Final.

Roses And Frostbites

Mark always get giddy and excited during a certain time of the year.His favourite time, spring.But of course, being a spirit of spring it's natural for him to love seeing flowers bloom and entertaining himself watching bees and butterflies busily nectar.So imagine his anger when he went to his garden only to find it buried 3 feet under in snow.He knows exactly who did this.

"Lee Taeyong!",he screamed at the top of his lungs.Suddenly,there was sharp cold wind before a figure appeared behind him.Mark turned around to face a young male winter spirit.He had big and blue eyes,his pale cheeks a contrast to Mark's rosy ones and his also pale lips let out a playful smirk.

"What? You're not gonna scream my name anymore, sweetie?",his smirk irked something in Mark's heart.He still remembered the day the winter spirit first came to his home a few months ago. The guy was sitting on the windowsill, saying a bunch of cheesy pick-up lines.Although Mark admits the guy is good looking,he just wasn't amused and kicked him out of his house.But that wasn't the last time he saw that winter spirit.No,Taeyong came almost every week to either to flirt with Mark or to stir up trouble to him.Either way it always ends up with a pissed off Mark Lee.

One time,Mark woke up to a drastic temperature drop,snowflakes raining down from a strange cloud on his bedroom ceiling and a casual Taeyong hanging out on the windowsill as if it's all normal.Let's just say he wasn't happy when the only excuse the winter spirit could give was "because you look pretty under the snow".

"Don't you have anything better to do then ruining someone's property?",Mark said in a low voice as his glare hardened.He felt his blood boil when Taeyong smirk got bigger.The winter spirit got closer to him, narrowing the space between them until their faces were inches apart.Taeyong's blue eyes were intently gazing into Mark's hazel ones.The spring spirit could feel the other's cold breath on his face but he didn't shiver that much since he was accustomed to the cold now thanks to Taeyong's frequent visit.Taeyong puts on a daring smile.

"Oh,you haven't seen nothing yet"

As soon as he said that the wind suddenly picked up and started moving in a swirling motion with the snow.The wind was so strong that it pushed Mark from where he was standing unlike the culprit of the sudden blizzard who was standing there casually,a playful look on his face.He then holds Mark's waist and pulls him closer when the other couldn't find his balance because of the strong wind.Naturally,Mark squeezed his eyes shut and buried his face into Taeyong's chest in fear of being in the middle of a strong blizzard.

It lasted a few minutes before the wind finally died down and Mark,realising he was still in the other's hold, quickly pulled away.Taeyong was looking at him with a satisfied smile but Mark wasn't having any of it.His house was completely covered in snow and his flowers were probably frozen under the heap of snow.He is definitely pissed.

"Get out of my face",he said harshly.For a split second,there was a hurt look in those blue eyes before quickly being replaced into a neutral one.Mark felt a bit guilty and was about to apologize but he did damage his home and garden so he kinda has the right to get angry.He had to turn his back on him to avoid the guilt taking over.

"Okay, anything you want".

And he was gone.Mark turned around but he had already disappeared without a trace.Gone with the wind.

The winter spirit didn't come back the next day or the day after that and believe it or not,Mark suddenly missed the other with his cringy pick-up lines and cheesy nicknames.He felt the heat was suddenly too hot for him.

He decided to take his mind of Taeyong by clearing out the snow from his garden.His house had less snow now thanks to the sun.He picked up a shovel and started shoving the snow.When the snow was cleared, he waved his hand a little,making the flowers began to open their buds and bloom proudly with a little of his magic.Mark was admiring his work when the blue-coloured flowers caught his eye.They reminded him of Taeyong's eyes.Those eyes that could make you drown in them with a single look.Mark sighed.Why is he being like this? Did those pick-up lines and cheesy nicknames actually get to him? Maybe so.

He was about to leave when something else caught his eye.Among the bed of red roses,a broken stem.A rose is missing.He holds the stem with the missing flower and wondered what happened to it.It must've fallen when it was buried in the snow.Hmm.He closed his eyes and magically,another red rose had appeared to replace the missing one.Perfect.

 

That night,Mark huddled up on the couch made of bushes.Since spirits like him lived deep in the forest and avoid any human resources, the only light source they had was from the sun or candle fires.He light up a candle and put it near him while he stared at it,his fingers playing with a random leaf sticking out from the bush he was sitting on.

Suddenly,a cold breeze blew through the open window and blew out the candle.

"Took you long enough to come back", the spring spirit said,eyes still on the burned out candle.

"I'm sorry.I won't bother you anymore if you don't like it".

Mark turned his head to look at him.The blue eyes were so filled with sadness that Mark felt the guilt coming back.

"I'm sorry too.For being too harsh",he stood up and faced him with a gentle voice."Also,...I realize I don't really want you to go away", his cheeks were becoming even redder than before.The sentence also made Taeyong's face turning red slightly,eyes wide."Really?"

"Yeah"

The winter spirit's face lit up.His face looking ethereal when moonlight peered through the open window.He then outstretched his hand and a flower was conjured out of thin air.It was a red rose. The petals were lined with snow.A little bit of the snow had melted,leaving dew drops of water on the petals. The moonlight had made the flower glittering in Taeyong's hand as he gave it to Mark.

"It's beautiful.You took it from my garden,did you?",he said, teasingly.Taeyong scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "Yeah,I hope you don't mind."

"I don't.I like it, thank you",Mark means it.It looked like a beautiful combination of spring and winter.He really liked it.He was still admiring the rose when Taeyong grabbed his waist and pulled him closer. The sudden cold contact send shivers down Mark's spine but he didn't mind it.They were so close,their faces only inches away from each other and Mark was hit with déjà vu.He caught the other's eyes staring at his lips and smirked.

"Just do it"

Immediately, Mark's lips were met with icy cold ones as he returned the kiss.It felt cold but calming at the same time.He felt arms circling around his waist even more tightly as he place his arms onto Taeyong's neck.Both felt like on cloud nine as Taeyong deepens the kiss.After a couple more seconds,they finally pulled away and leaned their foreheads against each other,both a bit breathless.

"Stay.",Mark's breath warm against Taeyong's face as the other nods before getting another kiss from the beautiful spirit he's been chasing after for months.

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tiny_smalltiny
#1
Chapter 1: I can’t stop coming back to read this beautiful piece of art over and over again
thing_that_read #2
Chapter 1: I loved, I loved, I loved, I loved, I loved this too much. I can't say exactly how many times I read it, but I can assure you that I feel in the clouds in doing so.

And I really want to congratulate you, this is art.
tiny_smalltiny
#3
Chapter 1: IT. WAS. SO. CUTE. I. MY. SKSKSKSKSKSKKSKSKSKSKSKSKS The way you put emotion into it, when you added the part where Taeyong looked sad and said he wasn’t going to bother Mark anymore because he thought that Mark didn’t like it, oh my god, I felt that emotion and that’s how you know it’s a good story. Also I’m very impressed with your English, though there are a few words that are technically spelled correctly but when in a sentence not used correctly, for English not being your first language, that was impressive so you better be proud because English is one of the hardest languages to learn so, great job.
laurashipssaida #4
AAAAAAAAAA I LOVE THIS SO MUCH I'M EXPLODING OF HAPPINESS
KrAye679
#5
Chapter 1: Can i translate...i like so much and it's so soft..i will be fully crd
itssehunniee #6
♡♡♡
annethundr05 #7
Chapter 1: Flails like a crazy lady...ok I'm good. This was so cute, and brilliant. I love it! Both my bias MarkYong, my precious rare otp. Thank you so much, they are adorable and I can totally see TY as wonter spirit and Mark as spring. Kudos my dear.
guanlinlover
#8
Chapter 1: so cute!!! i love it