The City Of Fallen Stars | Hyunlix

Daisy

Hyunjin was running away from his house again. It was nothing new to him. He felt like a coward for running away and leaving his brother behind in that wretched house but he knew better than to stay.

His mother... she was drunk again. It was never really safe for hyunjin to stick around when that happened. She didn't just beat him up, she did it with the large cross they had at home. She called Hyunjin "Satan's child that ruined her family." There was no use of even trying, because in her eyes Hyunjin wasn't her son. He was just some stranger who looked exactly like her son.

Hyunjin wanted to kill himself. He could've easily done it but for some reason every time he tried the world didn't allow him.

He was sick and tired of his life. He never hated anything more than his 11 years of life.

It was his birthday. He didn't expect his mom to do anything about it she celebrated it alone with Hyunjun and got drunk. Not even his father remembered him.

So he was running.

He ran out of the city past the wastelands into the edge of the town. The place where people called the void. If you jump you might never land anywhere. Nobody knows what happened to those who jumped in or fell in. To Hyunjin it was tempting to put into test.

He took one step forward to the edge.

"Hey, what are you doing?" He heard an alarmed voice behind him.

He took another step but suddenly someone grabbed him and pushed him back, away from the edge. Hyunjin fell on his back. Whoever pushed him back was also lying next to him.

It was another boy who looked about his age with silvery light pink hair and lots of freckles on his nose. He had a small daisy tucked on his ear.

But the daisy was covered in blood. It was then Hyunjin realized what happened.

The boy slowly stood up. He lightly touched his head and saw it was bleeding. But he didn't seem to care much. "Ah this hurts." He mumbled to himself and looked at Hyunjin who was still on the ground looking at this boy who stopped him from killing himself.

"You were going to jump weren't you?" He asked.

Hyunjin didn't meet his eyes as he slowly got up.

"Please don't, My parents also jumped from there saying they'll be back for me but they never did." Hyunjin raised his head to meet his eyes.

Even after saying something like that this boy was smiling. "I'm glad you won't be gone like them. Please don't do that again"

Hyunjin was stunned. He didn't reply. "I'm felix sunshine" he struck a weird pose. Hyunjin couldnt help but laugh.

"I'm Hyunjin."

"Well Hyunjin, let me keep an eye on you so you won't try to do THAT again."

And he smiled brightly again. He plucked a nearby daisy from the ground and handed it over to hyunjin.

That was the first time Hyunjin felt warmth. He felt Felix's smile, it made him forget everything except for his happy memories.

And that smile was what made Hyunjin want to wake up everyday.

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"Why did the inventor ask for me?" Felix asked Hyunjin as they were going towards the market place. Hyunjin shrugged. "Can we make it quick because I have orphanage duty today." Hyunjin nodded at Felix. He kept thinking, why the inventor asked to bring Felix with him.

As usual Hyunjin went to the back door of the inventor's shop and knocked. The old man opened the door and nodded at Felix. "Come inside, you too." Felix was just as confused but nevertheless walked inside with Hyunjin.