Konbanwa, minnasan, I hope everyone out there in Cyberland is doing well! It was a very busy day today, but I enjoyed it! I even got to watch my nephews play in the pool, so that was a very good thing! =^^= I'm pretty excited too, because this week I'll have the opportunity to attempt making rose petal jam. I've made jam before, but never a floral kind, so that's pretty cool to me!
Anyhoo, I wrote another "Strange" TeukChul story. This one literally came to me in like fifteen minutes. It's much, much darker than the other ones and shows that there is a very "dark" angle to Eeteuk that I think exsists deep down in that man's gorgeous soul. I hope everyone enjoys! Ja ne! =~.^=V
"A Strange Understanding" (Fifth in the "Strange" Series)
By: Miracle Shining
PAIRING: TeukChul, mention of Eeteuk/Other Member
RATING: R-ish
GENRE: Angst/Dark Themes/Mild Sexual Situations
LEGAL JUNK: Don't own, just borrowing.
SUMMARY: Heechul wants to understand the one thing he has never understood.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Inspired by the song "Simple Obsession" by Engima. Follows
A Strange Cycle,
A Strange Conversation,
A Strange Sense of Faith, and
A Strange Question. Written for
shihan_ai per request to continue the series. =^^=
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Heechul rolls his head and pops his neck for the tenth time. The dressing room is buzzing with other members darting to and from the makeup counters, blush brushes and hair gel spilling from their hands.
He fingers one of his longer strands, spinning it around one of his fingers. The hairs kink around his knuckle. He briefly wonders if he yanks hard enough, if the pull will make his skull bleed. He feels a hand settle over his and side glances to see another person standing next to him.
Eeteuk rolls his eyes and tells Heechul the hair stylist took over 45 minutes to style his hair and he needs to quit playing with it. Heechul rolls his eyes in return and tells Eeteuk that he thinks his straight hair makes his face look too round. Eeteuk sighs and pushes Heechul's hand away, smoothing down the mess the younger made in that short time.
Heechul lets his head fall all the way back. He looks up at Eeteuk's long neck and stretches his arms upward. Eeteuk sees the maneuver and tilts his head. Heechul is inwardly suprised when Eeteuk actually lets him wrap his arms around his neck. He leans down to settle his forehead against the other's.
Heechul asks Eeteuk if they could stay here in this room. The leader lets out a dry laugh and tells him it would be very difficult to do so. There are video cameras and directors and many other people waiting for them. He once again reminds Heechul that their fans are the reason they're so famous.
The younger gives a slight sneer and tells Eeteuk he sounds like a broken record. The elder pulls back from Heechul's grip. He steps back and Heechul pushes off the chair. He spins and closes in on Eeteuk. The taller tells Heechul there are others in the vicinity. Heechul snaps back that he doesn't care. He is getting tired of their cat and mouse game.
Eeteuk's lips curl, a hint of darkness behind that precious angelic smile. He moves forward then, Heechul shrinking back slightly until his back touches the makeup counter. Eeteuk's breath is warm and smells vaguely of lemon tinged tea. He moves so close that Heechul can actually feel him speaking against the corner of his mouth.
Eeteuk tells Heechul in a hushed voice that the best things in the world are always the ones that are out of reach. The younger shudders as fingers ghost underneath his shirt and play lightly over his chest. His heart pounds in his ears and some part of him feels disconnected.
He feels Eeteuk's lips nearly glide against his mouth. He surges forward only to have his shoulders caught. His body remains pinned against the counter as Eeteuk holds his gaze. There is power and dominance and control behind his eyes. Heechul sees that power and almost salivates at it. He asks Eeteuk if the other member ever gets to feel that gaze. Does he ever come out shaking, bruised, bleeding from that level of desire?
Eeteuk brushes a fallen hair from Heechul face before leaning forward. He tells Heechul that no one will ever experience what is behind his eyes. That is his greatest secret. The smaller shifts against Eeteuk's body and slides his arms upwards.
Heechul asks Eeteuk then to give him a small taste of all that is hidden. Eeteuk barely smiles and Heechul's world comes to a hault when lips capture his.
The kiss tastes like forbidden holy ground. Heechul's mouth feels as if it's been engulfed by hell fire and heaven's rain. It burns and singes and purifies. It aches and decimates and resurrects. It is everything that Heechul secretly dreams about and everything he still fears.
Eeteuk pulls away and Heechul finds himself straining forward. He tastes the dark promised land and he wants more and more. Eeteuk simply pats Heechul on the cheek and pulls away. He smiles when the other member comes bounding in. He takes hold of Eeteuk's arm, bright and beautiful and pure. Everything that Heechul is not and could never be.
Their leader looks over his shoulder and tells Heechul to hurry and finish smoothing down his hair. They were once again tardy and it would not look good to the others. Heechul just gives a nod, the back of his hand pressed to his slightly bruised lips.
Eeteuk does not look back as he leaves with the other member. Heechul exhales the air he does not know he has been holding. The counter cuts into his back and he has bitten his bottom lip bloody. But it feels glorious because he now knows what Eeteuk tastes like. He tastes like tainted purity and unfulfilled gifts. He tastes like everything Heechul needs and everything he can not have. Eeteuk is unattainable brilliance defined.
And to Heechul, it all makes very strange sense to him.
END.