angel ; taegyu

boy meets angel

TW: mention and attempt of suicide.

beomgyu leaves the House of Divine with a big smile on his face, finally he'd be leaving heaven not for traineeship but to do an actual job. he plopped down on his bed smiling wider than he had ever smiled, till kai decided to barge in his room.

"beomgyu hyung! is it true?! you're going down to earth tomorrow to be someone's guardian angel??" kai says, he had heard some of their peers talking about beomgyu getting sent down to earth tomorrow, coming to the others house was just to confirm it.

"maybe giving you my door code was a bad idea. but yes, father told me he thought i was ready so i'm going down to protect my first human tomorrow."

there was a comfortable silence in the room till kai broke it.

"hyung, you'll be okay right? like you won't fall for—"
kai's tone of voice was unsure and worried.

but why?

beomgyu knew exactly that. he knew why he brought it up.

a thousand years ago, the first angel to ever visit earth and protect their human. the angels name was satan, not only had he broken the 2 rules, but since he was so in love with the human he protected he refused to leave her and therefore, started a war between him and god. of course, he was banished from heaven and then a new place called hell was created. kai feared that beomgyu would fall in love with his human, not to the extent where he would start a war. the older wouldn't do that, it's not like he could. but still kai was scared for his best friend.

"hey. it's okay, i promise i would never fall for him. i took an oath to not do that. so don't worry." he reassures the blonde, patting him on the shoulder.

—

beomgyu stands in front of the entrance to heaven, he had bid farewell to kai earlier promising the younger he'd come back when he wouldn't have to watch taehyun so often. like when the boy was sleeping, he would come and visit him. the long haired angel takes a deep breath before spreading both his wings, and flies out of the gates of heaven.

he's finally out, out to protect a human. something he'd always dreamed off, specifically protecting a human named kang taehyun.

kang taehyun, many would describe him as hardworking, smart, sometimes intimidating? and most importantly, most think he's somewhat mysterious. it's as if he's hiding his identity.

people can assume what they want, because they don't know how hard this boy works just to pay off his tuition fees. sometimes he'd go hungry for a day or two to pay his rent as well, the boy was hanging by a thread and that thread is about to snap.

the boy stands on the roof ledge of the apartment building he stays at, looking down at the ground floor. long way down but ironically a fast one. he takes one last deep breath before lifts one foot off the ground.

he feels the adrenaline, his heart racing at who knows how many beats per minute? so this is how his life ends, committing suicide by falling off a building. he wished he had enough money to pay off his student loans and tuition fees, but working a minimum wage job as a barista in a cafe isn't helping him.

the brunette makes sure that no one is around to stop him, he didn't want that person to accidentally lose their life just to save his. with that taehyun closes his eyes and falls off the ledge, letting gravity pull him down to hit the cold and hard pavement.

however, that didn't happen.

because in the midst of falling someone catches him. he feels the warmth of this person, one hand on his upper back the other around his waist holding it tight and pulling him closer to him. but how was this even possible? it felt like he wasn't falling, like he had stopped in midair.

feeling strange the boy's eyes flutter open to meet with another pair of brown eyes, except they were shining  and starring deep into his. taehyun's eyes widen, he was thunderstruck because what he saw before him was this beautiful, angelic looking boy with wings..? it makes taehyun turn to a slight shade of pink. the boy looked so fucking handsome why wouldn't taehyun blush? like hello a handsome whatever this person is just saved him, was this what they called prince charming moments in those fairytales? where prince charming saves his beloved princess, because to taehyun it certainly felt like one of those moments.

the angel flies both of them, but mostly taehyun to safety. bringing the both of them to the roof of the apartment building which taehyun lived in and attempted to end his life there. he puts taehyun back on both his feet before he speaks.

the long haired boy who stood in front of taehyun clears his throat, trying not be awkward by the fact that this boy was starring at him with equal awe and confusion.

"i know you're confused but let me introduce myself. i'm your guardian angel, choi beomgyu at your service. i was assigned to watch over, take care, protect you, whatever you wanna call it. everything i need to know about you has been explained in detail to me for example your family history and background, it's a pleasure to meet you taehyun." the angel rambles an explanation, bowing to brunette.

"so.. god sent you down here to protect me?" he asks, earning a smile from beomgyu.

beomgyu hums and also continues his response, "yep pretty much and as long as god thinks you need me, i'll be right by your side at all times." taehyun only nods, he was about to say something but before he could open his mouth to talk beomgyu beats him to it.

"why not we go back to your apartment, and you can tell me what's bothering you at the moment?—" the angel suggests, "and maybe i can change there too" he continues pointing at the white robes he was still wearing.

"sure." responds the brunette, and leads beomgyu to his apartment.

—
"wow.. you've got yourself a pretty comfy place to live in." beomgyu says, taking a quick scan of taehyun's apartment. it wasn't much he was aware of that, but it was enough for taehyun to live almost comfortably.

comfortably, would be nice if the universe decided not to hate on him and let him live a normal early adulthood life. by allowing him to not starve every so often just to save money to pay rent every month, taehyun wants that life but the universe just hates him to allow him to have the life he wants and deserves.

he sometimes wonders what he had done to the universe as one person out of the seven billion people in the world, what did he do to deserve this kind of treatment?

well, he can complain but nothing would happen, complaining wasn't goanna get him anywhere but on the streets, homeless. so he's working a minimum wage job that barely lets him feed himself.

"it's nothing much but, it's all i could afford. it isn't the best, but it's still decent. and yea.. like you said it's very much comfortable." he adds to beomgyu's statement.

"let's both get changed into something more comfortable, and then you can tell me about how you feel and whatever it is bothering you, alright?"

taehyun nods his head, and points to a place.

"the bathroom is on your right you could change there."

beomgyu furrows his eyebrows, "well you see... i don't really need a bathroom?" with that he snaps his fingers and he's suddenly wearing a white t-shirt and grey sweatpants, with his old clothes or robes in his hand.

taehyun is yet again surprised, but he excused himself to go to his room to pick a more comfortable type of clothing to sleep in.