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Plot twist: The alpha on the fifth day was Jung-bae and he’s the father.
“Okay,” Jung-bae said gently. “Just calm down. You can’t smoke to calm down anymore, so try deep breathing or… count to ten or whatever pregnant people do.”
“I’m going to be the talk of my ex-wife’s garden club until I die,” Gi-hun moaned, collapsing onto the couch.
“Come on, buddy,” Jung-bae said, patting his shoulder. “No use spiraling. Let’s just figure this out logically, yeah? Start by mapping them out.” He went to a corkboard covered in tickets and various photographs and took them down stacking them neatly before producing sticky notes and tacks as if they were detectives. “You said four alphas, some you know, some you don’t—five days, four mistakes. Let’s go in order. Who was first?”
Gi-hun scratched his cheek. “Sang-woo,” He muttered. Then, because of course it needed clarification, “Cho Sang-woo.”
Jung-bae froze mid-tack, his eyebrows crawling up into his hairline. “Cho Sang-woo? The Cho Sang-woo? The pride of Ssangmun-dong? That Cho Sang-woo?”
Gi-hun raised an eyebrow. “What, is there another one?”
Jung-bae shook his head slowly, like he could not believe what he was writing as he scribbled the name down. The tack made a particularly judgmental squeak as he pinned it to the board. “I’m just surprised. I know you two were like childhood sweethearts or whatever, but from the few times we’ve gone out for drinks I’ve seen him smile exactly once, and it looked like it hurt him physically.” He glanced over. “So, when you two finished, did he give you a performance review or…?”
He ducked just in time to dodge the flying shoe.
“If anyone should be questioning the decision,” Gi-hun said, “It’s Sang-woo! He could have far more suitable omegas. Goodness knows his mother only talks about it every time I come by her stall. ‘My Sang-woo is the most eligible bachelor—handsome and rich!’”
“He could,” Jung-bae agreed instantly.
The other shoe flew through the air.
“Okay! Okay! Moving on!” Jung-bae yelped, scribbling like his life depended on it. “Second alpha?”
“In-ho,” Gi-hun said, arms crossed tight. “Hwang In-ho.”
Jung-bae nodded, writing it down. “Someone we don’t know. Progress. Got an age? Occupation?”
“Forty-five. Two years younger than me. He’s a cop.”
Jung-bae stopped mid-letter. “You slept with a cop? What if it was a sting? What if he thought you were—”
“I’m not a criminal!” Gi-hun snapped. “The only arrest on my record was from—” He stopped himself, mouth shutting with a click.
Jung-bae raised one slow, unimpressed eyebrow.
“It wasn’t for prostitution, I’ll tell you that,” Gi-hun muttered, waving him off.
“Alright, alright,” Jung-bae said, sticking it to the board. “Third alpha?”
“I don’t know his name,” Gi-hun mumbled, suddenly very interested in a frayed thread on the couch cushion.
The pen dropped.
“You don’t know—?”
“But!” Gi-hun sprang up and grabbed the pen and one of the sticky notes. “I can draw his face.”
Moments later, he stepped back to reveal a truly tragic sketch: a face with massive round eyes, cartoonish lips and parted dark hair.
Jung-bae stared at it. Blinked. “Great. We’ll print these out. Tape them to lampposts. Wanted: Alpha Baby Daddy. Likes long walks and kissing with these lips apparently—”
“Shut up!” Gi-hun threw himself back onto the couch.
“Last one?”
Gi-hun sighed. “Jun-ho.”
“Okay, cool—”
“Hwang Jun-ho.”
Jung-bae looked up sharply. “That’s… that’s a funny coincidence.”
Gi-hun did not look at him. “It’s uh. Not a coincidence. That’s In-ho’s little brother.”
Silence.
Jung-bae stared at the cork board. Then at Gi-hun. Then at the cork board again, like it might rearrange itself into something more reasonable.
“...You slept with two brothers. Two. Brothers.”
Gi-hun covered his face with a pillow and screamed into it. Then he pulled it away and moaned in despair,”I didn’t know that until after the fact I swear!”
OR: Omega Gi-hun spends a particularly nasty heat with four different alphas, Sang-woo, In-ho, Jun-ho, and the Salesman, and gets pregnant and then has to find out who the father is.
THIS IS EVERYTHING I COULD POSSIBLY WANT AND MORE!!! 🙏🙏
anon if u write this into a fic, i will give u my first born 😩🙌 i need to know how and why gihun transitioned from one man to the next! 🥹
also, four alphas in five days, damn gihun.... even during a heat, that's crazy lmao donna sheridan final boss
We need to cast Lee Seo-hwan in a movie where he can get his revenge and kill Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun.
But who is who?
(I know 457 are home of sexual bastards, but what about Jung-bae, Dae-ho, and Jun-hee?)
They are everything to me
[After In-ho fought Thanos and Nam-gyu]
Jun-hee: Um, excuse me, sir? You didn’t have to do that.
In-ho: Why not? Those two delinquents were beating that poor young man. I couldn’t just stand there. Someone needed to teach them a lesson.
Jun-hee: Actually, that “poor young man” is the father of my baby and he ghosted me for six months after I told him about my pregnancy.
In-ho: …He what?!
Myung-gi (walks up to In-ho): Thank you so much, sir. Those guys wouldn’t stop bothering me-
In-ho: (beats up Myung-gi) ASSHOLE! HOW YOU COULD GHOST YOUR GIRLFRIEND AND LEAVE HER ALONE WITH YOUR BABY?!
Dae-ho: Uh, should we do something?
Jung-bae: Nah. A real man would never abandon their child and wife. Well, girlfriend in this case.
Gi-hun (sad): Ga-yeong…
Thinking about how Gi-hun’s old and new teams would interact with each other.
For sure, Jung-bae, Dae-ho, and Ali would be besties and get along so well.
I think Sae-byeok would be like the protective older sister to Jun-hee, since she has a little brother and Jun-hee is pregnant.
Il-nam would be the evil dad we all hate of In-ho and tell him continuing the games is much more important than his son’s love for Gi-hun.
Sang-woo would be the first to know In-ho and Il-nam are the ones behind the games and In-ho would likely kill him, to keep him stay quiet and out of jealousy that Gi-hun likes him more.
So…I did a thing lol
Gi-hun acting like his fanon self to get that money:
Posted it on disco should I write the fic, fellow degenerates????
Squid Game Incorrect Quotes 〇△□
[Gi-hun storms into the room, clearly agitated.]
Gi-hun: Kids. Bed. Now. I want to talk to your father.
In-ho: No! Kids, stay! Please, stay!
Gi-hun: Go!
In-ho: Stay!
Gi-hun: Go!
In-ho: Stay!
Gi-hun: You go!
In-ho: Dae-ho, stay!
Gi-hun: Now!
In-ho: Jun-hee, don’t move!
Gi-hun: You go!
In-ho: Jung-bae, stay!
Gi-hun: Get out of here!
In-ho: Don’t leave me!
Gi-hun: You get out of here!
Squid Game Incorrect Quotes 〇△□
Park Jung-bae: When was the last time you were held?
Seong Gi-hun: Yesterday.
Park Jung-bae: At gunpoint doesn’t count.
Seong Gi-hun: Last week.
Park Jung-bae: Being in the Front Man’s custody doesn’t count either.
Love this idea, but picture this: what if it all happens right after the failed rebellion, but before Jung-bae gets killed? So, In-ho, in full Front Man mode, is in the middle of his grand, dramatic speech. He’s all like, “Did you enjoy playing the hero, Player 456?” when—splash—suddenly, both of them look down and realize Gi-hun’s breeches are completely soaked.
Cue the awkward silence.
Gi-hun, clearly in pain, is trying to figure out how he’s suddenly in this situation. Meanwhile, Jung-bae, who is totally baffled by what just happened, looks at Gi-hun and just deadpans, “Are you... pregnant???”
Gi-hun, looking utterly done with everything at this point, glares at him and snaps, “No, I’m too old for that shit.”
In-ho, under his mask, is having a full-on meltdown, breathing erratically like he’s about to faint. He’s trying to stay composed, but this? This is beyond him.
Jung-bae, still processing, is just like, “Bro, you’re obviously pregnant! And in labor now!” Meanwhile, Gi-hun’s holding his stomach like he might die, and In-ho's mentally just spiraling.
Finally, In-ho snaps at the guards to escort Jung-bae back to the dormitory and to bring the doctor for Gi-hun, who, despite now being in active labor, still thinks the idea of him being pregnant is preposterous and will continue to do so until he is holding his newborn son.
So I've seen a number of anons bring up potential Gi-hun pregnant during the second games scenarios, but I think for maximum comedy he should have zero idea he is pregnant and randomly go into labor either during or in between one of the games.
Gi-hun, during the search for the Frontman, slept with "Young-il" nine months before, who claimed he was grieving the death of his wife and unborn child. Really, In-ho wanted to see Gi-hun, and one thing led to another. So when they "run into each other" at the second games, it seems like a massive coincidence.
Gi-hun has been displaying some strange symptoms like nausea and stomach pains and the occasional odd food craving that he has dismissed because of his stubbornness and determination to stop the games. Plus, the thought that he is pregnant just never even occurs to him because he is not showing because he has not eaten much or rested and simply because he believes he is far too old to worry about such things anymore. So when his waters break at the second games, it is a big "what the f*ck" moment for all parties.
I would love to imagine how In-ho reacts, but I have already taken up a lot of space 😂
this is soo gihun 😭😭😭😭 this would definitely happen to him vnienkgv
sometimes he feels some fluttering in his stomach but he just thinks it's something bad he ate, neverming that he never actually eats anything 🙄
i'm trying to think of the funniest moment he could go into labor and it's either as he is about to vote on the games or when they are playing mingle or the pentathlon.
let's say it's during mingle.
they have just crammed ten of themselves into the room and the shaman is yelling like a maniac and inho is staring creepily at gihun and gihun is bent over, clutching his stomach and watching the remaining players be gunned down outside.
his abdomen is cramping and his hips and lower back ache really back but he thinks it's the physical stress of the game and the result of not eating anything while being nauseous all the time. again, pregnancy flies right over his head because he. is. old.
the labour is one of those that is super quick!
gihun is still watching through the door slit when he feels something wet down his legs and he looks down to find his pants are wet.... daeho of course, would ask if he is okay and jungbae would chuckle that he peed his pants but gihun is just horrified and geumja is like "that doens't look like pee 🤨"
and gihun curls up in pain, holding his abdomen and inho is like "are u pregnant? 😟" and gihun says no, that's impossible... except that they had sex nine months. his contractions are worse and everyone is freaking out and the door won't open!!!! and inho feels like he is about to pass out bc what do u mean he's having another kid????
gihun has the baby right in that room, there isn't even time to get anyone out. junhee has a lovely preview of herself within the following month and daeho can't look gihun in the eye bc he's seen ALL of him. jungbae immediately claims to be the baby's fav uncle and geumja is admonishing gihun for not noticing that he is pregnant. of course, hyunju, our queen, held gihun's hand through the whole thing and let him yell at anyone he wanted, particularly inho 🥰
OR - he has the baby during the night while everyone is in the dormitory asleep
Squid Game Incorrect Quotes 〇△□
Seong Gi-hun: You've taken my best friend Jung-bae... and my new friend, Young-il! You monster!
Hwang In-ho: On the contrary, Player 456... [slowly removes mask.]
Seong Gi-hun: [gasps, staring.] Young-il! You're alive! I knew it! But where's the Front Man? He could come back any second-quick, we need to get out of here before he finds us!
Hwang In-ho: [stares blankly, then slowly puts the mask back on.]
Seong Gi-hun: [eyes widen, incredulous.] Young-il, no!Where did he go? What did you do to him now, you monster?!
Hwang In-ho: [lets out a frustrated sigh, voice flat.] ...There's no way this is happening.
lil doodle of this scene cuz its one of my favorites. i think they r so cute
squid game + the onion 1 | 2
the realisation that dae-ho is going to find out that jung-bae died and then blame himself and it will break that sweet man into pieces :(
RAHHHHH THEY COULD NEVER MAKE ME HATE U SEONG GIHUN
Helloo! I fucking love your analysis on gi-hun's character and the way you defended him lol (gotta defend our bbg <3) And sorry for asking cuz I really need someone smarter than me. I saw a post that blamed Gi-hun for Jung Bae's death, that all he could have done was give Jung Bae money so that he wouldn't go to the games (also for ghosting Jung Bae). And that he could have helped other poor people, but he chose to go back to the games.
Also, a YouTube video comparing and saying "who had it worse?" shows Gi-hun and In-ho.
And those takes frustrated me that I couldn't form into words TOT. I'm like a child asking for validation lol.
(again, sorry for asking and for horrible grammar/english)
Thank you! I truly appreciate it. You are all so nice to me :). Also, don't insult your intelligence, please! All Gi-hun defenders have the smartest most beautifullest brains ever. Also, your english and grammar is great, don't apologize. I hope you are satisfied with this answer. I've been waiting to talk about this one.
I also saw that post. Let me get this out of the way first: everyone is entitled to their opinion and I am not making this post to shame anyone or create drama. I just want to get my points out there.
Jung-bae's death is not on anyone except for In-ho.
Gi-hun was not the cause of Jung-bae entering the games. He "ghosted" Jung-bae because he had just went through horrible, unimaginable things and could barely make it through everyday life. People with tons of trauma like that tend to isolate themselves for many reasons. For Gi-hun, he is carrying a lot of weight and it's hard to keep up with relationships when you are constantly experiencing emotional pain. He doesn't want to burden people with that, or put them at risk by being the prior winner who is out to stop the games.
Also, how was he supposed to know Jung-bae was desperate enough to join the games or that he was even a target? He didn't know that he had debt like that or was losing his family to divorce. Maybe you can argue that he would have if he kept in contact, but see my above statements.
In addition, it is vital to Gi-hun's character and his plotline that he sees that money as blood money. He only started using it when he was desperate to stop the games. Plus, what would paying off peoples debts do in the long run? It doesn't erase future debts or all debts for that matter. Gi-hun didn't win that much money. Yes, that is still a good and easier thing to do, but that would not stop the games. It makes sense for him to use the money for finding the recruiter instead so that even if someone has a debt (which is pretty much unstoppable) that they won't be placed in fucking death games. Plus, wouldn't you also want to know about the games and how to stop them after all that had happened to you?
I just don't think its fair to blame Jung-bae's death on Gi-hun, at all.
giving gi-hun the hugs he deserves <3 (ignore in-ho's being slightly nefarious)
I really really love Gi-hun and Jung Bae. Not really as romantic, but platonic. I love their friendship. Really, out of everyone in the world he was the only one left that can bring out a part of Gi-hun that was thriving before the first games. And now that he's dead I'm worried we'll never see that part of him again.
I want more content about them, like just, talking and stuff during season 2. It's the fluff I need after all the inhun angst content I consumed.