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ryung woke under beige covers. he slumped over the side of the bed, his eyes glassy. he blinked, looking at the mirror. his cheeks were rosy and flushed. he looked to his right, messy covers, but no jeongguk. it was becoming routine, for ryung to wake up alone, work for nine hours and come home to nobody, cook dinner and eat alone. then, right when he was going to sleep, hear a hurried knock on the door. he'd answer but jeongguk would never want to speak with him. his life was miserable.

jeongguk walked into the work building, big cement blocks looking so alike it felt like a maze. he walked straight to the boss's office. a man named baram. jeongguk did not really know him personally, but they did indulge in a conversation every so often.

"oh, jeongguk! i've been waiting for you to show up." baram clapped his hands together, "look okay, i was informed earlier that you are not approving of a work partner? well, i disregarded that seen as i am your boss and i make decisions around here. it's only for one case, and you can decided whether you want him to continue working with you or not. he's ruthless and hard-working. you'll love him, everyone who works with him ends up begging to be his permanent partner. his name is vante."

a door opens, the one that lead to their room. "hey, boss." his legs were slim, tight, suffocating pants covered his skinny thighs. his curved body sashayed back and forth, his dark eyes fixating only on baram. the man only smirked as vante grew closer with each anticipating step. his shoes had dark laces, and they had mud that seemed to be adhesive to the material of the shoes. he finally made his destination to the boss's desk. he descended onto the sheen wooden desk. baram took his hand, their fingers intertwining.

"you called, what do you need from me?" jeongguk watched with inquisitive eyes, surveying the boy's anomalous behavior. he seemed so foreign to normality- a foreign beauty. he had light powder pressed onto his cheeks, eyeliner rounding his dark brown eyes. the two seemed intimate, their eyes locked entirely as they held hands. jeongguk doubted that baram was vante's lover. vante was too vile and loathsome for a guy like baram.

"ah, yes vante. i have called you here to meet your new partner. this is jeon jeongguk. one of my best workers. he always delivers on time, and he always completes his assignments. doesn't that sound lovely to you?" baram told vante, who eyed jeongguk with distaste. his irises flickering up and down the boy's rather built figure. he'd rise from the desk, releasing the grip on baram's calloused palm. he fluently made his way in swift steps to his partner. his lips parted, as if he were to speak, yet only a warm breath escaped the pink lips. jeongguk almost shivered, the warm feeling making him inhale sharply.

"it's a pleasure working with you. i'm vante. baram's best worker. competition is high in this business. if you want to stay, you have to learn to fight with ambition." vante snickered viciously, a hand resting upon a tended shoulder. "that means some people have to- disappear, yeah? less people, less competition." vante continued, raising so his lips hover right against jeongguk's earlobe. his lips pressing on it just slightly. "understand?"

jeongguk inhales again, his breath hitching embarrassingly. vante pulled away from
the boy's ear, a smirk appearing on his even lips. he confirmed that jeongguk had agreed- by a small nod he conducted to answer his undying question that seemed to prevail the hushed voices in the room, hang within the air.

"good." he snickered, walking back over to baram.

"alright." baram spoke aloud. "vante, you are dismissed, remember, the victim should be tracked by sunday. if not, i'll reduce your pay."

vante clicked his teeth together, a sinful tongue swiping across the white daggers in his mouth. he inhaled a sharp breath, looking directly at baram, for confirmation. "yes sir." he rasped, before sashaying from the room, the door being pushed by his foot afterwards, the slammed door resonating throughout the empty walls.

"you will like him, i know you will." baram tells him, and he's sure of his words.

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jeongguk was dreading the return to his- ryung's apartment. the walk reminded him of how unhappy and remorseful he was. he felt the guilt of faulty feelings that ryung believed were true. ryung beloved jeongguk, loved him with his entire heart, but jeongguk did not care about an inch of ryung. he did appreciate the offerings he received from fraud- if you could even call it that.

jeongguk was avaricious, greedy. he loved wealth and seemed it. he loved every waking moment trying to get his way. he knew when he desired something. he knew the feeling of jealousy that someone else might posses something he desires most. it kills him inside to see something he wishes for to be mistreated-or misused.

he wanted wealth- along with utter beauty. he wanted those tan-slim legs walking with him. he wanted to discard the lanky, hairy legs that ryung had, the dark hair that never seemed to suit him. the soft attitude. he wanted someone who was willing to treat him like he was nothing, like he was absolute dirt. he loved the feeling of being told- not telling.

that's why when he entered his- ryung's apartment, the sight of his face made him want to hurl. he could only imagine those crystalline eyes that sparkled with dominance and perfection. the slim legs that trapped his attention, the white hair that fell across his face like a blank canvas.

ryung engulfed him into a hug- one too tight and intolerable for jeongguk. jeongguk simply got rid of the boy by brushing him off. he had never hugged back- only when the boy would not stop whining about the acute amount of affection received.

"you never kiss me anymore." ryung whined, his limbs flailing in dejection and neglect.

jeongguk grunted, disapproving of the plead, he turned on his heels, smashing the two's lips together in haste- the faster this was over the better. yet ryung encased the boy into his embrace, hands traveling to unexplored zones; jeongguk found himself wanting to quit, diminish and halt the actions. ryung was persistent.

a thing jeongguk despised of his lover.

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how do you like vante?

jeongguk?

ryung?

give some opinions!

love, sam ✨