The Drowning
Sky & Sea
Title: Sky & Sea (The Drowning)
Pairing: KyuSung
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, AU
Rating: G
Length: one-shot
Prompt: Drown
Summary: A sky mage Jongwoon is drowning and a sea mage Kyuhyun comes to the rescue. What will happen after that?
Note: Prequel to Sky & Sea
Beta: Sis ayu_mi_chan thank you so much Edy^^
Jongwoon was drowning. How can he tell he was drowning? Well, when you feel as if you are being overwhelmed by a lot of sea water and when the oxygen in your body is almost out... It's called drowning, right? In the back of Jongwoon's mind he suddenly wished that he knew how to swim so he could save himself, but then again, how should he learn how to swim if he was a sky mage? Then he just wished that he hadn't gone out of their house when there had been a storm brewing in the clouds summoning a lot of rain and gust of winds. Well, not that Jongwoon wasn't capable of surviving that hiatus, actually he was one of the most powerful mages among all but the problem was that he was too clumsy.
As he continued to sink deeper into the sea he thought about using his powers, 'How about I create a tornado so it can carry me to the surface?' He was about to cast the spell when a family of sea turtles, with many baby turtles, swam past him. Great. Now Jongwoon didn’t have the heart to cast the spell knowing that if he had done that the turtles would have been taken by the force of the tornado that could hurt, or worse, kill them.
So he was back to drowning, 'Why am I not even panicking that I'm drowning? And why am I not having the sentimental flashbacks of my whole life before I drown myself to death?' He wasn't even moving, hoping that he would flow back up to the surface. He sighed. Wait... He wasn't supposed to sigh! He would surely drown faster if he did that! He started flailing his arms as he drank the salt water. Jongwoon would surely die. At the end, he just hoped that someone, anyone, or anything would save him.
And just like magic, or having a genie granting your wish, a pair of arms wrapped themselves around his waist, holding him tight and close, as a smirking face came into his view. Jongwoon blinked in surprise at the man in front of him but he didn't push the other away since he didn’t have the energy to do so, since he was drowning, Jongwoon reminded himself for the nth time, and the factor that the guy was sharing some of his warmth made it really hard to do so.
The other's smirk turned into a smile and Jongwoon wondered if he wanted to kill the said guy for not saving him as soon as possible or kiss him instead. Jongwoon could feel himself losing consciousness when he saw the man starting to chant something before kissing him on the lips. And the last thing he was able to see was the guy's eyes staring intently at him.... Or was it lashes? He could breathe again but he still lost his consciousness. The image of the guy smiling at him kept at the bottom of his heart.
~
Kyuhyun watched as the person he had saved slept peacefully in his bed. Not sure of what to do, or where to bring the other he decided to just bring him home. The other comfortably shifted his position and hugged Kyuhyun's turtle pillow as if he was the owner of the bed, making Kyuhyun chuckle. He came nearer to see the mark on the other's right neck, a mark of a sky mage, he noted before tracing the mark unconsciously. The other moved a little as he giggled, "That tickles."
Kyuhyun looked at the other, seeing that his sharp eyes were slightly opened as he giggled, 'Is he awake?'. The other snuggled closer to the turtle before closing his eyes and snoring softly again, 'Oh... Still asleep then,' Kyuhyun smiled and stared at the other, remembering the occurrence that happened earlier.
Flashback
Kyuhyun swam and swam as the currents of the sea pushed him in that specific direction, but he didn’t notice since he was too busy thinking of his conversation with his father.
"Why are they talking about marriage?" Kyuhyun swam faster, "Can't I decide who I will love?" Suddenly he stopped swimming seeing someone slowly sinking deeper into the sea, "Is that person dead?"
His question was answered when he saw the man move and position himself to cast a spell, 'Not a stance of a sea mage,' Kyuhyun thought as he continued observing the other when a family of sea turtles swam past him. Kyuhyun prepared himself to cast a barrier around the family of the sea turtles to protect them from whatever the drowning man was casting but the man stopped chanting as he saw the turtles and just let himself continue drowning.
'He stopped casting the spell? Is he stupid? He will drown if he...' Kyuhyun's thoughts were cut off when he saw that the man couldn't handle it anymore.
The turtles started to swim around Kyuhyun, "What is the matter?"
"Save him! Save him!" they all chanted as they were swimming around the young water mage.
Kyuhyun thought for a second while he was staring the drowning man, remembering the acts that the other had done earlier. "Sure," in a flash he appeared in front of the man, smiling to himself.
As he hugged the other to support him, he smirked when he saw that the man was still capable of making that adorable shocked expression even if he was certainly drowning. He smiled before chanting a spell and trying a new improvised technique he wanted to try with some worthy partner, with this drowning man. He kissed the man to make the spell work but he had to hold back since when his lips touched the soft lips of the other he wanted to kiss him properly to show his adoration to the unknown man. After pulling back he saw the man sigh in relief before falling unconscious further in his arms, with a steady breath.
~
Kyuhyun was amazed by the fact that compared to the normal spells that only last for a hour or so, the spell he casted through kissing the sleeping man in his bed was proven more effective since the other had been sleeping for a whole day since Kyuhyun saved him. For the other to fully recover after the near-drowning experience, Kyuhyun casted healing spells and kept quiet when he had noticed how the other was a very light sleeper. He just sat there in silence for a whole day admiring the man. Feeling that either the other will wake up or the spell will soon lose its effect, he asked one of their maids for food to be prepared before going back to his room. He carefully sat on the bed and unconsciously brushed the other's bangs, making the other frown as he started to finally wake up. He smirked when he thought of a great way to make the other fully wake up. Since he could feel the spell nearly lost its effect. He started casting the spell before kissing the other on the lips.
~
Jongwoon slowly opened his eyes, taking in the surrounding that he was not familiar with. He closed his eyes and started remembering what had happened to him. He felt soft and warm fingers brush his bangs as he heard a person whispering some kind of spell so he decided to open his eyes again, only able to see a vivid face coming near his, 'What is-' his thoughts were cut off when a pair of familiar lips was pressed against his. Feeling some sort of attraction with whoever was kissing him, he sighed in content as he felt power being transferred to him through the kiss. He unconsciously moved his lips against the other’s, making the owner of the soft lips smirk as he reciprocated Jongwoon's eagerness to kiss. 'Why do those lips feel so familiar?' he asked himself as the other held his face with his free hand, 'Oh, he must be the person who saved me from- wait!'
Jongwoon pushed Kyuhyun away as he huffed for air while his eyes were now fully opened and cheeks tainted with red colour.
Kyuhyun smirked again when the other pushed him away, even though he was certainly enjoying the kiss, because his brilliant plan succeeded, right? He was able to fully wake the other up, "You are finally awake."
Jongwoon ignored the other as he made a mental list of factors of what was happening at the moment.
1. He didn't die because of drowning. Thank goodness. He just hoped his parents wouldn’t kill him when he returned.
2. He was in an unknown place, in an unknown room.
3. His parents must be worried sick. Better think of what to tell them.
4. He must have missed the training with Jongjin.
5. He just kissed another man.
6. Mental note, a very handsome man.
7. That was his first kiss! Well his first kiss had actually been when he had been saved by this man when he had been drowning.
"Hey! Can you hear me?" Kyuhyun waved his hands in front of the other’s face, ‘Is he shy or something?’
"Yes?" Jongwoon, whose whole face was turning red, backed away as he noticed how the other was still really close to him.
‘He is shy,’ Kyuhyun laughed, "You are really weird. You suddenly stared into the space, well, water."
"You!" He pointed accusing fingers at Kyuhyun as he held his bottom lip between his teeth, "You kissed me when I was drowning!"
"So?"
'I'm not telling you that was my first kiss,' Jongwoon gritted his teeth, "Why did you do that?!"
"Duh. To save your life from drowning," Kyuhyun settled in the bed.
"Save my life? By kissing me? You per-"
"I casted the spell on you by kissing you. And I was also surprised with the results."
"Spell? Results?"
"Compared to results of the normal way of casting the spell, indirectly, without any physical contact", Kyuhyun got his turtle pillow and kissed its embroidered mouth, making Jongwoon blush, as if he was the plushie, "Casting it using the physical contact proved to be more effective. The magic I casted on you managed to last for a whole day while the normal one can last only for three hours. To tell you the truth, that was my first kiss."
‘Mine too!’ Jongwoon wanted to shout but decided against it, "But still..."
“It wasn’t your first kiss?”
“N-No... I mean Yes!”
“Then it should not be that important,” Kyuhyun chuckled, “I believe that it is not a kiss if there is no emotion or affection being shared by those two people...”
‘BUT THERE WAS SOME SPARK WHEN YOU KISSED ME!!!’ Jongwoon wanted to shout with frustration.
“...But strangely I felt something,” Kyuhyun smirked, “But I don’t consider that one-sided thing a kiss.”
“Am I the only one thinking that two kissing guys is an awkward thing?”
Kyuhyun tilted his head, "Hmm?"
"You could have held my hands instead of kissing me. Holding hands is also considered a physical contact."
"But why? Isn't kissing much nicer and more intimate than that?" Kyuhyun leaned closer to Jongwoon until their face were merely few centimetres apart. Jongwoon closed his eyes as he felt Kyuhyun's sweet intoxicating breath ghost over the lower part of his face. On Kyuhyun's part, he couldn't help but lean closer, this was just some kind of joke but he couldn’t stop himself, so his lips could touch the other's again, feeling enthralled by the sky mage in front of him.
"Young Master, the food is here," their maid knocked on the door making Kyuhyun cough, as he also felt himself blushing, as he made his way to the door, “Your father wants to talk to you during the dinner.”
Jongwoon opened his eyes and hid his flushed face behind the turtle pillow.
"Thank you, but do tell my father that I don’t want to eat with them today. Not if we are only going to talk about this stupid marriage again. If that’s the reason then he can forget it," Kyuhyun got the tray and immediately closed the door and placed the tray on a table, his mood immediately worsened, "You should eat. You have been asleep for a whole day."
“Um... Family problems?”
Kyuhyun nodded dejectedly, “One long, complicated, stupid family problem.”
“Well, I can listen while I eat,” Jongwoon was indeed hungry so he let go of the turtle he was clutching onto, as if his life depended on it, and made his way to the table. He couldn't help but stare at Kyuhyun, who seemed to be deep in thoughts, and the sea mage mark on his neck.
“Well, my father wants me to get laid already.”
“Laid? As in, get married?”
“They don’t even care about my feelings. They are always arranging meetings with different girls. It’s just like they are ignoring my feelings and they don’t want me to experience-...”
“Falling in love,” Jongwoon unconsciously finished Kyuhyun’s statement, “Oh sorry! I didn’t mean to-“
Kyuhyun could hear his erratic heartbeat pounding in his ear as he stared at Jongwoon, “Yeah, falling in love. I have always imagined that I would fall in love in the most unexpected and fated way.”
“You’re such a romanticist,” Jongwoon giggled, “You mean just like how you saved my life from drowning in the most unfashionable way?”
Kyuhyun nodded and laughed too until he realized something, ‘Wait... just like how I met and saved him?’
“Well good luck to you,” Jongwoon eyed the food in his plate, "Um what is this green, slimy thing?"
Kyuhyun chuckled, "That green, slimy thing is cultured seaweed."
Jongwoon decided to get the bread and started to eat it. "Oh, I forgot to say thank you-" it seemed like he also forgot to ask the name of the other.
"Kyuhyun," Kyuhyun supplied.
"Thank you, Kyuhyun, for saving me, taking care of me and feeding me with this..." Jongwoon got a strand of seaweed and scrutinized it, "Oh, my name is Jongwoon," Jongwoon smiled at him.
"It's nothing. I'm a really kind person," this time Kyuhyun, who was enchanted by Jongwoon's smile, got a strand of the seaweed too and ate it, "You should try it. It is really delicious, even if its appearance is not quite appealing."
"Hmm. It really is delicious just like you said!" Jongwoon continued chewing on the seaweed, "I really thought that I would die for real. Good thing you saved me."
"Care to tell me what happened?"
"Well, you see, due to my clumsiness I managed to find myself drowning," Jongwoon shyly scratched the back of his head.
“Clumsiness?”
“It was stormy up there at our village but I still decided to go out so that I could gather our equipments from the training ground, make sure all our pets were secured in their pens, the clothes that I had hung were taken inside the house-“
“Umm... house chores?”
“Yeah, for my parents.”
“Wow, what a filial son.”
Jongwoon glared at Kyuhyun before continuing the story, “Suddenly, while I was fixing the loose rope, a strong gusts of wind came, everything was going crazy! Then things were flying in my direction but I managed to avoid them while still holding onto the rope! I sighed and held onto my crazily beating heart... forgetting that I was supposed to hold onto the rope so...” * this part is crazy. I know. =_=*
Kyuhyun laughed.
“Hey that is not funny! The wind was so strong that I felt like a paper being taken away by the wind so I ended up falling into the sea.”
“Aren’t sky mages supposed to have some control over the wind or something?”
“We do, but strangely the wind didn’t listen to me. Even though it was strong, it didn’t harm or injure me in any way. It seemed like it really wanted me to fall into the sea. It was as if someone was pushing me.”
Kyuhyun calmed himself from laughing, "Carry on."
"Since I am not a sea mage, I have no idea how to swim. I was thinking that if I didn’t move or something I would immediately float back to the surface but it didn’t work so I just decided to cast a tornado spell so I could bring myself to the surface."
'So he really was about to cast that spell,' Kyuhyun nodded.
"But then I saw a family of turtles so I decided against it because it could hurt them so I just let myself drown," Jongwoon was expecting Kyuhyun to laugh at him but the other didn't, instead he was smiling, "Why are you smiling like that?"
"Nothing," Kyuhyun shook his head. He tried not to smile but he couldn't help himself after knowing the other's kindness and concern over the simplest things, "By the way you should get ready to go home."
"Oh, yes!" Jongwoon happily finished his meal and followed Kyuhyun, who ignored everyone in the house while Jongwoon bowed to them.
"Where are you going Kyuhyun?" Kyuhyun's mother asked as his father looked at them.
"I'm going to send Jongwoon back to the village of the sky mages," Kyuhyun ignored his parents’ looks.
“Thank you for letting me to be taken care of here, I’m really grateful,” Jongwoon said as he smiled and bowed to them again.
“Come on already,” Kyuhyun took one of his hands and dragged him outside as Jongwoon politely shouted good bye to the two.
"Not talking to them?" Jongwoon asked curiously when they were already outside.
"Let’s not talk about it anymore, ok?"
Jongwoon nodded as he looked around the sea mage village, "Wow, it is really different from our village. It is very beautiful in its own way."
"I haven't seen your village yet so I can't say anything about that," Kyuhyun's mood became foul again when he remembered the argument he had had with his father earlier when Jongwoon was still asleep.
Noticing Kyuhyun's mood, Jongwoon decided to lighten the mood up, "If you want you can go there. You can fly with me!"
Kyuhyun finally smiled, "After knowing what a clumsy person you are, I'd rather not," he pulled out some instrument from his pocket.
"What is this?"
"An ocarina," Kyuhyun answered before blowing into it. And after a second, two big sea turtles came to them.
"Sea turtles!"
"I knew you would like them," Kyuhyun said as he rubbed the heads of the turtles, "They will us to the surface."
"Really?!" Jongwoon's eyes were shining with excitement as he also held the turtles that he had loved since childhood.
"Yes," Kyuhyun giggled at Jongwoon's enthusiasm as he placed his free hand on the shell of the big turtle, "They are really fast swimmers if they want to. So, are you ready?" Kyuhyun offered his free hand to Jongwoon.
Jongwoon nodded as he held Kyuhyun's hand and the shell of the other turtle, finding that even though water surrounded them he didn't feel the coldness. Instead, he felt warmth spreading through his body from the big hand securely wrapped around his.
~
Jongwoon could feel Kyuhyun's magic wear off when they finally reached the surface. They settled on a floating iceberg. Jongwoon thanked and bid goodbye to the turtles.
Kyuhyun laid on the cold ice as he looked up at the star-filled sky, "So, you are going to fly up there?"
Jongwoon sat down beside him and pointed to the chain of clouds in the sky, "I'll fly up there. You know what, I’ve been thinking of something."
“What?”
“I’ve been just thinking that the Wind must have wanted me to meet or be saved by you. That there had been some kind of interference.”
“Everything in this world is possible since it is all fated and predetermined.”
“Well, it was really fun meeting someone like you. I don’t know why, but I fell really comfortable talking with you.”
“And kissing too?” Kyuhyun teased.
Jongwoon lightly hit him on the arm.
Kyuhyun silently sat up, "When you get back there, tell every sky mage that you were saved by a very handsome and cool sea mage, ok?"
Jongwoon chuckled, "I'll tell them, but minus the handsome and cool part," he didn't know why but he really felt sad when thinking that the goodbye was nearing, "So, I guess this is goodbye. I'm really thankful for-"
"What do you mean ‘goodbye’?" Kyuhyun smirked, "Do you think I'll let you to go and not pay my kindness back?"
"What?"
Kyuhyun smiled at Jongwoon, "You need to pay my kindness back. It was not easy saving and taking care of you, you know, and to think that I’m really fond of doing good things for other people, especially for a sky mage."
Jongwoon smiled back knowing what Kyuhyun was implying and decided to play along, "So, what do you want as payment? Money or items?"
"You," Kyuhyun handed Jongwoon a conch shell.
Jongwoon blushed.
"This will serve as our communicator," Kyuhyun folded his arms above his folded legs and hid his blushing face, "Since you owe me your life, you need to meet me here, on this iceberg, and do whatever we want, whenever I want."
"So selfish. Does that make me your servant?"
"I'd rather use the term friend since it’s for both of our enjoyment."
"Only friends?" Jongwoon playfully asked as he leaned closer to Kyuhyun and kissed his hair before standing up, embarrassment already beginning to fade, "Then, see you soon, Kyuhyun."
Kyuhyun finally looked up and smiled when he saw Jongwoon smiling down at him as the other flew up the starry night sky, "See you soon, Jongwoon."
End
As he continued to sink deeper into the sea he thought about using his powers, 'How about I create a tornado so it can carry me to the surface?' He was about to cast the spell when a family of sea turtles, with many baby turtles, swam past him. Great. Now Jongwoon didn’t have the heart to cast the spell knowing that if he had done that the turtles would have been taken by the force of the tornado that could hurt, or worse, kill them.
So he was back to drowning, 'Why am I not even panicking that I'm drowning? And why am I not having the sentimental flashbacks of my whole life before I drown myself to death?' He wasn't even moving, hoping that he would flow back up to the surface. He sighed. Wait... He wasn't supposed to sigh! He would surely drown faster if he did that! He started flailing his arms as he drank the salt water. Jongwoon would surely die. At the end, he just hoped that someone, anyone, or anything would save him.
And just like magic, or having a genie granting your wish, a pair of arms wrapped themselves around his waist, holding him tight and close, as a smirking face came into his view. Jongwoon blinked in surprise at the man in front of him but he didn't push the other away since he didn’t have the energy to do so, since he was drowning, Jongwoon reminded himself for the nth time, and the factor that the guy was sharing some of his warmth made it really hard to do so.
The other's smirk turned into a smile and Jongwoon wondered if he wanted to kill the said guy for not saving him as soon as possible or kiss him instead. Jongwoon could feel himself losing consciousness when he saw the man starting to chant something before kissing him on the lips. And the last thing he was able to see was the guy's eyes staring intently at him.... Or was it lashes? He could breathe again but he still lost his consciousness. The image of the guy smiling at him kept at the bottom of his heart.
~
Kyuhyun watched as the person he had saved slept peacefully in his bed. Not sure of what to do, or where to bring the other he decided to just bring him home. The other comfortably shifted his position and hugged Kyuhyun's turtle pillow as if he was the owner of the bed, making Kyuhyun chuckle. He came nearer to see the mark on the other's right neck, a mark of a sky mage, he noted before tracing the mark unconsciously. The other moved a little as he giggled, "That tickles."
Kyuhyun looked at the other, seeing that his sharp eyes were slightly opened as he giggled, 'Is he awake?'. The other snuggled closer to the turtle before closing his eyes and snoring softly again, 'Oh... Still asleep then,' Kyuhyun smiled and stared at the other, remembering the occurrence that happened earlier.
Flashback
Kyuhyun swam and swam as the currents of the sea pushed him in that specific direction, but he didn’t notice since he was too busy thinking of his conversation with his father.
"Why are they talking about marriage?" Kyuhyun swam faster, "Can't I decide who I will love?" Suddenly he stopped swimming seeing someone slowly sinking deeper into the sea, "Is that person dead?"
His question was answered when he saw the man move and position himself to cast a spell, 'Not a stance of a sea mage,' Kyuhyun thought as he continued observing the other when a family of sea turtles swam past him. Kyuhyun prepared himself to cast a barrier around the family of the sea turtles to protect them from whatever the drowning man was casting but the man stopped chanting as he saw the turtles and just let himself continue drowning.
'He stopped casting the spell? Is he stupid? He will drown if he...' Kyuhyun's thoughts were cut off when he saw that the man couldn't handle it anymore.
The turtles started to swim around Kyuhyun, "What is the matter?"
"Save him! Save him!" they all chanted as they were swimming around the young water mage.
Kyuhyun thought for a second while he was staring the drowning man, remembering the acts that the other had done earlier. "Sure," in a flash he appeared in front of the man, smiling to himself.
As he hugged the other to support him, he smirked when he saw that the man was still capable of making that adorable shocked expression even if he was certainly drowning. He smiled before chanting a spell and trying a new improvised technique he wanted to try with some worthy partner, with this drowning man. He kissed the man to make the spell work but he had to hold back since when his lips touched the soft lips of the other he wanted to kiss him properly to show his adoration to the unknown man. After pulling back he saw the man sigh in relief before falling unconscious further in his arms, with a steady breath.
~
Kyuhyun was amazed by the fact that compared to the normal spells that only last for a hour or so, the spell he casted through kissing the sleeping man in his bed was proven more effective since the other had been sleeping for a whole day since Kyuhyun saved him. For the other to fully recover after the near-drowning experience, Kyuhyun casted healing spells and kept quiet when he had noticed how the other was a very light sleeper. He just sat there in silence for a whole day admiring the man. Feeling that either the other will wake up or the spell will soon lose its effect, he asked one of their maids for food to be prepared before going back to his room. He carefully sat on the bed and unconsciously brushed the other's bangs, making the other frown as he started to finally wake up. He smirked when he thought of a great way to make the other fully wake up. Since he could feel the spell nearly lost its effect. He started casting the spell before kissing the other on the lips.
~
Jongwoon slowly opened his eyes, taking in the surrounding that he was not familiar with. He closed his eyes and started remembering what had happened to him. He felt soft and warm fingers brush his bangs as he heard a person whispering some kind of spell so he decided to open his eyes again, only able to see a vivid face coming near his, 'What is-' his thoughts were cut off when a pair of familiar lips was pressed against his. Feeling some sort of attraction with whoever was kissing him, he sighed in content as he felt power being transferred to him through the kiss. He unconsciously moved his lips against the other’s, making the owner of the soft lips smirk as he reciprocated Jongwoon's eagerness to kiss. 'Why do those lips feel so familiar?' he asked himself as the other held his face with his free hand, 'Oh, he must be the person who saved me from- wait!'
Jongwoon pushed Kyuhyun away as he huffed for air while his eyes were now fully opened and cheeks tainted with red colour.
Kyuhyun smirked again when the other pushed him away, even though he was certainly enjoying the kiss, because his brilliant plan succeeded, right? He was able to fully wake the other up, "You are finally awake."
Jongwoon ignored the other as he made a mental list of factors of what was happening at the moment.
1. He didn't die because of drowning. Thank goodness. He just hoped his parents wouldn’t kill him when he returned.
2. He was in an unknown place, in an unknown room.
3. His parents must be worried sick. Better think of what to tell them.
4. He must have missed the training with Jongjin.
5. He just kissed another man.
6. Mental note, a very handsome man.
7. That was his first kiss! Well his first kiss had actually been when he had been saved by this man when he had been drowning.
"Hey! Can you hear me?" Kyuhyun waved his hands in front of the other’s face, ‘Is he shy or something?’
"Yes?" Jongwoon, whose whole face was turning red, backed away as he noticed how the other was still really close to him.
‘He is shy,’ Kyuhyun laughed, "You are really weird. You suddenly stared into the space, well, water."
"You!" He pointed accusing fingers at Kyuhyun as he held his bottom lip between his teeth, "You kissed me when I was drowning!"
"So?"
'I'm not telling you that was my first kiss,' Jongwoon gritted his teeth, "Why did you do that?!"
"Duh. To save your life from drowning," Kyuhyun settled in the bed.
"Save my life? By kissing me? You per-"
"I casted the spell on you by kissing you. And I was also surprised with the results."
"Spell? Results?"
"Compared to results of the normal way of casting the spell, indirectly, without any physical contact", Kyuhyun got his turtle pillow and kissed its embroidered mouth, making Jongwoon blush, as if he was the plushie, "Casting it using the physical contact proved to be more effective. The magic I casted on you managed to last for a whole day while the normal one can last only for three hours. To tell you the truth, that was my first kiss."
‘Mine too!’ Jongwoon wanted to shout but decided against it, "But still..."
“It wasn’t your first kiss?”
“N-No... I mean Yes!”
“Then it should not be that important,” Kyuhyun chuckled, “I believe that it is not a kiss if there is no emotion or affection being shared by those two people...”
‘BUT THERE WAS SOME SPARK WHEN YOU KISSED ME!!!’ Jongwoon wanted to shout with frustration.
“...But strangely I felt something,” Kyuhyun smirked, “But I don’t consider that one-sided thing a kiss.”
“Am I the only one thinking that two kissing guys is an awkward thing?”
Kyuhyun tilted his head, "Hmm?"
"You could have held my hands instead of kissing me. Holding hands is also considered a physical contact."
"But why? Isn't kissing much nicer and more intimate than that?" Kyuhyun leaned closer to Jongwoon until their face were merely few centimetres apart. Jongwoon closed his eyes as he felt Kyuhyun's sweet intoxicating breath ghost over the lower part of his face. On Kyuhyun's part, he couldn't help but lean closer, this was just some kind of joke but he couldn’t stop himself, so his lips could touch the other's again, feeling enthralled by the sky mage in front of him.
"Young Master, the food is here," their maid knocked on the door making Kyuhyun cough, as he also felt himself blushing, as he made his way to the door, “Your father wants to talk to you during the dinner.”
Jongwoon opened his eyes and hid his flushed face behind the turtle pillow.
"Thank you, but do tell my father that I don’t want to eat with them today. Not if we are only going to talk about this stupid marriage again. If that’s the reason then he can forget it," Kyuhyun got the tray and immediately closed the door and placed the tray on a table, his mood immediately worsened, "You should eat. You have been asleep for a whole day."
“Um... Family problems?”
Kyuhyun nodded dejectedly, “One long, complicated, stupid family problem.”
“Well, I can listen while I eat,” Jongwoon was indeed hungry so he let go of the turtle he was clutching onto, as if his life depended on it, and made his way to the table. He couldn't help but stare at Kyuhyun, who seemed to be deep in thoughts, and the sea mage mark on his neck.
“Well, my father wants me to get laid already.”
“Laid? As in, get married?”
“They don’t even care about my feelings. They are always arranging meetings with different girls. It’s just like they are ignoring my feelings and they don’t want me to experience-...”
“Falling in love,” Jongwoon unconsciously finished Kyuhyun’s statement, “Oh sorry! I didn’t mean to-“
Kyuhyun could hear his erratic heartbeat pounding in his ear as he stared at Jongwoon, “Yeah, falling in love. I have always imagined that I would fall in love in the most unexpected and fated way.”
“You’re such a romanticist,” Jongwoon giggled, “You mean just like how you saved my life from drowning in the most unfashionable way?”
Kyuhyun nodded and laughed too until he realized something, ‘Wait... just like how I met and saved him?’
“Well good luck to you,” Jongwoon eyed the food in his plate, "Um what is this green, slimy thing?"
Kyuhyun chuckled, "That green, slimy thing is cultured seaweed."
Jongwoon decided to get the bread and started to eat it. "Oh, I forgot to say thank you-" it seemed like he also forgot to ask the name of the other.
"Kyuhyun," Kyuhyun supplied.
"Thank you, Kyuhyun, for saving me, taking care of me and feeding me with this..." Jongwoon got a strand of seaweed and scrutinized it, "Oh, my name is Jongwoon," Jongwoon smiled at him.
"It's nothing. I'm a really kind person," this time Kyuhyun, who was enchanted by Jongwoon's smile, got a strand of the seaweed too and ate it, "You should try it. It is really delicious, even if its appearance is not quite appealing."
"Hmm. It really is delicious just like you said!" Jongwoon continued chewing on the seaweed, "I really thought that I would die for real. Good thing you saved me."
"Care to tell me what happened?"
"Well, you see, due to my clumsiness I managed to find myself drowning," Jongwoon shyly scratched the back of his head.
“Clumsiness?”
“It was stormy up there at our village but I still decided to go out so that I could gather our equipments from the training ground, make sure all our pets were secured in their pens, the clothes that I had hung were taken inside the house-“
“Umm... house chores?”
“Yeah, for my parents.”
“Wow, what a filial son.”
Jongwoon glared at Kyuhyun before continuing the story, “Suddenly, while I was fixing the loose rope, a strong gusts of wind came, everything was going crazy! Then things were flying in my direction but I managed to avoid them while still holding onto the rope! I sighed and held onto my crazily beating heart... forgetting that I was supposed to hold onto the rope so...” * this part is crazy. I know. =_=*
Kyuhyun laughed.
“Hey that is not funny! The wind was so strong that I felt like a paper being taken away by the wind so I ended up falling into the sea.”
“Aren’t sky mages supposed to have some control over the wind or something?”
“We do, but strangely the wind didn’t listen to me. Even though it was strong, it didn’t harm or injure me in any way. It seemed like it really wanted me to fall into the sea. It was as if someone was pushing me.”
Kyuhyun calmed himself from laughing, "Carry on."
"Since I am not a sea mage, I have no idea how to swim. I was thinking that if I didn’t move or something I would immediately float back to the surface but it didn’t work so I just decided to cast a tornado spell so I could bring myself to the surface."
'So he really was about to cast that spell,' Kyuhyun nodded.
"But then I saw a family of turtles so I decided against it because it could hurt them so I just let myself drown," Jongwoon was expecting Kyuhyun to laugh at him but the other didn't, instead he was smiling, "Why are you smiling like that?"
"Nothing," Kyuhyun shook his head. He tried not to smile but he couldn't help himself after knowing the other's kindness and concern over the simplest things, "By the way you should get ready to go home."
"Oh, yes!" Jongwoon happily finished his meal and followed Kyuhyun, who ignored everyone in the house while Jongwoon bowed to them.
"Where are you going Kyuhyun?" Kyuhyun's mother asked as his father looked at them.
"I'm going to send Jongwoon back to the village of the sky mages," Kyuhyun ignored his parents’ looks.
“Thank you for letting me to be taken care of here, I’m really grateful,” Jongwoon said as he smiled and bowed to them again.
“Come on already,” Kyuhyun took one of his hands and dragged him outside as Jongwoon politely shouted good bye to the two.
"Not talking to them?" Jongwoon asked curiously when they were already outside.
"Let’s not talk about it anymore, ok?"
Jongwoon nodded as he looked around the sea mage village, "Wow, it is really different from our village. It is very beautiful in its own way."
"I haven't seen your village yet so I can't say anything about that," Kyuhyun's mood became foul again when he remembered the argument he had had with his father earlier when Jongwoon was still asleep.
Noticing Kyuhyun's mood, Jongwoon decided to lighten the mood up, "If you want you can go there. You can fly with me!"
Kyuhyun finally smiled, "After knowing what a clumsy person you are, I'd rather not," he pulled out some instrument from his pocket.
"What is this?"
"An ocarina," Kyuhyun answered before blowing into it. And after a second, two big sea turtles came to them.
"Sea turtles!"
"I knew you would like them," Kyuhyun said as he rubbed the heads of the turtles, "They will us to the surface."
"Really?!" Jongwoon's eyes were shining with excitement as he also held the turtles that he had loved since childhood.
"Yes," Kyuhyun giggled at Jongwoon's enthusiasm as he placed his free hand on the shell of the big turtle, "They are really fast swimmers if they want to. So, are you ready?" Kyuhyun offered his free hand to Jongwoon.
Jongwoon nodded as he held Kyuhyun's hand and the shell of the other turtle, finding that even though water surrounded them he didn't feel the coldness. Instead, he felt warmth spreading through his body from the big hand securely wrapped around his.
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Jongwoon could feel Kyuhyun's magic wear off when they finally reached the surface. They settled on a floating iceberg. Jongwoon thanked and bid goodbye to the turtles.
Kyuhyun laid on the cold ice as he looked up at the star-filled sky, "So, you are going to fly up there?"
Jongwoon sat down beside him and pointed to the chain of clouds in the sky, "I'll fly up there. You know what, I’ve been thinking of something."
“What?”
“I’ve been just thinking that the Wind must have wanted me to meet or be saved by you. That there had been some kind of interference.”
“Everything in this world is possible since it is all fated and predetermined.”
“Well, it was really fun meeting someone like you. I don’t know why, but I fell really comfortable talking with you.”
“And kissing too?” Kyuhyun teased.
Jongwoon lightly hit him on the arm.
Kyuhyun silently sat up, "When you get back there, tell every sky mage that you were saved by a very handsome and cool sea mage, ok?"
Jongwoon chuckled, "I'll tell them, but minus the handsome and cool part," he didn't know why but he really felt sad when thinking that the goodbye was nearing, "So, I guess this is goodbye. I'm really thankful for-"
"What do you mean ‘goodbye’?" Kyuhyun smirked, "Do you think I'll let you to go and not pay my kindness back?"
"What?"
Kyuhyun smiled at Jongwoon, "You need to pay my kindness back. It was not easy saving and taking care of you, you know, and to think that I’m really fond of doing good things for other people, especially for a sky mage."
Jongwoon smiled back knowing what Kyuhyun was implying and decided to play along, "So, what do you want as payment? Money or items?"
"You," Kyuhyun handed Jongwoon a conch shell.
Jongwoon blushed.
"This will serve as our communicator," Kyuhyun folded his arms above his folded legs and hid his blushing face, "Since you owe me your life, you need to meet me here, on this iceberg, and do whatever we want, whenever I want."
"So selfish. Does that make me your servant?"
"I'd rather use the term friend since it’s for both of our enjoyment."
"Only friends?" Jongwoon playfully asked as he leaned closer to Kyuhyun and kissed his hair before standing up, embarrassment already beginning to fade, "Then, see you soon, Kyuhyun."
Kyuhyun finally looked up and smiled when he saw Jongwoon smiling down at him as the other flew up the starry night sky, "See you soon, Jongwoon."
End
the next part is supposed to be the confession part... which is also a prequel of Sky & Sea but still not working on that...
thank you for the support everyone! fighting^^
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