inspired by @ katecreates on tiktok. — “ha, weakling.” my opponent snickered as he basked in his success after beating me in yet another sword fight. ‘practice for the future’ he’d call it, but honestly it feels like i'm training to go jousting in the olympics — is jousting even a sport in the olympics?
forget that, what i’m trying to say is that i am tired of him. arrogant and way too self confident; does he have no humility? he thinks everything he does glitters like gold. i mean, besides his countless medals and trophies packed on his shelf which are literally shining in the sunlight, everything else he does and claims to do are mediocre, to me at least.
“hey, (name), why did you even agree to practice with me, when you aren’t even at my level of skill?”
“shut the hell up, lee heeseung. im trying for god’s sake.”
heeseung doesn’t let his guard down and continues to ridicule me. his loud remarks and my monotonous arguments resonated around the empty arena. it was surprisingly deserted here, no trainers or trainees around, just the two of us. “third round? serious this time.” heeseung asked, waving his sword in front of my face as he wiped beads of sweat off his forehead with his unoccupied hand. really serious this time, i thought to myself as i hesitantly accepted his offer and warmed up for a rerun of this painfully tiring but oddly enjoyable new ‘hobby’ of mine.
clink! clank!
the sounds of swords striking against each other echoed around the entire place, its sound waves bouncing off every corner. my arms were trembling, my breathing grew slightly heavier and my legs felt like they were about to collapse any minute now. seeing my almost-exhausted state, heeseung took the opportunity and tossed my sword out of my limp hand. “hey!” i screamed, refusing to lose. yeah, im a sore loser. i lunged towards him, arms outstretched.
i shoved heeseung onto the floor with my bare hands, all riled up to fistfight. “not on my watch, (name).” heeseung said with a breathless, raspy voice as he gripped me by my sides and threw me onto the floor instead, leaving him on top, pinning me down to the ground. damn, what in the uno reverse card? i squirmed, trying with all my might to manoeuvre away from heeseung’s force. my efforts to no avail, i grunted in frustration. heeseung chuckled, his laugh reverberating through every pressure point.
my eyes landed on heeseung’s, and we made eye contact, causing me to spiral out of control and lose focus. heeseung wasn’t that much of a help. he just smirked while contentedly watching me struggle.
“distracted, love?”
excuse me, ‘love’??? who is he calling love? we’re enemies, not lovers! was he high or drunk on something?
i felt my cheeks burn and meekly shut my eyes to avoid any tension, but i couldn’t resist staring at his flawless face and kept fluttering them open. heeseung, still smirking, eyed me up and down. “you know, you look really pretty in this position, (name).” he jokingly teased.
that was it. that was the end of me. i managed to muster enough strength to pry away from heeseung and quickly stood up. my face was beet red and my heart raced like it was a contestant in the formula one race. my eyes darted around in embarrassment and eventually found its own way to the floor as i bit my lower lip, completely flustered by the encounter earlier.
i hadn’t even recovered from the shock of heeseung’s previous actions, when he unexpectedly dropped his sword, capturing me in his embrace and smashed his lips onto mine, sending tingles down my spine as a startled me tried to process what was going on. i attempted to push him away, only for him to dive deeper into the kiss, one hand holding my head in place while the other pushed my torso firmly against a wall.
soon enough, he finally broke the kiss to catch his breath. heeseung admired me with a look i’ve never seen before in his eyes. he stuck his forehead on mine and whispered, “hey, (name), you may not be good at attacking in sword fighting, but you are good at attacking my heart.
you win, my love.”
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happy heeseung day!
( google document version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Rw9-sjOlTXspPJzHnh3Z8pD1VcV5XjWAXWeiP1HEc8/edit?usp=drivesdk )
