DCIAP - Special Chapter : How Siwon Fell In Love (part 1)
A/N: This happened before Siwon became a Death God. And geez, I literally changed who Siwon is in this part LOL.
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“What is love?”
That was the first question asked by the two cherubic who were guarding the gate to heaven when he arrived. Siwon groaned, and shook his head. “I’ll pass. Next question,” he requested from the two flying little men, but they refused to listen to him and repeated the same question. Siwon scratched his head, and harshly sat down in front of the huge golden gate, making the white clouds that covered the ground to puffed and swirled around him.
“Must I answer it?”
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“Urm... what are you doing?” he heard a voice, as his hands were filling his knapsack with cans of Carlsberg and another few snacks. He turned to the voice that startled him, and found a young man with brown blank apron, probably a new worker at the 24 hours convenient shop. He was folding his arms, and there was a discomfort expression worn on his face.
Siwon smirked. Is this kid stupid or something?
“Let me guess, stealing? So what you gonna do, Superman?” he snickered, hands still doing the same action as before. There was no sign of afraid from his face. The young man continued to put on the tough face when finally; he let out a small laugh. Siwon wondered why.
“If you’re going to do that, then do it fast. The manager is not here right now, and I’ll help you to delete the tape on the CCTV.” He said as he patted the tall guy’s shoulder, while his head was shifting from left to right, cautious enough so that there will be no one that see them.
After he zipped up his bag, and put it on his shoulder, he turned to face the young man who was waving at him with a smile.
“Why are you helping me? You do realise that this can make you lose your job, right?”
“I know. But it’s okay, I am seriously pissed by how much my salary got deducted just because a small mistake. You better run or you’ll get caught, and we never want that to happen right?”
He smirked and thanked the latter, and secretly searching for any name tags on the man’s chest, and it was there.
“Lee... Hyukjae.”
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“Hyung! What took you so long? Got everything that we need?” the small man with ripped dark ripped denim and black leather jacket frantically waving at him with both his hands, along with a smile that always had a hidden meaning to it. Siwon waved back with his left hand and nodded.
The small man then jumpily ran towards him and took the heavy knapsack from his shoulder, and curiously peeked into it, and squealed as he saw what he was looking for. “Wah~~!! Dried squids!! Yummy!!” (A/N: sorry, I was craving for this thing while I’m writing this part) Siwon smiled as he sat on the empty paint case that was turned upside down so that it can be a seat. The sounds of the cars vroom above their heads were so clear when nothing was spoken between them. All that he heard was the small man munching the dried squids and the slurping of beers from his mouth.
“Henry.” He called the small man’s name, but maybe he was too busy counting just how many snacks left in his hands that he didn’t hear Siwon. Pissed, he picked an empty beer can next to his feet and aimed it at Henry’s head. A few seconds later, Henry groaned as the can successfully hit his head.
“What was that for, hyung? Can’t you just call my name damn it!” he lifted his bangs and rubbed his red forehead. “I did call but you just couldn’t hear me.” He sat up and dragged his butt near Henry, palming his hands over the fire that was lit in an empty huge can since he felt a bit cold. He stretched his long arms and put it above the fire, warming them up, when Henry pulled his right arm and leaned his head on it.
“Hyung, do you feel as if I’m pestering you?”
“Yeah, definitely.” Henry playfully smacked his shoulder and turned his face away from Siwon. The older man laughed and pulled him closer in his arms, that made Henry felt so safe in it. Siwon could feel the thin body in his arms was shivering, so he put on a jacket on Henry. “Henry...”
“Yes hyung?”
“Just for how much longer you want to play this stupid game with your parents? You need to go home, Henry.” The latter pushed his warm body away and hugged his knees. “I don’t want to go home. There’s no place for me at home. They’ll force me to be the man they wished me to be, not the one that I wanted to be.” He then looked at Siwon with his teary eyes.
“I want to stay with you, hyung. You’re the only one who understands me.” Siwon sighed.
Sometimes he wished that he never brought this young man into his life. How he wished that he didn't save this boy when he was bullied by some other street slackers like him, so that this pampered little prince next to him will give up and finally go home. But he just couldn’t. He doesn’t want Henry to end up being like him, that’s why he never stops in taking care for him since the day they met.
And now it has been three months since he met Henry. Whenever the little prince is free, he will sneak out from his mansion and come to their meeting place under the bridge and do just anything with Siwon. And it has been a three months in heaven for Henry. He never thought there will be someone who took care of him not for who his father is, but as who he is. Siwon never asked him to do anything bad, in fact he did them all for Henry. He maybe looked a bit scary with his huge built and unsmiling face when he meets people, but Henry was glad that he is the only person who saw the real side of Siwon.
Maybe Siwon was his saviour after all, he thought for once.
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The young man was smiling, showing his gums when he gave the customers their changes back. Siwon palmed his left cheek, his right hand was clenching his left chest, trying to calm his heart down. He wanted to speak with the guy named Hyukjae again. He wanted to thank him for a few nights before. But his feet won’t move, and his body too.
“Hyung! Are you waiting for me?” Henry came with his school uniform. ‘Inside that, he looks just like a kid,’ Siwon thought. He then smiled and ruffled Henry’s hair, then laughed; that he didn't even took the time to notice the two blushing cheeks in front of him.
“Aish hyung! There goes the half an hour to have this style!”
“Sorry. Now, let’s go. I found a good place for... ah! Now it’s a perfect time!” he took Henry’s cold hands and dragged him to the place that he told.
It was a short bridge that connects the road over a small river, but when the sun sets, they can view the huge star clearly from there. “Hyung! This is magnificent!! How did you find it??” Siwon smiled, as he didn't want to tell Henry that the bridge was near Hyukjae’s house. He didn't want Henry to know that he was falling in love with a guy. He didn't want Henry to know that now in his heart, other than the mixed Asian kid, there’s another person in there.
A person who barely remembers about his existence. Who didn't even know his name. How he wished to stand straight in front of Hyukjae and tell him that he had fallen for him. But he just didn't have the guts to do that. He was still too afraid to do just that.
Henry took a peek at Siwon’s face, not wanting the guy to aware his stares on him. He never thought someone would ever bring him to a place this simple yet so romantic. He never even imagine of being in a place like this with a girl. But Siwon did it, and for some reason, it made Henry’s young heart to flutter. He was happy. Henry was always happy with everything single things that Siwon did for him. Even though it was just a simple deed.
For Henry, Siwon is just a special person in his heart.
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He saw Hyukjae was drinking a glass of strawberry milk with a guy that always stutters in his speech in front of him. And he would never expect for Hyukjae to have such an expression on his face. It’s not like Hyukjae never smile; in fact he did smile a lot. But this smile that he gave to the person that was giving his back on Siwon was too different. It was so gentle, so beautiful, as if the person he was talking to was too precious for him.
Siwon loves that smile, as much as he loves Hyukjae. But his heart was filled with jealousy with the guy named Donghae. He felt as if he wanted to punch the guy when he pinched Hyukjae’s soft cheeks whenever he was laughing to Hyukjae’s jokes. He felt like grabbing a knife from the restaurant’s kitchen and stabbed the guy from the back when he held Hyukjae’s hands and play with the long and delicate fingers when he was offering a palm reading to Hyukjae.
But for some reason, he knew that Hyukjae was too far from him now. With such smile on his face, he knew that it would be impossible for Hyukjae to suddenly accept his love even if he confessed to the boy. Hyukjae was in love with the guy in front of him. He just knew it.
Henry who was slurping his cold chocolate milk stopped for a while and checked to where Siwon was looking at. He saw Hyukjae’s happy face, and Siwon’s stiffen expression. He immediately knew it.
He had seen the boy before. He was a part-timer at the convenient shop that he and Siwon usually stop to buy things. And Siwon was extremely shy and yet happy whenever he saw Hyukjae, that finally Henry is the one who do the paying since the big guy just couldn’t concentrate on what he was going to buy. It was okay after one time, but when it became something like a habit, he just knew it that Siwon had fallen for the gummy boy.
And he could hear a crashing sound from his chest, as if something was breaking slowly.
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