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(TOP's pov)

I woke up in this nauseous smelling place and a girl was sleeping with her head next to my hand and she had tears in her eyes. She was holding my hand. Everything hit me all at once and I remembered everything; The kingdom, my powers, Zeus, the dots in the squares and then this girl. In a state of absolute shock, I jumped off of my pillow and just stared at her. -Why is this girl here? What is this place? Who is this girl? How did I get here? Why do I feel like I'm skipping heart beats? I feel like..- and then the strangest thing happened, my cheeks contracted and the ends of my lips feebly pointed upwards. -What's happening to me??-

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(Haru's pov)
I slept all night holding his hand praying and hoping his arm would get better. Hoping he wouldn't have a minor head concussion, or..or..internal bleeding..or..-think negative and he might actually die from a fractured arm! Keep it together!- . A sudden shake ran chills through my spine and I jumped. I remembered everything, though I felt like the guy before me, who was staring with wide open eyes and an awkward smile on his face, seemed to have his memory hit him as well. It felt crazy waking up in a hospital with my hand in this "stranger's ". I registered his name as "Mr. Choi Kwang Ho" at the hospital's registration office; a patient who had tried to jump off of his window to grab his test paper from our backyard tree and ended up falling. Which, explained, I hoped, the body bruising and his broken arm. I guess I'll be calling him by that name in case he lost his memory and up till he recovers it. The only exception is that he has nothing wrong with him other than the broken arm; he would tell me his name and won't be a "stranger " to my parents as well.

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(TOP's pov)
"Oh! Gwaenchanhayo, ... Kwang hossi...?!", asked the girl holding my hands, with surprise and a tinge of shakiness.

Still smiling like an idiot with my eyes open wide in surprise, "uh..ummm...kwang ho?.. who's kwang ho?"

"You. You're kwang ho. Well..I call you kwang ho since I don't really know who you are and we needed Identification for treatment.. so..what IS  your name..? Do you remember?", asked the anonymous girl who was still holding my hand.

"My....I'm.....they call me.."T.O.P" or "The Almighty Choi Seung Hyun", I replied in awkwardness.

I wasn't used to so much informality around me or while addressing me. -Kwang hossi was it? I can't believe she can informally address me like that! What a brainless, disrespectful piece of human!..boy, if mother knew about this...- and reality hit me once again. It's not the kingdom I'm in anymore and these people, as much as I hate to admit it, are my gods now. They will be and already are the reason why I'm still breathing.

The girl laughed.-I can't believe it! Did she just laugh at my name?-

The anonymous girl let go of my hand and left. -did I..frighten her?- . I remembered who that girl was as she let go of my hand. It was the girl who saw me land on that green square and she was the one who brought me to this..place.. I still felt that connection between us and it tore my heart to pieces as I felt the distance between us grow greater.

I had a small tube around my arm that reached my skin and nothing further while being attached to a bag that had "NaCl" written in white on it.

I was scared of what they might be doing to me. -Is this some sort of an experiment? Am I a test-rat now??- I questioned myself in panic and tore the tubes right off of my skin. It hurt and a little red dot formed on where the tube had once settled. It grew bigger and I panicked more. I suddenly felt the pain tearing my lungs out ease; she's back. My chest kept hurting less and less all the way till the girl pulled an opening through a disgusting indigo curtain that circled around my, not-so-comfy bed, and had brought a woman with her, a little older than the girl but still younger than me, in a sky blue uniform and she carried that nauseous smell with her. It grew stronger till I almost threw up in her face as she tried to adjust the tube back into my skin and wipe the huge red dot off.

"Ouch! It..it stings! What are you doing to me? Take this tube off of my skin immediately!", I yelled at the woman wearing the sky blue uniform.

"Calm down! it's just to help you feel better. Don't worry, I'll be personally in charge of taking care of you all the way up till you're discharged from the hospital. This won't hurt a bit.", the woman said reassuringly me.

I didn't say anything and just let the woman inject me again. I don't know why I let her do it. I didn't feel a thing and didn't even notice that the woman had left long ago.

"What are you staring at T.O.P or The Almighty Choi Seung Hyun?", she asked with a sarcastic smile on her face.

I finally got back to my senses and tried to look away and wipe away that stupid smile on my face. Both had been miserable failures and I ended up gazing at the girl and smiling like an idiot who has never fallen in love before. Well, it IS true. I've never been in love before. -Does this mean I'm in love? is this how love is?- I slapped myself in front of the girl. She was absolutely appalled.

"What are you DOING ??!", she asked with an expression that told me she thinks I'm completely out of my mind.

"I..I..I think I'm...", I murmured then I almost lost consciousness.

She caught my head in her arms and called for help.

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(Haru’s POV)
“Nurse! Nurse! Anybody!?”, I called with a worried and panicking feel to my voice for Kwang Ho has suddenly fainted while he was talking to me. I waited for half a minute - felt like an hour, really - but no one came. I carefully rested his head on the pillow and bolted outside his room to look for a nurse, or a doctor, or whoever I can find on my way.

A nurse came rushing my way. I was so panicked that I kinda’ fought with her for being late - although she wasn't'- I lost what had my sense time then. We got back to the room and she checked on Kwang Ho.

“He’s unconscious because of the drug. He’s sleeping right now. He needs rest, so don’t wake him up.”, said the nurse in a tone that was somewhat unusual. I can feel that she’s a bit upset because of what I did.

“Oh, okay. Thanks a lot. And...I’m sorry for the incident a couple of minutes ago.”, I told her with an apologetic look on my face.

“It’s alright. I know you’re worried. Don’t sweat it!”, said the nurse reassuringly and winked at me for emphasis.

Walking in, what seemed, like a manner more silent than tiptoeing towards the chair that’s right next to Kwang Ho’s bed, my thoughts - aka that little voice in my head - started talking again. It’s not like I’m crazy or anything. It’s just...my thoughts are loud, yet silent enough for anyone to hear them. -Why was I so worried about him again? Why was I so worried about a person I’ve only met a day and so from now?...I hope he’s feeling alright. I hope his arm is alright and his injuries and bruises have healed...BRACE YOURSELF WOMAN! He doesn't look like someone who would do the same for me if we exchanged places for a day or something...Oh! Just stop it!.- It felt like a zoo in my brain. All this thinking made me unaware that I was causing a bit of a racket all over the room and I have only realized that when Kwang Ho - Why am I still calling him Kwang Ho? He just mentioned, a few minutes ago, that his name was TOP or.. Choi Seung Hyun or..something. Sorry,"The Almighty Choi Seung Hyun" - I moved his head while he was still somewhere beyond a deep sleep. I sat quietly in my chair and managed to mute that voice because I have, apparently, fallen asleep while doing so.

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(Aphrodite’s POV)
My whole body trembled with fear as I stood in front of who once was a loving and caring god, but in time, turned into this ruthless, cold-blooded beast. He became a beast. His anger towards what had just happened was irrational, absolutely irrational.

“Kneel.”, he ordered. “I order you to kneel down.”, screaming this time.

I started weeping as I was kneeling down. I would have never imagined, not in a million years, that I would ever be put in such a situation. I thought my mistake was forgiven and long gone, but apparently it was never forgotten. Since that moment, and up until now, I have lived my life regretting it. Not regretting doing it, but regretting the fact that I was able to let go. However, Olympus is a place where gods can never do something wrong, otherwise it would be held against them with all of Zeus’s might.

My tears were rolling down my face like two mini waterfalls. I thought I had ran out of tears after the several years of crying my heart out through, what seemed like, endless nights.

Zeus marched towards me, like a ruthless soldier heading to kill his enemy, with his gold plated pitchfork pointed at my head. He looked like the devil in disguise.

“You disobeyed me. This is something gods should not do.”, he pointed out. “I have no choice but to kill you. Your existence has become forbidden.”

I was so thrown aback by his sudden decision to kill me, I didn’t know how to respond or even defend myself. I glared at him in complete disbelief. My eyes felt like they were going to pop out of their place and, roll on the marble floor, and eventually falling to earth through Zeus’s very own warp hole.

I sensed a sudden zap throughout my whole body and then everything went black...

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(TOP’s POV)
A sudden feeling, that felt like a zap, ran throughout my body and shook me awake. The ant tinge kinda' feeling in my toes was still there, which was a first. I've never been numb in my life, I only imagined what it felt like, I guess it was identical to what I had in mind.

The "anonymous" girl had fallen asleep and seemed to be sleeping  uncomfortably on the rock-solid hospital chairs. I got up and carried her closer to my bed and gently laid her head down on the side of it, just close enough for her entire head to fit in. Her breathing got deeper and it sounded more relaxed. I felt really happy and I was afraid that this "feeling"; racing heart beats, that awkward smile on my face and that fuzzy feeling in my stomach, would go away before I was fully adapted to it and experienced it to its fullest. That "fuzzy feeling" didn't feel like it was part of that joy from within though, it felt more of like, something to do with this girl being as close as this to me. -I don't know why I'm feeling this way. It's annoying how I can't control this..this....THING! I only "DON'T" feel it when she's not around me. Why am I feeling nervous all of a sudden? I feel just as nervous as every time I have to attend a private meeting with Zeus...I'M NOT LETTING THIS GET TO ME! I'M A STRANGER IN THIS WORLD AND I HAVE TO TOUGHEN UP IF I WANNA SURVIVE!-. I’ll just have to my emotions up. Plus, I don’t want to hurt any more people. I have hurt an enough number of innocent people during the years I have lived in Mt. Olympus. Maybe I’ll just run away from the hospital before she wakes up...but that wouldn’t be right. She saved my life. Her family saved my life. They all did. The least I can do is thank them for all they’ve done.

This is the time for a new beginning...
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I layed my head on the pillow and started staring at her. Her silky brownish black hair looked like heavenly streaks of silk from which hanboks are made. Her hair was short...although not too short, but exactly the way I like it. Her full lips, her black eyes which looked like the midnight sky- I remember getting lost in them at the time she was calling the nurse. I used to hate night time, but now, I’m falling in love with it more and more because of her. Perfect. Flawless. I can’t even find the words to describe.
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-What’s happening to me? I’m thinking way too much about a girl I don’t know. A girl I have never met before. But I feel like there is a bond between us. Something is pulling me. Something so strong. Something I can’t resist.- I started thinking to myself to point where the voice inside my head occupied every inch of space left in my thoughts. I couldn’t think of anything else, especially when she’s right here in front of me...I decided to turn my back and face the other way, maybe this could help in easing up my ‘preoccupying thinking process”. In desperate need of sleep, I closed my eyes to rest for a bit. I still felt exhausted. That was one hell of a fall!...

Run, TOP! RUN! Don’t worry about me. C’mon dear. Go. I’ll come for you; I’ll find you.

“AAAHHH~.” I woke up screaming from a nightmare. I looked to the left to check if I woke my guardian angel up. She’s asleep. Thank God I didn’t wake her. Sleeping didn’t do me any good, so I figured I should go for a walk or something to get some fresh air and lock up those thoughts in that deep side of my heart and brain, just like I had always done. Sometimes I feel like my mom does the same thing. I guess I got that from her. I smiled to myself.

Slowly and carefully, I got up from the bed and headed towards the door. I checked to the left and right to see if there were any doctors or nurses. I don’t know why though, it’s not like I was going to run away or anything. There was no one. Apparently, it was midnight or even a couple of hours past that. I got out, and randomly wandered left and right looking for something to get me out of here. I saw a big metal box which was divided in the middle. This big box reached the ceiling. It was so big, and there were two buttons on the left of the two big metal rectangles; one pointed up and the other pointed down. I was curious about it so I pressed both, since I didn’t know which one to press! The small screen on top showed an arrow and a number. The number kept changing and then...it opened. I peeked my head in, without fully stepping into the metal box, and saw mirrors all around. I could see my sullen face everywhere. It was as if I was being haunted by my own self. I was choking, like every small detail or incident that happened in my life was holding me by the throat and out my soul. My heart beat faster out of intimidation and I was taken aback, a sudden reaction which I didn’t see coming. I immediately turned back and started looking for another way to get out. I took the turn on the right and saw a door which had a sign that showed a person going down the stairs and “emergency stairs” written in capital, bold letters. So I turned the handle, opened the door, went in and closed it behind me. I hurriedly went down the stairs until I reached a door with a “G” sign written on it and figured it would be “G”round floor. So I opened it and stepped out, while closing it behind me, and headed towards the main door to exit the hospital and go to the garden set up outside. The floor I was walking on was so clean that I could see my reflection on it, just like a rain puddle on a rainy day. Both my legs were fine, but my arm still ached a bit. You can’t compare physical pain to emotional pain. However, when you become accustomed to one of them, you learn to get over the other just like you got over the first one. And that is how I have learned to live. Pain goes and comes back, uninvited.

The blackness of the sky had streaks of blue, making both colours mix together giving a pleasantly dark shade of blue. Even though you could point out the blue streaks, they didn’t look out of place at all. In fact, they looked as if they belonged there. They fit in like puzzle pieces. Night time has always overwhelmed me with sadness. Every hurtful memory, every heartache, every feel of guilt. They all, regularly visited me at night. The colour of the night sky might, at times, imply calmness and serenity, but nevertheless, gave a feeling of loneliness and despair. Sometimes, I can’t help but think that the night sky and I are alike.

It was a bit chilly. I was mentally wandering again, so I barely noticed the cold. While randomly strolling in the garden, I saw a mugunghwa. A beautiful mugunghwa. So beautiful, I couldn’t stop staring at it. I picked it up and held onto it. While still mentally wandering, an image of that girl with this flower in her hair popped into my head, bringing me off balance. Clumsily, I walked and was about to trip over my foot and fall head first. I shook my head to disintegrate her angel like face from my head, only leading to a miserable failure. I can’t get her out of my head.

I shook my head again.

Breathing in the fresh air somehow made me more alive. Back when I was in Olympus, being alive didn’t really mean that a person was actually alive. I mean, the physical body was there, but that person’s heart was dead long ago, before he even realized it was. I like to think of them as hollow creatures crawling cautiously, afraid to make mistakes, always willing to execute Zeus’s orders. Like slaves, but at a more higher standard. Right now, this moment, right here, that past has become non existent to me.

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(Haru's pov)
I got up from what seemed to be the comfiest nap ever and the guy, whom I've magically appeared to be sleeping next to, wasn't there. -wait..HE’S NOT HERE?!- I got up faster than lighting and rushed down the elevator. -this guy is insane! He doesn't even know anyTHING around here! He'll get lost faster than a stray dog losing it's luxurious garbage meal to a tougher stray dog. Next thing we'll all know headlines will be like, "ANONYMOUS MAN FOUND AND THOUGHT TO BE 10 STATES AWAY FROM HOME". I. AM. GOING. TO. FIND. HIM!-

While I was running like an idiot with my hair flying and without a jacket in this cold evening, trying to notice everyONE and everyTHING that might lead to T.O.P, I happened to notice someone walking clumsily but didn't seem like he was supposed to be out at this time of the day.  -who's that guy with that y back in a hospital cloak? I should probably ask and see if he's seen a guy dressed like him out here somewhere nearby.- As I got closer his unique scent, which I've grown familiar to, got stronger and his hair looked so alike to T.O.P's. -No way it's him! I'm just being delusional since I'm so desperate to find him before it's too late to the point (I can't believe that I would even had to think this) where everyone seemed to look like.. or is it him..?

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(TOP’S pov)
"There you are!", a voice appeared over my shoulder in the midst of all this silence it would've been enough to cause a cardiac arrest to a person. I felt goosebumps crawl down every hair and micrometer of surface on my body, I couldn't help but turn around in such a hurry I almost killed that anonymous girl with one of my secret, all-kill defense kick. The girl shrieked and screamed. She was down on the floor like a worm. "Are you..are you..cra..cc..", mumbled the anonymous girl and passed out within a quarter of a second.

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(HARU'S pov)
I ran over to the guy with the y back in the hospital cloak and I had this hunch that it was him. I quietly got closer just to make sure first, and yup it was him alright. I couldn't help but feel so happy to find him so I just spoke without realizing how quiet it was, "There you are!". Within a split of a second, a foot was aimed directly towards my neck and I was in absolute shock. I couldn't feel the pain though, from the way I was hit and the speed of how fast I dropped to the floor, it was definitely supposed to hurt. -is this guy NUTS? AND THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR BEING SO CONCERNED ABOUT....- I felt dizzy, I mumbled something and lights were out.

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(TOP’S pov)
-WHAT HAVE I DONE?- Oh dear God! What have I done? What have I done? I kneeled down to see if she was okay. “Wake up, wake up!” I said as I shook her body, not too hard but enough to find out whether she was conscious or not. She didn’t move an inch. Shaking her again, my eyes started to fill with tears. I’m being overwhelmed by the consequences of my actions. “THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF YOU ZEUS!” I screamed into the never ending darkness of a never ending night. However, sitting here crying my heart out and screaming won’t bring her back to consciousness. So, I carried her. I felt a nudge in my injured arm but I didn’t care or give it any bit of thought. With all my might I ran into the hospital shouting at the top of my lungs “NURSE! NURSE! ANYBODY!” and they came rushing with a trolley as soon as they saw me carrying her. I placed her on it and went in with them. I stayed outside because guilt was killing me. I felt a huge rage of anger developing inside of me. I kneeled down against the wall with my hands on my face. -I’m weeping. I’m pathetic.- The anger rage didn’t go away so I ran out of the hospital. I wanted to scream, to scream with all my might. I’ve got so much anger and sadness inside of me. I’ve been through hell. I screamed...

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( Aphrodite’s POV )
I slowly open my eyes to realize that my whole body was aching to the point of going numb. Which is a peculiar combination to be honest. I couldn’t see very clearly - everything was blurry like a car window with tiny droplets of water that need to be wiped by the car’s windscreen wipers. It was a bit dark, and that didn’t help much with all the sight problems that I’m currently having. A sad feeling suddenly overwhelmed me. My heart ached as if it was being torn apart by a Ceberus. The sting was so severe, like a bad kid being bitten by a Mormo.

Something moved in the shadows, but I couldn’t hear anything. The swiftness of the air, though, made me start doubting that I’m in this place solemnly.

“TOP! TOP! Nae adeul! Where are you? Can you hear me?”

There was no answer. A part of me knew that I wouldn’t get an answer to that question but figured why not? I also realized something. No matter how hard I try I cannot communicate with my son anymore. I tried, to the best of my ability, to show him a vision but I just couldn’t. I simply couldn’t. I guess I have lost my powers. Panicking, I tried again to get up, however, I couldn’t feel the tips of my fingers. There’s nowhere left to go. This is all Zeus’s doing. He ruined my life and my son’s too. I desperately thought to myself as the tears started free falling down my cheeks like a downpour...