoot, and a sleek glass coffee table. In the corner, a built-in bookshelf held a collection of classic books and minimalist decorations, adding a warm touch to the modern space.
The open-concept kitchen flowed seamlessly into the dining area, complete with a white marble island counter, modern stove, double oven, large refrigerator, and every household appliance imaginable—from blenders to coffee machines. There was nothing left for you to buy; everything had been meticulously prepared by your parents. Even Yujin’s master bedroom was fully furnished with a king-size bed, built-in wardrobe, and a private balcony. Your own room was equally luxurious, with modern minimalist design and breathtaking views of the city at night.
As you set down your suitcases, Yujin turned to you with a serious expression. “Remember,” she said firmly but calmly, “we agreed on the rules. Separate rooms, living in the same house, continuing our own activities until things get better and we can get divorced.”
You nodded, a slight smile tugging at your lips. “I remember. But honestly… living in a penthouse like this feels strange. It’s like stepping into the adult world, even though we’re still in college.
Yujin smiled faintly, tension still evident in her eyes. “I feel the same. But it’s the only way to survive without making our parents angry. Remember, we have to look normal, but quietly… we can live our own lives.”
You walked over to the living room, running your hand over the smooth, cold surface of the coffee table. “At least everything is already here. Household items, furniture, electronics… all we have to do is live here and focus on school.”
Yujin sat on the sofa, gazing out the large window. “True. But even though we hate each other, I sometimes watch you. Not for anything… just to make sure you don’t do something stupid in this house.”
You looked at her, holding back a smile. “I do the same. We have to know what the other is up to, so there are no surprises.”
Yujin raised an eyebrow. “No surprises, huh? Hmph… I’ll keep my room tidy. You do the same, right?”
“Don’t worry. My room will stay neat, classes continue, assignments get done. Nothing changes.”
Yujin looked at you for a long moment. “You’re really going to follow this contract, aren’t you?”
“Of course,” you replied seriously. “It’s just about surviving until things get better. After that, we’re free. We can still go to classes, join clubs, and live our normal lives. Only… now in the same house.”
Yujin exhaled and looked back out the window. “Yeah. I’ll do the same. But don’t think I’ll make it easy for you. I’ll still be busy with school, clubs, and friends. Don’t expect us to be close.”
“I don’t want to be too close either,” you said casually. “We just need to be polite, keep our distance, and not interfere with each other’s routines.”
You both began exploring the penthouse. You went to your room, checking the balcony and the city view, the lights of buildings twinkling at night. Yujin examined the bookshelves and cabinets in the living room, checking the neatly arranged classics. Everything was perfect, yet the tension in the air was unmistakable.
Your first dinner in the penthouse was at the long wooden dining table facing the large window. You sat at opposite ends, keeping a comfortable distance. No excessive words were exchanged, only polite, light conversation.
“I’ll continue going to classes like usual,” Yujin said, placing her fork down. “I know you have your own schedule and assignments. We’ll keep everything normal, right?”
“Yes, of course,” you replied. “This is our shared house, but our lives continue separately. Nothing changes except the address.”
Yujin glanced at you. “Alright. But remember, this contract isn’t a joke. We have to stay disciplined. Separate rooms, living in the same house, until we’re free.”
“Don’t worry,” you said with a slight smile. “I won’t break the rules. You’ll do the same, right?”
Yujin looked at you, exhaling deeply. “Yes. We have to keep boundaries. No getting too close, no interfering. All for… surviving.”
That night, after dinner, you both returned to your respective rooms. Soft lighting filled the penthouse, creating a warm yet quiet atmosphere. From your rooms, you could hear the pulse of the city outside while inside, only a tense yet strangely comfortable silence remained.
You knew that living in this penthouse was a mix of luxury and trap. Every need was fulfilled, but the contract you made under parental pressure demanded careful adherence. Despite the hatred, there was a quiet sense of observation, respect, and even a subtle curiosity toward one another.
This was the beginning of your new life: luxurious, safe, but full of boundaries. One house, separate rooms, individual lives continuing, while the contract awaited the right moment to be lifted. Silently, both of you knew this was only a temporary phase. But this phase would lay the foundation for your strategy to survive until the day you were truly free from all imposed rules.
The days in the new penthouse began with the same rhythm as before, yet the presence of each other felt heavier. That morning, sunlight streamed through the large living room windows, reflecting off the smooth wooden floors and the pristine white sofa. The house felt alive, but both of you moved with full awareness: one house, two people with statuses to maintain, and a contract that must not be broken.
You stepped out of your room first, wearing your neatly pressed school uniform. Yujin was already in the kitchen, standing gracefully while pouring tea into a white porcelain cup. Her hair was perfectly styled, her casual home attire simple yet elegant—relaxed but still projecting an aura of formality that made you resist glancing for too long. When your eyes met, Yujin turned slightly, hiding any expression, but there was a flicker of observation in her gaze.
“Good morning,” you said, your voice flat but polite.
“Morning,” Yujin replied briefly, without a smile, her tone calm but firm. There was no hint of playfulness—only strict politeness.
You took a glass of water from the fridge, standing near the dining table. “Are you ready for classes today?” you asked, keeping a formal tone.
“Yes. As usual,” she answered, sipping her tea. “I hope you’re also sticking to your schedule. Nothing should interfere with our routines.”
“Of course,” you said, straightening your posture. “We’re sticking to the contract.”
Yujin nodded slightly, then looked out the window, letting the morning light fall on her face. “I won’t initiate unnecessary interaction. So don’t expect any casual conversation. We just live in the same house, that’s all.”
“I understand. No casual talk. Just formal politeness and routine,” you replied.
After a brief, quiet breakfast, you both prepared for classes. Your rooms were tidy, belongings neatly arranged, nothing out of place. The elevator carried you down to the lobby, each of you maintaining posture and expression, because even though you lived in the same house, boundaries had to be preserved.
At campus, life returned to normal routines. Yujin moved with confidence and poise, while you focused on your own department. Even though you shared a home, rumors about each other’s academic excellence circulated, and you both observed each other—not with jokes, but with silent respect.
That evening, when returning to the penthouse, Yujin was already in the living room, standing tall while gazing at the city through the large windows. You entered slowly, carrying your school bag, pausing to admire the view. No smiles, no casual gestures—just a brief, evaluative glance.
“Good evening,” you said formally.
“Good evening,” Yujin replied, without looking at you for long. Her tone remained flat, tinged with alertness.
You set your bag down, straightening your back. “Today was tiring. Group projects, class discussions… everything went as usual.”
Yujin nodded lightly. “I hope you remember, even though we live in the same house, there’s no tolerance for careless behavior. We must follow the contract.”
“You’re right,” you said, bowing your head slightly in acknowledgment. “Separate rooms, no interference, pursue our own activities. That’s enough.”
There was a pause. You exchanged brief glances, then Yujin returned her gaze to the city. “Still, I watch how you manage life here, just to make sure no small mistake could break the contract.”
You inhaled briefly, replying evenly, “I do the same, but no more. We have to remain formal, maintain boundaries. That’s it.”
Yujin exhaled. “Hmph… fine. But don’t misunderstand, I’ll remain a strict observer. No compromise.”
You nodded, equally serious. “Understood. No compromise. This is only about surviving until things get better. After that, the contract ends.”
The following weeks continued in the same pattern, but the atmosphere was different. No playful jokes, no light-hearted banter—only formal interactions full of dignity. You maintained distance, respected each other’s space, and strictly followed the contract. Occasionally, there were brief glances in the elevator or living room, no smiles, just subtle observation that couldn’t be ignored.
One night, from her living room balcony, Yujin glanced at you from afar, posture upright, expression still formal. “You truly follow the contract. I respect that,” she said succinctly, affirming the boundaries between you.
You turned slightly, standing straight, voice flat but firm. “That’s how it should be. We follow the rules. Nothing more, nothing less.”
“Don’t misunderstand,” Yujin added, looking at the city, not you. “I still hate this situation. But I admit… you don’t make my presence in this house unpleasant.”
You nodded, matching her tone. “Me neither. That’s enough. Nothing else.”
Even though your interactions appeared formal, even cold, there was a subtle tension that could not be ignored—slow-burn emerging from glances, from perfectly maintained distance, from quiet respect born from recognizing each other’s capability and pride. No words of jest or familiarity were spoken; only the acknowledgment of one another’s presence, restrained within the strict limits of the contract.
This was your new life: college, a luxurious home, formal interactions filled with pride, and a contract demanding strict compliance. Every day, you learned to adapt, maintain boundaries, and silently assess each other—without looking like friends, yet quietly respecting one another. The slow-burn had begun, hidden beneath layers of pride, discipline, and formal tension marking your status as a reluctantly bound couple.
That night, the atmosphere in the penthouse felt different. You were preparing dinner as usual—two neatly arranged portions on separate plates, everything precisely placed. The aroma of garlic and spices filled the kitchen, a familiar scent, but tonight it carried a subtle tension.
Yujin appeared from the living room, wearing a gray tank top and black shorts. Her hair was loosely tied, yet her posture remained graceful and composed. Without saying a word, she walked toward the dining table and glanced at the chair across from you. This time, she sat at the dining table, not in her room or on the sofa like usual.
“You’re going to eat at the table?” you asked, your tone formal, almost rigid.
Yujin raised an eyebrow and glanced at you without a smile. “Yes. There’s no other reason. I just want… to eat properly,” she replied, her voice flat yet clearly observant, carrying an air of pride.
You nodded slightly, pretending to focus on arranging the plates. “Very well. Please sit. I’ll just make sure everything is in order.”
Yujin looked at the plate in front of you, her movements measured. “Two portions as usual,” she said. Her tone remained cool, but there was a subtle acknowledgment of your disciplined habit.
“Yes, as usual,” you replied curtly. “Nothing has changed.”
You both sat across from each other, maintaining perfect distance. Silence enveloped the room, broken only by the sound of utensils and your breathing. No jokes, no smiles—only a faint tension that lingered in the air.
Yujin glanced at her plate before picking up her spoon, her movements graceful and precise. You watched from across the table, maintaining a formal demeanor, yet subtly observing every detail—how Yujin held her spoon, how she placed her plate, how she sat. Everything seemed simple, yet impossible to ignore.
After a few bites, Yujin looked at you briefly. “You always arrange the second portion so neatly,” she said flatly, without smiling. “Is that your duty?”
“It’s… my duty,” you replied, steady. “Just making sure everything goes according to the rules. Nothing more.”
Yujin nodded slightly, glancing at her plate before shifting her gaze toward the window. “Hmph. You’re always disciplined. No compromise,” she said.
“Discipline is important,” you said briefly. “Especially in a situation like this.”
Silence returned. Soft classical music played from the living room, adding to the formal and tense atmosphere. You ate quietly, maintaining distance, following the contract. But gradually, there was a subtle awareness—an underlying tension that couldn’t be ignored. The slow burn that had been hidden began to emerge through glances, posture, and the way you both occupied the same space.
After a few minutes, Yujin set down her spoon and glanced at you. “I suppose… I will allow myself to eat at the table occasionally,” she said, her tone still formal. “But don’t misunderstand. This isn’t because I want to be close to you.”
“You don’t need to worry,” you replied evenly. “I’m just maintaining the contract. Nothing more.”
Yujin tapped the edge of the table lightly with her fingers, then looked back at the window, her posture still graceful. “Make sure you remain disciplined. No mistakes.”
“Always,” you said briefly, reaffirming the boundaries.
After finishing, Yujin stood, carrying her own plate. “I’ll clean my plate myself,” she said. “You don’t need to interfere.”
“Very well,” you replied. “I will also clean my own plate.”
She returned to the sofa, sitting with her usual elegance. You finished your task in the kitchen, pausing for a moment to glance at her from afar. No smiles, no sweet words—just quiet observation that made the atmosphere feel different. There was a subtle attraction, yet it remained hidden beneath pride and discipline.
That night, dinner was completed in total formality. No jokes, no internal monologues—only tension that lingered between you. Every movement, every glance, created a slow-burn attraction, gradually emerging beneath the strict observance of rules.
You both returned to your rooms afterward, maintaining distance, formal, yet with one change: the presence of each other felt more tangible, harder to ignore. The slow burn that had been hidden was beginning to take hold amidst the tension and pride that defined your current relationship.
Yujin had been looking exhausted for the past few days, her face pale and her steps slow. She sat on the sofa, a blanket covering her body, her eyes half-closed as she tried to endure her discomfort. You stood nearby, keeping your distance, but your concern couldn’t be ignored. A glass of warm water and fever medicine sat neatly on the side table within her reach.
“You need to take this,” you said, your tone formal but soft, placing the glass and pills in front of her.
Yujin looked at you with a cold expression, trying to maintain her pride. “I can take it myself. No need to bother,” she replied.
“Making sure you don’t forget isn’t a problem,” you said shortly. “I’m just doing what’s right.”
She swallowed the medicine and lowered her head briefly. You stayed standing, adjusting the blanket to make her more comfortable, making sure she stayed warm. Silence filled the penthouse, only the sound of swallowing and breathing breaking the stillness. No smiles, no kind words, but a subtle tension lingered in the air.
You decided to prepare something nourishing for her, food that was easy to digest. The aroma of chicken and vegetable soup filled the room. Yujin glanced at the tray you placed in front of her, expression neutral, but her eyes carefully observed your movements. “You’re really meticulous,” she said eventually, her voice cold but with a faint undertone almost imperceptible.
“Discipline is important,” you replied. “Especially when others can’t take care of themselves.”
She looked at you briefly before taking a spoonful, eating slowly. You sat in the chair beside the sofa, keeping your distance, yet every movement was deliberate—making sure her glass of water was close, arranging the spoon and plate neatly, without intruding on her space. There was something in the way she looked at you, as if your attention was beginning to pierce through the wall of pride she usually maintained.
As evening came, Yujin lay on the sofa, the blanket covering her completely, staring at the ceiling. You prepared a cup of warm tea and placed it on the side table, maintaining distance but remaining vigilant. She accepted the tea without protest, signaling that she was gradually trusting you to be near, even while keeping her graceful, formal demeanor.
Your attention remained consistent. Every time she took medicine or a bite of food, you ensured everything was neatly arranged, the temperature just right, and the glass of water within reach. Yujin began to lower her guard, accepting your careful presence. She didn’t smile, but there was a calmness slowly emerging—a feeling that could not be ignored, even while pride remained intact.
One night, you sat beside her sofa, quietly watching as she ate her soup. Silence filled the penthouse, only broken by the sound of her spoon against the bowl and soft breaths. Without words, your care was evident in every action: placing an extra plate for her, adjusting the blanket, keeping the glass of water close. Yujin glanced at you from time to time, her eyes hinting at a comfort she had never admitted before.
“You always make sure everything is arranged perfectly,” she said, tone formal yet softer than usual. “Not many people would do that.”
“Ensuring others are comfortable is simply the right thing to do,” you replied briefly. “Nothing more.”
She lowered her head, taking another slow bite, then looked at you again. A warmth began to grow in her chest, something she hadn’t admitted before, slowly making her heart incline toward you. She realized that your attention—quiet, measured, consistent—was not just formality or duty. It was genuine, hidden behind the layers of pride and the contract you both maintained.
That night, after she finished her tea, Yujin closed her eyes for a moment, her body more relaxed than before. You stayed in the chair beside her, maintaining distance, making sure she was comfortable. Silence still filled the penthouse, but now it felt different. A subtle attraction was growing, beneath the formality, discipline, and pride you both had upheld.
Even though words remained cold, and glances measured, that night marked the beginning of something new: Yujin was starting to care for you. Not with sweet words, not with playful teasing, but through the recognition that your concern for her was more than duty—and slowly, quietly, she was beginning to acknowledge it, beneath the slow burn you had maintained.
After the days you had spent caring for Yujin while she was sick, something had begun to shift. She moved with slightly more ease around the penthouse, her usual guarded demeanor softened just enough to notice. That morning, you entered the kitchen to find the smell of something cooking—pancakes, scrambled eggs, and freshly brewed coffee.
Yujin stood by the stove, focused on flipping a pancake, her hair tied loosely at the back. She glanced over her shoulder at you, expression formal as ever. “I thought… we should have breakfast together,” she said, voice calm but carrying a hint of something unspoken.
You raised an eyebrow, momentarily surprised. “For both of us?”
“Yes,” she replied shortly, turning back to the stove. “Don’t get any ideas. I’m not trying to be… considerate. I just thought it would be easier this way.”
You resisted the urge to smile. “I see. Very practical of you.”
Despite her words, there was a subtle warmth in her gesture. You watched her move around the kitchen, flipping pancakes and stirring eggs, her focus absolute but occasionally glancing at you as if seeking silent approval. You felt a strange mix of surprise and comfort—a slow realization that she was letting you into her space, even in the smallest way.
Later, at dinner, the shift became even more noticeable. Yujin sat across from you, the table set for two as usual, but tonight she didn’t eat in silence. Between bites, she began muttering complaints about assignments, lectures, and the professors she found particularly difficult.
“I swear, some of these professors have no idea what they’re teaching,” she said, her tone half-frustrated, half-resigned. “And don’t get me started on the project deadlines. It’s impossible to finish on time!”
You listened quietly, maintaining the usual formal composure, but inside, there was a sense of curiosity and even slight amusement. “I suppose that’s what happens when you overestimate the efficiency of the system,” you said evenly.
Yujin glared at you, but only for a moment, before rolling her eyes and returning to her food. “Hmph. You think you’re so clever, don’t you?”
“I prefer practical solutions,” you replied. “Not cleverness.”
There was a pause, then she sighed, leaning back in her chair. “It’s just… exhausting sometimes.”
You nodded, the corners of your lips lifting slightly even though your tone remained formal. “I understand,” you said quietly. “Managing everything can be overwhelming.”
For the first time, you noticed how her small gestures—cooking breakfast, sharing complaints, even allowing herself a sigh in your presence—created a space of subtle intimacy. It was unusual, unfamiliar, yet comforting. She was beginning to break the strict boundaries of the contract, just enough for a connection to form without words, without overt vulnerability, yet noticeable to anyone paying attention.
As the evening wore on, you caught yourself observing her in ways you hadn’t before—the way she pushed a strand of hair behind her ear, the way her eyes flicked to you when recounting her frustrations. You didn’t move closer, didn’t break the formal distance, but there was a warmth in your chest you hadn’t anticipated.
Yujin, for her part, seemed aware of it too. Though she didn’t verbalize her feelings, her actions—preparing meals, speaking more openly about her daily struggles—hinted at a growing trust and, perhaps, an unconscious reliance on your presence. She still maintained the crisp edge of her pride, the carefully maintained composure, but the lines were softer than before, revealing that subtle shift in the dynamic between you.
By the time dinner ended, both of you had returned to your usual routines, but the air between you felt different. There was a quiet acknowledgment, unspoken but undeniable: something had begun to grow, fragile and slow, between two people who had long kept distance, discipline, and pride as shields. For the first time, you allowed yourself to feel that being near her—seeing her small gestures, hearing her complaints, even tolerating her sharp remarks—was not just tolerable, but unexpectedly comfortable.
The slow burn was no longer invisible. It lingered, soft and persistent, between the two of you, in the shared glances, the quiet meals, and the tiny ways she had begun to invite you into her day.
After weeks of sleepless nights and relentless research, you and Yujin finally submitted your final projects. The weight that had burdened your shoulders for months felt lighter for the first time in a long while. Graduation was still a week away, but tonight, you decided to celebrate on your own—just the two of you—with a small bottle of wine you had picked up from a nearby store.
Yujin opened the bottle skillfully, her movements precise and graceful as always. “I’ll pour first,” she said flatly, placing two glasses on the table. Her eyes glanced at you briefly, signaling that she wanted to maintain control, as she always did.
You nodded, feeling a subtle sense of happiness in your chest. “Alright, but don’t overdo it,” you said, half joking, half warning.
Yujin lifted her glass, her gaze steady, carrying a faint anticipation beneath her calm tone. “Relax. I know my limit,” she replied. “Don’t get any ideas. I’m not trying to be… considerate. I just thought it would be easier this way.”
You resisted the urge to smile. “I see. Very practical of you.”
Despite her words, there was a subtle warmth in her gesture. You watched her move around, pouring the wine and holding the bottle with care, occasionally glancing at you as if seeking silent approval. You felt a strange mix of surprise and comfort—a slow realization that she was letting you into her space, even in the smallest way.
After a few minutes, Yujin began to show subtle signs. Her eyes reddened slightly, and her cheeks flushed faintly. “Hmm… this is… stronger than I thought,” she admitted, trying to maintain her composure, but her voice wavered just a little.
You held back a laugh. “You look calm, but it seems… this isn’t your usual glass,” you remarked, keeping your tone formal but with a hint of amusement.
Yujin leaned back on the sofa, staring at her glass. “I… I didn’t know I was this bad at drinking,” she said flatly, a hint of weakness creeping into her words. “I usually manage more, but this… hmm…”
You looked at her seriously, but inside, your chest warmed seeing this rare vulnerable side of Yujin. “Then take a break. Don’t push yourself,” you advised, firm but gentle.
Yujin nodded, giving a faint, almost imperceptible smile. “Hmph… you’re always too concerned,” she said, trying to maintain her pride, yet her tone couldn’t fully hide the comfort she felt.
The mood relaxed further. Yujin, usually composed and careful, now sat slightly closer to you, her hands occasionally brushing the table or her glass, a little disorganized but still graceful. You observed her, holding back a smile, feeling strangely at ease watching her human side come through.
After a while, she laughed softly, a light, unusual sound. “You… this feels weird, but I’m enjoying it,” she said, looking at you, her cheeks reddening further. “Even though I won’t admit it, this… is fun.”
You sipped your wine, holding back your smile. “If you marry me for this, don’t be surprised if I never let you forget it,” you said half jokingly, tone formal but warm.
Yujin looked at you, almost losing her composure for a moment, then ducked her head, laughing softly. “Hmph… you talk too much,” she said, but this time the edge was gone; it was lighter, relaxed.
As the wine dwindled, Yujin began to sway slightly on the sofa, her eyes drooping, yet she tried to maintain a serious gaze on you. You immediately stood, adjusting pillows and a blanket, keeping your distance but ready if she needed support.
“If you feel like sleeping, you should go to your room,” you said, formal but gentle. “I’ll make sure you’re comfortable.”
Yujin turned toward you, her cheeks flushed and eyes half-closed, but a warm glint shone in her gaze. “Alright… but don’t think I’m easy to beat,” she said with a faint, shy smile, her pride still intact even as she was clearly tipsy and relaxed.
You simply nodded, holding back your smile. That night, despite the wine and slight chaos, felt different. There was laughter, attention, comfort emerging quietly. Yujin—the poised, disciplined, always-proud Yujin—finally showed a vulnerable side that made your heart stir. And on the other side, you realized that slowly, the formal distance between you was beginning to fade, bit by bit, making that night one you would both remember.
You carefully helped Yujin into her room, her steps unsteady and eyes half-lidded. The moment you crossed the threshold, a strange feeling of “breaking protocol” surged through you—a private space that had always been hers, and yet here you were, guiding her. Your chest tightened slightly, a mix of responsibility, awkwardness, and something warmer you didn’t dare name.
“She’s really… drunk,” you muttered under your breath, steadying her as she swayed. Yujin leaned lightly against you, her head brushing your shoulder, and you felt the warmth of her body through the thin fabric of her shirt.
“Careful… you’re heavy,” you said softly, trying to maintain composure, though your mind raced at the intimacy of the moment. Gently, you guided her toward the bed, expecting her to sit or lie down, but her coordination betrayed her.
Then, suddenly, she lost her balance. Before you could react fully, the world tipped sideways—her momentum carried her forward, and you stumbled backward onto the bed.
And then she was on top of you.
Yujin’s body pressed against yours, her weight soft and warm. You froze, caught between instinctively moving her off and the closeness that made your heart hammer. Her cheeks flushed deeper than from the wine, and her hair brushed your neck.
“I-You okay?” you stammered, careful not to move too suddenly.
“I… I’m fine,” she mumbled, her voice slurred but oddly shy. Then, unexpectedly, she leaned closer, her lips brushing yours.
For a heartbeat, you were stunned, frozen under her. But then the initial shock gave way to something you couldn’t deny. Slowly, almost instinctively, you returned the kiss. Your hands instinctively rested on her waist to steady her, while she clung lightly to your shoulders, still unsteady but bold enough to close the distance.
The kiss was brief at first, hesitant, almost questioning, and yet charged with everything neither of you had admitted in words over months—frustration, pride, subtle care, and a growing warmth that had been simmering beneath the surface.
When the kiss ended, you instinctively moved to sit up, heart racing, feeling the need to regain composure. “I… I should go—” you started, the words awkward in the charged silence of the room.
But before you could rise completely, Yujin’s hand lightly pressed against your chest, stopping you. “Don’t… go,” she whispered, voice soft, vulnerable, almost pleading. Her flushed cheeks and slightly unfocused gaze made your chest tighten in a way you hadn’t anticipated.
You froze, looking down at her. “I… I can stay,” you said after a brief pause, careful to keep your voice steady, though your heart was pounding.
Her eyes softened, a rare break from her usual sharp and guarded demeanor. “Just… stay here for a bit,” she murmured, leaning back slightly against the pillows, yet keeping you close by. “I… don’t want to be alone right now.”
And then she kissed you again—deep and slow, her hands slipping into your hair as she pulled you closer. The sweetness of the wine lingered on her lips, intoxicating in a way that had nothing to do with alcohol. The kiss deepened, her fingers tightening slightly against your scalp, her breath hitching just once—a quiet admission that she wanted this, wanted you, despite everything.
The careful distance you’d both maintained for so long unraveled in the heat of that moment. Her touch was insistent, almost desperate, as if she was afraid you’d pull away. But you didn’t. You couldn’t. Not when she tasted like surrender and something far more dangerous—hope.
Her fingers skimmed lower, hesitating just once before pressing against the hard outline straining against your pants. You inhaled sharply, grip tightening on her hips as she asked, voice rough with want, "Are you sure about this?" You could still stop. The rational part of your brain screamed that you should. But then she arched into you with a quiet, defiant, "No. I want this too," and every shred of restraint shattered.
Clothes became obstacles, discarded in hurried, clumsy movements that left Yujin bare beneath you, her skin flushed and trembling. She didn’t look away when you finally saw her—really saw her—vulnerable and wanting. Her breath hitched as your hands traced the dip of her waist, the curve of her hip, like you were memorizing her.
"I don't know that ur thing is so big," Yujin murmured, half-dazed, brows knitting together as she stared down between your bodies. The admission slipped out unfiltered, her usual sharpness dissolved into breathless wonder. You caught her wrist before she could pull away, guiding her fingers back to your skin—letting her feel, letting her learn—until her touch turned bold, curious.
The night burned slow after that—hot, messy, and startlingly honest. Words tangled with moans, pride gave way to gasps, and somewhere between the sweat-slick sheets and the shared breaths, Yujin arched against you with a broken sigh, fingers clutching your shoulders like an anchor. You followed her over the edge moments later, forehead pressed to hers, the weight of everything unspoken hanging heavy between you.
Dawn crept in unnoticed. Yujin stirred first, blinking awake to the unfamiliar warmth of your arms still wrapped around her, skin against skin. Her breath hitched—just slightly—before she schooled her face into its usual cool composure. "...Morning," she murmured, voice roughened by sleep and last night's exertion. "Last night was... amazing."
Your thumb brushed a slow circle against her hipbone, watching the way her lashes fluttered at the touch. "Of course I remember," you said, voice low.
Yujin exhaled sharply through her nose—half amusement, half surrender. "Good," she said, and for the first time, there was no guarded edge, no deflection. Just two words, soft and certain, before she tilted her head to catch your lips again. The kiss tasted like daylight and something dangerously close to promise.
Yujin exhaled sharply through her nose—half amusement, half surrender. "Good," she said, and for the first time, there was no guarded edge, no deflection. Just two words, soft and certain, before she tilted her head to catch your lips again. The kiss tasted like daylight and something dangerously close to promise.
The apartment smelled of garlic sizzling in oil when you padded into the kitchen at 1 PM, still shirtless. Yujin stood at the stove in nothing but your oversized button-down, the thin cotton doing absolutely nothing to hide the way her nipples peaked against the fabric. You didn't think—just closed the distance in three strides and palmed her breast through the shirt, rolling her nipple between thumb and forefinger. Her gasp was immediate, her back arching into your touch even as the wooden spoon clattered against the pan.
"Lunch will burn," she warned breathlessly, but made no move to pull away. Instead, she leaned back against you, ass pressing into the obvious hardness in your sweatpants. The contrast was delicious—domesticity and hunger tangled together—and when you bit her earlobe, her hips jerked in answer.
You slid your free hand under the shirt's hem, tracing the dip of her waist. "Let it," you murmured against her neck, and felt her shiver. The stove clicked off. The spoon was forgotten. And when Yujin turned in your arms to kiss you, her mouth was hot and demanding, her fingers already working at the drawstring of your pants. Lunch could wait.
"Let's make it quick," you said when your fingers slid lower, finding her already soaked.
Yujin laughed—a breathless, defiant sound—as she pushed you against the counter. "You first," she countered, sinking to her knees. Her tongue licked a molten stripe up your length before taking you fully into her mouth, and your grip on the countertop turned white-knuckled. The sight of her—hair messy, lips stretched around you, your shirt barely covering her thighs—was enough to make your hips jerk forward involuntarily.
She pulled back with a wet pop, eyes glinting. "Patience," she chided, dragging her nails down your thighs just hard enough to sting. When she took you in again, slower this time, her free hand slipped between her own legs, fingers working in tandem with each bob of her head. The obscene slick sounds filled the kitchen, mingling with your ragged breathing.
Your grip tightened in her hair instinctively—not pulling, just anchoring—as your hips twitched forward. "Fuck, Yujin... I don't want to finish inside your mouth," you growled, though the way she hollowed her cheeks suggested she had other plans.
She released you with a wet sound, lips slick and parted, looking up through her lashes with challenge. "Who said you get to decide?" Her fingers wrapped around your base, thumb swiping over the leaking tip just to watch your abdomen clench.
You didn't let her finish the taunt. Fisting your hand tighter in her hair, you yanked her head back sharply—not enough to hurt, but enough to make her gasp. The sudden motion forced your cock from her mouth with a lewd pop.
"Now let me take over," you growled, dropping to your knees in one fluid motion. Before she could react, your fingers slid between her thighs, finding her dripping folds with zero preamble. Two fingers sank into her slick heat in one brutal thrust, curling forward to press against that spongy spot inside her that made her back arch violently. "Fuck—!" she choked out, her own fingers scrabbling at your shoulders for balance as you pistoned your hand ruthlessly.
The kitchen tile bit into your knees as you added a third finger, stretching her deliciously tight around your knuckles. "You wanted quick?" you taunted, watching her thighs tremble around your wrist. "Then come for me. Now." Your thumb found her clit, rubbing tight circles just shy of painful—exactly how she liked it when she was this wound up.
Yujin's moan shattered into a scream as her orgasm hit, her cunt clenching around your fingers in rhythmic pulses. You didn't let up, fucking her through it until she smacked weakly at your forearm, oversensitive and shaking. Only then did you withdraw, licking her arousal from your fingers with deliberate slowness while maintaining eye contact.
Before she could catch her breath, you gripped her hips and flipped her onto all fours. In one swift motion, you sheathed yourself inside her to the hilt. Her back arched violently, a punched-out gasp escaping her lips as she clenched around you—still wet, still trembling from her climax. "Fucking—wait—" she panted, but you didn't. Couldn't. The way her inner walls fluttered around your cock was maddening, and you set a brutal pace immediately, each thrust punching a broken sound from her throat.
Her fingers scrambled against the tile as you fucked her raw, the wet slap of skin echoing off the stainless steel appliances. You leaned over her, biting the junction of her neck and shoulder hard enough to bruise. "This what you wanted?" you growled against her damp skin, hitching her hips higher for a deeper angle. She couldn't even form words anymore, just nodded desperately, her hair sticking to her forehead with sweat.
You pulled her upright against your chest, one hand fisting in her hair while the other cupped her breast, pinching her nipple sharply as you continued driving into her. Yujin's head fell back against your shoulder with a choked moan, her body pliant and overheated in your grip. "Feel that?" you muttered against her ear, thrusts turning jagged. "How deep I am when you're like this?"
Her answering whimper was all the confirmation you needed. The orgasm hit you like a freight train—your hips stuttered violently before you buried yourself to the hilt with a groan, filling her pulsing warmth. Yujin shuddered in your arms as aftershocks wracked her body, her inner muscles milking every last drop from you until you both collapsed onto the cold tile in a tangled, breathless heap.
After all those things happened, the boundaries they had created finally collapsed. There were no separate rooms anymore, no contract marriage, no lingering resentment. The two of them lived like a husband and wife brought together by love.
Today was graduation day. Their last day in college, the last day in their uniforms, the last day as students. And the first day of their future together as husband and wife.
Yujin woke up early, slipping out of bed quietly to prepare breakfast. She wanted today to be special. As the scent of food filled the penthouse, she felt arms wrap around her waist from behind.
"You're up early," you murmured against her neck, pressing a kiss there.
Yujin smiled, tilting her head to give you better access. "It's graduation day. I wanted to make it special."
You turned her around in your arms, cupping her face. "Every day with you is special."
She rolled her eyes but couldn't hide her smile. "Cheesy."
You grinned. "Only for you."
After breakfast, you both headed to the shower. Standing under the warm water together, Yujin turned to face you. "No sex," she said firmly, though her eyes darkened with desire. "We'll save that for after the ceremony."
You raised an eyebrow. "Is that a promise?"
She smirked. "A threat."
You pulled her closer, water cascading over your bodies. "I'll hold you to that."
The shower was slow, intimate without being sexual. Hands traced familiar paths over soap-slick skin, not to arouse but to memorize. It felt like a ritual, washing away their past selves before stepping into their future. As Yujin rinsed shampoo from your hair, you caught her wrist and pressed a kiss to her palm.
"Ready?" she asked as you stepped out, wrapping a towel around her waist.
You tugged her close by the towel. "For anything, as long as it's with you."
She laughed, swatting your chest. "Stop being romantic and get dressed. We're going to be late."
The cap and gown felt foreign yet significant as you adjusted hers first—fingers lingering at the collar longer than necessary. "Nervous?" you asked, smoothing the fabric over her shoulders.
Yujin exhaled sharply through her nose. "Not about graduation." Her fingers fidgeted with the hem of your sleeve. "Just... what comes after."
You caught her hand mid-fret, pressing it over your heartbeat. "We'll figure it out. Together."
The elevator ride down was silent except for the rustle of fabric when she shifted closer—not touching, but close enough that the warmth of her arm bled through the stiff graduation robes. As the doors opened to the lobby, her pinky hooked around yours for just a second before letting go, disappearing back into professional distance as they stepped into the sunlight. The unspoken promise hung between them brighter than any diploma ever could.
Commencement passed in a blur of speeches and handshakes, but all you remembered was the exact moment Yujin turned her tassel—the way her eyes flicked to yours across the crowd like a magnet finding true north. When they called your name, her cheer cut through the noise sharper than anyone else’s, and you knew then that every late-night study session, every stolen kiss in the library stacks, every murmured "just survive this" had led here: to her.
The reception was a minefield of champagne flutes and nosy relatives, but Yujin navigated it with lethal grace, her hand a brand on the small of your back whenever someone lingered too long. "Smile and nod," she whispered once, her breath hot against your ear as your great-aunt interrogated your post-grad plans. "Then we’ll ditch these vultures and I’ll show you exactly how proud I am." The way her teeth grazed your earlobe turned the threat into a sacrament.
Across the room, your father raised his glass with a knowing smirk while Yujin’s mother dabbed at happy tears. "Tell us," her father boomed, sloshing whiskey onto the tablecloth, "what do you two lovebirds want for your next chapter?" Yujin didn’t hesitate—her answer sharp as the knife she’d used to stab her salad. "The Maldives." Your parents’ eyebrows shot up in perfect unison. "For our honeymoon," you added, watching comprehension dawn in their faces like sunrise over the ocean.
Later, pressed together in the backseat of the hired car, Yujin laughed against your mouth with the giddy disbelief of someone who’d outmaneuvered fate itself. "You know they think we consummated this marriage weeks ago," she murmured, fingers working open your belt buckle with practiced ease. The limo divider was up. The driver was discreet. And when her hand slid into your pants, you realized this was her version of gratitude—raw and messy and perfect.
The penthouse door barely clicked shut before you had her pinned against it, mouths colliding in a kiss that tasted like champagne and victory. "Yeah, we will go to Maldives tomorrow," you growled between biting at her lower lip, "but let me claim your promise first." Yujin arched into you with a breathy laugh, already tugging at your graduation gown. "Take me," she challenged, dragging her nails down your chest. "I don’t forget what I promised you."
Your hands slid beneath the hem of her dress, hiking it up her thighs until the fabric pooled at her waist. Yujin gasped when you hauled her up by her ass, her legs locking around your hips instinctively. "Bedroom," she demanded against your mouth, already grinding against the straining bulge in your pants. "Now." You didn’t argue—just spun and carried her down the hall while she tore at your clothes, buttons scattering across the hardwood like fallen stars.
The mattress dipped under your combined weight as you tumbled onto it, skin meeting skin in a feverish slide. Yujin's back arched off the sheets when your mouth found her nipple, teeth scraping just shy of pain. "Fuck—your mouth," she gasped, fingers tangling in your hair to keep you there. You obeyed, sucking a bruise into her flesh while your hand slid between her thighs, finding her soaking wet and already clenching around nothing. "Look at you," you murmured against her breast. "So ready for me."
Yujin's breath hitched when you dragged her down the bed by her hips, her thighs falling open in shameless invitation. The first lick up her slit was slow—deliberate—just to feel her shudder. Her taste exploded on your tongue, tart and addictive, and you groaned against her as your hands dug into her hips to keep her still. "Don't move," you ordered, nipping at her inner thigh when she bucked up. "Let me take my time."
Her grip in your hair turned punishing as you worked her over with your mouth, alternating between broad strokes and focused flicks at her clit. The room filled with the obscene sound of your lips sliding against her, punctuated by her ragged gasps. When you slipped two fingers inside, curling them just right, her thighs trembled violently around your head. "Close—fuck, I'm close," she warned, her voice cracking.
You pinned her hips harder against the mattress with your free forearm, not letting her chase her pleasure while your tongue circled her clit relentlessly. Yujin's back arched off the sheets as she let out a broken sob, her muscles tightening like a vice around your fingers. "Fuck I'm cumming—" Her shout echoed off the penthouse walls as her orgasm hit, her whole body shuddering while you drank her in, not letting up until her legs spasmed weakly against your shoulders.
The sheets beneath her were soaked, but you didn't pull away—instead curling your fingers deeper inside her, finding that spongy spot that made her heels dig into the mattress. "N-no more," Yujin gasped, thighs trembling violently as another wave of pleasure crashed over her. But you kept going, watching her stomach muscles clench with each slick thrust of your fingers while her juices leaked down your wrist in a steady stream, glistening under the dim bedroom light.
"Countless, huh?" you murmured against her inner thigh, nipping the delicate skin there as your fingers slowed to a maddening tempo. Yujin's breath came in ragged pants, her fingers clutching the sheets like they were the only thing tethering her to reality. "Y-you're..." Her voice cracked as another shudder ran through her—not quite an orgasm this time, but the relentless aftershocks of pleasure that kept her trapped on the edge.
You finally withdrew your fingers with a wet sound, holding them up to her lips with a wicked grin. "Taste yourself," you ordered, watching her hazily obey—her tongue darting out to lick her own arousal from your fingertips with a mixture of exhaustion and hunger.
Her legs were still spread wide, trembling with oversensitivity, when you dragged the swollen head of your cock through her slick folds—slow, teasing strokes that made her hips jerk forward instinctively. "Stop—stop torturing me," Yujin gasped, her nails digging into your forearms as you lingered at her entrance without pressing in. A sharp whimper escaped her when you circled her clit with your thumb instead, her swollen flesh throbbing against your touch.
"Tell me what you want," you murmured against her inner thigh, nipping at the tender skin there while keeping your hips just out of reach. Her answering groan was equal parts frustration and desperation, her thighs clamping around your waist in a futile attempt to pull you closer. "Fuck me—god, just fuck me already," she pleaded, her voice cracking on the last word as you dragged another ragged moan from her with a particularly rough stroke.
You gave her exactly what she wanted with one brutal thrust—burying yourself to the hilt in a single, unforgiving movement that sent her arching off the bed with a shout. "Fuck—it's so deep!" she gasped, her nails raking down your back as her body struggled to adjust to the sudden stretch. The way her walls fluttered around you was intoxicating, squeezing tight like she was trying to pull you deeper even as her legs trembled against your hips.
Then you pulled back—slow, deliberate—until just the tip remained inside her, letting her feel every inch of you leaving her empty. Yujin whimpered at the loss, her hips chasing yours instinctively. Before she could react, you snapped forward again, the slap of skin echoing off the walls as you bottomed out inside her once more. Her cry shattered into a breathless moan, her fingers digging into your shoulders like she was trying to anchor herself against the onslaught.
You set a merciless pace, each thrust punching the air from her lungs as her breasts bounced with the force of your movements. The bedframe groaned in protest beneath you, the rhythmic squeaking drowned out by Yujin's increasingly desperate pleas. "Harder—god, harder," she gasped, arching up to meet your hips with reckless abandon. Sweat dripped down your collarbone, landing on her flushed chest as you obeyed, pistoning into her with enough force to make her toes curl.
Her thighs quivered around your waist as she teetered on the edge, her fingers scrambling for purchase against sweat-slick skin. "Ohhh fuck yes, don't you dare stop—" The warning dissolved into a shattered cry as her orgasm ripped through her, her body locking around you in violent spasms. You froze immediately, buried deep as she convulsed beneath you—her inner walls milking your cock in rhythmic pulses that drew a ragged groan from your throat.
Tears welled at the corners of her squeezed-shut eyes as aftershocks wracked her frame, her breath coming in sharp, stuttering gasps. You brushed damp hair from her forehead, murmuring praise against her parted lips while her body gradually stilled—though her cunt continued to flutter around you in lingering tremors. "Breathe," you murmured, nipping at her swollen bottom lip before soothing it with your tongue.
Her fingers flexed against your biceps—not pushing you away, but anchoring herself as she gulped air like she'd just surfaced from deep water. You remained buried inside her, letting her adjust while your thumb lazily circled her oversensitive clit—just enough pressure to make her hips jerk, but not enough to tip her back over the edge. Yet. "Too much," she gasped, though the flush spreading down her chest betrayed how much she loved it, her thighs trembling where they bracketed your hips.
You withdrew slowly until only the tip remained, watching her glistening folds cling desperately to you before slamming back in to the hilt—the abrupt stretch wrenching a punched-out moan from her throat. "Wait—" she begged, her body arching instinctively to take you deeper even as her hands scrambled at the sheets. You didn't relent, setting a punishing rhythm that had her toes curling against the backs of your thighs, her protests dissolving into breathless whimpers with each brutal thrust.
Her hips jerked against yours erratically when your thumb found her clit again—circling the swollen bud in harsh counterpoint to your thrusts, dragging her toward another climax whether she was ready or not. "Fuck—I can't—" Yujin's voice cracked as her back bowed off the mattress, her cunt spasming around you in helpless pulses. The wet slap of skin filled the room as you fucked her through it, her nails raking down your sweat-slick back when she came with a shattered cry—her body trembling beneath you like a live wire.
"That's it," you growled against her throat, feeling her clench around you in frantic ripples—but something was different this time. Her thighs clamped around your hips violently, her breath hitching in a way that wasn't just pleasure. "Wait—fuck, it's different," she gasped, her eyes flying open in stunned confusion as her body tensed impossibly tighter. Then—without warning—her thighs spasmed apart as a hot gush of liquid sprayed between you, splashing across your stomach and chest in a startling arc. The sheets beneath her were instantly drenched, her scent saturating the air as her entire body convulsed with the force of it.
Yujin's mouth fell open in silent shock, her fingers clutching at your shoulders like she was afraid she might float away. The aftershocks kept coming—smaller spurts leaking out around your cock with each shallow thrust you couldn't stop giving her. "I—I didn't know—" she stammered, her cheeks flaming scarlet as she stared at the mess between you with wide, disbelieving eyes. You dragged your fingers through the slick pool on her stomach, holding them up to her parted lips with a dark grin. "Taste yourself," you ordered—and when her tongue darted out obediently to lick her own release from your fingers, her shudder wasn't from shame but primal satisfaction.
You pulled her legs back around your waist, thrusting back into her sodden cunt with a groan at the obscene squelch—her oversensitive walls fluttering weakly around you as another thin stream leaked out with the motion. Yujin's breath hitched, her fingers twisting in the sheets as you leaned down to lick a stripe up her throat. "Again," you demanded against her pulse point, your hips setting a relentless pace that had fresh tears welling in her eyes. "I want to feel you come apart on my cock like that again." Her answering whimper was equal parts exhaustion and anticipation—her body already responding despite the tremors still wracking her frame.
Her back arched violently when your hand found her clit again—the rough circles sending shocks of pleasure up her spine as your cock pistoned into her bruised depths. "N-no more—I can't—" Yujin's voice cracked mid-protest as her thighs clamped around your hips, her cunt spasming in erratic pulses around you. The orgasm hit her like a freight train—her entire body locking up as another hot gush sprayed between your bodies, splattering across your chest in thick rivulets. Her scream dissolved into choked sobs as her hips jerked helplessly against yours, her vision whiting out completely as sensation overwhelmed her.
You followed her over the edge with a groan—your thrusts turning erratic as your balls tightened against her ass. The first spurt of cum had her twitching violently around you, her oversensitive walls milking every last drop from your cock as you emptied yourself deep inside her. Her name tore from your throat like a prayer as you buried yourself to the hilt—your hips stuttering through the aftershocks until you collapsed atop her trembling form, both of you slick with sweat and sex.
When you finally pulled out with a wet sound, Yujin didn't even twitch—her chest rising and falling in shallow breaths as unconsciousness claimed her. A thin trickle of cum leaked from her gaping cunt onto the ruined sheets beneath her, her thighs still parted limply where you'd left them. You brushed damp hair from her forehead, pressing a kiss to her slack mouth before settling beside her—content to watch the slow return of color to her cheeks as her body recovered from the brutal pleasure you'd wrung from it.
Her fingers twitched first—just a flutter against your chest—before her lashes fluttered weakly against her cheeks. "Back with me?" you murmured against her temple, wrapping an arm around her waist to pull her closer. Yujin hummed something unintelligible against your shoulder, her body curling instinctively into your warmth as sensation gradually returned to her limbs. You smoothed a hand down the curve of her spine, feeling each shuddery exhale fan against your collarbone as she slowly regained awareness of her own body.
When she finally blinked up at you through heavy-lidded eyes, you tucked a strand of sweat-damp hair behind her ear and whispered, "At the Maldives, every night will be like this." Your thumb traced the swollen curve of her bottom lip as her breath hitched—her thighs rubbing together reflexively at the promise. "Prepare yourself, honey." Yujin's answering smile was slow but wicked, her voice raspy with exhaustion when she murmured, "So I'll be drenched," her fingers trailing down your stomach to trace the mess you'd made of her.
Tags: semi-public sex, a bit of a couple drama, An Yujin as your bratty-needy girlfriend, is doggystyle the best position OAT? it is.
POV: First-person Narrator - Yujin x Ben (OC)
Yujin decided to throw a tantrum after being taken to a basketball game by her boyfriend on their date night.
Writer's note:
This story contains some rough-play element to it, so readers are who not much into that, be advised.
Also, this is my first time writing a full story in the first-person POV, and I can confirm that it is the hardest POV to write for me personally, mainly because of how limiting or claustrophobic it can feel at times.
But anyway, I tried my best still, and I had a lot of fun writing this one.
The actual smut starts at the sixth asterisks, in case you're not interested with the rest of the buildup.
Enjoy .
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INGLEWOOD, CA.
The cool night air outside the Intuit Dome carried the electric buzz of twenty thousand fans pouring toward the gleaming glass entrance. Purple and red lights swept across the massive structure, pulsing like a heartbeat. I killed the engine in the parking lot and stepped out with my phone already up, recording a story.
“Ay, we in the building tonight! Clippers versus Raptors, baby—let’s gooo!”
My voice cracked with pure hype. The camera caught my wide grin, the Clippers logo stretched across my hoodie, and the chaotic glow of the stadium in the background. My girlfriend, Yujin, was nowhere to be seen around me yet—probably still in the car, fixing her makeup and whatnot.
When she finally stepped out, I heard her heels click against the asphalt, slow and deliberate. Yujin lagged behind me as I half-turned my neck around, arms folded tight under her bulging chest in those skimpy zebra-print tank top, lips pushed into a full pout.
“Babe, come on!” I yelled, “The game’s about to tip off soon.”
She didn’t speed up to my call. Not even a little.
By the time she caught up to me at the wide, brightly lit lobby, the roar of the crowd and thumping bass inside the arena already washed over us. I kept my phone away and slid an arm around Yujin's waist, tugging her against my side.
“You good, babe? ” I asked, lacing her fingers around mine. “Why’re you walking so slow anyway?”
Yujin gave me a little shrug, eyes sliding away on purpose. “I’m not. You’re the one who walks fast because you’re excited to watch the game.” She rolled her eyes so hard it was almost theatrical, then added under her breath, “So excited that you didn't even care to hold your girlfriend’s hand when you left the car.”
My eyebrows lifted to her passive-aggressive response, but I smiled anyway and gave her fingers a playful squeeze to soften her up.
“Well, I’m holding it now, aren’t I? And trust me—” I leaned in, voice dropping to that teasing register she usually loved, “—I’ve got zero plans to let go of them anytime soon. At least until you tell me you need to pee, then maybe I’ll consider it.”
Yujin didn’t crack a smile. Her face stayed flat, almost bored, even as colorful lights danced across her features and the smell of popcorn and overpriced beer filled the air. I studied her for a beat, thumb brushing over her knuckles as we took small steps forward towards the entrance.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” I asked, softer this time. “You don’t look too happy.”
“I’m fine,” she answered, tone flat enough to skate on.
“Really?” I stopped walking and gently turned Yujin to face me in the middle of the bustling lobby. Fans in Clippers blue streamed past us. “Then let me see those smiles real quick.”
She forced her lips upward into the most half-hearted, dead-eyed smile imaginable.
I tilted my head, unimpressed. “With the dimples, please.”
Yujin held my gaze for a long, heavy second—something sharp and thoroughly unimpressed flickering in her eyes. Then, with visible reluctance, she stretched her lips into a wider smile, drawing the signature dimples of hers that I’d foolishly fixated on, settling deep and perfectly shaped into both her cheeks.
“There we go,” I said, grinning like I’d just won a prize as I pulled her closer into my arm and pressed a quick kiss on the top of her head. “Now, come on. Tonight's gonna be a fun one, I promise.”
***
The concession area was a chaotic river of bodies and noise. Bright overhead lights glared off stainless steel counters with long lines snaking in every direction. I stood patiently in one of the slower queues, holding my girlfriend’s hand while rocking slightly on my heels, still riding the high of finally being inside the Intuit Dome for the first time as a loyal, born and raised Clippers fan.
In the meantime, Yujin stood glued to my side, still and quiet. Her phone screen glowed against her face as she scrolled her phone with lazy flicks of her thumb, lips pressed into a permanent pout for some reason.
When the line finally melted away, I stepped up to the counter with an order already in mind. “Hi, let me get a 6-piece chicken cocktail and a large Coke, please.”
The cashier nodded, tapping rapidly at the monitor.
I glanced over at Yujin, smiling. “What about you, babe? What do you want?”
No response. Just the faint sound of her keyboard clicking as I saw green bubbles popping up on her screen.
I waited for a beat, then turned more fully toward her. “Baby, I’m asking you here,” I said, voice staying gentle though with a firmer edge underneath. “Just put the phone down for a second, please—there’s a huge line behind us.”
Yujin let out the tiniest, most theatrical sigh under her breath. She rolled her eyes, slow and deliberate, before putting her phone down. Her arms crossed tight under her chest, pushing her breasts up in a way that would’ve been distracting if I wasn’t already fighting mild irritation.
She stared at the glowing menu board for all of two seconds, then turned her body away from me like the mere act of deciding was exhausting.
“I don’t want anything,” she muttered, voice flat. “We just had dinner.”
I raised an eyebrow to her answer. “You sure? Not even a drink?”
She gave me the smallest shake of her head, already returning to her phone like the conversation had never happened—a classic shutdown from her, to be fair. I exhaled through my nose but let it slide this time.
“Alright then,” I said, turning back to the cashier. “I guess that’d be all. How much do I owe you?”
The cashier flipped his monitor to display the amount as I tapped my card against the scanner. With only one hand available and Yujin clearly not offering to help, I juggled everything awkwardly—drink pinched between my forearm and ribs, the sausage cup balanced in one palm—while my other hand stayed latched onto her cold, lazy fingers.
“Thanks, man. Sorry for the delay,” I said to the cashier as I was about to leave the counter.
“No prob,” he replied. “I’ll catch you in a minute.”
We then left the concession stand and started weaving through the crowd to get to our section inside the arena. I was still buzzing from the excitement, eyes scanning the arena signs, hands busily juggling the food and my girlfriend all the way through, when the cashier’s last words finally registered in the back of my head.
I slowed down my steps a little, frowning as I whispered to myself, “Wait… Did he say he’ll catch me in a minute?”
***
The roar inside the arena slammed into us the second we stepped through the entrance, twenty thousand voices rose in a deafening wave. Down on the court, the Clippers players were jogging out of the tunnel in their sharp white-and-red warmups.
My entire face lit up upon the sight of them. “Oh shoot—baby, it’s the tunnel walk!” I stopped dead on the stairs, eyes glued to the court. My hand was already scrambling to reach the phone out of my pocket. “Would you hold the snacks for me real quick? I just need to get a clean shot here for my story.”
Yujin narrowed her eyes at me once again as I transferred the load into her unwilling arms. I remembered to give her fingers a quick, grateful squeeze before taking a few steps down for a better angle.
By the time I finished filming and turned around, I realised that Yujin had already found her way to our seats. She was sitting in a rather stiff way, crossing her legs tight and folding her arms. Her face was looking dead serious like she was on a job interview or something. The snacks sat untouched on her lap, probably gotten a little cold too since it didn't have any cover on it.
I slid in beside her with my phone in hand, mouth still stretched with excitement. “Well, that’s my Insta Reels sorted for the night,” I said, bumping her shoulder gently. “I wish we could’ve been closer to the court, but these are not too bad either, right?”
Yujin didn’t reply. She just stared blankly straight ahead, one foot tapping against the floor.
Still buzzing, I reached toward the tray for a piece of sausage, eyes on my phone as I replayed the clip. My fingers dug blindly around the greasy cup… then deeper, and deeper, yet not one piece got stuck on the skewer.
I leaned in to look inside the cup and frowned. Only one sad piece remained in the corner. My head tilted towards Yujin immediately.
“Wait—did you eat all the sausages?” I asked her.
Yujin licked her teeth slowly while side-eyeing me. “No. I left you one there, obviously.”
I blinked at her, half in disbelief, half-confused.
“Yeah, but…There were six,” I replied. “And you said you weren’t even hungry when we’re at the concession stand earlier.”
Yujin gave me a little lazy shrug, lips curving into the faintest of smirk while she acted all casual. “Well… I wasn’t then,” she said, shifting slightly in her seat. “Anyway, are you gonna eat that last one that I saved you, or may I?”
The crowd then erupted as the players lined up for the anthem, interrupting the convo for just a split second. But before I could say anything else, Yujin leaned in closer and parted her glossy lips expectantly, holding my gaze like she was daring me to not feed her the last piece that she supposedly ‘saved’ it for me.
And of course, I folded to the pressure. Not because I was scared of her or anything like that, but because I knew it was never worth fighting over a piece of chicken cocktail.
Yujin then took it slowly—and deliberately—as I fed her the piece, her big eyes still locked on me instead of the food going into her mouth. She chewed the meat with exaggerated satisfaction, licking a stray drop of sauce from the corner of her lip like it was the tastiest thing she ever had.
“Mmm,” she purred, followed by a cheeky little wink, “Yummy.”
I forced a light-hearted smirk at Yujin before sinking back into my seat, trying to make peace with the fact that I just got trolled hard by her before the game even started.
I then grabbed my my large Coke and took a good long sip of it, knowing there was a chance for it to not lasted through the game either.
“Fair play, baby,” I whispered in my head, "Fair play.”
***
The match tipped off with a sharp whistle by the crew chief. I was instantly on the edge of my seat, leaning forward, hands clenched on my knees as my team had seemed to start the play on a back foot, constantly losing the ball and whatnot.
“C’mon, get back on D!” I yelled, veins popping on my neck.
But then, after only a few minutes into the game, I sensed a familiar set of fingers tugging gently on my sleeve, which forced me to take my eyes off the court as I turned to Yujin immediately.
“Yes, baby?” I asked, leaning down towards her a little because of the noise.
“Will you go get me a drink, please?” She gave me her best sweet pout. “I need to wash the oil down my throat from the sausage bits earlier. It's getting a little bit itchy.”
I didn’t hesitate at her request, picking up the giant Coke from the cupholder and handing it to her with a warm smile. “There you go, babe,” I said. “I got us a Large on purpose.”
Yujin looked at the cup, then back at me. “No, this is a regular Coke, babe. I only drink the Diet one.”
I frowned at her genuinely. “You do? Since when?”
“Since the internet had decided to let me know how my belly looks like when it’s out in the wild,” she said with a dramatic little sigh. “Apparently I’ve been gaining weight, they said.”
I blinked slowly, literally had no idea what she—nor the internet—was talking about.
“Baby, your belly’s looking perfectly fine,” I said, rubbing my thumb against her thigh. “And there’s nothing wrong with gaining a little weight either. If anything, it makes you look way healthier and sexier than you ever was. Trust me.”
Yujin’s lips curved into a tiny, pleased smile. “Aw, thank you, babe, that’s so sweet,” she said while caressing my face. I glanced back at the court just as the Clippers took a shot that clanged off the rim. Then, with her eyes stretched wide and innocent, she added, “Now will you go get me my Diet Coke still?”
My neck snapped back at Yujin. At this point, I had literally lost count of just how many times she made me slow-blinked at her in the last couple minutes alone from all her shenanigans.
“Pleaseee~" she added as she saw me hesitated, begging with her entire body. "I really don’t wanna mess up my eating plan right now. My nutritionist will be pissed.”
“But baby… Can we at least wait until the end of the quarter?” I said, trying to negotiate. “It’s only like ten minutes away. We’ve barely sat down here.”
Yujin didn’t respond. Instead, she just sat there staring at me with those big, expectant eyes, lips slightly pouted, holding both my arm and the silence like a weapon.
Then finally, she broke it. “You know what? You’re right. I should probably just go get it myself—”
“No, no, no—” I scrambled up, gently catching her wrist. “Just sit back down, alright? I’ll go get it for you.”
“Are you sure?” she asked, all fake concern. “I don’t wanna make you miss the game or anything…”
“Yeah, it’s fine. I got it.” I gave her a quick, affectionate smile. “Anything for my girl.”
Yujin’s face lit up in a way that I couldn’t quite tell its authenticity. Either way, she leaned in and pressed a soft, lingering peck on my cheek—the kind that always melted me regardless of what.
“And no ice, please, Ben,” she added sweetly.
I nodded as I headed for the stairs, climbing two and three steps at a time on the way back up, eyes flicking desperately toward the court as the game was heating up.
By the time I reached the concourse I was slightly out of breath but still buzzing. No snaking lines at the concession, I slid straight to the counter to put my order in as quickly as possible.
The same cashier greeted me with a wide, almost knowing grin. “Welcome back.”
“Yeah, man,” I panted. “Same order as before, but make it a large Diet Coke this time, no ice.”
He tapped his monitor rapidly before moving towards the pantry to prepare my order.
In the meantime, I kept my head turned towards the TV they got mounted on the wall, watching the live feed of the game with my fingers tapping restlessly against the marble-surfaced counter.
In the corner of my eyes, I could see the cashier guy kind of smirking at me as he randomly said,“Woman, huh? Always got the opposite way of saying things when you asked them.”
I let out a half-chuckle, though my eyes were still on the screen as I replied to him, “Yeah… tell me about it.”
He then grabbed a cup and started scooping some ice into it. I caught the action by the sound and stopped him immediately. “Oop—no ice, man.”
“You sure?” asked the guy, frowning a little.
“Yup, positive. That’s how she ordered it.”
He then shrugged and dumped the ice before finishing the order. I grabbed the snacks and the fresh Diet Coke off the counter and hurried back into the arena without looking back for a second.
When I reached our row, I caught Yujin meddling with my giant regular Coke before she caught my return and wiped her mouth innocently. She’d clearly taken several long gulps while I was gone, no doubts about that—-but I decided not to call her out for it given the game we had in hand.
“Here you go,” I said, handing her the heavy cup of Diet Coke as I dropped back into my seat.
“Oh—Thanks, baby,” she replied sweetly, acting a little surprised like she didn’t see it coming her way.
She took a slow sip of the drink before smacking her lips exaggeratedly. Then I felt my sleeve being tugged by her—again.
“Benny, sweetheart—”
“Uh-huh?” I leaned in, eyes still glued to the court.
“There’s no ice in this.”
I shifted my head closer as the noise low-key drowned her voice. “What’s that?”
“I said there’s no ice in this,” she repeated, shaking the cup across my face before softly pressing it against my cheek, “It’s warm.”
I then turned my head to look at her fully, eyes blinking in confusion. “Yeah… because that’s what you asked for, right? No ice?”
Yujin shook her head, lips pursed in that perfect mix of cute and annoyed. “No, you must've misheard me, babe. I said more ice, not no ice.”
I froze in my seat for a sec, patience flickering just a little for the first time of the night.
“Okay, so…” I hesitated, “you want me to go back there and get the ice for you? I literally just got here.”
Yujin held my gaze, calm and unreadable, letting the silence stretch for a beat before she could drop her verdict.
“No, that’s fine,” she said casually. “Let’s just swap drinks then. I can’t do this warm stuff anyway.”
And just like that, Yujin went ahead to pluck my icy regular Coke off the holder and replaced it with her room-temp Diet one instead. She then proceeded to take a good, long sip of it like she had somewhat forgotten about her ‘diet plan’, just leaning back and smiling like a cat who’d successfully knocked another glass off the counter.
Meanwhile, I stared at the warm cup of Diet Coke sitting next to my arm—that I felt was staring and laughing back at me for some reason—realizing I’d just made the entire trip to the concession stand and missed a big part of the first quarter for absolutely nothing.
***
The second quarter had passed in a blur for both of us. Luckily, I got to stay locked into the game without any major interruptions this time, freely cheering and bouncing off my seat with every play like I was trying to get my money’s worth come the end of the night.
Next to me, Yujin sat limp with her phone, just doom-scrolling her feed until her nails wore off or her battery ran out, whichever came first. She didn’t even try to enjoy the game, not even a little. And truth be told, it left me feeling a bit terrible to have dragged her there on our date night.
But ultimately, for some context, this was just one of those situations where, as a boyfriend, you just had to make do with a plan and hope it works for the best. Because the tickets that got us in here? They cost about five hundred dollars each. And I happened to get it for free from my workplace after winning the Salesman of the Month.
Now, if you thought that I was going to burn this golden opportunity for a romantic walk in the park, or a cuddly movie sesh at the cinema—something we had done, and could’ve done again any other day at a far less cost in comparison—then forgive me, but that was not going to happen.
And that was me operating in a practical way, not immature or selfish—or at least that’s what I told myself.
Anyway, by the start of the third quarter, I could almost tell that she was up to something as I saw her fixing her posture on the seat.
“Yes! Get in there, Kawhi, let’s go!” I shouted, pumping my fist.
Yujin waited for the perfect, loud moment after the ball had gone into the net before she leaned in to me and said, “Babe, I’m cold.”
I couldn’t hear her the first time to respond.
She then tugged on my shirt. “Benny—”
I turned right away. “Yes, babe?”
“I said I’m cold. It’s freezing in here.”
I raised a brow at Yujin’s claim, glancing around in slight disbelief as I could feel myself sweating a little under my clothes as we spoke. “Is it?”
She nodded cutely, both arms hugging her petite body. “Let me wear your hoodie.”
“My hoodie?” I repeated, followed by a half-chuckle. “But, baby—this is the only thing I got on right now. I don’t wear anything underneath.”
“But I’m cold…” she replied softly in an extra lilting voice, blinking those big sparkly eyes at me while she pouted and wrapped her hand around my arm, pressing her chest against me just enough to send heat pooling low in my groin.
I knew what she was doing, by the way. I absolutely did.
But between watching the game and catering to my girlfriend’s tantrum, I found it to be the best outcome if I could find a way to tackle both of them without making it look like I was prioritizing one over or the other—because I really wasn’t.
“Okay, you know what? Just get over here, babe,” I said, gently pulling her closer under my arm while I tucked the loose strands of hair behind her ear. “It’s fine...You’re fine. It’s not even that cold.”
Yujin pressed her face against my chest as she wrapped a lazy arm around me, snuggling in . “It is. You just don’t feel it because you’re wearing that instead of a skimpy tank top like I do.”
“Well,” I said, still playing with her hair, “for the record, I did remind you to bring your jacket before we went out earlier, did I not?”
“Hmm…” she murmured sweetly, “… but I didn’t because I thought you’re gonna take care of me anyway.”
Yujin's words melted my heart instantly, especially since the way she said it just made it seem like I was being mean to her, which was clearly not in my intention, if that was ever the case.
I then looked down at her with warm eyes and planted a gentle kiss on the top of her head, rubbing her shoulder as we continued watching the game. For a while, she stayed curled up against me like a sleepy little puppy on a cozy evening, and the only thing missing was a blanket to cover her up.
But as the third quarter was heating up and I got more invested in the game again, her hand suddenly began to slide lower and lower down my thighs until I felt myself tensing a little under my jeans, pulling my attention away from the court as she softly caressed my bulge in the least subtle way possible
I then turned to her with a half-chuckle. “Babe, seriously?”
“What?” she said, faking innocence. “Just resting my hand on your lap.”
“That is not my lap, Yujin. This is—” I cracked an embarrassed laugh as I gently moved her hand to the safer area. “And we got families and kids sitting around us right now, so I’d kindly need you to behave a little, alright, baby?”
I planted another gentle kiss at the side of her head, using it almost like a sedative for her at this point.
And for a few seconds, it actually worked. She managed to behave while laying by my side as we continued to watch the game—of course, with me keeping her hand where I wanted it to be.
But then, almost like she was jealous of the game itself and wanted me to stop looking at it, she then tilted her head up and began laying a series playful kisses on my neck, jaw, and even my ear.
Knowing the agenda behind it, I tried to stay locked onto the game, treating her bold, lusty show of affection as nothing more than a background noise while my eyes remained glued to the court with only a few seconds left on the clock.
Suddenly, just after I was celebrating a point, Yujin tossed my arm aside and shot up from her seat without saying a word.
My eyes snapped towards her in an instant, grabbing her hand before she could walk away. “Baby, where are you going?”
“Outside,” she tossed over her shoulder sassily, “Don’t come after me.”
She then shook off my grip with a forceful snap of her wrist before making her way through the row and headed for the stairs.
Now I might be a little slow at this, but it took me a few seconds before I realized that I needed to chase after her—especially after remembering the cashier’s earlier comment about women and their tendency to say the opposite of what they mean.
And so I did.
***
“Baby, wait—”
Yujin ignored my call, heels clacking down the hallway in a haunting echo as she increased her pace. I trailed behind desperately, feet sliding through the slippery floor as I blasted through the entrance.
“Just talk to me for a second, alright? This isn’t the way to act,” I said, still chasing after her. “You can’t just walk off from me like that.”
She remained silent in her stride, hips swaying in dangerous motion as she fastened up and made a turn around the corner. I was subtly shaking my head at this point, watching her walk in the wrong direction that we came in despite the obvious arrow on the wall.
“Yujin, answer me,” I said, quickening my steps so I didn’t lose her. “Or at least tell me where you’re going, cause this clearly ain’t—”
The second I rounded the corner, a pair of hands then grabbed the front of my hoodie and yanked me to the side with real strength. I flinched at first, startled, thinking for a split second that some random person had jumped me out of nowhere.
But the moment I tasted her—that familiar cherry gloss and pure frustrated hunger—crashing hard against my lips, my body began to relax again as I let Yujin take charge of the situation. She pressed her back against the wall, hands keeping me as close to her as possible while she pushed her tongue deep inside my mouth, fighting for some space and reaction from mine.
When she finally let go and allowed me to breathe again, I drew my face back an inch and stared directly into her eyes, trying to read her expression quietly between those heavy gaze and flushed cheeks.
“I just don’t like being second on your attention, Ben,” she said, hands hanging loosely on my chest. “And especially not when I’m in the middle of a date with you.”
“But, baby… you’re not second to my attention, ever,” I replied, half-chuckling. “And I thought I made that pretty clear already for how I treat you tonight. We were both having a good time—”
“No,” she cut in. “It’s you who have a good time here, Ben. I was practically invisible in there—which I knew, for a fact, was gonna happen the moment you showed me those tickets.” She looked away, half-chuckling. “Like, I can’t even get you to look at me for more than 2 seconds without the stupid game getting in the way, even when I was literally begging for your attention in there. It’s like we’re not even on a date, and it makes me so fucking pissed—”
I dove in and kissed her before she could finish her sentence, pushing my tongue deep into her mouth to stop her from talking, just like how she did it to me earlier. My hands sat steadily on her tiny waist, foreheads pressed warm against each other during the deep kiss.
She didn’t outrightly protest. Her expression was rather stumped than angry by the time I let her mouth free, lips parted and breathing unsteady. I smirked and brushed my thumb across her soft, burning cheek.
“There… It’s the attention I owed you tonight,” I said, voice low and serious. “Would you like me to give you more of them?”
Yujin held my gaze, brows furrowed, lips curling into the cutest full pout as she said, “T-That’s not the point, Ben. You can’t just kiss me and think it’ll solve everything—”
I didn’t let her finish.
I leaned in and captured Yujin’s mouth again, slower this time—deeper, gentler—pouring everything into the kiss. My warm palm gently cupped her face as I took control of the rhythm, tasting her frustration and melting it away until I felt her softening in my arms. Yujin clutched tightly onto my hoodie, holding on for balance as her knees buckled beneath her the longer the kiss went on.
My teeth grazed her lips on the way out, as I smirked at her and said, “What about now? Still think this isn’t the point?”
Yujin narrowed her eyes at me, chest heaving, cheeks redder than ever. For a moment there, I thought I just made a mistake. That the double kisses didn’t work and she was about to slap me in the face for being tone-deaf or heavy-handed—until she crashed her head against my chest and leaned in towards me entirely.
“You’re so annoying, do you know that?” she said defeatedly. “Always make me look like the crazy one for wanting the bare minimum while you act so calm all the time. Like dating me means nothing to you.”
“Well, that’s too bad then,” I replied, smirking. “Because I find you to be so lovable regardless of how big of a tantrum you tried to throw at me, and how hard you tried to sabotage our date.”
Yujin’s eyes shot up at me as I said that, lips pursed in the embarrassment of being called out for her behavior.
“That’s right, babe. The snack, the soda, the hoodie request—I acknowledge them all. I knew you did it all on purpose to sort of distract me from the game, which is fair enough. I ain’t mad about that at all.” I leaned in closer. “But I also know that there’s a reason you made us have this conversation while we’re standing five feet away from the fire exit door instead of anywhere else inside the stadium.”
Yujin swallowed, eyes shifting like she couldn’t stand my gaze.
My voice dropped, low and intense. “So let me ask you again; do you still think this isn’t the point, or would you like me to take you behind that door so I can prove it to you?”
***
I stumbled backward through the heavy fire exit door with my lips locked onto Yujin’s until the cool, echoing emptiness of the emergency staircase swallowed us. The door clicked shut with a finality that sent a thrill racing down both our spine. No crowd. No cameras. Just concrete walls, dim lighting, and the muffled roar of the game somewhere far behind us.
Our kiss turned vicious now that I got Yujin pressed flat against the wall—tongues clashing, wet and hungry, breathing hard through our noses. My hands then dropped to her delicious hips, gripping the soft denim as I squeezed and pulled her flush against me, stealing what little breath she had left.
Having had enough of the cherry taste, I broke the kiss with a low growl and latched onto her neck, teeth scraping, lips sucking hard enough to leave blooming red marks along her damp, salty skin. Yujin’s head fell back against the wall with a soft thud, eyes fluttering as quiet whimpers slipped from her throat. Her hand wandered down shamelessly, palming the thick bulge straining in my jeans.
I caught her wrist instantly and pinned it to the wall on her side, just to mess with her patience. “Not yet, baby,” I murmured against her throat.
Then I dropped lower.
My mouth traveled down Yujin’s body, kissing and licking her curve over her tank top until I reached the soft, exposed skin of her sexy little pooch. I zeroed in on that familiar spot right beside her belly button that I found to be my long-time favorite—the one with a pinky-red birthmark on them in the shape of a random country on a map, popping up nicely against her fair, bright skin. I sucked on it hard, tongue pressing aggressively like I was trying to leave a hole on her stomach, making wet, obscene popping sounds with every pull.
Yujin’s breath ragged, voice shaky as her fingers tangled in my hair. “W-Wait… what happens if we get caught?”
“Well,” I chuckled against her skin, still kissing, “should’ve thought about that before you lure us into this, no?”
“Yeah, but… I just don’t want us to get in real trouble, you know?” she gasped, even as her hips twitched toward my mouth. “Like, can they actually throw us in jail for this?”
I kept going, mouth trailing lower while my hands worked her jeans button and zipper open with practiced ease.
“Relax, babe…” I murmured, pressing another kiss just below her belly button. “Nobody’s going to jail tonight.” Another kiss, lower. “Worst case? They ban us from the arena.” I grinned against her skin. “Which is fine by me. I can just start supporting the Lakers instead.”
Yujin let out a breathless laugh, her body jumped a little as I popped the button free and tugged the waistband of her red lace thong down with my teeth.
“So I guess you’re not that loyal of a guy then…” she teased, voice shaky with amusement, “...seeing that you can switch sides so easily.”
“Oh, I’m loyal, babe,” I said, flashing her a wicked grin before I finally yanked her jeans down to her ankles in one smooth motion and rose up quickly on my feet, pressing my forehead to hers, eyes dark and amused. “Which is why I’m here taking your pants off instead of watching my team win the championship from my five-hundred-dollar seats.”
And before she could even react, I then fixed my hands on Yujin’s waist and spun her around—just firm enough to make her gasp as her palms slapped against the cold concrete wall, and rough enough to wipe that smug look off her pretty face. Her bare ass was now presented to me in the most glorious sight under the dim white lights, back slightly arched as I pressed my bulge against it, jeans tangled around her ankles like a thick cuff.
I pressed up behind Yujin, lips brushing her ear. “And no, that’s not me complaining at all,” I whispered, voice thick with lust, “so I hope you won’t either for the things I’m about to do to you now that we’re stuck in here.”
Yujin swallowed at my words, trying desperately to meet me at the corner of her eye.
I quickly unbuckled my belt, shoving my pants and boxers down to my knees. My throbbing cock sprang free—thick, heavy, and painfully hard. The swollen tip slapped hot and heavy against Yujin’s bare ass cheek with a lewd sound, making her jolt and whimper at the sudden, burning contact.
I then proceeded to slide my thick cock between Yujin’s soft, meaty ass cheeks, letting it nestle deep along her crack like warm sausage on a bun. Her red lace thong was still intact, acting like a soft little harness that kept my shaft trapped right where I wanted it
With both hands pinning her against the wall, I started grinding—slowly, deliberately—rolling my hips in long, lazy strokes so the underside of my cock rubbed deliciously against Yujin’s tight little hole and the soaked fabric of her thong.
“Do you like that, baby?” I growled low against her ear.
“Mmm-hm,” Yujin whimpered, biting her lip.
My lips curled into a devilish smirk behind her ear. “Then show me how much you like it—”
Smack.
My palm came down on Yujin’s right ass cheek in a firm, sharp spank. The sound echoed beautifully in the empty stairwell as her soft flesh jiggled hard under my hand, a perfect red palm print blooming instantly on her pale skin.
Yujin gasped dramatically, acting like she just got shot from point-blank the way her head was tilted back before a soft moan escaped from her mouth. The sting from the slap melted smoothly into a pool of heat that flowed straight between her legs.
That said, Yujin still complied devotedly to my request like a good girl I knew she was—pushing her ass back and rolling her hips in filthy little circles like she was giving me the sluttiest reverse lap dance of my life—allowing my cock to slide freely up and down between her cheeks without me having to break a sweat.
My eyes darkened with pride as we locked gazes over her shoulder. “That’s it, baby. Move those hips for me.” I praised, smirking. “Can’t expect me to do all the work when you’re the one acting like a needy little brat all night, can you?”
Yujin shot me a pouty, flushed glare even as she kept grinding harder against my cock. Her dazzling eyes met me with a mix of pleasure and protest of being teased upon, hairs sticking on her face as a sign of hard work.
But after only a minute, Yujin’s rhythm began to falter, hips slowing as her thighs burned underneath me. I clicked my tongue playfully, rubbing a palm against her sticky, sweaty ass cheeks in a gentle appreciation. Then—
Smack. Smack. Smack.
Three quick, stinging spanks landed on Yujin’s ass, each one making her yelp and clench. Fresh red handprints decorated both cheeks now, glowing hot against her skin. She caught my hand on the third strike and held it close, using the warmth of the same touch that caused her the pain to sorta absorb it.
“You’re slowing down already?” I teased, breathing down her neck. “Want me to give you a little rest?”
Yujin nodded desperately at the offer, eyes glassy, breathing ragged.
I wrapped a strong arm around her waist, holding her steady as I stopped her movements. I then pulled Yujin back against my chest and kissed her deeply from behind, jamming my tongue inside her parted mouth in slow, wet, and tender motion. At the same time, my free hand gently rubbed the stinging marks I’d left on her ass, soothing the burn while my still-hard cock throbbed between her cheeks.
“Get on your knees, baby,” I whispered hotly as I broke the kiss. “Let’s give you the break you wanted.”
Yujin didn’t hesitate for even a second, dropping down instantly as her knees collected the dust from the cold concrete floor. My thick, throbbing cock hung heavy right in front of her face, the swollen tip already leaking clear, sticky precum that glistened beautifully under the dim emergency lights.
She licked her lips hungrily at the sight. Her warm breath made me twitch a little as they brushed over my pole.
“Patience, baby,” I said, smirking. “Don’t open your mouth until I tell you to.”
Once again, Yujin complied like a good girl. I smirked and rubbed the leaking head across her flushed cheeks, slapping it gently against her pretty face while I watched her eyes flutter with pure wants and needs. Her soft, parted lips chased after it, planting wet little kisses along the shaft like she couldn’t get enough of the taste.
When I finally held still, Yujin wrapped both hands around my thick length and started stroking me passionately, using my own precum as a lube to smoothen up the motion. She waited patiently for my signal, eyes shifting between my cock and my face, begging for the greenlight to come.
Then, as soon as she caught the subtle nod of my head, Yujin leaned forward and took me into her warm, eager mouth like a starving person on the street. She pushed in her face until her nose almost brushed my pelvis, swallowing as much of my cock as she could while keeping her eyes locked on mine the entire time.
I groaned deeply, head tilted back from the pleasure while I bucked my hips. “Fuck…yes, babe. Just like that.”
Yujin took the praise well, bobbing her head back and forth tirelessly to cover the entirety of my pole with her drool. It was far from tidy what she was doing—little webs and bubbles all around her mouth—though that was just the way I preferred it from her every single time; a sloppy, wet blowjob done to perfection.
In fact, I even thought at one point that the job was too clean by Yujin’s standard, the way things were looking. And so, I removed her hands off my cock and placed them around my thighs instead, bounding them in place.
“Use your neck, baby,” I said to her. “I want to feel you really work for it.”
Yujin moaned around my length and started bobbing harder, putting her neck muscle to good use. Wet, sloppy sounds filled the stairwell as my heavy balls bounced against her chin. Her drool spilled uncontrollably from the corner of her mouth, turning both her face and her top into a complete mess as they dripped onto her chest.
But then, while Yujin was busy slobbing on my pole, I saw the opportunity to get a little cheeky and seized it instantly, reaching down to the floor at more than 90° degrees to remove her jeans off her ankles. The movement forced me even deeper into her mouth as I bent forward, taking my time with the supposed task until I felt my tip touching the back of her throat.
Yujin gagged hard as her face was buried flat against my groin, eyes watering, nails digging into my thighs like she was trying to bleed me. I held there for a few long seconds, savoring the tight, fluttering heat of her throat, before finally pulling back from her mouth
A thick string of saliva stretched from her swollen lips to my glistening cock before breaking and dripping onto her tits. Yujin gasped and coughed, chest heaving as she tried to catch her breath. She then looked up at me with teary, furrowed brows—equal parts pissed off and ridiculously turned on.
“What?” I asked with a wicked little smirk. “Just wanted to get those pants out of the way.” I then brushed the sweaty strands of hair from her face tenderly before cupping her cheek, thumb stroking her flushed skin as I admired how beautifully ruined she already looked.
Yujin pouted her lips in protest of the cheeky deepthroat attempt—but still had her hand wrapped around my cock, stroking it slowly while giving me that signature cute-angry look of hers.
I then reached for her arms as I dragged her back onto her feet. Yujin held my gaze in a rather empty way, almost like she didn’t know what to expect—until I crashed my mouth against hers in a filthy, passionate kiss, tasting her own spit and the faint salt of my precum on her tongue. At the same time, my hands roamed down Yujin’s half-naked body like it was a free real-estate, grabbing her bare ass and spreading those fat, meaty cheeks apart as I fondled them to my liking while she sucked on my tongue.
And then—SMACK. Another good old spanking on both her cheeks, timed perfectly as a closer to the kiss.
Yujin jolted and yelped into my mouth, more startled than it actually hurt her. She frowned and smacked my chest in playful protest, but I just smirked and leaned in towards her, brushing her nose softly as we touched foreheads.
“You did good, baby,” I growled against her lips. “Now, both hands on the rail. Let me take care of you.”
Yujin turned around obediently, gripping the cold metal railing of the staircase with both hands. She arched her back deeply and pushed her ass out toward me like a filthy offering, looking back at me with pure, dripping need in her eyes.
I dropped into a squat behind her with one hand steadily jerking my boner, eager to finally bring my mouth into the dirty action.
Without any hesitation, I then proceeded to peel off her soaking red-laced thong and buried my face between her cheeks. My mouth worked aggressively to kiss and suck on her soft, plump ass like a man starved, leaving wet, open-mouthed marks everywhere. Yujin tugged desperately at my hair, whimpering as she felt my teeth grazed her skin, sucking hard enough to leave purplish-red hickeys on both sides.
“Oh my god—Fuck—Be gentler, Ben,” she moaned, but I didn’t listen. I just spread Yujin’s ass wider and dragged my tongue straight across her tight little hole as she bucked her hips uncontrollably, her hand pushing my head to go deeper and lower down her crack, to which I happily complied to both.
No second invitation needed; I dove into her curtains like a savage.
My tongue pushed deep into her soaked pussy, licking and slurping noisily with my nose pressed between her ass cheeks. I ate her like I was trying to drown in her, flicking her swollen clit ruthlessly before spearing my tongue inside her dripping hole again and again.
Yujin’s legs shook every time she felt me touching her wall. She pushed her ass back, grinding shamelessly against my face while she gripped onto the railing for dear life.
When I finally pulled back, I found my face to be in all kinds of mess with Yujin’s sweet nectar and my own messy drool dripping all over my chin. I then spat directly onto her pulsing pussy before I stood up and lined up my throbbing cock against her opening, rubbing the fat, leaking tip up and down her slippery folds while she looked at me expectantly.
Then I thrust in hard.
One brutal stroke buried me balls-deep inside Yujin’s tight, dripping cunt. Yujin’s mouth fell open in a silent scream, eyes rolling back as her walls clenched violently around my thick shaft.
“Oh my God… fuuuck,” she moaned, voice breaking.
I groaned at how perfectly she squeezed me, almost losing my footing for how good the first-entry sensation was. I then took the chance to lean myself forward, kissing Yujin messily over her shoulder while she twisted her neck to meet me and wrapped an arm around my head, still impaled on every inch of my cock.
At the same time, my hands gripped her waist tight as I started humping her in that intimate yet slightly awkward position. Slow and deep at first—wet, filthy sounds echoing in the stairwell with every thrust. Then harder. Faster. The sharp slap of my hips against her reddened ass filled the space as Yujin’s moans got louder and more desperate, her arm finding its way back onto the railing for the sake of her own balance.
Settling into the momentum, I then reached around and shoved both her tank top and her bra up within one single scoop. Her modest-yet-very-cuppable tits spilled free into the cold air of the emergency staircase, nipples already hard and stiff as I brought them in between my fingers.
That said, I placed both my hands on Yujin’s mounds and grabbed them roughly like a set of handles, pinching and twisting her solid twin peaks while I continued to rail her from behind. She let herself drown with the motion, neck soft as a jelly as I watched her head bobbed loosely every time we clashed.
Then, without warning, I locked both of her arms behind her back, holding her wrists in one strong hand like handcuffs before I used the leverage to fuck her even harder—fast, brutal, punishing strokes that made her entire body jolt forward and her pupil disappeared within every thrust.
Yujin was completely helpless in my grasp. Her feet barely touched the ground as I fucked her senseless, using her like body like a human-sized fuckdoll. Her eyes rolled to the back of her skull, tongue hanging slightly out, drool slipping from the corner of her mouth as her pussy gushed around my cock.
“O-Oh my God—Ben—Fuck!” she cried out, voice cracking with every violent thrust.
I leaned in and bit down on Yujin’s limped shoulder, growling low and filthy against her skin while she tilted her head back towards me. My heavy balls slapped loudly against her wet clit as I slammed into her even deeper—just so I could watch that blissfully lewd expression on her face.
But then, as I kept pounding her mercilessly, I could feel that familiar pressure building up fast.
I immediately pulled out my cock that was glistening with her juices, and dragged Yujin down to her knees. She tilted her head back in muscle memory, offering her face like an eager little cumslut, eyes big and hungry staring at me.
I jerked my throbbing cock hard and fast right in front of Yujin’s pretty face, tip swollen in hot red-pink like it was ready to explode at any moment. However, after almost a minute of frantic stroking, I was still stuck on the edge, for some reason, struggling to get my kids over the line.
Yujin then leaned in and pressed her soft lips against my sagging ballsack once she got a little impatient, sucking one heavy nut into her warm mouth, then the other, slurping noisily while her eyes locked onto mine.
I, on the other hand, continued to work my cock up and down with that extra boost she was providing me. Unfortunately, even with the extra boost Yujin was providing me, I could only feel myself shying away from the climax as both my hand and my legs were getting a little tired.
“Sorry, babe. False alarm,” I panted with a dark chuckle. “Ass up, please. I need to go back inside you.”
Yujin obediently got on all fours, arching her back deep towards me despite the slight disappointment on her face. “Be gentle, alright?” she said. “We’re not on a bed right now. I don’t want to fuck up my knees.”
I didn’t respond to her advice.
My mouth went ahead to drop a thick pool of saliva on her already dripping hole before I grabbed a fistful of her tank top like reins. Then, with my game face on, I slammed my entire cock back inside her pussy in one direct, brutal thrust.
“Oh—Fuuuuck—!” she screamed, thighs shaking as I sent her into an instant orgasm. Her back arched violently as I bottomed out against her cervix. The new angle hit her G-spot perfectly, pussy spasming and gushing around my thick shaft.
I didn’t show Yujin any mercy. And especially not after my ego was scratched by the false alarm just a few seconds earlier.
I started fucking her hole like a savage—hard, fast, animalistic strokes that made her meaty ass ripple and clap loudly with every collision. Sweat poured down both our bodies in the stuffy stairwell as the wet, obscene plap-plap-plap sounds echoed off the concrete.
I then reached forward and wrapped one hand around Yujin's throat, pulling her back as I buried my face against her neck and bit down hard, hips still railing her senseless while she moaned in both pleasure and pain underneath me.
It was a tiring experience, for sure. And doing it doggy-style on a rock, hard surface was never fun for both parties unless kneepads were involved, so I didn’t plan to hold Yujin in that position for longer than it should.
And so, I took the risk to get it over the line quicker, planting a few more kisses on her neck before I shoved her face down and rose into a squat.
Yujin’s cheek was pressed flat against the cold floor, ass sitting high in the air as I prepared to go full feral mode over her. I kept a steady arm on her waist and another on her nape before I began pounding her like a wild animal—deep, punishing strokes that made her scream into the concrete. Her eyes rolled back, drool leaking from the corner of her mouth, makeup completely ruined as her hair stuck onto her sweaty face.
Every brutal thrust made my heavy balls slap against her clit. Yujin was a wrecked, whimpering mess at this point—ass jiggling violently, legs trembling, pussy creaming all over my cock.
“Just hold still, baby,” I growled, voice hoarse under my breath. “I’m almost there.”
Yujin could only moan brokenly in response, losing control of her own body.
Finally, after a series of relentless pounding, I felt the orgasm hitting me like a freight train. I yanked my cock out of Yujin’s hole with a wet pop as it exploded all over her before I could even get hold or put a target on it.
Thick, powerful ropes of cum shot across her back in heavy spurts, some even landing on her tank top, and some in her messy hair. I kept milking myself, painting her glistening ass cheeks and dripping pussy with the rest of my massive load.
Yujin stayed in that fucking position for a bit longer—face-down, ass up—breathing hard against the floor as warm cum slowly ran down her thighs, legs still quivering from the intense orgasm.
I collapsed behind her on the floor, chest heaving, completely spent. Post-nut clarity slowly crept in as I looked around the dingy emergency stairwell and realized how lucky we were to be able to commit the act without any interruption, given that there was no lock on the door whatsoever.
I then glanced at my watch and stopped the timer that I set before we moved inside the emergency stairwell. “Huh… fifteen minutes. Not bad at all.” I smirked, still panting. “I guess there’s still time for us to watch the fourth quarter if we get back to our seats now—”
Gluck. Gluck. Gluck.
My eyes widened at the sight of Yujin’s face suddenly sitting in between my thighs, swallowing my still-hard, cum-smeared cock down to the base in one smooth motion. She looked up at me with those big, innocent-yet-filthy eyes while sucking me clean, tongue swirling around my sensitive head like she hadn't had enough of my taste.
“Forget about the game,” she said, pulling off with a wet pop, strings of spit and cum connecting her lips to my cock. “You can watch the highlights at home.”
I let out a long, defeated groan, running my hand through my messy hair while I witnessed my cock twitching back to full hardness in Yujin’s greedy little mouth. Somewhere far away, the muffled roar of the crowd celebrated a Clippers bucket… while I accepted my fate with a tired, amused sigh.
An Yujin x Reader/OC ft. Liz (Kim Jiwon) as supporting character
Word Count: 11.2K, smut.
A/N + Summary:
A silly and not-so-serious self-inserted POV fic drafted when IVE visited Los Angeles a while ago. Thank you so much @autumnyacorn and @dotoliwrites for beta reading and the thoughtful comments! I learned a lot from you two to improve my writing! >3
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TW: (sweaty) Car Sex, POV fantasy, idol x fan, bias-cucking
Mid spring, I wander on the streets of Los Angeles to enjoy my long- awaited Spring break. The cloudy cool air brushes my face, Southern California is not always full of sunshine, sometimes the sky is also dim.
Hollywood is still crowded with tourists; I didn’t join their party because I’ve shown multiple family friends around the area to the point where I can basically memorize the orders of the names on the Wall of Fame.
L.A. isn’t always my place; I live in a city where many people would have no idea where it is until I say “It's a 20-minute drive from downtown L.A.” Right now, I am back here, to this place where I mostly visit to relax and to temporarily forget.
The winter quarter had been cruel, failing a class or not is not as important as getting this break ASAP. Fortunately, I am a dedicated DIVE (IVE fandom name) and blasting their songs can restore some of my lost energy – especially right after they released their second full album REVIVE+.
ODD is my favorite song amongst them despite it not being the title track. The lyrics are very poetic, beautifully written. The message of embracing imperfection motivated me out of the self-doubt swamp after failing the first exam of the quarter. “Not bad, this imperfect feeling… asymmetrical lines are beautiful.” I murmur to myself while staring at the asymmetric letter “F” on my Canvas portal.
It’d be nice if I could write a fiction using the lyrics as an anchor… Anyways.
I keep walking, letting the breeze caress my face and my body. My hair is a bit messy, swaying in the wind as I paid little to no attention throughout the quarter to take care of them. Surrounding me is this messy crowd, people from all over the country chit-chat as they blend in to be a part of the City of Angels. How I wish I can see my angels one day?
That day is way sooner than I ever could’ve thought.
-
My phone in the pocket buzzes, a two-line message from my best friend Henry.
“Yo bro, Bob and I are coming to pick you up in a bit! Send us ur address when ur ready.”
Both of them are dedicated DIVEs like myself, and as they now come back from their universities at the east coast during Spring Break, we decided to hang out in Korea Town here in L.A. All three of us had never seen IVE in person before, nor had any of us experienced a concert before. So, now it is a good chance to talk about the plan that takes the virginity of two “first-timers” on one occasion.
I’ll be standing at the Starbucks right next to that In-n-Out, see you in a bit.
-
A few minutes later, I see Bob’s car drifting towards me, Henry waving at me exaggeratedly with both of his arms at the passenger’s seat. I quickly hop on to the backseat before the car behind us even reacts with a honk. Well, that's downtown traffic for you.
“Yo! Long time no see! The last time we met was already…last time! Maybe it was last summer?” Henry greets me with his iconic, yapper-spirited energy.
“Ay I know right? How’s the photocard collection quest going for your hot “wife” Naoi Rei? You said you’re gonna get 100 of them by the next time we meet!” I roast Henry.
A lovesick grin grows on his face, “Ah… about that… almost there…How about you? I bet you’re still watching your I AM Liz fan-cam every day.”
“And that Baddie Yujin clip as well. Correction, it’s ‘Mommy Yujin’.” Bob adds on, hands still on the steering wheel.”
“Fuck you both,” I shoot back, laughing. “Dimplez ship is the best ship. I’m not horny like you two. Go back to drooling over your Gaeul ODD performance video, Bob.”
Bob smirks. “Hard to deny. Gaeul killed it. Even you said ODD was your favorite song from the album too, didn’t you?”
The banter flows easily as we drive toward Korea Town, palm trees swaying outside the windows. The cool breeze through the cracked window calms my nerves. Everything feels peaceful.
Until we turn the corner into the K-Town block.
The sidewalk is packed. We try our best to squeeze our car into a miniscule streetside parking spot before all three of us walked out of the car. What us three saw shocked us. In front of the Korean restaurant we normally hit up, there’re groups of people waiting outside. Many of them have cameras of different models; some pace back and forth impatiently, others stand in tight clusters, whispering and constantly checking their phones. The atmosphere feels… off.
“Yo, since when did it become another TikTok influencer’s place? I’ve never seen so many people waiting here.” My brain is full of question marks.
“I don’t know, maybe it just got viral or something,” Bob mutters.
“Fuck it… plan changed! They said two hours, we ain’t waiting that long…even though they got good banchan. Let’s just get some fried chicken instead.” Henry comes back from talking to the shop owner, face full of disappointment.
I sigh, starting to trudge back to our parked car across the street. I take a glance at the groups of people waiting outside of the restaurant. Someone has a stabilizer rig that looks like it costs more than the meal itself. All that for a 30-second Instagram Reels? When we walk past a young man in sunglasses, I overhear him on the phone, “They’re this popular even in L.A.??? No way I can make it… I drove two hours down the south!”
Who are “they”? Those TikTok vloggers and Instagram “GRWM” girls? And why are they popular in Los Angeles in the first place? I can’t recognize any of them. I think to myself. You see, this is one of the things I dislike about social media culture. One big name says a restaurant is good, everyone starts to hop on the bandwagon. Man, I really miss the old times when us three just drive by and have a quick, authentic Korean style lunch. They got really nice banchan and kimchi jjigae. They remind me of how we just regularly came to this place to hang out before we went to college in different cities last year.
Henry and Bob seemed to be upset as well, but there is always a Plan B, and Plan B today is to get some Korean style fried chicken at the next block – no lines at all. We decide to order to go as there is a park right near the restaurant area, and it’ll be a huge waste of the California sunshine so why not turn it into a picnic and eat outdoors?
It takes about ten minutes before the cashier waves at us for collection, so I walk back into the store from outside. “Thank you so much! By the way, do you know when that Korean restaurant down the street got popular? They said the line is two hours today!” I casually chat with the guy.
“Hm? I don’t know, maybe just a group of tourists today? I never knew you have to wait that long?” He seems confused as well while handing me our order.
“Well, then it’s God’s message for us to try some chicken today.” I give him a genuine smile before walking out towards Henry and Bob.
We settle our stuff on a wooden bench in the park; a few geese idle on the grass like they’re the owner of this place. Henry unties the plastic bag and takes out the paper box with our fried chicken — garlic gochujang as Henry likes it. Well, as a Korean himself, maybe he has the final say in deciding the order.
We immediately sink to the bench, pick up a few pairs of plastic gloves to start our feast.
“What do you think, Mr. Korean? Is it authentic?” Bob mutters with his mouth already stuffed with a big chunk of chicken, dipped in that sweet, spicy sauce.
“Mhm… it is decent, the gochujang tastes a bit like my mom’s cooking.” Henry responds after taking a bite.
“Your mom? Or your mommy Rei?” I of course cannot let go the chance to tease him; I smirk as Henry’s ear turns red once that name hits him.
“Damn… Surely I’d be more than happy to try out her cooking, just…no chance!”
“You’d like to taste HER, not her cooking.” Bob adds on with a devilish grin.
“You two horny asses, and you?” Henry points at me, pretending to be angry despite his smile that almost reaches his ears. “Bob, did you know that this man”, he turns to Bob, “Wrote a whole-ass 15 thousand words fanfiction about his ‘Mommy Yujin’? I bet your keyboard is already auto-correcting “Monday” into “Mommy” huh?”
It is now my turn to turn my face into a tomato. Well, I could argue it is because of the spice from the chicken, but all of us know that it is a blatant lie.
“It... it was just one fic! It was for... for the readers! And I used it as a metaphor for her ... leadership!” I defend myself, weakly.
“All caps. You were the one typing ‘she’s so damn hot, I even wanna call her mommy’ in Discord! Stop pretending you’re not down bad for this girl.” Henry adds on, I know I lost at the moment he mentioned the Discord group chat - where we had and still have a lot of ‘honest confessions’. Well, you can’t blame me for that! Unlike Henry and Bob, I don’t have a girlfriend. So, it is quite natural that I need some ways to ease my loneliness, aren’t I?
Although it being the truth, tactical decline is the core of the banter. “I’m not down bad at all! Y’all know me well, my number one bias is Liz. I love her, purely, respectfully.” I claim.
“This guy is playing innocent now, too fake,” Bob sighs exaggeratedly while grabbing another piece of chicken from the box. “Liz fic when?”
“Never!” I almost shout immediately, “You know me, I... I just can’t even think about those scenes with her. I’d imagine wrapping her with a blanket and kissing her forehead instead.”
“Okay okay, whatever you say, pure hearted fanboy.” Bob exclaims.
“Hey guys, you know IVE is in L.A. now, right?” Henry suddenly asks.
“Oh yeah, I saw Yujin’s Story earlier today.” Bob responds casually.
“Wait, what the fuck? For real?” I almost choke on the chicken as I heard it, “but well, we ain’t gotta see them, there’re like ten million people around the metropolitan area.”
“Plus, they’re probably eating somewhere high-end, like a VIP room and tinted glass minivan type of stuff. They ain’t coming to Koreatown for food they can eat every day.” Henry says.
“If we ACTUALLY meet them, who’s gonna lose it all first?” I casually let the question slip: it’s gonna be another round of banter, but that’s why we love yapping with each other. “Henry is probably going to start reciting all the Rei verses out loud until he gets tackled by the bodyguards” Bob laughs blatantly.
“And you are going to lose your dignity, your sanity and all of your savings the moment you see Liz.” Henry fires at me.
“Hard to say I won’t, but losing my savings is foreseeable. You know the ticket sale for their concert opens next week right? Don’t blame me for not reminding you.”
“Wait really? I don’t even know they announced the date already?” Henry seems confused and excited at the same time.
“You’re a fake fan bro. Let me also set a reminder to get tickets,” Bob reaches his phone on the bench next to him, “Oh fuck! I forgot to wipe my hand! The sauce got all over my screen!” Bob screams while wiping the gochujang on his phone with a napkin.
“Hahahaha, you deserve it.” Henry laughs out loud.
-
Two whole boxes of chicken disappear amidst our chatter; I finish the last piece and chugged the rest of my Celsius before padding my full tummy.
“Hmm... what y’all doing later? Do I get a drive home?” I ask them.
“Oh! We’re actually gonna head for my girlfriend’s place for a party. You said you're not interested in those before, right?” Bob lifts his gaze from his phone.
“Nah, count me out. For God's sake, please wear a condom, and don’t get her pregnant.” I shake my head.
“Not that type of party, don’t you worry.” He stands up, “well... it had been nice seeing you man, it had really been a while.” Following him is Henry, “Yeah, time flies! Anyway, y’all hit me up on the date when tickets go on sale! We should hop on a voice chat, definitely need a plan to secure our chances.”
“Will do! See you all around, I’ll just chill here for a bit.” I stand up too, waving at them as they walk towards the car.
Seeing them leave, I sit back down on the bench, plugging in my headphones to enjoy this moment of peace. I select my IVE playlist, watching the geese waddling around the grass. A few joggers or dog-walkers occasionally run by, and I give a polite nod to each of them. It’s a really rare chance I can just sit here under the SoCal sunshine and not have to worry about anything. What an afternoon!
Soon, I feel my eyelids getting so heavy. The last thing in my mind is Liz’s “Unreal” playing and me thinking, “it is not a bad idea to have a nap.”
The world turns black.
-
I don’t know how long had passed, maybe an hour? Damn, it was a really nice nap. I open my eyes, almost blinded by the sunlight. The park is strangely empty. The joggers had moved on, and the geese were silent near the pond. There is this faint metallic taste in my mouth and my lips are dry as hell. I feel strangely warm and relaxed: it had been so long since I’ve had the luxury to take a long nap, I’d as well just continue sleeping.
Wait.
Wait a second.
I feel like I almost fall unconscious again. But I see a group of people exiting the backdoor of that Korean restaurant we skipped earlier. Something feels…off. Why are they wearing such long coats? And with masks? And with sunglasses? I must be hallucinating right now. Do TikTok influencers have sasaengs these days? Look at those two bulk men in suits, I swear to God they’re bodyguards. Wait a second, is that....
She walks with her arms crossed, her chin tilting at that precise, elegant angle that suggests she wasn't just walking to a car; she is reclaiming a runway. It is a gait I’d analyzed in a hundred airport arrival clips—the "Wony-walk."
She is physically taller than the men in suits, her silhouette cutting through the hazy LA heat with a sharp, expensive precision. There is a glimmer of a silver heart-shaped pendant swinging against her chest, catching the sun like a strobe light.
It’s her. My brain didn't even need the confirmation of a face. That poised, that "above-the-rest-of-the-world" energy—it’s Jang Wonyoung. And if the "Center of the Center" is here, then the rest of my universe is standing right behind her.
My universer takes off her mask for some air, at that moment, my heart stops beating. Her gaze is shining so bright and clear like an energized puppy despite her minimal makeup, I’ll never mistake her for anyone else.
The universe just put my angels 20 feet away from me, at a random park in Los Angeles. I rub my eyes, trying to open them wider. Confusion floods my brain like how my adrenaline does.
They shouldn’t be here... they should be in those high-end restaurants that have a reservation one year from now. Maybe some VIP lounges in Beverly Hills. Or maybe visiting some random venues of local sports teams as guests. The Los Angeles Clippers can be a nice idea. Any way they’d like, but definitely not in the back alley with dozens of paper boxes behind a Korean restaurant in downtown L.A. where even people like myself call it an affordable place.
I put my wrist between my lips and bite down hard. This is the standard protocol I have for myself to test if I’m dreaming. I hope the pain will be as brutal as possible, so I know I am not hallucinating when I say “I just saw IVE near a parking lot in downtown L.A.”
Instead, I feel the adrenaline spike and this very familiar feeling of fight and flight. This feeling that I’ve experienced countless times sitting in an exam, panicking and not knowing what to do. It almost cost me though. They’re walking closer and closer towards that parking lot nearby, where three black minivans parked parallel. My window is closing.
If I sit, I am a coward. I’m singlehandedly killing any potential fairytale stories before they even have a chance to start.
If I run, I’m a creep. And those big men in black suits are going to tackle my skinny body within a second without any effort. I’d be pushed away and it’d be the most embarrassing way possible to give my self-introduction to IVE.
I stand up and start walking.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
Gaeul, Yujin, Rei, Wonyoung, Liz, Leeseo.
They’re right there. They’re so close, yet so far away. My heart is hammering so frantically that I forget my chest exists. My cheeks and ears burn albeit someone just set a fire on my face. Well, they absolutely did.
I keep walking, picking up my pace just slightly so I don’t look suspicious.
Closer, I can smell the lingering floral scent of their perfume. Not just expensive, but overwhelmingly distant.
Even closer, and it is at the point where some actions are necessary, otherwise I’d walk right into them. A manager-like man in a polo shirt, with a transparent earpiece puts himself in the middle of the walkway. Right between me and my dreams come true.
“Excuse me, no stopping. Private time here, please keep walking.” He says, with a slight accent and a professional, emotionless tone. His palm sticks out facing me like a “Stop” sign.
I freeze, and the hesitation was nearly lethal. He quickly turns and nods at the man in suits, mouthing something in another language.
The members keep walking, don’t even bother looking in my direction like similar shenanigans had happened countless number of times. Well, I can understand that certainly. But I’m not a stalker! I... I need to prove it to him before I get swept away!
“No, please!!!” I raise my pitch just a little bit, hoping I won’t scare away the girls. “I... I am a DIVE! I’m NOT a sasaeng! I... I live right here... and I was just walking by! I... I have this...” My expression stutters thanks to the extreme nervousness.
But I need to persuade him. I can see his tense facial expression just eases by a bit. And I have a lifeline.
I reach for my pocket with my violently trembling hand. The thing I’m looking for is on my phone. To be exact, it is between my phone and my phone case.
Clack…
The crisp sound breaks the pressurized silence as my plastic phone case drops on the concrete walkway. I don’t bother to pick it up at all. Instead, I carefully show the managers these two photo cards I’ve been putting in my phone case throughout the journey of being a DIVE.
First one, ATTITUDE era Liz. Blonde hair, lethal dimple on her left cheek. That warm smile itself is enough for me to squirm in my blanket burrito with a big smile every time I see it.
The second one, BADDIE era Yujin. The sharp outfit. The charisma that made me start writing fics on Tumblr. The origin of how Henry roasted me for all that “Mommy Yujin” nonsense. The daring stare like she can see through all my filthy fantasies at night.
“I... I have this... PLEASE! I’m an actual fan.” I hold the two photo cards like some sort of passing badge, hoping to move the manager.
But he doesn’t say anything, and he doesn’t move at all. I start to get anxious as half of the group is already at the parking lot.
“잠깐만요, (Wait a second) Manager-nim~” Two girls at the back slow down, before stopping and looking at my direction. I can immediately tell the one who just spoke was Yujin. She approaches the manager and whispers in his ear. “Aigoo, he’s just a fan! Look at him, he’s literally shaking right now. How can he do any harm?” Yujin giggles while peeking at the photo cards.
Well, don’t ask me why she just spoke English to her manager. It was NOT! It was Korean for sure. But a huge thank you to Duolingo, I was able to understand the most important conversation I’ve ever overheard in my life! (Author’s note, this message is not approved or endorsed by Duolingo).
They then kept whispering something that’s beyond one year worth of Duolingo learning, while I was left there, teeth clenching nervously.
I try to distract my attention. Hmm... who is that girl next to Yujin? It’s either Liz or Rei based on the relative height with Yujin. I hope she’s Liz... but I’d be such a fake Liz fanboy because I can’t even tell if that’s her.
“Listen, do you want a signature?” The manager finally turns back at me, after sighing like “are we really doing this”?
I don’t care. My soul is almost escaping my body. “YESSSSS! Please! Please!”
He waves at me as a signal to keep walking, so I do. But he’s still serving like a shield, completely blocking me with the girls. “Look, you are alone. No cameras. It is good. But if we stay here? People see and they gather. We don’t want that.” I immediately understood. The group of the people I saw outside of the restaurants? There were no TikTok influencers. There were no Instagram model girls. They were all here, camping IVE…
He clears his throat while I nod obediently. “I know you’re going to tell you friends, and everyone is coming here in minutes. So, walk with us, get in the car, get your signature. We drop you off somewhere mid-way and we both are happy, understand?”
“Y.... yes sir! Thank you so much!” I bow immediately, just for him to nod and he knowingly falls behind. Allowing me to walk parallel to the two girls.
“Hi~” Yujin smiles politely, fan service mode activated.
“Hi~ how are you?” The girl next to her takes off her mask.
It is a miracle that I didn’t just faint right at the moment. It is Liz. Kim Jiwon. Elizabeth Helga Muller, her German name, as you wish.
“OH MY GODDDD! Liz!” I scream out loud, only for the manager to give me a deadly stare like “keep it low or get out of here.” I instantly cover my mouth and apologize. “Sorry, sorry. I got too excited... I’m really a Liz fan.”
“Oh, really? Thank you.” Liz smiles, a bit timid.
“Can I see them?” Yujin asks, pointing at my photo cards.
“Definitely!” I hand them to her, while trying not to have any physical contact with her - I don’t wanna mess up this once in a lifetime opportunity by getting falsely assumed as a creep!
“Me and Jiwon, hehe” Yujin giggles proudly. “You are lucky today, no?”
“More than lucky, Yujin-ssi.”
“Aw~ what a polite fan boy, you can call me Yujin. What’s your name?” She seems a bit amused, which is definitely a green light for me.
“Ah! You can call me dimp...I mean, Mercy. m-e-r-c-y.” I almost slipped something that’s supposed to be top secret. Fortunately, I reacted quickly.
My heart has no sign to slow down, so I start to take some deep breaths. They notice. “Are you nervous?” Liz asks. “You don’t have to be so tense, fanboy. We don’t bite!” Yujin adds on.
Well, but to be fair, how can I NOT feel nervous at this moment? Walking next to me are literally the two women in the world that bring me the most joy. One with her dimple and a voice that’s clearer than my future. The other one with her...... charisma and....... leader spirit. I’m nowhere close to being ready!
“I....I try.” I manage to squeeze out two broken words.
“Hey buddy.” The manager taps my shoulder from behind as we’re close to the only minivan that’s still parking in the lot - well it seems like the rest of the members are already gone.
“Yes sir, what shall I do?” I try to be as cooperative as possible.
“This is the plan, ok?” He stops at the trunk, finds a sharpie from one of the bags. “You seem like a good person.”
“Yes sir, I am a good person. What do I need to do?” Man! Just give me the rest of the script! At this point I’m willing to do anything for their signature.
“You see, THAT group of people with cameras,” he stops, “We don’t want them to know where we are. So here is what’s going to happen. You unlock your phone, give it to me, so you don’t take photos or record. Everything is private, I will check your photo booth whether you stalked or filmed us.”
“My... my phone? Absolutely sir, I’ll give you my phone.” Yes! He’s taking my phone! I’ve never felt so happy before when someone takes my phone. Now he has my personal items, he can’t kick me away!
He quickly peeks at my photo booth to make sure I’m indeed not a sasaeng. He starts talking again, “Good. You give your photo cards to Yujinnie and Jiwon, they sign. Get in the car, we will drop you off somewhere mid-way so you don’t spoil our location.”
“Wait, what??? I’m getting in the car?” My brain refuses to believe the offer I just received - car ride with IVE. “Me? Really?”
“Yeah, you~” Liz walks past me, before getting on the back row of the minivan.
“Or you can take your phone back and walk away.” The manager says.
“No sir, you keep my phone.” I hop on the passenger’s seat at the front, try to be very gentle and give Yujin and Liz their personal space. I’m carpooling with IVE! That alone is already a miracle.
The door slides shut. The cool air conditioning and the smell of the leather seats separate me from the heat outside.
-
For the first minute, I sit with a tense posture: back straight, hands on my laps, palm sweating. I try to peek in the rearview mirror; Liz is on her phone with her hat back on and Yujin sits at the very back row next to the manager and I have no idea what they are whispering.
“Are you holding your breath? You look like a statue there.” Liz giggles.
“If I were you, I’d cherish the time and say something. Like, how did you end up becoming a fan?” Yujin adds on. I turn my head to my eight o’clock, and try my hardest not to look like I’m about to have a heart attack when I see Liz’s gentle smile.
“Liz-ssi, you.... you’ve always been my number one, do you know that? Every time when I’m stressed over those abstract proofs in Real Analysis, I’d watch your fancams over and over... and I’ll feel motivated again. Don’t get me wrong, I admire your vocals so much. It is cleaner than a glass of water...”
“Aw~ thank you so much for your kind words! Real Analysis, it sounds difficult... is it like a lie detector? To see if something is real or fake? Hehe” Liz giggles timidly and gently, her gaze flickers with sincerity.
“Eh... kind of, we analyze real stuff. It is very abstract, but you inspired me a lot when I had hard times nonetheless! I... I don’t know what else to say, Liz-ssi, it is my biggest honor in my life to get to tell you how much I liked you!”
I did it. I did the unthinkable in many fanboys’ sweet little dreams! I got to tell my favorite idol how much I appreciate her without being filthy! I showed her how dedicated and respectful a DIVE I am. I certainly just won the world.
“Ahem, Jiwon-ah, looks like you got a big fan here. How about me?” Yujin suddenly asks from the back, tone with a hint of mischief.
“I...I really like you too! Yujin-ssi.” For some reasons only I should know, I was NOT ready to answer this question so I stuttered.
“Really? You hesitated! Are you a fake fan?” Yujin keeps pushing, sounds a tiny bit frustrated but still playful.
“Leave this poor little boy alone, unnie.” Liz’s smile widens instead, her facial expression screaming “Not again” like she had seen Yujin battle for a bias title thousands of times.
“Then tell me what parts of me you like, fanboy?” Yujin reaches to the middle row, putting her face right next to Liz’s, her puppy eyes open wide and wink with anticipation.
“I... Ah...I... like your... hmm... power! And... leader spirit! Also, your... your confidence!” I defend myself, trying to convince Yujin that I’m not a fake fan but maybe only they can see how red I got when Yujin stared at me innocently like that.
“Aw, how cute! Leader Spirit and confidence.” Yujin intentionally emphasizes the two nouns like it is the password to something secret.
My heart skips a bit... please don’t be.
-
After a few more rounds of polite exchange of words, the manager (now driver) pulls over somewhere on the street. It looks familiar despite the tinted window.
“Yujinnie, Jiwonnie, do you want to get some In-N-Out? It is very famous in America!” The manager unbuckles his seatbelt, turning back towards Liz and Yujin and doesn’t even bother to look at me. More than reasonable, I don’t blame him. To him, I was just a piece of luggage they hadn't unloaded yet.
“Really! Let’s go!” Liz’s eyes flicker with sparkles.
“Not for me~ I’ve tried it many times when we toured in America last year!” Yujin says.
“Ok, then I’ll go with Jiwon. Yujinnie, you wanna wait in the car? We’ll be back soon.” The manager opens the door before Liz joins after him.
My hand automatically reaches for the seatbelt. My heart leaped. This was it. A walk with Liz. Just us (and the manager) under the California sun. "I’ll help! I can carry the—"
"No." The manager and Yujin almost say it at the exact same moment, the one single word cuts through my excitement like a cold snap. "If you truly care about her, you don't want to see 'Liz accompanied by mystery young man in L.A.' on Dispatch tomorrow morning, right?"
I froze, my hand halfway to the door handle. The implication hit me like a physical weight. Me? A mystery man? With Liz? My face didn't just turn red; it felt like it was radiating heat. The thought of being linked to her—even in a scandal—sent a shiver through my chest.
"Stop," the Manager sighed, glancing at me in the rearview mirror with a look of pure pity. "I know exactly what you’re thinking. No. Don't even go there."
I slumped back into the passenger seat, my ears ringing. "Right. Sorry. Safety first." For a twisted moment, I felt like I was almost a protagonist. Almost a “scandal”. Almost become the main character of a fanfic. Almost someone important enough to be "accompanied by Liz. The heat in my cheeks wasn't just embarrassment—it was a soaring pride. I felt like I was floating two inches off the leather, drifting in a golden California daydream where I actually mattered to her.
But a dream is always just a dream. You’ll wake up nonetheless.
“Good Boy~.” Yujin casually slips, her tone full of teasing.
I felt like I was being handed a death sentence wrapped in a compliment.
Some scenes that are not supposed to show up here start to automatically play inside my head. Fuck. I fucking forgot… My phone. Please… Please don’t tell me she found them.
Yujin had my phone – it got handed to her naturally as the manager needs to drive. Maybe he told her to check my photo booth if I stalked them from the airport. But I have all of my Tumblr drafts as screenshots in my Pictures… All of those… stories.
Liz looked back at me, her expression softening into that sweet, concerned look. "Are you okay? You look like you're about to faint. Car sickness?”
"I’m 100% fine!" I squeaked, my pitch an octave too high. I gave her a thumbs-up that felt incredibly unconvincing. "Just... thirsty! Take your time!"
Beside me, I heard a muffled, frantic sound. I turned to see Yujin burying her face into a velvet travel cushion, her shoulders shaking with silent, hysterical laughter. She knew. She knew exactly how "screwed" I was, and she was enjoying every second of my internal collapse.
"Let’s go, Jiwon-ah," the Manager said, putting on his sunglasses.
"Bye-bye!” Liz waved, her silhouette flashing one last time before she stepped out into the bright Los Angeles afternoon with her mask back on.
The door hissed shut. THUD.
The lock clicked.
-
“So,” Yujin breaks the deadly silence. “Apparently, mister pure hearted fanboy… You write stories about me, very… analytically, hm?” It is over.
“I… I can explain it…” I want to turn around and defend myself, but I physically can’t.
“Can you?” I hear Yujin’s voice coming from the middle row, she had crawled from the back like a predator corning her prey. “You handed the unlocked phone to us yourself, and I was scrolling through those story drafts all the way.” Yujin’s words sound mysterious; danger is hiding beneath that seemingly emotionless tone.
“I… it… it was just fiction… I didn’t mean to… Sorry.” I give up, knowing I just dug my own grave. Maybe I get kicked out of the minivan after my confession, and Yujin’s gonna tell Liz all of those. I’m screwed… my character, everything… Liz is going to despise me and she’ll feel so disgusted!
“You told Jiwon she was your number one because she’s so pure… and so clear. You study mathematics and you love pure things, don’t you? You told her how a respectful and dedicated DIVE you are because of her, hm?” Yujin pads the seat where Liz was just sitting, “Come here, don’t make me say it twice.”
I hesitate for a fraction of a second, before squeezing my body through that tiny space. Maybe there is still hope, but I know for a fact that I am completely at Yujin’s mercy. The seat is still warm, Liz’s lingering vanilla-scented perfume is so healing – yet what’s next to me is like a blackhole, full of force and unknown.
I meet Yujin’s gaze. Her eyes are dark, unreadable, and terrifyingly vivid.
“It seems like you don’t write about her spirit, do you?” Yujin murmurs, finger hovering on her bottom lip. “Tell me, if Liz is your angel… Am I your… downfall?” she licks her lip now, her alluring eyes never leaving mine. “Or are you finally gonna admit that I AM the truth that you’ve been secretly hiding from her?”
My heart is not slowing down. I come to the realization that maybe I am still screwed, but it’d be the best bad news I can hear. “You’re not answering my question. And I’m getting impatient. If I am impatient, I do really messy stuff. You don’t want to get on the blacklist of Starship Entertainment, do you?” Yujin has no sign of stopping her fire, knowing she has the upper hand from the start.
“I… I’m sorry Yujin… Please don’t! I swear it is just some nonsense, I… I can delete them if you want. Just please don’t say it out loud! I’d do anything.” My cheeks must be radiating heat at this moment and I’m also already used to the frantic pounding of my chest.
Maybe it was my sincerity, it must be. My response is like it just triggered some keywords.
“You said, anything?” Yujin smirks with mischief.
“As long as I don’t get blacklisted…” I stutter.
“Get to the back row, now.”
“If… if you say so.” My nostril already misses Liz’s pure scent at the moment I lose contact with her seat. I carefully take a step over their designer purses on the pass-through before placing my tense body onto the back row as Yujin instructed.
Yujin follows, taking the right side of the three connected seats. She sits on her knees, looking way comfortable despite being in such a packed space. “So... I’m going to give you some chances to prove to me that you’re not a filthy, degenerate fan.” Yujin says.
“I’m definitely not! Do you want me to show you my Spotify Top 0.1% Fan Badge?” I reach out for my phone that’s still on her lap.
“Aw, cute little attempt. But I'll keep it for now.” She holds my phone hostage, slipping it under her weight.
“T... Then how do you want me to prove it? I can recite the lyrics for all of IVE’s title tracks?” I stutter.
“Come on, you write those little stories about me, but still pretending to be innocent. Huh?” Yujin’s playful grin suddenly disappears, what comes after is something rawer that I was never ready for.
She slips her finger into my shirt from the bottom, scratching my chest in the most agonizing way possible. As much as I don’t want to admit it, the bulge down below starts to get visibly larger.
“See? You’re being very honest with your body.” She’s barely audible, basically just blowing air into my already itching ears.
“Yujin-ssi, please don’t! We... we will be in trouble! And I’ll become filthy and degenerate if you keep doing this to me!” I accidentally confess in desperation.
“Hmm... it’s better if we have an open conversation instead, maybe?”
“Y...yes! Conversation! We’re not supposed to be doing this at all!”
“Ok.” Yujin says, but her hands say otherwise. She quickly yanks my shirt off in one go, my chest suddenly exposes to the air. Next, she takes off her black jacket and her white T-shirt as well, leaving only a plain, white bra.
“What... what the fuck?!” I shout in awe while trying to cover my eyes with my palms. I can’t look at that... I'm not supposed to!”
“That’s why I call it an open conversation. If you don’t like it, I can also take it off. Hm?” Yujin hovers her finger onto the strap of her bra, teeth biting down her lips. God. Pure seduction. Why is she doing this?
“Why are you doing this?” So I ask.
“Aw, I want to test you. Let’s play a game.” Yujin smiles while putting her palms on each of my shoulders.
She then pulls me dangerously close, forcing me to look directly into her predatory gaze.
“Since you do analysis all the time, tell me, who is your favorite member in IVE?” Yujin asks, hands cupping my face. My breath immediately hitches.
“I... it’s Liz, you already knew that.”
“Nope baby... wrong name.” She crashes her red lips against mine. My whole world collapses. Yujin captures my hesitation, kissing me even more aggressively. Her tongue invades through my trembling lips, forcing mine to swirl with hers. I take it all, secretly enjoying this gut-wrenching guilty pleasure. I just got a kiss from the character in my wildest fantasies - but it feels like a huge betrayal to Liz at the same time.
“First chance is wasted. You didn’t give me the answer I wanted to hear. We can keep playing this game until your pure little angel is back. Guess what she’ll have to say when she sees us like this? Sweaty and half naked in the back seat?” Yujin is seemingly enjoying everything, her tone bright and joyful.
“Now tell me again, if your favorite is Liz… then why are you this hard, hm?” Yujin grins, fingers brushing my itching length through the fabric of my pants.
“Be…because I am a straight man!” I give out my final attempt to brush it off, but seeing Yujin’s facial expression remains unchanged, I know I’ll just let her do her thing. “Plus… you’re very hot.” I add on.
“It is hot here indeed, fuck, I’m sweating.” Yujin hums, realizing the AC is little use under the SoCal sun in the afternoon. “We gotta do this quick, before both of us pass out from the heat.” I take a quick glance at her half naked body, sweats already dripping down her chin – her scent mixes with the faint perfume, more arousing than ever.
“We are gonna do what?” My logic fails; it can’t be? I am never properly prepared for a scene like this.
“Take off your pants, right now…You’re lucky today. I’m going to show you why I AM the leader of IVE, and you’d start regretting why you didn’t choose me as your bias from day one.” Yujin mumbles, while unzipping her short culottes. I take a big gulp uncontrollably when she reveals her full curve, a few drops of sweats clinging onto her frame and her plain cotton pantie is already damped. Maybe from the heat, maybe from the arousal… or probably both.
My hands freeze on my belt, not knowing what to do after witnessing Yujin just stripped before me despite my throbbing length already screaming for release. “Fuck, stop pretending for be so innocent.” Yujin gets a bit impatient; her hands automatically locate my belt. And click, she unbuckles it before yanking both of my jeans and boxers all the way down to my ankle.
My itching length springs free, a wet sound covers the quiet humming of the AC. A pathetic moan escapes from my throat as Yujin wraps her hand around my base. “Look at this, already so hard for me~.” She gives it a long, slow stroke before climbing up onto my lap. Her hard is warm, contrasting with the cool leather of her boots squeezing my leg.
“Fuck… Yujin, are you sure we’re doing this? I.... My favorite member in IVE is An Yujin! Are you happy now?” The final bit of sanity left in my brain knows it is wrong, we’re both fucked if Liz and the manager are back from In-N-Out and see their respected leader of group is stroking a filthy fanboy in the back of their car. Is this even real? Is this even possible? I am just a helpless fanboy that fell into Yujin’s charm and couldn’t escape. But why? Why would she even talk to me, let aside… having sex with me? It must be a dream, but her deadly scent is so real.
“Too fake.” She clicked her tongue. One smooth motion and her fingers were at my belt. “You still call me by my stage name like a polite little fanboy. I want the real one. The one you type at 3 a.m. when you think no one’s watching.”
Yujin stares directly into the deepest of my soul, she unhooks her bra with her free hand. The strap slides down her shoulders and the fabric slowly falls off her gorgeous body. Her full breasts bounces up and down right inches away from eyes, she turns to throw the bra away.
“Now your Mommy Yujin is right here, do what you need, helpless little fanboy.” She quotes directly from the deepest secrets that I’ve been hiding, and that’s exactly enough to destroy any defense I have left. My hips jerked involuntarily and I groaned, the sound way too loud for a tinted minivan in broad daylight.
“Fuck…” The thrill of getting caught at any time mixes with her sweated scent are like a drug that just gets me addicted. I follow my instinct, carefully take in one of her juicy tits in between my lips and suck lightly. She tastes alluring. Her perfume alone is enough to drive me crazy, not to mention the faint salty, sweaty taste just mercilessly assaults my nostril.
“Mmph….” I try to say something, but my mouth is too busy savoring Yujin’s perfect tit. I never in my life had thought this would happen, yet the sensory had defeated the sanity. I manage to not faint from the overwhelming lust despite Yujin hasn’t started anything. I take a look at her soft hand grabbing my length, then keep my eyes shut again. Well, if I mute one of my senses, the rest becomes more sensitive, no?
“Look at me.” Yujin commands, she reaches close, hair brushing my cheeks. I oblige; she then opens her mouth and lets a string of her saliva fall onto the tip of my shaft. My body bucks as the slick, cool liquid meets with my overheated skin. Her eyes never leave mine. Deadly. Alluring. I can’t contain my desire anymore.
I reach out for her face, pulling Yujin close before kissing her juicy lips. This time it is much more intense compared to the first. My movements are desperate and hungry, and I can tell she likes it. She responds with equally thirsty kisses, the wet, obscene sound echoing in the warm minivan.
“Good… You finally stopped your little lie. I almost believed you’re such a dedicated and pure DIVE until I saw those filthy stories.” Yujin lets go of my lips, “It’d be your loss if you never tried me…bet you’ll feel different after this. Liz can still be your sweet angel with a crystal-clear voice, but you won’t ever forget who makes you this desperate.”
“Fuck…please, Yujin… Please don’t bring Liz into this.” Yujin’s words bring back that gut-wrenching guilt. For a second, I just hate myself so much for not having the self-discipline to resist Yujin’s force and it’s a pure betrayal to Liz.
“Uh-oh, look at who is triggered. But weren’t YOU the one who wrote ‘I am mommy An Yujin’s Puppy, please use me as you like’? Bet you got hard just by thinking about it when you hid under your blanket writing it, huh?” She amplifies the filth, quoting directly from one of my drafts. My head is a mess made of embarrassment and the painful pleasure from Yujin’s hand that never stopped stroking me.
“Am I meeting your expectations, or do you want more of me? The energy? How about the leader's spirit? Hmm?”
“What even is the point of all this?”
“To prove you wrong, fanboy. It makes me sick listening to all those beautiful lies but I know for a fact your body thinks otherwise. Just admit it, or we can stop here and wait ‘til your Jiwonnie comes back and sees it herself. Hmm? Last chance~”
“You really care about it that badly?” I hover my hands onto Yujin’s sweat-covered waist in awe. “Fine, if you really want to see me being filthy… I’d let you.” I know it is time to let go of my rational thoughts and just follow my instinct. And my instinct tells me to grab her bouncy ass and feel it with my palms. “I’ll make sure this pair of sexy legs keep shaking for hours.” The final doubt inside of my head is gone as I feel the smooth texture of her body on my hands. I’ve never felt anything like this before. The velvety smooth skin, the warmth, the sweat. They just feel so vivid… and so Yujin.
“Exactly the energy I want... Now touch me… show me how much you’ve been starving for this body.” Yujin’s tone is still commanding, but with a hint of arousal.
“Fuck… do you know how crazy you drove me with this body, Yujin?” I confess, mumbling because I am busy eating her tit at the same time. I draw little circles around her nipple, just to feel how heavenly she tastes with that faint scent of her body wash and the lingering sweat. Meanwhile, I don’t forget the work down below her butt. My hands start roaming free, staring from her waist, lingering on her cheeks before groping her insanely sexy thighs.
Yujin lets out several hums each time the tip of my tongue meets her nipple, her face is blushed from the increasing temperature and her own arousal. I lick and suck her other tit with equal desire – the desire that I’ve been hiding from everyone, that had made my head spin in countless midnight hours.
She doesn’t respond to my question. The minivan’s tinted windows trapped the heat like a greenhouse. Sweat beaded along Yujin’s collarbones, catching the faint dashboard glow and sliding down the valley between her breasts in slow, glistening trails.
Suddenly, a loud, door slamming sound from a nearby car drags me out of this dreamy picture. My heart sinks. We’re in the public; Liz and the managers are still coming back at any time. Yujin catches the sudden halt of my motion and I am certain that she can see through what I’m thinking. She dismounts from me, crawling to the driver’s seat only in her damped pantie.
Beep.
She locks the door from inside before turning off the engine. The AC is still on but it feels like nothing under the California sun. Yujin crawls towards me sitting there in the back row, slowly, like she is catwalking on a run way. Her hips roll and sways, each step makes her seducing frame even more alluring.
After like a year has passed, she finally gets back on my lap. Yujin grabs my leaking length once again and gives it a lazy stroke. Her fingers drawing lazy, tormenting circles on my sensitive head. “Mmph… fuck…” I groan, taking a deep breath so I don’t just come before even getting a chance to feel her. To really feel her.
She hooks her thumbs into the waistband of her pantie and peels it down her thighs in one fluid motion, kicking it aside. The scent of her—sweet, musky, unmistakably aroused—hits me like a drug. Her pussy was glistening, puffy and pink, lips already parted and shiny. She wrapped her hand around my cock again, guiding the head right against her entrance.
“W… wait!” I stutter.
“Aw… Don’t tell me you’re gonna chicken out at the last second.” Yujin purrs, her gaze is now nothing but pure desire. I don’t dare to keep staring at her anymore before I completely lose it and start screaming “Mommy Yujin”.
“We… we don’t have a condom!” I almost yell. Being caught walking with Liz? It is nothing compared to making Yujin a mother. There is zero probability that I can survive the fans if it ever happens, so, safety first.
“Screw it, we’re constantly on the pill anyways. Is that it? Can I properly fuck you now?”
“Y…”
I don’t get to finish. Yujin doesn’t wait for the rest. She drops the rest of the way in one smooth, greedy motion, taking every inch until her ass flushes against my thighs. A broken moan escapes her throat, and the sound goes straight into the deepest of my soul.
“Fuck, you’re bigger than I thought,” she breathes, already rolling her hips in tiny circles, grinding her clit against my pelvis. “Feels good, doesn’t it? Better than jerking off to my fancams in your dorm room?”
I cannot answer. My hands autopilots to her waist, gripping hard enough to leave marks. She starts riding me relentlessly then—slow at first, savoring it, then faster, the wet slap of skin on skin filling the van. The leather seat creaks under us. The AC still humming uselessly against the heat we were generating. Yujin bounces on my laps in near frantic motion. Each time she releases me from her slickness, the next second I’m being greeted by her warmth. Yujin is incredibly tight, and it makes me speechless. I’m nowhere close to being in charge as I helplessly watch how much Yujin owns the moment. Her bangs are damp from the sweat; her elegant fingers push the wet strand of hair behind her ears.
I dive back into her flawless body and continue to worship her tits before I lose myself in her alluring gaze. Her nipples are swollen, I plant careful kisses here and there, leaving wet marks on her frame. Her frame that owned my wildest dreams at those lonely nights.
“Mmph...” Yujin moans softly, “You’re doing good, maybe your mouth can do more than just lying.”
“Fuck… I never lied!” I thrust up into her in embarrassment, our sweat damps the leather seat – the squeaking sound echoes obscenely in the car. “Then show me, show me you are capable of making me come… like how it is in those dirty little stories you wrote about me.”
Her encouraging tone is exactly what I need to turn me on even more. I grab her waist with both of my hands, pushing her away from my laps onto the seat before I reposition myself before her. Yujin’s long legs immediately wrap around my chest; her leather boots are still on. The stiff texture contrasts with her smooth skin, and they just add an extra layer of stimulation on my sweating body.
I start pounding into Yujin in a relentless fashion as the desire I’ve been trying to hide is inevitably flooding through my body. I grab her thighs, lifting her legs and rest them onto my shoulder. Yujin rubs her clit with one hand, letting out several cracked moans, while the other hand grabs her own tits. Her eyes are half closed, getting lost in the sensation.
The minivan shakes, matching our fanatic rhythm. The tinted windows already fogged up from the heating atmosphere, I never stop my thrusting. My nails dig deep into her skin like I’m trying to hang onto something before my downfall. “Hmm? Yujin-ssi? Is this what you want? Getting wet because a fanboy is filling you up?” I tease.
“Mmph, just like that… harder… When are you gonna admit that I am better than Liz? Only this is not enough…” She mutters.
I thrust once more, to the absolute deepest I can and I just hold it still. “Don’t say her name!” I squeeze out a cracked groan.
“Liz this… Liz that, but look at who is so hard inside me right now… Hmm?” Yujin keeps taunting me like she is daring me to go harder. Yet, she pushes me away, I whine from the loss of the friction.
Yujin stands up and paces slowly to the middle row, where Liz was sitting. She gets her hands onto the seat, while arching her body and stretches her perfect ass out. I immediately follow her, hands located onto her soft waist try to enter her again. But instead, Yujin grabs my shaft, heads turn back toward me, eyes full of nothing but seduction.
“Bet your mouth is already watering just by thinking how tight this ass would be, huh?” Yujin teases, rubbing my fully hard length up and down along the entrance of her but never letting me in.
“Fuck… please let me in already.” I don’t stand a chance when there is a perfect body like Yujin’s in front of me.
“Does your precious little angel ever make you beg like this? I guess not, huh?”
“N…No”, I take a big sniff, but unfortunately, Liz’s pure, vanilla-flavored scent gets replaced gradually by Yujin’s addicting mixture of her sweat and her floral perfume. I whine again, but this time from pure hunger. “Please… I want you so bad…” My voice muffles.
“Good Boy, I love it when you are honest.” She finally puts me back into that warm and wet pussy that I’ve been craving for. I continue to fuck her from behind; my hand just can’t stop itself from slapping Yujin’s bouncy butt.
“Mmph~~~” She moans exaggeratedly, like an acknowledgment of how her body makes me lose control. “How does it feel? Becoming the protagonist of those stories you wrote?”
“Fuck… It feels amazing, you’re so fucking tight.” I admit in both guilt and shame.
“Good. Then give me all of it, do better than that nerd you built.”
“I…I’ll try, I am not sure if I can last long… mmph.” I slow down my pounding by a notch, otherwise I’d soon give in and unload myself into Yujin.
“You better do, you know the consequence of disappointing me, right~” I can’t see her face, but her words are enough to let me pick up my pace again. I bite my bottom lip as hard as possible to endure the building pleasure, but surprisingly I don’t feel any pain. It must be the dopamine flooding rent-free in my system, that my sense of pain is already overwhelmed.
I try to alternate my rhythm between slower, deeper strokes and shallower, quicker thrusts. Yujin is clearly also enjoying herself as I feel her walls clenching against me each time I enter, trying to drain me in a timely manner.
“Fuck… just like that, you are gonna make me come!” I can feel Yujin’s pussy clenching tighter and tigher on me; I keep slamming into her as she gradually gives in to the pleasure. It only takes one extra deep thrust before she hits her climax. Yujin’s body locks up, fingers digging into the seat while her walls flutter and spasm, almost making me come on the spot. I slow down, and keep thrusting through her orgasm.
Yujin takes a few deep breaths until she releases my throbbing shaft from her pussy. Her juice immediately drips out from the point of contact, my itching dick is swollen, coated by her essence entirely. She turns around, quickly pushes me down onto the seat before guiding me back into her again. I bury my face into her chest, greedily sniff her aroused scent.
“You made me come… not bad. So, you get what you deserve, fanboy.” She smirks.
And we both know it won’t take long for me to release into her. She keeps riding me – each time she rolls her hips so my shaft is getting sealed by her wetness from all angles. Sweat pours off both of us, mixing between our bodies, the air thick and heavy with the scent of sex and her perfume and pure desperation.
“Now… come for me~” Yujin orders, and that’s all I need.
After she slams back down on me one last time, I grab her waist firmly as I cross the line of no return. I come. Hard. Ropes of thick juices of mine flooding her walls while I keep kissing her tits messily. Yujin moans loud enough like she’s screaming. She keeps grinding down through my orgasm like she is chasing a second of her own, her walls fluttering and squeezing every last drop out of me.
But she doesn’t just stop there. Even as I am still pulsing inside her, she keeps riding. The overstimulation hits like lightning—pleasure so sharp that I can’t distinguish if it is pain. My thighs tremble violently, every nerve in my body is screaming.
I am gasping, chest heaving, sweat pouring into my eyes. My shaft keeps throbbing, raw and oversensitive. The minivan felt like a sauna now, windows completely fogged, the leather beneath us soaked with sweat and cum and her arousal. My balls ached, my thighs burned, but the pleasure kept building again, impossibly, another orgasm already coiling tight in my gut.
“Again,” she demands, wrecked but still commanding. She leans down, biting my lower lip hard enough to sting. “Fill me until it’s dripping out of me when Liz gets back.”
The mention of Liz—sweet, pure Liz—should have killed the mood. Instead, it twists something dark and guilty and unbearably hot in my chest. I buck up into Yujin with a broken sob, chasing that second release like I’m wicked. She meets every thrust, riding me harder, faster, her tits bouncing, hair wild, eyes locking on mine like how she shows up in every filthy thought I’d ever had. Within another minute, I come again. This time it doesn’t last as long, but the pleasure is equally high.
Yujin lifts herself up from my wrecked length, the obscene picture of my own essence mixed with her juice dripping out of her pussy almost makes me faint on the spot. She sits down next to me; fingers spooning a scoop of the cream and puts right into her mouth.
“Hmm… tastes good…” Yujin grins.
“Yujin… fuck… You’re unreal.” My breath has yet to recover from the overwhelming two orgasms in a row. I lie down on her lap while she caresses my hair in soft strokes. “I…I’m so drained, just give me like one minute. I need to catch my breath before we clean this mess.”
“Aw~ don’t worry, take as long as you need.” Yujin’s voice is like honey.
I feel the danger of getting caught by the manager and Liz approaching. But hey, how am I supposed to clean up when my balls just got drained by Yujin? As much as I want to get back on my feet and start wiping down the mess everywhere, my eyes are getting really heavy.
“My cute little fan boy~ have you changed your mind yet? Who is your favorite IVE member now?” Yujin teases me, fingers scratching my neck gently.
The dial turns. It wasn't a question, but rather a demand for total submission.
I gaze up at Yujin’s gorgeous face. It took me years to realize what I really wanted. I had committed a thoughtcrime for years, pretending to be pure-hearted and innocent. But I inevitably succumbed to my lust.
All those pitiful little lies I told myself! All those stubborn denials of my true desire! Two salt-scented tears trickle down the sides of my nose.
But it is alright. Everything is alright. The struggle is finished. I had won the victory over myself.
“I love An Yujin.”
My eyes give up resisting the weight anymore.
“Hey… hey!” Yujin pushes my shoulders, “At least put your pants back on!”
I don’t care anymore. The oxytocin is real. Unconsciousness soon claims me.
The world doesn’t go out with a bang; it ends with the scent of Yujin and the crushing weight of a memory too heavy for my waking self to hold. My vision blurs, the tint of the van’s windows stretching into an infinite, velvety black—and then, the hum of the AC is replaced by the dry rustle of wind.
-
I open my eyes again, and I find myself sitting on the bench in the park where I spotted IVE an hour or two ago. The sun had drifted to the west, dimmer orange light hover above the park.
“Where I spotted IVE…”
I panic, my lips are dry and my eyes heavy. I quickly stand up and sprint to the parking lot, no minivans are there. NO! It must be that the manager dropped me off where he picked me up, and I fell asleep again on the bench because I was so exhausted from the sex! It makes sense that I don’t remember WHEN I got dropped off and HOW I said goodbye to Liz and Yujin.
I… I need proof of this. So, I reach out to my pocket.
My phone is there; it must get handed back to me when they dropped me off! I know it!
I need to see the signature…. I need to see that sharpie ink.
I impatiently rip off the phone case and let it drop to the grass, where two sleeved photo cards of Yujin and Liz are still quietly sitting there. Back facing me.
I close my eyes and pray… Please don’t let it be a dream. But when I open them again, the photocards are gone as a breeze blows through me. The grass flutters, the geese idling in the lake fly up and I am left shaking in the wind. The two cards swirl in the wind, entering an entangled state like my memory.
The faces of my purest angel and my desired downfall start to blend, the colors of their hair and the light in their eyes mixing together into a frantic, spinning blur. Akin to the mess in my brain: there is one line of pure admiration, for the boy who smiles stupidly hearing Liz’s vocal; and the other line of unsatisfiable desires, for the boy who simps Yujin under the blanket in those lonely midnights.
They ran perfectly parallel in my head, one line never touching the other. Until today, when the boundary is starting to become a twisting manifold in front of my own eyes.
The photocards finally cease their frantic spinning in the spring SoCal air, drifting down like misplaced autumn leaves. They settle quietly upon the grass, just two feet away—a distance that felt like a light-year. I laugh; not a sound of triumph, but a soft, hollow exhale of relief.
Maybe. Just maybe.
I realize in this heartbeat that I don’t have to know.
The wave function doesn’t need to collapse.
I don’t have to see if the ink was still there.
If I look and see the bold strokes of her pen, I’d spend the rest of my life doubting my own sanity, haunting by a miracle I could never explain.
If I look and see only a blank, pristine surface, I’d be forced to mourn a ghost until the day I’m gone.
They are the definition and the projection of perfection and beauty onto my lonely little world. But for forty minutes, they were vivid. Liz’s dimple was a hymn I could finally hear, and Yujin’s touch was a fire I could finally feel—within my reach, yet forever beyond my grasp.
They’re like smoke in a mirror: always visible, but always far away.
Maybe it is destined? But we’ll never meet under the daylight.
I look up into the sky, squinting against the relentless gold of the California dusk, and one thing remains certain.
We shared the same horizon.
We breathed the same heavy, salt-tinged air of Los Angeles.
We are both on the way for what we love.
We both exist, beating hearts on this same spinning planet.
Doesn’t THAT make us real?
Perhaps.
Asymmetrical lines can be beautiful, but parallel lines will never intersect….
(Wonyoung x Girlcock Rei & Yujin, 2.5k Words) Tags: The Rock, The Yock, Making a Wony Sandwich, No holes barred, Well okay maybe some, Too many creampies, But not enough creampies for Wony, Wonyongism at its finest, An inspirational tale, No hydration required, Sex
Wonyoung. The perfect girl, the perfect idol. With perfect lips and perfect face and perfect body and perfect attitude and perfect wealth and perfect arousal. Arousal that must be slaked in the most perfect fashion with the most perfect lovers, who naturally must show their appreciation of such a goddess by climaxing indecently soon after arrival; to best show just how perfect Wonyoung is in the bedroom. Wonyoung's adoring and fanatical followers demanded no less from their embodiment of perfection, of Wonyoungism. But there are, of course, exceptions to this rule. Persons who are allowed to enjoy the fleshly delights of divinity to their fullest extent, who are praised for showing such vigor and stamina, who are loved and loathed in equal measure for bringing her such obvious pleasure. And one of those people's names was... Gary. Well, only sometimes, by her fans, otherwise she was widely beloved as Rei Naoi, She Of the Pouty Face, the other was simply An Yujin, who was pretty damn hot and knew it too. These two other members of IVE were always allowed to make a Wonyoung-sandwich, and Dive LOVES watching that shit.
Wonyoung sits prettily upon the edge of her bed, perhaps for a live, perhaps about to film a tiktok, perhaps about to film herself getting plowed into next week, but we shan't worry ourselves about the details. She certainly won't. Perched there with that expression of knowing innocence, knowing that nearly everyone will see through her demure facade and notice that Wonyoung was in fact, stark naked. And she was not alone, Rei and Yujin lounge on either side of her, similarly lacking in clothes, and surprisingly to some, currently wielding girlcocks of impressive proportions (Wonyoung's girl penis, when it appears, is referred to as "The Wock" and is widely idolized for is sublime proportions and ejaculatory power.). The Naock was strong and girthy, its head thicker than its root, matching its owner's bratty personality perfectly, as well as her curvaceous body. The Yock meanwhile was narrow and long, not perversely so, but its supporters had a tendency to fantasize about measuring it with their hands, and its master's laid-back yet sultry temperament suited it well. The Naock. The Yock. Both had their adherents, but only one girl was getting to enjoy them tonight.
Wonyoung smiles modestly as her delicate hands wrap around those meaty monsters, deftly stroking them to ensure that they are fully erect, as if her mere presence was not enough to stiffen any phallus to its fullest extent. Rei and Yujin share a glance. Rei's lips pout. Yujin's split into an easy grin. The usual then. Without warning Rei pulls Wonyoung atop her, her broad dick slapping rigidly against that goddess's perky cheeks, before its wide tip was placed against Wonyoung's celebrated entrance. The Naorod barges its way into Wonyoung's pampered pussy, stretching her hallowed hole with its brutish size until it is firmly within her, an impressive display of vaginal talent to accommodate such a dong with ease. But Wonyoung is not yet finished astonishing her virtual audience, as Yujin takes her place behind her, pressing her unlubricated spear against Wonyoung's rear, The Yock slithers into Wonyoung's permanently unfouled innards, miraculously fitting every inch of itself inside of Wony, when surely it was so long it must be coming out of her mouth!
That very mouth is now open, and emitting the sweetest moans imaginable, not in surrender to those inferior penises, since Wonyoung is superior to ALL penises, even those of IVE (It has been largely agreed that strap-ons do not count as penii, following Wonyoung's spectacular encounters with Miss Ryujin and Mommy Jihyo.), but rather a modest acknowledgement of being so graciously pleasured. Those angelic sounds barely grow in volume as Rei and Yujin worship Wonyoung's divine body with their engorged womanhoods, thrusting themselves into her with great enthusiasm. Both girls are groaning loudly in appreciation of this avatar of perfection, their swaying balls slapping against one another penitentially whenever their movements synchronize, their cocks grinding against each other inside of Wony. Rei's short, powerful thrusts contrasting pleasingly with Yujin's long, languid strokes, ensuring that Wonyoung's insides are suitably churned and rearranged.
But not for long, of course. Even armed with such splendid penises, Rei and Yujin are panting as they desperately try and keep their swollen sacks from emptying themselves; a futile task when the goddess Wonyoung is involved. The Yujock is first across the finish line, hosing Wony's guts with seed like a broken fire hydrant, every shuddering thrust accompanied by yet another jet of watery fluid. The Nock soon follows, erupting like a volcano filling every crevice of Wonyoung's pussy with her glutinous load, no doubt intent on impregnating her divine womb, but everyone knew girlcocks' sperm was infertile (This was in fact, an incorrect assumption created to diffuse worries about idols knocking one another up. Inner-group pregnancies are in fact a fast growing issue in 4th and 5th generation girl groups, with an estimated 21% of all idols onstage being with child at any one time.). When the pair pull out of Wonyoung, Yujin's emissions practically spew out of her open anus, while Rei's sperms turgidly drips out of the fertile confines of her now gaping pussy.
Anyone else would have then put those seraphic lips to good use and cleaned their members using them, but Rei and Yujin have more important things to do, namely, fucking the holes they actually want to. Not that they mind their previous confines of course, but Rei is a butt girl. She likes it in the butt. When she has the Rock she enjoys putting it in other people's butts. She would be more than happy to put it in your butt. And Yujin much prefers a nice throat or pussy to fill, she likes the more intimate feel of breeding her lovers while kissing them, or having them kiss her crotch with her balls against their chin. But Wonyoung's pampered pussy is a touch inflexible, and purportedly struggles to take every inch the Yock, while her tight rosebud of an asshole was not made for such rudely colossal objects as the Naorod. So her internal sexual anatomy much prefers the current arrangement. But Rei and Yujin failed anatomy class, so they're going to make it work anyways.
Wonyoung gets woman-handled onto her side, those long elegant legs now on full display, but her lovers have more stimulating things to hump, namely her pristinely sloppy holes. That serene expression barely flickers when Yujin enters her first, mostly on account of the fact that Wony's pussy was still graciously gaping for Yujin, though she cannot go in all the way, yet. Rei meanwhile is struggling, Wony's lovely little asshole not all too pleased to discover the size of the phallus knocking against it, but there was enough semen and enough anal juices and enough congealed pussy juices and most importantly, enough stubborn force, that the Naock batters its way in. Wonyoung lets out a languid sigh of joy as Rei's girthy member gouges its way into her guts, even as Yujin starts really trying to get all those spongy inches into her most precious place. But after enough graceful screaming and more than a little vigorous thrusting, both ladies can confidently say they are filling their precious Wonyoung to the hilt, who gratefully shows her appreciation by politely climaxing all over Yujin; which naturally means Yujin is now climaxing; which naturally means all that clenching and pulsating is driving Rei over the edge as well. Such harmonic beauty!
But now that they were nestled inside their (mostly) favorite orifices, neither idol seems much interested in doing something like, say, pulling out. Which is only just and right for the watching adherents of Wonyoungism, if they had penis, magical or otherwise, they too would be loath to stop worshipping their goddess, and so the two don't. The pair happily churn and roil their own loads together with the others using their girlcocks, pumping and humping and plowing until the bedroom echoes with the sound of soothing squelching. Wony is, of course, loving every second of this, how could she not be enjoying her two dear friends showering her with affection, sweat, and impressively large quantities of semen (internally at least)? And she expresses her satisfaction vocally, and with great confidence, so much so that Yujin is reminded of her true preference when it comes to Wonyoung Holes. The Yock emerges from the Wussy, followed by a flood of Yum and Yemen, spewing out down the Weeks and dribbling onto the plush carpet, before Yujin clambers onto the bed and makes use of Wony's sweet little mouth.
It is necessary then, to further describe our heroines: Rei, with her big pouty cheeks, big pouty lips, big pouty thighs that support her big pouty ass, big pouty breasts that wobble poutily with each pouty thrust of her big pouty Naock; Yujin, who is one hot sultry mama who everyone can visualize with ease; and of course, Wonyoung, who is perfect from the tip of her dainty toes to the top of her voluminous head, from the delicate nipples gracing her perky breasts to the soft curves of her rear, from the limber sleekness of her legs, to the taut harmony of her stomach... Except that last part is presently incorrect, as Wony's tummy is red and bulging, and is busy bulging ever larger with each creamy spurt of semenal fluid Rei unloads into her innards. Spotting this, and not wanting her dear Wonyo to worry her darling fans by suddenly vomiting several buckets worth of Reimen so soon into the live, Yujin responds in kind from her place at Wonyoung's other entrance to her digestive system. Soon the Yujin is fucking Wony's face with as much gusto as Rei is with Wony's butt (Rei having little desire to unmount Wony's butt, being a butt girl after all), her weighty balls slapping gently against Wonyoung's sculpted chin while they pulsate continuously, ensuring a steady stream of her own jizz is going down the proper direction.
It becomes a contest then, to see who will cause the other's girlcock to be violently expelled from that goddess of grace and fashion Wonyoung, erupting free in a tide of intermingled semen. Yujin, though having a late start, has the benefit of having her shlong an arms-length down Wony's throat, nicely sealing that end, while Rei's stubby dong is steadied by the fact that Wony's cute little asshole is stretched to the limit around it, meaning there is little chance of leakage. Wonyoung, obviously, avails herself by being ever so fantastically gorgeous, as well as having a surprisingly capacious stomach, blissfully content with the fact that she looks as if she is pregnant with triplets. As every Dive knows, Wonyoung birthed IVE herself, so she can easily fit quintuplets in that tummy of hers without any evidence of strain at all. She is obviously mewling with contentment as she lovingly runs her hands down Yujin's supple thighs, her eyes rolling smoothly as those tender lips press against Yujin's crotch. Wony's lower lips are giving similar smooches to Rei as she continues her single-minded anal assault upon Wony's indefatigable rectum (it is a well known fact that Wonyoung's anus is capable of absorbing the most heinous lovemaking with ease, as was previously seen during her eight hour sex session with Ryujin).
With Rei and Yujin climaxing with suitably swift speed (around three minutes per climax, which is allowably long for fellow members of IVE), the pair move Wonyoung into a more conventional position on her hands and knees, allowing them to spitroast her with great vigor and enthusiasm. Each holding onto either Wony's head or waist for support as they fight to keep their gocks inside of her increasingly pressurized insides, since remaining inside of her was much preferable to being outside of her sublime holes. Soon it looks as if Wonyoung's belly contains six, or even seven members of a new idol group (Rei pauses for a moment to waggle her hands up and down), wobbling and swaying gracefully between her sleek arms and thighs. Her elegant face acquires a faintly rosy hue as both of her fellow idols continue their fervent contest, even as they are both steadily being pushed back by the sheer physics of what is contained within her.
A sudden contraction, the fluttering of a muscle, the spasming of an organ, and with an abrupt popping noise, all those slippery inches are suddenly expelled from Wonyoung's throat. The Yujizz follows it out, now thoroughly mixed with Naum, spewing in an unending torrent from Wonyoung's divine lips, locked open in ecstasy as it disgorges the contents of her stomach. Rei cries out in triumph, until a heartbeat later, her girthy shlong is ejected with equal violence, sending her sprawling onto her butt, her cries now one of alarm before they are silenced by a faceful of turgid semen. Those pristine innards languidly extend out from inside of Wonyoung, hosing down the sputtering Rei with ceaseless bursts of shampoo-like cum as Wony's body heroically voids itself from both ends. Yujin is similarly being doused with the sticky fruits of her labor, having been sent staggering backwards, her lower half is now being plastered as Wonyoung endlessly vomits up the seemingly endless supply of seed jammed inside of her. Eventually, Wonyoung unsticks herself from her pose, that pose being the most efficient one to empty a septuplet's worth of semen from her insides, and collapses down into the overflowing puddle pooling beneath her body.
Wonyoung stirs. Wonyoung unburdens. Wonyoung rises. She floats ethereally upright, and strikes a pose as if she was on the Red Carpet, and not the Cummy Sheets, her gorgeous face as serene as always, with a hint of knowing teasing. Knowing that her adoring fans can obviously tell that their goddess was currently only wearing several layers of congealed girl-cum as if it was an expensive evening gown. She gathers her handmaidens, making them recline there at the edge of the bed with their gocks pressed together, the Naock pulsating rigidly against the wobbling length of the Yock as Wonyoung wraps a headband about both of them; lashing the womanhoods together. Wonyoung beatifically seating herself on Rei and Yujin, taking care to use her mostly unused pussy to accommodate such an ample encumbrance. Her expression barely even shifts, as her lovers moan and groan in adoration and thanks for such charity, making sure that the adherents of Wonyoungism see their thanks. Yujin looks as if someone dipped her lower half in wax, yet still retains her naughty smirk, while Rei appears to have had several buckets worth of semen dumped over her head, which she essentially had.
Wonyoung waves her hand in goodbye, contentedly ending yet another insightful and thought-provoking video for her followers to pore over. Yujin and Rei say their own goodbyes as well, mostly by starting to thrust upwards, a sure sign that Wonyoung's benevolence was yet still desired; and Wonyoung responds gracefully by pissing herself, baptizing them both with a sure sign of her favor. After all, who wouldn't want to be pissed on by Wonyoung?
~24.6k words, syndicate boss's daughter Liz x vigilante reader, 'smut'
A/N: This is dedicated to my twin @kwilquib who loves Liz. Happy birthday! This is also my first x reader ... and first fic in second person ... so please be kind ...
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Three bullets.
Bang. Pops the front right tire. Sends the Mercedes-Benz zigzagging down the street. Crashes into a fish stick stall.
Bang. Pops a dark red tunnel through the driver’s skull as he crawls out of the vehicle. His partner screams.
Bang. Now he doesn’t. Larynx blows into his esophagus. Only blood gets to spew out of his lips and all over his suit.
And you still have three-fourths of a round loaded into your Taurus TX22 pistol.
As the final passenger of the luxury car pushes out of their steaming ride, you shove your gun back into its holster. Instead, you unsheathe your hwando blade—the same blade your parents gifted you for your sixteenth birthday—and ready it at your side.
Your mark looks up at you through teary eyes. You don’t even register what they say.
Slick.
With one clean and deft motion, your mark’s eyes turn blood red in an instant. But no sign of remorse is etched on your face. Why? Did they show your family remorse when their Clan broke into your home? Did they show your parents remorse when they shook the living daylights out of them for their debt? Did they show you remorse when they murdered your parents right in front of you?
You still remember it. Every time you smell fresh blood in the air—you remember it.
The way your father begged and pleaded on his knees. He was never the type to bow down to anyone, but his forehead was right between their polished shoes. The sound of shattering dishes as your mother’s heart sank just as fast as the first few shots fired into her. The tightness in your chest as all the air left your lungs the moment you saw your parents turn into lifeless, unmoving bodies, bleeding out against the entryway of your family home.
It’s been eight years. Eight long, grueling years you have spent trying to avenge them—trying to get your revenge.
What was another three more bodies to your growing count?
You don’t care. They’re all just collateral. What you really want—who you really want—is Kim Jaehwi.
And you want him dead.
That was the plan. Until your recent mark started sending more grunts and goons out to hunt you—more than the usual at least.
On any other day, you’d flee the scene of the crime, head to your pathetic excuse for an apartment, clean your weapons and your clothes, and call it a day. But mere hours after you murdered everyone in that Mercedes-Benz, a manhunt for you was already in full swing.
Men in suits trudging up and down the streets. Goons with brass knuckles and similar hwando blades knocking on every house and business within ten kilometers of the incident. Police cars needing to stop at the blockades these thugs have set up themselves to initiate their own ‘investigation’.
You know the Devil Cat Clan is relentless. The moment they hear a man with a crow mask has reduced their member count even by just a bit, they chase after you. But today, you must have killed someone big. Because even the higher-ups want you gone now.
At least, that’s what you gathered when a spray of bullets disturbed your evening tea, shattering the flimsy walls of your two-hundred-thousand-won-per-month apartment. You don’t regret the loss of your favorite safehouse. You regret not salvaging the Samanco still sitting in your refrigerator.
You rush towards your other safehouses: the goshiwon in the Mapo district, the house out in the Gyeonggi-do suburbs, your college buddy’s place in Gangnam, the public safety shelter where you were brought to eight years ago back in Yongsan-gu.
But they have all been either broken into, torn apart inside-out, or heavily guarded by members of the Devil Cat Clan.
Well, shit.
You don’t even have enough time to worry about whether they’ve figured out who you are or not. Instead, you think of the last safe place you could seek refuge at.
The Requiem.
Before you even enter the underground bar, the bouncers on either side of the door give you nasty glances. You wonder if it’s because of your still in your usual tracksuit. They seem new—they aren’t used to you yet. As you push past them and head inside, you soon realize coming here is a bad idea when every criminal-in-hiding, vigilante, and underworld devil at the bar has their eyes on you like you don’t belong here.
Fuck them—you just want a goddamn drink and some room to breathe.
You slide over to the counter and signal for a drink from the bartender. He looks new too. He hesitates for a moment, but when you see your friend warn him with a glance, he immediately begins pouring you a glass of whiskey.
At least he knows better than to ask.
“Seems like someone’s had a rough few days,” Yujin teases, leaning forward on her elbows towards you. “You look like shit.”
“I have you to thank for that,” you say in between sips of your drink, feeling it burn down your throat. “Who the hell did you send me to kill? Ever since then, the Clan’s been on my ass non-stop.”
Yujin shrugs, pulling back to reach for one of the drawers, where a pile of keys were being kept. She picks one up and slides it over to the bald roughneck beside you. “Dunno. I’m just doing what you’ve told me to do: find members of the Devil Cat Clan causing trouble, ping their location, send them your way. Nothing more, nothing less.”
You scoff as you down the rest of your whiskey. “Whoever that was is causing more than just a pain in my neck. How big is this mess you got me in?” you ask, never really having the time to keep up with recent events.
As if on command, Yujin interrupts the ongoing football match on the TV and puts on the news—much to the dismay of several blokes.
You try to take it all in.
They’re covering it up. They made it out as an accident. Potential gang wars. No involvement from the Devil Cat Clan. They’re framing it as a tragedy. Collateral damage. Remnants of the ‘old school’ jopok ways—the old family style of mafia. But then the next few things catch your eye.
Whether it was further cover up, some sort of red herring, or something they actually had planned, the news comes as a surprise to you nonetheless.
Jaehwi has a daughter. And he’s marrying her off.
Something about strengthening the presence of the Devil Cat Clan. Something about metaphorically marrying their former jopok ways to more civilized and ‘clean’ endeavors. Whatever their explanations are, you don’t clock it. Partially because you could never believe that the Clan would ever want to come clean. Partially because there are four men with guns by the door threatening the bouncers to be allowed inside.
“Shit, they followed me all the way here,” you spit as you glance at Yujin for support. “Got anything for me?”
Without thinking twice, she pulls out a briefcase from underneath her and shoves it against your chest. “Bullets, clean set of clothes, burner phone. Get as far away from here as you can and sort this shit out before thinking of coming back again. Until then—don’t die.”
And as every last member of the Seoul underbelly at The Requiem pointed their guns towards the entrance of the bar, you take this as your chance to escape. Before darting out through the back entrance, you take one last look at the news showcasing Jaehwi’s revealed daughter.
Suddenly, an idea comes to you.
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You thought it would be a good idea. You thought you could benefit off of the chaos going on in the background.
But the moment you walk through the gates of this traditional-style mansion at the very heart of the Devil Cat Clan’s scope of control, you begin to doubt your idea.
The plan was simple: act decent, present yourself naturally, and hope to get chosen as one of the potential aspirants for the hand of Jaehwi’s daughter. The rest? Well, the rest can follow. You have to worry about getting past screening first.
Which proved to be immediately difficult.
They ask for your identity and background, so you tell them the script Yujin prepared for you the moment you showed up at The Reqiuem searching for work as a new vigilante. They ask why you have weapons, and you tell them—who the hell doesn’t have weapons in this day and age? They ask you if you know what the Devil Cat Clan’s about, who the boss and his daughter are, and what your intentions for marriage would be. While you can’t tell them you’re here to get closer to Jaehwi and to end his miserable excuse for a life, you instead tell them, “I’m here because I see an opportunity to not just help the Clan with your endeavors, but to … pursue another endeavor of my own.”
They assume you meant getting with the boss’s daughter. You let it slide.
There are about ten other men of different ages and appearances at the waiting room. While they all form a colorful cast of potential husbands, what they had in common with each other (that you evidently didn’t have) was simple—affluence. Bespoke suits, watches that costed ten job’s worth of payouts, shoes that shined brighter than your future, gravitas that far exceeded what your dirty little lips could muster.
And yet, you still hold out hope.
By noon, that number reduces to seven. The first ones to go were the men pushing fifty—not much else to be said there.
By four, that number reduces further to five. The next ones to go were the men who had yet to make a name for themselves in their respective fields. This makes your legs tense and your breath hitch. You were getting closer and closer to the shaving point.
By nine, that number reduces to just two: you and this other guy in a white suit with a hairstyle that reminds you of Alex the Lion from Madagascar. He has the scars on his face to match the glint of the golden knuckles wrapped around his fists. You make the mistake of staring at him for too long, and when he catches your eye, he lets out some sort of growl as he cracks his fingers.
Well, this is just going swimmingly.
You’ve been a night owl all your life. Staying up past midnight is an easy feat. But the weight of the past few days being on the run is now slowly taking its toll on you. As the clock ticks further into the night, you find yourself losing the battle against sleep.
Until she walks in.
The first thing that rouses you from your slippery slope down into slumber is this fresh and powdery rose scent that’s elegant yet not overpowering. It thrills your nostrils. It captures your mind. The second thing that shakes you awake is the sound of her stilettos against the marble floor—gentle, light, unassuming. The final thing that makes you train your eyes on her was the way her floral dress clings to her slender frame, tracing up the length of her petite figure, and leads your gaze towards the neutral expression on her face.
She doesn’t belong here with the likes of Alex the Lion and you. She belongs somewhere between movie sets and luxury brand billboards.
She’s unreal.
And she’s looking right at you.
In fact, she’s not just looking—she’s pointing right at you. What did you do? Did you say something in your sleep? What the hell is going on? But the heat rushing to your face is overtaken by what her assistant says to you next. “Sirs, the decision by the young mistress has been made. You, in the back, please come with us.”
“Let’s get you acquainted with Lady Jiwon.”
Dinner.
They walk you along polished hallways dotted with traditional decor, through an luscious and well-maintained courtyard, and towards an imposing three-story building surrounded with Devil Cat Clan goons armed to the teeth—just for dinner.
You already regret your decision. But it’s too late to back out now.
As you enter the building, you’re brought towards the dining room that looks less like it belongs to an organized crime syndicate from the twenty-first century and more like it belonged to the owners of this house from six hundred years ago. A low dining table that looks a little larger than the usual soban frames the center of the room. Around it are several cushions atop a carpet with some sort of a mosaic design on it. Before you even contemplate hesitating, the man behind you presses up against you, reminding you of your situation with a shove. Eventually, you yield and join Jaehwi’s daughter at the table.
You have to hand it to the Devil Cat Clan—they are swift and efficient. Within moments, they begin setting the table. In mere moments, they pour you both tea, light some candles around the room, and set up different plates around Jaehwi’s daughter’s side of the table.
You say ‘they’ like there are multiple of them assembling all of this, when really, it’s just one woman in a traditional maid dress.
The assistant from earlier excuses himself and congratulates you for your first meal together. You’re not sure how to go about this, but you resolve to give it a try. Bowing next to you, the same maid from earlier gestures towards your empty side of the table. “Can I get you anything, young master? Our chefs are of the finest caliber, so I assure you—whatever cuisine your heart desires is no problem for us at all.”
You turn to the girl across you, still wearing her floral dress, staring at the food in front of her like she has seen this scene play out a thousand other times before. You return to the maid and say, “I’ll have what she’s having.”
You keep it simple. Nothing more than it should be. Dinner. Just dinner.
With that, the maid excuses herself with another bow and heads to the kitchen to relay your request.
You can hardly call it a meal—whatever she was given. It looks more like a batch of impulsively assembled side dishes that had a total calorie count equal to an average meal—less appetizing, more functional. You realize this girl wasn’t even asked what she wanted to eat. She was just served it.
Like she doesn’t have a choice.
The maid returns minutes later with a similar set of food. When you ask her about this peculiarity, she just smiles and says, “Lady Jiwon follows a strict diet as per the request of Master Jaehwi. She is quite used to it by now.”
Like hell she is, you think to yourself as you watch her barely touch anything laid out for her. You admit—it smells good. And these side dishes of hers even taste great. Better than any convenience store meal could offer at three in the morning. But she isn’t eating any of it. Instead, you file away those sentiments. You’re not here to give a damn about what Jaehwi’s daughter thinks about her ‘rich girl food’.
You’re here to find a chance to strike at her father. So, you start something you absolutely dread doing with your marks.
Small talk.
“So,” you begin, poking at the vegetables you saved for later. “Marriage. You and me. Why all of a sudden?”
No response from her.
Instead, the response comes from her maid, which you start to think is her personal maid, as she continues hovering just out of view. “Lady Jiwon has been of age for years now, young master. It was only a matter of time before her father offers her hand to suitors. Lady Jiwon is aware of this, and is prepared to take any actions necessary to preserve the dignity of the Devil Cat Clan as his eldest child.”
You roll your eyes. So much for getting more information out of this girl. But you try again.
“Ok then. What about you? I mean, you as a person. Tell me about yourself.”
Again, before the girl could even get anything past her lips, the maid in the back replies, “Lady Jiwon is a wonderful woman. She has grown so much since I’ve begun taking care of her as a child. She enjoys gardening, traditional arts, and fashion among many other things. I’m afraid I cannot disclose much about her as is forbidden by Master Jaehwi. I hope this much will suffice for you, young master.”
This maid is starting to get on your nerves. You’re never getting to Jaehwi at this rate.
Clearing your throat, you exhale briskly before putting down your chopsticks. This grabs the girl’s attention, and when she locks eyes with you for the first time since arriving here, you ask, “Are you ok with getting married like this? Like a transaction? I mean, there’s always divorce, but your first marriage has to at least mean something, right?”
On cue, the maid responds, “Lady Jiwon has—.”
“Lady Jiwon this, Lady Jiwon that—I’m not asking for what you think she wants to say. I’m asking the damn woman in front of me what she thinks herself. So stop interrupting her,” you growl, maintaining your gaze towards Jaehwi’s daughter. “Just tell me. Do you even want to get married?”
She remains speechless against your first act of defiance within her household—within the territory of the Devil Cat Clan. The girl trembles in a way that a stray cat would when approached by a stranger—or anyone else for that matter—for the very first time. She has this look like she wants to come up with something, like she wants to say something, but what’s stopping her isn’t that she wasn’t sure about it.
She wasn’t sure if she was allowed.
Once the moment has come to pass, the maid interjects once more. “Like I was saying, young master, Lady Jiwon—.”
“It’s ok … Areum-unnie …”
Her voice. It came out. And god forbid—if you weren’t sitting within the premises of the Clan that murdered your parents, you would have likely spared the thought that she sounds just like an angel would. “It’s ok … I’ll take it from here.”
She’s no longer hunched forward. She’s no longer eating—not like she was picking at her food much earlier anyway. Now, posture straight, hands on her lap, she bows her head in a polite manner before rising up to meet your defiance. “I don’t have a choice. It’s … what’s needed of me. The least I can do is try to enjoy this as much as I can. I suggest you do the same.”
“I’d be enjoying this more if you’d stop looking like you’d rather be anywhere else but here.”
Her face does a thing that’s not enough to be a smile but is certainly above neutrality. The corners of her lips twitch in a way that you ascertain is of her own volition. “Thank you for sharing a meal with me. I … I’m sorry I couldn’t offer much for our first meal together. But I hope we can look forward to more … fruitful interactions in the future.
You fight yourself from scoffing. Yeah right—like you’ll let this farce play out for any longer.
Before she is able to stand up and command her maid, you shoot up from your seat and clear your throat. “Your … your father. Is he … home?”
That was such a weird fucking question to ask her, and her expression reflects the same sense of surprise. But still, she replies, “No. Father is away again tonight. Like always.”
Like always. The words echo in your head a few times. “I see. Sorry if that was … a bit weird to ask. I just wanted to—.”
Areum interrupts you with a terribly hidden snicker. “Oh my, young master. How bold of you to be having such … thoughts already. You need not worry. Even if he was home, I imagine he wouldn’t mind his daughter’s suitor seeing her upstairs.”
“Seeing her upstairs?”
Areum nods, running a hand down her mistress’s back several times to smoothen out the creases of her dress. “You did wish to see her to her room, did you not? I don’t blame you—it would be wise to get acquainted sooner rather than later. You do remember that part of the provision for marriage, no? If Lady Jiwon deems you unfit for her hand in marriage, Master Jaehwi will have you killed.”
Well, shit. You should have read through those damn papers better.
Caught between your held breath and the next, you nod like someone who was just realizing what they had signed up for. “Yeah … I’d like to accompany her upstairs. Do you mind?”
Areum shakes her head, extending her hand in invitation. “Right this way, young master. The living room is on the second floor. Her bedroom is on the third. Lady Jiwon, I trust you will be in good hands. Consider this … a test of his prudence and fidelity.”
Prudence this, fidelity that. You just need a chance to escape. If you had known Jaehwi wasn’t going to be anywhere near his daughter, and if you had half a brain cell to even read that contract you signed earlier, you wouldn’t be here right now.
You wouldn’t have done this.
The girl glances over her shoulder without even fully turning around. She eyes you like you should already know what to do. Oh, how mistaken she is when you don’t even offer your arm out to her as you two ascended the stairs. Instead, you left her to cling to the wooden grooves of the railing.
You pause by the landing on the second floor, and she wonders what’s wrong. “Nothing, nothing. I just—can you give me a moment before I head up? This is new even for me, entering a woman’s bedroom and all. I just want to be … a bit more ready.”
While you might not be the best suitor, you are certainly a well-versed liar. She buys your deceit without a hint of doubt and continues upstairs to her room.
Now that you’re alone, your mind races. The plan is in fucking shambles.
You were here for Jaehwi—not for his daughter. But the bloody bloke isn’t even home. Defense mechanism or just poor parenting? You couldn’t care any less. You came here to strike from within the Devil Cat Clan while they were still scrambling outside to find you. You aren’t leaving without doing any significant damage to them at the very least.
When you feel the weight of your hands drift towards your legs, inching closer and closer to your holsters, you then unravel a certain line of thought.
What if you don’t kill Jaehwi?
A riveting idea, you have to admit. But, what if you didn’t kill him? Instead, what if you kill someone else?
What if you took the life of someone that mattered to him, just like how he took the only two people you have ever loved in your life from you?
So you wait an hour. Then two. And once you’re certain the girl isn’t peeking over the balcony anymore to see if you were still coming up after her, you don your crow mask once more and grip your hwando.
This is for your parents.
You ascend up the final flight of stairs, one step at a time, holding your breath.
This is for what they did to your family—this is what they did to you.
One hand on the handle of the sliding door, you carefully tug it open and reveal the dark bedroom with its owner sleeping on her bed, back towards you.
This … is for what he took from you—Jaehwi … Now, it’s your turn to take from him.
And as you hovered over the girl’s bed, blade in hand, the same weapon that you’ve used to take countless of Devil Cat Clan lives with, you slice downwards and split her neck wide open.
At least, you would have, if you didn’t hear her sob.
Pausing with the sharpened edge nearly pressing into the delicate exposed skin of her nape, you shudder and tighten your core.
She’s crying.
Once she shifts and turns towards the reason why there’s a depression next to her on the bed, you swiftly take off your mask and shove it behind you while also sheathing your blade in the same motion.
“It’s … you. You’re still here …?”
Sweating, shaking, body tensing like a strung bow, your neck produces the bare minimum motion for a nod. “Yeah, I … I guess I still am. I didn’t mean to disturb your sleep, really. I was just … I was just …”
You look across her face: at her reddened eyes, at the damp spots against her unblemished cheeks, at the hair that clung to her temples, and at her full lips that quivered with the slightest motions.
Then, you sigh. “Sorry if I woke you up. You were … crying, weren’t you?” you point out like an idiot, as if she didn’t already know that. “Is it because of what I asked you earlier?”
She doesn’t respond. She doesn’t even want to look you in the eye.
Instead of the awkward kneel and hover you’re doing above her laying figure, you instead convert to a sit on her mattress. It was only then that the girl fluffed her comforter up so you could apparently join her under the sheets.
You don’t question it. You just slip right in.
Hand on her waist above the comforter, she turns on her side once more. “I don’t want to get married. I … I never even dated anyone yet. Never really liked anyone before. But my father … he said it was time. Our Clan is losing influence. Many of our members are defecting and joining other families and gangs. He … he said there was no other way.”
You thought you hated Jaehwi enough already, but you learned you could hate him even more. “Your dad isn’t exactly the picture of parenthood, is he? Can’t you just say no? Can’t you just run away from all of this?”
She lets out a soft chuckle before shaking her head. You watch as the wavy ends of her hair dance underneath the moonlight. “All that I am … all that I have … is here. With my clan. I have nothing else. No one else. So I … I have no choice but to stay.”
She does something behind her back. She rests the back of her palm against her lower spine and splays her fingers open.
“Just for tonight … you can leave tomorrow and never come back … but for tonight, can you please—can you please just pretend to be mine and stay with me?”
You feel the weight of your blade against its sheathe. You feel the weight of each individual bullet in your pistol. You feel the weight of the pouring rain against your back on the night of your parents’ funeral.
And then, you feel the weight of her open hand against your thigh.
And then, you take it.
“You have some nerve allowing me to stay here. I could be an assassin out for your family’s money or something,” you tease, sublimating the anxiety that’s beginning to build up in the back of your head. “Why did you even choose me in the first place? I’m sure the other guys who were waiting to marry you could do more for you than just … this.”
You thought it would take her longer than that to respond, but you are mistaken.
In a heartbeat, she squeezes your hand in hers and tells you, “You seemed like the least threatening one. It felt like I could be safe with you.”
Your blade clinks in its place as if to laugh at her response, but you keep it silent with a firm squeeze as you sigh.
“Let’s hope you’re right about that.”
==
That is not the only time you attempt to assassinate Jaehwi’s daughter. In fact, that is not the only time you fail to kill her.
Like that one time you tried to maul her with a crowbar you picked up from the armory across the courtyard. You were going to beat her skull in but you had to stop when she ducked down to pet a stray kitten that wandered into the compound.
You stopped for the kitten—not for her.
Or that one time you aimed at her from the living room window on the second floor as she made her way towards some of the Clan members. You could have easily pulled the trigger several times on her, but you held back when she kept bowing politely to each one of them. You had to stop because you couldn’t miss your shot—and the lord knows Yujin didn’t pack you enough bullets.
It didn’t help that she spotted you shortly after and waved at you.
How about that other time when you approached her with a garrote in hand, ready to strangle her from behind? She was too busy watering her flowers to notice that you had arrived. You couldn’t just let her choke to death and cough up blood all over her orchids, right?
Instead, you ended up watching her tend to her personal garden as the sun set quietly behind you both.
This isn’t working out at all. Every time you got close to Jaehwi’s daughter, something would always get in the way of you ending her life. It was meant to be swift. You planned to make it as painless and as clean as possible. But time and again, life had other plans.
At least, that’s what you told yourself.
Your window to visit her always opens at four in the afternoon. By the fifth day since the beginning of your arranged marriage, you were all out of ideas on how to take her out as you show up to the front gate of the mansion once more.
“I.D.?”
You look up at the burly guard in front of you, blocking your way. “What would I need an I.D. for?”
He grunts, leaning forward to cast his shadow over you, and repeats, “I said, I’m going to need an I.D. Before I let you in.”
Just when you were about to consider beating the hell out of this gorilla, a familiar face pokes her head through the door and smiles up at you. “Young master, I see you’re on time once again. Come, please head inside.”
You don’t appreciate her comment on being timely—you just had nowhere else to be. You couldn’t take any jobs from Yujin. Couldn’t even be anywhere near The Requiem or any of your safehouses. This was all you had now, so of course you showed up on time.
You give the gorilla-looking guard one final smirk before heading indoors.
Unlike the previous times that you’ve been here, Jiwon was nowhere to be found. Normally, you expect her to be sitting by the courtyard or reading a book in the living room. But today, she wasn’t home.
An idea strikes you.
You race up to her bedroom knowing full well that she wasn’t around, and with a quickened breath, you open her door and welcome yourself inside.
You start going through all of her things.
Her cabinets, drawers, that one compartment attached to her desk, the plastic crates underneath her bed, behind each ornament on her shelf, and even between the nooks and crannies that filled with dust—you leave no stone unturned in your desperate attempt to get any information that you can use on either her or Jaehwi.
But you found nothing.
The only thing you discover is that this girl was abundantly … mundane? There is no better way to put it.
When you pictured what the daughter of Kim Jaehwi would be like, you thought of anything but this.
You imagined a spoiled chaebol who hopped from country to country each week and only visited Korea whenever daddy wanted her back home. You imagined fancy hotels, spending sprees, parties with as much designer drugs as she had designer clothes, running from the law, and getting her father to bail her out with his ‘influence’ each time.
You certainly did not expect someone this … bland and quiet.
As you withdraw from the last of her wardrobe, coughing at the dust that spewed from the hangers of her untouched clothes, you wonder what use killing this girl would be in the grander scheme of things. It almost feels like Jaehwi doesn’t care about her enough to even let her become her own person. It almost feels like she doesn’t even matter to him.
But why do you care?
“What are you doing?”
Yeah, what were you doing? The words repeat in your head. But when you realize someone else said it to you, you hide your hands behind your back and turn to see Liz wrapped up in a pair of towels. “Why were you going through my stuff?”
Well, shit. What’s the lie this time?
You could tell her you saw a bug and couldn’t kill it before it snuck into her wardrobe. You could tell her Areum asked you to prepare some clothes for her—seeing that she’s buck naked beneath those towels. You could even just tell her that the wardrobe was open when you entered, and you were just closing it.
Instead, the truth slips from your lips.
“Look, there’s a reason for this …” you confess, unsure of where this was heading. But when you look at her confused and naive expression, you conscience won’t let you lie to someone like her again. “I just … I don’t know what I was hoping to do actually. I guess I was … I guess I was just trying to get to know you more. Somehow.”
Strangely true. That wasn’t even much of a lie. “Huh. Ok …”
“Ok,” you say in return, bouncing on your heels as you avoid making eye contact with her. But she bats her lashes twice as if she’s waiting for you to continue your alibi. “I uh, how do I put this? It’s weird just marrying you and into … all of this … without really knowing you much at all.”
“You think it’s unnatural,” she wonders, her tone bordering more on curiosity than concern.
“That’s one way to see this. Definitely.”
“So you want to … align stories?” she continues.
“Align stories? Right, right—align stories,” you nod, deciding to go with it. “I’m sure the other higher-ups of the Clan will want to know how I earned your respect. Or love. The media will have questions too when they publicize all of this. We should work on our cover story.”
You are so eager to delve deeper into this farce that you fail to realize Jiwon is waiting for you to stop running your tongue and give her a moment to change. “Right—after you change, of course. Would be difficult talking to you while you’re still naked.”
Her expression doesn’t change. So you shut yourself up, head out, and give her some time.
Once she’s ready, she calls you back in.
Her room smells of citrus shampoo, conditioner, and wet skin. You walk towards her and sit on the edge of her bed while she crosses her legs atop it.
“So, what ideas do you have for a cover story? I think the first few things we need to iron out are how we met, why we started dating, and what we love about each other. Sappy, I know, but it’s realistic at least.”
Jiwon purses her lips in thought, but it doesn’t amount to anything concrete.
“Ok, let’s try to break it down further. Maybe we can start with the first question: how did we meet? Where do you usually go? You know, for fun and stuff. Where do you hang out outside of home? Maybe we can use that—I can work with it. Better something you’re familiar with so you end up making less mistakes when you explain.”
But Jiwon isn’t able to give you a response. She just looks at you as if you might have the answers she’s looking for.
“Wait, do you … mostly just stay at home?”
The way she retreats underneath her comforter is enough of a response for you. “Huh. I can’t really say I met you at home. They’ll think I’m some kind of robber breaking and entering into your house. They’ll have me killed.”
“I … I used to go to school,” she offers up in an attempt to pitch something useful. “I had to stop after middle school because my father didn’t like how there weren’t any exclusive high schools for girls. Any good ones, at least.”
“You could have gone to Sookmyung or Sehwa. Those are really close to my old high school,” you ponder, drawing figures on her bedsheet as if you were mapping it out. “One time, me and my friends got—.”
You stop yourself. Why are you remembering this?
This is a memory from your past life—a life you chose to bury and leave behind. This is a memory attached to who you once were, to who you used to be, to the you that still managed to have a normal life—with his parents. But that’s over now. And you swore not to think about it—any of it—ever again.
So why are you bringing it up again? Why are you even telling her this?
When you pause, she reaches a hand out and tries to place it over yours, but she jerks it back towards her person and gets all shy about it. Despite that, she has this look on her that’s telling you to continue, to not hold back. She must be thinking you were conscious about oversharing. She’s blissfully unaware that you’re intentionally stopping yourself.
“I … This one time, we all tried to get ourselves a date for Valentine’s. Stupid, I know, but we thought we might have a chance asking outside of our high school. So half of us went to Sookmyung, and the other half—my half—we went to Sehwa. I told them to play it cool, but god, they were such dorks. They approached the first girls that walked out of the school entrance, hitting on them right away. I was so embarrassed because of them that I barely got to ask anyone out.”
“Glad you know that was very weird,” she notes. “If I studied there, I would have called the cops on you.”
“Yeah, admittedly I’m not the best at courting or dating anyone. Never really had a girlfriend either so … this is all pretty new to me too. Which is crazy … right? One day I’m … just another person on the street, and the next day I’m … I’m marrying someone like you.”
You two share a look of understanding but immediately glance away when you connect a little too deeply with the other.
“I don’t know why I brought that up, sorry. It just came to me,” you try to continue past the topic. “So you didn’t go to high school. That’s out of the question for our cover story. Did you go anywhere for fun? In your free time?”
You think of asking her when even was her free time because every day seemed like a free day to her. She doesn’t seem to be invested in any form of academics, business, or even hobbies for that matter. She was just … here. At home.
“I … I like to sing.”
You nod, leaning into that. “Yeah, Areum told us. I remember that. What do you usually sing? Karaoke?”
“I’ve only been to a karaoke place once before, actually … I was probably twelve at the time,” she recalls, lacing her fingers together atop her lap. “My father had to meet some people, and he wanted to bring me along to introduce me. I ended up sneaking out and into the empty room next door. I had a blast singing some of my favorite anime songs.”
“You watch anime?” you ask in disbelief like Jaehwi’s daughter having some semblance of a personality was earth-shattering to you. “What did you watch?”
She chuckles like she thinks it’s ridiculous. “Oh, nothing big. Just … Madoka Magica, Shinsekai Yori, San-Gatsu no Lion. Those shows …”
She buries her face into her palms and peaks out at you to see your reaction. You in fact have none. You’re too stunned by this to even think of a response. “So the daughter of a syndicate leader likes dark magical girls, dystopian fantasies, and human drama.”
“Is it … bad?”
You shake your head and laugh at such a question in disbelief. “Not at all, it’s actually very … endearing. By any chance, did you ever watch …?”
You talk about your favorite anime shows and movies. Of course, you can’t help but circle back to the topic of your favorite openings and endings. As a result of this, you talk about other similar things too: your favorite K-dramas, your favorite Western movies, favorite bands and musical artists, favorite genres of music. You even go as far as talking about the places around Korea that she’s visited—Jeju being the standout one. About her favorite types of food—whenever she is allowed a cheat day of sorts, at least. About her favorite pastimes even, which she explains is all she ever does now in her daily idyllic life.
Throughout this entire time, you get the feeling that she’s another person—that she’s another human being. Just like you. The label of being Jaehwi’s daughter is something you easily forget—just like your initial excuse of coming up with a cover story together. It feels refreshing hearing her answer out of her own volition, recount stories and memories without being prompted, and actually responding to you like she has a mind of her own.
It’s incredible watching Jaehwi’s daughter opening herself up like this to you.
When you ask her what kind of cake is her favorite—and you hope it’s oreo cheesecake too because that’s the only cake you will ever eat—she asks if this is for your wedding. “I never really thought about the flavor yet … it has to be fancy though, right? My father—.”
You click your teeth and swat at her. “My father this, my father that—I’m asking you what you want. Actually, screw the wedding. Let’s not … let’s not even think about that right now. If your dad wasn’t in the picture, what would you be doing right now? What would you want to do, huh? What would you try?”
You can see the years of being under control dance across her face as she thinks long and hard about the answers to your questions. It takes her a few minutes to decide on a response that’s satisfactory to her—a quirk of hers, you now learn—but she ends up saying, “I want to … play video games.”
Leaning forward, you stare at her with eyes as wide and as open as your jaw. “What? You’ve never played video games before?”
She crinkles her nose in an innocent way. “Don’t say it like that … I wasn’t allowed to play any games growing up. My father thought it was a waste of time, and he would always put me on some kind of tutor for the summer: piano, traditional dance, painting—you name it. It was only my mother … who … who …”
She begins to choke on her words, and you see her visually jerk and jolt in place as she’s struggling with more than just words now. “I-I … she …”
You don’t think twice: you hold her hands and squeeze them. “Rough topic? Sorry, if I had known—.”
But she shakes her head. “No … no it’s ok … Just being … yeah, don’t worry about that. I um, I never really got to play any video games. If I could use my money, I’d maybe … maybe buy a TV.”
“You do know that’s not how you play video games, right?”
She turns her head to the side like an owl would. “But I saw my sister playing on her TV. Isn’t that where most games are now?”
She has a sister? You file that away for later.
But your hand can’t resist slapping itself across your face. A groan shortly follows. “That’s … what we call consoles. Probably a console, yeah. This nifty little gadget you plug CDs into? The CDs have the games, and the console lets you play it. On the TV. The TV itself does nothing for you.”
“So you mean to say you need a console to allow you to play a game, and you need a TV to allow you to play a console? That … sounds very complicated,” she points out. And when you hear it said out loud by someone who has never known any of this, you realize that she’s got a point. “Are they expensive?”
“Are you kidding? You’re Kim Jaehwi’s daughter. You’re flooded to the chin with cash from—.”
You stop yourself when you start to remember the debt your parents owned Jaehwi’s lowlife loansharks. You stop before the memories can come surging back from when they would arrive weekly to try and shake what little cash your family had left to make your parents pay up. You can feel the blood boiling in your veins as you remember what got you here in the first place—what brought you your misery.
But when you look at Jaehwi’s daughter and see the soft of her nose twitch out of concern for you, slowly, your frustration begins to fade. “Sorry … yeah, you’ve got money on your side. I wouldn’t be worried about that.”
“What games can you play on one? Can you … can you play Minecraft?”
Your hand flies back to your face. The daughter of Kim Jaehwi, the leader of the top syndicate in all of Korea, wants to play fucking Minecraft? She could have asked for anything else—a weeklong vacation in the Maldives, her own private jet or yacht or limousine, or even a pet peacock if she was that freaky.
But Minecraft? That’s something commoners enjoy.
Something you enjoyed.
When you stand up, you almost don’t want to leave when she crawls across her bed to follow you, but you reassure her with a smile.
After half an hour of awkward conversation with her personal maid and sifting through dusty boxes in the storage room, you return to her bedroom with an old laptop, its charger, and an extension cord.
“That’s …”
“Borrowed it for a while. It was a pain convincing Areum to let me even have it, but she said it might still have your dad’s credit card credentials on it,” you happily announce, laying it all out on the bed and plugging the laptop to the nearby outlet. “We could get you Minecraft on this.”
“You don’t have to. My father would—.”
“Probably notice?” you finish her sentence as you enter the password Areum told you. “He wouldn’t mind losing a couple thousand won. What’s that against his daughter’s happiness?”
As you connect to the internet with the laptop—something you both are surprised by—you head over to the website, purchase the game, and wait for it to install. As you’re explaining to her the general gist of the mechanics within the game, you notice in your peripheral vision that her mouth is doing that thing again. It pulls up from the corners this time, towards her ears, ever-so-slightly.
She smiles.
Shaking your head, once the all-too-familiar loading screen comes into view, you place the laptop onto her lap. “Think you’ll be fine, or do you need me to backseat you?”
She bites her lip and says, “I think I’ll be fine. So I just … press ‘singleplayer’ right?”
She was definitely not fine.
She spent the first ten minutes marveling at her new game, it’s unique block design and layout, and the cute little baby pig that approached her from the forest. But once the first ten minutes are up and nighttime falls upon her, she is immediately racing towards the nearest pile of dirt to bury herself six blocks under.
She alternates between whimpers and screams with each zombie and skeleton that chases after her poor unarmored character, struggling to even collect wood or stone without the ever-present fear of a mob jumping at her. While you’re watching this girl play what is likely her very first video game, you can’t help but feel this tightness in your chest.
It isn’t happiness. It isn’t joy. You knew what those felt like once upon a time. This is something … different. You resolve not to give it a name. Instead, you decide to see her sob into her thighs as she gets blown up by a Creeper for the seventh time in a single night, her items scattering to the winds.
You don’t even realize that you fell asleep at some point. The last thing you remember was her rocking your thigh steadily while mining for some iron in an abandoned mineshaft.
The moment you wake up, the room is dark, and the moonlight from the window is faint. It must have been hours now since you passed out. The first thoughts in your mind are the laptop and Jaehwi’s daughter, worried about what else beyond Minecraft she must have gone on with it.
Your answers, conveniently enough are right next to you—tucked into bed, back against you, the device right next to her blanketed feet, sleeping soundly like one would after a whole evening of playing Minecraft.
You pick up the laptop and unlock it, wondering what she was up to while you were out cold.
There, on the corner of the screen, was a sticky note. Written on it were the words: Made a house, too scared to mine again.
You opened the game and saw her humble little shack cobbled together with different bits of stone, wood, and spare wool. The occasional leaf blocks throughout the design tell you how desperate she was to build somewhere to live.
Cracking your knuckles, you manage a smile as you equip yourself with her nearly-broken wooden sword. “Leave the rest to me then.”
You spend the entire night lighting up a large area around her house with torches, making a little mineshaft downwards from the side of her house, and clearing the nearby zones off of any hostile mobs. You put it the dirty work—the kind of work you enjoy more back when you used to play this game with friends—so that she doesn’t have to. You’re amazed you still remember the recipe for a shield, how to pick off mobs with a bow, or even how to abuse hunger mechanics.
By the time you leash a dog to one of her fences, your eyes begin to falter, and before you know it, the early morning rays of sun threaten to blind you from the window. But the call of sleep is too strong. You hope you’ve done enough for her today. Now, it was finally time to rest in the real world.
Little did you know that the girl beside you got to wake up with a wide grin on her face as she took her new pet along with her to explore the world once more.
==
Your days with Jaehwi’s daughter look a lot like that day.
You spend your mornings doing god-knows-what trying to get your life back together again despite what’s going on around you. After a few days blow over, the heat on your back drops and you manage to return to The Requiem to take more jobs from Yujin. You clean these jobs up like usual, but you take extra pre-caution to get to your mark before four in the afternoon.
Because that was when your time with her began.
Of course, you’re keeping up an act. It wouldn’t make sense to stop following through after just a few days. It would make the Clan suspicious. It would place heat on you again.
Of course, you tell yourself that, but in actuality, spending time with his daughter was oddly enough a pleasant treat.
Whenever you come over, she’s already in the living room, hunched over her laptop, eyes wide open as the lights from her game flash all across her face. It’s almost endearing how adorable she looks when she’s taken over by the childhood wonder she’s been withheld from for years.
It’s almost endearing—until you remember you still have to kill her.
And you still try. You still try to end her life. But you know how things go—life still gets in the way.
You try attaching your ol’ reliable silencer to your pistol and convince her to enter the Nether, so you could shoot her in the back while she’s distracted by armies of Piglins. But the moment the lack of gold on her character becomes a problem, she’s throwing herself at you as if a physical escape in the real world would equate to a similar escape in the game.
You end up just hugging her trembling form and reminding her it’s just a game. The Piglins can’t hurt her in real life.
You try stabbing her in her sleep again—just like you originally planned. But Jaehwi’s daughter is one hell of a light sleeper. The moment you open the door to her room, she’s already turning towards you like she’s been expecting you. She pats the side of her bed and invites you to sit next to her, telling you all about what she did in Minecraft that day, how annoying Phantoms are, and how she might make a boat out of cherry wood and sail across the large ocean to the east.
You end up smiling through her stories of being raided by Pillagers.
You even try poisoning her food. You offered to serve her some breakfast in bed to surprise her, and Areum is immediately taken by your ‘sweetness’, naive to the notion of you sprinkling her meal with an agent so strong it would only take one bite to kill any mark. Except she doesn’t even want to take a bite of her food. She was too eager to jump back into the game again the moment she wakes up, insisting you eat the food yourself so it wouldn’t go to waste.
You end up dumping her laced breakfast into the trash, but not before kicking the can in frustration.
You regret buying her that damned game. Who would have thought it would make things more difficult than it already was.
This was unreal.
“Yeong Kyungsam—thirty-three, married with no children, head of logistics at one of Jaehwi’s construction companies, one of their fronts for money laundering.”
Bang.
“Myo Seungri—fifty-five, unmarried, retired grunt who worked for Jaehwi’s father and helped kill students during the Gwangju Uprising back in the eighties.”
Bang bang.
“Jeong Sooyun—twenty-seven, unmarried, works as a loanshark—.”
Bang bang bang.
As the blood stopped spreading across Sooyun’s carpet, you kick her lifeless face to make sure that she’s dead dead. You kick her face again just for the hell of it. Once you confirm she’s gone, you stuff your pistol in your holster and check the time on your phone.
Three-thirty-five.
Leaning against the window, you part the curtains and stare outside, weighing your options. It would take approximately half an hour to get to the mansion, but it would only take fifteen minutes to go to the nearest Subway to get a sandwich.
You go with the sandwich.
You line up, get your order taken, get your order messed up, watch as the staff apologizes and redoes your order with her manager behind her, and then finally, you get the sandwich you’ve been craving for, and take a seat somewhere near the back.
But it tastes like shit.
This is your favorite order for a sandwich and it tastes like absolute ass. You’re not sure if it’s because you can’t stomach eating this alone or because you can taste the guilt of your actions with each bite. Whatever it is, it makes you check the time on your phone again.
Four-eleven.
You let out a sigh. Next to you, a high school student is eyeing you with a scared look on his face. You’re not sure if he’s scared because of your weapons or because you’ve been staring blankly at your half-eaten sandwich for minutes now. Either way, you offer him your half, and when he strangely enough accepts, you get up and begin jogging towards the Devil Cat Clan’s mansion.
“You’re late. But I still need your I.D.”
You grunt as you pretend to look for your non-existent I.D. through your different pockets. No way in hell are you giving this gorilla your actual I.D. “Can’t you let me in? I’ve been coming here for days now. Surely you recognize me.”
The guard doesn’t flinch. “You’re late, Tracksuit. She’s not happy with it.”
Those words stab into your chest. “I know, so could you just let me in?”
Before the gorilla can beat you to death, Areum pops her head out and assesses the ruckus before saying, “You’re here, young master. I thought you wouldn’t be coming today. You’re quite late.”
You exhale firmly through your nose. “I’m very aware of that. Could you help me get in?”
Sure enough, Areum waves down the guard and helps you enter the premises of the estate. She’s aware you know your way around by now, so she leaves you to confront the inevitable as she heads off to attend to some chores.
When you make it up to the third floor and open the bedroom door, a pillow smacks you right in the face before falling between your feet.
“You’re late,” she accuses you without looking up from the laptop. She’s just circling around the apps with the trackpad, pretending to be busy. “I thought you weren’t going to come.”
You shrug, picking up the pillow and placing it next to her. “I don’t have to come everyday, do I?”
That’s what makes her look away from her laptop. She clutches the pillow you picked up and hugs it tight against her chest. “I guess not …”
You glance away as you feel heat overtake your face for a brief moment. “Whatever. Is this what you’ve been up to again? You’re way too addicted to this. Maybe I should delete—.”
The pillow smacks your face again, and immediately, she recovers it with a pout. “Don’t you dare.”
“Oh I would, young lady. You’re cooping up here’s gotten worse since I bought you that game,” you point out, sitting on the bed now. “Honestly, I’m surprised you even managed to play all this time with just a trackpad. Doesn’t it hurt your fingers?”
She shakes her head. “I can manage. Want to see what I built while you were gone?”
You inch closer to her and she shows you what’s new. You give her a day, and she managed to build a simple doghouse for her pet. You give her three days, and she managed to dig streets into the ground, make her own pathways with a shovel, and connect the roads in a cute little pattern. You give her a week, and she’s managed to copy the layout of this mansion as similarly as she could with the limited blocks and materials she has access to.
“Not bad, not bad,” you’re saying over her shoulder as you watch her do donuts on her boat. “I bet by the time we get married you would have already built all of Seoul in your world.”
Her mouth does it again—she smiles. But this time, she’s chuckling along with it.
But that moment is short-lived when your noses touch and you both realize how close you are to each other.
Instead of pulling herself away, she lets you stay where you are, hovering above your shoulder. Instead of withdrawing yourself, you allow yourself to stay close to her, staying by her side.
The two of you don’t say anything for a good few minutes.
What breaks the ice is one of your fingers moving towards hers, which was by the trackpad. You wiggle it around, and the field of view in the game wiggles around as well. “Maybe we should get you a mouse.”
“A mouse?”
“Yeah, for your laptop. I think we can get you a nice Logitech one that’s bluetooth too. It will help you with your building—trust me,” you explain. “And you’ve been playing on mute still? No wonder you keep getting jumped by mobs. I turned on subtitles for you already, but it helps to hear where they’re coming from too.”
“Ah, I get conscious playing with volume, especially when everyone’s already asleep.”
You chuckle. “You know, you’re technically their boss. I’m sure they wouldn’t give a damn if they heard their boss screaming after being chased by Skeletons again.”
She punches your shoulder—not a soft one, but one that packs some strength behind it. “Ya! I know how to use a shield now, you know?”
She raised her voice. That was the first time she’s ever done that. Endearingly.
When you don’t speak, she hides her face against the pillow and looks up only to paddle back to her little dock area. “I guess some earphones would help.”
Leaning back on your hands, you ask her, “What else do you want to buy? I don’t just mean for your laptop or to feed your Minecraft addiction—I mean other things. In general, you know?”
“In general …?”
You nod, glancing around the bare room within her four walls. “Things you’ve always wanted but never got to have. Things you couldn’t buy for yourself. Things you wish Jae—your dad could have gifted you but didn’t. Because he’s an asshole.”
She punches you again, this time with less power as she seems a bit more conscious. “Not clothes then. He only ever buys me clothes. Sometimes they aren’t even the right size.”
You think about the wardrobe filled with dust. You think about the first dinner you shared together and how meek she was. And you think about how, right now, you’ve heard her speak ill of her father for the first time. “You’re sure daddy won’t be mad if he heard that?”
And then, for the first time as well, you see her smirk at you. “Daddy won’t mind if I spend money again. He hasn’t given me a gift for my birthday last year anyway. This is just … making up for it.”
“I believe the word you’re looking for is ‘revenge’,” you quip, yet the word never felt sourer in your mouth. “How about we go to the mall then?”
Immediately, her expression twists and tightens. “The mall …? You mean like … outside?”
You nod, weirded out by her question. “Where else would the mall be? I know a gaming store I used to … I used to go to when I was younger. If they’re still open, maybe we could buy your gaming gear there with a discount too. Then, we can go around and see if there’s anything else you want to buy. We could even get something to eat afterwards.”
It seems she doesn’t like what you’re telling her. The moment you run your mouth about the different things you could do together at the mall, she falls silent and returns to that wilted state you first saw her in.
Dropping the topic, you reach out to her. But you stop yourself before your hand could touch her skin.
Why were you doing this? Why were you offering to go to the mall with her?
She could ask someone like Areum to go with her and buy whatever it is you listed out. She could just order them online and have them delivered the next day without any problems. Why did she have to go to the mall? And why did she have to go with you?
You’re supposed to fucking kill her—not babysit her.
Not take her out on some date.
When she comes to once again, she pushes the laptop away along with the pillow she was previously hugging. She curls up into a ball and lays down with her back towards you.
Well, shit. What did you say this time?
Rubbing your temple, you lay down next to her, share a moment of silence first, and then speak to the ceiling. “Another sore spot? Sorry about that. I still need to get used to your … triggers.”
But she shook her head. “No, it’s just … I … I don’t want to disappoint you.”
“Disappoint me?” you say, and you fight the urge to look at her, knowing she would get too conscious—too ‘seen’. “Believe me, I’ve been called a disappointment more times than you can count. You’re the last thing I’ll think of when I think ‘disappointment’.”
Something in her springs to life. Something in her makes her sit up, and then get off the bed.
You follow her. You trail behind her like you’re her shadow. She glides out of her bedroom, down the stairs, into the courtyard, through the lavishly decorated hallways, past the Clan goons who all greet her politely, and when you’re both finally at the main entrance of the estate, she takes a deep breath and sighs.
She takes one step through the door and instantly, she’s shaking. Sweating. Like she’s sick. Like she’ll combust if she steps out into the light.
It’s only then that you recognize what was happening—a panic attack.
You lift her beneath her shoulders and bring her back inside, and without any hesitation, she’s clinging to you for dear life.
You hear her sobbing into your chest.
“I-I can’t … I can’t go out …” she whimpers, shaking her head, trying to dry her eyes against your jacket. “I-I-It feels like I need to … need to vomit. Head spinning, chest … chest hurting. I can’t … I’m sorry.”
Whatever happened to her—whoever did this to her—had a lot of explaining to do. But not her. She didn’t have to say another word. “You idiot … you didn’t have to do all this just to show me. Don’t worry about it. We’ll … we’ll find another way.”
“But that’s the thing—I don’t want to stay like this forever.”
As she trails off, back indoors, back down the first few hallways, and as you follow shortly behind her, she humors you some. “I didn’t always used to be like this. Just … just happened recently. I just … I just wish I wasn’t this helpless.”
“I just wish I wasn’t this weak.”
You know that feeling. You’re terribly familiar with it.
Feeling helpless. Feeling hopeless. Feeling weak. The world doesn’t stop for anyone or anything. It doesn’t stop for unpaid debt. It doesn’t stop for murdered parents. And it certainly doesn’t stop either for the traumatized children of syndicate leaders.
So you do the sensible thing and place your hand on the small of her back, rubbing it in arcs, before you whisper to the wind. “One step at a time, ok? Take it easy. I’ll … I’ll help you.”
You tell yourself this is part of the plan. You want to help get her out of the house so you can kidnap her, take her somewhere more isolated, and shoot her there.
Instead, you’re doing anything but that.
Because you have to deal with with two things.
First, the goons. They’re everywhere.
When you start visiting Jaehwi’s daughter earlier than four in the afternoon, you see for the first time what happens in the first half of her days.
The different thugs and lowlifes under the employ of her father visit her for some reason. They greet her, make small talk with her, ask her for ‘her blessing’ before they go around and do god-knows-what. Nothing untoward. Nothing slimy. They treat her more like an idol to be worshipped than a dainty daughter they needs to be taken care of. They tell her about their exploits, about their ventures, hoping she would support them with a few kind words. But she isn’t much for words. She just nods and thanks them for stopping by.
You worry some of them would recognize you—because oh boy, do you recognize a good amount of them. Like Eyepatch, who came to her bragging about the new businesses he contracted into the Clan’s protection scheme—you’re pretty sure you’re the reason he’s only got one eye now. Or Mohawk, who showed her the brand new watch he bought with the money he made through Clan work—you could have sworn that was a fake; you broke the real one two months ago when you broke his wrist too.
Instead of worrying, you try not to think too deeply into it and let them pass.
Second, her trauma. Or whatever this is that she’s experiencing.
You think it might be some adverse reaction to disobeying her dad’s command to stay at home. But when you hear Areum actively supporting and encouraging you to help her, you begin to wonder if it’s something else.
You start by getting her used to standing by the open door. That seems easy enough to do. But even then, she’s already clinging to the hem of your track pants every time like she’d seen a ghost.
Once she’s pinching your clothes a little less, you accompany her in taking her first few steps outside. Just on the sidewalk. She’s trembling like she’s about to collapse, but you stay by her side the entire time, reassuring her, letting her know you were right there. If she could clear Woodland Mansions by herself, surely standing on the sidewalk was no challenge for her.
Then she’s able to cross the street. Then she’s able to head down to the other end of the road. Then she’s able to head towards the bus station, and down into the subway.
One step at a time, you managed to help her conquer her fear. And she insists she is only able to do so because you held her hand the entire time. You don’t even notice you were doing that, but hey—if it helps, then it helps.
Nothing more to it than that.
Come the day you both agreed on to go to the mall together, you arrive at the estate on time this time around. But the gorilla at the gate stops you once again.
“Really? How many times are we going to do this?” you ask, stuffing your hands into your pockets. “Just let me in. I have a d—I have somewhere to be with her.”
He raises a brow at your change in tone. “Like always—I.D.. No I.D.? No entry.”
“You’re impossible.”
Half hoping Areum would show up again, you give it a few minutes. Sure enough, a head pokes out of the door to greet you.
But it isn’t Areum’s.
“H-Hi …” she meekly greets, taking one shy step after the other as she meets you outside the gate. “Sorry, I was … already waiting for you here. Do I look ok? For the mall?”
Your eyes don’t even hesitate to look her up and down. She’s wearing a lovely little frilly dress with ruffles that flowed downwards to her knees and a trench coat over it to keep her warm. You look away to avoid the eagerness in her eyes as you nod. “It looks fine. Yeah. Good enough.”
She pouts and rubs her nape. “Maybe I overdressed—.”
“No. You um, you look great. You really do,” you push out of your lips, feeling the heat rising from your chest. It didn’t help that the gorilla was eyeing you very carefully. “Although I think you should put a disguise on. Or something.”
“A disguise?” she asks, covering her lower face with one hand. “Who am I hiding from? My father?”
“No, it’s just … do you even follow the news? Your face was everywhere just two weeks ago. Even if you aren’t the talk of the town anymore, someone’s bound to recognize you,” you lie to her. You know damn well why you’re telling her to put on a ‘disguise’.
You don’t want anyone else to fawn over how beautiful she looks right now.
Pursing her lips, she looks like she wants to refute you, but caves to your request anyway. She asks Areum to give her a face mask and a cap to wear. “How about now? Is this better?”
It’s not. It’s worse. Way worse. For you, at least.
Because now that half her face was covered, all you can focus on are her eyes, on how soft and elegant they are—like a cat’s. A cat who knows how to crush your ribs and squeeze the air from your lungs with just one look. With every look. Now, they’re all you can see when you look at her, and it’s getting harder to think of anything but her damn eyes.
“Um, so …?”
It was the gorilla who answered on your behalf with a chuckle. “You look beautiful, young lady. Don’t let this dumbass tell you otherwise.”
You roll your eyes and take her hand. “Let’s go.”
To be clear, this is not a date. You’re just taking the syndicate leader’s daughter to the mall to buy gaming gear. That’s it. That’s all it has to be.
To whom you needed to clarify that with, you aren’t so sure. But it’s good to keep in mind as the day goes on.
She’s never taken the train, so you teach her everything she needs to know. You get her a card and tell her to keep it for future use. You show her how to use it, how to squeeze into a packed train, how to know when it’s your stop.
But you get the idea she’s not really paying attention because her eyes are glued on you the entire time.
You do your best to keep her from bumping into the other passengers, positioning her next to the doors, but as the train continues to fill, you’re left with no choice but to encroach on her personal space.
One arm above her head, your face hovering above hers, you wince every time some idiot bumps into your back, making you press up closer to her. But she doesn’t look away.
All she looks at is you.
When you reach your stop, you show her the directions to get to the mall from here. You hope she was at least paying attention this time, so she could get here by herself in the future. But her eyes would not meet anyone’s. She keeps her head down, hand tightly squeezing yours, as the two of you walked down the bustling city streets to get to the mall.
Once you’re there, she lightens up a little bit.
Her doe eyes widen in amusement as she’s exposed to the different sights within a mall: the different stores, the scattered stalls, the occasional advertiser, the free samples, the nonstop escalators, the oddly placed water fountain, the annoying kids—all of it. She takes it all in with a sense of wanderlust.
And you can’t help but smile.
You take her to the gaming store you used to frequent years ago. You hardly recognize the staff, so a discount was out of the question, but you do find what you promised to buy her. You’re set to pay for the black Logitech mouse and matching black earphones with your own money—the money you scrounged up after yesterday’s marks. But she’s holding this pink Hello Kitty designed mouse close to her chest, and then she’s looking at you with those eyes, and before you knew it, you’re returning what you had picked out and instead slid her pink mouse and pink earphones towards the cashier. You are not safe from a mechanical keyboard either, and when you try to reason with her saying her laptop already has a keyboard, her eyes droop just the slightest bit and it was all over for you once again.
You curse underneath your breath, but she’s next to you, holding your arm as she watches her new gear get bagged. And for some reason, seeing all that was more than enough to make it up to you.
She wasn’t sure what else she wanted to buy because she wasn’t sure what else existed in the mall. So you take her around.
She has no reason to be shoulder-to-shoulder next to you. She has no reason to lean into you whenever she was avoiding passers-by. She has no reason to still be holding your hand either since you had no intent of leaving her behind. But you let her. You let it happen. You both continue to play the role of the soon-to-be-married couple.
Because damn it, it was starting to feel … nice.
If being a couple meant you could get away with hearing her whimper and throw a tantrum whenever she loses against you at the arcade, if it meant getting an excuse to wipe the crepe filling from the corner of her lips, if it meant allowing you to press your cheek against hers at the photobooth, or sitting her on your lap when all the benches are full, or even fixing her hair when it gets messy underneath her cap, then damn it—who the hell wouldn’t cash in on this experience?
The least you can do with your predicament is enjoy it.
Once her stomach is filled, and her legs are tired, and you’re carrying more paper bags than either of you would have expected, she gives you a certain smile with her eyes that signals that she’s satisfied now, and that she’s ready to go home.
“Thank goodness we’re done. I don’t know how much I can still carry,” you tease, lifting up one hand, showing how each finger was connected to a separate bag. “You went wild with my money, didn’t you? Shopping always feels better when you’re not the one paying for it.”
She chuckles and leans into you, nuzzling her head. “You’re always going to be paying for me when I go shopping.”
“There’s going to be a next time?” you genuinely ask. A part of you dreads it, but a greater part of you is somehow looking forward to it.
“Of course. When we get married, we’re doing this every week.”
“Every week?” you repeat, letting out an exaggerated sigh. “I’m filing for a divorce before our first anniversary then.”
She leans in to punch you, but her attention is caught by something else.
It’s about half an hour to closing time, and as you both circle around the atrium to get to your exit, you notice some sort of event ongoing.
The circular central area has been converted into a makeshift dance floor. Scattered around it, couples are locked in a slow dance, swaying to the beat of the songs that the mall speakers were playing.
You want to say something funny about their masquerade theme, but her eyes are heavily trained on the dancing couples that glided across the improvised dance floor. She watches as they pull apart, come together, twirl around, and bow before one another—all while remaining connected the entire time.
When she returns to you, her eyes fall between her feet. So you stop in your tracks.
“Let me guess—you want to dance?”
“I … I was just …”
You smile and lift her chin up. “You want to dance, don’t you? Go, I’ll hold our things.”
But she pouts and shakes her head. “I can’t dance alone. Dancing like that is for two people.”
You’re confident you can list the different ways someone could dance alone, many of which would probably end up with you sounding stupid. But as she holds your hands and tugs you towards the music and dancing, you take a deep breath and reluctantly nod.
“Ok, I guess we can dance for a song or two.”
You grew up with two left feet. Dancing was the last item on your bucket list of things to learn when growing up. You imagine she’s got no experience with it either.
But damn, does she make it feel easy.
She puts on her face mask again to try and keep to the theme. You know it’s probably a bad idea, but you pull out the crow mask you always keep tucked away behind you and put it on. She stares at you and can’t help but laugh. “You look stupid. Where were you hiding that?”
“I … let’s just say I always want to be ready to join a masquerade ball.”
Her hands move when yours can’t. They slide up your elbows, towards your shoulders, and find purchase around your nape. Clinging to you, she smiles with her eyes and pulls you closer. Meanwhile, your hands are awkwardly resting by her hips, bags swaying with every motion, fingers afraid to dig too deep into her skin.
And you dance. The two of you, in your own little spot on the dance floor, swaying each other to the rhythm of the songs. It isn’t complicated. It isn’t intense. You both just allow yourselves to feel the rhythm against your combined bodies, and hold each other as you dance.
“I had fun today,” she mutters through her mask, looking into your eyes. You can almost see the crow mask looking back at you through the reflection on her irises. “I … I always seem to have fun when I’m with you.”
“And here I thought I was the only one enjoying this arranged marriage situation of ours,” you fire back, and it earns a soft giggle from her.
“You know, it made me … it made me think,” she continues with a whisper, pulling you even closer, so that now, the tip of your crow mask was dancing around her own protected nose. “If we met under different … circumstances, would we … would we still be like this?”
Your fingers twitch against her waist. “What do you mean? Would we still be getting married?”
“Would we have really fallen in love?”
You never considered this—whatever you two were doing, whatever you two had—as love.
In fact, you have never thought about love for the past eight years. You thought every last notion of such a feeling left you the moment your parents died. Since then, nothing’s really been the same anyway. And between chasing after goons with bullets or avoiding being hunted yourself, there was never really a pause—a space—where you can breathe and think about anything other than surviving, other than revenge.
But right now, confronted by such a question, you allow yourself the space to think about it.
“I … don’t know. If I didn’t sign up to be your husband, I don’t think I would have ever done … any of this—any of what we did—with someone else. I don’t think I’d make a good partner, really. If … if only you knew …”
She reaches towards your face with one hand and plucks your mask off you, holding it by the tip of its nose. “Then show me the real you. Not the you that’s trying to just … make me happy with our situation. I want to see who you really are, and … I want to see if I can fall in love with that. Please?”
You bite your tongue and try to control your breathing. Your physique isn’t this terrible—you’re not supposed be left sweating and out of breath by just a few circles around a dance floor. But somehow, you are. You’re utterly weakened by her words, and you’re absolutely ensnared by her eyes.
Just like how she pried your mask off of you, you dig your fingers between the strings of her face mask and pull it off her too. “Then I want to see the real you too. The you you want to become outside of your dad’s shadow. The you that’s beyond the Devil Cat Clan. The you that’s been there all along, waiting to come out.”
And just like that, she blushes like a flower learning to blossom for the first time, reddening like a tomato in a heartbeat.
There are two pistols hidden inside the length of your pants, each with about sixteen bullets loaded in. You have your hwando strappedagainst your chest, underneath your jacket, waiting to be unsheathed. And you have two separate garrotes hidden inside the heels of your shoes.
But despite all that, you don’t even think about killing her—or her father—for even a second. No. All you can think about is how you can keep sharing moments like this with her.
Because god damnit—it feels great.
It feels unreal.
==
Yeah, it’s safe to say the plan has fucking changed right about now.
You’re on the third week towards your upcoming marriage with Jiwon and you have made zero progress on your little revenge plan. If you aren’t going to do anything soon, you might find yourself married instead to the very organization you swore to burn to the ground.
But somehow, that idea doesn’t bother you anymore.
Your days with Jiwon begin to change. Since your vow to each other that night at the mall, your lives start to bleed into one another.
Jiwon asks you about the your track suit get up, your crow mask, and the weapons you always bring around with you. You just tell her it’s for safety purposes, but she’s not buying it. She begs you to stop bringing them around with you. And if she hadn’t asked you of it, you never would have. So you stopped packing them—for her sake. But the track suit agenda persisted.
Jiwon introduces you to her garden. This is the first time she formally does so. She tells you each of their names, recalls which years she started taking care of them, how much to water each of them, and what songs she likes singing to them on the daily. You tell her you want to hear one of her songs, and at first, she’s rather meek about. But when she realizes you spent five hours of your day just hearing her yap adorably about her beloved plants, she believes a song wouldn’t hurt—and oh boy, does she have such an angelic voice. You’re almost envious of the plants for hearing her sing every day.
Jiwon requests you to tell her about your life outside of her, about what you do for a living, about what you do for fun. You can’t exactly tell her you kill people for money. Instead, you tell her about the distant past. About how you used to study finance in college. About the sleepovers and all-nighters you used to pull with friends. About the times you would just jog early in the morning to help clear your head. And even about the times you crushed on certain girls around campus. And she listened. Jiwon listened to every last story of yours like they’re tales about another world. For you, they very well might have been given how long ago they were now, but you found some comfort in sharing your past with her.
You eat dinners together now. You spend hours at night laying next to her in bed talking about the silliest things. You greet her ‘good morning’ and ‘good night’ each day. You get her little gifts and trinkets whenever you can. You even count the time left until you have to go, and the time remaining until you can see her again.
Is this what it means to be really dating? You’re not quite sure. But the things that are bouncing around in your head, making your chest feel all sorts of different things—they feel very real to you.
“Im Kyung-Mi—forty-six, married, one of Jaehwi’s hoobae’s from his short time in university, now handles several laundering fronts for the Clan.”
“Bo Hana—twenty-nine, unmarried, operates phishing scams in six different online chatrooms, blackmails and extorts victims daily.”
“Mun Youngjae—thirty-one, married, moved from insurance fraud to loansharking, opened up a new lending business in preparation for his firstborn due in four months.”
But you let them all slide. You let those marks go for today like you have been doing for the past few days—much to Yujin’s surprise and dismay.
Why? Simply because you didn’t want to be late for your time with Jiwon.
Promising Jiwon not to bring guns around anymore changed the way you saw daily life again. For once, you don’t have to be always on your guard. For once, you don’t have to be in hiding. For once, you’re not living day to day between one chase to another. You can actually look forward to things. You can actually plan things farther than just a day at a time.
You can actually live.
So as you hand the paper bills towards the florist who helped assemble a lovely and fragrant bouquet for you, purchasing flowers for the very first time, you believe this was a better way to spend your money—better than a new pistol or a shiny new blade.
You hold the bouquet close to your chest with a smile. You feel stupid. You guess you look stupid. But right now, it hardly matters.
Because you are about to go on your very first date with Jiwon.
The two of you felt that it was only right that you both should properly have a date before getting married. So, you ended up scheduling a date today. As you walked towards the entrance of the estate with the flowers in hand, you briefly think about your impending deadline. Your impending need to resolve the shit you have in the background. But once the thought passes, you file it away and try not to think about it for now.
Everything’s going well. Why ruin that?
Before you can even greet the gorilla, and before he can even ask for your I.D. again, Jiwon’s head pokes out of the door and she greets you with the widest smile. “You’re here! You’re early.”
“And you’re already dressed,” you note, immediately noticing the black mini-dress she has on. It showcases her bare shoulders, her slender legs, and her collarbone draped with a small silver necklace. “You look amazing.”
The gorilla scoffed and turned away. “Kids these days. Just go on your bloody date already.”
Jiwon blushes and peeks inside. “Could you wait for a moment? I have company right now, but I’ll be ready to go in a few.”
“Not at all. Take your time,” you say as you follow her indoors.
She rushes away from you, and you wonder why she’s in a hurry. It’s only when you arrive at the courtyard and you see another beautiful young lady exiting Jiwon’s home that you realize what she meant.
This girl didn’t resemble Jiwon at all: jet-black hair, oval face, sharper eyes, flirty smirk, cropped top, concerningly short skirt.
Yeah, she was nothing like Jiwon.
This new girl approaches you with a grin that says she already knows what is going on. She eyes the flowers, then you, then chuckles behind a raised hand. “So you’re the man unnie’s getting married to.”
Unnie? Is this her sister?
“Yeah. Well, I guess this is me,” you raise, extending both hands to the sides. “It’s not much, but I guess it works.”
“It really does. For her,” she teases, smirking wider. “You’re all she ever talks about these days, you know? I had to come here and see for myself what you were all about. I think I can see where she’s coming from.”
You park that thought as you get all flustered holding your flowers for Jiwon. “I …”
The girl chuckles one final time before winking at you. “Take care of her, oppa. Don’t break her heart. She’s the only sister I have, so … make her happy.”
“You don’t have to tell me twice,” you proudly announce, lifting your chin. Finally, you regain some of your confidence back.
As the girl disappears into the hallways behind you, you trudge up to Jiwon to ask what that was about.
You catch her in the middle of touching up her lipstick. She wears lipstick now, apparently. When she sees you, she immediately closes her hand mirror and hides both behind her back. “I-I … I told you to wait for me.”
You crinkle your nose, and doing so almost makes you want to die. “You look pretty enough as you are. Who was that, by the way?”
“That’s Hyunseo. She’s my half-sister. She’s … the closest sibling I have among many others,” she explains, putting her makeup all into one bag before walking towards you. “And those?”
You extend your hand forward. “These are for you. It’s normal to give girls flowers on dates, right? I uh, I wasn’t sure if this was overboard.”
She leans into you to smell the flowers, letting out a blissful exhale. “Their lovely. Thank you. I’ll have Areum-unnie place them in a nice vase for me.”
Finally, you pop the question. “So um, are you … are you ready? For our first date?”
Jiwon bites her plump and freshly reddened lips and nods. “Yeah … yeah I’m ready.”
So you extend an arm out towards her, and she takes it, and you’re both giggling like teenagers over how silly you two are at your age over a simple stupid date.
The date was anything but—simple, maybe; stupid, not at all.
Going to the mall again felt derivative, and Jiwon isn’t sure if she can handle going to a crowded place again this soon. So you had the brilliant idea to take here somewhere you have always wanted to take a date to.
A cafe.
It had an interesting name. An alliteration of sorts. But what caught your eye was the ambience.
As the bell chimed when you open the door, you’re greeted by the barista at the cashier. You hold Jiwon’s hand as you both approached him and start to order.
“New couple?” he asks, trying to make small talk as he keys in things on the monitor.
Neither you nor Jiwon can respond right away, refusing to look at each other or the barista. The man chuckles and shakes his head. “Sorry if I got that wrong. I just see a lot of couples come by around this time of the day. Although … someone as cute as you, miss, would surely have no trouble finding a date around town—.”
Your hands moves before you can even think. You wrap an arm around Jiwon’s slender waist and pull her closer to you. “She’s mine. She’s my girlfriend. We’re getting married next week.”
You don’t know if the blush is from your cheeks or hers, but Jiwon leans into you and rests the back of her head against your collarbone. “Yeah … he’s my boyfriend. We’re on a date … n-not our first though! We’ve dated many times before um, before now. For sure …”
The barista swaps between looking touched to looking confused. “Ok miss … I was just teasing.”
A female barista elbows him as if to tell him off. “Don’t tease the customers like that! Sorry about him, he can get a little carried away sometimes. Drinks are on me.”
“For real?” you ask, and before the male barista can protest, the female one takes control of the situation with a nod. “Yes sir, please enjoy your stay!”
With that, you take your free drinks and sit yourselves towards the back. Jiwon looks like she wants to sit next to you instead of across from you, so you indulge her and drag your heavy chair towards her side of the table.
“Ahh~ Free drinks taste better than paid ones,” she hums between sips, knees bumping together.
“You never had to pay for any of your drinks before, what are you talking about?” you retort, taking a long sip of your iced americano.
You banter a bit before talking about other things. About her Minecraft world. About her sister. About your refusal to wear anything but tracksuits. And about makeup brands.
And it’s perfect. This is perfect. She’s perfect.
You once dreamed of something like this. You don’t remember the exact details, but the feelings are warmer. The sensation is cozier. And the girl across you is more beautiful than you ever imagined—even when she has coffee shooting out of her nostrils after you make her laugh.
She’s unreal.
And then the topic goes to marriage. Your marriage. Next weekend.
The atmosphere surrounding you both tightens to a standstill. No one wants to make the first move towards that discussion. But somehow, one of you needs to speak up.
“So it’s next week,” you raise, taking one for the team as you set your cup back onto the ring it formed on the table. “How do you feel about it?”
She hesitates for a moment, pondering her words, but when she finds the right thing to tell you, it comes out without hesitation. “I still don’t like our arrangement, but … I can still like you, right?”
Damn she is really knocking you out of the park with every little thing she says. “That … I don’t think that’s a problem at all.”
She smiles, and so do you. But it fades away the moment she sees something behind you. “Oh no … oh no that’s …”
You turn around and see a flock of six men in suits and shades entering one after the other into the cafe. They don’t give the bell a break, ringing it continuously. They don’t stop for the greetings of the baristas either. Instead, they head right for you and Jiwon.
Once they surround you like a wall, they bow to their waists. One of them speaks up and says, “Lady Jiwon, the Master has requested your presence. He wants you and your fiancé to meet him right now. He’s already at the restaurant.”
You can visibly see Jiwon’s muscles tighten and lock in place upon hearing this. “My … my father? Why now of all times? I-I’m in the middle of—.”
“It’s his request, my lady. We’re just the messengers,” he explains as if in apology. “Please don’t delay this any father. You know how Master Jaehwi can get when he’s … kept waiting. We already have a car prepared for you.”
She glances towards the henchmen, then to you, then to her unfinished drink. Standing up carefully, she nods and holds out a hand shyly towards you. “Then I don’t have a choice … Please, lead the way.”
You take her hand and walk with her towards the parking lot, where a sleek black Mercedes-Benz awaits you.
The ride to the restaurant is a short one, but the silence throughout it made it feel like forever. Jiwon says nothing to you—in explanation, in apology, in request—almost like she’s already assented to the situation. You recall how docile she was previously with Areum and the other staff. You can only imagine how pious she is towards her father.
You’re brought to a large Chinese restaurant. The signboard, carpets, and staff uniforms were all a blinding shade of red. You were never one for Chinese cuisine, but you can tell this restaurant was different—more refined, more elite, more extravagant.
You are proven right almost immediately when you are lead towards a private room on the second floor, where an all-too-familiar figure was seated at the opposite end of the round table surrounded with dishes and meals.
Kim Jaehwi.
Your hand clenches so hard around Jiwon’s hand that she winces from the pain. But you can’t help yourself. You curse your better senses for coming here without any weapons on you. Had you known you would have been in the same room with Jaehwi this afternoon, you would have ditched the pleasantries and snuck at least a small knife in with you.
He’s there. He’s just over there. And you haven’t got a single way to kill him.
So you choose to instead bow to him submissively, feeling your stomach curdle at the thought of showing deference to this wretch. Jiwon does the same but lower than yours. Once you both stand upright once more and are allowed to take a seat, you stiffly sit on the edge of your chair and keep your back straight the entire time.
Jaehwi sips from his tea cup and sighs. “So. Jiwon, this is the man you’ve chosen to marry?”
His voice is coarse. His words are grating and repulsive like a fork scratching against a chalkboard in your head. His gaze is the worst. Those yellowing eyes scan your figure as if to evaluate you, as if to judge you, and you can’t help but feel sick at the thought of allowing this man to appraise you like another business opportunity. “He seems decent. Good-looking. Well-off? That I do not understand. Why marry someone without a notable background? Is it for love? You’re not making it any easier for yourself if you don’t start thinking about what’s best for you and your future.”
Jiwon makes no attempt to tell her father otherwise.
Sighing, he uses his chopsticks to pluck up a pair of chicken feet, slurping on it like you two weren’t there. Jiwon doesn’t motion to get anything, so you hold yourself back from eating as well. Besides, you lost your appetite the moment you saw his pathetic face.
“The marriage is next week, so I want to make sure everything is in order. Including your readiness,” Jaehwi raises, gesturing to Jiwon with his chopsticks. “Are you sure about this? I do not want to deal with the aftermath of your indecision on the day of your marriage.”
He doesn’t sound like a father ensuring his daughter wouldn’t be making a mistake. He sounds more like a syndicate leader gauging whether his biological investment has finally matured—has finally been secured.
You turn to Jiwon, only able to offer your hand in support. You aren’t completely sure yourself either—especially not after seeing this bastard’s face again. But for now, an answer to placate him will do.
But Jiwon doesn’t say a thing even in the face of such a life-changing decision.
Her father shrugs once more and continues stuffing his bowl of fried rice with more steamed fish. “If you’re not going to say anything to me, then at least enjoy the food. And the wine. Help me finish it, you two. It was very expensive.”
The food is fresh and well-cooked. It’s incredibly rich and flavorful—your opinion of Chinese cuisine has changed. But the wine is too strong for your taste. Just one sip and you know you’re going to regret drinking more than one glass of this. Unfortunately, you’re made to help finish the whole bottle along with Jiwon, who already reddens at the face with just a few sips.
By the time your dinner with Jaehwi is over, you are one dead body, one decent plan, and one responsive fiancée short. As much as you curl your fingers into the arms of your chair at the sight of Kim Jaehwi fleeing your presence still alive after weeks, months, and years of striving to get to him, the only one you can think of right now is the girl next to you.
Once the door closes behind you two, Jiwon lets out an audible gasp like she’s been holding her breath like she’s held her tongue against him this entire time. “Thank god he’s gone … I don’t think I can drink wine anymore either …”
You lean to rest your forehead against hers in an act of comfort. You’re pretty buzzed yourself, so you’re not sure why you thought physical intimacy like this is a good idea. But you roll with it. “Are you ok? You weren’t saying anything the entire time. I was worried.”
Jiwon nods, rubbing her temple against yours. “That’s just … that’s just how I am with my father. I can’t say anything against him … to him … He just does what he wants to anyway.”
“Don’t think about him” you say. Whether thats to Jiwon or to yourself, you’re not entirely sure. “Let’s get you back home. You look redder than I’ve ever seen you before.”
She turns to you and giggles in an uncharacteristic manner. You chalk it up to the alcohol in your systems. “Really~? I feel … light. But also … numb? Is that a thing?”
She flicks your nose and chuckles again. “Are you going to carry me? I don’t think I can walk like this.”
As if to prove her point, Jiwon stands up and immediately loses her balance, swaying unsteadily as her hands come flying around her. You catch her by the waist and ground her before lifting her into your arms and carrying her.
She gasps and clings to your neck as you bring her down the stairs towards the car that’s been waiting for you both.
When you’re both dropped off at the estate, it’s already well past midnight. Jiwon’s humming different melodies to herself as she’s in your arms once again. It’s only when you lay her down in her bed that she calms down from her alcoholic high and turns to face you with more sincerity on her face.
Tapping the free space on the bed, she invites you to join her. You waste no time tucking yourself into bed with her again. Like you always do.
She stares up at the ceiling, and so do you. You think you might stay like this for a while until both of you fall asleep. But it’s when Jiwon asks you a question that you realize she’s not in the mood for sleep just yet.
“Can I ask you something? And I want you to be honest with me,” she starts, still talking to the ceiling. “Why are you still doing this? Why are you still … trying to get married to me?”
You shrug. “The food here’s pretty good. I get free car rides once in a while. Get to relax some and fool around. But most of all? I get to see a pretty woman each time I visit. I think that’s the real kicker to this arrangement, honestly.”
She rolls her eyes. You can tell from your peripheral. “You always call it that. An arrangement. Our predicament. Our situation. Is this all it will ever be to you?”
You never really thought of it deeper than that before.
What were you two?
Outside the upcoming marriage. Outside the awkward beginning. In between the stolen moments here and the genuine instances there. What exactly were you and Jiwon?
You don’t know at this point. You don’t fucking know at all.
“I could ask you the same thing. Why are you still tolerating me—?”
“I’m not tolerating you. I never was,” she replies sharply, turning to face you now on her side. “You’re … you’re not what I expected.”
“What exactly were you expecting from someone who’s supposed to be your future husband?”
“I … I don’t know. Someone weird? Desperate? Just … not this. Not this at all.”
You smirk, nodding at her. “I’ll take that as a compliment then. But you’re asking all the questions—let me ask you some too.”
“Sure. What do you want to know?”
“Why did you choose me?”
The question catches her off-guard as you see her staring past you in thought. “Why did you choose me that day? Your dad, Jaehwi—he had a point earlier. Why me? You could have picked someone richer or more influential to help you run this syndicate better. You could have chosen someone smarter or more capable than me to support you in the future and give you a stable life. But me? I’m … I’m just a no one. I’ve got nothing going for myself or to my name. All I can give you … all I can do for you … is this.”
You lift your hand in an arc across the air. With just that motion, you point at all the things that have been added to Jiwon’s room over the weeks that you’ve been together.
But Jiwon shakes her head in defiance to your self-deprecation. “Do you remember what I told you the last time you asked me that?”
“Sort of. Something about not being threatening enough. Something about feeling safe,” you recount, hoping it was right.
Smiling, she wiggled her way towards you and pressed her face into your chest. She waits for you to wrap an arm around her, and when you finally do, she whispers, “I chose you because you had this look in your eyes. Like you were just as lost and … broken … as I was. And it just … it just sort of clicked in my head.”
Jiwon looks up at you and asks, “Tell me … do you think broken people can ever be fixed again? Do you think … do you think we can still feel complete?”
You take a long and deep breath, let the air fill your lungs, and watch as your chest rises and falls with the exhale, before attempting to even answer that question.
“I … I used to think some of us are broken beyond repair. Some things … some people … they ruin us. Immensely. Like we’re distorted beyond recognition. Like we’re … warped beyond the point of return. And it’s not our fault. Life’s cruel like that. But lately? Lately I’ve been thinking that maybe … just maybe … we only believe we’re broken beyond repair because we can’t see the whole picture. Something or someone might walk into our lives and … remind us of who we once were. What we can still be.”
You don’t notice you’re embracing her tighter now. You can feel her struggling to catch her breath beneath you, so you loosen up a bit. But even then, she chases after your touch and nuzzles against your chest. “That was beautiful. I’ve never heard you say something almost … poetic like that.”
You chuckle, pushing away the stray strands of her hair. “Just speaking what comes to mind. Just speaking my truth.”
After sharing a few more moments together like this, Jiwon pulls away and moves towards the edge of the bed, sitting up. This scares you for a moment, and it occurs to you that you don’t like the feeling of seeing her leave like that. Instead, she takes several deep breaths before finally doing what she meant to do.
She saunters over towards the foot of her bed, kneels down, and withdraws something deep underneath the bedframe. Once she pulls out what appears to be a small wooden box, she trembles as she walks over to your side.
You sit up and join her, placing a hand on her thigh. “I … I wasn’t always like this. The me you see right now? It’s … it’s broken. It’s missing. Not that I’m lying to you or anything, but … I’ve just felt incomplete since … since my mother died.”
The weight of her words presses against your chest. “Your mom? You never talked about her.”
She nods, acknowledging it, but not without the first few tears escaping from her eyes as she recalls what she must have been keeping locked up for so long now. “My mother … my eomma, she … she was the person I loved most in the world. She used to live with me here, you know? We did everything together. She taught me everything I know—how to take care of plants, how to sing, how to … how to carry myself in front of my father. It was just … me and her. Me and her against the world. That was until … until she died.”
Jiwon opens the box on her lap and takes out a necklace that sat on top of the other trinkets inside. She holds it up towards her collarbone, and you see how it forms a matching set with the necklace still wrapped around her neck.
“This was my mother’s … We wore it together whenever w-we went out,” she pushed out between sobs. “You … You reminded me of her. She would always be the one guiding me, showing me around, taking me places … It wasn’t too often, a-and I never really paid attention, but … to me, those moments were what I treasured the most.”
Then she hunches forward and lets out a sharp whine as she takes out the remaining contents of the box. They’re pictures—pictures of a young Jiwon with her mother. Some were in full color while others still had that nostalgic paint of aged film. “These … these are all that I have left of her because … because … she died. Just … just last month.”
You feel a heavy chill drag across your spine as you stare at the woman in her photos.
“They said she was killed on the way home from the airport b-by … by an unknown attacker.”
You think back to the three bullets. The skidding car. The blood on the ground.
“She was gone for months … abroad … and I was so excited to see her come back a-a-and tell me about her trip, but … but …”
Then you think back to your final mark as they exited the vehicle, crawling, pleading, begging for mercy.
“Now … she’s dead … And I’ll never get to talk to her again …”
Like a moment frozen in time, you remember now what that woman said to you as you pressed your blade into her neck.
“Please … mer … -cy … I have a daughter … a child … let me see her again first …”
And you remember what you told her in reply.
“I had parents once too. And your godforsaken clan never gave me the chance to save them. So why should I spare you?”
Before she could even sob, your blade had already done its work.
How cruel is the world?
How cruel is fate to have made your path intertwine with Jiwon only to end up with this scathing realization? You couldn’t even think about the marriage. You couldn’t even think about comforting her in your arms. Because all you could think about right now was how wrong you had been.
How wrong you have been this entire time.
For the past eight years, you’ve been bitterly chasing after your revenge. You believed that each kill, each murder, each slaughter, was another step closer to avenge your dead parents. Did it never occur to you that these people had hopes and dreams too? That these people had families too? That these people might have also been like you—victims of the system, other cogs affixed into this bloody, relentless machine?
Did it ever occur to you that, with each life you took, you were possibly ruining another’s?
And what did you hope to gain after each kill? What did you hope to achieve after murdering every last member of the Devil Cat Clan—even Kim Jaehwi himself? Would that have made you happy?
The emptiness inside you says otherwise.
Jiwon collapses into the crook of your neck, sobbing into your shoulder, but you remove herself from you and gently push her away. She stops for a moment and glances at you. “Wh-what …?”
You shouldn’t. You know you goddamn shouldn’t. But you go against your better senses and cave towards your conscience that’s screaming blasphemies into your mind.
You should have kept quiet. You should have just let the moment pass. But you feel sick to your very core, and you can’t in good faith continue on with this—whatever this is—with Jiwon any further.
Not without telling her the truth.
“You asked about the guns … and the blade … and the weapons,” you start, staring between your feet, unable to look her in the eye anymore. “You asked me what I did outside of you … what I did in my free time … what I did for work. Jiwon, I-I … I’m a vigilante. I put justice into my own hands because the system has failed me before. I kill people for money, Jiwon … I-I-I kill people because I want my revenge. On your father. On your clan. Because they killed my parents eight years ago and left me broken like this …”
You pinch the bridge of your nose and begin to weep. “She was … just another mark to me. I didn’t care—I never cared for them. I just … wanted them gone. Wanted them all gone. Jiwon, I … I’m … I’m sorry. I’m the one who killed your mother that day.”
Silence. Nothing but silence.
Then it comes one at a time.
First came the slamming of knees to the ground. Then the shattering of a wooden box against the wall. Then hair being tugged accompanied by screams and wails of pain. Then, you hear crying. Endless, volatile, heavy crying. As Kim Jiwon comes completely undone on the floor.
You look away. But you can’t. You force yourself to look at her—at the mess you made.
At the life you ruined.
“Get … get out …”
You hold your breath and reach a hand towards her. “Jiwon, I—.”
“I said … get … OUT! GET OUT OF HERE!”
Like a ghost dragged out from your dead carcass, you float past her and through her door without a heft of weight to you. Behind you, her door slams shut as her wailing and shrieking continue to echo into the night.
Like Jiwon, you fall to your knees, slam your forehead against the floor, and continue bashing your head against the cold hard surface.
Over, and over, and over again. Not until the darkness takes you.
Not until the crying stops bleeding into your ears. Not until you have punished yourself enough.
At some point in the night, you are roused from your sleep. Whether you passed out from the fatigue or the pain, you find yourself stirred awake now and into a sit.
It was Jiwon.
You rub your eyes and blink rapidly in surprise and confusion. “Look … please, just let me—.”
She interrupts you by pushing a glass of water towards your lips. “Drink. We just had alcohol in our systems … that’s all. Nothing … nothing happened, ok? Just forget it.”
Not wanting to argue, you drink the water slowly down to the very last drop. You notice Jiwon has already drunken hers—her glass settled off to the side. As you finish your drink, you can’t help but feel an odd sense of warmth engulfing you, swallowing you, smothering you.
It’s only then that Jiwon gives you a defeated smile.
“It’s fast acting isn’t it—the poison?” she states calmly, body swaying from side to side like she’s still intoxicated. “Who knew that the kiss of death could feel this … warm?”
You start to choke and gag on instinct, feeling your veins start to swell and your lungs start to burn. “What … what did you do to me? What did you put in our drinks?”
But Jiwon shakes her head, not even bothering to wipe the tears from her eyes anymore. “We’re both broken … You thought we could still be fixed … You thought we could fix each other, but … all we did was break one another all the more … My family hurt yours, so you hurt mine … Let’s end this cycle of hatred right here.”
She reaches forward to caress your face one final time, and all you can see as your vision grew hazy is her scared and tired eyes looking back up at you. “Thank you for trying … but it’s ok now. This is it for us, so … just let it happen. Let it take you.”
You wait a minute. Then five. Then ten. But when you expect to die, you instead grow warmer by the moment. “What … what exactly did you mix into our drinks?”
Jiwon, who is completely flustered and beginning to sweat, replies, “I-I … I found a bottle in my father’s bathroom while you were asleep. I thought … I thought it was some kind of poison. It was labelled ‘aphrodisiac’—”
Your eyebrows twitch. “Jiwon that’s … that’s not a poison … that’s …”
You don’t even get the chance to laugh at her mistake. The warmth and the pressure that’s been building up from the aphrodisiac now spread downwards and made your nether region throb with need. “That’s for arousal …”
Jiwon eyes your growing need that’s straining within your pants. She can feel that growing need inside her too—you can tell from the way her breaths grow more ragged and intermittent. “I-I … I didn’t know … God, I-I-I can’t even kill myself properly … I’m such a failure …”
But her tone spoke nothing of regret. Her eyes indicate nothing of remorse. Instead, her quivering lips, and the way her tongue dances across them as she eyes you, spoke of another sensation altogether.
Desire.
She’s on you now, climbing your laying body on all fours. You try to push her away, but you knew better than to hurt her any further. Once she’s straddling your hips, unknowingly grinding circles against your crotch, she leans forward and whispers into your ear. “Let me just make one more mistake … please …”
And just like that, you’re both a maelstrom of lust and unbridled desire.
Her hands tear through your clothes, stripping you off your last remaining ounces of dignity. She stares at the chest and abdominals you’ve been hiding underneath your stupid jacket, traces your scars with a finger, then immediately, she’s running her hands all over them.
You can’t resist her yourself either. Hands flying towards her minidress to pluck the strings off her tight figure one by one. Once she’s sliding out of it, you peel her underwear off her like you’re plucking petals from a flower. When you’re both aligned in the right way, you waste no time turning into a mess of bouncing, licking, and thrusting as you consume one another.
Neither of you have been this hungry before. Neither of you would feel sated until you had gone the whole way.
And so you see it through. All. Night. Long.
Come the morning, you find yourselves naked on Jiwon’s mattress. Somehow, at some point in the night, you both managed to make it here. Both pillows were now on the floor along with the comforter that usually came above your bodies. She’s laying on her stomach next to you, eyes struggling to stay open.
You get one last glance of her bare form—not an inch of her left uncovered—before she screams at the top of her lungs.
Screaming that you had soiled her in her sleep.
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“Chwe Yeonseok—.”
Bang.
“Han Yongjin—.”
Bang.
“Tang Jisu—.”
Bang.
“Lee Min-ah—.”
Bang.
“Chae Woojin—.”
Bang. Bang. Bang.
As you drop the bloody insignias on the bar counter and shove it towards Yujin, you expect the payment for hitting your marks. That’s thrice your daily usual—just like the previous days this week. But when the wads of cash arrive, you simply flit through each bill with a soulless gaze before stuffing it into your pockets.
You should have been fine.
The Devil Cat Clan kicked you out of their property as soon as Jiwon cried wolf. It was a miracle they didn’t beat you to death then and there. The proof was undeniable with how both of you were naked. The aphrodisiac turned out to be useful somehow.
Jaehwi said nothing about your alleged assault of his daughter. He let you keep your head, so you used it to keep going and going and going.
You’re back at The Requiem again. You’re taking jobs left and right. Murdering without question. Killing without doubt. Earning paycheck after paycheck. No longer worried about goons on your back—at least, goons from the Devil Cat Clan. You told Yujin no more of those marks—not for now, at least. You no longer have to contemplate an arranged marriage either. You were finally free.
But something was missing. And Yujin points this out as she offers you another glass of whiskey.
“Rough week? What the hell happened this time? Shouldn’t you be happy you made an entire month’s checkout in just a few days?” she prods, polishing a glass she just rinsed. “What’s up with you? You haven’t been yourself lately.”
“When have I ever been myself since I showed up at your place, An Yujin,” you sigh after your chug your drink, smudging the back of your hand against your dried lips. “Just let me make my money in peace.”
“But what are you doing it for?”
The question comes out of the blue, and you could have sworn you heard another voice asking you that. But when your gaze returns to Yujin, who’s now bent over the counter, she continues, “What is it even all for? I took you in here eight years ago thinking you would have sorted out your life by now if you found your purpose. But what is your purpose?”
You shrug, demanding another drink. But Yujin refuses.
“Do you know why you’re the oldest hitman here?” Yujin raises, staring at the several other lowlives gathered at The Requiem alongside you two. “That’s because everyone else who’s come before you already found their shit in life. They made peace with their inner demons. They’ve moved on. So when will you?”
Her words burn your throat more than the whiskey does.
Before you can think of a reply, you hear something on the TV. “—duled this weekend. It will be held—.”
You snatch the remote from the spectacled bloke next to you and struggle to return the channel back to the news station.
It’s a segment about Jiwon. She’s still getting married this weekend. Although, right next to her now is a picture of a familiar lion-looking fellow in a tight white suit.
“You know that guy?” Yujin asks, gesturing towards Alex. “Have you bumped into him before?”
“Could say that,” you slur, feeling the alcohol get to your head. “Met him once.”
“You’re insane. You’re absolutely insane,” she lauds, shaking her head. “That’s the son of the Golden Dragon Gang’s boss. He’s larger than you think. And now, he’s going to marry the legitimate child of the Devil Cat Clan. That smells like trouble.”
You raise a brow. “Why? Won’t that mean our marks get easier to find now that they’re merged?”
But Yujin shakes her head. “The Golden Devil Gang’s a bunch of menaces. If they merge with the Devil Cat Clan, they’ll have more goons under their control to do their dirty work. Even if the Clan’s done some terrible shit in the past, they don’t resort to violence first. But the Gang does.”
The man you stole the remote from whistles. “Bummer. Feel bad for the old man—Jaehwi? Once his daughter gets married, she’ll likely take control of the Clan. But since she’s marrying into the Gang, the Gang will likely take control on her behalf. Reshuffle staff and personnel. Relocate their bases. Might even force Jaehwi to fully retire.”
You think back to how Jiwon fits into all of this. You think of how she’ll lose the only people in her life because of this merger—because of this marriage.
You think back to her crying face. To how she punches you whenever you tease her. To the way she curls up in her sleep.
You think of all the time you spent together. Those numbered days counted against less weeks than you have fingers. You think about how you once look forward to meeting her at four in the afternoon each day—everyday. And you think about how disappointed you felt every time you had to leave.
You think of her beautiful eyes, of the scent of roses and elegance, and of her warm gentle smile.
And you watched it all vanish from view.
But then, you hear her voice in your head.
“Tell me … do you think broken people can ever be fixed again? Do you think … do you think we can ever feel complete?”
And then it hits you.
What was your life for?
That’s something you have thought a lot about now that you were alone once again. You thought it was the quiet moments when you could sleep with a comfortable mattress beneath you and a cozy blanket around you each night. You thought it was the unspoken moments when you can blast into criminals with your pistols or slice them up into bits and pieces with your hwando. You thought it was about chasing after your revenge, letting violence lead the way, until you’ve spilled every last drop of their blood against your feet, until you’ve squeezed every last ounce of your sorrow from your shallow little heart.
But that’s the problem, isn’t it? You clung to this path of yours like a vice. It rid you of your misgivings, but did it fill the emptiness that remained within you?
No. It left you empty still.
So what filled your life?
It was the color. The color she brought into your world.
Through the recollections of your past, through the little moments you shared, through the warmth of her cheek, through the tightness of her fingers against yours, through the echo of her laughter in your mind, and through the tightness in your chest when you are away—Kim Jiwon has not only brought glorious technicolor into your life once more.
She’s taught you how to live again. She’s taught you how to love again.
To love each day. To love yourself. And most importantly, to love her.
So when you realize all this, and you stand up to finally tell Yujin your answer, you realize what you have to do. She has given you your life back, and now, it was time for you to give back hers. “Yujin, give me rolls of hand wraps, pepper spray, a taser, and your finest suit. I’m … I’m going to need it.”
She doesn’t even question your request. She just smiles at whatever you’ve come to realize and nods. “I thought you’d never ask. I have just the right suit for you.”
And so you do it—you go chase after your purpose.
You chase after her.
Tugging on your tightened tie, dressed from head to toe in this sleek secondhand suit Yujin lent you—which she claims was from some renowned assassin, John Something-or-Other—you beat your wrapped up fists together to bolster yourself before you crossed the road and head towards La Luce Wedding Hall at Myeongdeong.
The entrance is crawling with goons from both the Devil Cat Clan and the Golden Dragon Gang alike. But you don’t care. You’re not here for them. You’re not here for any of them at all. You’re only here for one person and one person alone.
Kim Jiwon.
No bullets. No lethal weapons. Just carrying enough with you to get past some trouble.
You take a deep breath, put the crow mask back on, and charge right in.
Of course you’re stopped before you even get to the front steps.
The Clan henchmen are the first to recognize you. They wouldn’t miss your mask even with their eyes closed. They chase after you, pin you down, and start beating you up, eager to grab a piece of you as they threaten to rip you apart.
But you resist. You break free from their grasp and start sacking them in their pathetic faces. Throwing punches left and right with your wrapped up fists. Knocking them out cold but not dead.
This strategy of yours quickly falls apart the moment the Gang goons join in to stop you. So you whip out your pepper spray and taser and go ham on them. Leaving behind an ocean of tearing and paralyzed fully-grown men in your wake.
By the time you pushed into the lobby, you were out of spray and charges, so the moment the goons with blades and brass knuckles lounging around on standby spot your intrusion, you begin to panic.
Well, shit. This could get bloody. Now you’re starting to wish you had your pistols with you.
Boom.
Like a stampede that cascades past your vision, you see a hulking figure tackle all of them out of the way, clearing your path forward. This same burly figure sacks some of the Gang goons and grapples some of the resistant Clan thugs who are looking at him in shock.
You’re in shock yourself too when you realize who this is.
“Gorilla,” you mutter as you see the familiar bodyguard wrestle a dozen other Clan and Gang lackeys, keeping them in place. “You—.”
“Enough about me! I won’t ask for your goddamn I.D. again,” he quips even while his face is being beaten in. “You came. So do what you have to do. Go to her!”
You nod and waste no time taking advantage of this opportunity.
You check each and every function room just to make sure, but after crashing more than a handful of parties and celebrations with a roundhouse kick to the door each time, you’re certain that the wedding you’re looking for was down the corridor—at the grand hall.
You should have known from the way the guards stationed outside of the hall were holding guns this time.
One of them presses a finger into his earpiece and receives some sort of missive. When he sees you, he beckons to his comrades and they take aim towards you.
Well, shit. This isn’t good.
But just before your life could flash before your eyes, a circular object imposes itself before you, interposing between you and certain death.
“Young master, so you really did return,” Areum grunts, smiling down at you as she holds up her tray like she’s Captain fucking America, deflecting their bullets and holding them at bay. “Lady Jiwon is just up ahead. The ceremony is already under way but you still have time. Don’t waste it!”
When the rain of bullets stops and the men begin to reload, you give Areum a solid nod before darting towards them.
They try to reach for you with their empty weapons, trying to tackle you, trying to pin you down or smack you with their guns, but you’re too fast for them. You’re zigzagging through the traffic until you manage to burst through the doors of the grand hall.
You’re a mess.
Your mask is askew on your face. Your bandages are bloody and tattered. Your suit is anything but straightened. But here you were. You finally made it.
And immediately knives are being thrown your way.
You duck behind guests, shamelessly using them as meat shields, but they’re smart and immediately flee your vicinity. You curse under your breath as you have to kick over tables and chairs to protect yourself from the mixture of blades and bullets. You’re left wondering if this was the end of the line. If this is as far as you’ll get.
It isn’t until you see a princess in a lilac dress duck next to you behind your table that you see a spark of hope. “Hyunseo?”
“You promised to take care of my sister, didn’t you?” she recalls, loading up the gun she’s holding before shoving it towards you. “Then prove it. Don’t let that bloody Golden Dragon Gang’s son take my unnie away. Aim for the ones in white!”
You nod, and when you hear the clicks and clacks of reloading guns, you grab the opportunity to get back up and start firing at them one by one.
Bang. Between the shoulder and clavicle.
Bang. Right to the solar plexus.
Bang. Against the ankle.
You fired your gun only at the members of the Golden Dragon Gang who were dressed in white—and you didn’t shoot to kill. The moment the Devil Cat Clan noticed this, they ceased their assault towards you and watched as you cleaned up the last of the Gang men with weapons, rendering them all immobile.
And now, it was finally time.
Unaware of where the ceremony’s already at, you come bursting onto the aisle and lean forward on your knees to catch your breath. When you glance back up, you see Jiwon holding hands with Alex the Lion, wearing the most beautiful pure-white dress you have ever seen, her veil already pulled back to reveal her face.
You came just in time to stop the kiss.
Guests on either side of the aisle stand up in a mix of awe, surprise, and condemnation. Some try to boo you away from getting any further. Others murmur and gasp at your insolence for intruding. But you don’t worry about them. They’re either potbellied pigs who have fattened themselves up from crime money or senile veterans who showed up just for the ceremony of it all. They weren’t capable of harming you at all.
Towards the front, you see Kim Jaehwi standing now, watching you, not interfering whatsoever. You see Alex the Lion staring you down like a predator would another who dared to interrupt his hunt. Then, you see Jiwon glancing at you with those eyes that you’ve seen before—the look she has on her when she’s asking you to buy something or to get her something or to take her somewhere.
This is it. Everything has lead to this moment.
You undo your bandages and reveal your swelling fists. You take your hwando blade from behind your back and unsheathe it, making the blade shine underneath the yellow hall light. Tossing the casing aside, you do the unthinkable before the crowd.
You kneel before Kim Jaehwi—your sworn goddamn enemy—press your forehead between his polished shoes, and offer up your own weapon towards him.
“What is the meaning of this? What the fuck are you doing in MY WEDDING?” Alex growled from the altar, threatening you with nothing but words. “If you want to make a fool out of yourself, do it else—.”
“Ceremonial eviction.”
With those two words alone, you command the entire room in an instant as the grand hall falls silent to listen to you. “Ceremonial eviction. I read about it—about your Clan. When someone decides to quit without any good reason or is forced to leave due to misconduct, you perform a ceremonial eviction. You cut off a finger. Or a toe. Sometimes you even cut off an ear if it’s that bad. To make up for their insolence. To leave a mark on their bodies—a mark they can never forget.”
You raise your blade up higher. “I’ve used this weapon to kill hundreds … thousands of your Clan. I used this same weapon to … to kill your main wife, So Gowon. So I offer it to you, Kim Jaehwi. Use it to end my life, but just … just promise me that in exchange for doing so—for getting rid of the largest thorn in your side—you set her free. You let Jiwon go and allow her to live a proper life outside of this syndicate bullshit. That’s all I ask.”
You can’t see Jaehwi properly, but you don’t need to to envision the face he makes as he picks up your hwando. “You have the guts to murder my men, my people, and even my own wife … you even pretended to be interested in my daughter, then assault her, and then now … you have the gall to come waltzing back in here begging for her freedom? You sure make a lot of demands for a pathetic little wretch.”
With a deep breath, Jaehwi wastes no time. “Die. Die knowing your sacrifice will mean nothing in the end.”
Slink.
When you expect the blade to sink and tear through the skin of your neck, you instead feel the tickle of cloth and lace against your cheek along with the smell of roses.
You glance up and see Jiwon kneeling in front of you, interposing between you and her father—arms stretching out to the side, face drowning in tears, trembling in body but unwavering in spirit. “Stop, father … please don’t hurt him … If you want to let your frustrations out on someone, then … then let it be me. But not him. Not him. He’s already gone through so much in his life … more than I could ever hope to bear alone. He just … he just wanted to get revenge on the people who hurt him … on us … like you want revenge on the person who killed eomma … on him … Let me—let me take his punishment instead …”
Jaehwi spends a moment to take it all in, to take in the sight of his eldest daughter willingly throwing his life over a nobody like you instead of being wed to someone as well-off as Alex the Lion.
With a chuckle, he stabs the blade into the wooden pew and crashes back onto it. “Who the fuck are you, huh? Who the fuck are you to my daughter that she comes bursting out of her shell to confront me just for you? You … you’re one lucky man—having such a fine young woman stand up for you so boldly like this,” he says, turning to his daughter now. “And you—I asked you once before, and I’ll ask you again: are you sure about this man?”
Jiwon helps you up to your feet and holds your wrists tightly. She doesn’t look anywhere else but right into your eyes as she asks you, “Did you … did you mean what you said to me that night? After we got drunk and got home? You said … you said broken people like us could still be fixed—could still feel whole—with other people. In other people. Because … because, god—I’ve had this hole inside of me ever since I could remember. Even before my mother. Even before her death … So please, tell me, did you mean it? Do you really mean it? Because … because you’ve managed to fill this aching hole of mine bit by bit ever since I met you, and now, I don’t know what else to fill it with—who else to fill it with—other than you.”
You take a step forward, and then another, and then a final one before you press your forehead against Jiwon’s and nuzzle into her. “Kim Jiwon, I meant every single word I said to you that night because you do the same for me. You made me … think of a future. You made me look forward to waking up again. And … you helped me find a purpose. Even if it meant just protecting you. Even if it just meant being with you and keeping you safe. Even if it just meant making a beautiful woman like you happy for the rest of her days. It brought me joy—a joy so overwhelming it’s filled more than just the hole in my heart.”
“Kim Jiwon, you gave me my life back … and I can’t thank you enough for it. With you, I feel complete. I feel whole. I feel … like me again. So please … let me help give you your life back too.”
Jaehwi seems satisfied with this. He takes out his pistol from his pocket and aims at Alex. “Get out of there, boy. This wedding’s continuing, but not with you.”
Flabbergasted, he strokes his mane back in place and glares at the old man. “Oh no, that isn’t happening, Jaehwi. My father and I struck a deal with you—.”
Bang. Jaehwi shoots him right in the knee, sending him crumpling forward and howling in pain. “I don’t give a rat’s ass about that now. Someone get him off the bloody altar.”
In mere moments, a mix of Clan and Gang thugs help escort Alex off the altar and into the front pews to lay him down and stop his knee from bleeding out.
Jaehwi turns to the both of you now, smiling. “Go, sweetheart. Get married to him like you were supposed to. And, son—don’t fuck it up this time.”
So you hold Jiwon’s hand, and she holds yours. You walk her down what little stretch of aisle is left until the altar. You both giggle when you realize that’s what father’s do with their daughters—not what future husbands do for their future wives.
You pull her veil down, only to pull it back up. When your eyes meet again for the first time in what feels like ages, you can’t help but get lost in them. The priest, who is absolutely still in shock over everything that just happened, asks you. “Do you accept this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?”
You think back to the time you two danced slowly, holding each other, masks off, just staring genuinely into each other’s eyes.
“Yes. I-I mean, I do. I do.”
As Jiwon chuckles, she gets asked the same thing. “And do you, in turn, accept this man to be your lawfully wedded husband from this day forward, to have and to hold, in good times and bad, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health; will you love, honor, and cherish him for as long as you both shall live?”
“Even if I have to die all over again and be reborn the next day, even if I have to find him through different biomes and different versions of reality—I will find him. And I will love him. I do. I really do.”
“Hey, wait, did you just make a Minecraft—.”
Before the priest can tell you to kiss the bride, your bride kisses you first. She drags you in with a need that’s more than passion or lust, and you respond in kind by pressing her lips against hers and holding her oh-so-close.
And as the organ begins to play the song of victory, and as the guests gathered here today cheer nonetheless for a successful wedding—some way, somehow—you dip Jiwon forward as you continue to kiss each other. Only when you break away to chuckle and nuzzle your noses together does that thought ever come to you.
“After all that’s happened to me, after all that we’ve been through, I still … can not believe that this is happening right now. This is absolutely unreal.”
Jiwon chuckles into your lips as she steals another kiss from you. “You know, we’re supposed to have our first kiss before we have sex for the first time. You got the order all wrong.”
You just shake your head against the teasing girl. “You’re unreal.”
But Jiwon shakes her head in reply as well. “No—we’re real now, my love.”