ℬℯℴ𝓂𝓰𝓎𝓊 /w ℋℯℯ𝓈ℯ𝓊𝓃𝓰

The decisions made at the bottom of sadness are doomed to regret. That's what I understood as I was looking at Soobin carelessly gathering the broken dry branches.

I knew I would definitely do it again to stop his pain and sorrow... to keep my home warm. But was it the right thing? Now he was completely cut off from us. Without the possibility of helping us he resembled an innocent child that I was actually afraid of.

What if he finds out before we get out of it all? What if it takes too long and his love turns to hate?

I subconsciously listened to him hum Yeonjun's favorite melody and asked myself: Was it me or the monster I became who locked Soobin away from us?

Then a jingly sound interrupted my chain of thoughts. I covered my ear as it was too sharp and looked around to find its source. I noticed a blue butterfly glistening under the sunlight.

Its fluttering wings were making the noise, calling me alike a marsh fairy. The lure made me forget about Soobin, take my bike... then it led me to the maze of dark forest.

I think I've never been so far... so deep in these woods. The trees were no longer familiar to me. I observed them holding my breath and leading the bike by my side.

Even though I was invited, I felt like a stranger. My intuition put my nature magic in paradox with twisted ancient looking trees.

Am I really supposed to be here?

Suddenly, there was such a dense silence...

... until I saw a silhouette in a blink of an eye.

The bike fell to the ground with a loud rumble, as I noticed the translucent girl in a white dress.

The next moment she was gone.

When she reappeared on the slope in front of me, I backed of freaked out.

"Ah! What the flick?!!"

The ghost, probably the soul of the mystical tree behind her, didn't seem to be aggrieved by my reaction.

"My brother in roots...," the dryad addressed me, causing me to focus. "If I'm not mistaken, you are one of the Mute Guardian's lovers."

Does she know Yeonjun?

"Do you still remember him?" I relaxed a bit. 

She could be the one who brought me here... maybe she knows something I don't. 

"I never forget anything I witness."

He had to visit this place - I thought fleetly looking around the forest.

"The Guardian came to beg our Mother... he wanted her to undo Archer's curse. However, she couldn't do that... it is a matter of your unchangeable fate... That's why he got sick."

I recalled Yeonjun's distressed face.

"Sick? What do you mean...?"

"His heart grew so desperate because of his twin flame that he became an easy target for the spirit waiting for the predestined end. It allowed him to take Archer's burden of visions... but also to incarnate the fire of alwaysness," the dryad continued.

The star fire... the extremely great power bringing both death and life... rebirth. Why would Yeonjun risk his life so much?

"But... but that's the core of our world," I hardly breathed out, my thoughts were burning in those blue flames dancing on his fingers. 

My hands started shaking, freezing. If the world is falling apart and Yeonjun took its core before he disappeared... is there still at least a small chance to save us? 

The unpleasant jingle of butterfly's wings came back even louder. 

"He would die for you."

I sharply turned to the sudden smooth voice that startled me. I didn't expect him here... no one was supposed to be here, especially not my childhood friend.

"Heeseung?"

The fairy of fauna's spirit took a few steps closer. His hands in pockets, delighted smile on his lips and enchanting eyes. Something seemed off...

"What are you doing here?"

"You know how I like insects and bugs? I've already collected the pupae...," he bit his lip playfully... then stepped even closer to me. "The praying mantis..."

Now I could clearly look into his eyes. Recognizing their unusual heterochromatic color I backed of again and bumped my foot against the bike. That's not Heeseung.

The irises that used to be purple-ivory turned blue-green.

"... and now I am trying to catch one specific beautiful butterfly."

Heeseung's smirk and speech with hidden threatening meaning had paralyzed me.

It wasn't the dryad who brought me so far... 

I wondered, because the dryads wouldn't care about our fate. 

"Are you flirting with me?" I tried to joke around, but the uncomfortable grin was showing the fear, running through my veins.

I didn't expect the chuckle with undertone of madness.

I stretched my freakin' nervous hands as inconspicuously as possible.

"After you made me so jealous? First you replaced me with Taehyun and then I found out that there is also Soobin and Kai... you just left me out, sweetie..."

Those words... his anger was so familiar. You just left me out... 

"I'd rather kill you, Beom."

His arms were ready to attack me, but I had an advantage - I've already tied them with strong climbing plants.

"What the-"

He looked at me, sudden aggrieved glaze covering his doe eyes, before he tried to free himself. "Gyu..."

"You missed Yeonjun... Darling," I smirked awkwardly.

As soon as Heeseung fell on the ground lulled by the scent of those plants, I took my bike in a rush and sat on it. My legs were shaking so much, but I was hella ready to save my bare life at any cost. 

Everything I heard played over and over in my head... the loop had a simple rule: 

I can't let that ringing erase it... 

I can't wake up from this nightmare, not yet. 

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Damn spirit👀it didn't succeed with Tyun, so it's trying to posses other fairies close to them. This part actually contains first scene from my dreams... I had this one couple of days ago. I saw these trees similar to ones in Sugar Rush Ride and the girl ghost startled me, when I wanted to take a picture... then it was talking something about Yeonjun XD I remembered the MV when I woke up, so here it is 🙏Btw, I used Heeseung because he could have been a part of TxT and also he was a big part of some dreams that made up this story... but I actually don't know how much he will appear in the future, I had to replace him in some scenes :'D 

That's it for today! Hope you enjoyed this chapter and see you... probably next week! Bye bye, sweethearts ^^ <333