the group of five made their way down to recluse pit along with the cheering crowd.

some guy named jackson was racing another guy named johnny.

apparently there was no hard feelings, however that was clearly a lie since both males were glaring daggers at eachother from their car windows.

they were gonna drive all the way down one side of the pit and come back to the starting line from the other side.

a girl named jiwoo stood with a bandana in her hand.

"you ready?!" she yelled and the crowd cheered back.

"ready... set..."

"GO!"

and with that she waved this cloth in the air and the two cars went flying past her.

the crowd cheered enthusiastically, jackson's friends were shouting his name and johnny's did the same for him.

taehyung watched in awe. he didn't even know they made cars that drove that fast.

another demon flew up into the air, their dark wings casting a huge shadow onto the ground. they followed the two of the cars, watching them from the air so they could confirm who won at the end.

watching the race was surprisingly more fun that taehyung had expected.

in heaven, stuff like this was illegal since it caused quite a bit of chaos. however, the underworld was pretty much chaos in and of itself so it made perfect sense to him.

it really was the opposite of heaven.

the race was intense, both boys nearly crashing into eachother at one point. soon enough, the crowd saw the two cars in the distance once again, coming back towards the starting line.

they began to yell and cheer once more as the cars got closer and closer.

when the two passed the line in the dirt, people went wild. when the two got out of their cars, their friends came to pat them on the back.

they walked up to jiwoo who held both their hands.

the flying demon, who had seen the end of the race from above, whispered the results into jiwoo's ear.

she nodded before turning back to the crowd.

"the winner is..."

"johnny!" she yelled, lifting his hand up.

the boy's friends came up to him to celebrate while jackson and his own friends sulked.

in the end, johnny got five gold pieces from jackson for winning since that's what they betted on.

in the cheering crowd, taehyung and jimin had adrenaline coursing through their veins.

maybe jimin was right: doing the things you're scared of sometimes turns them into some of the best things you've ever done.

coming to the underworld really opened taehyung's eyes.

heaven was boring.

insufferably boring, in fact.

despite the many tense, nerve-wracking and scary moments he's had in the underworld, he doesn't regret coming here. not one bit.

call him a masochist but he almost liked feeling those things. not because they were pleasant emotional sensations but simply because at home he felt close to nothing at all.

he felt like a heavy bag of flour but also felt completely empty at the same time.

in taehyung's eyes, feeling bad was better than feeling nothing.

he never had any fun at home.

because at home all there was were rules.

rules, rules, rules.

rules that taehyung had once tried tirelessly to follow but, in the process, was also slowly killing himself by doing so.

it's such a funny thing isn't it?

freedom, that is.

you could go from having none of it to having copious amounts of it in the matter of moments.

the less you had the more you wanted, however, even if you had loads it still would never feel like enough.

at least, not to taehyung.

he wanted everything.

he wanted it all.

and now he was less scared to go and get it.

that was a dangerous thing to feel. especially given taehyung's surroundings.

jimin was jumping up and down in pure excitement. he whispered excitedly to taehyung, "that was awesome!"

he didn't want other demons around to notice how giddy and inexperienced he sounded since that would be suspicious.

"i know!" taehyung whispered back, still buzzing.

jimin then got into a conversation with hoseok and yoongi. jeongguk was just observing the crowd. this left taehyung to stand on his own.

suddenly, taehyung felt a hand on his...

ass.

someone squeezed his ass.

someone groped him.

he jumped in shock and immediately turned around, coming face to face with a guy who looked to be in his early twenties. he was smirking in a rather sinister way. like he knew what he did was wrong but didn't care.

"hey doll, you lost?" the guy came impossibly close to him.

"i- uh-" taehyung began to back away but apparently this guy didn't like that.

"don't be scared, hun." he cooed but it had an agressive undertone. it was more of a threat than an attempt to comfort him.

the guy proceeded to grab him by the waist, pulling him closer harshly.

"come, let's go somewhere more private, yeah?" he winked playfully yet the situation was anything but playful.

taehyung didn't like this.

not at all.

"n-no thanks, please le-let go." he tried wriggling out of his grip but the older, taller and slightly buffer man overpowered him with ease.

"why babe? you don't like it? i know you do, i bet you're a little slut in bed." the guy growled.

taehyung shivered in disgust. or was it fear? it was probably both.

"i- i don't-"

he didn't know what to say, he completely froze.

this had never happened before.

this man...

this stranger, might i add, was touching him in a way that taehyung had never been touched before.

again, taehyung didn't like it.

not at all.

being an angel of love, taehyung was a hopeless romantic at heart.

he couldn't understand why someone would want to touch a stranger in such an intimate way. a way that was meant for the one you love and who loves you back.

taehyung never really fantasized about being intimate with anyone much. however, when he did, the whole vision made him into a blushing mess. he hoped that the only person to ever even think of touching him in such a way would be head over heels for him and that he would feel just the same for them.

this, however...

this was not how he invisioned it would go.

this was... this was dirty.

he felt scared, nervous, uncomfortable, disgusted and embarrassed.

except all these emotions were amplified tenfold.

so instead he was terrified, anxious, claustrophobic, revolted and absolutely mortified.

his muscles seized up and his brain began to run a mile a minute when this unknown man started to drag him through the crowd. towards somewhere more "private".

but then it all stopped suddenly.

his small figure was ripped away from the stranger and shielded in a strong, hard chest.

"what the fuck do you think you're doing?!"

he knew that voice.

jeongguk.

"what, kid? you jealous that i can get ass but you can't?" the man seethed.

"you don't get ass, you take it. there's a difference, you fucking creep." jeongguk was absolutely livid.

you see, even though jeongguk despised taehyung out of jealousy, he still found the boy insanely attractive.

jeongguk had claimed taehyung the moment he saw him, he just didn't say it outright.

jeongguk had possessiveness issues so let's just say he wasn't happy about this guy get handsy with taehyung.

taehyung was... pretty.

and small.

his pretty little trinket.

jeongguk's little beauty.

and no one touches jeongguk's stuff. not then, not now, not ever.

"don't fucking touch him!" jeongguk let go of taehyung, pushing him over to jimin who immediately wrapped his arms tightly around the stunned boy.

he was too shaken up to even cry.

"what the fuck are you gonna do about it, freak?" the man challenged, shoving jeongguk slightly.

two mistakes were made here:

1) "freak" was definitely not one of jeongguk's favourite words.

2) never ever lay your hands on jeongguk.

"don't fucking touch me, you disgusting bastard. you gonna try and molest me too, huh? sick fuck. choke on balls and die, you cunt." jeongguk seethed as he punched him in the face.

and that's how the fight broke out.

the guy was of a reasonable build but was still no match for jeongguk, especially in his fit of rage. he was able to overpower taehyung because he was literally tiny. jeongguk was convinced that taehyung probably ate only one meal a day.

jeongguk, however, did boxing and went to the gym regularly. he started it to get out his frustrations and it helped slightly so he kept it up. now he does it more so to feel good about himself. his appearance is the only thing he's reasonably confident about and it's the only part of his life that makes him feel in control.

that being said, it was not hard to beat the absolute shit out of this creep.

he had the guy pinned to the ground, face first, and was continuously smashing his head into the ground.

"jeongguk, cmon, we gotta go before someone calls master namjoon about this shit. you're making a scene." hoseok tried to drag him away with the help of yoongi.

jeongguk got up, kicked the guy in the ribs and then spat on him before being led out of the crowd by his friends.

he was absolutely fuming.

the guy was daejung.

a demon of lust. a former friend and "co-worker" of jeongguk's good for nothing father.

jeongguk hated demons like him. demons who didn't know how to control their birth-given urges and used them to get what they wanted.

daejung thought that just because he was a demon of lust that he could take that out on anybody at any time even if they were unwilling.

disgusting.

jeongguk struggled to keep himself at bay too but that doesn't mean he went out sexually harassing people.

even with the other side of him. the wrathful side of him. sure, he lashed out a lot, but he confined his victims to people who pissed him off first. he never went after random people who've never harmed him. never innocent people.

maybe that's why he hasn't beat the shit out of taehyung yet.

he had a raging envy for taehyung that made his presence unbearable and, at some points, he really wanted to absolutely destroy him.

however, taehyung wasn't guilty for this.

taehyung didn't curse jeongguk to be the way he was.

taehyung was innocent.

clean.

the five boys pushed through the crowd effectively. yoongi pushing people from the front, jimin holding a crying taehyung in the middle, and hoseok with his arm around a still shaking jeongguk at the back.

once they made it away from recluse pit and onto the quiet nighttime streets, they clocked on to taehyung's sobs.

"you alright? that guy's a fucking prick." yoongi rubbed his back softly.

"yeah, don't cry so much, it's gotta hurt." hoseok added.

you see, when demons cried, their tears would burn down their skin and leave scars for the next whole day.

however, when angels cried, their tears would dry down like gold dust on their skin, easily rubbed away.

taehyung and jimin didn't know about this very distinctive difference.

and this is what would completely fuck them over.

their cover was now blown.

hoseok glimpsed at taehyung's face and immediately stopped in his tracks.

"what the fuck..."

jimin was also forced to stop walking with taehyung, "what?"

yoongi came over to see what had hoseok so shook and, once he saw it, he too looked like he'd seen a ghost.

"why the fuck are you all just standing th-" jeongguk began but immediately cut himself off when he saw it too.

before the two angels knew it, they were being dragged down the street by their demon acquaintances.

they tried to protest and get away but there was no use. meanwhile, the demons whispered and argued amongst themselves.

ten minutes later, they were in hoseok's bedroom at his mansion down the street.

they pushed the two angels into a chair each, ignoring their resistance, and immediately began their questions.

"who the fuck are you two?" yoongi asked, voice raised with anger and confusion.

"we-"

"you show up with some story about being from atrax. jimin is the one who does all the talking. you go along with everything we say to make it seem like you belong here. now your friend cries and his tears don't even burn. the question isn't who are you, the real question is what are you?" hoseok shoved them both in the chest.

there was silence for a second as taehyung was scared beyond belief and jimin couldn't think of a lie to get him out of this one.

suddenly a voice that had been silent for the past fifteen minutes spoke up.

"they're angels." jeongguk simply stated.

it all made sense now.

how they showed up out of nowhere. how pure taehyung seemed. how out of place they appeared.

hoseok and yoongi's eyes widened.

"that's impossible. how the fuck did they get here?" hoseok questioned.

"it's not impossible. master kim goes to the angel realm once a year for their meetings and whoever the damned leader of angels is also comes here for special political matters too. if they can cross the void then anyone else can too. it'd probably just be a lot harder in terms of being caught." jeongguk said, frighteningly calm.

"this is crazy." hoseok muttered, running a hand over his face.

jimin knew there was no point lying anymore unless he wanted his situation to be even worse.

"okay so... how about we just go and you guys forget this ever happened." jimin optimistically suggested, slowly standing up and taking taehyung's hand in his.

before he could get far, jeongguk stood up.

"take one more step and i swear i'll make you and your friend's pretty little faces unrecognisable." he growled.

jimin rolled his eyes and taehyung literally whimpered.

"what made your perfect, prissy little selves think that you could walk amongst demons and come out of it unscathed? you're idiots." jeongguk hissed, striding towards them, wanting blood.

"wait!" yoongi said.

he had been quiet for a minute and now a crooked smile adorned his face.

"what?" jeongguk seethed, wanting to get this over and done with.

"maybe... having two of our own little angels around could be fun." yoongi suggested, stroking his hands through the two boy's hair.

hoseok smiled too, "on second thought... yeah."

that's when jeongguk paused his moment of rage and smiled. a smile that wouldn't of been so intimidating if it weren't for the circumstance. however, in this situation, it was absolutely terrifying.

a smile that made taehyung and even jimin's blood run frigid.

"maybe..." he walked up to taehyung, pulling his face up by his chin and looking deep into his eyes, smile never faltering.

"maybe it will."

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•this was supposed to come out late last night but i fell asleep while putting on finishing touches so instead i'm posting it today lmao
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nixy.