Not Your Ordinary

Nephalim

I didn't know why I've let a kid who I barely knew snuggle close to me, all I know is that it felt nice to have someone who doesn't look at you like you're some kind of freak. To have someone beside you who will comfort you when you're having a bad time. I rolled to my side to face the sleeping boy beside me, he was breathing lightly, lips slightly parted. It was already morning outside, I can tell by the sound of the birds chirping their morning greetings. Jeongin was still hugging me sleeping like a baby, I carefully lifted his arms that were slung around me so that I won't wake the precious child. I was half way through prying him off of me when he suddenly stirred, eyes slowly fluttering open. He smiled when he saw me looking at him, "Good morning Seungmin hyung," he greeted while rubbing the sleepiness from his eyes. "Good morning sweet pea," I greeted back which earn a giggle from him. This has been our routine for the past month. Me waking up early and watching Jeongin sleep, then he'll come around about 10 – 15 minutes later. "It's time to get up sweetpea, we need to find food for today," I told Jeongin. He groaned as he willed his eyes to stay open and sat up.

I got up myself and stretched letting my wings pop out of my back, spreading it out as if stretching them as well. I had my eyes closed while doing this, which made me oblivious to Jeongin gaping at me. I was startled when someone touched my wings and saw Jeongin slowly caressing it with his fingers. "I'll never get over of how beautiful your wings are," Jeongin said. "Just my wings? What about me?" I huffed. Jeongin chuckled and cupped my face with one of his hands, "You're beautiful too hyung," he said smiling at me while his thumb rubs my cheeks. We're currently situated in an abandoned building on the outskirt of Seoul, this has been our 6th "home" within the past month, never staying at one place for a long time.

"Hyung please take me with you, I have nowhere else to go," Jeongin whined the morning after we first met. "Look, I can't even take care of myself let alone take care of you," I retorted. "I won't be a burden I will look for my own food, just don't leave me alone again. You're the only one I have please hyung," his said with doe eyes pleadingly.

OMC he's so cute

Shut up Nephalim, you can't afford another mouth to feed.

But he looks so cute,

"Okay you can come with me but you'll have to find your own food and things you need like clothes and stuff okay?" I said defeated.

"Hyung, where are we going today?" Jeongin asked. "There's a river nearby, I thought we could fish and bath there," I answered while walking out of the building towards the nearby forest. "Do you even know how to fish?" Jeongin quizzed. "No, but how hard could it be," he said.

"I give up," I burst out. It has been an hour since we reached the river and started fishing; we were both naked except for our boxers deciding to take a bath while fishing. "You're not trying hard enough," Jeongin said. "Says the one who gave up after 30 seconds of trying," I said as I glared at him. "Why can't we just look for food in the city like we always do?" Jeongin said animatedly. "I would have suggested that but I don't want to risk you seeing your parents again,"

It was almost lunch time and we were rummaging a big trash bin in an alley trying to find something to eat. "Hyung look what I found," he was holding a backpack on one hand and a portable stove on the other. "Sweetpea, I told you to find food, not some trash that we don't have a use for," looking at the items on his hands. "These aren't trash, look this stove is still good we can still use it," while testing the stove. 'Where will we get the gas for that? We don't have money to buy it and we're definitely not going to steal," I told him sternly."I'm still going to bring it anyways," stuffing the stove inside the backpack."Let's try someplace else there's nothing here to eat," I said walking out of the alleyway. Jeongin followed suit we were happily chatting about anything under the sun when Jeongin suddenly stopped in his tracks, widened eyes fixed on a couple walking towards us with a kid about the same age as us. "Are you okay sweet pea?" I said worriedly. He was frozen in place just staring on the approaching couple. I lightly shook him which fortunately brought him back to reality. "Hyung let's get out of here," he said frantically trying to find a way to escape. Too late though the couple whom Jeongin was staring at was right in front of us, they looked down at Jeongin and glared at him. "Get out of the way you freak," the lady said. "Hey, that's a rude thing to say," I confronted the lady as Jeongin started crying. "Oh dear, do you even know what you're associating with? That thing is a freak and doesn't deserve to live," The man said menacingly. "Good thing our son Felix here is not like him right hone," the woman said facing the freckled boy who looks like he doesn't even want to be there. "Let's go honey, we don't want our son to be like him," the man said as he spat at Jeongin square on the face and left dragging Felix and his wife along with him. I watched them with disgust as they walked away ay promised to get back at them someday.

"Oh, sweet pea I'm sorry I wasn't able to do anything," as I wipe the spit out of Jeongin's face and giving him a tight hug.

"They've forgotten me hyung, they have replaced me."