i wonder if the rain is different to gi hun now? i wonder if he sees it and thinks of sang-woo? i wonder if he feels it and knows thats what sang woo felt as he died? I WONDER-
Gi Hun distracting everyone so he and 001 can have a moment đ¤
I found the perfect reference
JUMPSCARE
Happy Valentineâs Day ⌠!đŹ
Idk man⌠I think the games would have been stopped if this was the conversation Gi Hun had with the Frontman
after the first two six-legged teams were eliminated, the first thing some players did was blaming each other. in-ho saw this and purposely failed over and over, probably trying to get gi-hun to blame him and accept the ugly truth of human nature, but turned out this was the first thing that gi-hun did ;_;
gihun with some suspiciously boyfriend-shaped cats hmmm
When the island was infiltrated, everything went to hell fast. Gunfire, chaos, screamingâthen the bombs.
Junho wouldâve died. He knows that.
But Inho got to him first.
He doesnât remember the explosion itselfâjust Inhoâs body crashing into his, shoving him down, wrapping around him like a shield. The sound tore the world in half, and when it cleared, Inho wasnât moving.
The burns go straight down Inhoâs spine.
Getting off the island was a blur. Gihun helped drag Inho onto the boat, Junho still in shock. Inho came in and out, screaming, sobbing, trying to fight them off. It took hours to treat himâif you could even call it that. They had no real supplies, just water, gauze, painkillers that werenât strong enough.
Gihun's hands shook as he cut away the charred fabric from Inhoâs back. Junho held him downâbecause someone had toâbut he couldnât meet Gihunâs eyes.
They hated him.
Gihun remembered the Mask. The cold voice. The games. The gun in his hand.
Junho remembered the betrayal. The distance. The man who stopped being his brother.
But all of that cracked, violently, when Inho started screaming. Not just noise. Screaming. Gut-wrenching, helpless. The kind of sound that came from somewhere deeper than the burnsâlike his soul was breaking open.
And suddenly, none of that hate mattered.
Junhoâs grip tightened, and not to restrain himâjust to hold on. Gihun didnât speak, didnât flinch, just kept working, dabbing antiseptic, whispering, âIâm sorry. I know. I know.â Like a prayer.
Inho thrashed. Cried. Begged someoneâanyoneâto stop. Sometimes he muttered Junhoâs name like a child calling for their mom. Sometimes he screamed for his wife, dead and long gone.
They lost track of time. Hours, probably. By the end, Gihunâs face was soaked in sweat. Junho was silent, lips bloodless, knuckles white. Inho was trembling like a leaf, half-conscious and spent.
They didnât even talk about where he would sleep.
There was only one bedâGihunâs, barely a double, with a worn mattress and thin blankets. It wasnât a decision so much as a necessity. Inho was shaking nowânot screaming anymore, but trembling like he might shatter. From the burns. From the pain. From the fact that he was still alive. From the fact that his brother and Gihunâwho had every reason to leave him behind to dieâhad chosen not to.
They wrapped him in the blankets, careful not to brush the scorched skin along his back. Inho didnât say anything. Couldnât. His eyes were glassy, unfocused. The tremors wouldnât stop.
Junho stared. Gihun crouched nearby, silent. It was obvious they werenât going to fit. Junho mumbled something about taking the couch. Gihun nodded like yeah, of course, heâd take the floor.
But Junho didnât make it far.
He sat down, leaned back against the wallâand then just looked at Inho. At his bandaged back, his cracked lips, the shallow rise and fall of his chest. Junho could still hear itâhis screaming.
He could still feel the way Inho clung to him, even while fighting him. So Junho stood up again, quietly. Walked back to the bed. He didnât ask. Just pulled back the covers and slipped in beside him, moving slowly, cautiously, like the memory of what had just happened might reach out and bite him.
Inho didnât reactâat first. But his shaking slowed just a little.
And that was enough.
Gihun stayed frozen for a moment, watching. He was so tired it felt like he was floating. His whole body ached with everything theyâd been through. He told himself heâd stay on the floor. That this was for them, not him.
But then he was moving too.
He told himself it was practical. Inho needed warmth. The room was cold. This was just... a medical decision. He was helping. For Junho.
He was lying to himself.
Inho whimpered in his sleep as Gihun slid in beside him. A soft, cracked soundâlike pain trying not to be heard. And then his forehead found Gihunâs neck, instinctively, like a child in the dark.
Gihun flinched. Didnât pull away.
Junho, curled on the other side, had his face pressed into Inhoâs hair now. Not speaking. Barely breathing. Just making sure he was real. That Inho hadnât vanished into smoke and ash and screams. Gihunâs eyes opened, heavy-lidded, and saw Junhoâs face twisted in something too fragile to name. Grief. Hope. Fear.
So Gihun reached over and wrapped an arm around him, too.
No one said anything. No one needed to.
Three men in a bed far too small, holding each other in the dark. Sharing heat. Sharing forgiveness.
They left all the hard conversations for the morning.
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