#happychenday

For some reason Jongdae had always been sensitive to electricity, and electricity to him.

On one hand it was a good thing, since he’d be the one who first noticed and told the others about an upcoming storm, but on the other hand he tended to electrocute everyone he touched. It was never done intentionally, of course, but on top of being adopted and new to the village it still took some time before any of the other children opened up to him.

Junmyeon was the first one, and since then the two of them had been inseparable.

This all changed, however, after the pain appeared in his eye and heart. Now it was fun to scare and tease people, and he had no reason to hold back. When his friends stopped wanting to be near him he didn’t care, and while he found it amusing that Junmyeon still remained - especially since the jolts of electricity seemed to hurt him more than anyone - he eventually shut him out as well. No-one understood what truly mattered, and if they didn’t… well, he’d do just fine without them.

When the sledge game bound him to the big white sleigh he felt ecstatic for the first time in a long while - now he could finally leave the village that he no longer viewed as his home. The Frost King had stopped and invited him to sit beside him, and the fact that the boy didn’t flinch when they touched elated Jongdae even more, just like the view of the cold landscape he reigned over did.

The puzzle that was placed into his hands when they arrived was pretty much unsolvable, but if he’s disappointed he forgets it quickly. Time moved slowly here, as did his thoughts, and he'd long stopped noticing the cold and recognising his feelings when Junmyeon suddenly showed up to cry tears that melted the ice around his heart and made the greyness disappear from his vision. Slowly it dawns on him where he is and how badly he’s been treating his best friend, but Junmyeon never letting go of his hand somehow keeps his guilt at bay.

It’s hard to dislike Minseok when he apologises and still doesn’t seem to be affected by Jongdae’s power, but he accepts his new friend’s wish to stay behind without questioning it and follows Junmyeon back to the village. He’s surprised when Junmyeon’s friends embrace him with open arms, but what shocks him even more is that the people of the village is happy about seeing him. After what he’d done he felt undeserving of their forgiveness, but he still got it, he could see that in their smiles.

And that’s when he realises that he never lost his home. It had simply waited for his return, and thanks to Junmyeon he was finally back for good.