The events that unfolded through the night still feels like a dream.
A dream I keep wishing was not rea
The old man keeps playing his lute while the pretty girls dance around the fire, people sitted around, clapping and excite
Me and Tae Hyun among the crowd as I laugh along, because it felt so nice to be fre
To not care about anything in the worl
"Maste
Byul's voice is clear as day in my head, but I do not want to hear i
It's night, the moon is out and I am happ
Very happ
"Maste
I let out a small groan, turning to him "Yeessss
I cannot see his face because he is indeed wearing the mask ashe said he would but I can see his eye
And they glow so much in the darkness "It is late, we should start leavin
"But we're having so much fu
"Master" His voice is more urgent now "You cannot stay out this late. You know what you ar
I sigh, thankful that I am not as drunk as Tae Hyun who is off like a light on my lap, dozin
I shake him a bit, his bouncy blonde hair shaking along as I say "Tae Hyun, would you wake up
He slowly wakes up, his eyes fluttering as gentle as they always were as he stares at me, his green eyes round and drowsy as he says "Hyung
"Hey, are you okay
"Hyun
Tears fill his eyes as I stare, shocked as he sniffs and wraps his arms around me "Please forgive me, I promise to be good. I wouldn't be naughty agai
"He is waste
Byul pulls him off me, Tae Hyun making little sounds of protest though nothing really leaves his mouth as Byul says "We need to leave no
I know that..
But why was he apologizin
If he was apologizing, it was possibly because of what happened between u
It seemed like it somehow, always kept coming bac
And even though I do not want to talk about it, for some reason it just keeps coming bac
I stand up, dusting my dress as I say "I understand, but what about Tae Hyun? I doubt we can take him along and I suppose there is someone who would take him hom
"Then we can leave him here and go hom
"No!" I yell "Byul, we cannot do tha
"Why not?" He asks "I do not care about this ma
"I do" I say as I sigh and say "We just need to walk around and maybe find the ma
"There is no time" He say
"Byul, we can't..
Then I pause as I hear it agai
'Kim Min H
I turn to Tae Hyun who is still resting on Byul's shoulder, eyes closed as I move to him and touch his face "Don't worry, we won't leave you her
He is suddenly holding my hand now, his eyes still closed as he says "Don't g
I smile "I don't want to. You know tha
"No, you don't" He sighs now, pulling me closer "You might not forgive me this tim
Wha
"Lord Lee Tae Hyun
Men run towards us, stopping at me as Byul comes in between us, Tae Hyun still in his hands "Her
One of them take him as the other looks at me, he seems to want to come closer but Byul is already blocking me and bowing "My Master and I shall take our leave
And then begins to pull me awa
As we walk off, we're both quiet, me thinking about what Tae Hyun meant before we reach the hous
And I understan
"Master Kim Min Ho
I am suddenly pulled away from Byul by an older man who seems not just drunk but happily so "Congratulations
I am staring, confused as Byul pulls me away from him as he laughs "Calm down Masked man. He is already bethrothed to the Prince and their wedding is in progres
Wha
What... What weddin
All around us, are lit lanterns, music and dancing, older people sitting and drinking, some smoking their pipe in the middle of the hanbok as they laug
The old man walks away still laughing as I turn to Byul "What is he talking about
"I do not know Master" He says "I have been with you all da
He has.
"Hwang" I say "Go look for her, ask her what's going on, ask her..
"Kim Min H
My blood suddenly freezes and I am unable to move at the voice as I feel his presence more now while he comes close
Byul seems to be staring at him with burning hatred in his eyes but I can not seem to move he reaches me and whispers in my ears "Did you have fun
Before I can react, he has turned me around to face him, his arms around my waist as Byul wants to come closer but the guards around are already pointing a spear at his nec
"Stop, let him go" I say when I manage to find my voic
"Why
"Please" I plea
He seems to stare at me for a while, possibly considering what the gain would be if he eventually let him go before waving his hand in the ai
Immediately he does that, I say "Byul, go meet Hwang, now and don't, don't reply, just g
I can tell he's still standing there, quiet and staring at me before he walks away and I look around, trying to swallow the beating of my heart "What... What is going on
"We are celebrating our bethrothal" He says with a glint in his eyes "Officiall
Wha
I struggle in his grasp "No, no I don't want thi
His grasp around becomes tighter as he says in my ears "Do you want to disgrace me in public? Do you not like the fact Byul's head is on his neck? Do you not care about his sister
I look up at him "How did you know
"It is an obvious thing for a man who has nothing to try reconnecting with a last family member" He replies "Besides, who do you think I've been laying with all this time
My heart spikes there as he pulls away and looks at me, a smirk on his face as I grab him by the shirt and pull him closer "Where is she?
He is still smiling as he says "Beloved, if you want a kiss, you should ask and not be so rough about i
Before I can stop him, he leans in "If you fight me now, he would get hur
And kisses m
I do not open my lips for him but he bites it, making me open my mouth and dives his tongue inside my mouth, his grip on me tight to make sure I can't escape his grasp as he keeps kissing me before he pulls away, a satisfied smile on his fac
"Come on my bride, the people awai
*Note, this is Sun Chan Yeol's POV and I doubt I would ever write on his side of the story again because I also doubt that would be fun anyway. Byeee
I still think of how we met
If... If it was rea
If to you, it meant anythin
If you could even remember i
Though I strongly doubt this, because it seemed like everything to you was some sort of gam
And we, who had hopelessly found you as our god, were just your pawn
I remember that day like it's ingrained at the back of my head, because you see, I just wanted to know if..
You.
No wait, let me get this straight.
I... I had left the palace in a huff, because Father had started his useless babbles and I was angry and pissed and extremely frustrate
I was walking without my guards, and entourage, still in my royal attire as I am sure you must have noticed of course, and a visible frown on my face, drunk too, because... Because who does not drink at such moment
Not that I could not handle my alcohol, I could, but I do not know, what had happened to me on that da
It was as if the spell you had casted had caught me hands and chains from the Imperial palace itself and was only pulling me closer into your abyss so you could suck me whol
I kept walking so aimlessly, the world tilting to and fro, holding unto trees when I could before I sighted a lake and got thirst
I rushed to it, going on my knees immediately as I began to drink from it until I saw yo
Someone like you, should have come with a warning label because I seriously do not believe that anyone in the world was prepared for the chaotic being you wer
You were infront of me, your light blue hair, the same colour of the sky and the sea and white eyes and skin, glistening like diamonds in the sunlight as you stared at me, a smile on your face while I froz
At first I believed you were just an imagination that I must have conjure
I was drunk, I was not in my right sense
I was possibly seeing the being my people called the half fish sea people because you seemed to be as beautiful as I have heard they wer
But when you giggled and poured some water on my face, swimming away so quickly that you were gone from my sight before I could reac
All that was left of the evidence that you were even a one mile radius around me was the ripple in the lake, the water on my face and the beating of my heart that seemed to want to run all the way to wherever you had disappeared t
After that day, I began to search for yo
Your name was Kim Min Ho, the legendary faery and pride of Ieca, the son and only child of Kim Byul Ho and Hwang, of noble birth and mal
Did you know Min H
I had no idea you were a mal
I had been too busy admiring the work that the gods crafted on your face to even look at your bosoms which was usually the first thing i admired in wome
I also heard the surrounding rumours about you to
The nasty ones, about your temper and your vanity, about your love for material things and incessant rudeness to the maids and servants or anyone who was a bein
But I overlooked i
I saw it as something that was not your faul
What had the gods expected when they crafted such a beautiful man, who made women hide their faces in shame and made men wonder and hunger to not be in the least full of prid
I decided that I would forget yo
Which I suppose was the foolhardy thing to d
If I had only let the thought lie, i suppose all this would not have happened because the more I thought of ignoring you, the more I wanted to see you agai
I look at the clouds and see you
The sea and waters reminded me of yo
You were more than just a human being Kim Min H
You were more of a spirit because once you appeared to someone, they were stuck to be under you for eternit
I at first, did not know this, the power that you ha
I said to myself, just one more time, and then I'd be rid of yo
Just one more time, and I would be finally be rid of your thoughts in my hea
So I succumbe
I left the palace again, to the lake, but you were not ther
I kept doing this for a long period, till it became an obsession, till my only thought was staying there, living ther
I kept hoping that somehow you would come back, that somehow, you would come and use your dark magic on me if necessary to calm the hunger inside m
And one da
You appeare
You were at the lake, sitting with your legs inside it and an apple in your hands that complimented your godlike look perfectly as I said "Where have you been
You looked up at me, your white lashes say surreal and perfect that when you laughed and went back into the water, coming out and laughing agai
Every anger in me vanishe
You never answered, just kept swimming around, sometimes staring at me and laughing or just staring while I say yo
When nightfall began to approach you, you came out of the waters and walked to me, naked, your body perfectly belonging under the moonlight as well as you said "Chan Yeol, I watched you everyday you cam
I should have been angry that you accorded me with such little respect, that you spoke to me with such arrogance but I had said it earlie
I was irrevocably bewitched "Why did you not say anything
You smiled, your hands on my face as you said "I wanted seeing if you were serious with your intentions with m
You came closer now, your scent drifting me as you whispered "Or do I presume wrongly
I was held down by then, and the best I could afford was a nod as you laughed and kissed m
This was the beginning of my downfal
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"Come on my bride, the people await"