secret santa gift
gift no.11
for 0kiwi0
He looked at the brown book on his hand. Sure, the book cost more than three months his allowance but for the love of everything holy, he was desperate. Damn the (rather scary looking) bookseller if he lied to him. Somewhere amongst its brownish, almost crumpled pages rested a ritual that would’ve allowed him to obtain something that he craved wanted for a long period of time.
On normal circumstances, he would’ve scoffed at the idea of a weird dark (maybe satanic) ritual giving him the prize he craved to possess. Inflicting pain to others, becoming insanely rich, gaining power over others-but after years of trying every trick up in his sleeve, he was desperate. Flipping the book, he came to a page in the middle of the book. The title said ‘for cases unresolved by normal method only’ written in loopy print. Smoothing out the page, he read and re-read the page hungrily. He gently touched each ingredient as he double-checked the list found in the book.
Park Yoochun will be his this time.
XXX
A Cupid shall descent down to earth and lives as a human for a month…
XXX
“So, let me get this straight. You are the god of love.”
“Cupid. But the other Gods called me Changmin.”
“Isn’t Cupid supposed to look like some cute, bouncy baby with a diaper and quiver filled with arrows?” The person said as he stared at Changmin. He was tall with a tanned body that was open to his perusal due to the simple, white cloth that was draped over his hips. Nope. This hunk is definitely NOT a baby. In fact, he looked more like the sex god.
“Haha. I get that question a lot…but sorry to disappoint dear, but I haven’t been a baby for centuries. Okay, so who is the person that you want to be with? You must be sure on what you want because it can’t be undone.” Changmin said.
“Park Yoochun. I’ve been wanting him for so, so long,” The person sighed dreamily. Changmin rolled his eyes. “Have you ever been in love?” The person asked.
Changmin snorted. “Me? The God of Love actually in love? Nope, never gonna happen.”
The person frowned. “Why not?”
“Don’t worry about me. Tell me about your beau,” Changmin encouraged. The fact of HIM actually falling in love make him laughed. Inside, that is.
The love-struck gleam returned to the person’s eyes as he sat with a mournful sigh. “He is the definition of perfection. He is beautiful, smart, rich, cool, and I’ve loved him. But he never shows any interest in anything except school work. I’d give anything to have him to love me back.”
Changmin didn’t even need to listen to know that he was exactly the same as all the others. All teenagers his age ended up falling head over heels in lust with someone completely unfit for them and convinced themselves it’s love. They called Changmin in their desperation, and because of his contract, he forced some poor guys/girls to fall in love with them. Then, in a year or so the novelty wore off and the boys or girls were stuck pining to the summoner when they decided to call off their relationship in a careless way.
And Jaejoong (the other God) wondered why Changmin hated the notion of falling in love. In his line of work, all Changmin ever saw were men or women ruining the lives of innocent (wo)men.
“So, how soon will you make it?” The person asked.
“One month after this. You know it’s the rule right?”
“Yeah, yeah, fine with me. As long as you make him mine, I have no complains…” The person said all at the same time with hope sparkling in his eyes.
Another couple to be doomed and another day in the life of the God of Love.
XXX
How does it work?
The God of Love will press a palm to his chest, just above his heart, and a thin arrow will appear in his hand with a red tip. One shot of the arrow and the person will be in love with the summoner forever. The arrow will only appear once and cannot be substituted with other arrows.
One arrow, one pair.
XXX
‘Living as a human is not so bad…’ Changmin thought as his gaze glided over the stock items in a market. ‘Hmm…Wow, they still got ramen and sushi! In this millennia?! Cool…!’ he thought as he pushed the heavy trolley that was fully-filled with more food than a human could consume in a week.
Then he saw it: A packet of Potato Chips.
His eyes opened wide in delight. ‘I haven’t taste that one before…when did they start selling this stuff?’ Changmin thought. ‘Gee, this one is in CURRY flavour…. My favourite…’
The store faded away, and he was walking on big, fluffy white clouds. Birds sang, the sun shone brightly and all was right with the world. He reached out a trembling hand in joy - only to be brought crashing back down to earth when the pack was snatched right before his eager fingers could close in the plastic wrapping.
‘Wha- what just happen?’
Time seemed to slow down and Changmin turned his head in slow motion to the ‘chips robber’ who was just starting to turn away.
“Dude…… that IS mine… I grab it first,” Changmin said with a tremble in his voice. He was trying to control his anger as he tried to snatch the Potato Chips back from the hand of evil but failed to do so.
“First off, loser, it’s not YOU who grab it first. Second, I didn’t grab anything. You were there mooning in the isle for a good 5 minutes…and I got tired of waiting. Don’t blame me if you finally decided you wanted this chips.” mock the man, who at the same time wriggled the chips in front of Changmin which anger him even more.
“Dude, let’s not makes this hard for you. I just want that delicious bag full of potato chips… don’t make me do anything stupid that you might regret later! I’m capable of doing everything in the name of Potato Chips of CURRY FLAVOUR!! ” warned Changmin while pointing his index finger towards the bag of potato chips. He noticed that the man flinched a little but there’s no change in the tense atmosphere. He clenched his fist, ready to fight the man for the bag of goodness which is, by the way, the ONLY Potato Chips with curry flavour!
“Whatever… I just want the potato chips... It’s not like you will beat me up because of a bag of potato chips… Only moron do that kind of stuff!” The man just started to laugh, like the potato chips is not a big deal. His chest started to move along with his laughing rhythm.
“Okay, fine… but let me say a few things to the potato chips as a…a… farewell,” Changmin began to act like he will never meet the potato chips ever again. He put on his sad face to cover his true purpose.
As the man hesitated, about to give the Potato Chips, Changmin snatched it away. The man was shocked with Changmin’s change of attitude and so…. the pulling and yelling session began. As the crowd grew bigger, a security guard came to solve and kick out whoever who were making a scene in the market.
“You will never see the last of me… I’ll take my revenge…”. As the security tried to shoo him away, Changmin was certain that he saw a glimpse of that dark-haired man smiled with victory.
Defeated, Changmin resigned to his fate; banned from the market for ONE MONTH.
‘Thee shalt not mess with a God ….!’
Though, Changmin doubted he can whip the man’s ass or tear the whole market down. He can barely even handle his own power, besides…. Jaejoong was still pissed at him for ‘accidentally’ sinking the Atlantis.
XXX
The next day, the dark-haired man found a huge pile of rotten tomatoes in front of his door, complete with a ribbon and a card on top of the pile that said: ‘For my chips!!’ .The smell completely stunk up the hallway.
XXX
Changmin went to the same high school with his summoner. Since it’s NOT every day he got to taste the essence of being human, he might at least enjoy it while it lasted. Besides, his summoner was going to show him who his crush was.
“That’s him,” his summoner hissed as he caught the sight of his crush at his locker across the hall.
Changmin turned and his jaw dropped.
The chips robber!
He might have stared into space for too long because he jumped when the said robber said “It’s nice meeting you here, moron”. He said while casually standing next to Changmin.
“Yo-You... Why the heck are you here??”
“I study here, captain obvious. And thanks for the present! My neighbors were all pleasantly happy with your gift. By the way, my name is Yoochun. Park Yoochun. What’s yours?” Yoochun smiled as he offered a handshake.
Changmin hesitated for a while but accepted it nevertheless. A man/God should know their manners.
“Erm…I’m Changmin...” He noticed a glare from his summoner “…an-and this is Junsu. He is my summo-I mean, my cousin. Yeah, my cousin…eheheheh” Changmin said all at the same while trying to stop himself from stuttering. ‘Why oh why did I not see that before?’ Changmin thought. Okay, admittedly, the time they’d met, he’d been more concerned with the chips in the other man’s hands than the person himself. But now, his mind was totally occupied with the realization that the chips robber was hot! He should have noticed the man’s good looks sooner… His exceptionally good looks. His exceptionally fuckable good looks. No wonder his summoner practically swooned and admited his undying love to this man. He was gorgeous!
Yoochun glanced for a moment at Junsu before his eyes glued back to Changmin. “Nice to meet you. Erm, I gotta go….So, I hope to see you later Changmin!” He said and walked casually among the other student (who practically worships the land he walked on).
“...... What the hell is going on?? He likes you! I thought you were supposed to make him mine, not yours…” Junsu hissed.
“Ca-calm down….He sure is going to fall in love with you. Don’t worry…! Bring me to somewhere quiet and I’ll show you why…” Changmin said. Darn it. Didn’t they ever know that jealousy is one of the seven deadly sins?
Junsu pressed his lips together and dragged Changmin to a room. “Now, tell me why!” The voice was no doubt demanding an answer, a good one too.
Changmin sighed. Human are so impatient. He pressed a palm to his chest, just above his heart, and a thin arrow appeared in his hand with a red tip. “See this? This will make that Park Yoochun of yours fall head over heels over you. Now, please be patient and wait for the one month period to be over and done with. Then, he’s yours. Forever entwined with you.”
The explanation cracked a grin on Junsu’s face. “You know, you should tell that to me earlier…” Junsu said. A smile graced on his face.
“I was going to but I forgot….oh well, since that’s settled. Let’s get to class! ” Changmin said excitedly and dragged Junsu out of the room.
“Do you know which class are you in for?” Junsu asked.
“Nope,” Changmin said.
A sigh. “….that’s what I thought. Come on. Let me show you where your class is,” Junsu said and dragged Changmin in the opposite way.
XXX
The next day, Junsu showed Changmin a flyer that was on all student kiosks and the notice board. It said; ‘The school head student council, Park Yoochun has come to a decision that all the teachers and catering crew should stop purchasing and selling junk foods like potato chips for the ultimate concern for the school students’ health. We are so lucky to have someone like Prince Yoochun that care for our health. The new improvisation will start today.’
Changmin practically screamed in his head.
But that’s not all… Changmin went to every other supermarket in town (except the one that he was banned) and could not find even a single junk food!
One of the workers in an unnamed supermarket had told him that (after Changmin bribed her with some money) Yoochun had used his wealth to get the owner to stop stocking them.
Oh, Changmin was angry all right.
XXX
The next few weeks of the precious month was filled with the two of them doing pranks on each other non-stop, always trying to outdo the previous practical joke. Although sometimes humiliating, none of the pranks had ever actually been cruel or happened in school. It’d been more of a contest to see who could annoy the other person more.
XXX
The only way for a Cupid to be mortal is by stabbing the arrow to his summoner instead of the summoner’s crush. This can only be done if the Cupid found his mate.
XXX
Time passed… and the one month period for Changmin was going to end in another three days. Changmin twirled the arrow on his hand and sighed.
To be frank, Changmin admitted that he had fallen for the bastard. ‘He stole my chips and now, he stole my heart! Stupid Yoochun!’ Changmin thought. ‘But…he’s a mortal’ he whispered and sighed again.
“Hey, Jae!” Changmin screamed to the sky. Jaejoong should know what to do.
“Hey back! What is it?” a sudden soft voice said. Changmin knew Jaejoong was present somewhere. Or, he’s just being lazy again…
“You know, I thought, as the God of Love I’d never have to deal with shit like this. Not to mention, I was born over a thousand years in the past! Wouldn’t my mate have been born back then?” Changmin asked. Of course he read the ritual book and obviously he knew… but when the time came, he’s still confused. (and he blame Yoochun for this).
Changmin heard a scoff, “Everyone has a mate. Most people, Gods and mortals, just never find them. And your mate can be born at any time. Before you’re born or after you die.”
Changmin sighed, “So what now?”
“What happens next is up to you,” Jae told him. “You can give up being a God and live as a mortal. Or, you can pretend this never happened, pierce your mate with the arrow so he falls in love with the boy and come back home.”
Oh.
XXX
For the past few weeks Changmin held a major part of his attention. While it had been fun to play pranks on him, he hadn’t realized until now that he’d felt something more.
Love.
Sure, he had to figure out the other man’s schedule, his friends and his favourite hang out locations, but that had all been in the name of RESEARCH. And, okay, maybe he’d been slightly jealous on the way he seemed to get along with everyone he met, but so what? And maybe he’d found himself wishing a time or two to sit down beside Changmin and join him, but that didn’t mean anything - really. And just because he spent (almost) the entire month doing pranks on him, with the taller one being so, so stupidly happy and competitive and, and -
Yoochun groaned.
Damn, he had it bad.
Yoochun looked at the paper in his hand that said,
Hey, meet me at the abandoned warehouse next to our school at 3pm sharp. I’ll be waiting! So get your lazy ass and come!
Sincerely,
Changmin the awesome.
XXX
“Changmin, would you care to explain WHY Junsu and I are here?” Yoochun asked as he realized how empty the warehouse is. (and how Junsu’s stare could burn a hole in his face. Quit staring, stalker!)
“Yoochun, I’m the God of Love... And I---”
“Is this another prank you’re pulling? cause I--”
“This is serious. Now shut up and let me repeat. I’m the God of Love and I am suppose to bond you and Junsu together but unfortunately I found an obstacle to do so as I--”
“Me with Junsu?! But -” Yoochun realized the glare sent by Changmin. “Fine, fine…finish your talk...”
Changmin sighed. “Anyway, I’m the God of Love, yadda yadda yadda Yoochun the bastard, I love you…”
Two sets of jaws dropped.
“Junsu, I’m sorry but I-I… I can’t d-“ Changmin tried to explain but Junsu’s eyes were already piercing with anger and hatred.
“You ARE SUPPOSED to make Yoochun mine, NOT YOURS!! I know this will be too good to be true..! But how could YOU L---“Junsu yelled but was cut off when Changmin pierced the arrow to his chest. “Yo- You…” Junsu stumbled backward and vanished into thin air.
“Okay………….that was weird.” Yoochun said as he stared at the empty spot that was once occupied by Junsu. “I must be dreaming, so I guess I should take my cue and leave no--…”
Changmin snorted. “Don’t you ever stop talking?” Changmin reached out and grabbed Yoochun’s arm. He pulled him to an embrace.
Yoochun froze at first but slowly, a hand crept behind Changmin and hugged him back. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes…just enjoying each other’s warmth.
Until Yoochun shoved Changmin up against the wall, and kissed him.
The God of love had finally, finally found his own love.
XXX
Junsu turned away from the looking glass that allowed the Gods to watch what happened in the mortal world and faced Jaejoong. Behind him, the image of Yoochun and Changmin intertwined in a passionate love-making session continued.
“They were meant to be together.” Jaejoong said, all at the same while was flipping the pages of a small brown book.
Junsu puffed and crossed his arm. “But… Changmin stole him from me!”
“Che. You deserve a better mate than him…Besides, you got several thousands of years to spend, now that you’re one of the God…” Jaejoong looked up from the book and gave an assuring smile to Junsu.
Junsu sighed. “Whatever, I’m going to go find Yunho and see if he can teach me the new dance of his.” Junsu said and poofed away.
Jaejoong watched him go and calmly flipped another page of the book on his hand.
He come to a page that said ‘for cases unresolved by Godly method only’.
A smirk formed as he smoothed out the page.
Kim Junsu will be his this time.
XXX
for 0kiwi0
He looked at the brown book on his hand. Sure, the book cost more than three months his allowance but for the love of everything holy, he was desperate. Damn the (rather scary looking) bookseller if he lied to him. Somewhere amongst its brownish, almost crumpled pages rested a ritual that would’ve allowed him to obtain something that he craved wanted for a long period of time.
On normal circumstances, he would’ve scoffed at the idea of a weird dark (maybe satanic) ritual giving him the prize he craved to possess. Inflicting pain to others, becoming insanely rich, gaining power over others-but after years of trying every trick up in his sleeve, he was desperate. Flipping the book, he came to a page in the middle of the book. The title said ‘for cases unresolved by normal method only’ written in loopy print. Smoothing out the page, he read and re-read the page hungrily. He gently touched each ingredient as he double-checked the list found in the book.
Park Yoochun will be his this time.
XXX
A Cupid shall descent down to earth and lives as a human for a month…
XXX
“So, let me get this straight. You are the god of love.”
“Cupid. But the other Gods called me Changmin.”
“Isn’t Cupid supposed to look like some cute, bouncy baby with a diaper and quiver filled with arrows?” The person said as he stared at Changmin. He was tall with a tanned body that was open to his perusal due to the simple, white cloth that was draped over his hips. Nope. This hunk is definitely NOT a baby. In fact, he looked more like the sex god.
“Haha. I get that question a lot…but sorry to disappoint dear, but I haven’t been a baby for centuries. Okay, so who is the person that you want to be with? You must be sure on what you want because it can’t be undone.” Changmin said.
“Park Yoochun. I’ve been wanting him for so, so long,” The person sighed dreamily. Changmin rolled his eyes. “Have you ever been in love?” The person asked.
Changmin snorted. “Me? The God of Love actually in love? Nope, never gonna happen.”
The person frowned. “Why not?”
“Don’t worry about me. Tell me about your beau,” Changmin encouraged. The fact of HIM actually falling in love make him laughed. Inside, that is.
The love-struck gleam returned to the person’s eyes as he sat with a mournful sigh. “He is the definition of perfection. He is beautiful, smart, rich, cool, and I’ve loved him. But he never shows any interest in anything except school work. I’d give anything to have him to love me back.”
Changmin didn’t even need to listen to know that he was exactly the same as all the others. All teenagers his age ended up falling head over heels in lust with someone completely unfit for them and convinced themselves it’s love. They called Changmin in their desperation, and because of his contract, he forced some poor guys/girls to fall in love with them. Then, in a year or so the novelty wore off and the boys or girls were stuck pining to the summoner when they decided to call off their relationship in a careless way.
And Jaejoong (the other God) wondered why Changmin hated the notion of falling in love. In his line of work, all Changmin ever saw were men or women ruining the lives of innocent (wo)men.
“So, how soon will you make it?” The person asked.
“One month after this. You know it’s the rule right?”
“Yeah, yeah, fine with me. As long as you make him mine, I have no complains…” The person said all at the same time with hope sparkling in his eyes.
Another couple to be doomed and another day in the life of the God of Love.
XXX
How does it work?
The God of Love will press a palm to his chest, just above his heart, and a thin arrow will appear in his hand with a red tip. One shot of the arrow and the person will be in love with the summoner forever. The arrow will only appear once and cannot be substituted with other arrows.
One arrow, one pair.
XXX
‘Living as a human is not so bad…’ Changmin thought as his gaze glided over the stock items in a market. ‘Hmm…Wow, they still got ramen and sushi! In this millennia?! Cool…!’ he thought as he pushed the heavy trolley that was fully-filled with more food than a human could consume in a week.
Then he saw it: A packet of Potato Chips.
His eyes opened wide in delight. ‘I haven’t taste that one before…when did they start selling this stuff?’ Changmin thought. ‘Gee, this one is in CURRY flavour…. My favourite…’
The store faded away, and he was walking on big, fluffy white clouds. Birds sang, the sun shone brightly and all was right with the world. He reached out a trembling hand in joy - only to be brought crashing back down to earth when the pack was snatched right before his eager fingers could close in the plastic wrapping.
‘Wha- what just happen?’
Time seemed to slow down and Changmin turned his head in slow motion to the ‘chips robber’ who was just starting to turn away.
“Dude…… that IS mine… I grab it first,” Changmin said with a tremble in his voice. He was trying to control his anger as he tried to snatch the Potato Chips back from the hand of evil but failed to do so.
“First off, loser, it’s not YOU who grab it first. Second, I didn’t grab anything. You were there mooning in the isle for a good 5 minutes…and I got tired of waiting. Don’t blame me if you finally decided you wanted this chips.” mock the man, who at the same time wriggled the chips in front of Changmin which anger him even more.
“Dude, let’s not makes this hard for you. I just want that delicious bag full of potato chips… don’t make me do anything stupid that you might regret later! I’m capable of doing everything in the name of Potato Chips of CURRY FLAVOUR!! ” warned Changmin while pointing his index finger towards the bag of potato chips. He noticed that the man flinched a little but there’s no change in the tense atmosphere. He clenched his fist, ready to fight the man for the bag of goodness which is, by the way, the ONLY Potato Chips with curry flavour!
“Whatever… I just want the potato chips... It’s not like you will beat me up because of a bag of potato chips… Only moron do that kind of stuff!” The man just started to laugh, like the potato chips is not a big deal. His chest started to move along with his laughing rhythm.
“Okay, fine… but let me say a few things to the potato chips as a…a… farewell,” Changmin began to act like he will never meet the potato chips ever again. He put on his sad face to cover his true purpose.
As the man hesitated, about to give the Potato Chips, Changmin snatched it away. The man was shocked with Changmin’s change of attitude and so…. the pulling and yelling session began. As the crowd grew bigger, a security guard came to solve and kick out whoever who were making a scene in the market.
“You will never see the last of me… I’ll take my revenge…”. As the security tried to shoo him away, Changmin was certain that he saw a glimpse of that dark-haired man smiled with victory.
Defeated, Changmin resigned to his fate; banned from the market for ONE MONTH.
‘Thee shalt not mess with a God ….!’
Though, Changmin doubted he can whip the man’s ass or tear the whole market down. He can barely even handle his own power, besides…. Jaejoong was still pissed at him for ‘accidentally’ sinking the Atlantis.
XXX
The next day, the dark-haired man found a huge pile of rotten tomatoes in front of his door, complete with a ribbon and a card on top of the pile that said: ‘For my chips!!’ .The smell completely stunk up the hallway.
XXX
Changmin went to the same high school with his summoner. Since it’s NOT every day he got to taste the essence of being human, he might at least enjoy it while it lasted. Besides, his summoner was going to show him who his crush was.
“That’s him,” his summoner hissed as he caught the sight of his crush at his locker across the hall.
Changmin turned and his jaw dropped.
The chips robber!
He might have stared into space for too long because he jumped when the said robber said “It’s nice meeting you here, moron”. He said while casually standing next to Changmin.
“Yo-You... Why the heck are you here??”
“I study here, captain obvious. And thanks for the present! My neighbors were all pleasantly happy with your gift. By the way, my name is Yoochun. Park Yoochun. What’s yours?” Yoochun smiled as he offered a handshake.
Changmin hesitated for a while but accepted it nevertheless. A man/God should know their manners.
“Erm…I’m Changmin...” He noticed a glare from his summoner “…an-and this is Junsu. He is my summo-I mean, my cousin. Yeah, my cousin…eheheheh” Changmin said all at the same while trying to stop himself from stuttering. ‘Why oh why did I not see that before?’ Changmin thought. Okay, admittedly, the time they’d met, he’d been more concerned with the chips in the other man’s hands than the person himself. But now, his mind was totally occupied with the realization that the chips robber was hot! He should have noticed the man’s good looks sooner… His exceptionally good looks. His exceptionally fuckable good looks. No wonder his summoner practically swooned and admited his undying love to this man. He was gorgeous!
Yoochun glanced for a moment at Junsu before his eyes glued back to Changmin. “Nice to meet you. Erm, I gotta go….So, I hope to see you later Changmin!” He said and walked casually among the other student (who practically worships the land he walked on).
“...... What the hell is going on?? He likes you! I thought you were supposed to make him mine, not yours…” Junsu hissed.
“Ca-calm down….He sure is going to fall in love with you. Don’t worry…! Bring me to somewhere quiet and I’ll show you why…” Changmin said. Darn it. Didn’t they ever know that jealousy is one of the seven deadly sins?
Junsu pressed his lips together and dragged Changmin to a room. “Now, tell me why!” The voice was no doubt demanding an answer, a good one too.
Changmin sighed. Human are so impatient. He pressed a palm to his chest, just above his heart, and a thin arrow appeared in his hand with a red tip. “See this? This will make that Park Yoochun of yours fall head over heels over you. Now, please be patient and wait for the one month period to be over and done with. Then, he’s yours. Forever entwined with you.”
The explanation cracked a grin on Junsu’s face. “You know, you should tell that to me earlier…” Junsu said. A smile graced on his face.
“I was going to but I forgot….oh well, since that’s settled. Let’s get to class! ” Changmin said excitedly and dragged Junsu out of the room.
“Do you know which class are you in for?” Junsu asked.
“Nope,” Changmin said.
A sigh. “….that’s what I thought. Come on. Let me show you where your class is,” Junsu said and dragged Changmin in the opposite way.
XXX
The next day, Junsu showed Changmin a flyer that was on all student kiosks and the notice board. It said; ‘The school head student council, Park Yoochun has come to a decision that all the teachers and catering crew should stop purchasing and selling junk foods like potato chips for the ultimate concern for the school students’ health. We are so lucky to have someone like Prince Yoochun that care for our health. The new improvisation will start today.’
Changmin practically screamed in his head.
But that’s not all… Changmin went to every other supermarket in town (except the one that he was banned) and could not find even a single junk food!
One of the workers in an unnamed supermarket had told him that (after Changmin bribed her with some money) Yoochun had used his wealth to get the owner to stop stocking them.
Oh, Changmin was angry all right.
XXX
The next few weeks of the precious month was filled with the two of them doing pranks on each other non-stop, always trying to outdo the previous practical joke. Although sometimes humiliating, none of the pranks had ever actually been cruel or happened in school. It’d been more of a contest to see who could annoy the other person more.
XXX
The only way for a Cupid to be mortal is by stabbing the arrow to his summoner instead of the summoner’s crush. This can only be done if the Cupid found his mate.
XXX
Time passed… and the one month period for Changmin was going to end in another three days. Changmin twirled the arrow on his hand and sighed.
To be frank, Changmin admitted that he had fallen for the bastard. ‘He stole my chips and now, he stole my heart! Stupid Yoochun!’ Changmin thought. ‘But…he’s a mortal’ he whispered and sighed again.
“Hey, Jae!” Changmin screamed to the sky. Jaejoong should know what to do.
“Hey back! What is it?” a sudden soft voice said. Changmin knew Jaejoong was present somewhere. Or, he’s just being lazy again…
“You know, I thought, as the God of Love I’d never have to deal with shit like this. Not to mention, I was born over a thousand years in the past! Wouldn’t my mate have been born back then?” Changmin asked. Of course he read the ritual book and obviously he knew… but when the time came, he’s still confused. (and he blame Yoochun for this).
Changmin heard a scoff, “Everyone has a mate. Most people, Gods and mortals, just never find them. And your mate can be born at any time. Before you’re born or after you die.”
Changmin sighed, “So what now?”
“What happens next is up to you,” Jae told him. “You can give up being a God and live as a mortal. Or, you can pretend this never happened, pierce your mate with the arrow so he falls in love with the boy and come back home.”
Oh.
XXX
For the past few weeks Changmin held a major part of his attention. While it had been fun to play pranks on him, he hadn’t realized until now that he’d felt something more.
Love.
Sure, he had to figure out the other man’s schedule, his friends and his favourite hang out locations, but that had all been in the name of RESEARCH. And, okay, maybe he’d been slightly jealous on the way he seemed to get along with everyone he met, but so what? And maybe he’d found himself wishing a time or two to sit down beside Changmin and join him, but that didn’t mean anything - really. And just because he spent (almost) the entire month doing pranks on him, with the taller one being so, so stupidly happy and competitive and, and -
Yoochun groaned.
Damn, he had it bad.
Yoochun looked at the paper in his hand that said,
Hey, meet me at the abandoned warehouse next to our school at 3pm sharp. I’ll be waiting! So get your lazy ass and come!
Sincerely,
Changmin the awesome.
XXX
“Changmin, would you care to explain WHY Junsu and I are here?” Yoochun asked as he realized how empty the warehouse is. (and how Junsu’s stare could burn a hole in his face. Quit staring, stalker!)
“Yoochun, I’m the God of Love... And I---”
“Is this another prank you’re pulling? cause I--”
“This is serious. Now shut up and let me repeat. I’m the God of Love and I am suppose to bond you and Junsu together but unfortunately I found an obstacle to do so as I--”
“Me with Junsu?! But -” Yoochun realized the glare sent by Changmin. “Fine, fine…finish your talk...”
Changmin sighed. “Anyway, I’m the God of Love, yadda yadda yadda Yoochun the bastard, I love you…”
Two sets of jaws dropped.
“Junsu, I’m sorry but I-I… I can’t d-“ Changmin tried to explain but Junsu’s eyes were already piercing with anger and hatred.
“You ARE SUPPOSED to make Yoochun mine, NOT YOURS!! I know this will be too good to be true..! But how could YOU L---“Junsu yelled but was cut off when Changmin pierced the arrow to his chest. “Yo- You…” Junsu stumbled backward and vanished into thin air.
“Okay………….that was weird.” Yoochun said as he stared at the empty spot that was once occupied by Junsu. “I must be dreaming, so I guess I should take my cue and leave no--…”
Changmin snorted. “Don’t you ever stop talking?” Changmin reached out and grabbed Yoochun’s arm. He pulled him to an embrace.
Yoochun froze at first but slowly, a hand crept behind Changmin and hugged him back. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes…just enjoying each other’s warmth.
Until Yoochun shoved Changmin up against the wall, and kissed him.
The God of love had finally, finally found his own love.
XXX
Junsu turned away from the looking glass that allowed the Gods to watch what happened in the mortal world and faced Jaejoong. Behind him, the image of Yoochun and Changmin intertwined in a passionate love-making session continued.
“They were meant to be together.” Jaejoong said, all at the same while was flipping the pages of a small brown book.
Junsu puffed and crossed his arm. “But… Changmin stole him from me!”
“Che. You deserve a better mate than him…Besides, you got several thousands of years to spend, now that you’re one of the God…” Jaejoong looked up from the book and gave an assuring smile to Junsu.
Junsu sighed. “Whatever, I’m going to go find Yunho and see if he can teach me the new dance of his.” Junsu said and poofed away.
Jaejoong watched him go and calmly flipped another page of the book on his hand.
He come to a page that said ‘for cases unresolved by Godly method only’.
A smirk formed as he smoothed out the page.
Kim Junsu will be his this time.
XXX