Work Text:
✦ start ────────
Yeonjun is here again, in his little work table, fingers non-stop typing, tapping the letter tabs in every millisecond as he creates his 5th file project for this month.
he's been wondering if he needed another job or not, the pay is not that high, he barely even get his rent paid.
he sighs, hand stopping its movement.
“should I call Beomgyu?”, he shook his head in dismay, thinking that the younger might be sleeping at this rate.
turning his head to face the clock, face scorching in disbelief as the clock hits 12 midnight, has he been focused on typing and did not even notice the time?
he shakes his head. a blush covering his cheeks as his stomach growls.
“I need to sleep. I can just eat tomorrow morning... yes, tomorrow morning it is”, he said to himself.
He stood up and went over to lay down to his bed after saving his work drafts and shutting his pc off.
a big yawn escapes his throat, eyes droopy, almost not able to blink one more time, he sighs in content his whole body settles down and felt the cold sensation of the mattress.
“hmm...Good~”
He yawned one more time before dozing off.
“--ng? hyung? hey! are you awake? come on! we need to go!”
said a soft deep voice of a male, his eyes opens, blurry image of a male in front of him, waving his hands to his face.
“hyung! come on! we need to leave!”
leave? where?
the male huffs, “are you just gonna lay there?”.
Yeonjun groans, sitting up as he finally took in his surroundings, just where the hell is he? there are trees everywhere.
He looks up at the male with furrowed brows, “uh...not to be harsh but, who are you?”, he asks.
the male frowns, “Hyung? seriously? I'm your fiancé soobin! just how many bottle had you dranken last night?”, Soobin annoyedly said, arms across his chest.
Yeonjun made a confused sound. fiancé? for the last time he know, he's single.
he nearly yelped when a hand grabbed his arm and forced him up to his feet, “come on, we're going back home!”, Soobin said.
yeonjun decided to just follow his 'fiancé' to where the bus station leads, but it seems like they're too far from it.
a few minutes later after running for like an hour, they arrive at somewhere Yeonjun cannot name. just where the hell is he?, there are so many giant leaves that some people uses to fly.
once again he was dragged. they entered something...what is this?
“uh, hyung are you alright?”, the taller had asked once again.
Yeonjun shakes his head, “where the hell are we? and what is this?”, he asks as soon as the scenery in front of him became a glitch.
Soobin tilted his head in confusion, “Hyung, we're in blue hour city! what are you talking about? have you gone crazy or something?”, the taller asks. checking Yeonjun in every angle.
“o-oh, I might have drank so much last night”, he played along even though he's still confused.
and soon, they appeared in front of a... house? is looks like one, but wooden and vines curled around into the edges of the house and the roof is filled with green grass and flowers.
just... where the hell is he?
“we're home at last! come on! I want to you my new arrows!”
arrows?!
He followed. the house looks so tiny outside but it so spacious at the inside. there is a sword that catches his attention, he walk to it... studying the sword.
but then, he saw his name carved unto the metal.
“oh, forgot to tell you, your sword has been fixed. Kai stopped by and gave it back, it has protection enchantment on it, so it's going to be hard to break anymore”
“anyway, hyung, look at my arro-”
He sat up, sweating. heart pulsing fast. he placed a hand on his forehead wiping the sweat away, it feels too hot.
What was that dream?
He looks up at the clock, frowning, the clock hits 5 am. already?
that male in his dream, he looks so familiar...but how? he swear, he never get to see him in real life, who was he?
blue hair...bunny upturned lips...
he shakes his head, he shouldn't be thinking about it at this time, standing up to go to his kitchen and drink some water.
keeping his phone beside him, eyeing it for a while, unsure if he's going to call Beomgyu or not.
he groans, gripping his hair in frustration, and soon giving up and dialing the latter's number.
[] beomgyu
yeonjun []
✦ call ongoing ────────
[] hmm..? yes..? its too early Hyung..
sorry, but I need to ask you something...[]
[] what is it?
do you, by any chance, know anyone named Soobin? or a character named soobin? []
[] ... are you serious Hyung? really?
yes, I am serious []
[] *sighs* yeah, there's a book called Blue Hour City, you can buy it at the store near my uni.
oh my god! thank you Beomgyu! I'll treat you later! []
[] oh?! really?! don't take that back idiot!
I won't! bye! []
✦ call ended ────────
Yeonjun quickly, put his shoes on, grabbing his wallet nearby where he carelessly tossed it yesterday.
he puts a mask on, hiding his still puffy face, and put on his heat padded coat with his house key, and finally left his house.
Beomgyu's uni, it's just 10 minutes away from his house, so he's relieved that it's not that far.
he continued walking and walking, until he's in front of the book store, that the younger told him.
he looks inside, the lights were on, so...it is open at this early kind of hour, right?
He opened the glass door with hesitation, there's a female who noticed his presence, and welcome him with a warm smile.
“hi! what can I get for you?”, the female asks.
yeonjun smiles, “Oh, u-uh, do you have a book that's named, blue hour city?”, he asks.
the female beamed, “Oh! blue hour city?, we do have it, it's been here for a long time, but don't worry it's still sealed from its arrival here, come I'll lead you where it is”, she said, turning around and starts to walk in a direction.
Yeonjun followed the female, his eyes catching some books that are titled with nonsense, without knowing it, they arrived at the storage room.
he raised a brow, “here?”, he muttered.
the female searches into the rowed shelves, making a victory sound as soon as she found the book and gave it to Yeonjun.
“here, we have like, the stack of it here, it also have its second version, if you're interested”, she said.
Yeonjun studied the cover, it's nothing but black with golden written font on the front, “yeah, I'll get the second version too, if that's possible”, he said.
the female claps, grabbing another book, “this one's titled as 'blue hour city : the sacrifice', it's also written by fiancé of the writer so it must be that detailed”, she said.
he took the other book, it sure is simple with the cover, Blue Hour City : The Sacrifice. both were still sealed, dusts all over them.
“I'll get these two”, he said.
the female made him follow back to the counter, accessing the books price. she frowned, confused as to why the book wasn't priced.
“uhm, these books weren't priced yet, so I guess I'll be giving it for free today, besides no one is interested with those”, she said.
Yeonjun sighs, “alright, can you put them into some paper bag?”, he asks.
she nodded, “yeah sure... here”, she said, handing the paper bag with the books inside it.
He bowed and thanked the female one more time, before leaving.
Yeonjun wonders if these books have any relation with his dream earlier. shaking head to throw the thoughts away, sighing as he continued walking back home.
he hissed when a stranger bumped into him harshly, dropping his purchase in the process.
the stranger abruptly helped him back to his feet, giving his purchase back to him with such force before the stranger hurriedly yet shakily apologises,
“I-I'm s-sorry!”, and then stranger runs.
Yeonjun frowns, massaging his right shoulder at the pain, “what a weirdo”, he muttered under his breathe, carrying back to walk back home.
Yeonjun finally made it to his house, shaking the cold away from his body. taking off his shoe and placed it back to his shoe rack near the door, and hangs his coat on the wall.
he takes his mask off and placed it somewhere and walks to his room silently, with the kalguksu that he bought outside.
he sat down on his work chair, and places the two books down, eyeing it with interest.
sighing as he took courage to take the seal off of it, he's careful off taking the plastic seal off of the two books.
He opened it to the first page, and there is says
────────
Blue Hour City
────────
written by Soobin Choi
published in year 1940
(1940 - 1999)
────────❁────────
Blue Hour City; a beautiful place, where magic does exist. magical fairies, paladins, archers, healers, dragons and etc.
in the kingdom of Blue Hour City, there is someone who everyone looks up to, their Prince, who's name is Yeonjun Choi, leads the whole City on his own after the death of his parents.
and an archer who's name is Soobin Kang, lives up to his family name of; Kang.
though, one day, Soobin run across the Prince who's in patrol to watch over the city. The Prince is a wise and skilled Paladin.
coming across the Prince without a proper apology, in hurry of going somewhere. the people saw this and despise the archer for his rude attitude for their Prince.
but never did once Soobin had ever thought of becoming the Prince's fiancé after the incident of his rude encounter with him. he never did once care for it, he took it as his punishment for his rude behaviour towards the Prince.
────────❁────────
Yeonjun shivers, goosebumps on his skin, as his name was very well written on the introduction of the Story, as well as the name of the male he has dreamt of last night.
He closed it, before grabbing the second book of the first version, and proceeds to read its introduction.
────────
Blue Hour City : The Sacrifice
────────
in the kingdom of Blue Hour City, there are now two rulers; Yeonjun Choi and Soobin Kang, who's the Prince fiancé.
so many was enraged by this outcome. the two lovers did not care about the threat thrown by them, since Yeonjun held a power against the City, so he threatens the City instead.
in their way forward, Yeonjun did not know that his fiancé broke a rule in the Kang family, and that is — never interact with the Choi. Soobin ignores it he knew time will tell.
his punishment came rather quickly, hiding it to his lover, not wanting to disappoint the Prince by his mistake.
he disappeared as if he's the wind. The Prince searched for him all this while, the city being attacked by their enemy, but his mind is focused on finding his fiancé, never did he order his men to protect the city.
in the end, he stood there, in the vast green field, tears running down his cheeks, red coating his clothes as he was caught by the enemy, and eventually getting killed.
────────❁────────
Yeonjun sniffled, was he really crying for the introduction of the second book? he has yet to read the first book as whole before the second.
he then closed it and place them in his books rack, the empty space being filled.
he look down at his food, sighing, wiping his tears away and starts to open the container before proceeding to eat.
mind still wandering on his thoughts about the male who appeared in his dream, was he the exact same male to the story?
✦
“Hyung, how was the book? why do you need it?”, Beomgyu asks, taking a bite of his fries.
Yeonjun shakes his head, “I had a dream with this male named Soobin, he looks familiar to me, so I asked you about the name”, he said.
Beomgyu stopped eating, staring at Yeonjun, “really? did you read the story?”, he asks one more time.
The older shakes his head, “haven't yet, but the introductions are so intense as fuck, but... My name was on it”, he muttered.
the younger snorts, “well, it might be Yeonjun Lee or something”
“no, the name was written there was Yeonjun Choi, and its my name”, Yeonjun said.
Beomgyu raised a brow, “and how are you so sure its you? besides that book is way too old”, he snorts, taking a sip of his mango shake.
Yeonjun looks down, “I really want to know about Soobin... the one in my dream”, he said.
the younger sighs, “well, do you remember what he looks like? because I really know someone who's name is Soobin and it's my cousin too”, he said.
Yeonjun perked up, “well, the male in my dream have button nose, almost bunny like lips, bright blue hair, and he's taller than me, if I remember very well”, he detailedly said.
Beomgyu froze, Soobin hyung... he's describing Soobin hyung... my cousin..., he thought.
Yeonjun frowns at his lack of response, “hey, you alright?”, he asks worriedly to the younger.
Beomgyu awkwardly smiles, “well...you're describing my cousin... soobin hyung”, he hesitantly said.
Yeonjun huffs, “I don't even know what your cousin looks like so I don't know”, he said.
the bell rings, and soon a hand came in contact with Beomgyu's shoulder, and it looks like the person is in panic.
“B-Beomgyu! h-help me! there's someone running after me!”, the person trembly said.
whole body shaking in fear, Beomgyu looks around, and eventually caught a sight of two men in black and masks.
he made the person sat in between, “Hyung, you're fine, I'm here, they can't attack with two people with you Hyung. calm down now”, he comforts the taller person as he cried and shakes in fear.
Yeonjun looks at the male in worry, and looks back at Beomgyu who he caught staring at him, “Hyung, this is Soobin hyung, my cousin.”, Beongyu said.
The older hums, carefully looking at the males face as soon as he properly sat up and wipes his tears away. bowing at Yeonjun.
“bin hyung, this is Yeonjun Hyung, he's older than you by a year”, he said.
Soobin nodded, attention on Beomgyu mango shake.
Yeonjun shivers as the examine the feature of the newly arrived latter, he could never mistake it.
it's him.
the blue haired guy, named Soobin.
but with a faded blue hair.
perhaps, the history repeats itself, but... would the ending still remains the same and repeats itself? we don't know.