day 22 : superhuman
pg
superhuman || 1265wc
The night sky was outstretched with abundance of constellation to look at; it was the perfect night with slight breeze and it was almost peaceful for the two to converge. On a rooftop of an apartment building, sat the two laying down eyes wide open gazing deep into each other’s eyes with fingers entwined. They felt closer instantly closer with this intimacy, their worries dissipate into the purl of each other’s eyes, they found reconciliation.
Downtown, contrasting to the new-found concord of the couple, the city was a chaos and restless with bombarded by bright light and amplified sound, like many nights before the city isn’t going to sleep even after its occupants had slept. There’s always light and sound the city, even the slightest trickle of water in the pipeline or the flash of nightlight being turned on. It was almost midnight, but the automobiles were still rushing finding their destination or home to settle in.
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“So, tell me again. Why can’t we be together?”The man with his chestnut eyes glistened underneath the dimness of the night like a pair of cat’s eyes enquires with a hint of dissatisfaction, perhaps he was masquerading the feelings that had consumed him since their meeting this afternoon at their campus.
“Because it’s dangerous for you to be at my side. At one time, I’ll have enemies, Taemin. They’ll come after you, and I can’t forgive myself if that happens.”Taemin’s lover announced and it was evident from his voice, there was a painful throb in his heart as he tried to clear the shroud of grey of his sudden decision to break their bond. It was for his lover’s benefit after all.
“Minho, I don’t care. I’ll die with you if it’s needed.”Taemin was clearly stubborn; of course for love, we would die and bleed for it, because without the other piece we’re worthless puzzles with a missing piece that hard to find it’s replacement. Taemin stood up from his position, and frantically stroll along the rooftops with his eyes starting to wet with tears.
Minho chases him and stopped him at his track with his muscular arms resting like glue on Taemin’s shoulder. He tipped the younger’s chin and with clarity of his voice he spoke the reason he had rehearsed for a while “This is my battle, and I don’t want you to get involved in this. I don’t even want a tiny scratch on you.”
“B-but, I ,I don’t want to lose you.”The younger stated as the pools of tears gushes down like rapid waterfalls. Minho took him into his arm and embraced him tightly, with their body touching as near as they could be.
“Trust me, I don’t want to lose you either.”Minho whispered assuring, he was on the verge of tears when the loud siren of police cars could be heard and they broke apart.
“I need to go.”Minho kisses Taemin on his lips as his fuel and retracted himself from his pea coat revealing a black body suit with a big M on the middle and he plugged his mask, the barrier between his double identity and his real identity.
And Minho jumps down from the tall building with the help of gravity as Taemin watches from the side of the rooftop in fret.
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“M STRIKES AGAIN” was written in bold and black and bleared. The campus was ecstatic, since the arrival of M few months back the city was wrapped in a cocoon of safe and secure. The girls and androgyny swoon over the man behind the mask and Taemin watches them idle, stirring his cooling chicken soup lazily without paying any interest. His gazed blankly on the bowl of soup, seeing how his reflection falls on the soup and soon there was another reflection adjoining his.
“Hai.”Minho greeted cheerily, as if last night hadn’t take place. Minho fixed his spectacles and took his seat next to Taemin.
“Good job yesterday.”Taemin enlightened the mood with a safe play, avoiding the trench of profound thinking and the emotions involved in it.
“Thanks. So, how are you today?”Minho asked politely and somehow Taemin was impatient with this façade their putting up with. It’s a pack of lies being shoved down their throat, and the longer and the more this is going on, the deeper the slit on his throat will cut, killing him softly.
“I’ve been better.”But, Taemin commented blatantly instead of telling the truth besides they were at a public place and he wouldn’t embarrass them with his sudden outburst.
“Wanna talk about it?”Taemin was extremely drained with this tug-of-war, so he pulled Minho’s collar and kissed him hard in order to silence him. Taemin scoot nearer and hugged the man tightly. And when the pulled back, he rested his head on the man’s unyielding chest listening to the fast breathing and the frantic heartbeat.
“Please don’t do this to me, I need you.”Taemin mumbled as Minho played with the tresses of his hair.
“You know I can’t jeopardise you.”Minho replied defensively, slipping on a kiss on top of Taemin’s head.
“You know I can’t breathe without you. Please lift me out from my misery.”Taemin clenches Minho’s shirt as the tears fall unceremoniously drenching Minho’s shirt.
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A large fire was licking a low-cost apartment, Taemin rushes to the scene to watch his man in action and also for his part-time job; a photographer for the city newspapers. The residents that managed to get out from the building were slumped to the grounds in tears as their shelter is burning into ashes. At a distance, he could see a woman crying hysterically, shouting manically as she points to the burning building babbling incoherent words with perhaps the name of her child was being called out. And Taemin rushes to her site, and calms her down with a hug and assuring words, his camera abandoned hanging loosely on his neck. He eavesdrop the conversation of the residents, they said that their saviour had been in to save the young boy for 20 minutes and hadn’t returned since. Taemin was trying hard to not tear up like the woman in his embrace, in his heart he constantly prayed and hoped to the deities out there that Minho and the child will be save.
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Suddenly there was a crash coming from the building, and then emerged M and the young boy sleeping soundly on his arms and the worries had been replaced with gratefulness. Taemin wanted to rush to Minho’s side and make sure he was fine and tell him how he was glad that he is alive. Minho walked to the mother and gave her the young boy safely back to his mother’s arm and he could feel Minho’s warm gaze falls on him. Minho disappeared minutes later after receiving sincere thanks from the residents.
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Taemin searches for him, eyes swimming around the possible places M could hide. Swiftly a hand pulled him into a dark alley and when he was turned by the stranger, he smiled.
“Good job out there.”Taemin praised him as he inches closer to the man in the mask.
“It was all because of you.”Minho lifted his mask and pulled Taemin closer by the waist, smooches him passionately as if he was awakened from the death.
It's not a bird, not a plane
It's my heart and its going gone away
My only weakness is you, only reason is you
Every minute with you I feel like I can do anything
Going, going I'm gone away! Love!
- Chris Brown ft Keri Hilson - Superhuman