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As mentioned, Jeno has a very busy schedule. As expected, from a child of one of the big three gods. However, recently it's been… really packed. When Jeno does have the mercy of free time, he's always sleeping. You haven't seen him in two whole weeks. He's never talking to his friends, you never seen him swimming anymore,a nd worst of all? He's not eating. He loves to eat─and he's not eating. This calls for an emergency visit.

If only you had the ability to. You're in charge of the infirmary, however, and can never seem to find a replacement since your siblings always avoid the job and run away. You contemplate running away from your duties. For Jeno. You could send Jaemin to check up on him… no, he'd end up flirting with any girl (or guy!) he sees on the way. Damn Aphrodite kids. Finally, you decide to act on the former thought.

You don't even make it to the door, before you notice a very familiar presence by the door.

Your breath hitches as your eyes meet Jeno's. They look… tired. Nonetheless, you can still sense the love behind them, and it stirs something in you. You feel a small flame light in your heart, as if he's the one that set it on fire. The fire spreads to your feet as you make your way to him, to your fingertips as they reach out for him, and it's as if that fire has radiated on him, because he instantly melts into your touch, his nose bumping into your palm as he sighs out in what you can only make out to be satisfaction.

Despite his happy demeanor, you still can shake off the feeling of worry that stirs within you, noticing how his shoulders are tense─how he limps as you escort him towards a bed, how exhausted he looks. You wonder if this is how he felt when he saw you that night, on his dock, crying. If so, you'd never want him to feel this way ever again.

"I was just about to come to you, you know," You laugh softly, as you take a seat next to him and grab his hand in yours. It's warm, you've missed how warm it was.

Jeno's fingers instinctively curl between yours, and you feel the callouses of his fingertips on your skin, and it's oddly comforting. His head leans against yours, and he's strangely touchy, as if you were his battery source─like sunlight to a sunflower. "Oh? You were going to sneak out for me?"

You roll your eyes fondly. "I'd do anything for you."

"I know,"

And when his lips press against your temple, its you who melts this time, transforming into a giggly, grinning mess.

"I've missed you, you know,"

Jeno knows. He hopes you know that he's missed you even more. He's missed you every time he sees a band aid, he missed you every time someone made a lame joke, he saw you in every sunrise and sunset, he missed you when he gazed into water─which happens a lot, as a child of Poseidon. If he could, he'd abandon all these missions─what the hell are camp counselors thinking anyway, sending a kid off to beat the largest, most hazardous of creatures? He guesses that's the price of having power.

Jeno doesn't want power, however. He wants you. If power is in the way of him seeing you, he'd rather give it all away to the first person who asked, he'd give everything away for you.

"I've missed you too, baby,"

Your eyes tear away from your connected hands, trailing up to meet his own. They're longing and earnest. You smile, in hopes to comfort him.

It works, it always works. Jeno grins back, his other hand reaching up to brush your hair from your eyes, tucking it behind your ear. He notices a small chunk of your hair is shorter than others, and thinks back to the letter you sent him, the one where you ranted out of frustration when your siblings pranked you during your sleep and cut your hair. He smiles.

"Tell me about your missions," You mumble, encouraging him to fill you in on everything you missed out.

"Well… I kicked ass. Got my ass kicked. End of story?"

Jeno yelps and laughs when you punch at his shoulder. "Fine, fine, it was… fun,"

"Really? But isn't it scary to be doing that all alone?"

In an instant, Jeno's face changes. Alone. He's been feeling that lately.

"uh… yeah, you could say that."

You notice the way his lips curl down, how his brows just furrow slightly. It tugs on your heart.

You squeeze his hand gently, head dipping down to chase his gaze. "Hey, what's wrong?"

Jeno's lips curl back into a smile, and though its weaker than before, it's still there. "Nothing, just a little tired." You nod at his words, processing and attempting to dissect his intentions. "…okay, do you wanna rest here? I can watch over you,"

At your pure intentions and even purer heart, Jeno melts, pulling you closer with a shake of his head. "No need, just want to be here, with you. No longer alone…"

"Hey," You give him a look. He knows that look. You've caught him red-handed. "I'm here for you, you know that. Tell me what's wrong…"

Jeno cracks almost instantly. He could never be dishonest when it comes to you─he could never hurt you. "I just… I was so lonely on those missions. Yeah, I was out at sea, and sure I did talk to my dad a few times but it's… it's not the same as camp, you know? Where you could spar endlessly just for fun, where every meal was full of laughter and not some cold, prepacked plate of literal shit. Where fighting never had me thinking that this could be my last fight."

He pauses for a moment, breathing in deep breaths, but you wait for him. You know when to talk, and now is not the time. Instead, you rub up and down comfortingly at his back, something he's always loved. You feel his breathing slow, and his muscles relax. Then, he continues.

"Nobody understands me. I'm the only Big Three child here, and I hate it. I hate that I'm the only one who doesn't get to join bonfire nights, I hate that I'm the only one that has to constantly live in fear of constant death, I hate that I can't love you the loudest─just to keep you safe! God, I hate that I can't give you everything… to tell you the truth… I hated it out there. I hated every second in solitude, I hated how my thoughts raced for no reason, and how I could hear my heartbeat in my ears, and how empty I felt. I know I'm an introvert, and I love my personal time, but out there… I wasn't alone. I felt like death was creeping up on me, keeping me company. I didn't want death's company─I wanted your company. I missed you, Y/N… so much… and it killed me to know that you missed me too."

Your heart shatters at his words, and the glassy look in his eye, indicating his tears. Your palms envelop his cheeks, despite his tight grip, and you gently direct him to look down at you. "You're here now, aren't you? I'm here, with you," You start with a shaky breath. "and don't you dare say you don't give me everything. You give me everything and more. You'd give me the whole universe and still think it's too little, Jeno," You laugh airily, squeezing his cheeks fondly. "and even though you were away, I always felt loved. You don't need to be here physically for me to know, you know, that how much I trust you. So trust in me too, please. Trust that I'm satisfied, trust that I can take care of myself and that I want you to love me without any fears because we shouldn't have to have fears. Let go, you uptight man, and live! There might not be a lot of people out there who get exactly what you're going through, but people will relate on some level. People are just like that, empathizing and loving. Don't hate who you are, please, because you'd be hating something that I love, something I know is always worth my time and attention and something I will never give up on. Okay?"

Jeno stares at you, his eyes glossy with a tint of red on the outer corners of his eyes. He still looks handsome. He's always handsome. His hand are on your waist, his thumbs rubbing gently over the material of your t-shirt, gently tugging you towards him.

"…shit, did I ramble? Was I too fast? Do I need to say it all again? Gods─um, you give me everything, and more, and I trust you, and I─"

Jeno shuts you up effectively, nudging away your hands holding at his face to dip his head down and connect his lips with yours. They're salty with tears, and so soft, moving gently against yours as you reciprocate the kiss, your hands finding comfort in his hair. He kisses you with yearning, and he thinks that if you came just a millimeter closer, you'd feel the ache of his heart and his craving for you. Your comfort, your hugs, kisses, your smile and your gentle touches, your appreciative glances, your love. He craves your love, and now that he has it, he won't ever let go.

He makes it clear as he chases your lips when you pull away in what is, in his opinion, way too fast, gently maneuvering you closer to him, your chests pressed together and arms wrapped around one another. You wouldn't be surprised if your heart reached out and merged with his.

When Jeno does pull way, it's only to shower your face with kisses and hug you even tighter.

"I'm always here for you, Jen,"

"I know, baby."

You grin, taking his hand in yours as you gaze into his eyes. "Stay the night? I've missed your cuddles."

Jeno's nose bumps against yours as he nods, his smile mirroring yours. "Never wanted anything more."

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A scream erupted from the father, as he watched his son fall from the sky, his artificial wings dissolved, Icarus kept flapping his wings but soon realised that he had no feathers left and that he was only flapping his featherless arms, he was holding onto the wood where the feathers were once placed for dear life. He knows he should’ve listened to his father, he shouldn’t have flown too close to the sun.

He was scared, he grew confident, no, overconfident, he was overwhelmed by the idea of flying, the ecstasy of freedom, and the feeling the air, he was touching the clouds, it gave him a godly feeling... He felt as if he was a god, and that was what boosted his confidence, and overcome with the feeling of divine power that came with it, he ignored his father’s frequent warnings, but now he was paying for it. He shouldn’t have flown too close to the sun.

Icarus fell into the sea, he didn’t know how to swim, and as a result, the water entered his lungs filling them, and he felt as if they were burning. He was scared of the idea of dying, he was still young, he shouldn’t die because of the first mistake he made, he was young and supposed to be learning from his mistakes not dying because of them. He tried to return to the surface, but it was all in vain, he saw his own life flashes before his eyes, unfortunately, it was short, soon enough he let himself go letting the darkness consume him, with one thought on his mind.

He shouldn’t have flown too close to the sun.

***

Heracles carried the young man’s body as he went to bury him in the tomb he erected. Heracles looked down at Icarus whose body had gone pale and his hair lost the shining it held, He was doubting if he should bury him and just go on his way, or take him to his father... Zeus.

He pitied the boy, he was young, he was reckless, and he was just living the life of youth, all the kids around his age were like him. Unfortunately, his story was going to be legendary, parents are going to teach their kids to listen to them or else they will end up like Icarus.

The boy who should’ve listened to his father and didn’t fly close to the sun.

Heracles stopped when he heard a movement coming from between the bushes, he whipped around ready to fight whoever stood in his way, but instead, he saw a woman in a hood looking at him, and he knew from that moment, this woman was a witch.

He put the body he was carrying a moment ago on the ground and looked at the woman with fire in his eyes. “What do you want?” he asked.

“Ah, no need to worry about me, I mean no harm. I’m here to tell you that Hades is looking for this boy.” she replied and Heracles looked at her wide-eyed.

He knew better than not to trust witches, but he knows what his uncle was capable of, this boy had already faced a tragic ending, he doesn’t need to witness another one. Debating what to do, he turned to the witch once more and asked her.

“What should I do then?”

The witch smiled and replied before disappearing into the darkness. “Take him to your father, give the boy another chance.”

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     Seoul, 21th century CE.

Looking at the sun as if it took something precious from him, he didn’t understand how could people love something that can be so dangerous, sure it gives them light and warmth, but it can also destroy anything that comes too close to it... Even if you look at it for a while, you lose your eyesight.

“Taeyong? What are you doing here?”

He heard a soft voice calling him, he tore his eyes away from the sun and turned to look at the woman he loves with all of his heart.

He smiled and turned around again and replied, “Watching the sunset.”

You looked at him in amusement and went to stand next to him, he held your hand as he looked at the sun with the same gaze he was looking at earlier.

“Well, if I’m correct, my vampire of a boyfriend hates looking at the sun,” you said as he let out a chuckle wrapping an arm around your shoulder.

“Just because I dislike the sun, doesn’t mean I’m a vampire!” he said whining playfully causing your smile to widen. 

“Maybe you’re right, I mean, it’s not like you bite me or anything,” you said sighing dramatically, and he smirked mockingly.

“But I do bite you sometimes,” he said causing you to blush and look ahead of you, Taeyong smiled seeing you so flustered like this.

Meeting you was the best thing that has ever happened to Taeyong, he was unfortunate almost all his life, as if he was cursed, he can’t go to a place where people wouldn’t stop looking at him, you assured him many times that it was because he was too handsome, but he disagrees. He thinks it’s like people are judging him, and he doesn’t know for what exactly, he was pretty normal, or maybe that was what he convinced himself to think. When he was young, Taeyong felt different from the other kids his age, he remembers when his parents first took him to the beach when he was six years old, he remembers how he cried upon seeing the water, yelling and begging for his parents to get away from it.

But then you came, his new coworker, and it was like all the abnormalities in his life vanished the moment he set his eyes on you, you were like a blooming rose in the middle of a dead field, you gave life to everything around you, he was captivated by your beauty, it was from another world, he was sure you were an angel, even the way you acted with people around you, either they were friends or strangers, you were kind and always held a smile on your face, and was very delicate with the delicate things. 

It took him a lot of time to approach you, he thought if he walked up to you asking you on a date, you were going to laugh at him and tell him that you had a boyfriend. But the opposite happened, you greeted him with a smile and told him that you had no problem with going on a date with him, and since then, romance blossomed between the two of you until he finally asked you to be his girlfriend which made you over the moon.

Taeyong treated you with nothing but love, he treated you like you were the most delicate flower, he was always so affectionate with you and made sure that you feel loved and happy all the time, he was also super supportive of you, and when you achieve something or impress your employers at work, he would sit with a smile on his face and feel his heart swell with love, and he may or may not boast about it to his coworkers and friends.

“Did Johnny tell you about the new location of the wedding?” you asked causing your boyfriend to look at you smiling and nodded.

“Yes, he called me yesterday, I’m really happy for him,” Taeyong answered as his mind drifted back to when he witnessed his friend proposing to his girlfriend, and how he was over the moon when she agreed to marry him. He also wishes for the same future with you, it was no secret that Taeyong wanted to marry you, you were the only woman he pictured as his wife and the mother of his children.

“Yeah, me too,” you said as you took Taeyong’s hand in yours, giving him comfort from the anxiety that overcome his body.

Taeyong gave no reaction but nodded, he felt uneasy travelling to another country, he didn’t understand why Johnny had to travel to another country to hold his wedding when he could’ve held it in their country where everyone would be able to attend. He can easily apologize to Johnny for not going to the wedding and avoid travelling, but he knows how his friend is going to be let down by the news, and he didn’t want to disappoint Johnny because he was scared.

“Yuri told me that she was the one who suggested holding the wedding in Icaria, she wanted to do something different,” you paused when you noticed the troubled look on Taeyong’s face and asked, “Taeyong? Darling, are you okay?”

He didn’t answer you right away, it seemed as if he had trouble speaking, he was doubting if you would understand what he was feeling, but he knew that you would never judge him, quite the opposite, he knows you were going to make sure to help him until he felt better. 

Your eyes held nothing but pure concern for your lover, you were worried about him, you know he could be weird at times, despite that, you loved him unconditionally. You held his hand, noting that they were sweating and you were sure it wasn’t from the weather. You watched as he took a deep breath before looking at you once again, his eyes held doubt and vulnerability.

“I’m scared... The idea of travelling to another foreign country makes me anxious, I know I’m being irrational, but it scares me so much, I sometimes feel like the idea is suffocating me as if it wants me dead. But I have to, if I don’t go Johnny is going to be disappointed, he’s counting on me Y/N, and I can’t let him down.” Taeyong confessed, looking everywhere but your eyes.

You sighed hugging him, he hugged you back tightly, the familiar feeling of comfort and relief filled him, he felt like the mountain of worries he held on his shoulders had been lifted by your simple touch, and that’s another reason why Taeyong loves you so much. You ran a hand through his hair soothing him completely.

“Hey now, it’s okay, I’m with you, you don’t have to worry about anything as long as I’m around,” you whispered and he hummed contently causing you to smile. You didn’t let go of him until he pulled away first, you always made sure he was okay before starting to talk to him about his problem.

“Taeyong, polyagapiménos,” you said and he closed his eyes smiling upon hearing the pet name, you continued, “I know that travelling to another country scares you and you have every right to be... If I’m being honest, I’m scared too, but I know that it’d be alright because I have you with me, and that’s all that matters.” he rested his forehead against yours affectionately, as he closed his eyes in affection smiling slightly. “As long as we’ve each other, I don’t want anything else from the world. Think about this as a vacation for both of us, to have a break from all the work and stress we’re going through. What do you say?” you said and he opened his eyes looking at you.

Thinking about your words, they sent a wave of calmness through him, he needed words of comfort that made all his doubts go away, he didn’t want his fear getting in the way of his friendship with Johnny, he couldn’t lose him because the idea of flying terrified him. But, there you were, chasing away all his fears with your comforting words, he felt as if he was Atlas, the Titan who was responsible for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders, but you, you were an angel who disobeyed Zeus’ orders and set him free because that was enough for his punishment.

Taeyong looked at you like you put the stars in the sky, he kissed your lips softly, you smiled through the kiss and ran your hand through his hair. His lips tasted so sweet, his lips were like a drug that you were addicted to, not only his lips but all of him, you could never get enough of him.

He pulled away smiling pushing a strand of your hair behind your ear and put his other hand on your cheek, “I don’t know what I would do without you.” he whispered and you smiled leaning into his hand kissing the palm of his hand.

“You don’t have to worry about that, I’m not going anywhere,” you promised and he smiled.

“Good, because I don’t plan on letting you go at all.”

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In a place that looked like a castle, the roof was so high that no one could ever see its end, the walls were gold and beautifully decorated as if it was heaven itself. Then a very muscular man walked through the gates carrying a body. He lied the body he was carrying on the ground, the man sat on one knee and looked ahead of him.

“Heracles.”

He looked up to see an enormous man who looked at him with a small smile gracing his features, he looked human, but he sure wasn’t one.

“Father,”

“Long time no see, son.” His father said causing the son to smile.

“I know, I’m sorry. I came here with an issue.” Heracles started as his father nodded motioning for him to continue, “This boy... He was flying with his father to get away from King Minos, but he flew close to the sun and his feathers melted causing him to fell into the sea and drowned... I met a witch, and she told me that Hades is looking for him, and she ordered me to take him to you. She told me to give him another chance.” Heracles explained but Zeus didn’t seem phased.

“You do know that the boy thought of himself as a god when he was flying? His father thought that he could compete with the god’s powers... It was only a punishment for him to lose his son like that. Besides, I cannot interfere in Hades’ business, I gave him my word, this is an absolute rule I set, and even if I did allow this, he will never allow this to happen.” the father replied and his son looked at him pleadingly.

“Father, please, he’s just a boy, he was reckless, save him. He doesn’t deserve to be sent to Hades, please.” Heracles pleaded in pain, Heracles was feeling like that because he had a son who was almost the same age as him, and his son died. And he didn’t wish the same fate upon the boy he wanted to save desperately.

Zeus looked at him, a war igniting within him, he looked at Athena, who was sitting on her throne patiently, calm, and collected. Zeus sighed as he walked over to the boy who was lying on the ground of Olympus, Zeus looked at him and the broken wood where the feathers were placed, Zeus put his hand on the boy’s shoulder, and an incredible light shone from the back of his shoulder.

Heracles watched in amazement as his father stood over the dead boy, the broken woods were long gone, but a scar appeared on the back of both his shoulders, he sighed knowing that the way his father punished the boy for thinking about being a god, and also for being reckless.

Zeus stepped away from him and nodded at Hermes to take the body of the boy away, Heracles anxiously watched the boy being taken away by his half-brother. And Zeus turned around looking at Heracles and said.

“He shall have a second chance then.”

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The sky was clear, the clouds were decorating it beautifully, the birds were flying away their wings making the most peaceful sound, the sound of freedom. Looking beneath him, he saw a man in his mid-fifties flying with his arms extended and he wore artificial wings, furrowing his eyebrows, he then noticed how his arms were also extended and he saw the artificial wings he also wore.

Feeling worried, he felt the sunlight hitting his face, he looked up and looked away immediately because the sun was right in front of him. He tried to fly away from it, but suddenly he saw the feathers falling off from his wings and his breath hitched in his throat.

“Icarus!”

He fell from the sky as his wings did earlier, he was falling fast and then closed his eyes the moment his body hit the water as he started drowning painfully.

***

Taeyong opened his eyes breathing heavily, his chest was heaving up and down as he tried to catch his breath as if he finished running a marathon. Looking beside him, he saw you sleeping peacefully, he stood up not wanting to disturb your sleep. He went to the bathroom to wash his face to help him recover from the nightmare.

It was the same nightmare he has been getting ever since he decided that he was going to Icaria for Johnny and Yuri’s wedding. He didn’t know why this was happening, and he didn’t know why he also was getting this nightmare in particular. He took a deep breath as he splashed his face with the water, after a few seconds he wiped his face with the towel, and felt an ache in the blades of his shoulders.

Taeyong sighed in pain as he touched the part that was hurting him the most, he felt his hand touch something rough. Furrowing his eyebrows, he looked into the mirror to see the scar that he didn’t know when he got it, and he also touched the same scar on the other shoulder.

Looking in the mirror, he saw you standing behind him rubbing your eyes cutely, Taeyong smiled and turned to look at you, taking your face between his hands.

“Darling? Why are you awake?” Taeyong asked, feeling bad for interrupting your sleep.

“I got scared when I didn’t see you next to me, so I came looking for you,” you explained and Taeyong smiled at your cuteness, bringing one of your hands up to his lips kissing it lovingly.

“I’m sorry, I just had a bad dream,” Taeyong said and you furrowed your eyebrows at his words. Taeyong avoided meeting your eyes, you gently put a finger under his chin, causing his head to rise, your eyes meeting his, you saw how vulnerable he was.

“The same nightmare?” you asked and he nodded sighing. “Do you think about it a lot? Maybe that’s why you keep on seeing the same nightmare...” you trailed and Taeyong shook his head.

“No, it’s not like that, I don’t try to think of it because I know it’s only going to affect me, I try to avoid it at any point... But it keeps on haunting me.” Taeyong explained his voice small and weak.

You sighed heavily trying to get his mind off the nightmare, but you didn’t know what to say. Taeyong turned back to the mirror and then looked at you asking.

“Do you feel anything? Here?”

You furrowed your eyebrows and touched the blade of his shoulder, you traced it delicately only to feel the pattern of the scar.

“No, it’s normal,” you replied and that made Taeyong more confused. He was wondering how you couldn’t feel the roughness that was inside his scar.

“Why do you ask though?” you asked again and he shook his head, “No reason, it’s just I was examining it... I don’t remember when or how I got it,” he replied and you smiled reassuringly.

“Don’t worry about it Yongie, you see this?” you said and lifted your leg, pointing at the scar that was on the inner of your thigh. “I grew up with this on my thigh, when I asked my mother she told me that was because my clumsy baby self burnt herself by accident. Maybe you should ask your parents,” you suggested and he bent down kissing your thigh.

“I will ask my mother, also you’re still beautiful, it makes you more attractive.” Taeyong winked and you blushed as he laughed hugging you close to his body.

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Unfortunately, the nightmares became more frequent which caused Taeyong to be more anxious, stressed, and scared. You tried to help him as much as you could, but you know nothing was helping. Taeyong before didn’t have a problem going out in the daylight, but now he’s scared to even open the windows. And his fear of heights was also getting worse, you didn’t what happened to him to be triggered like this, and you didn’t know how to help him anymore, so you decided to take this upon your shoulders and talk to someone you trust about it.

You walked inside the big building, and went to the receptionist, you approached her and she smiled at you politely. You smiled back and said.

“Hi, I’m Y/N Y/L/N, and I have an appointment today.”

“Oh yes, please sit down for a few moments,” she answered and you nodded and went to sit down on the sofa that was seated there.

You sat and examined the place intently, you’ve never been here before, and you came only for the sake of your boyfriend, you wanted to help because you hated to see him defenceless like this. He wasn’t your Taeyong, he was always scared and paranoid, not living his life at the maximum, and you were both worried and sad.

“Fancy seeing you here, Y/N.”

You heard a voice speaking, you looked up to meet two soft, brown eyes, you smiled getting up and engulfing your adopted-brother in a hug and said.

“It’s been a long time, Doyoung.”

After a few seconds, Doyoung pulled away from you, as he led you to his office, he opened the door and let you inside as he took off his coat and sat on his chair. You smiled as your eyes fell upon the portrait that was placed on his desk.

“I can’t believe you still have this photo.” you chuckled as you took the picture tracing it and smiling fondly.

It was a photo of you, Doyoung, and your father. He was carrying both of you on his back as little you and Doyoung smiled widely at the camera. Doyoung loved his adoptive father so much, not only he saved his life when he was young, but he also never made him feel like he didn’t belong. Quite the opposite actually, your father even taught him all the things he knew, and he also inspired Doyoung to become a psychologist.

When your father brought Doyoung who was five years old at that time home, he was wrapped up in his jacket, but his hair was still wet from the rain, your three-old-self gave him your favourite blanket and plushie so he could feel better. From this moment, you two were inseparable.

“Of course I still have it, it was such a joyful moment, something to wipe away all the memories of him being in pain,” Doyoung muttered, and you sighed heavily, remembering all the sleepless nights you spent next to your ill father.

At the age of fifteen, you discovered that your father had a serious illness, and none of the doctors knew what was wrong with him, he had a rare disease and the chance of him surviving it was less than ten percent.

For six months, he was in indescribable pain, you always cried in your brother’s arms, his screams still haunting you till this day. Until one day, when you were coming back from school and entered the house, it was dead silent, you were confused, then you saw seventeen-year-old Doyoung, sitting on the chair, his eyes bloodshot red and he was sniffling. You knew then that you were never going to see your father again.

It was a hard time for you, you couldn’t move on from the fact that you were never going to see your father again, till this day, sometimes you miss him terribly and you cry all night, even Taeyong can’t help you if you ever miss him.

“Yeah... Anyways, how are you? And how’s your wife doing?” you asked and Doyoung smiled.

“I’m good, and Jiwoo is amazing too. How about you? I haven’t heard from you for almost a month, and also how’s your weirdo of a boyfriend doing?” Doyoung snorted.

“And this is exactly why I’m here,” you answered him and he looked at you waiting for an explanation.

You told him all about what was wrong with Taeyong and how weird he has been acting ever since he heard the news of the new location of Johnny and Yuri’s wedding. Doyoung listened closely as you spoke, noting every little detail that left your mouth.

It wasn’t strange for him, he already dealt with people almost worse than Taeyong, but he knew you wanted him to assure you that Taeyong was fine, and that was something he couldn’t fake.

After you finished telling the story, Doyoung stood up and went through the shelves looking for something, you didn’t say anything, just watched him silently. He came back with a book in his hand and some files which you assumed were researches.

Doyoung sat down on his desk and opened the first file, pushing it towards you and said.

“So, after what you told me, I think Taeyong’s phobias are pretty normal to me, sure phobias are irrational, but most people suffer from the same phobias. Such as the fear of heights and water, the abnormal one is his fear of the sun..” Doyoung trailed and he looked into your eyes pointing down at the file in front of you, you looked down and read the title.

“There has been a legend going around for a very long time, that our phobias are how we died of in our past lives. And if this legend is correct, then maybe Taeyong died because of the sun, or the water, or heights.” Doyoung explained and before you could say anything, he opened the next file.

“The same legend says that our dreams are our memories in our past lives. So, what’s Taeyong dream about?” he asked.

“He told me that, he dreams of falling from the sky, and someone shouting a name he couldn’t remember correctly, he also told me that every time he falls, he ends up drowning in the sea.” you shuddered at the image your mind created.

Doyoung sighed rubbing his temples, he looked troubled, in the beginning, it seemed like Taeyong’s case was simple, but it turned out to be difficult. He looked at you already coming up with a plan that he wasn’t going to tell you about.

“Frankly, I think these nightmares are just because of his fears, you’re saying these nightmares started ever since he learnt that he had to fly to attend his friend’s wedding, correct?” Doyoung asked and you nodded waiting to see what he was thinking.

“Then it’s simple, the news triggered his phobias, and because he knows he has to attend, he is thinking of all the worst scenarios that could happen to him once he sets his foot on the plane,” Doyoung concluded.

You looked at him amazed by how he seemed to have a solution for every problem, to say you were beyond proud of your brother was an understatement. Doyoung stood up and went to the small cupboard, he took out a small bottle and put it in front of you.

“What are these?” you asked.

“These are pills to help him during the time of the flight, you are going to need them. It’s going to be a living nightmare for Taeyong, so you have to be prepared for the worst, and these pills are serotonin reuptake inhibitors also known as SSRIs.” Doyoung explained as you took the pills from him.

He could sense you were a bit anxious which is understandable, but he didn’t want that, he knew what he was doing, you just needed some reassurance.

“Is it going to be that bad for him?” you asked referring to the pills, Doyoung sighed and nodded.

“Y/N, don’t worry, it’s completely fine as a human being who is about to face his phobia what he feels is normal. But I can assure you that these pills will help him greatly, and I want you to keep an eye on him on the plane, he might have a panic attack.” Doyoung said and you sighed.

To say you were skeptic would be an understatement, but decided to say nothing. You stood up smiling and hugging him, ready to leave.

“Thank you so much, Doyoung. I’ll leave now, sorry for bothering you and thanks for the free pills.” you said and he laughed patting your head.

“Don’t say that, and please visit me more often, you know your older brother would love to see his little sister more often.” Doyoung teased and you smiled nodding.

Once you left the office, Doyoung sat down again and started to look through the files again, stumbling upon the paper he was looking for. Grabbing his phone typing down the numbers, dialling it.

“Hello?”

“Kun, meet me in my office in thirty minutes and don’t be late.”

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Entering the airport, Taeyong felt anxious more than ever, the voices that echoed through the big speakers announcing the flights made him want to go back home. But he knows he can’t do that, he had already bought the tickets and promised Johnny and Yuri to attend the wedding, they were counting on him, and knowing Johnny, Taeyong knows that he needed him the most because that was a big step in his life and he wanted to make sure that his best friend was to witness this step and be there for him.

“Darling? Are you okay?”

Taeyong heard your soothing voice and he turned around his scared eyes meeting yours. You got anxious by the way he was looking at everything around him, doubting everything, you know he was scared because he was about to face his biggest fear... Flying.

“Yes, yes, it’s nothing,” Taeyong replied and you looked at him, not believing what he was saying.

“Yongie, it’s not too late to return home, the wedding doesn’t matter, you’re the only thing that matters the most to me. And if you’re not comfortable with flying, you could say the word right now and I would cut these two tickets in half.” you said sternly.

Taeyong looked at you like you were a goddess, he couldn’t believe how he managed to be with an angel like you. You always made sure that he was okay and comfortable with everything going around him, and you weren’t shy when it came to his comfort zone, if it meant not going to his best friend’s wedding, then so be it. You didn’t care as long as he was comfortable and happy.

Taeyong smiled softly kissing your forehead, you sighed leaning into his warmth, and he wrapped an arm around your shoulder.

“No love, we are going to this wedding, I can do this, as long as you’re with me I’m pretty sure I can face any fears.” he replied and you blushed slightly at his words but looked at him for confirmation and he replied with dragging you to check your luggage.

After an hour or so, you two got on the plane, Taeyong growing more anxious with every step he took towards the plane. When he set a foot on the plane he felt a shiver run down his spine, he ignored it though and sat down on his seat next to you.

When the plane took off, he closed his eyes as a feeling of nostalgia ran through his body, his mind flashed him some of the nightmares he had, his stomach was twisting as he remembered how he fell from the sky and drowned in the sea. He didn’t want the same fate he had in the nightmare, he didn’t want that to happen.

Taeyong could feel his breath quickens and seemed like he was about to have a panic attack, he felt dizzy and couldn’t breathe properly, he could feel as if his heart was going to stop any moment, the overwhelming fear of his phobia is taking the best of him.

You noticed how Taeyong was breathing heavily, you looked at him sadly and held his hand tightly. He squeezed it but didn’t dare to open his eyes, too scared and thought that if he opened them the plane would fall and he dies.

“Polyagapiménos... I’m here with you,” you whispered and kissed the smooth skin of his cheek. Then you took out the pills Doyoung gave you and opened the small bottle bottle and pressed two pills against Taeyong’s lips.

He was confused about what was this but didn’t dare to open his eyes, so you rubbed his hand comfortingly, “Those are some pills to help you overcome your fears, they’ll make you feel better.” you soothed.

Without hesitation, Taeyong swallowed them and took the water bottle from your hand, gulping the water as if it was going to calm his nerves.

After ten minutes, Taeyong breathed and opened his eyes as he looked at the opened window of his seat, he could see the clouds and he smiled at the sight, he saw the birds flying from below and his heart felt at ease. It felt like freedom and he wished to be like these birds, he wanted to feel free from all the things that ached his head. He wanted to be fearless.

All the calming feelings Taeyong felt disappeared when he saw the sun, it glowed greatly and its rays hit his face. His mind drifted back to his nightmare and how the sun always dissolved his wings and killed him. He closed the window quickly avoiding it and sighed deeply, he glared at the seat in front of him angrily imagining it the sun he was looking at earlier.

The pills you gave him looked like they had fast effectiveness because now it was like he was normal and didn’t fear anything, he was impressed by how well you handled the situation so well.

“Taeyong, are you okay now?”

He turned his head to your direction, his face softened when he saw you looking at him concerned, he smiled nodding.

“Yes darling, I’m better now,” he assured and you smiled and Taeyong took out his phone snapping a picture of you smiling.

“Hey! I wasn’t ready! I look ugly, Yongie!” you whined as you tried to take the phone from his hand but he was stronger than you and held you back.

“No, you don’t, my baby girl is always beautiful,” Taeyong said and you blushed hiding your face behind your hands. “By the way, how did you get these pills? And how did you even know they were going to work?” he asked and you smiled.

“I went to Doyoung and told him that we were flying for a wedding and you had fear of flying, so he told me to give you these pills because they’ll help,” you explained, half telling the truth because you didn’t want him to worry much.

Taeyong smiled softly as he took you in his arms cuddling you, in return, you wrapped your arms around his waist hugging him tightly. Taeyong was so tired after taking the pills, his eyelids were heavy as he tried hard not to fall asleep. Looking at him, you pressed a kiss to his cheek, drawing circles on his hand lovingly, whispering.

“Go to sleep baby, we have a long way ahead of us.”

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Ever since you arrived at Icaria, Taeyong didn’t feel homesick, quite the opposite actually, it was as if he returned home. He was so happy looking at Icaria with an adoring look on his face, and he could never forget the déjà vu that hit him when he saw a temple that he swore he saw it somewhere but he couldn’t remember when or where. You were happy that Taeyong was enjoying himself while the two of you explored Icaria a week before the wedding of Johnny and Yuri, you prepared a small picnic to a park that Taeyong knew nothing about, you wanted him to enjoy himself and his time to the maximum because it’s not every day he travels to new places.

Taeyong smiled when you dragged him in the park, sitting the huge basket down, you took out the blanket and he helped you spread it on the grass, you sat down and he followed, sitting across from you. You took out the lunch you made and the bottle of juice, you took a plate and started filling it with every piece of food you made for Taeyong who was staring at you intently. He smiled at the fact of how you take good care of him, you always made sure he eats well and was healthy and scolded him when he overworks himself and forgets to eat or drink water. Every night, he thanks his lucky stars that he found you, or god knows what could’ve happened to him.

“You’re doing it again,” you muttered and Taeyong snapped back to reality, smiling at you as if he was mocking you.

“Doing what?” he asked again and you sighed feeling shy under his gaze. Despite being with Taeyong for almost four years now, he never failed to make you flustered, it was as if he wants to see the blood rushing to your cheeks every time he says or does anything that makes you blush.

“You know exactly what, don’t you get tired of staring at me?” you asked handing him his plate, he sat it down and kissed your hand affectionately causing you to smile and your heart to melt as he answered.

“Never.”

The two of you started eating enjoying the weather and the sun, or rather you enjoying the sun because Taeyong was complaining about how the world would be a better place if it was just night with the moon and the stars illuminating the sky, and at least the weather wouldn’t be hot. You remembered the talk you shared with Doyoung and frowned. This could never be a phobia, Taeyong just strongly dislikes the sun, if he really had a phobia of the sun, he wouldn’t dare to go out in the sunlight. Also, the fact that you feel like Doyoung is hiding something from you makes you even more determined to know what’s the matter with your lover instead of being fed with lies.

“Love? Are you listening to me?”

You heard Taeyong ask you his voice soft and concerned, you turned to look at him and smiled not wanting him to be worried or anything.

“I’m sorry Tae, I zoned out, what were you saying again?” you asked and he looked at you in doubt but chose not to say anything.

“I was telling you about Johnny and Yuri, Johnny called me this morning and suggested we all go out for sightseeing tomorrow, what do you say?” he asked and you nodded.

“Sure yeah! I want you to enjoy your time the most, that’s what matters the most to me,” you said smiling and Taeyong grinned.

“Are you really trying to flirt with me right now?” he teased and you groaned sitting back and he just laughed. “You know, Y/N?” Taeyong said and you looked at him waiting to hear what he wanted to say.

“Yes, Yongie?”

“Ever since I stepped my foot inside this island, I felt so happy, like returning home after being away for a long time. It all seemed so familiar, and the breeze that blew when I exited the airport, it was as if the breeze was welcoming me for returning home. For the first time in my life, I feel like I belong somewhere. I feel like this is my home.” Taeyong said and you smiled, happy to hear such things coming out from his mouth.

You noticed this too, even if hadn’t been two days since you arrived in Icaria, but you did notice the change in Taeyong’s behaviour. He was more lively, he was playful, he wasn’t the same boy that looked troubled when he stepped inside the airport, but now it was all worth it, it really was amazing how much he changed into someone bright and happy, not the troubled one that always looked as if he was carrying the whole world on his shoulders. Taeyong was a happier and healthier version of himself.

“I’m so happy to hear that Yongie, you deserve nothing but happiness,” you said smiling softly and he stood up and sat down next to you, taking your hand in his he smiled at you saying,

“Thank you, thank you for everything, for being so patient with me and bearing with me through tough times, I don’t deserve you. But I’m willing to prove to you every day that I’m worthy of having you to myself. Thank you so much, Y/N.”

Taeyong planted a soft kiss on your lips and you smiled into the kiss pulling him closer to you, you had your hand on his cheek while his hands held your waist firmly. After a few seconds, you pulled away resting your foreheads against each other

“Don’t say that Yongie, if anything I don’t deserve you, you’re too good for me, but I can’t help it, I love you,” you said and he made a sound of disagreement hugging you.

“No, you’re good for me! Stop saying you aren’t! And I love you too, polyagapiménos, so much.” he whispered and you hugged him tightly.

You two continued your lovely picnic and after finishing the food, you packed your things and decided to take a walk along the streets of Icaria. You wanted to see the Temple of Artemis, but unfortunately, it was too late so you decided to explore the island more. You were shy under the gazes of the people who looked at you and Taeyong, they were looking at you with a smile on their faces admiring the love between you and Taeyong. You two were unaware of the pair of red eyes that were watching you, not knowing those pair of eyes were going to turn your life upside down.

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Heracles raced inside the temple where he was meant to meet Zeus who didn’t know what his son wanted of him. Heracles waited anxiously inside the temple until he saw an old man entering the temple, it was Zeus in disguise. Zeus watched his son running over to him, as the door closed giving them privacy to talk freely as they wished without anyone interrupting them. Zeus could see the troubled look on Heracles’s face, something was definitely wrong, he hopes it’s not about the rumours that are going around, this will unleash hell upon them.

“Son, what is that you wanted to speak to me urgently about?” Zeus asked with authority clear in his voice. Heracles looked at his godly father not knowing where to start or how to tell him the news which made Zeus even more anxious.

“He’s here, Icarus has returned once again.” Heracles declared as Zeus’ eyes widened in fear, the rumours were true after all, he should’ve known that. “Not this only, Hades knows of his arrival,” Heracles finished staring at the ground in shame.

Zeus looked at him and screamed in rage, causing a loud clap of thunder to interrupt the silence of the night. He stared at Heracles a million scenarios running through his head. His son failed at the task he said he would be responsible for, he gave the fallen boy time until he finally decided to resurrect him, on one condition, to be away from Greece and make sure he never knows what his past was. Zeus knows very well that he shouldn’t have resurrected him, he shouldn’t even have interfered in Hades’ business. His soul was meant to be in the underworld all these years, but he took his soul from the underworld giving him the chance of another life. But the damage is done already and he needed to think quick.

“I knew this was a bad idea from the beginning, you now understand what I meant when I said not to meddle in Hades’ business?! This is all because of you!” Zeus growled and Heracles didn’t dare to look at his father, he just listened to him. “How did you know about it?” Zeus asked once more his patience running out.

“Hermes, he received a message from Apollo,” Heracles replied and Zeus breathed deeply.

Hades will never let the boy go again, he would do whatever it takes to have his soul and take it back to the underworld where it was meant to be from the moment his body hit the sea. Zeus have to be quick, he needed to act before Hades, he had to reach the boy first before a war breaks out. Zeus looked at Hercules, having already made up his mind.

“Hades is not going to let him get away this time, we have to reach the boy before Hades does. Look for him, bring him to me. I will let Artemis talk to Moirai.” Zeus ordered and Heracles nodded and before he could leave the temple, the gates of the temples opened.

A man in his mid-twenties burst through the gates, he had black hair and creamy skin, he looked like he ran a marathon, his clothes and hair were messy. But he couldn’t be blamed, he has been flying around for two days and the news he has couldn’t be postponed nor it had to wait. He raced towards the god and the demi-god, bowing to his father.

“Hermes? What is it?” Zeus asked as the messenger of gods turned to look at Heracles first before darting his eyes anxiously to Zeus and told him the news they wished they didn’t want to hear.

“Hades, he found the boy.”

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You and Taeyong arrived in front of the hotel after a long night of wandering around Icaria. Your smile was wide the whole time you and Taeyong were walking hand in hand in the streets of Icaria, you also bought a lot of souvenirs for your friends. You bought Doyoung and his wife a nice souvenirs as well, you know how much Doyoung loves reading about ancient Greek and Greek mythology, so you bought him a book with the stories of the Greek gods and the Titans. As for Jiwoo, his wife, you brought her a necklace with Athena’s symbol to represent her wisdom.

Taeyong stopped when he saw a man that seemed a little familiar to him, his eyes widened when remembered where he saw this man, he saw him in his dreams. This couldn’t be a coincidence, Taeyong turned to look at you, “I have to do something very quick okay? Wait for me inside, I will be back.” he said before running along the streets trying to follow the man from his dreams.

You furrowed your eyebrows in confusion but decided to wait for him inside the hotel and ask him later about what he had to do. Turning around, you hit a hard chest and tumbled backwards but a hand caught your arm and quickly pulled you back. You opened your eyes ready to thank whoever saved you from falling, and also apologise for bumping into them. Looking up, you saw a man that was around your age, he was Asian, tall and very handsome, he had black hair that was combed nicely away from his eyes that were a dark shade of brown.

“Are you alright, ma’am?” he asked in English and you looked at him smiling gratefully, slightly blushing.

“Yes, thank you so much. I’m sorry for bumping into you, I wasn’t looking where I was going.” you apologised and he smiled shaking his head.

“That’s alright. Are you here alone?” he asked and you shook your head.

“No, I’m here with my boyfriend, he is just doing something and will be back,” you replied and he nodded. The atmosphere turned a little awkward because he was still standing there and you were a little uncomfortable by it.

“I see, what brings you here to Icaria? I’m here for my friend’s wedding,” the stranger said and you looked at him shocked.

“Really? Funny, this is also why we are here, are your friends by any chance called Johnny and Yuri?” you asked and he nodded enthusiastically smiling.

“Yes, wait, you’re invited to their wedding too?” he asked and you smiled nodding. It didn’t surprise you to meet someone from the wedding here, this was the best hotel on the island and the man looked rich.

“Yes I am, My boyfriend and I are good friends with them, what about you?” you asked and he smiled again.

“I’m Johnny’s friend from the states, he is my best friend.” he said and you smiled shaking his hand.

“I never caught your name,” you asked and he smiled.

“My name’s Jaehyun,” he said and you smiled back.

“My name’s Y/N, nice to meet you Jaehyun,” you said and you were unaware of the wicked smile on his lips as he said.

“Trust me, the pleasure is all mine.”

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Taeyong came back to the hotel, his shoulders slumped, he was disappointed, he did meet the man from his dreams and talked to him, but they couldn’t communicate because Taeyong doesn’t know any Greek. But from what he understood is that the man was a normal fisherman, after knowing this Taeyong apologised to him then left. Taeyong still couldn’t understand why he dreamt of this man, what did his dreams wanted him to know? He was so tired and just wanted to be normal, was that too much to ask?

Taeyong entered the hotel and saw you sitting with Jaehyun talking, Taeyong raised his eyebrow in jealousy and confusion not knowing who this man was and he doesn’t know how you know this man. His eyes met yours and he smiled when he saw your eyes light up as you walked over to him and hugged him tightly. He hugged you back kissing your forehead his eyes locked with Jaehyun to let him know that you belonged to him.

“Where did you go? I have been waiting for you too long,” you said slightly whining causing him to laugh softly at your cuteness.

“I’ll tell you when we go to our suite,” he replied then pulled away from you and looked at Jaehyun again. “Who is this you were talking to?” Taeyong asked and you looked back at the man sitting on the sofa playing on his phone.

“This is Jaehyun, he is a friend of Johnny from the states,” you replied and he furrowed his eyebrows, confused than ever.

“Johnny never mentioned him though,” Taeyong muttered under his breath as he walked over to the man wanting to know who he truly was. You stopped in front of Jaehyun who stood up smiling politely at Taeyong.

“Jaehyun, this is my boyfriend, Taeyong. Taeyong, this is Jaehyun, Johnny’s friend,” you said and Jaehyun held out his hand for Taeyong to shake.

“Hello, it’s very nice to meet you,” Jaehyun said smiling, Taeyong looked down at his hand not trusting him one bit. Jaehyun let his hand fall to his side, standing there awkwardly.

Taeyong studied his demeanour, he watched how he kept eye contact with him, Taeyong didn’t trust him, and he couldn’t understand why you believed him, he could be a killer for all he knows or someone dangerous. He didn’t like his aura at all, he seemed dangerous, he seemed like he couldn’t be trusted.

“Strange, Johnny never mentioned you,” Taeyong said, Jaehyun smiled slightly as you watched the tension grow between the two men.

“He didn’t mention you either,” Jaehyun replied looking at Taeyong up and down. “You can call him if you don’t trust me, go ahead, do it.” Jaehyun challenged causing Taeyong to glare at him.

Taeyong didn’t shy away from his offer, he took out his phone and dialled Johnny keeping eye contact with Jaehyun as he held you tightly close to him, afraid that if he blinked Jaehyun would hurt you. You looked at Taeyong who was bothered by Jaehyun’s presence, you rubbed his arm comfortingly trying to calm his nerves down. After another ring, Johnny finally picked up his phone.

“Hi, Taeyong! How are you, man?” Johnny greeted and you looked at Taeyong who was still staring at Jaehyun.

“Hi Johnny, listen quick question, do you know anybody that goes by the name Jaehyun?” Taeyong asked not wanting to wait another moment.   

“Yeah, Jung Jaehyun, he is my friend from the states, he is staying at the same hotel you and Y/N are staying in, why? Did you meet him?” Johnny clarified and Taeyong watched a smile appear on Jaehyun’s lips as he took the phone from him.

“Hey man, your friend Taeyong here doesn’t trust me and needed confirmation, are you sure he is your friend?” Jaehyun said still looking at Taeyong.

“Hey Jae, yes he is my friend. Now, would you stop bothering me? Yuri is calling for me so we can continue watching the movie. If you want you could come with us sightseeing tomorrow what do you say?” Johnny asked and Jaehyun smiled satisfied.

“Sure why not, see you tomorrow.” Jaehyun said hanging up and gave the phone back to Taeyong. “Are you sure now? Nice to meet you again, Y/N.” Jaehyun said smiling at you then left to go to his room.

Taeyong relaxed the moment Jaehyun left you two, he turned to look at you and wrapped his arms around your shoulder kissing your cheek. You wrapped your arm around his waist, rubbing his back and he smiled at you. Despite Johnny confirming his doubts, he still couldn’t trust Jaehyun and didn’t intend on doing so.

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The two of you went to your room, you were changing your clothes while Taeyong sat on the bed deep in thought. You watched how he was staring into the distance with that troubled look you know on his face, something definitely happened, he was okay before he left to do whatever he wanted to do. Remembering this, you sat down on the bed and cuddled into Taeyong who wrapped his arms around your body out of habit.

“So, what was that thing you wanted to do before you left me at the hotel entrance?” you asked and Taeyong looked at you sighing deeply.

“I don’t know how this happened, but I saw a man from my nightmare, the one that always yells the name I can’t remember. I saw him and tried to talk to him but it was in vain for two reasons, the first one is because he doesn’t know English and the second one was unreasonable, he was a normal fisherman, but again, why would I dream of him?” Taeyong said sighing and you sat on his lap swiping his hair away from his face.

You know it was taking a toll on him, all of this what he was going through, you wished you could help him somehow, to take away his pain, to give him the happiness he deserves. Taeyong didn’t deserve to suffer, he is an angel, and life was being unfair and cruel to him. Taeyong sighed when you ran your fingers through his hair, massaging his scalp while he held your waist, the gesture never failed to calm him down. You smiled happy to see him trying to relax, you leaned down kissing his soft lips, mumbling.

“Yongie, that’s alright, you’re not the first one to dream of someone you’ve never seen before then met them. Life is nothing but a cycle of coincidence, you were destined to meet this man sooner or later,” you whispered pecking his lips again, “Relax for me, will you? Just focus on me,” you said and Taeyong with his eyes still closed, he smiled.

Letting out a squeal when your back was met with the mattress and Taeyong on top of you, he trapped you in his arms, putting them next to your head, you smiled up at him and he leaned down to kiss your lips passionately. You kissed him back holding his neck, after a moment the two of you pulled away. Taeyong looked at you, his eyes were dark.

“Don’t get anywhere near that Jaehyun, I don’t trust him,” Taeyong said and you bit back a smile, thinking of how attractive he is when he is jealous.

“Wasn’t planning to, I also don’t trust him, I tried not to talk to him after I learned that he is friends with Johnny and Yuri, but I felt embarrassed because he kept talking so I had no other option.” you explained and Taeyong chuckled shaking his head.

“You’re too nice sometimes,” he said looking deeply into your eyes.

“I love you Taeyong, you don’t have to worry about anyone taking me away from you,” you assured and Taeyong stared down at you feeling his heart skip a beat.

“You promise not to leave me?” he whispered unsure which caused you to furrow your eyebrows, adjusting yourself so you were sitting on the bed with him on his knees in front of you, you hugged him tightly not knowing where this was all coming from.

“I promise, you know I can never be without you, I wouldn’t survive. I love you Taeyong, too much to let you go.” you said burying your face in his chest as he wrapped his arms around you.

Taeyong felt this bang in his chest and he doesn’t know why just the thought of you leaving him made his heart sink, his brain cannot comprehend the thought of losing you, he refused to do so. How can he accept the idea of losing you? He will never accept it, even if he did lose you, he will do everything in his power to return you again.

Taeyong pulled away from you, kissing your lips feverishly, you kissed him back with the same passion as he pushed you on your back getting on top of you again. You wrapped your arms around his neck bringing him closer, feeling his tongue poking your lips, you opened your mouth allowing him to explore it.

Your tongues danced together in a French kiss before he pulled away to take off his shirt. You did the same thing and his lips travelled to your neck, sucking and biting on it, the purple marks slowly forming on your skin, decorating it beautifully.

“Mine,” Taeyong whispered against your neck, as your fingers tangled in his hair pulling on it lightly, not wanting to hurt him and whispered.

“Yours, only yours to savour.”

After hearing this, Taeyong couldn’t stop himself from holding back, he let himself go as he took all of yours and his clothes off, not waiting any longer to make love to you. He rubbed his crotch against your core, satisfied with hearing your beautiful moans filling his ear. He looked down at you in lust capturing your lips in a kiss, he poured all his emotions into the kiss as he slid inside your vagina, letting out a long moan, he waited a moment for you to adjust to him.

Tapping his shoulder, Taeyong took that as a sign to start moving, thrusting his hips inside you, you let out another beautiful moan as you felt him inside you. Picking up his pace, Taeyong felt you clench around him causing him to let out a beautiful moan, your hands wandered around his body and you sank your nails in his back decorating it with scratches. Taeyong hissed from the pain mixed with pleasure that almost made him lose his mind.

He leaned down to the valley of your breasts kissing and sucking marks on them, you let out a loud moan the pleasure overwhelming you and felt yourself close to your climax. Taeyong felt you tighten around him and he picked up his pace feeling like he was getting closer to the edge, he took one of your breasts in his mouth and continued to thrust into you. He hit a spot that made you see stars, you gripped his shoulders tightly looking at him lustily.

“Baby, I’m close,” you whispered and he cursed at the pet name getting to him, his thrusts inside you became more powerful, as he chased his orgasm. “Oh my God, I love you so much.” you said as he brought you in for a sloppy kiss and you two moaned against each other lips.

“I love you too.”

Taeyong looked at you as your walls clamped around him and you let out a cry of euphoria releasing the pit inside your stomach, Taeyong moaned at the sight of you as he also let go of himself, his semen paintings your walls. Taeyong rode out your highs and collapsed on top of you.

You were breathing heavily with a blessed smile on your face, Taeyong pulled himself out of you causing you to let out a groan at the loss of contact, as he fell on the bed next to you. You never felt close to him as much as he was inside you. You two fit together like puzzle pieces, you looked at Taeyong who had his eyes closed, you smiled kissing his shoulders. He opened his eyes and turned to look at you, you snuggled into his chest.

“That was amazing, I really needed it,” you said and he laughed softly kissing your hair, wrapping his arm around your body.

“Glad I could help. God you’re gonna be the death of me,” he whispered and you kissed his lips again, “I love you.” Taeyong whispered and you smiled cuddling into his chest again closing your eyes mumbling.

“I love you.”

***

Taeyong sighed for the millionth time as he sat beside you, annoyed by the man sitting in front of him, Jaehyun, he watched as he joked around with all of you, throwing you and his friends into a fit of laughter. It’s not that he wasn’t funny, it seemed as if he was trying hard to impress you, Taeyong isn’t stupid, he saw the way he was eying you and shamelessly flirted with you, Taeyong had to hold in his laughter when Jaehyun asked who was the most handsome person in here and you said your boyfriend’s name. He didn’t know why Johnny invited him in the first place, Johnny told him it was going to be the four of them, but Jaehyun tagging along killed all the fun for him.

“Love? Are you okay?”

Taeyong awoke from his daze by your sweet voice, he smiled and nodded, taking your hand in his. You drew circles on the back of his hand relaxing him a little, his eyes drifted to Yuri who spoke up.

“It’s almost noon, where should we go next?” Yuri asked and Johnny turned to look at Jaehyun, much to Taeyong’s confusion.

“Our finest tour guide, where should we head to next?” Johnny asked and Jaehyun smiled.

“I suggest you should check out the Icarian sea, the view there is so relaxing,” Jaehyun said and you furrowed your eyebrows looking at Taeyong concern written all over your face.

“I don’t think this is a good idea, Taeyong doesn’t like water at all,” you said your voice firm to prove your point.

“We won’t swim or anything like that, it will be like having a meal there or watching the sunset. What? Can’t handle the sight of the sea?” Jaehyun asked teasing a bit causing Taeyong to glare at him, but instead of answering him, he turned to look at you with a smile.

“That’s fine love, don’t worry about me,” he said and you shook your head refusing to let him do something that might cause him a panic attack or anything.

“No, Taeyong! They can go if they want I don’t care, but you’re not doing something that might make you uncomfortable just because you’re shy to refuse!” you whispered to him and he sighed patting your hand.

“It’s alright I promise, I can sit by the beach that’s fine. Come on, Johnny and Yuri are counting on us,” he tried to persuade you and you looked at him in uncertainty.

This was going to be bad, you just know it, was Taeyong really risking all of this so your friends won’t be upset? Was he really willing to have a panic attack just because they wanted to see the sea? Was he even ready to face his fear? You will never know.

You looked at him in doubt one last time and saw how he was looking at you, you were unsure of what to do, this didn’t sound good in your opinion, and you know Taeyong knows this as well, but because was too much of a nice man to actually say anything else. You sighed and nodded heavily hoping that nothing wouldn’t go wrong.

“Fine then, but if I sense the smallest change in your behaviour, we’re out.” you said sternly and Taeyong smiled kissing your forehead nodding.

Jaehyun rolled his eyes and stood up causing Johnny and Yuri to stand up as well. He looked at you and Taeyong both men having a glaring contest. The atmosphere was thick with awkwardness, as Johnny and Yuri looked at each other in discomfort. Jaehyun broke the eye contact saying.

“Come on, we don’t have all day.”

***

Maybe this was a bad idea like you said, but Taeyong chose to keep his mouth shut as not to make you even more worried than you already were. His heart was beating loudly that he was afraid that anybody would hear it, he doesn’t know why he was feeling like this, that wasn’t a normal way to feel upon going to the sea. Yes, he has a phobia of it, but the feelings he felt were more like being scared to face something he thought he almost forgot.

The way to the Icarian Sea looked familiar, it was as if he saw it before, the sky was bright and the sun was glowing greatly, it reminded him of a memory that he couldn’t quite put his hand on it. Taeyong could feel your eyes on him, but he kept on staring at the window pretending as if he wasn’t about to die of fear.

The car stopped in front of a fancy looking restaurant, he furrowed his eyebrows getting out of the car, helping you as well then his eyes scanned the area around him taking in his surroundings. The air smelt differently, the wind picked up as if welcoming him. He looked around as Jaehyun led you towards the cornish where you would be able to see the sea clearly. You looked to your right to see how tensed Taeyong were, you held his hand and he looked at you smiling softly trying not to make it obvious that he was nervous. Jaehyun stopped in front of the sea looking at it smiling and turned around to face you again.

“Take a look at how beautiful the sea is, admire it.” Jaehyun said and you looked at the sea, the water was clear and the sun was shining brightly causing the blue of it to glow.

Taeyong looked at the sea and felt nauseous, his mind flashed hundreds of memories all at once, his head hurt a lot and he let go of your hand rubbing his temples while letting out noises of pain, he fell to the ground and screamed. He saw the same vision that haunted him back home, the sun hitting his face, melting the feathers as he fell from the sky, how he saw the troubled look on the face of the man who looks like he was his father. How he fell deep into the sea, the water consuming him filling his lungs cutting his breathing completely, how in the end he died tragically.

“Taeyong! Love! Please wake up!” you shouted slapping his face gently trying to get him to wake up, Johnny pushed you away and quickly grabbed Taeyong carrying him as they returned to the car asking Jaehyun to drive them to the nearest hospital.

You sat in the backseat holding Taeyong tears streaming down your face ignoring the apologies of Yuri and Johnny. You knew this was going to happen, he didn’t listen to you when you begged him not to go there and look where this got him now. You held his hand tightly pushing his hair away from his face, letting the air cool his body down. You weren’t aware of Jaehyun’s eyes that looked at you from the front mirror, he turned around and stared ahead of him with a calm smile on his face.

He got his answer.

***

Taeyong heard multiple voices all speaking at once, he wanted to open his eyes but his eyelids were too heavy, he began seeing the same vision he saw before passing out, he shook his head trying to get rid of it. It played through his mind quickly and when he fell into the water, he opened his eyes gasping. He closed his eyes once the light hit it, he opened his eyes slowly blinking letting his eyes adjust to the light. He saw you looking at him with tears in your eyes and he felt bad to be the reason why you were crying.

“What happened? Where am I?” Taeyong asked his voice hoarse, you squeezed his hand kissing his cheek.

“You passed out when you saw the sea, we took you to the hospital to make sure you were okay,” you answered and he closed his eyes remembering what happened.

“I’m so sorry, Y/N, I should’ve listened to you,” he said as he raised his hand wiping your tears, you sniffled leaning into his touch.

The door opened and Johnny entered with Yuri and Jaehyun, they stood behind you and Johnny looked at Taeyong with guilt in his eyes, not knowing what to say. Taeyong smiled to ease his worry, he didn’t want Johnny to blame himself, he was the one to blame, he was too stubborn to listen to anyone, he wanted to prove to himself that he wouldn’t get scared at the sight of the sea. And besides, Jaehyun’s words got to him.

“Taeyong, I’m so sorryـــ” Johnny started but Taeyong quickly cut him off.

“Hey John, it’s okay, I’m fine, really.”

“No Taeyong, we shouldn’t have pushed it, we’re sorry we were insensitive, we’re sorry to you too Y/N,” Yuri said shifting her eyes from Taeyong to you and you smiled.

“That’s alright, Yuri. We accept your apology,” Taeyong said and Yuri smiled at him.

Jaehyun watched what was happening silently analysing it, he felt Johnny nudge him, he nodded towards Taeyong asking him to say something, after all Jaehyun was the one who offered to go to the Icarian Sea, he sighed and looked at Taeyong who was staring at him dead in the eyes as if he knew what was up. Jaehyun held eye contact with him for a moment until he finally decided to break the silence.

“I’m sorry, man, I didn’t know you were that scared of the sea,” he said slightly mocking and that caused you to glare at him. He then turned to Taeyong dropping the question he longed to ask for so long.

“What did you remember when you saw the sea that led you to passing out?”

Taeyong’s eyes widened, he wasn’t expecting Jaehyun to ask that, a million thoughts ran through his head as everyone seemed to wait for his answer, he looked lost and you noticed that, Jaehyun looked at him with a satisfied smile knowing he had no choice but to answer. You decided to take matters into your own hands when Taeyong seemed to forget how to speak.

“When he was young, Taeyong almost drowned and was saved at the last minute, he is traumatised by the sea. That’s why upon seeing the sea and the people swimming there he fainted because he remembered that awful accident.” you answered and Jaehyun turned to you glaring as if he knew you were lying, you looked at him with a fierce gaze daring him to prove you wrong.

Taeyong looked at you relieved, happy that you came up with such a good lie, although you didn’t know what he saw, but what he sees in his dreams and his irrelevant phobias only for the two of you to share, not letting anyone else interfere. Taeyong looked at Jaehyun who excused himself and left the room. Johnny and Yuri seemed convinced by the answer and they decided not to push it and ask any more questions.

“When can I leave?” Taeyong asked and you looked at him smiling.

“Any time you wish, darling,” you said and he smiled kissing the back of your hand.

“I will go make a check out of the hospital, come on Yuri.” Johnny said taking his fiancée’s hand and left the room.

You turned to look at Taeyong who was staring at the ceiling his mind occupied by thousands of thoughts, you rubbed his arm comforting him, knowing that wasn’t easy for him. You wanted to know what he saw, was it the same nightmare he used to have before travelling to Icaria? Or was it something else?

“Yongie,” you started and he looked at you with a devastating gaze that broke your heart, “What did you see, polyagapiménos?” you asked and he melted when he heard the pet name.

Taeyong didn’t want to tell you, he didn’t want you to worry about him, he wanted to know what his visions mean by himself, he wanted to be sure of them. He couldn’t deal with the constant worry of being a freak that had phobias of the most ridiculous things, he needed to be sure that he was still sane and not on the verge of losing his mind, and that’s what he was planning to do once he leaves the hospital. So, he looked at you with a smile shaking his head, pushing a strand of your hair behind your ear, then he said.

“It’s nothing, love, don’t worry about me.”

***

Taeyong watched as your chest rises and falls slowly, indicating that you were asleep. He untangled himself from your arms, as he left the bed and went to sit in the living room. He opened his laptop and began his research. Like he had promised, he was going to be the one that solves his own mystery. He wasn’t going to ask anyone for help, he was going to do this his way. He opened Google and searched for his first phobia, the phobia of the sun.

“Heliophobia refers to intense, sometimes irrational fear of the sun. Some people with this condition are also afraid of bright, indoor light. The word heliophobia has its root in the Greek word helios, which means sun. For some people, heliophobia may be caused by extreme anxiety about getting skin cancer.” Taeyong read out loud.

But that wasn’t his case, he wasn’t scared of the sun in fear of getting skin cancer, he didn’t know why he feared it but he didn’t fear it because of the results he got. He sighed and wrote down his second fear, the fear of the sea.

“Thalassophobia, or a fear of the ocean, is a specific phobia that can negatively affect your quality of life. A negative or past traumatic event can also trigger a deep fear of oceans. Traumatic experiences of being frightened while swimming or almost drowning are also leading causes of thalassophobia.” Taeyong read again.

That made a little sense, yes he feared it because he was scared that he was going to drown even though he never stepped a foot in the water. Taeyong decided to go for his third phobia, his fear of heights.

“Acrophobia is an excessive fear of heights and manifests as severe anxiety. A person could have an attack just walking up stairs or climbing a ladder. Sometimes the fear is so great a person can’t move. Acrophobia can create a dangerous situation for someone who has it. Acrophobia sometimes develops in response to a traumatic experience involving heights, such as: falling from a high place. watching someone else fall from a high place. having a panic attack or other negative experience while in a high place.” Taeyong read once more.

Yes, he was scared of falling from a high place, but again he didn’t know how this phobia started. Taeyong was getting confused by every passing and he didn’t know what to do anymore. Putting his head in his hands he thought about what else to write in the search engine. He remembered what happened to him when he arrived at the Icarian Sea, he jerked towards the laptop and wrote down the words in the search engine.

“The Icarian Sea is a subdivision of the Mediterranean Sea that lies between the Cyclades and Asia Minor. It is described as the part of the Aegean Sea to the south of Chios, to the east of the Eastern Cyclades and west of Anatolia. It contains the islands of Samos, Cos, Patmos, Leros, Fournoi Korseon and Icaria.” Taeyong said and he grew confused.

That was it? He scrolled down until he stumbled upon an article that its title said, ‘The legend behind the Icarian Sea’. Taeyong looked at the link confused but clicked it because the curiosity got the best of him. He began reading the article until he got to a part that caught all of his attention.

“Icarian Sea. Body of water off the island of Crete, named after Icarus who fell here after soaring too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax.” Taeyong read silently and he felt the same pain he felt when he was at the sea.

It was a little bearable and he told himself to be strong, he wrote down the name of Icarus and waited for the results to come. He clicked on the first link as he began to read the article silently, his headache increasing by the passing seconds.

“Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood. He was the son of Daedalus, an accomplished inventor, who produced an ingenious labyrinth on the island of Cnossus for Minos, the king of Crete. Even Daedalus could not find a way out of his maze. Sometime after building it, Daedalus fell into disfavour with the king of Crete and was condemned to live the rest of his life inside the labyrinth. Because he was his father’s son, Icarus faced the same fate.”

Taeyong’s mind began flashing him some memories that he has never seen before, he didn’t know if he has seen these memories before in his dreams or it was really a reality. He closed his eyes and opened them again continuing to read the article although he found it hard with his weak eyes and strong headache.

“Icarus and his father were trapped. Ever the inventor, Daedalus built wings of feathers and wax to escape. In theory, the wings would allow Daedalus and Icarus to fly above the labyrinth and off the island to freedom. Just before their flight, Daedalus warned his son to be careful. If he flew too low, his wings would get wet in the ocean; if he flew too high, the sun would melt the wax and the wings would disintegrate.”

Taeyong could see that scene but it was blurred, he saw a boy in his twenties talking to a man that seemed to be his father. The boy turned around and he sensed some of his features, he was the spitting image of him, he had the same eyes, hair colour, nose, jawline, height, and even the same built figure of him. He continued reading and the headache of his reached its peak.

“Icarus took off with all intentions of following his father’s sage advice. Away they flew, escaping the labyrinth. Like any adolescent boy, Icarus struggled with parental advice. He found flight awkward at first, but learned quickly and soon flew with the attributes of adolescenceــhis physical strength made up for his lack of coordination and balance. Also, like many adolescents, Icarus moved rapidly from ungainliness to false prowess. Drunk with his newfound power, he soared higher in the sky, ignoring his father’s warning. Daedalus looked around in fright and could not find his son. He peered down at the ocean and saw a small cluster of feathers floating on the water. Icarus had soared towards the sun, his wax melted and he fell to his death into the Icarian Sea.”

That was the last thing Taeyong read before he passed out on the floor. This time instead of the blurred vision he usually saw, he saw the real vision, the vision that was crystal clear.

The sky was clear, the clouds were decorating it beautifully, the birds were flying away their wings making the most peaceful sound, the sound of freedom. Looking beneath him, he saw a man in his mid-fifties flying with his arms extended and he wore artificial wings, that was his father, Daedalus, he looked at his arms and saw that they were also extended as he flew by the artificial wings he wore just like his father.

He saw himself confidently flying high in the sky, he felt the sunlight hitting his face as he felt like a God, he looked up and saw the sun right in front of him. He challenged himself and flew higher and higher, but suddenly the feathers fell off from his wings and his breath hitched in his throat.

“Icarus!”

He kept flapping his wings but soon realized that he had no feathers left and that he was only flapping his featherless arms, he was holding onto the wood where the feathers were once placed for dear life. He knows he should’ve listened to his father, he shouldn’t have flown too close to the sun.

He fell into the sea, he didn’t know how to swim, and as a result, the water entered his lungs filling them, and he felt as if they were burning. He was scared of the idea of dying. He tried to return to the surface, but it was all in vain, he saw his own life flashes before his eyes, unfortunately, it was short, soon enough he let himself go letting the darkness consume him, with one thought on his mind.

He shouldn’t have flown too close to the sun.

Taeyong opened his eyes gasping as he sat up quickly, he looked around him as he started crying. He got his memories of his past life back, he now knows what the visions he kept seeing meant, he now understood his fears, the man he met and thought he was from his dreams, that man was a clone of his father. He was moral for all the arrogant and overconfident people who were blinded by their ego. What happened to him was taught in schools and it was a lesson that was narrated throughout history.

You were woken up by the loud sobs of Taeyong, startled you ran towards the living room and saw him on the floor hugging his knees close to his chest as he rocked back and forth crying his eyes out.

“Oh my God! Taeyong! What happened?!” you asked and hugged him, his body was as cold as ice and you grew worried. Taeyong pushed you away as he stood up clutching his hair tightly in his hands.

“I know what’s wrong with me.” he said and you looked at him confused before noticing his laptop open on an article. When you read the title your eyes widened looking at him in disbelief. Taeyong straightened his back as he declared.

“I am Icarus, the son of Daedalus.”

Once the words left his mouth, a crashing sound was heard, you jumped in fear and Taeyong grabbed you pushing you behind his back. He looked from the peephole and saw people wearing black hoods. His eyes widened as he stepped back and looked around quickly thinking of a way out. He went to the balcony and saw there was no other way but to jump. All of sudden, someone appeared in the thin air as he stood in front of you.

“Kun? What the hell are you doing here?! And how the hell did you appear out of nowhere?!” you asked when you saw your brother’s friend standing in front of you.

“No time for this now, Y/N. We have to get you somewhere safe, Hades knows of your existence, Zeus wants to meet you.” Kun said saying those words to Taeyong.

He held out his arms for you both to hold onto, you quickly understood what was happening and held Kun’s arm. Taeyong didn’t understand what was happening but Kun looked at him sternly.

“There’s no time Icarus.”

Upon hearing his real name, he grabbed onto Kun’s arm as he teleported you somewhere safe. Just as soon as you disappeared with Kun, Hades burst through the doors looking for the lost soul that was stolen from him a long ago. He let out a scream of frustration refusing to believe that he was tricked twice saying.

“I promise to find you, and when I do, I will make sure you never leave the gates of the underworld ever again, Icarus son of Daedalus.”

***

Taeyong found himself in front of a temple he has never seen before, he looked to his side and saw Kun helping you up. He rushed over to you clutching you close making sure you weren’t hurt, you smiled assuring him you were okay and then looked at the temple in front of you gasping causing Taeyong to raise his eyebrow in confusion.

“Artemis’ Temple.” you whispered and Kun smiled nodding.

He motioned for the two of you to follow him inside the temple where you saw a beautiful woman inside with two other men. Taeyong inspected the temple, it was one of the greatest temples he ever saw, the moon was shining brightly illuminating the temple, he noticed the animals outside the temple like they were guarding it. He looked at the woman who smiled once she saw him, she was a young woman, beautiful and vigorous, wearing a short costume that leaves her legs free. She had a bow on her back, she was also wearing a lunar crescent on her brow.

The second man was an old man, with long curly hair and a beard. Despite being old, he looked strong and demanding, like he ruled the world. Taeyong turned to look at the third man who was staring at him the moment he stepped his foot inside the temple. He was a muscular grown man with a beard, his hands and feet were large. he was also wearing a lion skin garment with a lion’s head still attached, serving him as some sort of hood.

“Hermes, you are late.” the older man said and Kun hurried to him apologising, your eyes widened knowing who they were.

“Icarus, you are still alive.” the muscular man said hugging Taeyong tightly causing him to feel awkward, Taeyong was stiff and didn’t know what to do. He pulled away from him and looked at him shocked, “You don’t know me? I am Heracles, I carried you the moment you fell into the water and was the one to take you to Zeus to let him give you a second chance.” Heracles explained.

Taeyong blinked, so this man was Heracles, and the older man was Zeus, the God of thunder, and the woman must be Artemis, Goddess of wild animals, the hunt, and vegetation and of chastity and childbirth, and this was her temple. Before Taeyong got a chance to reply, Heracles looked behind him staring directly at you causing you to feel small under his gaze. Taeyong furrowed his eyebrows as Heracles walked over to you.

“Aren’t you the witch that I met on my way to bury Icarus and told me that he deserves a second chance and warned me from Hades?” Heracles asked and all the eyes were on you.

You looked at Artemis and read her gaze, taking a deep breath you changed into your true form. The young witch with a black hood that Heracles met in the forest centuries ago.

“I’m Y/N, I’m a witch from Goddess Hecate’s army, I was the one that stole Icarus’ soul from the underworld under the orders of God Zeus.” you declared bravely.

Taeyong felt like he was about to faint, that was too much for him to comprehend, he couldn’t believe that his sweet, graceful girlfriend is a witch, the same witch that saved his life. He looked at you and you avoided his gaze, you weren’t ready to be confronted, but you had no other choice. Taeyong stepped in front of you his eyes held many emotions causing you to feel bad.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Taeyong whispered and you looked at him with tears filling your eyes.

“I couldn’t, I didn’t want to risk your safety, Zeus made me swear to never let you know the truth because Hades was after you for years.” you explained and he shook his head.

“That’s not true! If you really cared about my safety why didn’t you stop us from going here?!” he asked and you looked at him with fire in your eyes.

“Who do you think was the one giving you nightmares? I wanted to stop you from going but not making myself a suspect. I wanted you to take that decision yourself, but I failed because you longed to go back home.” you said and he stared at you not believing his ears.

All this time, his constant suffering from the nightmares was because of you? You gave him those nightmares to scare him? Why would you do that? What has he ever done to you? Taeyong had so many questions, what did he do wrong for you to repay him like this? Why did you even save him in the first place if you were going to make him suffer?

“Why did you save me? You could’ve just let me die, it would’ve been better for me,” Taeyong whispered and you looked at the ground not wanting him to see your tears you replied weakly.

“Because I love you.” your eyes met his soft brown ones, and he started crying with you.

“I saw you every day at the castle of Minos, I saw you when you were locked in the tower with your father, I saw you when you flew too close to the sun and fell to your death and I couldn’t do anything about it because I can’t interfere in Moirai’s fate or else I would be doomed. So, I protected you until Heracles came to bury you, I knew Hades would have you trapped in the underworld without resurrecting you and I couldn’t let that happen, so I convinced Heracles to take you to Zeus so he can resurrect you later and I went to the underworld and stole your soul. This is why Hades is after you. I waited centuries for you so I can finally be able to be with you and away from Hades. Believe me, Taeyong, I did all of this for you, ” you said your tears not stopping once.

Taeyong couldn’t believe you did all this for him, he felt bad about thinking you were a monster, you just loved him and was the reason why he got another chance in life. He was supposed to be rotting in the underworld with Hades, but no, you went through hell and back so he can live again. You did all of this because you love him. Taeyong took your face in his hands placing his soft lips against yours, you kissed him back fiercely holding his face. After a few moments, you pulled away from each other and he kissed your forehead.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered and you nodded. You pulled away from his embrace and turned to look at Artemis who was smiling at you.

“You have to disappear, and her too, your existence is dangerous, Hades won’t stop unless he has you, and we are a little late behind because Hades already knows about you and he will attack any minute.” Zeus said sternly and Taeyong looked at him scared, he didn’t want to go to the underworld and leave you.

“What should we do father?” Heracles asked and Zeus looked at Artemis and she began explaining what she had in mind regarding the situation.

“I have already spoken to Hecate, she said she found a way for Y/N, as for the boy I’m unsure what we should do with him. I have a thought but I’m not sure about it.” Artemis started and before they could ask her what she meant, a roaring sound was heard. They all turned their heads towards the sound, their eyes widened.

“Hades is here, we are too late,” Zeus said.

Bursting through the door of the temple, Hades with his chariot, the same one that he took Persephone on to the underworld. You gasped standing in front of Taeyong who couldn’t believe his eyes and what he was seeing. He was surrounded by the Greek gods all along.

“Jaehyun is Hades?” he whispered and you kept your ground as Jaehyun, or Hades, glared at you.

“Enough games Zeus! Give me the boy back, you do not see me interfering in your business, so why would you interfere in mine?” Hades spoke with authority dripping from his voice that made your skin crawl.

“Wait until his death Hades, he is already alive!” Zeus spoke loudly and Hades laughed shaking his head jumping off his chariot.

“You really think I’m a fool, don’t you? I know what you did Zeus, for your precious son to be happy you went against the absolute rule we put when you divided our roles. Not to interfere into the other’s business, your words, not mine Zeus.” Hades clarified staring into his brother’s eyes.

Taeyong only watched in silence at the chaos he caused. It was true, he shouldn’t have been resurrected from the beginning, his existence caused troubles for everyone and the world was at risk of war. He will never forgive himself if something bad happens to any of his loved ones, especially you. He wanted to protect you just like you protected him before. He knows he stands no chance against Hades, but he is willing to try his best to solve this.

You were scared for Taeyong, you know  Zeus would never stop Hades this time, it was too late and Hades was right, he was interfering in his business, and if he did this again, a war would afire between them and the world would end. But you couldn’t let them take Taeyong away from you again, you couldn’t live knowing that his life was ripped from him again.

“I’m not leaving this time without the boy, I’m taking him with me, the underworld where he was meant to be from the beginning.” Hades said coldly, and before Heracles could stand up for Taeyong, Zeus held him back shaking his head.

Hades walked towards Taeyong who stood his grounds looking directly at him not scared of him at all, if he was going to take him then so be it. At least he knows you will be safe. Hades grabbed his arm and was about to leave to his chariot when your voice stopped him.

“I stole his soul.”

You looked at Hades who stared at you with a wicked smile, you looked at Artemis who was watching you intently, stepping up you walked to Hades standing in front of him looking directly at Taeyong.

“I stole his soul from the underworld, I was the one that begged for his resurrection, if anyone here is to be punished then it’s me. Spare his life, take mine instead. After all, I’m the real criminal.” you said shifting your eyes to Hades who had unreadable look on his face.

“No, Y/N, don’t do it!” Taeyong hissed but you ignored him still staring at Hades, you wanted to break into his head, get under his skin.

“If you take him I will steal his soul over and over again, I did it once and I can do it again,” you spoke and Hades glared at you. “Come on Hades, just take the rebel in front of you.” you snapped and he pushed Taeyong to the ground and took your arm.

“You think you can challenge me? You’re nothing but a witch that could easily be stripped from her powers! I will make sure you rot in hell.” Hades promised.

“No, please no! Y/N, why did you do it?! Why?!” Taeyong screamed and you looked at him shaking your head.

Hades watched the two of you intently, he wanted to see the both of you suffer, he wanted to punish the two of you so you could be a lesson to all those who dared to go against him. He looked at Taeyong smirking, he had the perfect idea in mind.

“Don’t think you’re off the hook, Icarus. You are going to the underworld with us, and you will see her when she dies, I will make sure those memories haunt you for what’s left in your life. And when you die, I will make sure you face the same fate as her.” Hades said and you shook your head violently.

You couldn’t let Taeyong see you when you’re pushed into River Styx, the scene will forever haunt him, you remember when you used to go to the underworld when Hecate asked you for tasks, you feared falling into that river, you can still remember the screams of the dead as Charon led you in his ferry to your destiny.

Hades took you and Taeyong both on his chariot as he descended the underworld. You could feel your heart beating loudly against your chest as you found yourself in the underworld. You were used to it, but you couldn’t say the same for Taeyong.

Taeyong looked at the world he entered with terrified eyes, it was nothing like what he thought it would be, it was truly haunting, no one would ever wish to go there. Hades stopped his chariot and he pushed the both of you to the ground making a loud thud, he grabbed you and walked to the cliff where you saw the dead souls swimming in the Styx.

“Watch your beloved Icarus, watch her as she falls to her death, remember that you were the one who was responsible for this, she sacrificed herself so you can live, and now she is about to face her fate,” Hades said and was about to push you off the cliff but the sight of sunshine illuminating the underworld captured his attention.

Taeyong turned towards the light and saw a handsome man entering, he was tall and broad and was wearing laurel leaves. Taeyong gasped when he was finally able to see his face, the surprise was obvious on both of your faces.

“Doyoung!” you cried and he helped Taeyong up who was still shocked at the sight of someone that he thought was your protective, older brother, not the God of the sun.

Upon seeing him, Hades rolled his eyes glaring at him not welcoming the God of the sun. “What are you doing here, Apollo? You know you are not welcomed in the underworld.” Hades spat remembering how he tried multiple times to take away his lover, Persephone.

“Zeus sent me here, I’m the guardian of them both.” Doyoung, or Apollo, said not caring about the lethal tone that Hades used.

“Well, the witch here is sacrificing herself to save Icarus. We have a deal, don’t we?” Hades said holding you by the arm tightly.

Apollo looked shocked upon hearing this, he looked at you not believing what Hades was saying and asked, “What? Y/N? Is that true?”

You just smiled weakly nodding, he tried to reach you but stopped knowing he couldn’t do anything to help you. You turned to look at Hades who wanted nothing more than to throw you in the Styx river, you looked at him eyes burning with tears and said.

“I want to say goodbye.”

Hades rolled his eyes tired of your games, it was your last wish, and because he was generous he was going to let you have it. He pushed you towards Apollo who caught you, you looked up at the God that was your brother your whole life. You were crying because you were never going to see him again, he protected you from Hades all this time with his twin sister, Artemis, he protected Taeyong without you knowing it. You hugged Apollo tightly and cried as he held you.

“Thank you for everything, I’m sorry I couldn’t repay you, I wish I could.” you whispered and he held you tightly.

“You don’t have to thank me, we wouldn’t have made it this far without your intelligence. You’re truly the cleverest witch I have ever stumbled upon. Farewell, dear sister.” Apollo said and you pulled away.

“Farewell brother,” you said before shifting your eyes to Taeyong who was still looking at you crying hard, you looked at Apollo again whispering, “I won’t be there, so please keep him safe.”

You turned to look at Taeyong who scooped you in his arms crying heavily, you cried with him holding onto him tightly. It was unfair, he didn’t get to be with you as he liked, you were supposed to grow old together like he had planned, you were supposed to get married and have kids. He never thought your story would end like this. You protected him all this time and he wanted to repay you for it, but he can’t, because you’re sacrificing yourself to save him one last time, to give him the chance to live instead of the one he lost long ago.

Why couldn’t Zeus interfere to save you? Wasn’t he the God of gods? Didn't everything go as he planned? Why couldn’t he save you because of your nobility? Taeyong hated this, he didn’t want to let you go, he wishes he could steal a time tuner and listen to your words of not coming to Icaria, maybe then you would’ve lived comfortably together and achieved your dream to grow old together.

You were still holding onto Taeyong tightly not wanting to let go, you couldn’t if you wanted to, he was holding onto you for dear life, his tears wetting your dress. You ran your hands through his hair trying to soothe him.

“It’s okay love, you’ll be okay, believe me, you have to let go of me, please Taeyong, listen to me this one last time.” you begged but he shook his head pulling away and took your face in his hands.

He kissed your lips hard claiming you, it was your last kiss and you know it, thus causing your heart to ache and cry more. He brought you closer trying to hide you into him but that couldn’t be done, and he had to face the reality that you were slipping through his fingers easily and in front of his own eyes. He pulled away from you resting his forehead against yours, your tears not stopping once.

“Please, please don’t go, I’m not going to be able to live without you, please Y/N don’t do this, don’t leave me. God! Why can’t you just let us be?!” he cried screaming at Hades who didn’t move an inch and held a bored look on his face. Taeyong let go of you and walked up to him not caring if he was going to be cursed by speaking like this to the God of the underworld.

“You took Persephone a long ago, tell me, what if one day Zeus wakes up and decided to take her away from you? Tell me what would you do? Will you be able to move on from her? Will you be happy knowing that you will never see her again?! Answer me!” Taeyong yelled looking dead in the eyes at Hades who tensed hearing his words.

Persephone has always been a sensitive subject to Hades, he lives in constant fear that one day he will lose her, even if he knows that she loves him. The time she spends away from him to go live with Demeter at Mount Olympus is torture, it didn’t help with what Taeyong was saying because it was summer and she was at Mount Olympus. Hades looked at Taeyong who was still crying but his face was a strong showing that he was willing to fight for the girl he loves until his last breath. Hades turned to look at you again.

“Your time is up.”

Before you know it you were yanked away from Taeyong. Everything seemed to be going in slow-motion, you watched as Taeyong screamed trying to reach you but Apollo held him back, he was looking at you with the same look he held on his face upon admitting his fear of losing you the night before when he made love to you. You cried knowing that you broke your promise of not leaving his side, but not everything can go as planned and you knew it from the day Zeus told you that it was time for the resurrection of Icarus, he warned you that there will be trouble along the way, but because you loved Icarus so much you agreed willingly knowing you were capable of protecting him.

Taeyong watched in pure horror as Hades pushed you into the Styx river, he watched your body fall down in the river as the souls surrounded you sucking you deeper into the river. He lost the ability to breathe when he saw you sinking further and further into the river. His mind flashed him memories of the two of you together, your beautiful face, your eyes, your smile, your hair, the way you looked at him, everything. He couldn’t save you, he lost you forever and he was spending the rest of his life haunted with the memory of you sacrificing yourself for him.

Hades turned around and saw Taeyong on his knees still staring at the river with tears rolling down his face not stopping once. He looked at Apollo who was glaring at him, his hatred towards the God of the underworld growing more and more.

“You shall leave now, there’s nothing for you to be here for. Return when you die.” Hades said as he went to sit on his throne. But he was wrong, he had you, and the one thing that Taeyong needed desperately from the underworld.

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Inside the temple, she waited patiently for the guests she expected with her sister, sure she dreaded them, but she had to grant the wish of her brother, and it was the least she can do for him. The story of the sweet sacrifice reached Mount Olympus, some felt nothing, some felt pity, and some admired the witch for her sacrifice, and she was one of those who admired her. Asking her father for help wasn’t easy, she talked to her father to give her permission to interfere knowing fully well she can do something about it and he finally agreed.

“To what do we owe the pleasure?”

Turning around, Persephone saw three beautiful women in front of her, but she knew well that it was just a cover-up for their hideous look. They were the infamous Moirai, the three sisters of fate. Persephone looked at her sister, Artemis who sat patiently waiting for what was to come.

Persephone stood up causing the three women to cower in fear, they knew better not to mess with her, thanks to her husband she was well-respected by other gods, titans and warriors. Persephone stood in front of them and with authority in her voice she said.

“Tell me the fate of the witch who died protecting the boy who flew too close to the sun.”

Everybody knew Icarus, not just because of his tragic story, but how his soul was stolen from the underworld, and now they know him because of the sacrifice the witch made in order for him to be safe and live again. The three sisters looked at each other and showed their true form, three old ugly women.

“The witch is dead, Persephone. There’s nothing to be told about her,” Atropos, one of the sisters who was the cutter of the thread of life spoke. Persephone glared at her growing impatient.

“You know something, and I have an order from Zeus, so I suggest you tell me at once before I take a strong action with you.” Persephone threatened and they looked at each other again in doubt but didn’t want to anger the goddess knowing Hades will punish them for it.

The first sister, Clotho whose job was to spin the thread of life, took out the eye they took from the Graeae and Persephone watched as the eye turned into a small crystal ball and listened to what Clotho had to say.

“The witch never died, her soul refused to leave her body, she was blessed by Aphrodite. From the start when she begged Zeus to give her lover a second chance until this moment. There’s only one way to save her, and Hades has to let her go willingly, if that happened she will reunite with her lover. And if not, her soul will forever be trapped and her body will never leave the Styx river.”

With that being said, the three sisters disappeared from Persephone’s sight, she sighed and turned to look at Artemis who held a sympathetic look on her face sad with the news of her friend’s body trapped in the Styx River. Persephone felt bad for Artemis because she knew the witch never left her side and was loyal to her.

“What are we going to do, Persephone? Hades won’t let her go willingly, you know him better than anyone.” Artemis said her voice soft and calm.

“I know, but she is blessed by Aphrodite, she is Hecate’s warrior and favourite witch, she was your friend, Apollo was her protector, and most importantly, she is admired by me. In front of all these circumstances, Hades might let her go.” Persephone explained thinking of a way to help the witch leave the underworld and reunite with her lover, she looked at Artemis and said.

“Call Hermes, tell him to bring Hecate.”

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You think it might have been just normal, boring days passing by, but the truth was those days were torturing years for Taeyong. He lived with the curse of being the only one to remember you, with your disappearance, it seemed as if you never existed. Johnny and Yuri forgot about you, he guessed it might have been because of the curse that was put on them, and he now knows how torturing that curse is. To be the only one to remember you.

The nightmares he used to get disappeared, instead, all his nightmares were about your death and how you fell into that damned river. How your body kept sinking into it like you would never reach the bottom. Apollo, or Doyoung, kept visiting him every day keeping his promise to you to keep him safe, he has to stick to it because you aren’t there to protect Taeyong yourself.

Doyoung to Taeyong was your older brother that he never got along with because he used to intimidate him all the time. But now they were friends, they spent the past three days talking about you, Doyoung talked about how brave and clever you were, the witch that defeated a titan who threatened Artemis.

You were truly blessed by the gods, Hecate blessed you with more powers than the rest of her witches, you were her favourite and you never let her down. Athena blessed you with her wisdom, Aphrodite blessed you with beauty and gave you the power to love unconditionally, Ares blessed you with abilities to make you a great warrior. You were a friend to Artemis and you were loyal to her. Unfortunately, he never got to meet you before, that was until he learnt that your wish of being with Icarus was finally granted, and asked to be your protector to repay you for protecting his twin sister, swearing to her and Zeus to protect you at all costs.

Taeyong loved hearing about your stories, and it made him feel closer to you knowing how great you were, it made him appreciate you more, but it made him miss you terribly. He keeps looking at the photos of the two of you together staring at your face for hours, it always ends up with him crying his eyes out calling for you in hope you will respond to him.

He wished he had more time to with you, you were ripped from him unfairly and he had no saying in it, he wished he met you sooner, he now knows he should appreciate every second because it’s a blessing. Perhaps he should’ve agreed when you told him you would rip the tickets in half, maybe then you wouldn’t have gotten on the plane and went home and stayed safe together.

Taeyong wondered what was your plan, was it to keep him safe and let him enjoy the life he had? Maybe then his dream of marrying you would’ve come true, maybe you had the same plan as him, marrying each other, having kids, growing old together. If he died naturally maybe then you would’ve gone to Hades admitting your crime then let him punish you all he wants, but then you would be happy because you let Taeyong have the life he deserved.

Maybe that was the plan all along, but he had to ruin it by insisting on going to Icaria for the wedding of his best friend despite all the signals and the frightening nightmares you gave him. He hates himself for it, it led him to lose you, the only person that truly loved him, put up with him, comforted him, helped him, took care of him, the only person that was there for him when no one else was. How could he let you go like that?

He remembers that one night when he fell asleep and had a dream of the two of you getting married, he remembered how happy he was to see that dream coming true, but when he woke up he cried because he knows that dream was never going to come true.

Taeyong sat on the chair watching the two lovers in front of him exchanging vows, they were making their dream of marrying each other come true. Taeyong was bitter, he only watched envious they got this chance and he didn’t, he just hoped that they would cherish one another forever.

“I promise to love you forever, be there for you, hold you when you feel down, protect you till my last breath, I love you so much, Yuri.” Johnny said.

Taeyong’s heart clenched as he remembered how he never got to tell you he loved you for the last time. He blinked trying not to show that he was crying because he remembered his lover. From beside him, Doyoung watched the boy who became his friend, suffer from watching the two lovers in front of him declaring their love towards one another in front of all these people. Taeyong watched as the priest announced them a married couple as they kissed.

The cheering around him seemed to die down as he imagined you and him getting married instead of them. Oh how happy he would’ve been, he would kiss in front of all these people every minute to prove that you were his only to cherish and love. But reality hit him hard in the face when the sight of you drowning into the Styx river crossed his mind.

“Come on, you have to go congratulate them,” Doyoung said pulling Taeyong up as they went to the newly married couple.

“Congratulations, Johnny and Yuri, I’m so happy for you guys,” Taeyong said smiling and Johnny smiled back at him.

“Thank you Tae, thanks for coming, I know it must haven’t been easy on you to travel when you have a phobia of flying,” Johnny said and Taeyong gave him a tight-lipped smile shaking his head.

“No, don’t apologise, I’m more than happy to spend this day with you,” he said and Johnny eyed Doyoung who was standing next to Taeyong awkwardly, Taeyong noticed this and smiled, “By the way, this is my friend, Doyoung, he is a therapist and was more than happy to accompany me. Doyoung, this is my friend Johnny and his wife Yuri.”

Doyoung smiled shaking their hands, “Nice to meet you, and congratulations,” he said and they smiled at him.

“Thank you, Taeyong. Hey, I know it’s been a while since you last went on a date, but I have the perfect date for you, my sister’s friend, she is here today and I can tell you will like her.” Yuri said.

Taeyong looked at Doyoung who kept his mouth shut, he sighed shaking his head, “No, thank you, Yuri. I’m comfortable this way,” Taeyong said and she stared at him.

“What nonsense! I’m sure you will like her!” Yuri said as she waved at someone from behind him.

“Yuri, no, please,” Taeyong tried to stop her but she just hushed him.

“Oh hush, I’m sure you’ll like her, there she comes!” she said and Taeyong sighed looking behind him at the girl Yuri wanted him to hook up with. His eyes widened and he held his breath. It was impossible, that couldn’t be happening, how is this for real? He couldn’t take his eyes off of the girl that was coming their way.

It was you, you looked graceful like how you used to be, your eyes bright and you were still beautiful, your hair shined like it always did, your pretty smile is still the same as it always has been, you didn’t look like how you did when he saw you in the underworld, it looked as if you were never there.

How was this possible? He remembers Hades’ words exactly, you were never to be resurrected again and you were forever trapped in the underworld. Did you manage to escape again? Or did Hades decide to give him mercy and make you return to him? Did Zeus interfere once again? He will never know.

“Hi, I’m Y/N, nice to meet you,” you said, your voice is still the same, Taeyong smiled happily for the first time in four days.

“I’m Taeyong, nice to meet you too,” he said and he saw how your eyes squinted like you were thinking about something.

“Have we met before?” you asked and Taeyong couldn’t believe it.

You didn’t remember him? You didn’t remember your old life? Did you get resurrected as a human? Was that another chance for him and you? If so, he had to make sure he would never let go of it.

Taeyong smiled shaking his head feeling his heart beat with happiness as he answered your question.

𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐍.

calling soobin "bunny," wasn't an uncommon thing in your relationship; soobin loved when you called him that and was completely used to it. but using it in front of other's was always a red zone— seeing as it could be perceived as quite a sexual name, as well. so, when you called him bunny around his members when asking him to pass you your phone, he went completely stiff. "soobin?" you asked, confused why his ears had started to turn red. turning to your right, you saw yeonjun choking back belts of laughter. raising your eyebrow, you slowly realised you'd called him bunny. seeing soobin covering his face, as the younger members jeered and called him bunny as well, was probably the cutest thing you'd ever seen.

𝐁𝐄𝐎𝐌𝐆𝐘𝐔

it had started as a joke once beomgyu had begun to grow his hair out. along with his hair, he had grown a certain amount of sass, leading you to call him princess whenever he'd flip his hair. however, 'princess,' became a common nickname for you two, and neither of you realised or said anything about it. "princess, here," you said, giving beomgyu a bottle of water once he finished their dance routine. unphased, he thanked you for the water, finishing most of it. "princess?" yeonjun spoke up. "huh?" beomgyu asked, looking towards him. "(y/n) calls you princess?" soobin continued. "oh, yeah," he shrugged. the boys were slightly confused, you could say.

𝐓𝐀𝐄𝐇𝐘𝐔𝐍

taehyun listened to you complain about your classmate, passing comments about how she was way out of line, etc. "angel, you need to understand the intensity!" you groaned. hearing a splutter from your right, you turned your head, confused. "what?" "you call him angel?" kai asked you, chuckling as he chewed his food. going silent, you blushed slightly when you realised you'd called taehyun angel. feeling an arm wrap around you, you turned your head to your boyfriend. "call me that more often," taehyun nuzzled into your neck.

𝐇𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐀𝐈

"hi bambi," you greeted, leaning into kai's wide arms, as he let you inside the front door. "i missed you," he whined against the top of your head, waddling to the couch with you still in his arms. "he really does look like bambi," taehyun commented as kai plopped down on the couch with you, yelping as he heard taehyun. "why are you here?" kai blushed. "do you think i'd miss finding out what (y/n)'s nickname for you is?" taehyun chuckled. groaning, kai begged him not to tell the rest, even offering to do his laundry. "deal!" taehyun said, leaving the living room. "do you not like bambi?" you asked, pouting. "no! of course i do," kai assured you, "i just don't want anyone else to call me that." kai placed a peck on your cheek before taking you back into his arms and squeezing you with all his might.

Flopping back into the comfort of his sheets with little resistance, Jungkook shifted around, overly uncomfortable. Everything was off-kilter, and he couldn’t help but whine in pain when his head throbbed from the squirming. Wishing for the pain to go away without actively getting up to find painkillers wasn’t doing much to help either.

“Love? Good morning— Jungkook?” Walking towards the boyfriend-shaped lump on the bed, y/n frowned, concern knitting her brows. “Are you okay?”

“…’m sick. Everything hurts.”

“Am I allowed to say it? A nod. “I told you so baby, it was pouring with rain yesterday. You stay here, I’ll go and get the thermometer.”

Luckily for y/n, Jungkook hadn’t planned on moving at all. In fact, he was quite happy to melt away underneath his duvet.

Peeping his head over the covers, Jungkook squinted as light poured through the gap in the door, exceedingly grateful that he invested in a good pair of blackout curtains. Saved from looking at the sunlight any longer once y/n re-entered the room, Jungkook returned to the comfort of being under his covers completely. He was shivering – nothing like being smothered under his covers couldn’t fix.

And then his precious duvet was torn away from him.

“Hello there~” y/n snickered as her boyfriend whined, “ can you lift your head for me bun? I need to check if you’re running a fever." Ruffling his sweat-damp hair, y/n hummed as she stuck the device in her sick boyfriend’s ear. Jungkook was definitely running a fever; he was a full two degrees above the human average. With a sigh, y/n set the device aside, wrapping her arms around Jungkook to help him sit up.

“How bad?”

“Very. Think you can make it to the living room?”

“Mhm…” Throwing his legs over the side, Jungkook hauled himself up, taking a grand total of three steps before wobbling, leaning into y/n’s open arms. Determined, the grad student blinked back the bout of dizziness as he tried to steady himself, huffing out an exhale. The fever wasn’t going to keep him down if he had anything to say about it.

Nursing a thermos of green tea with Bam curled up on the sofa, Jungkook read through his thesis for the third time that afternoon. As sick as he was, grad student responsibilities came first; his thesis needed to be worked on, whether he wanted to work on it or not. Coughing into his arm, the student read over his notes, content with simply editing the work he had already done. Alone in the apartment, he had no plans to move from his spot, risking his fate by leaving his front door unlocked.

He was a student, if someone decided to barge in, he’d welcome them in. Anything to escape university.

There was someone tapping his shoulder.

“…Kookie? Earth to Jeon Jungkook?” Opening his eyes only to immediately squint through the brightness of his overhead light, Jungkook made a noncommittal hum. “Oh thank fuck, you’re alive.”

“Jimin hyung?” Blinking as the blob in front him nodded, Jungkook hauled himself up with a weak groan, his vision swimming just that little bit more before it cleared up. His skin boiling, Jungkook made a frail attempt at fanning himself with his shirt, too exhausted to react to the way it clung to him and the sweat on his body. What he did react to, however, was the lack of Bam’s presence on his sofa – they were laying together, right? Turning his head from side-to-side – with all the grace of a ragdoll – Jungkook still couldn’t tell where his canine companion had gone.

“Hyung..?” Jimin hummed his response from the kitchen. “Where’s Bam? I thought he was here on the sofa with me?” Accepting the bowl of soup while he waited for Jimin’s answer, Jungkook let the bowl rest on the table.

“Namjoon hyung came by and took him for a walk, like, half an hour ago? Probably still with him. Anyway, eat up; Yoongi hyung brought this over and you need to get your strength back.” The older of the two answered, gently flicking the brunet’s forehead. Laughing when Jungkook huffed, whining about not hurting the patient, Jimin turned his head and followed the sound of knocking at the front door.

There was quiet, and then Jungkook paused when he heard laughter.

Y/n was home! He’d live!

“Hello to you too, Mr I Have A Fever~” Y/n cooed, ruffling her boyfriend’s hair as she deposited her bag and coat off to the side. Waving Jimin off when the dance teacher eventually needed to leave, she went on about her day, filling Jungkook in about everything happening outside the confines of his front door. It sounded fun. Pausing her description of a boring media lecture when she finally noticed Jungkook watching her with ever-so-adoring curiosity, y/n’s features softened.

He was just too cute for his own good.

“Anything you want, baby? You’ve been looking at me like that for a while now.” There was a pause as y/n waited for her answer, more than content to return her boyfriend’s gaze.

“Just a nap,” Jungkook yawned, shifting around until his head was settled in y/n’s lap. “You’re here now… so ‘m gonna sleep now~” A smile on his face when he felt the soft press of a kiss to his temples, Jungkook let his eyes shut again that day, the heaviness of fever-induced sleep soon taking over. He welcomed it.

“Sleep well my love.”

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Although he does let you bring the snacks

How nice :D

Eventually, all of Seokjin’s playful charm starts hitting you a little more than usual

Your confession is straight up out of a book and guess what? Your feelings are returned! Huzzah!

Welcome to the wonderful world of receiving morning my love <3 texts followed by several pet names of Jin’s choosing

Dotes on you constantly. There is not a day without this man giving you forehead kisses at every possible moment

He drapes his arms over you and does that penguin-waddle thing whenever you’re around to visit

It gets worse (/jk) when you take that step to move in lol – he drops all of his weight on you and gets comfy

Those tv nights? Yeah – that’s date night now

Seokjin is so ridiculously fond of hearing your excitement when you both get down to planning a night out together

Absolutely loves dressing to the nines and acting like you’re both royalty

Does he want to record your laugh he jokes with you in the car? Yes. Yes he does

Takes candid pictures of you with you’re waiting for your meal and makes them his screensavers

His home background is the both of you, of course~

As much as he loves his regular, planned dates with you, Seokjin is a sucker for unplanned ones where you wander the high street together

You find some of your favourite couple pieces on those days out

When he gets to meet your friends, they take to him immediately—

He takes care of everyone and you love him for it

Another one for the if you don’t keep him, we’ll take him#

Seokjin is regularly invited to group outings – he’s basically part of the group now

Adored by your family. Absolutely loved, I tell you <3

He’s the perfect son-in-law and already has all the aunties fawning over him

Fishing? Yep, that’s every uncle and dad ever convinced that he is The One

Enjoy the ensuing when are you going to get married? brand of questions now~

 Seokjin’s not shy of the odd display of PDA, but he’s not here making out with you in broad daylight

That’s saved for the comfort of your own home lol

Dotes out forehead and hand kisses when you’re walking together

Holds your hand and even swings it when he wants to see that pretty smile of yours

You forgot your coat and it’s getting cold?

“Here, wear mine love.”

Even – and especially – when you’re drowning in it

Immediately starts cooing over how cute you look in his coat

Plays with your coat paws as you’re holding hands and he’s a blushing mess

He’s whipped for you, what else? :D

Very much hides the fact that he’s fantasized about marrying you and being able to call himself your husband

Please marry this man—

He’s on his knees for you (sometimes literally)

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Lee Minho | 이민호

Minho enjoys going to the gym with you; you’re a motivational workout buddy, funny, are eager to try whatever food he makes afterwards, and did he mention that he’s fascinated with your tattoos? You look fucking amazing, in his humble opinion.

No he isn’t a little fixated on them, shut up. And no, his ears do not become red when he catches a peek of your tattoos – especially your pecs – when you’re sweating after a workout.

What do you take him for? A schoolboy with a crush?

Okay, maybe he has a crush on you. Sue him. You’re attractive as fuck (his words) and a great person; what was he supposed to do? Not fantasise about those arms?

So when you crash at his dorm after a late night gym session and pop into the living area to ask him if you can borrow a shirt – while entirely shirtless, in front of the others – his ears are bright red. His gaze fixes on the new tattoos across your chest and he malfunctions in real time, ignoring the kids staring at his reaction.

“Just— just pick anything you want.” Did this man just stutter?

“Sure thing hyung~ thanks!”

Seo Changbin | 서창빈

Changbin met you at the gym and the pair of you immediately hit it off. You admired his commitment to working out and staying in shape, and Binnie couldn’t help but be fascinated by how sweet and soft you seemed in comparison to the sheer number of impressive tattoos you have.

So he’s not exactly surprised when he finds himself infatuated with you. What can he say? Changbin is a confident man, and he knows what he likes. And it just so happens that you are exactly his type.

He’s a bashful admirer, your Binnie.

So when he invites you to go swimming with him and the other members on a day off, don’t be surprised when you catch Changbin gazing at some of your newer tattoos with a blush on your face. Perhaps forgetting to pack a spare shirt for the pool wasn’t the worse mistake you’ve ever made. As for the man himself, he’s going to want to hear all about his crush’s new body art. Quite delectable body art, if I might add~

Hwang Hyunjin | 황현진

Frankly, it’s a miracle that you even met Hyun at the gym to begin with, that man avoids the place as often as he can. And can you blame him? He lives with 3Racha after all, that’s enough gymbro energy for him. But yes, you end up meeting Hyunjin at the gym, while you’re doing some light weights and he catches sight of your partial sleeve and the top of your chest tattoo through your vest. During a conversation while you’re spotting him and he finds out you’re his hyung, it’s settled.

New muse acquired.

For days afterwards, Hyunjin’s sketchbooks and canvases are full of tattoos, imagery and artistic rendition of you all from all your consequential outings together after your initial meeting.

And like the hopeless romantic that Hyunjin is, it takes him little time to fall for his newest muse. His art becomes more and more romantic (if possible) and there’s more reservation on his end because Hyunjin now wants anything he makes for you to be absolutely perfect. It’s for you, of course. His y/n hyung.

When you invite him swimming over the summer, Hyunjin quite positively loses his mind over some of the newer tattoos he sees across your chest and abdomen while you’re looking for the shirt you packed. Ever the tits man that he is, Hyunjin can’t help but give your newly tatted pecs a loving squeeze – with your permission of course. I give this man around five days before he confesses his feelings lol.

Han Jisung | 한지성

Between you and me, I would be a dirty liar if I didn’t think Jisung was immediately infatuated with the ‘buff tattoo guy’ at the gym (as he so excitedly tells Chan) the first time he spots you after you finish a set and reach for your water bottle. A cute smile, sick tattoo sleeves (his words) and an impressive set? Social anxiety be damned, Jisung makes it his mission to get closer to you, which he does, to his credit. Soon, he’s calling you ‘tattoo hyung’ as a joke and he has some eye candy to forward to when he joins you at the gym.

And by all means, the buff chipmunk is adorable, so you indulge him when he jokingly presses his face between your pecs. They’re comfy, sue him.

Until it’s starting to get obvious that there are developing feelings between the pair of you.

So, without telling Sung outright you fill out your tattoo sleeves just that little bit more, get some art done on your abdomen that may or may not be inspired by the rapper himself. Taking his invite to go swimming with him and some of the other members, you show off the new body art to a very infatuated Han Jisung.

You may be going home with a boyfriend, that’s all I’m saying.

Lee Felix | 이용복

Meeting Felix feels like it was fate, in my honest opinion; you were working on your arms, and Lix was getting his rehabilitation exercise done. As luck would have it, he asked you to spot him, the two of you start talking and you left that gym session with a new friend and Felix’s number. And soon enough, your phone is buzzing every other hour with a text from Mr Buff Sunshine about everything from how his day went, to workout advice, to spamming you with memes.

It's cute, and 100% part of the reason you consider getting some sun-inspired tattoos across your chest. Perhaps even a few quotes you’d seen his fans talk about on twitter.

Felix decides to have some fun with you when you and Felix make plans to head swimming, because your ‘swimming top’ as it were, is now nowhere to be found. Go figure.

“Hey Felix?” What seems like an innocent move on your part – asking for a t-shirt – clearly is lost on the Australian in question. There are new tattoos on your abdomen. Rather fucking hot ones, in his humble opinion; and Lix’s face is burning red.

Lord above, could you be any more attractive? You do eventually get one of Felix’s shirts, that suspiciously look like the one you were missing, but between you and me…Felix is more than happy to have you shirtless.

Kim Seungmin | 김승민

I’m genuinely more impressed by the notion that you met Seungmin at the gym of all places. Granted, it was by the treadmill, and he was pacing himself at a brisk jog, but my point still stands. Talking to you becomes his new ‘kill time’ card, and it doesn’t take many of these particularly amusing gym sessions for numbers to be exchanged and for Seungmin to start asking about your numerous tattoos. He saves you in his phone as ‘y/n – cool tattoos~’, deeming you the newest subject of teasing and some awfully aesthetic food pictures. Courtesy of Minho’s cooking, of course.

And while your friendship blossoms, and you begin taking tattoo ideas from Seungmin, something warm and fuzzy starts making its way into Seungmin’s heart. He doesn’t hate it.

But he would rather be caught stark naked than admit he has a crush on you. So his fondness is translated through more frequent texts, more emojis and asking more and more about your day.

And inviting you swimming, of course.

Thanks to your own genius, you had left your spare swimming shirt at home and resorted to asking around for a spare shirt you could borrow. Giving Seungmin the perfect view of your newest tattoos. On your sculpted abdomen.

I think you’ve broken him.

Yang Jeongin | 양정인

You should thank who or whatever possessed Jeongin to actually start going back to the gym, because you stumble into him on your way out from the changing room. Don’t get him wrong, he was a little intimated at first; you’re hot, have some impressive body art, and you’re muscular? Cut him a little slack here.

He does see you again, however Innie picks up the courage to talk to you, and it turns out the two of you have quite a lot in common. Perfect! Instead of spending his whole time of his time with his headphones on, Jeongin spends his break between sets talking to you, his dimples on full display the entire time.

You have now gained the title of cool hyung. Congratulations.

His fascination with your tattoos bleeds into something more romantic, and Jeongin finds himself itching for the days to speed up so the swimming outing you two have planned comes by faster. At least he gets to fill his time by hanging out with you in your tattoo studio.

Praise to everything holy – and Jeongin’s patience – the day of the swimming outing finally arrives, and Jeongin is buzzing with excitement. The weather is great, the venue you’re going to has good food places nearby – it’s perfect.

“Jeongin-ah, have you seen my swim-shirt?” Well, perfect if you ignore the fact you forgot your swimming shirt. Which leaves your new chest tattoo on full display for Jeongin to marvel at while he helps you go in search of a t-shirt to buy.

Yes you saw him blushing. No you aren’t going to bring it up unless Innie says anything himself.

You hope he does though.

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