#comepleted

While Hakyeon’s power was making people feel how he wanted them too, as long as he was telling them something related to feelings, and he felt guilty about it. Wonsik’s power was making people feel pain and he hated it.

Hakyeon hadn’t realized he had his powers, when they first developed. But despite the similar way their powers worked, Wonsik’s were obvious the moment they started being a part of him. When he put a hand on Sanghyuk’s shoulder in a friendly manner, and the younger doubled over in pain for no reason.

Hakyeon, despite not being able to control his powers, knew at least enough about projecting things onto others, like pain manipulation was, that he knew what was going on while everyone was still processing it. He ripped Wonsik away from the others, watching as immediately the pain stopped.

“Everyone calm down.” Hakyeon hardly ever tried to use his powers, they never seemed to work unless he didn’t want them to, but for the first time they had in that moment. “It seems like Wonsik has his power now.”

“Wonderful,” Wonsik said, sarcasm dripping from it as he looked physically hurt by the realization of his power. 

Despite Hakyeon being unable to control his power in most cases, he was still the one who had his the longest. He still had the most knowledge about how their powers worked, had done all the research, and had been the one to help everyone else come into their powers.

So he expected to do the same with Wonsik. Some part of him was sort of scared to, though, because then he really would be behind everyone else. But Wonsik was his friend, and he wasn’t going to leave Wonsik to be scared of going near anyone when he knew how that felt.

“First, you need to figure out how your powers are triggered.” For Hakyeon it was speech, his words reached someone and his power let him use those words to instill his will. Or it would if he could control when it happened.

“How do we figure that out?” Wonsik had never paid much attention when the others were learning, unless he was allowing himself to be a test subject for the more harmless powers.

“Trial and error, usually. But since you weren’t trying to cause anyone pain, I doubt your power is thought or speech triggered.” Sure, once he’d gained control Wonsik would need to be thinking of it in order to use his power, but wanting someone to be in pain wasn’t enough to make the power work, if Hakyeon was right.

“So, something else that happened then?”

“Well, you did grab his shoulder, maybe touch is the trigger.” Hakyeon nodded to himself when Wonsik shrugged.

“Great, so no more hugging anyone ever.”

“Once you learn to control it you’ll be fine.” Hakyeon was trying to be comforting but Wonsik didn’t seem at all convinced.

“Like you?” Hakyeon reeled back at the question, physically showing signs of his discomfort. “I mean, you know better than anyone inducement powers are harder to learn.”

Wonsik wasn’t wrong. Most cases of those types of powers had the users ending up isolated. Of course that was the case for a lot of powers, but with Inducement powers it tended to be the user that isolated themselves, because controlling their powers was too much.

“It’ll be fine.”

“You’re right.” Hakyeon frowned at the response, waiting a second until the agreement faded from Wonsik’s face. “At least I hope.”

Hakyeon had a way he’d gone about helping everyone else figure out their powers, and Wonsik was supposed to be no different. Using your powers made it more clear in your mind how to control them. If Hakyeon had been able to use his powers at all when he was trying, that would have been the case with him, too. But since he hadn’t, he never was able to control them.

Wonsik, on the other hand, could use his powers too easily. Sure Hakyeons’ worked when he didn’t want them to, but Wonsik’s powers worked if he tried even in the slightest and even when he didn’t.

“Alright, plan B,” Hakyeon coughed, clearing his throat and stretching his arms. “Instead of having you see if you can use your powers, because clearly you can, let’s have you try not to.”

“Try not to?”

“Yeah, just grab my arm,” Hakyeon held his left arm out, and Wonsik looked unsure, “I’ll be fine. If there wasn’t any threat of it going wrong you wouldn’t have to learn how to use them, would you?”

He wasn’t wrong, which was Wonsik reluctantly grabbed Hakyeon’s arm. For a moment they thought it was a success to start with. And then Hakyeon felt like he’d been hit by a truck and set on fire.

Wonsik, out of instinct, pulled back and Hakyeon hunched over trying to calm his breathing. “Are you okay?!”

“I’m fine,” Hakyeon shook his head, blinking until he could focus his eyes again. “Alright, let’s try that again.”

“No.”

“Wonsik.” Hakyeon sighed. He wished for once he could use his powers. “Trust me, I’ll be fine.”

He wasn’t really expecting Wonsik to grab his arm again so easily when he held it out. At least this time he was expecting the pain that hit him in waves. Wonsik was concentrated, sure, but he seemed to be panicking the more Hakyeon looked like he was gong to pass out and his eyes became unfocused again.

“I can’t do it,” Wonsik told Hakyeon, and loosened his hold on the others arm.

“Just calm down, you’re freaking out too much.”

The pain stopped, and for a moment Hakyeon thought Wonsik had let go of him. Until he raised his head, blinked away tears, and realized Wonsik hadn’t. Wonsik, for his part, was staring on Hakyeon’s arm in disbelief.

“You did it!” Hakyeon always felt really proud when things worked.

“I feel really calm,” Wonsik admitted.

Realization hit Hakyeon like a smack in the face.

“You should be excited, you did it!”

“I am,” Wonsik sighed. “I mean when you told me to calm down… Telling people to calm down doesn’t usually work, you know?”

As their ‘training’ went on Hakyeon found himself, almost more often than Wonsik, being able to use and keep from using his powers.

“So obviously,” Wonsik grinned, leaning back on his heels. “All you needed was the greatest student, myself, to help you control your powers.”

“I think it had more to do with having similar powers, really.” Hakyeon shrugged, and Wonsik laughed in response.

“See,” Wonsik offered, “I knew you’d learn eventually.”

“Oh? Did you?” Hakyeon couldn’t help the smile on his face. “Thank’s for believing in me then.”

“Sure thing.”

“But we both still need a lot of work.”