Lost in his Fables (Hyunlix fanfiction) // 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅

Chapter 20

                                 Hyunjin can't explain the pain he feels as the invisible wall responds with a cold breeze of air. Felix keeps slipping through his fingers just like sand and all he can do is sit back and watch. He's so fucking powerless when it comes to this man. The man who has become the center of Hyunjin's world in a couple of days. He, himself can't believe it. It never happened to him to actually fall in love and now... now that he finally let himself believe he can love and he is given the purest love from Felix he can't let himself lose him over and over again. It feels like he is playing a game where he is constantly losing. A game where he is mostly a pawn and not a player. He knows he is hanging on Felix's pinky and he wants to stay there forever, day by day, year by year climbing his way victoriously towards Felix's heart. He wants to feel the highs and the lows of a relationship, taste the bitter aroma of a moody fight and feel the butterflies every single time his lips touch Felix's. Hyunjin bumps his shoulder again weakly in the magic wall, a tear sliding down his cheek. He sighs and bumps his shoulder once again using more force, this time a feeling of utter fear and relief intertwine and send chills in his whole body. His cheek touches the cold sand, grains of sand tangling in his long blonde hair. The magic wall dissapeared. He gets up with the speed of light, his aim being the Jade green water. He bangs his feet on the white sand surrounding the pond as he runs, forgetting about his injured thigh. Hyunjin's lips form a smile at the thought of Felix coming out any second, saying he got the Star Stone back, but his heart stops beating when he realises. What if the wall didn't dissapear because Felix made it dissapear?... it dissapeared because the magic which created it dissapeared among the horrors of the Depths too... altogether with Felix. Hyunjin's knees touch the cold sand again, his hand gripping his shirt, holding tightly onto the place where his heart hurts. He hears a sound in the distance. Someone is approaching him. Clearly not Felix. The sound of the steps is too heavy. It surely belongs to the man from across the pond. Hyunjin doesn't lift his gaze as a few words roll breathlessly out of his mouth combined with salty tears. "Take me instead of him... Let him live... please..."

                                  Felix's lungs hurt as he longs for a gasp of air. His eyes feel heavy, but he can't give up. Not when his right foot remains stuck between two corals, the Star Stone secured tightly in his hand, blood trailing from his temple combining with the Jade green water. He is injured. He knows it. He tries desperately to set his leg free. He doesn't have much left and giving up the magic wall only buys him a few spare minutes of magic use. His limbs float in the cold water as they can't break that damn coral. He wants to scream. He jerks his leg again, gaining a few more scratches, but a glimmer of hope too. A crack forms in the coral. One more tug and he would be free. He gathers all the power he has left in his body. One, two, three... something glows in the corner of his eye. He tries to ignore it as he sets his foot free. He did it! He swims to the surface, thanking God for His mercy. Hyunjin must be worried to death. Felix forgot completely to look behind his back and that is the worst mistake he has ever made. Because in the last moment he noticed something from underneath him. A morbid hand raising from the depth, aiming to catch him. He tries to speed up his swimming. Too late. The long bony fingers wrap around Felix's injured ankle, terror installing in his whole body. He widens his eyes as whatever monster it is drags him deeper into the bottomless pond of water and every little chance floats to the surface with the bubbles of oxygen that exit his lungs. A thought hits his mind as he struggles to break free. He can't die here. He will work it out like he always does... probably...