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"Pshhhh..."

"Mhmm?"

I slowly opened my eyes, finding out Beomgyu is still calmly sleeping under my arm. I gently put my lips on his soft cheek, while checking on the surroundings from under my eyebrows. The others were gone, what made me a little bit worried, and so I sat up rubbing my sleepy eyes.

That was when the hissing sound was heard again.

I blinked for a few times, before I finally noticed a small white snake wrapped around my ankle, climbing it up and sticking out its tongue.

"Ahh... it must have been you. Hello, little friend~" I whispered to the cute snake with a friendly smile and reached for its tiny head to pat it.

"Amor..." it hissed softly.

"Oh, you already know me," I blurted out in surprise, covering my curled up lips in an embarrassment.

"Sssure~ Of course I do, I'vve come to sshare a wisssdom that belongss to you."

A wisdom? That word brought seriousness to my face.

I looked aside at Beomgyu. Biting my lip I looked back at the white snake, before I caressed Beomgyu's arm. Don't worry, I'll be right back...

Then I reached out to the snake in a gesture to climb onto my arm.

"Let's talk somewhere around the corner..." 

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Why the darkness got so uncomfortably dry and unbearably hot?

I frowned as the silent night brought the sounds of waves, washing the coast under the Magic Island, into my sensitive elven ears. Its strains grew too annoyingly loud for me to handle it and sleep peacefully. Just a sip of water. 

Splashhh. 

I am so thirsty... I swallowed the dryness settled in my throat, turning on my other side... feeling alike my body was thrown into the hell fire itself. Ahhh, I can't... 

Did I get a fever? I sat up getting ready to check the temperature of my forehead with my palm, when something light bumped into my wrist on its fall from my aching crown onto my lap. 

I recognized them in the first squinted glance... 

Dandelions? 

Just when I reached for the neat wreath, the daze suddenly caught my vision and spun the world around me, making me grab the tufts of grass instead. 

So thirsty... and too weak.

As soon as I intuitively closed my eyes to steady myself, a picture of beautiful waterfalls and a shimmering lake in the middle of the forest appeared to me for a faint moment. Where is that?

You've been sleeping too long. Come to me, Archer... 

The echo merged with the returning vision of the noisy night. I quietly gasped for the air to ease the anxiety embracing my chest. I know you... 

Immerse yourself in me... merge with me. 

... so desperate for missing the buried piece of me... but I can't. Do you want to kill me? 

You've always belonged to me, the fairy of live water. 

"Hey... What's going on?" even that familiar deep voice sounded so far away, while listening to the lures coming from the wreath in my trembling fingers... Or was it from my own subconscious I was afraid of?

Don't tell him. He can't separate us now, Archer. No more.  

"Do you think there is a lake somewhere?" Please, read between these raspy lines, Love. Save me.

Deep inside, you know that only I can satisfy you... embrace you as no one else.  

But I'm scared- 

"Why?" 

There's no need to be... The waves whispered.

Have mercy. I begged but knew I have to go. It was only a matter of a short time when. 

"I thought I'd go for a swim...," I replied with a tighten sigh, while pointlessly trying to untangle the fragile stems between my weak fingertips. 

But he was probably also too light-headed to understand it was a hidden yet serious calling for help. I couldn't blame him though, it was too unrealistic to imagine me standing alone in the deep waters without being freaked out, after all. I haven't managed it yet either. 

Free yourself, child...

"You can't swim, Soobin-ah... Don't talk nonsense..." 

Why limit yourself only to swimming?

"Just come to me and put your life into my arms, Flower Boy... it's safe," softly chuckled the tempting siren, borrowing the trustworthy voice of my lover. 

And I followed it... as soon as the tender clossed his eyes again. With them, my limited thoughts also let their guard down in defeat against the entrenched rejected desires. Guided by intuition, I followed them through the forests.

Actually, it was never the depth that I feared... nor the unknown. 

I was afraid that I would fall so in love with the sparkling feeling of being surrounded by the living energy of the water that I wouldn't want to get out of it and would let it kill me so that we could be together... as one forever. I was afraid that I would kill myself because of that overwhelming ecstasy I imagined... afraid to feel too happy getting underneath its power. 

What do you mean, Prince? By being so scared of your natural self that you buried your own crown... Doesn't it sound lunatic to you?

Does it? Gaining a numb courage, after admitting such provocative words into my heart, I reached for the white flower that bloomed above the decision to be reborn.

You will not be any less innocent, trust me...

I dazedly stared at the reflection of my glistening eyes in the puddle... then dipped my hand into it.

So get rid of me... tame me with freedom. I belong to you now...

After those brave thoughts, my body, sugared with sweet blessing, fell down the rabbit hole...

... and ended up voluntarily drowned under the surfacing bubbles of my life.

"Sooobin-aaah!" 

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Hehehe, hello~ XD So this was a chapter about two others member's. Well, we didn't get to know what happened with Kai next, but we will see it later. This was the first time for me to write pure Soobin's pov so... hopefully I did well XD Next time we should be back to Beomgyu... with that the temptation chapters will slowly end and the story will finally move forward x33 many things will be revealed~ 
Anyway... do you have some fav POV or ship in this story so far?? 
Oki, that should be all... seeyou next time, guys~ ^^ <333