Not Too Soon | SungWon

#1. The Trio

In your fatal wounds of death, I can see mine.

Pitch darkness surrounds the world, the moon suffocates under black clouds ,trapped behind them the light never shines upon the beings of the earth. A man walks through a snowy path sensing a fleeting motion of life about to die. He merges in between the darkness as a being of death searching for souls who's time has already passed.

A stench of blood lingers in the air, crimson fluid on prickly ice shines from the light of a tubelight in the street. A seventeen year old boy was lying on the snow like a sleeping maiden on a bed of flowers ,his limbs injured from the force of a truck ; he too was waiting for someone to save him.

An angel from the clouds was looking at the dying boy in distress. He wanted to save him but he knew that he can't mess with fate. If anyone is able to help this boy it would be a guardian of fate : The Grim Reaper.

A creature of the veil walks through the path, trudging heavily through the unevenly dipping snow. A frigid breath gets caught in his lips seeing the boy lying on the crimson snow. Another figure enters his sight, obsidian coat hanging loose across a tall frame, a smile creeps onto the face of the Goblin from seeing the way fate has pushed all three of them together.

"The boy is not yet dead" The Goblin's voice, cuts through the air,"but you are already here, Sunghoon? "

Prolonged silence greets the encounter of the Grim Reaper and the Goblin before Sunghoon breaks the silence, his voice sounding monotonous and cold, " Grim reapers don't await death, I am here for completing my duty ."

A weak voice was heard," Please help me, God" whispered the boy, shaking from the cold. His quiet pleas sinking into the white snow, whispering into the deserted night for someone to save him from this misery. The Goblin steps towards the injured, holding his palm against the boy's face, humming a silent prayer soothing the boy's misery, but his powers alone won't be able to save the boy's fate.

" What do you think you are doing, Nishimura ?"
Shouts Sunghoon, spiteful at the Goblin's actions.
" Don't meddle with fates, you can't do this".

Nishimura Riki looks up at the Grim Reaper, holding his gaze, he breathes," The boy pleaded to me, I can't push my devotee into perils. I am doing my duty just like you."

Sunghoon looks at the boy for the first time, since he came to his presence. Beady sweat framed his face, his eyes opened slightly, the creases of his face ethereal and young. The blood around him was clotting and his limbs were shaded blueish grey.

" I've never seen you this desperate to help your devotee before. " The reaper said, his intentions clear and his interest piqued. The Goblin finds his eyes, returning back to the boy, the boy's short breathes escaping into the night turning white and Misty, pulse still brimming at the corners of his heart. It beats harshly trying to keep the life going.

" I am paying the price for my sanity, I am indebted to him. " The Goblin's voice slips into a tone of desperation.
"My sins needs to be washed away and he is the only person who can help me." He pleads for a way to repent his sins not knowing that fate makes men play cruel roles and no one can stop her from doing so. She feasts on their misery and ruins them till they follow her into the valley of gloom with sunken eyes and frail bones.

"You must have commited sins crueler than grim reapers ,to remember all the memories but still be punished under the grasp of fate " Sunghoon replies slyly, trying to guilt trip Riki into spilling his secrets out into the dark of the night, right into his hands.

" You would run away from me if you know about my past, Sunghoon." Riki replies undisturbed from Sunghoon's advances, "Let this boy live for now." muttered the Goblin.

"He will live " The reaper responds, a bristle of wind emmited by the course of a moving vehicle fanning his pale face. The vehicle stops abruptly, the driver catching the sight of a young boy lying on the snow alone, injured and weak. He pushes his companion awake and opens the door. He nears to the body of the boy, his hands wrapping around the boy's wrist trying sense a pulse. It was there,weak but still very much throbbing.

The driver holds the boy in his arms with the help of companion. The boy lies limply in the arms of the stranger. His eyes flickered open from the warmth, catching the glimpse of two shadowy figures in the mist as he is rushed towards the hospital.

The Goblin disappears from sight, a pearl studded smile framing his lips,leaving the grim reaper alone in the dead of the night. Dawn drags her indigo fingers through the clouds, staining the morning in a pinkish hue. Sunghoon reaches out to the book hidden in his coat pocket. He opens the book and tears apart the first page in it.

The boy who was helped by two unlikely creatures stared back from the torn page of the book. His features much more clearer without the blood tainting them, bowlike eyebrows adorned with obsidian eyes, his face contorts into a small smile. Sunghoon moves his eyes down to the boy's name and his mind stops, the name rings inside his mind and it is not the first time he has heard that name.

- Yang Jungwon, he utters, spelling each syllable like a hymn - Yang Jungwon.

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If anyone is confused after reading this
1. Grim Reaper = Park Sunghoon
2. Goblin = Nishimura Riki
3. Boy = Yang Jungwon
4. Angel = New character ( one enhypen member)

A/n : So the first chapter is completed and honestly I don't know how I'm going to followup with this 😅 But I'm going to try my best to continue and update.

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