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Lee Tae-gun. Korea's first and, currently, only S-rank. There are A-rankers who could get the promotion to S-rank, if they wanted to, if they revealed enough of their powers—or, at least, there is one, in Kang Jaeha himself—but this flash in the pan boy was the first one to decide to just go for it and now he's probably learning about how much it sucks to be the center of attention.

Not that you'd know from just looking at him. He's always gorgeous, stepping out of dungeons, and that's genuinely impressive in itself, but it's even more impressive if Quasar is right that they might be compatible. This implies things about the shape of Lee Tae-gun's backlash, things that suggest he's quite good at self-control, and that he must be holding quite a lot in, to be able to look like that. So that piques Jaeha's curiosity, and he looks into the boy.

Lee Tae-gun is 21; manifested really late, about a year and a half ago; has had three partners so far, two A-ranks and one B-rank, each lasting a handful of months and ending in the normal way these things do, with two of them finding partners they're more compatible with and one stepping away from dungeoneering. As far as Jaeha can tell, there's nothing particularly out of the ordinary in the boy's history. He's really just very straightforwardly boring.

And, well, Jaeha is also between partners right now. The story with him is also usually the same: he's never found anyone he had great compatibility with, and they'd all eventually leave, even if they never found someone else. Better alone than with Kang Jaeha. But he doesn't take it personally. He knows they probably want more out of a partnership than he can give. This boy will be no different, they'll spend a while together and help each other survive and eventually the boy will move on and Jaeha won't take it personally either.

So Kang Jaeha is in a meeting room, reading some files and waiting for Lee Tae-gun to arrive so they can figure out whether they'll do business together or not.

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neither_rest_nor_peace

"Not this much. Not... like this."

this_peculiar_power

What, not even once? He's been running dry, not fucking anyone, for months, when he's—like this? "Why not?"

neither_rest_nor_peace

This talk is sobering him up real fast. He covers his face. "It's embarrassing for people to see me like this. And if it gets out..." Jaeha signed the contract. Jaeha will not only go bankrupt but never work with any guilds in Korea again if he leaks it. They are now partners. This is fine. They're fine. "If it gets out that I get—like this—when I'm backlashing—"

this_peculiar_power

...yeah, he can see that. The Korean public may objectify and sexualise them but it's one thing to write porn where espers get horny and submissive and pliant when they're backlashing, it's a whole 'nother for it to be true. "Do you always get like this?"

neither_rest_nor_peace

"...less. Usually. Just... it's been a while. I'm..."

this_peculiar_power

"Extremely pent up and blue balled."

neither_rest_nor_peace

He covers his face again. "Stooooooop saying embarrassing thiiiiiiiiings." Honestly Tae-gun himself is being embarrassing, right now. His backlash is still mostly horny but he's getting into some of the other things and talking too much, again, and when he gets the horny-chatty combo he says such ridiculous things augh.

It's fine. This is fine. Jaeha signed a contract. It's fine. That's what a partnership is for. They may barely know each other, maybe Jaeha is awful somehow (even though he's been so nice, and his teasing gives Tae-gun butterflies, and the sex was amazing), but even if he is, the worst that'll happen is that they'll break it off, he'll eat the penalty clauses, and try to find someone else. It won't get out. He can be a little bit embarrassing. They're in isolation, it's what siloing is for, it's what partners are for, everyone in this industry knows how this works. It's fine. He's fine.

this_peculiar_power

"Am I wrong?"

neither_rest_nor_peace

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh.

this_peculiar_power

He laughs. "You're really very cute."

neither_rest_nor_peace

this_peculiar_power

"It's a good thing," Jaeha says, pulling Tae-gun's head under the water to rinse the shampoo off. "I like it."

neither_rest_nor_peace

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this_peculiar_power

He laughs again.

neither_rest_nor_peace

Awful awful awful awful.

(But also: butterflies.)

this_peculiar_power

They've dealt with their backlashes well enough that they don't need to stay in isolation. On the other hand, Jaeha is unaccountably feeling like he wants to stay a little while longer. "Want me to make you dinner?"

neither_rest_nor_peace

...huh?

this_peculiar_power