DESTINY FOUND ITS WAY | TAEGYU

DFIW : 7

Taehyun smelt the earthly fragrance of the lavender oil sitting in a tinted emerald jar on the dark oak side table. His fingers grasped around the bedsheets of Beomgyu's bedroom, sitting up nervously as he looked around.

The room had one wall acting as a shelf, filled with records. Taehyun looked at Beomgyu, who wore the brown shirt and trousers, shirt rolled till his elbows, hair parted as usual. He was rummaging through the records to put on the right one, while Taehyun just remained tense.

Something didn't feel right.

Taehyun's legs were tightly pressed together, and he watched as Beomgyu began playing Love Me Forever by Jodie Sands. Beomgyu took out a cigar and lit the other end, and placed it between his lips while looking at Taehyun.

"You look frightened, my love." Beomgyu said lightly, and Taehyun let out a nervous chuckle, looking down at the woven blanket he sat on.

"I-It's just..." Taehyun began, and then gulped. He looked at Beomgyu, who walked closer to him, "W-What are we doing?"

"Must you question your morality at a time like this?" Beomgyu asked, and then brought Taehyun's chin up to face him.

"We have wives." Taehyun said, and Beomgyu hummed, moving further to close the gap between them, "We're married, Beomgyu. Camille trusts me, a-and-"

Beomgyu brought Taehyun's thigh up with one hand until both were wrapped around Beomgyu's waist, and he was lying on the bed. Beomgyu looked down at him, smoking the cigar still. Taehyun gulped.

"It isn't fair for us to cause this distrust, to partake in these... these awful acts-" Taehyun started, and then found Beomgyu looking unbothered, in fact, amused.

"Doesn't this bother you in the slightest? Don't you love Scarlet? Camille told me the two of you eloped together, y-yet-" Taehyun stammered, and then put his hands on his collar.

"Of course, I love Scarlet." Beomgyu said, and Taehyun gulped, "But it gets a little tiring, Taehyun. To constantly be at wit's end with every responsibility, my home, my work, my wife, my principles. I just want to escape from it all, really."

"Why, why me? Why not a young woman, perhaps one who isn't-" Taehyun began, and then gulped, "Who isn't a man?"

Beomgyu chuckled, "I'm aware." Beomgyu said, and then dipped down to kiss Taehyun's neck, making the younger shiver, "I'm aware of our wrongdoings, of how much easier it would be for me to court a lady, yet-" Beomgyu stopped, and looked into Taehyun's brown eyes, how mystifying they were, how ambrosial.

"Yet there's something about you, a man, that makes my desires towards men stronger." Beomgyu finished, and then took his hands to the boy's hips.

"Your eyes catch out for me, Taehyun." Beomgyu said upon Taehyun's silence, "Your mind may send you false alarms, but understand that this is natural. From the olden times, men have loved men, women have loved women. I refuse to fight against what's natural, darling."

"But i-it's not natural, Beomgyu!" Taehyun tried, eyes larger in fright, "You know what they say! It's like a disease, it's like a mental di-"

"Believe what you want to, Taehyun. If your mind's made up on being against it, then I won't force myself and my morals upon you. It simply isn't my place." Beomgyu said, sitting up.