it was now evening, jihoon had spent the whole day trying to answer every question the brothers threw at him.
"your people think we wield dark magic? we don't even think magic is real!" mingyu yelled.
jihoon laughed, "well according to our history, both the fae and imanity were able to wield this magic, but as the years passed the fae were taught that it was just you."
the boys nodded,
"well wouldn't your king and queen be able to change that? they could see that we're not dangerous and then we could get rid of any bad stigma..." seokmin trailed off.
jihoon's head lowered at the mention of his parents.
"my parents were the worst of them all. they believed in our faux history, they would destroy imanity if they could... th-they were unforgiving, and rude,"
jihoon's eyes started to glow a bright, menacing green as he continues to speak of the former king and queen.
"ji... calm down. are you alright?" soonyoung ran his hand up and down jihoon's back, trying to soothe him.
jihoon's eyes dimmed, and he smiled. "i'm okay, thanks..."
he took a deep breath and continued,
"they took away the things that brought me and my brothers joy. they were... cold."
jun's eyebrows furrowed, "they were?"
"the king and queen passed away last year, forcing my brother to take the crown earlier than expected. majority of our people believe that imanity somehow cursed them with dark magic, hence why it's not very good that i'm out here."
"i would say i'm sorry for your loss... but i don't know if i should be?" vernon said, rubbing the back of his head.
jihoon "don't be. they deserved it. they didn't want what was best for our people. they wanted them to keep hating imanity. but i think that our world will never progress if they're so caught up in needless hate." jihoon huffed, scrunching his nose in distaste.
the boys were quiet. they all despised their biological parents for abandoning them, but at least they had each other. all they wanted were parents of their own; to love, care for and comfort them. they hadn't thought of parents who kept their children, but didn't love them.
they thought that maybe jihoon wasn't so different from them.
maybe he felt the same.
maybe he yearned for parents that loved him and cared for him.
seungcheol made his way to jihoon, crouching down in front of him.
"well jihoon, we don't have much to offer you. we don't have a big house, magical powers or lots of money... but if you ever needed a safe place to stay, you're always welcome here. everyone has ups and downs in life, but no one should ever feel alone. here, if you need, can be home to you too." seungcheol said softly, breaking the silence.
they then heard soft sobs.
turning their heads, they saw seokmin quietly wiping away his tears.
"seok hyung! why are you crying?!" chan laughed, patting his back.
"i-it's just so b-beautiful and-d... i love moments like this~" he cried, smiling at how lame he must've looked.
the rest of them looked at him, trying to crack jokes and get him to stop crying.
soonyoung felt jihoon lean in to whisper in his ear, "i get why you turned out the way you did, your brothers are lovely."
it was now soonyoung's turn to get misty eyed.
no one ever wanted to hang out with him and his brothers at school, they were just known as the 'band of misfits' to everyone around them. no one ever gave them a chance. they were just kids with unfortunate circumstances that they had no control over. so hearing jihoon compliment his best friends, his brothers, was enough to make his heart jump.
"soon! you're crying too?" mingyu pointed and laughed, "stop man! you know how ugly you look when you cry~" he teased, reaching over to fluff his brown hair.
seokmin and soonyoung, still crying, met eyes and burst into laughter.
"seok you're such a crybaby!"
"you can't say that when your eyes are all swollen!"
"shut up!"
"you shut up!"
jihoon looked around in awe. it was nice to watch them all interact. his brothers were always fighting, there was always so much stress. jihoon wished they had the time to enjoy each other's company, the way soonyoung and his brothers did.
he wished his brothers could see how nice these imanity had been.
jun stood up, "guys i'm tired. it's already getting late, wanna call it a night?"
vernon checked his phone, "but it's only 10 pm..."
"movie night!" chan exclaimed.
"oh yeah we didn't get to have one yet!" mingyu added.
seungcheol sighed, "i can go pick up the snacks and stuff, who wants to come?"
"well, if you'd like i could open a portal to your clubroom." jihoon says, raising his hand.
seungcheol smiled at the fae, "well that would be great if you don't mind, it's easier that way"
"everything is already set up in the clubroom, guys. so why don't we just all go to the clubroom and have movie night there. it's a p.a. day tomorrow so we don't even have to worry about school in the morning." jun placed his face in his hands, "why can't you all be as smart as me?"
mingyu's eyes beamed, "ohmygod that's much easier! jihoon you wanna do that?"
soonyoung looked at jihoon, who's wings started to flitter with excitement,
"i would love to!"
jihoon waved his hand, opening another colourful portal that lead to the blankets the boys had set on the floor of the clubroom.
"okay guys, just jump through!" jihoon said enthusiastically, "nothing will happen, don't worry!"
"i wasn't worried until you said that..." mingyu mumbled.
"alright, i'm trusting you jihoon~" seungcheol yelled, jumping through.
"you alive?!" jun yelled.
seungcheol could be seen on the other side of the portal, waving. "i'm fine guys!"
one by one, the boys jumped through the portal, until it was just soonyoung and jihoon left in the living room.
jihoon smirked, "are you scared?" he mocked, nudging the brunette.
"i-i'm fine! it's just so cool to look at..."
"well if nothing's bothering you, then... go!"
soonyoung felt jihoon's hand hit his back, and he stumbled through the portal.
"ji what the-"
he closed his eyes and waited for impact.
it never came.
instead he felt a pair of arms wrap around him.
"hyung, it's not a far distance, chill out."
he opened his eyes to see seokmin wrapped around him.
soonyoung shoved off seokmin as he laughed.
"didn't i tell you my portals were a direct passageway soonie?" jihoon cackled, his wings lighting up the dark clubroom.
"shut up ji! whatever... what are we watching guys?"
"marvel marathon?" soonyoung asks.
"marvel marathon!"
the eight boys sat on the floor, watching each marvel movie. the snacks chan brought were littered all over the floor, having been attacked by them as their eyes were glued to their little theatre. after a few hours of laughing and yelling at the screen, the boys drifted off to sleep. seungcheol had fallen asleep next to jun, who was next to mingyu, in mingyu's arms laid seokmin, who was next to chan who was wrapped around vernon. soonyoung was asleep in the lap of jihoon, who hadn't fallen asleep yet.
'wow black panther is so cool!' he thought to himself.
this is the first time he had seen marvel movies and superheroes; and even for a boy who had superpowers, this was surreal.
"wakanda forever!" he whispered, making the x with his arms.
the sudden movement had woken up the tall boy, "ji? you're still up?" he groaned.
"yeah i can't stop watching. this is so much fun! this is my first time out in your world and it's so amazing. your brothers are just so awesome! thank you for introducing me, soonie."
the childlike joy in jihoon's eyes made soonyoung smile, he had never seen someone look so genuinely happy before.
"anytime ji... it's really late, go to sleep dummy..." he whispered, his heavy eyes getting the best of him.
"okay baby..." jihoon said softly, laying down slowly. he adjusted himself to fit into soonyoung arms.
"i like it when you called me baby."
"you were awake this whole time?!"
"no..."
"stupid."
"..."
"soonie?"
"..."
"now you're asleep?!"
"yeah now shhhh..."
the two laughed and fell asleep... for real.
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helloooooo everyone!! i hope you're all doing alright :)
so we've hit 300 reads? i'm so frazzled thank you so much guys
i hope you like these little filler chapters i just like seeing the imanity brothers interact they're just so cute, but i promise you'll see our fae boys soon
thank you for reading this book, it means a lot to me
didn't proofread so oopsies
anyway good morning/goodnight
keeeeep laughing lovelies ❤︎