\\ NIGHT\\ Fantasy AU \ ATEEZ Fanfic

// Chapter 26 \\

Yunho.

I can't lie and say I didn't feel anything when I stared into his silver eyes. Part of me felt guilty of the hurt in his eyes. Did he ever really mean to hurt me? I never gave him a chance to explain with words and now we're here. Seonghwa told him what happened and he's right in knowing he needs to know since it comes to my safety, but I didn't want to admit any of it. I didn't want to admit my interactions with Wooyoung. I didn't want to admit not reporting a Taker. I didn't want to admit that Yunho hurt me. I didn't want to admit that Yunho may have not hurt me at all and that I was overreacting.

So I clenched my jaw, "That isn't for you to know."

"Star," Yunho started.

"I am your High Monarch," I lashed out, "I can decide what I need to inform you and what I don't need to inform you."

"Star, please, open up to me," Yunho had a pleading look in his eyes.

I was almost swayed but my eyes remained stone cold, "I don't have to."

I didn't give him anymore time to speak before I flung open the door to my suite. I was about to close it when Yunho stuck his foot in between the door and the threshold. I looked up at him with a maddening glare. He gave me a frown. Almost the look of a puppy if that puppy hadn't torn my heart.

"Star, I meant those words I said the other day at the interrogation room," Yunho spoke in a shaky voice, "You said you wanted the same."

I couldn't hide the venomous smile that curved onto my lips, "Then who's Bomi?"

He had a look of shock in his eyes mixed with more hurt. I felt a deep satisfaction at that as he stepped back from the threshold. I didn't waist that time as I slammed the door in his face. I quickly stomped away into my bedroom and that's when the pain came to me. Not the pain of my headache from earlier, but the pain of what I'd just done. I thought I got over Yunho, but I didn't, and I just made things worse.

I flung myself on my bed as my face contorted to one of sorrow. I gazed out upon the balcony to see the sky turning dark with it's beautiful pinks and purples. That's when I got up and approached the balcony. I'd overcome times of pain and boredom in the skies. Right now, the skies of the Dawn Court looked more appealing than anything.

So I waved my hand to swap my outfit into a simple silver one piece and let my silver wings out from the bareback my outfit revealed. I took one more look out on the horizon before dipping down and flying up into the sky. I cherished the feel of the wind blowing onto my face as I spun and dived. The last time I flew was after the incident that happened with Seonghwa and that Wooyoung. That was only a couple of days ago, yet, it had felt like an eternity. It's certainly been an eternity since I went hunting, but that was something I did in my second form at my own Court.

I flew in the sky for a while, making sure I kept the palace in sight so I could find my way back. I flew as I watched the pink and purple become that of violet. I watched as the small structures turned on small golden lights one by one. I even saw some off in the horizon where the mountains were. I began wondering if I could actually fly there, but, at that point, the sun had set to its state for the twilight night and I took that as my cue to fly back to the palace. It was then when I approached the glistening gold and white structure that I realized my head no longer hurt. Perhaps I should fly like this here more often.