Abrupt Encounter [Joongdunk]

7. warm embrace

Two Weeks has passed, it has drawn fresh bruises, cuts, blood. Dunk looks at his ripped shirt that's barely covering his chest that's bathed in blood, his hair is messed, dark strands fallen on blinking eyes

Face dirty, his body aches. his breathing is caught in fastening rhythm - coming from parted lips. He looks around, his source of rather silent incentive is absent, he is alone.
his mind has been left alone for it to take over dunk, in this room again, this wide eerily space has dunk caged lone.

He never knew that presence of joong had so much effect on him, joong is out there with that men being harmed like dunk did few minutes ago, the thought of it revives confronting mess inside him, shambles him, hurts his head with a hustle of apprehension, suddenly it's stifling, unable to breath in sweltering air.

His back hits the wall, throwing his head into it, mouth opened seeking for air. it's not bruises that pain him anymore the concern of another person's life is much more strangling

His head is blazing with ominous binding thoughts, without control. it overs the confines - tears starts wetting his eyes, his face - he hates that they are helpless

Despite everything, dunk hasn't felt this peaceful and calm whole of his life, but felt it immensely in the past weeks, with this person, he always spreads serenity and dunk let's himself to take that serenity into his direction, his voice and the words of reassurance and encouragement is like lullaby to dunks conflicting thoughts. his touch that brings excitement all over his body but yet brings him into beatific state, all of it, all of joong, has dunk attached.

So much that he can't imagine what it would be like to not be near him - since the night that joong told him to come closer, they always sleep like that, joong told him that he feels less lone and dread that way, so dunk is there all night, firstly waiting if joong tells him to come then settling down next to him

dunk finds out that joong likes to put his head on dunk's shoulder, his chest, sometimes his neck and then sleeping soundly, this action also has dunk attached deeply, he loves it so much

Loves it when joong carefully asks him more, not about pond, about dunk, about dunk's own life then just as carefully listens, if it's day time he can see joong's attentive smile that causes him to smile as well. joong listening to his talking cautiously makes dunk feel valued and relaxed - he doesn't need to worry about the choice of words or other anxious thoughts, he is calm, talking with ease because he knows joong is actually listening to him as if every word coming out from dunks mouth is glided. and dunk is attached to joong's attentiveness, his smile.

He likes how peace envelops him every time he is near joong

and right now, he is absent, joong is not near and his own mind gnaws dunk

Two hours have passed. they still have joong. dunk understands that for them dunk is more important, when they took picture of dunk's bloody chest and floppy hair saying they were sending it to pond - giving him motivation to keep obeying and working - dunk understood what they wanted with this whole thing, but they are harming joong now and he can't help it, joong's neck was probably still hurting, imagining him being so vulnerable and defenseless in front of them pains dunks heart

Tears are rolling down his puffy cheeks, until he gets unconscious

                             ***

Dunk felt warmness as he opened his eyes that were probably swollen, he looked up to the other person whose arms were around dunk, hugging him tightly

"dunk?" that voice calling his name again, he looks at joong's beaten face - the dry blood on his lips, and his neck that dunk took care of so dearly is freshly cut again, dunk's eye gets moist again but he tries to stop tears from flowing down