you can't break my soul.

❝still the one.❞ Kyumas

The history and background of Alice was not something that Thomas was particularly invested in to find out but he supposed they should sometime soon. If not, it might get lost forever and Alice would probably be unhappy about that later when she got older.

These moments together were golden, he needed more of them really. Craving the other’s affections all the time, even if he, as an empath, could sense the other’s love anyway. He still liked these little moments and he grinned at the fingers against his bare skin. “Hey-” he greeted the other as Soo rolled over and rested on top of him.

Thomas counted himself a lucky man with a husband like Kyungsoo and he felt a little guilty for everything he his from Kyungsoo on a daily basis. It was not like he cheated on the other- not with another man or woman but he did have many appointments with death to see if he could take him. It was in the moments when he taunted death with a stick that he wondered if his grandfather’s insanity had skipped a generation and affected him.

“I hope she is a lot like you.” he said with a soft voice. “I love you and I hope she has your smarts and wit.” he grinned at the spider as he ran his hand through his raven hair affectionately. “I hope she will terrify a young boy or girl some day and end up with them like we did.”

A nanny? “I think school is better Soo, she needs to learn how to play with others. We can’t shield her forever. It’ll be good for her.” he said as he nodded and said I love you too back in a whisper. “Zitao brought by some boardgames by the way, like for little kids and puzzles. So we can play those with her this weekend or see if she likes any. Zi found them in some toystore and just bought everything it seems.” he grinned at the mention of his friend. “How was your  day?”

Kyungsoo would probably kill the man himself if he knew what he was putting himself through--he liked to think he knew a lot of what Thomas was up to, but apparently, he did not...he sighed softly as fingers ran through his own hair and he closed his eyes, listening to the other as he spoke.

He snorted a little, “I hope she isn’t as cynical, at the very least,” he mumbled, turning his head a little to rest his cheek against his husband’s collar instead of his chin. The arachna wasn’t particularly clingy, but with how busy the both of them had been lately, he definitely didn’t want to waste any free time to be close to the other. Resting an arm over his torso, he brushed his fingers along the man’s side and listened to his voice, heartbeat and breathing. As long as his husband returned to him in one piece he supposed he couldn’t complain--but that insanity was definitely knocking at Thomas’ mental door at this point, and Kyungsoo would not like that.

Chuckling a little at the mention of Alice getting a boyfriend or girlfriend, he quickly shook his head, “Too early to think about that,” he mumbled, knowing very well he’d be a protective parent...especially if it was a boy who went after their little girl.

“School would be good--but we need to find a good one,” he’d be picky. Protective and picky wasn’t a great mix, but they’d get through it. “We should bring her to a doctor to find out her age and development--Then we can go from there,” Alice was pretty smart, though she obviously would lag behind a little with her terrible upbringing thus far. She spoke well and seemed social with her two fathers, but others were who he worried about. The arachna wasn’t used to this still, but at least he’d accepted the little girl with open arms, finally.

❝still the one.❞ Kyumas

Life was better with a daughter around. Thomas had not been unhappy married to Kyungsoo and having their two pets; Jack and Sally but there had been something missing in their family dynamic. There had been something off and Alice was the thing that had missed in their life. While she was not their blood she could have been. She looked a lot like Soo at times and not only because she was an arachnid but because she had the same distant look Thomas knew so well in his husband. One that spoke of being afraid of being alone again.

She also had Thomas’ excitement about things and his curiosity. He loved exploring the world with her, seeing things again with the same amazement that only a child could have.

These days were centered around walking on two legs and Thomas was a little worried about her slow progress though Soo seemed to not worry as much. They had been at it all day and he was tired. Exhausted even.

Sally had taken to Alice especially and seemed to have taken the role of ‘mother’ of the family and always meowed as Alice seemed to be in trouble and glared at anyone or anything that dared to come close (except Jack, Thomas and Soo of course).

It was evening and Thomas sat at the edge of the bed, yawning. He was wearing some loose pants and an old shirt from Kyungsoo that was too short but he insisted on wearing it anyway. He looked up “You are too though, I just hope she will pick it up soon. We have to get her walking on two legs, she can’t go to kindergarten on eight, she’ll terrify the local toddlers.” he muttered as he stretched out and fell back onto the bed.

“Hmm, I love her too. She loves you too, you know that right? She really finds the similarities soothing between the two of you.” he reached out lazily to his lover, wiggling his fingers at him.

There was a certain dynamic that was different--even he could feel it, though he was unsure about it. Maybe it was because the young arachna was almost too similar to himself...the situation with being taken from her home, and treated badly by others. They didn’t know her full story, though he had a feeling he could look into it further if he wanted to...there was always a way to find more information.

But did he want to at the moment? Not really. Nor did he need to. They seemed happy as they were.

But things were exhausting, and though his patience was short at times, he loved their daughter and he loved his husband. he loved the family that they’d created, even if he was a little grumpy about it, and wasn’t great at admitting to it.

Looking down to his witch curiously, he shifted to move closer when the hand wiggled at him, humming as he rested down against his lover’s chest and tucked against his side. Really, the shirt was short on Thomas..he had no idea why he wore it when Kyungsoo could just wear one of the witch’s shirts for a day and then give it to him. At least, he assumed it was something like that. He reached up to playfully trace his fingers over the sliver of skin he found between his waistline and the hem of the pants, chuckling a little as he did so.

“I know,” Kyungsoo just wasn’t good at realizing this sort of thing...ah well. He looked up to the witch curiously, shifting to roll so they were chest-to-chest, only half way on top of him. Resting his chin down against the younger man’s collar, very carefully of course, he brought a hand up to stroke through the other’s messy hair, pushing it out of his face.

It had been a bit of a long day, honestly. They were working on getting Alice to walk in her human form, and she just wasn’t having it. She’d sit and cry or whine, which frustrated the arachna slightly, though he had patience with the young arachna...especially when Thomas was around, who seemed to be able to get her to try. Which was endearing, he loved how the other spoke to their adopted daughter, loved how gentle he was with her while coaxing her to stand on her own two feet.

She still hadn’t taken actual steps but she had stood and shuffled a bit, only to be caught by the witch and praised. Kyungsoo smiled and stroked the young girl’s head affectionately, all that frustration dissolving away almost instantly. It was harder when the other had classes, but it was worth it, especially when he came home every afternoon.

Kyungsoo had put the girl to bed, a little later than usual since they sat up to watch a cute movie that she’d picked out. All of them, including Jack and Sally, had curled up on the couch and settled. It was...nice. Almost felt new, to be a family and to be a unit, together. While he’d felt like a family with Thomas before, this feeling was different. It made all the frustrations and reluctances disappear.

dokyungsoo-ia​:

thomas-ia​:

🎃 Girl Almighty (Alice’s first Halloween) Kyumas

This was the Witch’s plan: one, make sure Kyungsoo got used to the little pitterpatter of eight legs in the house. Two, have him hold her enough so she would also imprint on him and three, a happy family of three magical and two pets and perhaps a litter? Next to Thomas’ ongoing search for an immortality potion he also was looking into ways to have Jack and Sally procreate.

“Why, it isn’t like there aren’t any toddlers in Transelvania Soo, it is unfair but fine. You won that battle.” Thomas had liked the idea of vampire-city but he could see why Kyungsoo would be a little iffy about it with the whole whining about his husband being possibly undead and all that. “What? Do you think I could not order these?” he got out a large fake skeleton with fangs and he grinned, putting it down next to the entrance and pressed a large button. The skeleton started to dance, Thomas looked delighted.

“Why?” Thomas asked as he turned around, now holding a witch’ cauldron (plastic, not the bronze one Thomas had in their own cellar). His eyes narrowed at the other for a moment. Dare you to tell me you are still insisting on giving Alice away, I’ll make Key adopt me too before you get rid of her. “Why wouldn’t I tell pa and ma we have a daughter and they have a grand-daughter?” he asked challenging the other but walking over and putting a headband with little bones on it on Kyungsoo’s head. “or temporary granddaughter” He covered Alice’s ears when he said that. Not wanting her to hear any of those unnecessary lies.

“They do, when do you think she will learn to shift into a humanoid form?” He asked “I guess we can’t really get her to a human school or something. I don’t think that would go over well.” He frowned “Though we should ask Emilia who the dad is of that other girl at the campus so Alice can have a playmate?” He looked at Soo expectantly, then pinched the tip of his nose. “Stop worrying. I can sense it, you’re worrying.”

Won that battle. At least he won one, right? A little bitter? Maybe, but he didn’t like arguing with Thomas. The witch was damn good at it, but also not great at taking into consideration the problems that might pop up when traveling with a toddler...a new toddler. A toddler who was pretty much half a spider at all times. He sighed and looked back down to her, allowing Thomas to place the headband on his head freely, the little girl giggling and reaching up for it herself. She seemed like a happy child once they broke through her shell a little...she was opening up well, and thankfully mostly behaved. Probably due to the punishments she got in that orphanage, but he’d not bring that up.

He already knew that she was going to be a permanent child of theirs, even if he wanted to argue that they weren’t really parental material just yet. Looking up to Thomas through his hair, he tipped his head a little and bounced the little girl once she pulled the headband off of him, trying to place it on her own head. 

“She doesn’t have human legs yet, I was unsure how your parents would react to that,” he murmured, pushing past his concerns to try to calm his husband who obviously sensed the disdain coming from the adult arachna. Slowly, he moved to crouch down and set the girl on her legs, her balance quite good but it was evident she was often kept in an enclosed area, since she lost her balance easily when walking. She should have been good about scurrying around by now, from his own memories of being a child about this age. Long, long ago, but still.

“She should be able to turn now, but we need to work on her magical control first,” he murmured, brushing his fingers through the little girl’s hair, which had gone from ratty and messy to a nice, silky black by now. She really had come a long way in the short amount of time they’d had her, and though he seemed irritated quite often, he did have a fondness for the child...empathy for her plight, at the very least. Helping her to get the headband on her head, he watched as she scuttled over to the table, reaching for the glowing pumpkin that Thomas had put down before, looking up to Thomas then back to Kyungsoo to see who would help her first. She wobbled a little, but stayed upright.

“No, she needs a special school,” standing, he moved to get the pumpking off the table, setting it on the floor beside the little arachna. It was quite large compared to her, though she was still malnourished and small for her age. He wasn’t 100% sure how old she was, but toddler was a good guess--a few years old, but not speaking much if at all. Now that he knew Emilia had a...side-kid, he was a little relieved, the woman was a lot but he didn’t mind her, their odd friendship definitely something he took seriously unlike many others. So, it was nice to know that there was a woman around to help in this scenario, who seemed to have some maternal instinct in her.

Looking up when his nose was pinched, he straightened up though kept an eye on the little girl who was laying her torso on the glowing pumpkin, amused and distracted for the time being. “I am going to be worried, Thomas,” he murmured, though he lifted his hand up to take a loose hold of his husband’s, linking their fingers to give his hand a bit of an affectionate squeeze, “I just want what is best for her and us,” dropping his gaze back down to the little girl, Kyungsoo pursed his lips a little to keep from frowning, since she kept looking up to them to check on their reactions to her playing with the pumpkin. It was obvious she was hesitant to do much without some sort of approval--but the moment she saw their hands linked, she reached for Kyungsoo’s other hand, which he offered down to her, allowing her to hold onto it tightly and try to figure out how to link their very differently sized hands like his own and Thomas’.

Kyungsoo had been the only arachna around for quite a while. Even student-body wise, he had yet to run into another arachna for..years. That is, until Alice came along, but even then, that was few and far between. So when he caught on to rumors from his own spiders on another arachna being employed at the academy, he was on pretty high alert, especially with Alice and Thomas around. With his witch going to the academy he was even further concerned, and so, he just had to get to the bottom of this before it drove him nuts. It just wasn’t safe to assume that this, supposedly, fully-grown arachna wasn’t a possible problem to himself and his family.

He’d waited until Thomas got out of school to hand Alice off, claiming he needed to go check the traps as well as the shop animals...which was true, not lying at all. But while he’d normally go check on the animals and whatnot first, he’d headed straight for academy grounds to see what was going on. His spiders had tipped him off not even an hour before that the arachna was out and about, so there was no time to waste. 

Dark eyes focused on the ‘intruder’ quite soon after entering the grounds, narrowing his eyes a little and not getting a huge read on power, but that could easily be hidden when it came to arachna. That knew what they were doing, at least. Stepping up towards the stranger, he kept his distance for the time being, a couple paces away once he decided to stop and address the other. Thankfully, it wasn’t too close to any of the main buildings, so if something...happened, he didn’t need to worry too much about someone (Key, mainly) popping up too quickly to stop it. 

“Hello,” he tipped his head a little, raising his voice just enough for the other to hear him, “You must be the new staff?”

dokyungsoo-ia​:

❝one way or another.❞

Thomas gave the other a look back, he didn’t want to back down. NOt when it could hurt Alice, instead the other seemed to be warming up to the girl already and he stared at the two. Putting his hands in his pockets as he leaned against the doorframe and observed the two. They were similar- very similar. How could he not have saved the little girl when she was so alike to his lover?

Leaning in for the kiss, and the hazel eyes lingered on the other. “I know you are serious about it. If you think I am going to die and not come back you are wrong Kyungsoo. I plan on sticking around as long as you are here and now, as long as she is.” He patted her head and then taking her over from Kyungsoo. “Maybe we can get her something from Emilia, doesn’t she have some kind of young child as daughter?” He asked as he bopped the girl on his arm and ran his hand through her dark hair.

“Can you text her? Her number is in my phone under Alienmom. She put herself in there like that.” He added as he walked over to the bathroom and started running the water as the little girl stared at the water in awe and maybe a little fear. “Don’t worry Alice, I’m here okay? I will never let anything bad happen to you anymore.” He whispered to the young child. She kept clinging to him though, scared apparently of everything and Thomas sighed before kicking off his socks and then getting in, fully clothed, into the water with Alice.

“See, nothing to worry about. Kyungsoo.” He called out “Join us too.”

Of course Thomas was warming up to the girl already...he wouldn’t be a bit surprised. He noted Jack and Sally at the doorway, both looking curious as to what was going on, but soon enough his eyes met his lover’s once more and he frowned. Kyungsoo still looked rather displeased, but being this close to the child, he tried to shift his mood a little so he wouldn’t project those feelings on her...she didn’t deserve that, after all.

And ever since he’d met Thomas he’d been much more mindful about how he projected his feelings to begin with. Not to hide from his witch, but to make sure he didn’t impact him as harshly, especially when in possible scenarios like this. 

“You don’t know that,” he mumbled to the mention of the very-high possibility of the other dying and not coming back--at least, high in his head. Any sort of death to the arachna was pretty permanent, he hadn’t met many that could reverse it, after all, and those who did he’d opted to avoid quite a bit often since they were often bad news. Though it would be a pretty good thing for them to figure that out about Thomas, he didn’t want to take the chances.

Watching the two of them with dark eyes, he crossed his arms over his chest, expression pretty stoic, though he knew he couldn’t handle this like getting a new pet or something. This was a child, a damn child ugh Thomas what had you gotten them into..

“Yes,” he mumbled, moving to get the other’s phone to message Emilia, though wondered why the woman would have clothing for a child. Who knew. Maybe they’d luck out. He’d scented a kid around the academy, heard a few things from his spiders, but had no yet seen a child nor heard a name. Ah well. He picked up his lover’s phone and tapped a quick message to ask Emilia if she happened to have clothing for a younger child, then followed Thomas’ voice into the bathroom.

dokyungsoo-ia​:

❝one way or another.❞

He had seen the way things had hurt Kyungsoo and he didn’t want the same pain to transfer to the child. She shouldn’t suffer the same way that Kyungsoo had and when he had seen her at the place it had been a done deal. He had to save her, if not him then who would have taken her? He knew he should have asked his husband before he had done anything but there was no way Kyungsoo had approved of any of this.

Something with rather asking for forgiveness than asking for permission. He did feel guilty but the plea for a promise was met with stubborn hazel eyes. “Sure.” That wasn’t very convincing but it was something, a half-promise. He held the girl close but she was crawling over to his husband and he hoped she was on her way to steal his heart.

He was tuned in on her emotions rather than Kyungsoo’s. Focusing on her completely and it was making him calm. “Sure, but it will work out.” Thomas said, determined now then looked up.

“They didn’t give her a name at the orphanage just called her a monster. I’ve been calling her Alice, because she was lost too.”

Kyungsoo understood that the other didn’t have a lot of choices when it came to actually taking the child--but it also sounded like he had known ahead about getting her, not just running across her in some random-ass orphanage...that’s where he was wanting to groan inwardly. But, Kyungsoo kept himself steady, giving his husband a look at the ‘sure’.

Petting the back of the girl’s head, he allowed her to cling as she wanted, not bothered by the little toe-talons on her armored, fuzzy legs. Sighing, he shook his head a little at the man’s words..not disagreeing, but finding it frustrating still, too. His emotions did calm once the girl clung to him, which was odd, because he normally was not great with children. For obvious reasons.

“Alice works,” he murmured, tone finally soft while looking down to her. It’d probably take some work, but she was on her way to winning him over...however, this personality was not her real one. Once some trauma subsided, she’d change, and he just hoped it wasn’t an insane change.. Dark eyes focused up to Thomas and he stepped a little closer, leaning up to press a kiss to his cheek, holding the child in such a way that she didn’t get squished.

“I’m serious about the immortality thing,” Kyungsoo mumbled, slowly getting the child to let him go (nearly having to pry her off) to replace her against his husband’s chest. He’d have to..get used to the physical contact, he supposed.

dokyungsoo-ia​:

❝one way or another.❞

If Thomas’ immaturity was showing through, Kyungso’s old-man syndrome was too. The witch glared at the food he was preparing when he snapped back and rolled his eyes at his husband but the other couldn’t see it luckily with Thomas’ back turned towards Kyungsoo.

“Key would dump her with some people that have no idea what she is.” Thomas argued back as he finally sat down with the baby and the food and a spoon as he tried to feed her but she seemed, indeed, too stressed. “Oh yeah, because immortality is the worst thing that could happen to her parent.” Thomas answered with a glare at Kyungsoo now. “I am sure she would be super worried about her parent being a vampire and not a human, oh boohooh.” He rolled his eyes now where the other could see it.

Of course, Kyungsoo had a point about asking the other. “Yes, okay, I did do this without talking to you but I wanted to save her Soo. I knew you would try to stop me if I told you about it before I went.” He said and his expression softened a little, he even showed some guilt. “Okay, no. We didn’t talk about kids.” He sighed and closed his eyes. “I get it, we have to talk about this. I get it but for now, at least for now can she stay with us?” he asked as he opened his eyes and got up, giving up on the spoon. “If you really don’t want her we can find her a suitable home but can we not just dismiss her?”

Walking over to Kyungsoo he hoisted up the child a little more and tilted his head a little. “Look little one, this is Kyungsoo he is like you. But you know that already, don’t you?” She looked at Kyungsoo with big eyes. “Soo,” He whispered and he genuinely looked a little guilty “I’m sorry, okay? I just wanted to save her. When I heard there was a child like you I couldn’t wait. I just couldn’t.”

Kyungsoo hadn’t meant it as a shot to him, he was just being honest. But oh, his old-man ways were indeed showing through...old and grumpy. Jack ran by and he sighed, watching the gryphon flutter like a wet owl across the hardwood floor that he just...couldn’t get a grip on.

A child..in this house...gods.

“Key isn’t like that,” he defended, surprisingly, dark eyes set on the child now. He then lifted his gaze back to Thomas, frowning, “Promise me,” he said sternly, “Promise that you won’t go seeking out immortality or anything like that without help, Thomas.” This was his reply to the other’s pleas, stiffening a little when they approached. The child held onto Thomas a bit tighter when they got closer to the older arachna, onyx eyes widening while watching him, but listening.

Kyungsoo, not needing to be an empath to see that Thomas actually felt guilty, sighed...and understood why he wanted to save her. The older had nothing against the child, truly, but.. “I understand,” he mumbled after the apology, still not liking it, but...he’d have wanted to save her from the fae realm as well. Just not..adopt her. Uncomfortably, he shifted, but then offered his arms out to the hybrid, touching a few of her spider-like fuzzy legs as he did so. She seemed hesitant, but after a moment ended up giving up her death-grip on Thomas to slowly crawl her way over to the older arachna, seeming to sense that she should listen even if not verbally commanded to do something.

❝one way or another.❞

This was going to be a standoff, Thomas felt it but he would keep this child safe. He promised her. “Don’t do that.” He snapped at the growl “It is a baby Kyungsoo, Jesus Christ.” He held her head against his chest protectively.

“She is a halfling human, yes.” the witch put down the bag and rummaged through it with one hand, kneeling down and picking up some little containers from their local supermarket with baby food and walking to the kitchen counter to start preparing the baby food. Now standing with his back to the growling husband. Unbelievable. “I know that if we didn’t save her from the place she would have been bullied, abused, sold or murdered.” Thomas said “They thought she was cursed.”

Snorting as he heard the other say they couldn’t take care of an arachna baby. “If I was a woman,” he walked to the microwave and put a little cup with food in it and pressed the buttons. Even the microwave sounded angry as he pressed the buttons and turned it on. “I would have been pregnant already with our first child.” he now turned to Kyungsoo. “Where is saver than here, in the human world in the magical shields of the academy with two parents that are magical and won’t judge her for what she is? Where would you suggest she goes? Another orphanage? Alone? Bullied?”

The quiet humming of the microwave was in the background as Thomas ran his hand through the little one’s hair. “Pray tell me, who would take better care of her than us? Who would love her if not us?”

Dear gods this kid didn’t understand the danger behind what he was holding, did he? He didn’t often think of Thomas as a kid, for obvious reasons, but right now...that immaturity was showing through.

“But you’re not a woman and this was not planned,” he snapped slightly, not liking that being used against him. He listened, however, staying where he was while watching the other go make food for the very evidently nervous child. If she ate, it’d be a miracle, honestly.

It was safe here, but... “Key could surely find someone,” he mumbled, beginning to sound tired of this already. There was no winning, was there? His dark eyes focused on Thomas, and he frowned, “You know what it means if we keep her?” He said rather suddenly, still sounding irked but more..hopeful? Maybe? “You can’t run around trying to figure out this immortality alone anymore. She would need both of us,” blackmail? Maybe. He’d figure out how to make the other immortal without the vampire aspect of things.

But that wasn’t the part of the conversation he was focused on.

“I do not believe you understand how big this is, Thomas,” his tone had finally leveled, not quite defeated, but not quite as angry. Kyungsoo was trying to gather himself, not wanting to screw with his lover’s emotions, “I need you to promise me you will start taking me into consideration before doing...this type of thing, Thomas. We haven’t even discussed children,” because, honestly, he hadn’t wanted any...after seeing how fucked up he had turned out, his paranoia would get the better of him. Especially raising an arachna child...

❝one way or another.❞

Good things: Thomas had a baby spider and he managed to get her safely from the orphanage of another realm to here without dying or even having Elidyr and Namjoon killed. She was adorable and lovely and he loved her already.

Bad things: Kyungsoo’s expression. He was sure Key had already told Kyungsoo he was gone and he smiled awkwardly at the other as he cradled the baby spider against him. Eight legs wrapped around his torso and two small hands grasping on his shirt. Thomas stood in their living room, waiting for the fight that would happen, lips pressed together as he watched the other and sensed his very unhappy emotions.

“It is a baby.” No shit sherlock. “She was alone in a fae realm.” He said slowly as his grasp around her tightened slightly. “She was in danger, she was in a fae orphanage. A fae orphanage.” He repeated the last part. “Elidyr heard it from Styles, who heard it from a traveller he met in the archdemon’s-” Thomas made a face “-establishment. So Elidyr told me. So I went to get her.”

Simple as that.

“She’s like you.”

Bad, bad things. Kyungsoo was extremely unhappy. Not that he disliked the child--he understood that pain of being an orphan, which pulled on his heartstrings, which he wasn’t about to admit to.

But the fae realm made him clench his jaw slightly. The little girl glanced back at him, sensing the anger, and probably sensing that he was also an arachna. The growl that left him made her cling a little harder, burying her face into the witch’s chest, but she made no noise while doing so. So quiet..

“I can see that,” that she was a baby, that is. “What else do you know about her? She smells like a halfling human,” similar to him, yes, though he was less human than she was. Seeing her in an arachna form was startling because of this, and it made him groan inwardly, because it told him that she had a powerful arachna side. Crossing his arms over his chest, he held his ground..for now.

Kyungsoo looked...displeased. Very displeased. Stunned, even, as Thomas came home with...what smelled like a halfling. Definitely a spider, the little girl in her arachna form and yet still small, all of her legs wrapped around Thomas with her head on his shoulder and her actual arms tucked between their chests, gripping his shirt. Dark eyes looked over the spider child and he..opened his mouth to say something, but instantly closed it, teeth clicking as he did so.

Taking in a deep breath, he focused his eyes to hazel, clenching his jaw a little. “Thomas,” Kyungsoo began carefully, shifting on his feet. The little girl looked back at him, even if she wasn’t the one address, crimson eyes bright as she stared at him, apparently smelling the arachna on him as well. But, she just clung full-on to Thomas, which would have been cute had this not been such a surprise. “What is this?” He knew what is was. And he knew what the witch was going to say, he could feel it, taste it even...and he didn’t know whether he should be mad, upset, freaked out, even happy. His husband had brought home a hybrid arachna.

“Where did you find her? What is going on, Thomas? Who is she?” Now the questions came quickly, a slight panic in his voice, though he wouldn’t admit to it.

dokyungsoo-ia​:

Aubade {au} Kyumas

Too tired, too exhausted to actually care he just was out. The darkness of sleep taking him over as he tried to ignore the pain in his soul over losing everything he loved for one soul he put his faith in. Had he been right to do so? Who knew. “Okay.” Thomas mumbled a little tired and groggy. They needed a way to earn money when they got to the city and he knew how he could earn money.

“You do?” he asked about the money and nodded, he had not thought that far ahead and what he had was scraps really and he got up as well. Looking around before brushing off and taking off with Kyungsoo. “Let’s go to a village to do that yeah, new clothing seems like a good first step.”

He felt his heart burn as they walked but didn’t mention how tired he was of all the healing and that he was aching from everything. He had chosen this after all, he had done this to himself and Kyungsoo.

A small village appeared in the distance. Thomas knew that some of the villagers traded with his own village at times but not on a regular basis so it should be fine. “Where should we go from here?” he asked as they entered the village looking like bums. He made a face as he saw some of the people looking at them and he looked away, embarrassed.

Kyungsoo was somewhat used to wandering around in shambles, since he’d been in enough fights to have to do so before..settling in with Thomas. An odd thought, really, though being around the humans made him somewhat nervous.

The first person that they came across that didn’t seem too startled to speak to them, he questioned where a shop was, to which he took hold of Thomas’ arm and began to lead him towards the said shop. Retrieving the money he had from his savings, he was able to get them some clothing--and, in fact, a place to stay for the night. Working with a little alchemy to fix the countertop (a quick trick he’d learned as a little spider, in fact) he promised to do a little more work once they were rested and..they had a bed for the night in the back room.

dokyungsoo-ia​:

❝night changes.❞ kyumas

“mmm well who cares. Anyone friends with that piece of shit isn’t worth our time anyway Soo.” He shrugged and leaned over to the other, pecking his cheek affectionately. “Shh.” He mumbled “I’ll be okay. I’ll heal.” He was healing very quickly really, and Soo could rest assured his husband was not that easy to kill.

“I need to buff up in the attack magic.” Thomas mumbled, playing with the disconnected controller, practising the muscle memory for certain combinations’ of button smashes. He had been thinking about the kinds of magic he had been learning. Maybe he should switch some things around. He didn’t want to talk about that to Kyungsoo who was against anything that could possibly harm the witch.

So overprotective, he loved the other man but let a boy LIVE. Or die due to vampires for immortality- eh. “No that is fine, the pain is okay, I don’t like drugs much you know that.” he mumbled “I want my massage though.”

‘Not that easy to kill’ sigh. They had found that out multiple times, and thankfully, it was indeed reassuring, though Thomas running around trying to die had been quite the trip if he did say so himself.

“I can always teach you,” he eyed him for a moment then shifted to allow the other to lie down, knowing that Thomas probably preferred to learn it from someone who wasn’t going to push for the blood stone or sacrifice..which, he understood, but still. Kyungsoo was probably the easiest ‘teacher’ he could use to learn a few defensive and offensive attacks.