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fivedollarbankrobbery · 2 years

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Squid Game Headcannons: The players’ love languages

warnings: none other than one swear word lol

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Seong Gi-hun

Gi hun’s top two love languages are physical touch and gift giving.

He doesn’t have much money, but even still he absolutely loves to spoil his significant other any time he gets the chance to. He secretly enjoys receiving gifts as well, but sometimes he feels bad taking from others. Especially if it’s money.

When in a relationship with Gi Hun physical affection is a MUST. This man will always be holding his partner’s hands or wrapping his arm around their waist, anything to feel close. He’s super cuddly, especially if he or his partner has had a bad day.

Cho Sang-Woo

Sangwoo’s biggest love languages are gift giving and acts of service, as well as physical touch in private.

Sangwoo is pretty reserved, which can make it hard for him to be vulnerable with people, which is really what makes physical touch one of his love languages. Cuddling and hand holding with him is essentially a show of trust for him, showing that he feels comfortable enough to show his soft side around his partner.

He’s much less shy about acts of service and gifts, though. His partner can always expect him to open doors, make meals, and do chores for them. As well, it’s a very common occurrence for him to come home with gifts or flowers (probably bought with company money).

Kang Sae-byeok

Sae Byeok definitely likes physical affection in private, but her main love language is quality time.

Like Sangwoo, Sae Byeok is reserved with her emotions, so physical touch is mostly reserved for in private. She adores cuddling, especially if she gets to be the big spoon. She’ll never admit how much she loves it, but it’s clear from how every morning she holds on tighter as her partner tries to get up from bed, mumbling about how she wants ‘five more minutes.’ She’ll hold hands in public if her partner wants to, or if she wants to show that they’re hers.

She absolutely loves spending time with her significant other. Watching TV together, playing videogames, doing activities, anything. As long ad she’s spending time with them, it doesn’t matter.

Ali Abdul

Ali’s main love languages are physical touch and words of affirmation.

Ali is super cuddly. He’s like the overly clingy couples you see in lines for rides at the amusement park, just constantly hugging on his partner or playing with their hands or hair. He knows when to stop though, and if his partner isn’t a fan of PDA, then he’ll respect it. That just means all the more cuddling in private.

Words of affirmation is less of him saying it to his partner and more of them saying it to him. Being told how much he means to them or how handsome he is makes his heart absolutely soar. It makes him feel so loved and appreciated.

Ji-yeong

Ji-yeong mainly enjoys quality time and receiving gifts.

She knows how short life can be, so to her it’s extremely important to spend as much time as possible with her significant other. As well, she just likes to hang out with them, feeling most connected when spending time together.

She also enjoys receiving gifts, but it isn’t required for her to be happy in the relationship. Little gifts here and there really show her that she is appreciated. Even if she doesn’t always think she’s that important, the fact that her partner thought about her enough to get her a gift quickly proves her wrong.

Hwang Jun-ho

Jun ho’s top love languages are physical touch and quality time.

As an officer, Jun ho also knows the dangers of the world and how important it is to spend time with those you love, hence the reason why quality time is so important to him. He really likes going on dates, drives, and even shopping trips, but he also appreciates staying in and having a lazy day with his partner.

Jun ho also is pretty touchy. Hand holding, hugging, cuddling, all of it. He really likes his hair being played with during cuddles, the feeling often putting him to sleep within minutes. He enjoys appropriate PDA, which triples when he’s jealous. If someone is hitting on his partner, expect him to swoop in with that PDA to put an end to it.

Jang Deok-su

Deok su is very emotionally closed off, used to any weakness being exploited with the amount of enemies he has. He generally shows love through acts of service, and on occasion gift giving.

He won’t make a big show of it, no. He might not show it, but he listens to his partner very well, remembering what tasks need to be done around the house or what has been stressing them out so he can do it while they’re gone to surprise them. If it’s brought up to him, he simply says he wanted to help out or noticed that his partner was stressed about it so he decided to do it instead.

On occasion he will also come home with gifts. It could be some small trinket that reminded him of his partner, or even something expensive, but he will always act like it isn’t a big deal.

“Here. I saw it at the market and thought you might like it.”

“Deok su, how much did this cost?!”

“It doesn’t matter. Do you like it?”

Han Mi-nyeo

Mi nyeo is definitely a fan of physical touch. She also enjoys receiving gifts and words of affirmation.

She can be pretty touchy, holding her partners arm in public and hugging on them in private. While she can be independent if she wants to be, she tends to be pretty clingy.

Receiving gifts and compliments are the big two ways to make her feel loved. It makes her feel special and reassured her that her partner thinks about her and truly does love her.

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orrr49 · 3 months

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I guess I’m funny

#squid game #squid game meme #seong gi hun #cho sang woo #ali abdul #jang deok su

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lil-requestcorner · 1 year

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jang deok-su x reader

↝"Jang Deok-su dating S/O, who's a big fan of horror films?"

↝hcs, gender neutral reader

Jang Deok-su has seen a lot of horrible things in his life time. Crime, pain, and death and more than a little of those things were caused by his own hands. It's safe to say he's seen it all and at this point he's desensitized to them. Ghosts, ghouls, and jumpscares though? No, thank you. You put on a horror movie and he instantly has an excuse as to why he's got to leave. It's hilarious.

His reactions are priceless to horror movies. They're not exactly big like screaming, jumping out of his seat, etc etc, but he's still very obviously scared. Deok-su will curse under his breath often and I feel sorry for you if you allow him to hold onto you. He'll unknowingly grip you extremely hard, hard enough to leave small, light marks on your knee and thighs (what can I say, I view him as a leg guy).

I imagine that to get him to be in the same room, much less even get him to consider watching the movie with you, it would take quite a bit of bribery. I'm talking all of his favorite snacks and a lot of physical affection on your part. If you succeed in getting him on the couch and watching whatever horror movie you chose, I congratulate you.

#finished request #jang deok-su x reader #squid game x reader #proselfship #selfproship #proship blog #hcs

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0uijab0red · 3 months

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Squid Game Cinnamon Rolls

Looks like a cinnamon roll, is a cinnamon roll: Gi hun, Ali

Looks like a cinnamon roll, could kill you: Il Nam, Sang Woo

Looks like could kill you, is a cinnamon roll: Sae Beyok, Ji Yeong

Looks like could kill you, would kill you: Deok Su,

Sinnamon roll: Han Min Yeo

#squid game #cinnamoroll #sae byeok #gi hun #han mi nyeo #ali abdul #jang deok su #cho sangwoo

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winterkiiid · 2 years

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#squid game #squid game fanart #netflix series #hwang dong hyuk #seong gi hun #cho sang woo #kang sae byeok #ali abdul #oh il nam #jang deok su

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phantomstatistician · 2 years

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Fandom: Squid Game

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#ji yeong #kang sae byeok #ali abdul #cho sangwoo #seong gi hun #hwang jun ho #hwang in ho #front man #the salesman #han minyeo #jang deok su #squid game #fanfiction #ao3 #statistics #phantom statistician #saebyeong

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squidficdump · 2 years

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FREE HIM (ch1)

pairing: Deok-su x Reader rating: M words: 779 read: 5m (fastest) content: plot without pourn, first person, dark themes, existentialism, toxic romance

A/N: WP | AO3

The classical melody that signaled morning wrenched me out of my deep slumber.

I go away in my dreams.

It's a nice place, but I'm always suffocating.

There's a beautiful lake full of terrifying creatures, and I row out onto it. Sometimes surrounded by friends. Sometimes enemies. But no matter what I'm doing, I can't breathe.

Even still, I'd rather be in that recurring dreamscape, struggling for breath, than march in line with the other pink suits.

Today we were to get new "players." Little pawns. Odd to think of them like that. Whenever I try to...I feel like my face is splitting apart. Everybody dies, right? They signed up for this.

The small-portioned meals. Easy to stomach when you aren't connected with your stomach.

I feel like a ghost floating around in a robot. I don't even know the last time I saw my own face. What did I used to care about? What music did I used to listen to?

"Hey 14," said my neighbor behind me, "Pick up the pace, some of us wanna eat."

My instinct was to step back and motion for him to go ahead of me, but we have to go by number.

15 shoved past me anyway and grabbed his tray. 16 said to me, in a hushed tone, "You're not the one headed to the gallows today, so relax and stop walking like it, huh?"

I nodded politely but shrugged their hand off of my shoulder.

Usually I'm not this adverse to the occasional friendly touch.

Food gotten, I followed the line back to our rooms.

The tower was circular, underground. All hallways connected. No exits. No hiding places.

As I ate in silence, mask half-up out of paranoia, I mused about who the new players would be. If any of them would be smart enough to figure a way out. They probably weed those people out, right? They don't want anybody too smart participating in their games. I would kill to see their process of picking players.

Maybe there would be a bomb expert who could blow up the place, free us all from this contract with the devil.

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456 players all laid out, drugged, in bunks. Prior to the dramatic entrance of awakening them, as per protocol, we gave each sedated player any medications they are prescribed outside of the games. This is one of the Frontman's standards for a level playing-field. He says that if we were to give them their medications while conscious, they might share them, hoard them, or refuse to take them.

It always felt weird, since I've never been a doctor, nurse, or pharmacist, but it isn't like we're doing anything legal out here.

Walking up to my assigned player, I was overwhelmed by the impact of his appearance. If not the largest man in the room, he certainly was compared to the 30 people I could see from a glance. He had a face tattoo of a snake, or maybe a dragon, it was difficult to see in this lighting.

I squinted at the label on the pill bottle I had been handed. 200mg quetiapine. Sliding open its sleek black cap, I poured the contents into my hand. Pressing two of my black gloved fingers to his lower lip, I tried not to be so aware of how warm and soft it was. I'd done this several times before, why did it suddenly feel so intimate to open this guy's crooked teeth and press these pills to the back of his surprisingly brushed tongue?

As I forced him to swallow, I did as well, very aware of the increasing strength of my own heartbeat as I felt his throbbing artery under my hand.

I filed out through the small door after the others, feet automatically following the lineup for the delivering of consent forms, but a superior called my number from behind me.

"DA-36,” I acknowledged, nodding to the manager of the gamemakers.

“Your requested training starts today,” she said, “or had you forgotten?”

“No, ma’am, muscle memory,” I explained.

She faced me silently for a moment. “Becoming a gamemaker is not an overnight process. You must meet certain requirements and show your understanding of all aspects of the games. Today, you will be trained on the players’ monitors. SA-12 is waiting to check your mask and give you a temporary one. This temporary mask is for cosmetic purposes and will not grant you clearance to enforcer-only hallways, rooms, or data. This mask contains your current ID with your current rank. At the end of today’s training you will return the borrowed triangle mask in exchange for your circle mask.”

“Yes ma’am.”

#Deok su #Jang deok su #Squid game #squid game fanfic #myfic #Deok Su x reader

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leekiings · 2 years

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#leo draws #squid game #squid games #jang deok su

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smuggsy · 2 years

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if you actively post anything SQUID GAME-related please like or reblog this so i can go follow you

#pls i need more of it in my dash #is this fandom dead?#squid game #seong gihun #cho sangwoo #kang sae byeok #jang deok su #오징어 게임 #lee jungjae #ali abdul #pink guards #the front man #gong yoo #the salesman

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broken-ghost · 2 years

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Inbox is Open for Requests!

I typically write female reader out of habit so if you would prefer gender neutral or male reader please specify and you got it !

Fluff, Angst, Smut, I’m open for anything.

All requests welcome but if you are looking for prompts here’s the Latest Prompt List: First Kiss Prompts

Masterlist

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Fandoms/Characters I write for:

Stranger Things: Jim Hopper, Dmitri Antonov, Joyce Byers, Murray Bauman, Steve Harrington, Jonathan Byers, Eddie Munson, Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley, Billy Hargrove, Alexei Smirnoff

Lord of the Rings/ The Hobbit: Thorin, Thranduil, Legolas, Elrond, Boromir, Kili, Fili, Bofur, Aragorn, Celeborn, Bilbo, Glorfindel, Elladan, Elrohir, Eowyn, Arwen

Obey Me!: Lucifer, Diavolo, Mammon, Beelzabub

Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul: Hank Schrader, Lalo Salamanca, Nacho Vargo, Jesse Pinkman, Howard Hamlin, Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman

Game of Thrones: Jamie Lannister, Jon Snow, Sansa Stark, Tyrion Lannister, Jorah Mormont, Sandor Clegane, Tormund Giantsbane, Stannis Baratheon, Bronn of the Blackwater, Gendry Baratheon, Jaqen H'ghar (This is the only fandom I’m open to writing character x character pairings in so feel free to send those as well)

The Boys: Homelander, Queen Maeve, Billy Butcher, Soldier Boy, Mother’s Milk, Frenchie

Squid Game: Seong Gi-hun, Cho Sang-woo, Hwang Jun-ho, Sae-byeok, Jang Deok-su, Salesman, Front Man

The Hollows/Rachel Morgan Series: Trent Kalamack, Rachel Morgan, Ivy Tamwood, Algaliarept “Al”, Rynn Cormel, Stanley Saladan, Kisten Felps, David Hue

#fan fiction #stranger things fanfiction #the lord of the rings fanfiction #the hobbit fanfiction #Tolkein FanFiction #obey me fanfiction #better call Saul FanFiction #breaking bad fanfiction #sons of anarchy fanfiction #the boys fanfiction #game of thrones fanfiction #the hollows FanFiction #the hollows reader insert #squid game FanFiction #squid game reader insert

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fansof-heo · 7 months

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29.09.22: #Onthisday Our actor Heo Sung-tae won an award for Best Supporting Actor at the 8th APAN Star Awards 2022 for his role as Jang Deok-su in Squid Game and Yoon Byung-wook in Insider along with Yoon Byung-hee 🥳💖

#heo sung tae #허성태 #kdrama #squid game #Insider #APANStarAwards #yoonbyunghee

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giveamadeuschohisownmovie · 4 months

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restlesscrybaby · 1 year

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WELCOME TO MY ACCOUNT!!!

-- I'm Reilly!! ( RestlessCrybaby <33 ).

-- Panromantic and pansexual! She/her or any pronouns!

-- I've got a lovely bf! @dumby-elf !! The biggest Death simp, you guys should go and draw his self insert and Death together <33

-- I've got amazing friends!!

-- I'm a huge artist and writer <33!!

-- I'm multifandom!!

-- My birthday is March 3rd, I'm a Pisces!

-- My favorite color is rose gold... I really love pink.

\/ \/ MORE INFO. \/ \/

× WHAT I WILL NOT WRITE. ×

The basics. ( p3dophilia, vore, proship shi, etc )

Sadly, pregnancy and children stuff!! ( personal reasons. )

... More, but that's the basics.

× RULES FOR WHEN I WRITE ×

Please, give me time! And some things will be rushed, I try to put it out there as quick as I can ^^!!

If I don't get to your request, please give me time! Unless I post something stating to resend it, as my tumblr has a habit of deleting my inboxes.

Please, do not be offended if your ask isn't done like the others, I have countless reasons as to why it may not be done like that <33

And in general, have fun with my writing! I try to make sure you guys have enough creative room to let your minds roam free!

Pretty much the same for drawing!!!

♡ SOME OF MY INTERESTS! ♡

☆ Big ones marked with a star!

Writing ! ☆☆☆

Drawing ! ☆☆☆

True crime ! ☆☆☆

Movies !

TV shows !

Anime !

Poetry! ☆

Psychology ! ☆☆☆

Femme fatales! ☆

Vintage cartoons!

Horror! ☆☆☆

♡ ( SOME ) FANDOMS I'M IN! ♡

(( not all! ))

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish,

MHA

Beavis and Butthead,

Lucifer,

Danganronpa,

Grinch,

American Horror Story,

Beauty and the Beast,

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( ♡♡♡ )

Pizza Tower,

Tusk, ( ♡♡♡ )

Human Centipede, ( ♡♡♡ )

Chucky,

IT,

Killer Klowns from Outer Space ( ♡♡♡ ),

Goosebumps.

Baldi's Basics.

FNAF.

And more!!

× (( SOME )) CHARACTERS I SIMP FOR!! ×

(( not all!! ))

Jack Horner ( PiB: tLW. )

Katsuki Bakugou. ( MHA. )

Hawks ( MHA. )

TeruTeru Hanamura. ( Danganronpa. )

Mondo Oowada. ( Danganronpa. )

Karl Heisenberg. ( Resident Evil. )

Lady Dim. ( Resident Evil. )

Doc Ock. ( Spider-Man. )

Syndrome. ( The Incredibles. )

Peppino Spaghetti. ( Pizza Tower. )

Tate Langdon. ( AHS. )

Wallace Bryton. ( Tusk. )

Bill Boss. ( Human Centipede 3. )

Martin Lomax ( Human Centipede 2. )

Jang Deok-Su ( Squid Game. )

Slappy the Dummy ( Goosebumps. )

Rodrick Heffley ( Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies. )

Chef. ( South Park. )

Lucifer Morningstar. ( Lucifer on Netflix. )

Sweet Pete. ( Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. )

The Riddler. ( Batman , 2022. )

Bruno Madrigal ( Encanto 2022. )

Bradley Uppercrust. ( An Extremely Goofy Movie. )

Chucky. ( Child's Play. )

Pennywise. ( IT. ) (( I really love clowns. )

Ayato Aishi ( Yan Sim. )

Peter ( Your Boyfriend. )

John Doe. ( John Doe. ) (( obsessive men :3 ))

And many more.

And I mean many.

× FINAL NOTES. ×

This will be updated every now and again, but for now.

Enjoy.

- Restless Rei's.

#reillyposts #introductory post

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prpfs · 7 months

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🦑🕊️ (Possibly) I'm like, 2 years late with this, and have no idea how active the fandom for this still is, but i'm looking to write something from Netflix's Squid Game with somebody! I watched it again the other day, and now have a massive itch to write Kang Sae-byeok [Player 067] against someone's Jang Deok-su [Player 101]/ the guy with the Snake tattoo. Since we know they have a past together, i feel like it'd be really fun to explore their dynamic a bit in the time before Kang Sae-byeok went independent, and then maybe time-skip to the events of the games. (with some slight tweaks and changes, of course.) I'm 100% fine with NSFW and Smut, but i do ask that any likes and limits in that regard are discussed ahead of time. I will not be going in blind, and do expect open and clear communication from you, as i will be doing the same. I'm 21 currently, turning 22 soon, and have been role-playing for a few years now. I write mostly Multi-Para, but can match reply length if you prefer that. I'll reach out via Tumblr DMs and we can plan and go from there!

give a like and anon will get back to you

#squid game rp #squid game roleplay #fandom roleplay #fandom rp

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auxiliarydetective · 11 months

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OC Pride Challenge: Day 9

You can find the challenge here

We're currently in LGBTQIA+ Tropes week and for today's prompt I decided to use..

Bury Your Gays for Lee Byeong-ho

It's Squid Game, so you can imagine he has to die eventually. So, I've decided to present you the last ten minutes of his life. Once again, this is Squid Game, so it gets a little bloody.

Left, right, right, right, right, left, right, right, left.

“You had to say it, didn’t you, Sang-woo?” Byeong-ho murmured.

He had stepped to the far edge of the starting platform and leaned sideways to look down the bridge. At the far front, 244 was kneeling on the tempered glass tile, not making any attempts at moving.

“He’s wasting our time praying.”

“If it’ll help him gain confidence and move faster…” Gi-hun murmured.

“Doesn’t look like it.” Byeong-ho sighed. “Now, I don’t have anything against religious people, but… this is luck. You can’t influence luck. If there’s one person who knows that, it’s me, ‘cause god knows I’ve tried. Sometimes you have a lucky streak and sometimes you don’t, that’s just the way it is.”

“You wanna wind up dead, buddy?” Deok-su hissed at 151 who was standing behind 244. “Get that asshole to stop praying.”

It was at this moment that Byeong-ho found himself agreeing with Deok-su, the criminal that he was. It was a horrible feeling. But he was right. They needed to get going. Meanwhile, 151 had jumped onto the prayer guy’s glass tile and had seized him by the collar, shaking him. Then, the two of them started fighting. To Byeong-ho’s surprise, the prayer guy was stronger. He pushed 151 over the edge, sending him crashing through the next glass up ahead.

Left, right, right, right, right, left, right, right, left.

Then, 407 sprinted right after, pushing 244. He, too, fell right through. That was karma. No, that was luck.

Left, right, right, right, right, left, right, right, left, right.

Sang-woo stepped on the first tile, then hopped one further. Immediately, Byeong-ho followed suit. As soon as he felt the cold glass beneath his feet, he felt another rush of adrenaline going through him. His old fear of heights was coming back at the worst time. At least he was with Sang-woo. His mind went back to the last game when he had been sulking over Sang-woo not choosing him. After all, they were basically soulmates. Byeong-ho didn’t believe in fate, except for when it came to this one detail: Fate had gotten them here together. First, the numbers. 218 and 219. Close together like they belonged. It had been fate that had given Byeong-ho the intuition of returning to the games because he somehow had known Sang-woo would be there. It had made sure they both survived the night Deok-su and his gang had assaulted everyone. That blow to the head could’ve killed him, Byeong-ho thought. He still felt it, days after. But it hadn’t. Then, it had made sure Sang-woo didn’t pick him for the marbles game. And now they were here. Together again with following numbers.

In the front, 151 was making progress. But then, he, too, fell.

Left, right, right, right, right, left, right, right, left, right, left, right, right.

Now, it was Deok-su’s turn. But when he saw himself faced with the glass bridge head-on, he froze. Shakily like Byeong-ho had never seen him before, he turned around. The bigger they are, the harder they fall, Byeong-ho thought.

“Hey, everyone, listen up!” Deok-su shouted. “Anyone wanna get across?! Well, you better go first then!”

Byeong-ho scoffed. At the same time, Sang-woo cursed quietly.

“What are you doing?” 322 asked, taken off-guard.

“Are you deaf or what, asshole?” Deok-su snapped back. “I’m not going until you do.”

Byeong-ho breathed in to yell something, but Sang-woo cut him off before he could.

“Don’t do it. Let them settle it amongst themselves. Don’t get yourself into trouble, Byeong-ho.”

He was right. Still, Byeong-ho felt like the words were fighting to come out of his mouth. It’s luck, asshole, just do it.

“Are you crazy, man?” 322 cried out, his voice cracking. “But the rule is we go in order.”

To this, Deok-su laughed. “You can kiss my ass. We’re in hell here. There’s no rules in hell. You wanna go so bad? Go ahead.”

“You scumbag! If you don’t go, I’ll push you!”

“Eventually,” Byeong-ho murmured, “someone’s gonna push someone and it’s gonna be tempered glass. Then they’re screwed. Imagine you just tried to kill someone and they live.”

“It’s not about killing, it’s about going,” Sang-woo murmured.

“Do it!” Deok-su yelled. His voice was shaking and a little squeaky. Fear was eating him up from the inside. The big, tough, Deok-su. “We’ll all die here together! Hey, listen, everybody! I’m not dying here for anyone! So, come on, let’s do this!”

Nothing happened. Deok-su and 322 were still in a stand-off. Byeong-ho and Gi-hun looked at the clock at the same time. Five minutes left. First, they looked at the clock, then at each other. Byeong-ho’s desire to yell was stronger than ever. Go, asshole, go! It’s luck! You bastard! Silence. Nothing but the ticking of the clock filled the room.

“Damn it, you better go!” 322 shouted, begged almost. “Just go on!”

“Just go,” Mi-nyeo cut in.

Finally, movement. She shoved 322 forward, into Deok-su’s arms. Deok-su in turn threw him off. But not into the glass. Off the side. An opportunity wasted. Now, the two ex-lovers were head to head.

“My god, you’re all such idiots,” Mi-nyeo scoffed. “Man, you used to act like such a tough guy. Babe, what happened to you? Are you really pulling this shit? Aw, babe, you’re pathetic.”

Push him! Push him, lady! Catch him off guard and push him!

“Deok-su,” Mi-nyeo murmured. “All of these people dead but the worst thing is… I let you fuck me in the bathroom that day.”

“Why don’t you go first to die?”

“Fine. Sure.”

Byeong-ho sighed. He wasn’t sure if it was a sigh of relief or annoyance. At least they’d be moving forward. But once Mi-nyeo fell, which she probably would, they’d be back to the same old problem again. And now, there were only so few people left before it was Sang-woo’s turn. And once that happened… At the front, Mi-nyeo stepped onto Deok-su’s tile and passed him. But then, she turned around… and wrapped her arms around Deok-su’s waist. Byeong-ho craned his neck to see what was happening. Was this really happening? What was she trying to do? They were whispering now. But Mi-nyeo had the mob boss in a firm grip, a much stronger grip that anyone could have expected.

“We said we’d stick together right to the end,” Mi-nyeo declared.

“Crazy bitch!” Deok-su yelled, freaking out. “Let me go, damn it! Get your fucking hands off me right now!”

But Mi-nyeo stayed relentless.

“You betrayed me. Now you’re going to die.”

No matter how much Deok-su begged, there was no escaping her. They were at the very edge of the tile now. Mi-nyeo leaned back. With a terrifying scream, Deok-su was pulled down with her. They crashed through the glass, falling down to their doom.

Left, right, right, right, right, left, right, right, left, right, left, right, right, left.

Player 360 didn’t hesitate. He jumped - and fell.

Left, right, right, right, right, left, right, right, left, right, left, right, right, left, left.

Now it was player 017… and then Sang-woo. Byeong-ho took a deep breath. He looked at 067 and Gi-hun behind him, then back forward at Sang-woo. Gathering all his courage together, he jumped onto Sang-woo’s tile and hugged him from behind. Immediately, he felt Sang-woo’s entire body tense up.

“Byeong-ho, what are you doing?”

Never in public, he had promised that, but…

“I’m sorry,” Byeong-ho whispered, “but I need to do this. If you’re going to die, I need to know I got to hold you one last time.”

Sang-woo sighed. His hand was shaking as it touched Byeong-ho’s but it was gentle. Their fingers interlocked like all that time ago, before Sang-woo had gone that far into debt, before Byeong-ho had lost his future to gambling. Now, in the eyes of death, it was like all those years ago.

Before them, 017 had kneeled down on the ground, staring at the glass tiles.

“Move, quick,” Sang-woo said. “You can’t just stop.

“Wait, wait,” 017 gasped, “I can tell them apart.”

“You can tell?” Byeong-ho echoed.

“I used to make glass for over 30 years. You can’t normally tell, but… when you look at tempered glass when it’s lit from the side, then you can see faint stain marks.”

He got up again, then jumped… and landed safely.

Left, right, right, right, right, left, right, right, left, right, left, right, right, left, left, left.

With a sigh of relief, Byeong-ho let Sang-woo go so he could jump.

“Good job, sir!” he called. “You’re a genius!”

“Another hint, the sound,” 017 continued. “Tempered glass is made at a heat over 700 degrees. Pound on it with a hammer and it rings clearer than normal glass.”

“Why wasn’t all this brought up earlier?” Gi-hun asked hoarsely. “If you had led everyone from the-”

“Why would I? The players up here tried to kill us at every chance.”

He was right. Damn, he was right. But now, everything would be okay.

Left, right, right, right, right, left, right, right, left, right, left, right, right, left, left, left, right.

Two for two correct.

Left, right, right, right, right, left, right, right, left, right, left, right, right, left, left, left, right, right.

Three for three. But then, something happened. Something that shouldn’t happen. Byeong-ho’s euphoria turned to despair. The lights went off. Once again, Byeong-ho jumped onto Sang-woo’s tile, grabbing the back of his jacket.

“What’s wrong?” Sang-woo asked the glass man. “What’s the problem?”

“Can’t you see it’s dark?” Byeong-ho murmured. “He said you can see it when it’s lit from the side but there’s no light now.”

“That’s right,” 017 shuddered.

“But we still have sound!” Byeong-ho remembered. “I’ll go back to get a shoe!”

“No, that takes too much time!” Sang-woo snapped, grabbing Byeong-ho before he could go. “You won’t make it back in time even if you can even remember the tiles in reverse order.” Then, he turned back to 017. “You need to choose now.”

“Wait, I have a marble we can throw,” Gi-hun remembered.

With shaky hands, they passed the little glass pearl along the bridge, into 017’s hands. He threw the marble and the glass clicked into the silence.

“I need another. I need to hear the right one so I can be sure.”

But Gi-hun shook his head. Slowly and shakily, 017 got up. With a deep breath, Sang-woo jumped onto his tile.

“I’ll choose, okay?”

Then, in one swift motion, he pushed 017 forwards. The tile shattered underneath his weight and the glass man fell to his death.

Left, right, right, right, right, left, right, right, left, right, left, right, right, left, left, left, right, right, left.

But there were still three tiles left. Byeong-ho followed Sang-woo onto his tile. Without stopping, he continued on. One, two, three- Perplexed, he looked to his feet to see the patterned carpet of the end platform beneath them.

“I did it!” he shouted, turning around. “It’s right, left, left! Oh, thank you, Lady Luck!”

Grinning across both cheeks, he helped the others with their last jump onto the carpet, his heart fluttering and beating as fast as during that first kiss all that time ago. Only a second after Gi-hun was standing on the carpet safely, a beeping noise echoed through the room and the lights went on. Then, a loud crash came from the start of the bridge. Now, everything seemed to go in slow motion. After the first explosion, the others came quickly. One after another, the remaining glass tiles blew up, shards flying in all directions. As soon as it had started, it was over again. Sang-woo had a deep cut across his cheek, Gi-hun was cradling his arm and 067 was breathing shallowly. But it took a second for Byeong-ho to realize what had happened to him. In fact, Sang-woo noticed first.

“Byeong-ho!”

He sprinted over to hold him, just in time for Byeong-ho to collapse into his arms in shock. Scarlet blood was pouring down his neck like a waterfall from a large glass shard stuck deep inside it. It had cut right through the carotid, it seemed, judging by how much blood he was losing by the second.

“Sang-woo,” Byeong-ho whimpered, tears forming in his eyes.

“Don’t talk, don’t talk,” Sang-woo croaked, his eyes becoming glazed as he frantically pressed his hand onto the wound. Weakly, Byeong-ho wrapped a hand around his wrist.

“I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be sorry. - I need something to stop the bleeding, anything!”

“Sang-woo…”

“I said ‘don’t talk’!” Sang-woo cried out, tears mixing with the blood on his cheek. “We’re gonna save you, alright, we’ll-”

“Thank you for everything.”

“No! Don’t do this, I- I love you, damn it!”

But nothing he did helped. With one last act of strength, Byeong-ho grabbed Sang-woo’s wrist tighter. Then, his lips curled into a smile and he closed his eyes, breathing his last breath. Sang-woo gulped. As Byeong-ho’s hand slid from his wrist, he took it and kissed it, tasting his love’s blood on his lips. Was it fate that he had to leave him behind now? No, it was luck. Bad luck.

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