9. A Cup of Coffee and an Assortment of Boys

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Here I am, Here I am

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Here I am, Here I am

Always standing in the same place

"You know this is the best way to calm one's mind", Jin said. 

"I'm pretty sure I knew that before you did ahjussi," Rain smiled at him while sipping on a warm cup of caramel macchiato that would heal any soul, "Coffee can fix almost anything".

"Who are you calling ahjussi?! I just turned thirty years young", Jin frowned, wrinkling his nose.

Rain laughed and said, "Who knows how many years you have lived in that other realm while you maybe thirty here"

"I'm telling you I'm just thirty!", Jin said as he frowned deeper scrunching his brows up, making Rain laugh even more. They sat in the kitchen where the sun's rays made different patterns on the wooden table. A few moments of silence passed where both of them stared out of the kitchen window, out at the lush green fields that seemed to have no end. Patches of daisies and pine trees lay scattered throughout the field like cinnamon sprinkled on warm milk. The leaves whispered with the gentle breeze as the grass waltzed in the bright sunlight to the birds' madrigal.

"You said you have light as a power, can you show me something?", Rain asked.

Jin smiled. He joined his palms together and closed his eyes. A wide eyed Rain stood up with her mouth agape as he started glowing, starting from his joint hands till it spread though his entire body. She gasped when he opened his eyes, his irises were no longer the usual black but instead glowed pink with black bordering his iris. Jin twisted his hands until they were perpendicular to each other and separated them wide with his palms facing the ceiling and immediately the entire kitchen was bathed in blinding white light. 

Rain felt as if the kitchen had disappeared into a white room with only herself and Jin remaining in place. Suddenly she was brought back to the kitchen and she stared at Jin, absolutely stunned. His irises returned to being coal black but his hair was ruffled, the pink lock in them standing out in attention. 

Scratching the back of his neck he asked, "Did you like it?"

Rain nodded with a wide smile on her face and said, "Amazing is an understatement! It feels as though you can control the sun and the moon and the stars! Did you know that you were glowing and your eyes changed colour?"

"Yeah I did, my eyes change colour whenever I use my powers", Jin said smiling shyly.

"Do the eyes change colour for everyone or is it only you?"

"No it happens only with me, the others already have their eyes the colour their power suits", Jin explained.

"Hmm...you said you all have powers to protect, so how do you protect with light?", Rain asked.

"I have control over the intensity of heat and the brightness of the light I produce and any such light produced by a citizen of Velros can weaken the dark forces as they are you can say allergic to light just the way vampires in stories are allergic to sunlight", Jin explained.

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