Written by: “ NotSoGreatWriter ”
Pairing: DongYeol (Dongwoo/Sungyeol)
Prompt(s): “Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.” – Stephen King
Words: 3,604

Warning(s): Foul language, mentions of drug use, mentions of ion, religion

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Dongwoo is an angel sent from the Heavens to the Human world to watch over many foul beings. He is the one who saves the man you hear on the news that magically survived an overdose, even though the doctor said he wasn’t going to. He saves them because the Heavens know they are good people and will change in the future.

He loves his job. He gets to save people and give him second chances to redo their lives. Then again, things do get lonely on the job. He doesn’t get to speak to the Human he is saving on a personal level; all he gets to do is guide them on the right path. The part that about being an Angel is that he is not allowed to fall in love. He cannot fall in love with aHuman nor is he allowed to fall in love with anAngel,or worse, a Fallen Angel.

There have been many Angels who have fallen in love with a Human who they were watching overand the Human had fallen in love with them too. Some Angels were able to communicate with the Human after they went back to the Heavens.Once the Heavens found out, they were ripped from their wings and were sent to live with Hades. They were no longer a child of God, but now a servant to the God of the underworld, Hades.

He has seen one of his dear friends fall in love with a Human. He told them to stop, but his friend would not listen to him. They had already fallen too in love with the Human. Soon the Heavens found out and ripped his wings right off of him in front of many other Angels and hewas thrown into the portal leading to the Underworld. He can still hear the screams of agony from his friend and blood-curdlinglaughter of Hades himself.

Every time there is an Angel who has fallen in love with a Human and wants to be with them, they are always ripped from their wings and thrown into the portal to Hell, in front all the Angels as a warning to the Angels who wish to fall in love with a Human. It was cruel, but they are angels. They are sent to the Human World to help, to guide them into the right path, not to fall in love with them and not have them fall in love with Angels.

There are have been a few Angels who have fallen in love with a Fallen Angel, their punishment is the same as the punishment of falling in love with a Human;being ripped from their wings and thrown into the portal to hell.However, they are sent to the deepest, darkest part of Hell, which not even Hades himself crosses.

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Dongwoo sighed, walking out of his house. It has been a few months since his dear friend—his only friend—wassent to Hades and he has never felt this lonely. When his friend was still alive he wasn’t as lonely as he usually felt. Even though he was a bright and bubbly Angel—most Angels are like that—people thought there was not once of negativityfeeling in him. He smiled all the time, made jokes, and made every Angel who failed to bring a human back to life, smile again. He was everyone’s happy virus. Despite all that, he still felt lonely.

Every Angel is a child of God, but that doesn’t mean you get any type of love and affection from them. They only give you missions and tell you what your job is, nothing else. Yes, you are birthed from an Angel, you have a mother and father you can say, but once you hit the age of five you are no longer under their care. You are sent to live on your own and you are off to do your first mission. It’s a cruel fate since you live in the Heavens and you would think everything is all sunshine and rainbows, but it is not. It’s a rather dull lifestyle. You are not allowed to do anything, but save Humans and live your life as a child of God.

The only relationships they were allowed to have been friendships, but were banned to be public about them, they were only permitted in their homes. That is why there not many friendships in the Heavens. They did not see the point of having them if you were not allowed to show them in public.

The only intimate relationships they are allowed to have are when God is looking for more angels. Two adults—a man and a women—are sent to aroom in the main house of the Heavens to mate and create a child, a child of God. Once the child is born only the women is allowed to take care of the child up until they are five, then after that they are sent to be on their own.

Most angels do not remember their “parents,” but Dongwoo does, well, only his mother. He remembers being scolded by her for calling her “mother” and asking where is “father” was. His mother always told him, “You are a child of God. He is your father, your mother and your only caregiver.” It never made sense to him, even when he went to school at the age of four when he was taught about the ways of the Heavens.

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“Okay, everybody!” The Head Angel shouted, getting the attention of the hundreds of other Angels. “Today is the day you all get assigned another Human. All the Humans we have gathered are some of the toughest we have ever seen, but I know you all have the power to help them turn their lives around. When I dismiss you, go straight to your subdivision and get the file of the Human.” He said, and thenpaused for a bit. “Remember: do not fall in love with a Human. And if you do, say goodbye to Heaven, and say hello to Hades.” He smirked at the scared looks on the younger Angels. “Dismiss!” He shouted, then leaves, being followed by fellow top Angels.

Dongwoo walked over to the set of computers punching in his information and waited a bit before the file of the Human loaded.

Birth Name: Lee Seongyeol

Date of Birth: August 27, 1991

Height: 183 cm

Blood Type: B

Hometown:Gyeonggi, South Korea

Information: Lee Seongyeol, better known as Sungyeol, is twenty-four years old. He graduated from Dae Kyung University with a major in Practical Musicon May 2014. He has not been able to find a job in the music industry and has resorted to using drugs, such as such as:, , heroin, LSD and many others. He is also a heavy drinker. He has even ed himself to men and women to buy drugs and alcohol. His family wants nothing to do with him since he has injured his little brother several times…

Dongwoo sighedas he stopped reading, this is nothing new, it’s the same old same old on all of the files he gets, but sometimes it gets hard getting junkies off alcohol and drugs.He shoves the file into his backpack and leaves the conference room to go over to his home and get ready for his departure in the afternoon.

Most Angels wait until the next day to the leave to Earth, but he likes to get a head start. He likes to check out the human’s life for a coupleof days and study their actions before helping them to their new life. They all mostly do the same thing over and over again; wake up, drink, do some sort of drug, sleep, leave the house and come back late hours of the night, get high, get drunk, and then knock out, and doing the same things for the next days.

He left the Heavens with a heavy heart. Another lonely adventure is ahead of him.

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Sungyeol groaned walking over to the kitchen to dump the spoiled milk down the sink. He has to go shopping soon; he is running out of food to eat.

Dongwoo stood by the kitchen table watching Sungyeol’s every move. It has been a couple days since he came to Earth and found his assigned Human, and the things he are seeing are like nothing he as seen before. Sungyeol isn’t very bad, unlike most of the Humans he had to take care of. Sungyeol seemed healthier than most. He looked clean. He didn’t look like a drug addict nor does he look like an alcoholic. He looks sober, normal, and hygienic.

The Angel eyed the Human as he walked over to the refrigerator. He took a look over the Human’s shoulder and was shocked to see it full of food. Some of it looks expired, but still, there is still food. He is starting to question whether or not this Human has problems. He is going to look a little more before reveling himself.

Sungyeol can feel something watching at him, but he is the only one in his apartment. He shrugs it off and continues with his morning routine. He goes over to his room to get dressed for his hectic day of work. After getting ready, he leaves his apartment with Dongwoo hot on his trails.

Dongwoo stared at the Human. He is dressed rather nice, like, really nice. He is dressed in a simple white dressed shirt, black slacks, black dress shoes and a black blazer over his shirt. He walks a few more minutes before coming to a stop in front of a big building to check himself out in the reflection of the window. After being satisfied he walks into the building. He greets the employees who are greeting him with a big smile.

The Angel raises an eyebrow, now he is very confused. Sungyeol doesn’t look like he is in need of any help. He seems fine on his own. He has a job and looks friendly too. Maybe he is coming in for an interview and the reason why his house looks nice is because he is getting his life back together. They sent me here to help him finish and guide him back to normal. Dongwoo thinks as he stood in the elevator next to the Human.

When they walked out Dongwoo stood in shock when he saw as he at least twenty people bowing to Sungyeol and frozen when he heard, “Hello Boss,” from the lips a young pretty male.

“What the in the world is going on?” He whispered, and then cursed. He forgot once he speaks in the presence of the Human, the Human is going to be able to see him.

Sungyeol, who was talking to the pretty male, turned around and once his eyes landed on Dongwoo, they widen. He was about to speak to Dongwoo, but the pretty male got his attention.

“Boss, what’s wrong?” He asked looking behind his Boss and saw nothing there.

Sungyeol shook his head, “Nothing.” He said, then they continued to talk. They walked over to his office door and Sungyeol opened the door so that Dongwoo could walk in.

Dongwoo was fuming, “Lee Sungyeol!” He growled, making the Human jump. The pretty male eyed his Boss, but didn’t say anything.

“Okay, Sungjong, thank you. You may leave now.” Sungyeol said to his assistant, and then closed the door after him.

Dongwoo was standing by the very big window looking over all of Seoul when Sungyeol turned around, then took a deep breath.“Hi,” He awkwardly said, slowly walking over to the Angel.

The Angel turned around glaring over at the Human. “Lee Sungyeol.” He hissed.

Sungyeol filched at the way his name was said by the Angel. “Yes?” He weakly said, playing with his fingers and not meeting the eyes of the fuming Angel.

“Are you a druggy? An alcoholic? A low life? Suicidal?”

“No,” Sungyeol shook his head.

“Do you know who I am?”

“Yes,” He nodded his head.

“Who am I?”

“An Angel,”

“Did you know I was following you?”

“I had a feeling someone was watching me.”

“Did you think it was an Angel?”

“Yes,”

Dongwoo hummed, walking closer to the Human. “Lee Sungyeol,” He started. “Can you please tell me why I am here, even though you have no life problems, and can you tell me how you know who I am?” He said, giving the Human a hard stare.

Sungyeol gulped, “Well, um, it’s kind of a weird story.”

“I have seen some weird stuff in my career; I can hear a weird story. Now, spit it out, or I will go back to the Heavens and make sure there is no spot for you once you pass.” The Angel threatens.

The Human’s eyes widen, “Wh-What?! No! You can’t do that! You are an Angel!”

“Watch me,” Dongwoo rolled his eyes.

Sungyeol sighed walking over to his desk and sitting on the office chair. “Sit.” He said to the Angel.

Dongwoo walked over to the chairs neatly in front of the huge, beautiful desk and crossed his arms across his chest, “Talk.”

“Well,” Sungyeol began, avoiding eye contact with Dongwoo. “I have a friend who told me that he has an Angel following him. I thought he was crazy and that was until the Angel showed himself to me. Apparently they made a deal, my friend would not cooperate unless I was there through everything and the Angel must show himself. The Angel didn’t want to, but my friend threatened to kill himself, so he did in the end. I saw how much fun my friend was having with the Angel. My friend wasn’t as lonely as he used to be, I would have been there for him and help him clean up, but work got in the way and I couldn’t. I have been all alone all my life. My parents died when I was about four and were in the care of my nanny since she was the person my parents chose to take care of me. She was great women, but when I was ten she died as well. I had so many caretakers after that, but I still lonely. When my friend got all clean, he managed to get the Angel to add me to the system for I can get an Angel. This all happened months ago, I completely forgot about it. Then I saw you and I knew that I am not going to be alone.” He muttered the last part, but Dongwoo still heard him.

The two sat there not speaking to each other. Dongwoo was trying to figure out how the Angel who was assigned to was able to hack into the system and tamper with the files. “Who was the Angel? Answer me, and if you don’t, you will suffer the consequences.” He threatens the Human again.

“Lee Howon.”

The Angels eyes widen. Lee Howon, his best friend. The one who fell in love with a Human and was sent to live with Hades.

“Who was the Human he was assigned to?”

“Lee Sungjong. He is the one whom I was talking to earlier. Why?”

Dongwoo sighed, “He is no longer an Angel.”

“What?” Sungyeol asked in disbelief. Howon would always talk about how much he loves being an Angel.

“He fell in love with a Human, and that is a big no-no in the Heavens. If you do, you are stripped from your wings and are sent to the Underworld to live with Hades.” The Angel answered.

“W-Was it Sungjong?” Sungyeol asked. He hopes it isn’t.

“I don’t know. I spoke to Howon before he left, and he told me the Human was the most beautiful being in this world. He told me the Human didn’t know about his feelings. He was the one that was in love, not the Human.”

“What happens to the Human if they did love the Angel?” Sungyeol hesitantly asked. He didn’t want to know, but at the same time he did.

“They die.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

Dongwoo shook his head. “It’s fine. He knew the rules. He chose to break them. He suffered the consequences.”

Sungyeol bit his lower lip. “Are you lonely too?”

“What?” The Angel snapped his eyes to the Human.

“I mean, does the job get lonely? Howon said it does once in a while.” He nervously shifted in his seat, not liking the gaze from the Angel.

“It does. We have nobody to rely on. We only have ourselves. Humans think being an Angel is fun and games, but it is not. Most Angels want to be Humans, to experience love, friendship, family, hatred and more.” Dongwoo answered all the things he wants, but he can never have.

“But don’t Humans become Angles once they pass, if they make it to Heaven?” The Human innocently asked.

Dongwoo chuckled at the innocent question and shook his head. “Yes, yes they do, but they do not do what Angels do. We are Guardian Angels you can say, but we do not like the term, so that is why Humans learn only learn about becoming Angels and nothing more. There are different parts of Heaven. The ones who pass go to one and the Angels are on one. We are born as Angels so that is why we do not mix with the Humans who pass.”

Sungyeol nodded his head understanding what the Angel said. “That’s good to know. Have there ever been Angels and Humans who have passed met?”

“Yes,”

“What happened?”

“As weird as this may sound, they feel in love and had a baby.”

Sungyeol eyes widen, “Wow! Really? What happened to the baby?”

“Who do think Hades is?”

“What are you—Oh.” The Human said.

“It’s a long story, but that is all you need to know.” Dongwoo said, then getting up and walking over to the large window.““Alone. Yes, that’s the keyword, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn’t hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.””Dongwoo whispered.

“What?” Sungyeol turned to look at the Angel.

“It’s a quote by Stephen King.”

“Oh, what about it?”

“You, I, and Hades are lonely people.”

“How about we be lonely together?” Sungyeol hesitatingly asked.

The Angel turned to face the Human who was nervously biting his lower lip. “Don’t you think that is an odd question to an Angel who can report you for asking another Angel to put you in the system?”

“I-I d-didn’t—” Sungyeol stuttered.

Dongwoo shook his head. “How can I stay here knowing that you do not need any help?”

“A-Are the H-Heavens watching us?”

“No, they don’t like meddling with our work.”

“Then why can’t we?”

“Lee Sungyeol, I am going to have to leave soon. We are only allow to stay with the Human for a year and a half.”

“We still have a lot of time!”

“Sungyeol, there is nothing wrong with you. There is nothing for me to do. I cannot stay here.”

“No! Please! I beg you!” Sungyeol shouted, standing up and slamming his hands on the desk.

Dongwoo sighed, “Sungyeol, I’m sorry, but I cannot do that.”

“Oh, so you would rather be lonely than be here with me and not be lonely!”

“I’m only going to be here for a year and half! What are we going to do after that?! Huh?! You are going to find someone and fall in love and then get married and then go on with your life! I’m going to be an Angel for the rest of my life and take care of Humans that are too lazy to get their own life back together!” Dongwoo shouted back at the Human.

“But that doesn’t mean we can’t be friends for right now! I just want you to—”Sungyeol was interrupted but a knock on the door. “Come in,” he softy said, sitting back down on his chair.

The pretty male came in and worriedly stared at Sungyeol, “Hyung, are you okay?” He asked, clenching hard onto a stack of papers.

Sungyeol sighed, “I’m okay, Sungjong. I was just on the phone.”

Sungjong nodded, not convinced one bit, but he didn’t want to fight the elder. Before he walked out he spoke, “Sungyeol is a good person, he just gets lonely once in a while.” He softy said, and then left the room without another word.

“How did he…?” Dongwoo asked.

““Lonely” is might have gave it away.”

They sat in silence once again, not saying a single word to each other and not making any type of movements. All of a sudden Dongwoo stood up.

““Alone. Yes, that’s the keyword, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn’t hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.” We will never get what we want Sungyeol.”

That was all he said before went back to the Heavens, and get another Human to guide to the right path. 

Author's Note:

Hello! This is NotSoGreatWriter and this is my one shot for whoever asked for it! Okay, this prompt was a little challenging to be very honest with you, but I hope you like it. This is not my best work, but I still like the outcome. 

Admin's Note: The right dose of angst (that's just my opinion XD) ~ Myungjhejhe