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"so this was it" jinsu thought, leaning against the bright red staircase, eyes fixed on the timer. after all him and the other floors had been through, deciding to leave was probably the best decisions they'd made collectively. it took time. maybe a month, maybe more, the floors had lost count a long while ago.
it took convincing, a lot of that. argument, blood, tears, sweat, the works. it ended though, as how all things do. after the terror from the higher floors stopped, with the agreement of other floors that they'd not feed to the camera's approval, they chose to end it. no more money for entertainment. what jinsu couldn't forget however, was how people act for money, like a sick lab experiment of proving humanity, like how the social hierarchy works.
he couldn't forget how the higher floors treated him like garbage.
but isn't that how he'd always been?
garbage. good for nothing. a waste.
he remembers the whole world telling him so- his father, his classmates, his colleagues, the loan sharks, the higher floors. that's what his whole life had shrunk too. and yet, he believed them, the thoughts hollowing a part of him.
"it's the lowest that timer's ever been." a sharp voice observed, cutting jinsu's thoughts.
ofcourse.
philip.
he believed philip was the only one from the higher floors who seemed to use his brain in this concrete shithole. more than that though, he was kind. a certain type of humility which made him look across jinsu's wealth, the only one who truly saw him.
"i know." jinsu replied.
philip smiled, moving close to him and leaning his weight in the same way as jinsu. "it's been quite a month, huh?"
"yeah." jinsu hadn't meant to be this dry, the words just didn't come out, what'd he say afterall?
"if you wouldn't mind, would you like to join me for a smoke?" philip offered, earning a scoff from jinsu, head turning to philip in a chuckle.
this dude had to be joking.
smoking, really? money and time was a luxury here, and certainly a pack wouldn't be cheap, atleast 8,000 won- maybe more? money was fucked up here. he'd really want to waste a sum of his money over him? after everything they both had been through?
"come on, i've got plenty already, i wouldn't mind spending a few." philip tried to convince.
"mm, sure" jinsu smiled.
philip mimicked the smile and led jinsu to the 7th floor. jinsu followed him the whole while, like an obedient puppy following its owner.
jinsu didn't really visit any other rooms, but philip's was probably the most cleanest and minimalistic one he'd thought. a table, a bed, the works. he looked around as if it were his first time in here, as philip placed the phone close to his ear, mumbling words jinsu couldn't hear. they both looked down as a tiny pack presented itself from the huge gray vent.
philip knelt and passed a drag to jinsu. pulling a lighter out of his pocket.
where'd he get that from?
he helped jinsu light his cigarette, then his own. jinsu felt euphoric as he felt the smoke burn down his throat, he'd missed that. philip looked at jinsu a let out a quite laugh. jinsu seemed to catch on to that though, eyes darting to philip, smoke leaving his mouth.
"yah, what're you laughing at?" jinsu tried to sound annoyed, which only made him look cuter.
"nothing." philip tried to brush off, still smiling jinsu could tell, but looking away.
they stood in silence, the comfortable kind- where none of them had to say anything.
jinsu exhaled the last puff. crushing the remains with his shoe. "guess i'd better go now." he trudged to the door, only to feel a strong palm grab his forearm, only slightly.
"you're leaving so fast?" philip said, already lighting his second cigarette. "figured you could stay for a while longer." philip tried to not sound clingy.
"i- okay." jinsu loved his company, afterall.
he dragged his feet to the creaky bed and sat down, elbows in knees, watching philip who sat down next to him.
"i hate being here." philip finally admitted, staring at the burning end of his drag.
"me too." jinsu paused for a second, "i'm glad we get to leave soon."
"will you remember me after we leave?" philip said, eyes glossy.
jinsu stared at him in disbelief. a man so cold, caring whether a lower floor would remember him?
"well, yeah" jinsu admitted. "its been quite an experience at the end of the day."
philip just mumbled, staring at the fake window infront of him, jinsu copied him, his small frame contrasting with philip's broad shoulders.
"you're a good person, you know?" jinsu said, finally breaking the silence.
"and what makes you think that?" he looked at jinsu.
"because, because you care, you know? like you're really humble, compared to the others." what even made him stutter?
philip laughed, he couldn't remember the last time someone told him that.
"preciate that, you too jinsu."
that seemed to catch jinsu off-guard, making the conversation a little more awkward than how it already was.
"oh." jinsu whispered.
he looked at jinsu, really looked at him. staring into his eyes, which seemed- confused? oh, he was so cute. he hated to agree, but it was what it was.
he leaned in, breath almost covering jinsu's face as he looked even more confused, but yet jinsu didn't mind, something wasn't really just off about philip that day, it was how he never showed that side of his to anyone.
jinsu's breath hitched as philip's rough hand touched his feverish cheek, caressing it slow. he pulled jinsu further, crashing his lips with jinsu's. it was awkward at first, jinsu froze from the sudden touch. it took a while till jinsu reciprocated the kiss, pressing his lips harder against philip's moving ones, slow.
philip pulled away first. he need to say anything- he didn't have to. both of them knew what it meant, both of them reciprocating the same feelings.
"what if someone sees us?" jinsu seemed to worry.
"then let them."
the door wasn't locked, it was chunja, the second floor's idea, to remove locks from each of the floors for "safety" or if that even existed in this world. anyone could've walked into them, and the thought of it just excited them instead of making them worry.
jinsu's heart pounded against his chest as he leaned in again, much desperate this time, to feel the warmth of philip's lips. philip ran his hands through jinsu's hair, fingers entangling the strands.
jinsu let out a muffled whimper as they went on and on, hands roaming all over philip.
jinsu opens his mouth and licks philip's tongue, shocking philip for a minute, till philip let him.
he opened his mouth for jinsu's tongue, licking away at the sweet taste of his mouth. their tongues rolling against each other. jinsu felt a heat surge through him, making him crawl onto philip's lap, knees on either side of philip's hips. philip hummed as they didn't break the kiss the whole while.
they pulled away to catch their breaths, hands still on the other's body. that didn't stop philip. he kissed jinsu's neck all, planting pecks all over him. jinsu savoured the feeling, head rolling back to give philip more space. philip sucked onto a spot, teeth grazing against his pale skin; earning whimpers from jinsu.
philip groaned as jinsu started to move his hips against philip's hardening cock.
ofcourse, jinsu'd been with other men before.
but that wasn't gonna stop either of them anytime soon. jinsu stopped abruptly, annoying philip.
"impatient much?" jinsu said cockily.
he kneeled between philip's knees, tugging at the waist band of his beige pants. pulling them down slow.
"he looks so pretty like this." philip thought, mind going blank.
jinsu pulled out his hardened cock, moving it painfully slow. he brushed his fingers so gently, it drove philip insane.
"stop teasing." he ordered, only for it to fall on deaf ears as jinsu didn't respond to it.
jinsu kissed all over his cock, the tip, the prominent vein, everything- making his cock twitch.
after a long stretch of time, jinsu licked the tip, opening his mouth whole and taking the whole thing in one go, moving his tongue along the hot skin.he licks up his shaft, swirls his tongue around his tip and licks up the precome that beads at it.
philip threw his head back due to the overwhelming feeling, he grabbed jinsu's hair and guided him- his knuckles going white.
"shit you're so good at this." philip mewled. and that seemed to cause jinsu's cheeks to go all red. "taking my cock like the fucking slut you are."
jinsu's hollowed his cheeks, moaning pathetically around philip's cock. filling the room with obscene sounds.
he pulled back for a minute of catch his breath, only to be shoved back again by philip's controlling palm. jinsu's throat felt so full, he could feel tears run down his flushed cheeks.
he could feel philip's hips buck forward. "oh fuck i'm so close-" philip managed to blurt out, somehow.
jinsu sped up his movements, sucking harder.
philip came into jinsu's mouth with a loud cry, jerking his hips forward. jinsu felt his throat hoarse, after swallowing every single drop he could get. jinsu looked wrecked. hair tossled, cheeks red, breathing ragged.
"you did so well." philip praised, breathing heavily. making jinsu proud of his work.
maybe being locked away in a theater with 7 strangers, surrounded by cameras wasn't so bad afterall.