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The sun was setting on the horizon as König and Horangi were inside the base playing a little bit of cards while they wait for there orders, the two have grown close and Horangi had learnt a little German to understand König more due to the fact he always mixes German words with English which he didn't really mind, he found it quite adorable. Horangi sighed as he was getting closer to retirement and so was König, which meant one thing and one thing only, Horangi had to go back to Korea. The thought travelled through his mind not leaving it to the point he started to zone off staring at his cards in his hands; tears started to form in his eyes as he took off his glasses and rubbed them off. König obviously noticed this, how Horangi just blankly stared at his cards and when he rubbed away his tears, he reached his palm over and rested it on Horangi’s wrist
“Horangi?”
Horangi jolted at the sudden sound, he didn't realize he’s been zoning out for so long and exhaled knowing the way König said his voice he was worried for his well being.
“Horangi <what's wrong>?” König asked as he moved his chair so he could sit beside him “<you> know you can tell <me anything>, right?” he said as he rested his arm over his shoulder pulling him closer into a hug so Horangi could feel more comfort.
Horangi’s eyes started to water more knowing he just had to tell König exactly why he joined the military. “Ko..König, I joined the military to escape my debt..”
“<what debt?>”
“Gambling debt..König i was a gambling addict and I grew into a huge debt with a gang back in Korea, and if i go back i’ll..i’ll die…they’ve already killed so many people i love and..i dont..i..” Horangi broke down clinging onto the larger Austrian.
König sighed softly and stroked Horangis head gently as he gave a small peck on his forehead “The <military> pays a lot, how come <you cannot> pay up?”
“Because the debt increases every month by 2 times the last..i cant pay up..” Horangi said with a sniffle of defeat.
König thought of the whole problem for a moment and suddenly had a light bulb “<me!>”
“Huh?”
“You can <come live with me!>” König exclaimed in excitement “<your german is very good! I'm sure they can't find you in Austria!” he cooed out, all so happy, Horangi himself couldn't help but smile. This was a good idea and he would love to live with someone like König, he was such a sweet boy and only wanted the best for everyone
“Yeah..yeah i'd love too” Horangi mumbled out as his smile grew bigger, he lifted König's long mask only to go under it as he shifted the position to sit on his lap being so close to König's lips. Konig flushed red as he started to stutter “Ho-Horangi!? What are you--” he was cut off with Horangi’s rough lips pressing against König's. König melted into the kiss as he kissed right back wrapping his arms around his waist and pulling him closer and keeping their lips together as long as possible deepening it as the small kisses started to turn into a make out, the two getting pretty heated through the kiss until Soap entered and fake gagged “Ew! Get a room!”
Horangi peeked out of the mask and stuck out his tongue “says the one sneaking into the storage room with Ghost and locking it every time you two are together!”
“Eh!? We do not!!!” Soap quickly said with a red face.
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Time flies by so quickly, Horangi has now moved into König's house and the two have grown closer than ever. They started to go out on romantic dates and love happily with no problems. The two decided to get 2 cats and a German Shepard that they both trained to carry things if necessary.
König and Horangi decide that König gets up from the table getting Horangi confused till he witnesses König getting down on one knee and reaching into his pocket making Horangis heart start beating so quickly like it's about to beat itself out of his own chest.
“Horangis..” König spoke “we’ve known each other for a while now and..i took you on this date today because i love you so much and i wish if you could..” he took out a small red box from his pocket “Be my husband?”
Horangi’s eyes watered and he quickly nodded yes “Yes! Yes!” he yelped out in Korean just so happy as he jumped into König's arms and kissed him deeply before breaking the kiss and letting his now fiancé put on the ring on his ring finger, this now, was the best day of his life, he was going to marry the love of his life once and for all without a problem.
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The planning for the wedding was quiet quick, preparations already done, money paid, planning finished, many friends from the Task force 141 were invited along with König's family, this was going to be the most memorable day of Horangi’s life, everything was perfect, everything was in place, the guest were here and Horangi was walking down the aisle while holding flowers and in a nice suit. He looked around counting the guests making sure everyone was here on this special day. Soap, Ghost, Gaz, Price, König's family, Alex, other people, yes, yes everything was perfect but, who were the group of people that wore masks. Horangis guts twirled as anxiety built up, he didn't know him, König would’ve told him if he invited anyone extra, right? Why were they there? Hornagi thought of all the possibilities till his mind calmed down. Workers, they had to be the workers here, after all they were at Lake Zell so it was either curious strangers or workers for the wedding. He reached the end of the aisle and looked up at König as a smile formed, the two decided to marry both wearing their masks since it was how they first met, unknown of each other's faces and fell in love with the masks. The marriage officiant started to speak everything that was needed as the rings were carried down the aisle by none other than König's and Horangis pet cats and dog. People awed and giggled at the cuteness except for the strangers. They were completely unfazed. He gulped as the marriage went on, they got their rings and soon embraced into a sweet kiss of love. Soon everyone got prepared to go to the restaurant they rented, heading back to the hotels and so did Horangi and König. Ghost and Soap offered to take the pets to take care of them so König and Horangi could get ready with ease. On the way there Horangi noticed a few cars following, Horangi sucked it up thinking it was a coincidence not telling his unaware husband. They headed to the rooms and Horangi saw the men get out of the car with bats and guns. That's when it clicked, the gang found Horangi and he was with his lover,
Horangi panicked and yelped “go! Go!”
König was confused but could read the worriedness on Horangi’s face and they went running to their hotel room. The Gang followed rather quickly, once they reached the room König slammed the door shut, but it wasn't the usual slam you would hear against a door and wall, something was in between something. One of the men had thrown their bats at the perfect timing to stop the door from closing. Horangi was rustling through their stuff trying to collect as much money as possible to at least satisfy the Gang leader to not kill König.
König slightly opened the door to push the bat away leaning down which only led him to getting kicked in the face by another member and the door flying open, Horangi heard the commotion and panicked looking over “König!” he yelled out about to go over but the rest of the members entered as the largest man in the group, the gang leader, grabbed König by the hair and pointed the gun to his head as another member tied up König's arms and legs to stop him from trying to escape
“{The money.}” he hissed out in Korean
Horangi panicked as his breathing got heavy and looked over to König whose nose was bleeding from the strong kick, he whimpered quickly grabbing all the money he could find and ran back to the door where everyone was standing. Due to his shuffling and so much panicking movement he tripped falling to his knees dropping some of the money but picked it all up and showed the Leader “{this is all i have! Please! Let him go! I promise to pay you everything I have!}” he hiccupped with tears streaming down his face, he didn't want the love of his life dying in front of him right on their wedding day. Oh but a single bill just had to slip out of Horangi’s shaky hands.
*Bang*
Horangi's breath hitched as blood splattered on the walls and König's body dropped to the floor
“{keep your stupid money. Witnessing this is enough to pay up your debt.}” the man said and left with his gang
Horangi paused before a waterfall streamed down his face “NO!” he yelled out in agony as he dropped all the money letting it land in a pool of blood
“No..no König..König no! Wake up! WAKE UP!” he yelled out as if that’ll work, in his arms was his pale dead husband, all his fault because he didn't tell König about the suspicious vehicles, guests, and debt he could never pay, he blamed himself endlessly and because of the commotion and yelling it did worry the other guests and the cops were called.
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Horangi swore to never touch cards again or to ever love another.
He headed to the graveyard where König was buried. He sat down beside the tombstone and opened his phone going through the memories as he laughed softly “Hey König, remember when--” he was cut off by a familiar voice
“Horangi”
“Ghost?” Horangi looked over to the taller man “what are you doing here? Where is soap?
“He’s parking, but that doesn't matter, i came here to Austria to tell you that you need to know, that none of this was your fault”
“I know”
“No. Horangi, this is not your fault..”
“Dammit Ghost, don't start this!”
“It’s not your fault!” Ghost whimpered out as Horangi’s eyes watered before he gave in crying “god dammit why was it so hard! Why is losing someone I love so much so hard! I don't want him to be gone! I don't want him to leave!”
“Horangi i know but you need to move on..” Soap said as he was done parking and headed over when Horangi started to cry loudly
“I can't! I can’t!” He yelled out and got up about to leave but the ghost stopped him hugging him tightly and holding him close and soap soon joined the embrace as Horangi cried more, sobbing non-stop before passing out of overstimulation. It was over, Horangi had to move on but never again will he fall in love again. Never, again.