reaper ⁻ ᵐᵃʳᵏ

14

Crumpled sheets and mellow morning light came to view when I woke up beside Mark. Our legs were entangled and clothes scattered everywhere due to a slight inconvenience. We went to the villa earlier than others to have another round in his bedroom last night, the dreamies were gladly tight asleep. Pain shot through my legs and abdomen when I got off the bed and fell flat on the floor with a thud. Mark shifted from his position and his eyes fluttered open, alarmed by the sound. He rushed to pick me up and assisted me in washing up, nothing else happened, just to clear it up. No one said a word when Mark carried me bridal style to the dining hall for brunch, made things easy for us both.

They were all chilling in the living room, watching the younger ones play fortnite and betting on who would win. The atmosphere became stiff when I went out for a breather in the terrace while limping, hearing them jeer from outside.

" Yow! Are y'all thinking what I'm thinking? " (Johnny)

" Is it the reason why the two of you left early? " (Taeyong)

" Y-yeah. It is. " (Mark)

" Dude! How is she feeling though? Does she need anything? " (Ten)

" Of course she does! Did you see her limping her way out? You shouldn't have gone hard on her, Mark. " (Jaehyun)

" I didn't know she was a virgin! Can w- can we just stop talking about this? I bet she could hear us with all the shouting. " (Mark)

" And I bet your girlfriend is suffering from being sore. Go to Luna and ask her what she needs, you idiot. " (Haechan)

" I don't really need anything, guys. Just stop before Jisung and Chenle hears you. " their voices died down when I came back. I thought I looked cogent enough to stop the arguing but my face said otherwise. I am an angel so even for me, the whole sore loin thingy was strange and not to mention, physically tormenting. Were celestial beings not meant to know pain? Or were we? Not being able to handle it anymore, my legs gave up, leaving me in a sitting position on the carpet. Mark scooped me while everyone was in panic, the younger ones unfazed with headphones blocking their hearing and eyes glued on the screen.

A little later, I found myself admiring the quaint scene of the garden. Moss and vines crawled its way to a small stone statue in the backyard, a little angel with flappy wings carrying an axe bigger than itself. What inspired the sculptor to make such ironic creation? Is there a meaning behind or is it simply like that? I was too immersed with my own thoughts to notice Haechan placing a glass of juice on the table.

" Glad you took interest of this part of the house, Luna. Your mind seems occupied huh? Is it because of that statue or the likes of a grim reaper? "

" Eh? I think it's both. Can you keep a secret? "

" Of course! But let me ask you first. Is it really fine if you date your enemy? "

" Well, the command for angels was to live humanly, so I'll do as He said and date whoever I want to. I'm basically following orders and living up to the saying of love your enemy. "

" Is that so? What's your secret for me to keep? "

" These days, I kept dreaming of our identities being revealed to the world. I remember waking up in a mental hospital and an explosion, a girl abducting me and other oddly familiar beings. "

" Hold up, are these dreams like a series or something? Does the previous continue to the current one? "

" Yes. It's like a chain and sometimes when I blink in real life, it takes place like it happened for real. "

" Luna, what you're having aren't dreams, they're called visions or the possible future due to what occurs in the present. "

" So, it could exist. It depends on now, right? "