The Way It Burns - BbangNyu

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Juyeon swallowed the lump in his throat, darting his eyes around the room. His mum and step dad had wondered off to chat with their high class friends, leaving the demon alone in this uncomfortable environment. The majority of the people he knew were off helping either Sangyeon, or Chanhee, get ready, so he was pretty much stuck here on his own. Though, to his luck, Juyeon's frantic eye movements locked on someone he never expected to see, but definitely wasn't complaining about. 

Rushing through the crowded venue, Juyeon slumped down in the last row, next to his fellow demon. "Didn't think you'd be able to sneak your way into this one." He commented, hearing an exaggerated scoff escape the boy.

"Excuse me, but I'm actually the boyfriend of the best man, so I won't take any of that crap from you." Hyunjae hissed, quite shocked at his friends audacity. To all the light creatures here, Hyunjae was just another angel, not downtown scum like Juyeon. The demon had no right to imply that he didn't belong there.

"You mean the boyfriend who hasn't spoken to you for a week." Juyeon chuckled, receiving an eye roll from the demon. 

It was true, after their night of love making, Jacob hadn't spoken a word to Hyunjae. He claimed he was busy with wedding prep, but it started to feel more like purposeful avoidance. "Yeah whatever." The demon muttered, leaning back in his chair. 

The room was really big, Juyeon could observe it much better from the back. Peering up at the grand staircase, It really sunk in that everything was about to change. "So...this is it." Juyeon stated, not really sure how to feel about the whole ordeal.

"Hmm I guess so." Hyunjae said, equally muddled about his feelings. Even if he couldn't admit it, he'd formed a tight bond with how things were. "I wonder how Younghoon's holding up."

"Oh it's just shit, isn't it? They were so good together." Juyeon huffed, being reminded of his friend. Younghoon was surely heart broken, I mean, how couldn't he be. Juyeon knew how much he loved, and adored the angel, this wedding was tearing all that happiness away. 

Hyunjae sighed, slowly nodding in agreement.

"Tell Mr. Choi, his special deliveries here."

Juyeon's head snapped backwards, looking into the foyer of the building. He'd recognize that voice anywhere, and it certainly didn't belong to someone who'd be invited to an event like this. 

"He's expecting you upstairs, follow me."

As the creature disappeared from his sight, Juyeon had a strange feeling that he needed to go after him. Something definitely wasn't right about this. 

Springing up from his chair, Juyeon mumbled. "I'm going to the bathroom." Before hurriedly making his way down the row. Hyunjae didn't question his friends pace, since Juyeon had always had a very small bladder.

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"I can't Kevin." Chanhee wept, crashing onto the floor of the dressing room. His hands grazed against the coarse carpet, as he leaned backwards onto his knees, to take the pressure off. 

Kevin clambered down in front of him, holding the boys tear stained cheeks in his hands. "Don't do it then, we'll find a way out of this."

If only they could, but Chanhee was realistic. He'd been living a fairy tale for these past few weeks, it could never actually be his life. 

"We can't Kevin." Chanhee said, sniffling between words. "I have to marry Sangyeon."

Kevin lightly stroked Chanhee's face, feeling his heart pang at the sight of the weeping angel. He just wanted that fire back, the part of Chanhee that would fight against this. He'd been rebellious before, and this was the perfect time to ignite that fire. 

"Stop crying, I mean it, right now." Kevin demanded, dropping the angels face. He couldn't be soft anymore, he had to knock some sense into Chanhee. "This is going to get you no where. Fuck what your father says, fuck what the other angels say, it's not about them. You love Younghoon, so go be with him." 

"N-no Kevin, I-I c-can't."

"Then you have to stop crying, and accept this choice." 

Chanhee wiped off his tears, even though more kept slipping out. "He'll kill me Kevin, If he find's out I love a demon, he'll kill me." 

"You love a what?!"

Both angels turned to the door, eyes widening at the sight of the last groomsman. Changmin looked bewildered, with his jaw basically scraping the floor. "Are you serious? Is that who you cheated on Sangyeon with? A demon?" 

Chanhee gulped at the angels quick fire questions, not knowing how to respond to them. Fortunately for him, Kevin stepped in, always there to have Chanhee's back.

"No, you heard wrong, drop it." Kevin stated. He really wasn't in the mood to fight, so he shut it down immediately. 

"I'm not deaf Kevin, I know what I heard." Changmin snapped, wandering over to Chanhee, who was still on the floor. Crouching down to his level, Chanhee's distraught expression, answered all of his queries. "Listen I get why you didn't tell me, but I'm not the same as before. If you love a demon it's fine Chanhee." 

Kevin furrowed his brows, completely taken back by the angels words. "You're joking right? Cause the Changmin I know would be furious right now."

"No I'm not joking. I've realized that as long as the person isn't like a murderer, or something, then it doesn't matter if they're a dark creature." 

"It took you this long to realize that." Kevin remarked, shaking his head at the pouting boy.

Chanhee felt a little bit better after Changmin's words, considering he was expecting the angel to go off on him. Grabbing his friends hand, the pouty boy turned to face him. "I love you lots."

"Awww I love you too." Changmin cooed, pulling Chanhee in for a hug. "I could never hate you for loving a dark creature, you're too special to me." 

"So just me." Kevin muttered under his breath. "And I don't even love Juyeon."

"Yet!" Chanhee yelled, causing a flush of rosy pink colour to flood the angles cheeks.

"Shut up."

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Its finally the wedding day, but there lots more of the story to come!

Hope everyone's having a good day🥰