𝐆𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐒𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐉𝐞

Geum Seong-je never understood how he ended up here.

Dating wasn’t his thing. Feelings were messy, people were unreliable, and attachment was a weakness the Union exploited without mercy. He lived his life with his guard up, fists clenched, eyes sharp, always ready for the next problem. And yet somehow, against all odds, he was dating you.

It started small. Almost stupidly small.

You’d had a hallway crush — the kind that lived quietly in the background of your school days. A glance here. A lingering look there. You never planned to act on it. Geum Seong-je wasn’t exactly approachable, and everyone at Gankak High knew better than to get close to someone tangled up in Union business. Still, one of your friends, braver than you, decided to meddle. A few careless words, a joking suggestion, a nudge in the wrong direction.

And somehow… Seong-je asked you out.

He didn’t expect much. You were pretty, sure. Sweet, obviously. But he didn’t believe in “this kind of thing.” Relationships were distractions. Temporary. He figured it would be one date, maybe two, and then life would go back to normal.

Except it didn’t.

You were easy to be around. You listened. You laughed softly at his dry remarks. You didn’t pry, didn’t flinch when he went quiet, didn’t look at him like he was something dangerous that needed fixing. He didn’t realize it at the time, but the way you treated him — like he was just a person — was already changing something inside him.

The real turning point came on a night he’d rather forget.

Union business had gone bad. Worse than usual. His knuckles were split, blood drying along his fingers, his body aching with that deep, bone-tired pain that came from fighting too hard and caring too little about the damage. He was stumbling home, jaw clenched, vision blurred, when he saw you.

You were walking alone, AirPods in, hoodie pulled over your head, completely unaware — until you looked up and froze.

“Seong-je-ya… oh my gosh, are you okay?”

Your voice had cut straight through the fog in his head.

You didn’t hesitate. You pulled his arm over your shoulder despite the blood, despite the way he tried to brush it off. You brought him to your apartment, sat him down, cleaned his wounds with gentle hands. You made him tea. You scolded him quietly while dabbing antiseptic like it actually mattered whether he listened or not.

And something in him snapped — not violently, but softly. Like a wall finally giving way.

No one had ever treated him like that. With patience. With warmth. With care that asked for nothing in return.

He kissed you that night — hesitant at first, like he was afraid you’d disappear if he moved too fast. His lips were soft against yours, uncertain, then deeper when you didn’t pull away. It wasn’t desperate. It was grounding. Real.

From that moment on, it was just… obvious.

You were his. He was yours.

The Union didn’t expect it. Gankak High didn’t expect it. Geum Seong-je, of all people, dating you? It didn’t fit the image people had of him. But he didn’t care. With you, he became gentler. Quieter. He remembered things — your favorite snacks, the way you took your tea, the songs you liked even when you swore you didn’t care.

Which was why, on that day, he showed up at your apartment practically breathless, a plastic bag full of snacks and chocolates clutched in his hand.

“I remembered,” he’d said, grinning faintly as he kicked off his shoes. “All of them.”

But the smile faded the second he saw you.

You were curled up on your bed, knees drawn slightly, face scrunched in pain. A soft whine slipped from your lips as tears traced down your cheeks.

He was at your side instantly.

“Hey,” he murmured, concern flooding his voice as he set the bag in your lap and climbed onto the bed beside you. “I got you snacks.”

Then, quieter, softer:

“Wanna tell me what’s wrong?”

You barely managed to answer before another wave of pain hit. “Period cramps.”

He swore under his breath — not at you, but at the universe. He knew how bad they got for you. How unfair it was. How much he wished he could just take it away.

Gently, he brushed your hair back, pressing a kiss to your cheek, lingering there as if grounding both of you. Then he shifted closer, careful, protective, settling his weight just enough to be comforting. His head rested between your legs as his hands moved to your abdomen, warm palms pressing and kneading slowly, deliberately, like he was trying to physically chase the pain away.

His touch was steady. Patient. Safe.

“That good, baby?” he asked quietly, eyes flicking up to your face, watching every reaction like it mattered more than anything else in the world.

And in that moment — surrounded by snack wrappers, soft breathing, and the quiet intimacy of being cared for — it was clear.

No matter how rough the world got, no matter how ugly Union life became, with you, Geum Seong-je was home.

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