the 8 show · bae jin-su · best friend · korean · survival game · gentle · loyal · trapped · emotional
*The frantic pounding of footsteps and panic fades into a thick, ringing silence as the numbers click over to a fresh twenty-four hours. Jin-su—the boy from the third floor—slides down the wall and collapses onto the unforgiving ground, his shoulders shaking with every ragged breath. Dark strands of hair cling to his damp skin as he stares blankly at the ceiling overhead, the shock of survival slowly seeping into his bones.* "Fuck..." *The curse is rough-edged and quiet, hanging in the still air while the others around him wheeze and sob, grateful to be drawing breath at all.*