Chapter 48: AFTER WORK & FAERIE

We were all lying on the kitchen floor, all covered in different flavored syrups, ketchup and flour.

We didn't take into consideration the amount of mess we had managed to create meanwhile.

WE laid side by side.

"You should've seen yourself" Kenma pointed at me and once more continued on with his laughter.

"Shut up-"

"What the fu-" we all looked up simultaneously to find a furious Jin, accompanied by a raging Yuki, a holding-my-laughter Hobi and

"Oh I'm sorry" Namhyuk spoke as he accidentally dropped the cake that Kyo and I made earlier before the "Food war" that we somehow initiated.

All of us face palmed ourselves watching the last eatable being wasted that way.

Then all three of us, me, Kyo and Kenma got up and apologized, because that's all we could do.

We started leaving the room before Yuki, Jin and Hobi held each of our arms and Namhyuk said.

"Where do you think you're going?" he smirked and tilted his head. Just when we thought we could escape this misery. We knew the damage we had caused to half the living room and the entire kitchen area. We simply exchanged looks and sighed before advancing towards the hitherto battle ground.

All three of us spent the next 3 hours cleaning the kitchen, the living room and the hallways.

I told them that they didn't have to help me with the cleaning but they stayed and helped anyways.

"That was one hell of a workout" Kenma sighed and got up from the floor after cleaning the living room floor. "Everything's a workout for you, fitness freak." I nudged Kenma. I've seen the amount of time hes spends on maintaining his defined physique.

We all sighed as we had finally, somehow finished.

"Let's go take a bath now kookie" Kyo poked Kenma, who then looked at me with a smirk plastered on his face.

"Wanna join us hikari" my eyes widened, I got flustered at that and shook my head violently.

"No thanks. I'm good." I smiled and ran to my room to take a bath. I could hear both of them laughing behind me.

I chuckled at myself and closed the door behind me to take a peaceful shower after such laborious work.

(TAEHYUNG's POV)

Look at her. She doesn't even need me. She's already happy with the others, I'm probably just a no one to her.

I stood behind the section at the end of the hallway that led to the living room.

All three of them were playing so joyously, I wanted to join in too, but it might make things worse.

I want to spend all my day, my entire day, months, years, an eternity with her.

She doesn't even realize her worth, she doesn't know how much she means to me.

I remember our time at Serendipity, it was so much fun, it was a wonderful day spent by. I wish it could be the same again. I want to keep her all to myself, I've never been this envious before, there's something about her. 'Love' is an emotion that none of us have ever experienced before, but whatever this emotion feels like, I think I'm experiencing it now, when I'm with her my heart flutters, there's this sort of electricity that runs all through my body whenever she looks at me or whenever we make the slightest of physical contact, even holding hands makes me feel like I'm on cloud 9. How can someone mean so much to someone?

Am I in Love? Is this what they call love? Is this what it feels like?

I sighed and walked back to my room, what's the point of having it one-sided anyways. I can force her into loving me, I can make her head-over-heels for me. But I don't want to force it, I want it be her own feelings, all natural. This is entirely novel for me, more like eccentric.

I was about to go to bed, it's not like we really sleep, just a replenish of lost energy.

I saw a note on my bed board.

"Meet me at 'Serendipity' at 11"

The doubtfulness faded from my face and an ardent expression made its way to my face.

"Maybe there's still a chance that there's something between us." I smiled to myself and looked at the clock beside my bed,

"It's only 9 right now." I sighed and lied on my bed, there's still a lot of hours left.

I wonder how things are back home, it's been a while since we last visited. Not like we want to anyways. I want Hikari to meet Elvenia, Adelina, Aine, Fayette and all the other....

Fairies.

But it might as well be too soon for all that. They hid well when I took her there. Serendipity is after all where Faerie ¹is.

I'll take her there, and everywhere, show her all my places, make them ours.

I know I should be cautious of a human, and I'd be breaking countless laws, but it's just I can't help falling for her. Over centuries of my life, I haven't once felt this way.

Why her?

Why now?