Changmin, one full hand and a half old, would make a ritual of playing with his marionettes every night before going to bed.

He would weave amazing stories with his dolls, tears, laughter, imagination, life.

Through each story, each game, each name he them brought them to life. Every night they would play as if they were really alive.

His parents told him to stop playing with dolls: he was too old for them, and he should focus on more important things.

Changmin refused. “The dolls had minds of their own.” He said, but they couldn’t exist just on their own. They had to have someone bring them to life. Thus, every night he would play with them. It was like this for years

As time passed, he would play with them less and less. But he would still talk to them. He would talk to them about everything; the days events, more ideas for games that they could play.

His parents urged him to give them away, or to throw them out. Each time the offer came up, it was bluntly refused.

Then one night it all changed. Something was wrong, and Changmin knew it too. Instead of the usual make-believe routine, he did something else. He cut their strings. He told them they were free.

Jaejoong and Yunho lived the still lives of Marionettes. Their hands were not their own, their feet were not their own. Bound by stings, they could not even turn their heads to look out the window.

Or so that is what everyone thought.

When no one is looking, they come to life and play for deep inside them beats a mechanical heart, thrumming with clicking gears wound by a soul that yearns to be free. In a body that is not their own, they begin to learn that there is one thing and one thing alone that cannot be held down: the heart

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Okay so this is my second chaptered fanfiction and I have high hopes for it ^^

My other fanfiction “Child's Play” which is still in progress will be my main priority in terms of updates. I do have plans for this story and I am excited to begin seriously writing this one. It will be a YunJae fantasy, angst, romance with a dash of YooSu to spice it up. (lol it sounds like I'm talking about food)

I won't begin posting chapters to this story for awhile - until Child's Play is finished or nearly there.

I'm really excited to write this and a little nervous, because this is my first time writing a full on YunJae fic (even though I'm primarily a YunJae reader, and a YooSu writer) it will be interesting.

Okay, so the reason I'm posting up the intro ages before the rest of the story is because I had an incident with my computer and I basically lost all of my writing and music, etc. So I'm kind of using AFF as one extra form of backup.

I hope the story is worth the wait ^^

Catch you next update ☆

Rainy