Shadows of Desire (Completed)

Chapter 4 (Part Two)

Jin woke to the smell of salt air and the shriek of gulls. He blinked against the bright light shining in from the window and sat up in the posh bed. The window across from him displayed white buildings topped with blue spread out down a mountainside right to the ocean’s edge.

After taking a shower, he delved the cabinet just to find a lot of clothes. He had ditched the room wearing a white short sleeved cotton shirt, light blue shorts and brown loafers, accompanied with a beige fedora hat and black sunglasses.

He went to Taehyung’s room. After three buzz, Taehyung opened the door. He is only wearing a towel draped over his hips, covering his lower body. He is holding a smaller towel that he used to dry his hair. Jin swallowed. Just this sight of Taehyung, makes him want to push him to the bed and fuck him hard. But of course, he needs to control himself.

“Like what you see?” Taehyung teased Jin as he moved closer and Jin was stilled at the corner.

“What’s not to like?” Jin pestered back. “Anyway, hurry up. We need to accomplish many things today.”

Taehyung moved towards the cabinet and chose comfortable clothes.

After eating their lunch on the resort’s diner, they went to the city to meet the person who will help them get the chalice.

The city square is crowded with people as if there was a festival. On the center, there is a group of men dancing in freestyle. The people are shouting and cheering for them. Jin joined the crowd and Taehyung followed him. Jin pointed one person and he was mesmerized by the fluid dance moves of the guy.

“That’s the person who will help us.”

As soon as the dance was finished, Jin moved closer to the group and he gets the attention of the guy.

“Helios!” Jin called the guy. He smiled and run towards to Jin and hugged him

“OxyJin!” The guy is laughing and at the same time he is crying.

“Long time no see. It has been 6 years since we last saw each other. We only communicate through SNS.”

“Oh, by the way. I would like you to meet V. V, this is Helios, but his name is Jung Hoseok. I call him Hobi. Hobi, this is V, Kim Taehyung,”

“Oh, V, The Ex-boyfriend? You meet again?” Hoseok shakes Taehyung’s hand. Taehyung blushed.

“Oh, no no, Helios. It’s not like that.” Taehyung shyly replied.

“Is that so? Anyway, you can call me Hobi hyung. Jin is my friend from highschool. I only used Helios with Greeks. They considered me as the god of the sun, for some reasons I can’t explain.” Hoseok chuckled.

“You can’t blame them though. Your smile is brighter than the sun.” Taehyung answered.

“I think I like you already. So, what are you doing here in Greece? Honeymoon?” Hoseok teased them again.

“I want to discuss it in private if it’s okay with you.” Jin asked Hoseok

“Of course, let’s go to Little Sunshine.” Hoseok gets his car.

They traveled 20 minutes before they arrived to the mini port.

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The sun is high, the day is warm and the smell of the sea air is strong as they rode the little white yacht owned by Hoseok. Taehyung is leaning against the railing on the bow. He closed his eyes and smiled when the breeze picks up and ruffles his hair.

Taehyung had been thankful to have a chance to see this place even once. If he didn’t know that this is a mission, he will think of this as their honeymoon.

Taehyung chuckled as he realized that his imagination is so ridiculous. He snorted at his train of thought.

Hoseok prepared fish, prawns, salad and fruits. White wine complements the food.

“Do you like the food?” Hoseok asked them

“It’s delicious. Thank you for inviting us here.”

“Anything for my friend.” Hoseok smiles. He missed this friend so much.

By the time they are eating the dessert, Jin has got off the subject of Hoseok migrating in Greece.

“This yacht costs hell a lot of money. But how did you buy these things? I mean, let’s be honest, being a freestyler can’t afford these luxury.”

“I am the caretaker of this little sunshine. The Greek owner, who is my boss, gave this to me after she died. She gave me two thirds of her wealth and the one third goes to charity. She gave the yacht and her resort. Even if I don’t work, I will be able to live. As with free styling, you know how much I love dancing ever since. That’s only my hobby.”

“You are always the lucky one, Hobi.”

“You know that I don’t believe in luck, but I believe in fate.”

Taehyung who is silently listening suddenly yawned.

“Hobi hyung can I take a nap on the deck?”

“Yes, sure, Taehyungie.”

Taehyung went to the deck just a few steps away from them. He closed his eyes and he dozed off to sleep.

“So, what’s the tea? I mean, how and why are you here?  And with Taehyung? Please explain.”

“You know that I’ve been looking for him all these years. I never thought that I would see him again. But you know that I still work for Phantom right? Phantom asked him to join the group and he was tasked to help me fulfill his fucking missions. And now he’s here with me to get the Chalice of Dionysus, which I presumed you know where to find it.”

 “If you’re talking about the golden Chalice of Dionysus, I know where to find it but…”

“So what seems to be the problem?”

“The owner is my ex-girlfriend. And I’m pursuing her again. I don’t wanna mess up with her.”

“It’s okay. We will do the job. Just tell me where to find it.”

“I’ll help you but promise me you won’t tell anybody that I’m involved with this.”

“Okay I promise.”

“We’ll go to the museum tomorrow, and I’ll introduce you to her. How about him? What are your plans?”

“After we finished the missions, I’ll ask him to stay away from the gang. His life will be at stake. I knew Phantom will kill him after this, so much better if he will live far away. I might ask him to go overseas. Just outside Phantom’s radar.”

“How about you? I know how much you love him. Don’t you believe in fate? You met him after 6 years. With the way you looked at him, I know that the feelings are still there. You don’t need to suffer. Fight for him.”

“Even though how much I missed him, how much I love him, he doesn’t belong to my world now.”

Tears dropped from Taehyung’s eyes as he pressed the stop button from his phone’s recorder. He simply wiped the tears and still pretends to be asleep.

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