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Cupid's work is tough. He has the best job in this world, but it's tough, okay? There are so many people that need Love and he is the one who brings it. He was walking down the street, following a girl who will fall in Love in one minute.
Yes, he said Love with a capital letter. Why? Because Love is the strongest force in the World, and he is it's servant.
Girl will fall in Love, she just doesn't know it yet. Okay, half of a minute left. 20 sec, 10 sec… his bow and arrow are in position...
Just a little more...
5 seconds... Oh, the Cupid, Namjoon sees the target. It's the boy in the red jacket. He shoots the arrows, twice. One hits the girl, the other one hitd the boy. Right to their hearts, then, the arrows vanish into a thin air, like they had never existed. They are in Love. So why does he feel so lonely right now? He feels...empty. Why is he crying? Is this supposed to happen? He doesn't know.
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He is humming on his way down to work. It's such a beautiful day, so he feels very happy right now. The air smells really fresh. He loves being outside. He is a teacher in high school, and he loves his students, they are so lovely.
But, he feels so... empty. Lonely. He doesn’t have a boyfriend or girlfriend and what is more, all of the other professors are teasing him. He hates that. But, now he is happy. He has a really good job and he ...has to admit, that maybe this wasn't happiness.
As soon as he got to the school where he teaches, he remembered that today was going to rain and he had no umbrella! “Oh no,...” He sighs. But he didn't worry really, he didn't have a lot to walk to my apartment.
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His work for today was done. Another Cupid was 'taking his place' and he went home. Where? Well, like other humans he lives in a house. So he can be in a human form, when he is Cupid. He is invisible, but as a human, everybody can see him. But nobody sees him and his wings.
''Hi Busk, '' He says to a neighbor's dog. He says 'woof' and he lets Namjoon pet him. The funny thing is, that Busk doesn't like anyone, except him. He thinks this is because he knows who he is. Monsters are greeting other monsters, or should I say he knows that.
Another thing, as a human, he eats a lot, but as a Cupid he doesn't eat at all. Also, he doesn't know who created him. But he thinks he somehow died and someone sent him on Earth to live another life. As a human named Kim Namjoon.
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It really rains now and he has to run. Damn, he wished he wasn't so carefree this morning. He can feel raindrops on his body and it's getting cold. When he managed to run to his apartment, he was soaking wet. Also, it's really cold. He opened the door and as he came to the living room he put his house on heat, and he went to wash himself up in the bathroom. Then he managed to put himself under the shower. He can feel how he is warming up and this feeling is just amazing.
His apartment is now cozy and warm and he can feel how he could sleep, but he needed to eat first, so he made himself a lunch and ate it really fast, because he was so hungry. He corrects a few tests and he just watches some TV. Life is so boring. And he can't fall in Love.
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He didn't sleep well tonight, he felt like something wasn't right. He doesn't know why, but sometimes out of nowhere he gets feelings like happiness or sadness. Like, he was feeling someone or something. And when he slept, he could feel a lot of sadness.
He wasn't really worried, he could just feel someone being sad once per day. Or maybe once per week. It wasn't scary, it was usual to him. He got up and made himself breakfast. Then he went to do his job — as Cupid.
A lot of people fell in Love today, and he was proud of his work. He was fast, always knew where and when to shoot an arrow and he was getting a good paycheck after his work.
Then, he saw him.
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His walk to school this time was really quiet and nice. He enjoyed it and he wished for more walks like today. It was a beautiful day and it was just perfect.
He was in a better mood than yesterday. He maybe hates rain for no reason at all. He heard a strange sound. It sounded like wings? Or something like this? Not bird wings, it was... bigger. He was confused, and probably he ate something weird for breakfast.
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He saw him go... and he couldn't do anything, he was at work. He was beautiful. He looked and looked so good. Namjoon sighs. It was never meant to be. Maybe he was really gonna be alone for the rest of his Cupid days...even tho, he doesn't want to.
His work was over in a few hours but... he couldn't stop thinking about him. How does he know him? Was it a memory? Of his previous life? He didn't know His name, just a face. And he really wants to meet him in his human form.
But, he went home. This time it didn't rain, but still, he could feel rain in his heart and it was driving him crazy.
/I want to know his name. I want to be his. I don't want to be Cupid. I want to be human. I want to be in his arms./
And he didn't know how to become this. He hasn't thought about it his whole Cupid's life. It was a mystery to him and it was really driving him crazy.
But what can he do if he can't have him?
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She was so nice, she brought flowers and they smelled so good.
“Thank you so much, Jia-ssi... I promise you I won't forget the flower theme.” She looked so happy.
“I know, you won't, Jin-ssi.”
He smiled back.
“I have to go now, my husband is waiting.”
He nodded. They were so cute together and he wished to have this kind of relationship with anyone. They were married for four years now and they loved each other every day more and more. She knew today was his birthday. And she brought him flowers.
He waved and she smiled at him again. What a birthday. His students sing a birthday song to him and he swears they are so nice to their old teacher. On his way back home it was now really light. He smiled because today was absolutely perfect.
Again, he heard wings. And he knew he wasn't imagining it.
Because, he was in front of him. An actual angel
“Who... who are you?” The man looked at Seokjin in fear.
“Y- You c-c-can see me?!”
“Are you an Angel?”
The man smiled at Seokjin. “No, sorry. You're not dead, well not yet.”
“Then, what are you?” there was a silence. A long one. The man finally reveals:
“... I'm Cupid.”
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He looked so beautiful but the only thought Namjoon had was: "How can he see me? No one ever could see me. That is the rule."
But still, he was in front of him. He had flowers in his hands and his glasses were now down the nose and he fixed them, when Namjoon was watching Him.
He was dressed casually, white t-shirt, and a blazer. He looked so good. “How can you see me?” Joon asked.
“What do you mean?”
“Nobody can ever see me. That's the rule.”
“I don't know.” He answers. “But I gotta tell you, you look really nice.” Namjoon blushed.
Cupid who is blushing?
“What's your name, handsome?” Namjoon raised his eyebrow.
“Kim Seokjin,” he tell him.
“My name is Kim Namjoon.” Seokjin started to laugh.
“Why are you laughing?”
“Did you just make up your name?”
“No, I did not,” Namjoon tells Seokjin. “You know what? I'm going to show you something and then, you're not gonna laugh.”
Namjoon took his hand and suddenly flew up in the sky. Kim Seokjin started to yell.
“Put me down, Namjoon! I'm scared.”
“Then close your eyes.” He told him. He really closes them and Kim Seokjin is now really close to his body in the air. He doesn’t know why he does it, but he hugged him and they continued to fly. He can hear his faster heartbeat. Then, they are finally at Namjoon's house.
He puts him slowly and safely to the earth. He looks at me like he is crazy. “Why did you do it?”
“Do what?”
“Took my hand and started flying.”
I thought he's going to say why did I hug him. Man, he smelled so good.
"I want to show you something.” Namjoon tells him and he points to his house.
“Whose house is this?” He asked, confused.
“Mine.”
“Oh. You have a house?!”
“All of the cupids have one. Now, please go inside.”
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He is still holding Seokjin's hand and if he is being honest, he really doesn't mind. With him, he feels safe, even though he was flying in the air one minute ago. Namjoon opens the door and Seokjin goes inside. And man, does he have a nice house.
Suddenly, he closes his eyes and his body starts to shift, his wings are crawling back to his back and now he's without a shirt...
And he has big holes. Seokjin doesn't know why he did this, but he touched them. Namjoon sighs.
“Does it hurt?” Jin feels bad for him.
“With every transformation it hurts less and less…” He turns around with a smirk. “Sorry, I need to change.”
Only now Jin noticed how his eyes were blue, but now,...They are shining.
“How do you exist?” Jin asks and Namjoon looks at me.
“I don't know, really. I just think someone sent me from the sky to the Earth.” Seokjin is amazed.
“You don't know?” Namjoon puts his shirt on and he smiles at Seokjin.
“I am really sorry, Seokjin, but I really don't know.” Seokjin nods and Namjoon goes to the kitchen, he takes food out of the fridge.
“You eat?” Jin asked.
“Of course, I'm starving!”
“Yeah, me too.” He chuckles.
They eat in silence and Namjoon knows Jin watches him and he watches him. And he can feel this spark between them. But this can't be Love. Because he's Cupid. Cupids are on Earth because they shoot people with arrows, right?
Kim Namjoon. He's real. Well, he's Cupid and human, but he's real.
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“I want to try something,” Namjoon says.
Seokjin was looking at him and after a few moments, he nodded.
“I'm fine with it.”
“I need you to do something and all I'm asking you is, to do what I say, okay?”
“Okay.” Seokjin is nervous.
But he managed to slowly come to Namjoon and with a confused look he asked him what to do.
“Take your hand to my heart.” Joon blushes.
“Oh.”
“I'm not going to hurt you, Seokjin. I can promise you this.”
“I... trust you, Namjoon.”
Those words hit Namjoon like a train. A human is trusting him with his heart. He puts his hands on Joon’s heart and he closes his eyes. Namjoon’s heart is now really slow, but after a minute,.. it's beating fast.
Seokjin is now looking at him, he doesn't have his eyes closed anymore. “Can,... can I try something?” He asked.
“Go for it.” Seokjin leans closer to Namjoon.
“I want to kiss you.”
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Namjoon smiles.
“I want to kiss you too, Seokjin.” Now he's leaning closer to Jin.
He is not backing out this time. His heart is racing. He put his hand on my neck and Jin doesn't know how he's managing to smell this nice right now, but he is.
He closes his eyes, so does Jin. He can feel his breath and his lips are now on his. They are warm and really nice, just perfect. Their kiss is now getting hotter, he can't get enough of him. Namjoon is Perfect… - And his arrow hits Jin.
No, it wasn't him. It was Seokjin. He fell in love?! Just like that?
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He could feel how he fell in Love with Seokjin. Literally. He loves him. And this was his doing... Namjoon didn't do anything. Their lips still collided. Joon didn't want to break the kiss, but he had too. Because...He was the Love of his Life.
A few months later, his boyfriend was now walking down the street, but this time, they were holding hands. Life was amazing. Because this time, an arrow shot Joon.