Warning(s): Based on the song: Mystic Messenger Opening Theme Link
Title: Mystic Messenger
Pairing: Choi Saeyoung x Reader
Fandom: Mystic Messenger
Word Count: 5,395
(I just got your messages)
Every morning I wake up to the same sweet sound
Picking up my cell phone that’s been ringing
Wondering what’s new? What have I missed?
I was offline
Anyway I will end up hearing your story
707 woke up, something that was a bit odd for him. He never slept on an average night. He was used to staying up for as long as possible, always trying to get his work done before he allowed himself the pleasure of sleep. The only reason he had gone to sleep when he did was because you had made him through the texts the two of you sent. You even had called him to convince him. He didn't want to upset you and he truly needed sleep. So, he gave into your requests.
He heard the ringing of his phone and saw the green blinking light that alerted him that he had a new message on his phone. He was used to this, as he wasn't always able to see every chat that happened in the messenger. He tried to check over every one once he woke up, but he had trouble with his work. He needed to get straight to work, but he did allow himself some relaxation time. He didn't want the others to get worried about him.
He began to read over the messages and noticed that you had a conversation with Jumin late at night. He rolled his eyes, finding it ironic that you had stayed up quite late while you made him go to bed early. As he read the messages, he realized that you hadn't been able to go to sleep once you had finished the conversation with him. He enjoyed reading your conversations as it helped him learn more about you, even if he wasn't having the conversation with you.
He grabbed his glasses, which allowed him to read the messages better. He had a quick chat with V about something he had texted him earlier before getting dressed. He didn't have time to take part in-
His phone began to ring. He almost didn't look at who it was, but for some reason, he did. It was you. He knew he shouldn't pick up, but he did.
"Just wake up, sleepy beauty?" He asked, smirking. He hoped that you were blushing at his silly choice of words.
"Yeah, I guess you did to."
"Yeah, but I went to bed before you, now didn't I? I thought that we would both be going to be. You lied to me dear." He chuckled as he heard you sputter to respond to him, "Don't worry. I was just getting ready to get started with work."
"Oh, I don't want to bother you. Have a good day at work, okay?" You sounded so sweet and meaningful.
"Yeah, don't worry. Have a good day. Talk to you later, bye-bye!"
How are you doing today?
Same questions every single day
Please know that I’m not good at asking you
707 always asked you how you were doing in the morning as well as right before he finished up work, almost always at the same time. No matter if he had things to do, he always made sure that he sent you that message before starting his work. He wasn't really sure why he did it, but he would feel weird if he didn't. When things got into a schedule, it felt weird to break it. So, every morning, he would send you that text.
It didn't bother you, since you knew he meant well by it. Yes, he did ask it every morning, but you didn't care. You wouldn't care if he just asked the same questions all the time. You knew that he meant every word in them and that he wasn't just trying to be nice because he felt bad. He generally cared about being nice to you and it felt nice. You hadn't had that kind of relationship with someone for a really long time. You were glad to have it back, as almost any other normal person would be feeling.
Your answers were normally very similar, since you had just woken up and everything was fine. But sometimes it changed. Sometimes you had a bad night and ranted to him about what happened. He would listen and if it sounded like you had a terrible, terrible night, he would call you. Hearing someone's voice definitely gave you a sense of immense care.
These little talks meant so much to you and Seven. The two of you began to get closer than the other members, even though it had only been about two days. You weren't sure why, but you guessed it was how he made you feel so happy. His jokes and silly attitude (most of the time), caused your heart to flutter and your stomach to flip.
You hadn't felt this happy in quite a long time. Yes, you were content with your life, but that always wasn't the best thing. When you are content and don't want things to change, nothing does. When you are happy and are being told of things that you could do, you began to reach for more things than you were already doing. He did that for you and you hoped you were doing the same thing for him.
It didn't matter that your conversation were sometimes awkward or that he repeated a lot of his questions. All that mattered was that he truly cared about the words that he was saying.
Your face lights up laughing from the jokes
I’ve made
You would never guess that I am suspicious
707 never told you about what he first thought about you. He made sure to keep that secret from you since he didn't want your relationship with him to suffer from it. He really did care about you, but he was worried more about the members of the RFA at first. He thought you may be a spy for some other organization. He didn't want things to get ruined just because he let his guard down. He couldn't let that happen.
So he kept his suspicions to himself while he started to get to know you. He would never tell you, but that didn't matter. It didn't take him long to figure out that you weren't part of anything. You had just stumbled across this app on accident and had just followed what that person had told you. He wasn't sure how he felt about everything. He didn't like that you had been tricked into going to Rika's apartment, but he he couldn't stop that from happening.
Plus, if you hadn't done what you had, the two of you would have never met. Sure, sometimes he thought it would be better to keep you from getting close to him, but he could still accept that he had a good friendship with you. He just didn't want it to go any further because he didn't want to hurt you. Even with the small amount of time the two of you knew each other, he felt like it could develop into more.
He would just have to make sure it didn't.
(Ticktok Ticktok time is running out
What are you doing now?)
I don’t know where you are,
Don’t even know your name
They think I’m crazy. My heartbeat goes up
Words cannot express my love for you
707 was failing at the one goal that he set with you. He didn't want you keep you too close and didn't want your relationship together to turn into something that could end in pain for you. He could only cause pain and he didn't want you to be one of the people that had to deal with that. The two of you couldn't get into anything romantic for that exact reason.
Even though he kept reminding himself that he couldn't allow himself to get attached, he couldn't help it. He had begun to fall for you hard and he couldn't tell if he was going to be able to stop. He felt your relationship with him was like Alice, falling down the terrifying hole that led to Wonderland. He felt like his hole would just end with a splat and the unthinkable would happen. He was the hole and you were Alice, having fun until the terrible happened. Having fun until you hit the ground with a terrible snap.
He sighed as he went back to sending you messages. He was eating at the moment and had time to pay attention to what you were sending him.
...
You leaned back in your bed, staring up at the phone that was in your hands. You had just received a message from 707. The two of you talked more than most of the other members. You weren't sure why, but it just seemed like it was natural. He made you laugh at almost everything he said. He was just so funny and so nice to you. Whenever you got worried about what was going on, he would console you.
You didn't even know his real name, but he already meant so much to you. It was weird to you. You never thought you could get this close to someone when you had just met them a few days ago. Still, you tried to ignore all of that and focus on all the good things that were happening to you. You thought that this app and the person who messaged you originally were going to cause you trouble. Yet, here you were, having the most fun and enjoyment that you've had in years. You had been in a bad stage of depression but now that you had these people to talk to, it seemed to be getting better.
You were getting up earlier and even started to clean up the apartment. You didn't look at any of the papers since V didn't want you to. You wouldn't break a promise. So, you just gathered all the different papers and put them in the safest place in the apartment. Once you had done that, you cleaned up the rest of the apartment. It began to make you feel like it could really be your home for however long you were going to be stuck here.
At first, it felt like this was a prison cell and that you were trapped. While you were still trapped now, it didn't feel like it anymore. You weren't just trying to figure out what was going on. While you were still trapped in the apartment, you weren't just trying to figure out what was going on. You were also making friendship with the people you had just met. It was nice and it helped you forgot how weird this circumstance was to begin with.
Some of them just seemed like they would be good friends, like Jaehee and Yoosung. There was one who you felt like could turn into more, but you were trying to ignore it. You knew that it would probably never happen, but you can dream, right? Even if 707 didn't like you back, it was still nice to have a crush. You just wouldn't force yourself upon him like some creepy people do with crushes.
Did you get mysterious messages?
It’s a piece of the puzzle
The letters are the only clues to solving
hidden mysteries
You continued talking to everyone on the messenger and developed friendships with all of them. You got the closest to Yoosung, but still never thought of him in any way that wasn't a friendship. You weren't interested in him and you wouldn't fake anything. Even though Seven wasn't able to talk to you in the daylight hours as much as the others, you didn't mind. You still kept your crush, which began to burn even more with every conversation you had with him.
While doing this, you had been organizing the party. You wanted it to be amazing, or at least not terrible. You kept worrying about it being sucky, but you didn't tell anyone that. You kept a glass half full outlook on everything and this party wasn't going to be any different. If you put your hard work into it, it would turn out well. All you had to do was do your best, since that was all you could do. Plus, if this party didn't do as well as you wanted, you still had the next one to improve on.
That meant it would depend on if V would want you to help host another party. You wondered what you would do once the party was done. Would you just go back to your normal life like it was before all of this happened? Would you even want it to? You would like to be in less danger than you were in now, but you still were having fun. It was exciting to be planning this party and making friends. Would they still be your friends after the party or would you they all drift apart from you once the party was over?
You tried not to think about it, for fear of slipping into another depression state. That wasn't something that you needed and so you were going to do everything in your power to keep it away. You refused to even acknowledge that it was creeping up on you. This meant that you began to clean and do a lot more chores, even when compared to before.
You needed to stay busy.
Did you get mysterious messages?
If you can feel the trace, that is me. Call me out
I’ve been watching you from the start
707 watched as you busily cleaned up the apartment. When he had time, he liked to check in on you. It wasn't like he was protective or anything. He was just seeing what you were doing, out of curiosity. It wasn't like he wanted to keep making sure you were safe because he cared for you deeply. No, that wasn't it. At least, that was what he wouldn't accept. He couldn't, because it would put you in too much danger.
He didn't understand why you were doing it, but he didn't question it. You were locked inside all day, it must be boring. He hated making you stay in the apartment, but it was the only safe place for you at the moment. Plus, if you left, you might explode. He was the only one who knew the entire truth about the bomb and he wasn't sure if he wanted to keep it that way. He just listened to what V told him to do, even if he didn't agree with some of it.
He shook his head, thoughts being thrown at him from every angle of his mind. Most of them either involved you of the RFA. He was getting distracted from his work and he couldn't do that. He needed to stay focused, but when he was worried about you, it was hard. He wanted to make sure that you were safe and didn't get hurt because of him. That was his worse fear. It was the reason why he wasn't allowing you to get any closer to him than you already had been.
It was hard because deep down he really wanted to get to know you in more than a friendship way. But, he forced himself to turn off the monitor that was showing him what you were doing. If he wanted to do any work today, he needed it off. He needed to give his mind a break of you and try to go back to how it was before you showed up and tangled him up in a love ribbon.
Remember yesterday how we texted on and on and on
I have never met someone so pure like you
It was late at night when you received a text from 707. You didn't mind. You liked texting to him and it just so happened that it was a night that you were having trouble going to sleep. Most of the time, it seemed like it wasn't a problem for you to go to sleep. Yet, tonight, it must have been something to do with the air. Something was keeping you awake. Maybe it was fate, wanting you to talk to 707. You liked to think that.
He would joke with you all the time and sometimes those jokes turned a bit more flirty than he originally intended. Still, whenever he said anything and then regretted it, thinking it was too risky in the flirty department. You never quite understood what he was referencing and just thought that it was just a silly joke that he was telling you. He would feel his face heat up when you did this as he thought about how cute you were! It was almost unbearable.
He didn't understand how someone could be as pure as you. He wanted to keep you that way, but he knew that was impossible. The only way for that to happen would be if he locked you up, like Rapunzel. Yes, he had you locked up at the moment, but it wasn't to keep you pure. That was for your safety. He would let you go when he was sure that the threat had been dealt with.
Even when you lost the purity that you possessed at that moment, he knew that it would never truly be gone. You would always have that innocence that sparkled behind your eyes, he knew that much. He just knew that due to the kind of person you were. He felt it deep in his stomach and in his heart that what he thought was true. As he thought about it, he realized that he wasn't sure if it was true. Did he know that? Was he certain that you were going to be the same person he met? That you would forever be a pure person?
Or was he just hoping that because he was worried about him bringing some things into your life that might taint you?
Imagine something new that is fully out of this world
You and me let's marry in the space station
(Mystical Messages)
Mystic clue of this puzzle
He quickly shock his head and looked back down at his phone. He didn't need to think about that right now. It was too late and soon he would have to go back to work. He had taken a small nap that would allow him to keep going throughout the night. Ever since he thought you were in danger, he had been working even harder to fix everything. He was going to make sure that you were safe, no matter if he had to give up some of his sleep to see that.
"Hey, you know what we should do?" He texted you.
"What?"
"We should get married~!" He joked.
"Married? Where would we do that?" You were playing along with him, something that he loved. It made him feel like he was really funny and that you were enjoying his conversations.
"Hm...Why not on the space station? I think it would be perfect!"
"Sounds nice, pretty stares in the background. (^-^). "
"YEAH!!!"
"So, you promise if we get married, it will be on the space station?" You smiled as you typed up the message, a small amount of truth to the text. Not about the space station, but about the marriage thing. You were like a little girl, imagining herself getting married to her crush, before they were even together. Such a cute and pure thing for anyone to do.
"Of course!"
"Great~"
(Mystical Messenger)
It's too dangerous, don't come close
You think I'm crazy. My heartbeat goes up
No matter what I must follow my heart
As the two of you got closer, 707 decided it was getting too dangerous for you. He couldn't let it go any farther than it already had. He knew that he might hurt you in the process, but it was for your safety. He would do anything to keep you safe, even if that meant he had to try to ignore you. He would have to be mean, but it would be worth it in the long run. You could get with someone else in the RFA.
He knew he would feel jealous inside if you did start to fall for someone else, but he would ignore it. He would prefer for you to get with Jumin if you got with anyone. He would have enough money to provide for you. Plus, you would be able to see Elizabeth the Third all the time. It would be lovely for you and you would have a happy life. It didn't matter that he wouldn't be your prince or hero, he would never be that. He was a bad person and he didn't deserve you.
His heart was screaming for you to be part of his life, but his brain was telling him that it was too dangerous. He hated the war that was waging within him. He wanted it to just stop. He wanted his brain to win because in that world you would be safe from everything that came with him. He would be lonely but that was just what he was destined to be.
But, he didn't know how strong a heart could fight when it was for something or someone that you really cared about. He didn't have anyone that came close to reaching the amount of care he felt for you. He was stepping into new territory and he wasn't prepared for what was to come. He didn't know what to expect and that meant he couldn't prepare for it.
Did you get mysterious messages?
It’s a piece of the puzzle
The letters are the only clues to solving
hidden mysteries
You couldn't ignore that message from the Unknown person though. It was so weird and whenever you tried to contact them, they just ignored you. It was annoying! You just wanted to figure out what was going on and you assumed that they were the best person to ask. They had to know since they were the one that sent you on this crazy journey to begin with.
You were slightly worried that they were a bad person, but since you hadn't felt threatened while in the apartment, you weren't quite sure how to feel. It wasn't like you trusted the Unknown person, but you weren't as scared as you were by them anymore. They didn't respond to your messages, so you just assumed that they didn't care anymore. They had done their part of whatever this plan was and so their part was done. At least, that was what you were thinking about it. It helped you stay calm and feel safe in your life.
But, you thought that too soon. You weren't prepared when someone tried to break into the apartment. All you could think about doing was running to the bedroom and locking the door. Sadly, you had left your phone out in the living room when you began to run. You were in such a state of shock that you didn't remember that was the only way for you to communicate to others.
That was when you remembered that 707 said that there were cameras were in the apartment except certain rooms such as bathroom,bedroom, and kitchen. You quickly hid and just began to hope that he was going to check the cameras sometime soon. You pulled your knees against your chest and buried your face in your knees. You tried your hardest not to be too scared. He would save you, right?
Did you get mysterious messages?
If you can feel the trace, that is me. Call me out
I’ve been watching you from the start
Your prays were answered when you heard a bunch of noise outside of your room. It took a few minutes, but soon it all went quiet. You weren't sure what to do since it could be bad or good. You could get hurt but what if Seven was hurt out there as well. He needed your help. Just as you were about to open the door to check it out, you heard a knock on the door. Then a voice,
"(Y/N), are you okay?" You knew who that voice belonged to. You had talked to him on the phone for what seemed like hours before. It belonged to the one and only Seven Oh Seven.
You quickly opened the door, looking up at the man you hadn't seen the face of ever. You had only ever heard his voice and seen the words that he typed out. You had an idea of what he looked like with the images and the emojis he sent, but this was so much different. Pictures were nothing compared to the real thing and you felt your heart leap in your throat when you finally saw him. It was due to all the emotions you had felt in the past few hours. You couldn't help but break down and begin in cry. It wasn't sobbing, but instead silent tears.
You rushed into his arms and wrapped your own around him. He was shocked and didn't know what to do at first. Then, as he began to understand the motion you were doing, he began to hug you back. His arms were long and felt like they would protect you from anything that tried to hurt you. He slowly began to pet your hair, attempting to comfort you as you cried into his jacket. He didn't care. He knew that you needed to get this all out. He knew what it could be like when you held in emotions and just needed to get them out. Just like a water balloon, it can only carry so much water before it bursts. It was the same concept with emotions, no matter which kind.
"Don't worry, he's gone. I scared him off," He whispered in your ear, leading you back to the couch. He slowly sat down and had you sit next to him. He held you until you thought you were feeling better. You pulled away and wiped your eyes with your white sweater sleeve.
"Sorry...I didn't mean to cry. I just got really worked up about this whole thing. I'm not used to being in this much danger. I promise I'll be better from now on. I don't think I'll have this kind of reaction again," You said as if it were a bad thing with the way that you reacted.
"No, don't apoligize. It's totally fine. I would have been scared. I promise though, you are going to be safe. Just to be sure, I'm going to stay here and do my work here while we figure all of this out. That way you won't be alone anymore so this can't happen." He smiled at you which caused your heart to skip a beat again. You smiled back at him, just happy that it was all over with.
"Thanks Seven."
"No problem."
Someone set us up to play in this secret game.
(Keep it cool, don't react) Trust in your judgement
Did you see the messages I've been sending you?
Open your eyes, see the light
It was harder for 707 to try to ignore you when he was living in the same apartment as you. He still was able to do it to an extent, but it was still hard. He could see your face now when talking to you and when he tried to ignore you, he could see the sadness and pain on your face. It hurt him a lot more now. He didn't want to continue, but how couldn't he? He had already put you in so much danger.
He knew that this Unknown person was seriously dangerous now. Before he had just suspected that the person was dangerous, but now that the person acted upon it, he was certain that your life was getting more and more dangerous. Were you already in so much danger that it wouldn't matter if you were with him? Deep down he wanted to believe that, but he felt like it wasn't true. Someone could take you and use your pain to torture 707 without even touching him. He knew that it could happen and he couldn't let it.
He sighed to himself as he continued to work on whatever he was suppose to be doing. His work was slipping slightly because he was trying to figure out if he should keep your relationship together going or try to cut it off. Now he pushed all of those thoughts back and focused on the work that was in front of him at the moment. It should be the only thing that he was focusing on.
He knew that you were watching him do his work, which was something that you tended to do quite a bit. He wasn't sure why you enjoyed it so much, but he tried to just ignore it. He thought that you did it just to spend some time with him since he was trying to push away from him. You just wouldn't let him. It wasn't even that you were trying to force upon a romantic relationship, but you just wanted to keep your friendship together. You didn't want to lose him just because he was scared. He told you that it was too dangerous for the two of you to be friends, but you just ignored what he said. You could take whatever came with being friends with these new people.
It was your choice, not his. He would just have to deal with what you decided to do. You knew that he wasn't happy with your choice, but as you said, there was nothing he could do about it. You were your own person. He could decide what he wanted to do and you were do what you wanted to. It just turned out that you wanted to keep your friendship while 707 was trying to push you away.
He wasn't being successful in his quest to make you hate him. You just kept trying harder and harder to keep your friendship together alive. No matter what he did, you were going to continue to fight.
(Don't fall for any of his party invites)
Did you get mysterious messages?
It’s a piece of the puzzle
The letters are the only clues to solving
hidden mysteries
Since you wouldn't let go of your friendship with 707, he finally gave in to what he wanted. He wasn't going to be able to make you stop and if he himself stopped trying to keep you away, he may be able to protect you better. If you were close to him, it would be easier for him to protect you since you were close to him. You couldn't be happier when he started to warm up to you and stopped trying to keep you away. It was wonderful and you were so happy! You almost couldn't express how excited you were.
It didn't take long for something to develop between the two of you that wasn't just a friendship. It was love that was seeping in from your feelings that were already created. It was making sure that it didn't just burst in and flood over both of you. Your relationship needed to go slow, even though both of you had already developed a large amount of love for each other.
So, even though you could get hurt by that Unknown person, it didn't matter anymore. 707 had lost control of his brain and was just following his heart now. He didn't care that you may be in a more amount of danger from being with him. He promised to himself and to you that he was going to protect you and make sure that you wouldn't get hurt.
He wasn't someone who broke promises.
So, no matter what happened and what was coming in the future, the two of you could deal with it together.
If you get mysterious messages, stand by me hold my hand, don't lose hope, you know why
I will never leave you alone
