When Wooyoung opened his eyes, everything was dark. Everyone in the grand room seemed to be frozen. He was so surprised that he murmured questions to himself and looked around in confusion. A bright light suddenly shone on him and dramatic music played in the background. A million question marks appeared in his head and he wondered what on earth was going on. Suddenly, the music stopped playing and there was a long silence. Wooyoung, being curious, used his hand to cover the glaring light and tried to look past it.
A voice sounded and Wooyoung looked to his right, where the voice was seemingly coming from. He was startled to find a man wearing sunglasses right beside him, with his face being only 30 centimeters away from the weird man. The shock made Wooyoung jump a good one meter back.
"You still haven't given up on her, have you? It's really rare to see a man with so much regret regarding love." the mysterious man with the sunglasses questioned Wooyoung with a curious look, before walking in front of the seemingly frozen Taeyeon.
Wooyoung was too confused to think and only managed to say, "Erm..."
"Don't tell me, I know what you want to say! That you want to go back in time and get her back. Re-do everything so that you can have a chance with her. AM I RIGHT?" The mysterious man looked at Wooyoung suddenly, with a victorious smile that plainly said 'I am so smart and I know it'.
"Erm.. Yes, something like tha-" The shocked and confused Wooyoung was cut off before finishing his sentence.
"So be it. " The mysterious man said simply.
"Huh? What?!" Wooyoung asked, with a disbelieving look on his face.
"I'll give you a chance to return to the past and relive it, with the deadline set to when you took this photo." the man pointed to the picture of them in the café.
"Make things better between the two of you. Make your regrets vanish." The mysterious man walked up to Wooyoung and took off his sunglasses. Wooyoung saw that his eyes were a soft brownish black and his eyes were shaped like almonds. In fact, this mysterious man was rather handsome.
"SERIOUSLY?! No joke?!" Wooyoung looked at the man, with wide eyes.
"Yes, of course. Oh, let me give you a piece of advice. The time given to you is limited. So make full use of it and don't waste any time. Otherwise, it'd just become another regret." the man gave Wooyoung a knowing look that made Wooyoung uncomfortable. This man seemed to know Wooyoung's bad habits. It was like this weird guy had known him for a lifetime.
"Excuse me... but who are you? Do you work here or something?" Wooyoung finally had the chance to get this burning question off his chest.
The man gave a laugh and said, "Nope, I live here. My name's Kim Minjun by the way."
"Oh. Minjun hyung, do you work here?" Wooyoung asked again, wanting to know the answer.
"I am not an employee. Neither am I human." Minjun replied shortly, keeping Wooyoung in suspense.
"Eh, what do you mean by that? You're so weird..." Wooyoung mumbled the last part.
"YAH! I heard that! Anyway, to answer your question, yes I am not human. Instead, I belong to a species that you humans don't believe exists. Fairies." Minjun said, and turned to give Wooyoung a smile. It was as if Minjun was waiting for Wooyoung's reaction to his reply.
"Oh, so you're a fairy. I see..." Wooyoung nodded his head. His brain was working slower than usual and it was a full minute before it finally registered what Minjun had said.
"Wait. Did you just say FAIRY?!" Wooyoung exclaimed in utmost disbelief. Minjun nodded and gave him a smirk.
"Yup. You can't tell because I camouflage well with humans, don't I? I AM THE BEST!" Minjun praised himself and danced a victory dance, which, to Wooyoung, seemed like a folk dance instead.
"By the way, Wooyoung, close your mouth." Wooyoung obediently closed his mouth which had fallen open due to shock, surprise and disbelief.
"You do know that I don't have any idea what you are talking about right now," Wooyoung stared at Minjun, wondering if this was real. "And how does he even know my name? Am I dreaming? Yeah, I probably am..." Wooyoung mumbled under his breath.
"Jang Wooyoung, you aren't dreaming! This is REAL!" Minjun walked over to Wooyoung and pinched his cheeks.
"Ouch, that really hurts!" Wooyoung gave a cry of pain and held his cheeks.
"Aish... Well, I guess it's only natural that you don't understand now. Humans mostly realize the truth only after everything comes to an end. Just like you and her," Minjun paused before pointing to the frozen, but still beautiful Taeyeon. Her pained expression after looking at the picture was still etched on her face and it hurt Wooyoung to see such an expression on her face.
"But..." Wooyoung started but he got interrupted by Minjun again.
"That's enough of questions, no more buts! Stop being so wishy-washy and be a man! Do you want to go back to that day or not?" Minjun demanded.
"I do, but..." Wooyoung answered uncertainly, still not knowing whether this was real or just a dream.
"Then ask for it. And you will be given."
Wooyoung looked at Minjun for a moment, before saying halfheartedly, "Hallelujah chance." Nothing happened.
"One more time." Minjun instructed.
"Hallelujah chance." Still nothing happened.
"One more time! This time, with more feeling! Where's your desire to get her back? Come on, be a man Jang Wooyoung!"
"HALLELUJAH CHANCE!"
The dramatic music that played when the blinding light first appeared started playing once more and Wooyoung felt himself being sucked in by the light
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Second Chances
Teen FictionWooyoung and Taeyeon were childhood friends for as long as they could remember. When they were seven years old, Wooyoung promised Taeyeon that he would marry her when they grew up. However, he had failed to keep his promise to Taeyeon due to his com...
