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~The Past~
Korn woke up in a hospital bed. His head was pounding. He put a hand to his forehead and was surprised to feel thick bandages wrapped around his head. Then it all came rushing back: being with In in their apartment, their dads finding them, holding a gun to his own head. The memories made him nauseous. He moved to find a trashcan and bumped into In instead.
In, who was half sitting in a chair, half laying on the bed, woke up with a start.
"How are you feeling?" In asked, massaging Korn's legs even though they weren't the problem.
"I have a killer headache." Korn tried to make a joke. In frowned.
"You're lucky you have a hard head and terrible aim." In said.
"No. I'm lucky I have someone I love to push a gun away from my head so the bullet only grazes me." Korn replied.
"I love you too. But if you ever think about doing something like this again I will kill you first."
~The Present~
"Uncle In! I need a condom!" Dean yelled as he barged into the room. Korn pulled the blanket up to his neck with an appalled look on his face.
"You have got to set boundaries with him, In." Korn said in a low tone.
"It's fine. We aren't naked or anything." In said.
"We were about to be!" Korn raised his voice.
"Just give him a condom so he can leave." In said in a placating tone. Korn rolled over with a sigh and grabbed the square box off of the nightstand.
"There's only one left. If I give it to him what will we use?" Korn whined. In snatched the condom from Korn and gave it to Dean.
"You will have to go out and buy more. We always use more than one anyway." In said with a suggestive grin. Korn got out of bed and put on a shirt.
"Thanks." Dean said, holding up the condom. He turned to leave.
"Wait! Where is your grandmother?" In called after Dean.
"She's in the garden." Dean replied.
"Do not let her see that." In pointed to the condom. Korn looked over with shoes in hand.
"I thought she was ok with his sexuality." Korn said.
"Of course she is. But she thinks he's too young for sex." In said.
"He's going into his third year of college!" Korn exclaimed.
"But he'll always be a baby to his grandmother. He can't get caught with the evidence." Said In.
"I know. I'm not new to this." Dean said as he walked through the door and down the hallway. Korn followed after him.
"Don't stay out too late. We're having a welcome party for my nephew. In has worked very hard on the menu. He will be upset if you're late." Korn said.
"You are so whipped." Dean said as he put his shoes on at the door.
"You'll be the same way when you fall in love." Korn replied.
"I'll never fall in love." Dean said.
"You will."
"I won't. The closest I've ever come to love is that feeling in the pit of my stomach right before I orgasm." Dean finished putting on his shoes and stood up.
"Wait. It's not the actual orgasm you like most but the feeling right before?" Korn asked with a confused look on his face. Dean nodded.
"The orgasm is a great high but you're up and then back down too quickly. The feeling right before is more sustainable." Dean said. Korn shook his head.
"In raised a weird kid." Korn said.
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Dean was panting. He wished it was from pounding the screams out of a cute guy but his date cancelled on him. Instead he went to the pool and did laps. Win was also there which meant both of them struck out today.
"I can't wait for the semester to start. With a new crop of freshmen coming in it will be much easier to find conquests." Win said as he sat on the locker room bench.
"Agreed." Dean said. He slammed his locker shut for emphasis.
"Do you two ever quit?" Pruk asked as he exited the shower. Dean and Win both jumped. Neither realizes he was in there.
"Quitting is for quitters. I don't quit in the pool or the bedroom." Win said with a smirk.
"Then what are you two doing at the pool on a Saturday night in the off-season?" Pruk's question burned at Dean's ego.
"I never quit but sometimes I get fired." Win said solemnly. "I'm shocked that Mr. Popular is here though." Win pointed a teasing finger at Dean.
"Well my date didn't know they were meeting me." Dean said.
"What? How is that possible?" Win asked with a skeptical look on his face.
"Its this new app that doesn't let your match see your photos." Dean said.
"Then how do you know if you want to meet?" Win asked.
"You meet up if your likes and dislikes match."
"Since when do you care about people's likes and dislikes?" Asked Win.
"Sexual likes and dislikes." Dean added.
"Ok that tracks." Win said. Pruk just sighed and shook his head.
"So since everyone's night was a bust..." Dean began.
"I never said my night was a bust." Pruk defended. Dean and Win both stared at Pruk for a few seconds before turning to look back at each other. Dean decided to ignore Pruk.
"So since everyone's night was a bust, you guys should come to my place. We're having a party." Dean said.
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In and Korn were beaming as they stood together as hosts. Dean's grandmother, Ahn, was seated comfortably on the couch. Dean's parents weren't around. They spent so much time traveling for work. However, his siblings Don and Del were sitting with their grandmother.
Dean saw P'Sorn and P'Sin in the corner and went over to them.
"Hello P. Is your cousin here yet?" Dean asked Sin.
"He just got here. He's upstairs getting showered and dressed." Sin said. Dean looked at the long stairwell in contemplation. Then, before his eyes, appeared an absolute cutie. He was wearing a navy button-up shirt and gray slacks. His shirt was buttoned all the way up and he seemed stuffy. Dean really wanted to loosen him up.
"Don't even think about it." Sin said.