Death's Caress - kyungjeong

Six

"So, are we going to talk about what happened yesterday?" Kyungil asks once the two of them have settled down in the kitchen at the marble island sitting in the center of the room. YiJeong looks up from his plate of scrambled eggs and bacon for a moment before shaking his head.

"I don't have much to say about the situation. You outed yourself to Dokyung and there's no telling what he'll do now. Of course it's not like you're a secret to anyone else saying as to how you constantly put yourself on display out in public, but Dokyung didn't need to know about you. I don't want you to get in trouble and then I end up losing you forever all because you couldn't control your anger. I've never had anyone but you, so I don't know what I would do. Even though I try to push you away constantly, we both know I don't actually want you to leave." YiJeong couldn't picture himself without the reaper constantly breathing down his neck about one thing or another.

Kyungil could only stare at the younger man, who decided to ignore his stares and continue eating, eyes on his plate. "I was tired of watching you let him abuse you and then you saying it was okay afterwards. You've been letting him do this for years YiJeong. Why? And every time it happened, you told me to let it be. Why?"

"Because ever since you came to me all those years ago as a little boy hiding in the closet from his abusive dad, I knew you'd be all I had. And exposing you would mean losing you. My dad doesn't want anything to do with me. My mom died because of me. I needed someone to help me and you did. Of course you didn't have to, but you did. Now can we leave this alone?" YiJeong asked quietly.

"No, I have one more question. What did you mean yesterday night when you said I wouldn't care about something you did?" Kyungil asked, leaning over the island towards the now completely still boy.

"Uhmmmm, nothing," YiJeong mumbled out.

"YiJeong," The reaper warned.

"I may or may not have done something stupid. Let's leave it at that, okay?" YiJeong laughed out awkwardly. How in the world could he tell the reaper that he kissed some random guy in that shitty club he'd went to? 

"Or, you can tell me what you did because I won't stop asking until you tell me," Kyungil responded.

"No."

"Yes."

"Kyungil, no."

"Kyungil, yes."

"Why are you talking about yourself in third person you idiot?" YiJeong giggled.

"Just tell me Jeong, you know I won't stop asking." Kyungil said.

YiJeong sighed deeply before relenting,"fine, but don't say I didn't warn you I did something stupid, okay?"

"okay."

"I might've kissed some random guy and almost followed him home." YiJeong whispered before peeking up at the reaper. Kyungil's face was blank before anger flashed through his features.

"Why the hell would you endanger yourself like that? You could've gotten seriously hurt. What the hell," Kyungil responded. He'd be lying if he said that some of that anger didn't stem from his jealousy of the other kissing someone else.

"This is why I didn't want to tell you, because I knew you'd get angry and we've been arguing so much lately and I didn't want to argue anymore," YiJeong answered honestly.

"To be honest with you YiJeong, I'm more disappointed than I am angry. You know better than to do dumb things like that, especially when you're drunk. I don't want to argue with you either so I'm gonna leave for a little while so I don't say anything stupid. I'll see you later," the reaper said before disappearing without letting the younger man say anything else.

"Wait," YiJeong called out, not receiving any response back. He was truly alone right now.

"Why are you so angry?" He spoke out loud again even though he knew he wouldn't receive an answer.

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hi, this is because I know I won't update again for months if I don't have the time and I currently have an hour and a half before I need to leave for work. i've completely forgotten how I want to end this so leaving suggestions would be super helpful. what do you guys wanna see happening? btw, have you guys heard Jonghyun's album? it's so so good but it makes me cry a lot tbh. I really miss him so much but I hope you all are coping with it in a good way (: let's carry his name on, okay? see you next update!