꒰ ETERNAL ꒱ - JOOKYUN ˎˊ˗

💫 || seven.

EDITED - 18 JUN 2020

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"changkyun!" jooheon ran to the angel, studying his face that was reflecting the blue lightning of the street lamp they were under. he grabbed the shorter's jaw gently, so he could take a closer look at all the new wounds and bruises over his face. this time they weren't there because of something that he had done. "what happened to you?"

"it's nothing," changkyun finally pulled away from jooheon's grip. his whole face was in deep wounds that were probably going to leave really bad scars if he lived long enough for them to have time to heal.

the taller pursed his lips. "changkyun... your wing is gone... you are bleeding heavily... and you're  obviously in pain... why are you lying when there's obviously something wrong?"

he didn't know what would be the actual reason for changkyun's death yet. he only knew that it was his fault that the angel was in this condition but nothing else. because of him he was hurting and changkyun never even had the heart to tell him the complete truth.

but it seemed like it was finally time for jooheon to know more than​ he already did. because no matter how you looked at it, changkyun was the one who was hurt the most, not jooheon. he was the one bearing all the weight of being a shield.

"jooheon..." he took a deep breath, not daring to look the other in the eyes. "since the very beginning you know that i'm your guardian angel. but i've never told you the consequences of that. every single action of yours reflects on me and my body physically. even the tiniest one. and you are doing a lot of bad things, jooheon. i have no idea how did i manage to live this long with you around. but i couldn't just give up on you. you need a guardian angel, after all. when i die i will probably be replaced or you will simply be left with no one because of your bad reputation."

now jooheon was the one who couldn't look at changkyun. he felt uncomfortable. and even ashamed of himself as the guilt was only getting heavier with every next word changkyun said. he thought about every single time he had hurt changkyun. until then he didn't even realize how much of a bad person he was.

"because of me you are left with only one wing..."

"ah, no... that's not exactly because of you... it's a sign that i really don't have long left." changkyun thought for a while. "nevermind, it's because of you."

jooheon had a really hard time processing all of this. it was difficult to understand it completely.

he sighed, pulling the angel into his embrace, feeling how he was fading away.

and then he was gone, leaving jooheon all alone on the empty street with tears pooling in his eyes.

changkyun needed some time to think, that was why he just disappeared. he also wanted to give jooheon some time to think about his actions.

of course, changkyun was going to return very soon. he wasn't going to stop protecting his human half until his very last breath. he couldn't just give up on him. he loved him way too much even though he didn't deserve it.