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In which Jihoon finds his way back home, a home he never had before, a home he never believed in before, a home full of magic and fairytales. Jihoon might as well probably just had hit his head when his apartment burned and ended in a psych ward, because this feels like a kid's storybook.
...
They hit the ground hard, Jihoon landing with a thud and a sharp scrape along his arm. He hisses in pain, groaning, trying to sit up.
There's something heavy on his chest. Breathing, however, and stopping him from moving.
And... sniffling?
He freezes in place when something wet nudges his neck. A sharp exhale huffs against his cheek.
Jihoon cracks one eye open and finds himself face-to-face with a tiger. A real, massive, golden-eyed tiger. It blinks down at him with something dangerously close to affection.
He blinks again. "What the..."
The tiger whines. Actually whines.
Jihoon stares, open-mouthed. "I just got saved... by a freaking tiger?"