Ablaze (Are The Hearts of The Damned)

Fire and Gold

Chanyeol sighs heavily, staring up at the clear blue sky. He is currently sitting at the porch that faced the garden, with Baekhyun peacefully sleeping on his lap. He has one hand weaving through the fox's pale locks and the other was in Baekhyun's grasp pressed closed to his chest. Everything was just so peaceful, the most tranquil that has ever been for the fire god in a thousand years. His mind was not in a clutter, his eternal life seems to finally be on track. It was all too good.

Chanyeol closes his eyes and almost immediately, memories flashed in his mind like cards. He remembered everything clearly. Back then, the fire god remembered nothing aside from blurry images in his brain that used to spontaneously appear, haunt him then disappear. He could only quess that these images were supposed to be from the thousand-year gap of memories that he had mysteriously lost. That was, until the day Baekhyun appeared. Bits and pieces of the blurred images finally made sense and he could recall much of his memories by the now.

The sacrifice, his beloved, the tragedy...

Everything was clear now.

Chanyeol doubts Baekhyun would remember, but that is okay. He did not want to love the past. Rather, he would like to just move on and face whatever they have in the present. All he has to hope for now is that fate would allow them to finally have their well-deserved happy ending. Chanyeol wanted to continue living with Baekhyun by his side.

He will not allow anything to tear them apart ever again.

"Chanyeol?"

The fire god feels a hand touch his cheek, thumb grazing his skin. He looks down, a smile across his lips when he sees the fox lying face up, his beautiful face looking up at him with creased lines of worry between his eyebrows.

"What is it?" Chanyeol says, turning his head to kiss his palm before leaning into his touch.

"Why are you crying?" Baekhyun whispers in a hushed silence as he wipes away a tear that had rolled down the fire god's cheek. Chanyeol is taken aback, looking surprised when he lifts his hand and touches his cheek, discovering the wetness dampening them.

"I think the sun was too bright," Chanyeol laughs lightly. "I have been staring up at the sky. Do not worry."

"I am not worried," Baekhyun haughtily says as he looks away and moves his body further away from Chanyeol. "You looked stupid, so I got curious."

"That is such a lame alibi," Chanyeol chuckles, wrapping his arms around the fox then brings him closer to him until his face was up against his chest. Chanyeol sighs in satisfaction, caressing Baekhyun's hair affectionately.

"I cannot breathe, you big idiot," Baekhyun says, his voice muffled so it came out a bit undistinguishable but since he was struggling to push himself away from the fire god, Chanyeol knew what he wanted so he lets him go. The fox scrunches his nose and glares at him in irritation.

"You are too touchy," Baekhyun complains. "I did not agree to try our relationship to be smothered like this."

"It comes in the package," Chanyeol winks as he grins at him cheekily. "Deal with it."

"Eww old man," Baekhyun cringes. "Are you actually doing the concept of flirting with me?"

The fire god shrugs, smirking. "Why, what is wrong with that?"

"It gave me the chills."

"You did not like it?"

"No way. I do not like anything you do when you are hitting on me."

"Well it did it not look like it when I kissed you in the pool."

A pretty shade of pink touched Baekhyun's cheeks as he huffs and lifts his hand, suddenly summoning dark energy and pushing Chanyeol away from him with it. The fire god whines when he falls on his side before pushing himself back upright.