| Fan Fiction |
by Keepeaches
“AND SPLIT!!”
Kori jumped from the pyramid, twisted, did a back-flip in the air and ended the routine with a split as she landed on the ground.
Suddenly, cheers were heard, sounds of clapping filed the gym. Couch Kym snapped her head at the noise and yelled, “WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!” The flock of boys bumped into each other, trying to get out of the gym. Apparently, they cheered unconsciously as Kori ended the routine with magnificent grace.
“Foolish walking hormones,” muttered Coach Kym under her breath as she turned her attention back to the squad. Kori and the girls were already seated on the floor, doing stretches.
“You girls will be cheering for the basketball team on Monday.” Coach Kym flipped through her clipboard. “Be there” she added and glared at the girls.
“I have a date with Daesung on Monday!” whined Jen as the cheerleading squad walked into the shower room.
“Too bad for you then,” Youngie teased as she took of her shirt and proceeded to one of the cubicles.
Endless chatters echoed through the room; some girls kept on whining that they have something else better to do, most of them squealed in excitement. Seungri, the school's basketball hotshot would be playing.
“I bet she's excited as well,” Youngie whispered as Kori walked to her locker. “since she's been hanging with Seungri”
“Who?” Jen asked, putting her shirt on, her voice muffled. “Who are you talking about?”
“You know” Youngie lowered her voice. “The ice queen”
Jen pulled her head out of her shirt and looked behind Youngie. “Kori Asterid?”
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Kori walked to her locker and rolled her eyes. She was getting annoyed by this man who would ask her questions once she reached her locker.
“Hey Kori.” he greeted, smiling like a fool.
“What do you want, Jiyong?” she snapped, trying to ignore his existence.
“Woah, snappier than yesterday,” he joked and closed her locker so she would acknowledge him.
“So you'll be cheering for me this Monday, right?”
“The basketball team will be playing. How's that related to you?” she acted like she didn't know. Jiyong had this distinct hurt expression and slowly lowered his arm. “I'm in the team. Don't you remember?”
“Oh, you play basketball?” she started walking and cursed as Jiyong grabbed her hand and pushed her to her locker, trapping her. He threateningly moved his face closer to hers.
“I've been in the damn team for three years straight,” he growled and pressed his body to hers. “Damn it, Kori! What do I have to do to make you acknowledge me?!”
Kori struggled fiercely but Jiyong applied more pressure and pinned her arm beside her head. “Stop it, asshole” she spat as he squeezed her wrist harder. “Let me go or I'll scream”
“Heh,” he scoffed and threw back his head. “Everyone already left the compound. Scream all you want, nobody's here”
Jiyong stared at the luscious pink lips in front of him, feeling suddenly aroused. He forcefully attacked Kori's lips. His tongue darted out, Kori bit her lips harder and struggled to break free. His hands roamed under her halter top and was about to reach her breast when she suddenly felt him being pulled.
Seungri rammed his fist into Jiyong's jaw and punched him harder in the stomach.
“What the hell, Seungri?!” Jiyong spatted, wiping blood from the corner of his lips and held his stomach.
“You touch her again and I swear, I'll rip that stupid mouth of yours!” Seungri threatened, his arms around Kori protectively. “And don't think I don't know you've been stalking her house these past few weeks! You show up in our street again, I'll call the police”
Jiyong wiped the remaining blood, shot Seungri a death glare and ran the opposite direction.
“You okay, Star?” Seungri inquired and tilted her chin to meet his gaze. Her bottom lip was bleeding because she bit on it too hard. “Here, let me” his hands grabbed the tissue from her hands and began dabbing her lips slowly. Kori noticed his expression from soft to admiration. “So soft...” he muttered dreamily.
“Thanks, Seungri.” she thanked him and looked away. Grabbing her bag, she went to her knees to picked her books. Seungri imitated this and began gathering all her books in his hands.
“I'll carry them, Star” he offered as they stood up. Kori wiped invisible dust of her shoulders and walked ahead, accepting the offer. As they stepped out of the door, girls started looking at their direction and waved at Seungri. Seungri, being the good sport he is, waved back and smiled.
Kori rolled her eyes and lagged further behind. She's been receiving this kind of treatment all her life so she was used to it, she blocked all of her feelings from entering her heart a long time ago. "STUPID bitch!" a voice hissed. "WANNABEE!!!"
“You” she twisted around and pointed to the crowd of girls. “Who called me a bitch?” she asked, her voice cold; like the air that surrounded her.
A girl stepped forward, her face showed courage, her eyes showed fear at the tone. “Me. So what?”
Kori rolled her eyes. “Name and class?”
“Tiffany, Senior year.” She replied, unsure.
“Excellent” Kori looked down, scribbled at her notebook and looked up. “You have today and tomorrow to clean your locker. Congrats Tiffany, I just kicked you out of school”
“What?!” Tiffany sputtered. “You can't do that!”
Kori rolled her eyes heartlessly. “I can and I just did. Now get out of my face before I make you leave Korea.” She started to walk again but Tiffany grabbed her arm. Kori, annoyed was not a good sign. “I'm serious, bitch. One phone call and you're out of the country” Tiffany stumbled back and ran.
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-Seunghyun's POV-
I snickered at the girl who stumbled back in fear. HAH, how stupid to reveal those informations. “Excellent” I muttered to myself. “Taking her soul would be easy since she's heartless”
-flashback-
“When that girl turns 17, take her soul”
I nodded at the order, getting ready to leave my bastard uncle. “You have to go down there and watch her”
“WHAT?!” I boomed, twisted my body to face him. “I have to babysit her?!!”
Thanatos shrugged his shoulders and played with an eyeball. “Yeah. I hate, nah. I love doing this to you but I can't take the credit this time.” he squeezed the eyeball, which spurted purple ooze. “Zeus said to send you down there”
“Dad did?” okay, this is ridiculous. Dad sent me?! “I thought dad wasn't allowed to interfere with your world's stuffs”
“He's not interfering with my world's 'stuff'. He's interfering with your affairs. That's fine with me”
I hate my uncle. And now, maybe I should start hating dad too. =___=”
-end of flashback-
As if it's not enough banning me from heaven, I have to babysit a heartless bitch too?!
I stared at the girl from the tree I was perching on. No shit, she IS pretty. Her curls shifting from her shoulder to the other, twirling down her neck, her fringe side-swept, covering googoo eyes any mortal male could drown in. Her body. Wow. I whistled as I surveyed her from top to bottom. Tall, slim and curvy at the right places.
Reaper, what the hell are you thinking about?!
I whacked my head and jumped off the branch. I closed my eyes as I spread my wings, waiting for the usual feeling of floating to embrace my body.
I snapped my eyes open as I realize I was in human form. Meaning there will be no wings, no lightnings, no death scythe. I felt like a bird who was trying to learn to fly. I flapped my hands wildly and hope to land on something soft.
^^^^^^^
Kori stared at the ground, wondering why her shadow was getting bigger. Instinctively, she took a step back and almost had a heart attack. A figure draped in black landed with a thud right in front of her. Had she been in her spot, Kori would probably been squished.
“FCUK!” the figure who literally fell on her feet cussed. Seungri was done prying her stalkers off and was by her side now, looking confused as she was.
“Fcuk, fcuk, fcuk!!” the figure swore again, trying to get on his feet. Seungri held out his hand and pulled the man up.
“Greaaat, humans can touch me now” the man said satirically. “joy oh joy, I can feel pain too”
“Um.. sir?” Seungri started but stopped immediately as Kori pulled him by the arm. He shot her a puzzled look.
“We never saw anything, we were never here. Trash. Yeah, thats what we saw. We saw nothing. ” she chanted and nodded to Seungri for confirmation. Seungri smiled and pinched her nose.
“Whatever you say, Star” He replied, laughed when Kori stomped on his foot. “Let's go home.”
The figure tilted his head, his mouth forming a perfect 'O' in shock. “What the bloody fcuk?! I just got degraded and ignored?!”
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“Seungri?”
Seungri looked sideways and smiled. “Hmm?”
“Why do you always stick with me?”
“Getting bored of my company already, Star?” he asked gently.
“No, I was just wondering. And tell me why again why you call me star.” They reached their street now and in a few minutes have to part.
“I call you Star because that's what you are to me.” Seungri replied gently. “Shining brighter yet so quite. You don't want the world to notice you existence yet you can't help but shine. Besides, Asterid literally means STAR. Only that one is in Greek.”
Kori wanted to reply back but abandoned the plan as Seungri waved goodbye and entered his house next door. “He'll call me later anyway.” she mused and kicked the door to the mansion open.
Her books dropped from her grip, her jaw slightly went slack as her eyes focused on the figure in front of her.
It was him.
The trash.
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“But DADDY! HE CAN'T LIVE HERE!!”
Kori stomped again and kicked a vase in frustration. The vase crashed, which made both the stranger and her dad winced.
“His parents have put him in my care.” her dad simply replied and went out to work until late morning.
“AGH!” Kori stomped in the living room again, aware that the Trash was watching her every move. “What the bloody fuck do you think you're doing?!” she snapped.
“I'm staring at you” he replied.
“Oh gee, I didn't notice” she replied sarcastically. “Please DO enjoy your view”
“I intend to” the Trash replied happily.
-Kori's POV-
Great.
He's a trash, a pervert and one arrogant bastard.
“So, the name's Seunghyun.” he walked towards me. I stepped back and stared at him coldly.
“Choi Seunghyun, nice to meet you too”
I stared at his hand like it was dogshit and had to restrain myself from spitting on it.
“Kori Asterid, the heartless bitch who'll be taking care of me. Oh the JOY” he continued his speech and stared at me. His searing gaze made my cells jumped uncontrollably but I trained my expression into a cold hard one. His features, his physique were undeniably beautiful. I can see with my artist's eyes that he'd make a great model.
I, well, I secretly have a fetish for angular faces. Especially tanned dimpled ones. His features were those of near perfection. His gaze could easily penetrate into someone, his face; so angular, so, so DEFINED, I swear, they're just begging me to sketch them. Perfect dimples, perfect nose, perfect high cheekbones. Lips just begging to be kissed.
Woah, hold up.
This must be doing my head in, I'm thinking nonsense. I looked up as I heard footsteps and met with the most intense gaze I've ever encountered. His hard body was just an inch from mine, his face had a lesser distant. For a few minutes, we just stood there, looking at each other in the eyes, near the stairways. I had to restrain my hands from touching him everywhere like a sculptress, to sketch him, to feel him.
“You have amazing control over your emotions,” he commented and traced a finger gently from my ear to the base of my neck. “Such an intense gaze,” he continued as I stood there.
“What the fark do you think you're doing?” I snapped, my voice cold, even to my ears.
“I'm just trying to get my hostess to show me my room” he removed his finger from my neck and smiled innocently. I gave him a disgusted look and walked up the flight of stairs, aware that he was probably studying my butt.
-end of POV-
-Seunghyun's POV-
God.
I mean, freaking Zeus.
That was intense.
The air just crackled electricity, the atmosphere were spitting fire everywhere. I can feel her need to touch me once I saw through her soul. These eyes aren't just for show, you know. They can actually penetrate through a mortal's soul, baring it clean. What I saw, what I felt was..... was just need.
There was nothing in her soul. Dark, black, blocked everything from entering it. Freaking Zeus, her soul was as bare as mine! She was once a normal kid, who loves money and gifts, likes to be surrounded by boys but that stopped immediately once she knew she could only live to the age of 17. Every night she would pray and cursed her mother who has left her to a better place. However much she wanted to disappear, only god wasn't as generous. She was bestowed with amazing beauty, graceful skills, an aura that no mortal male could resist.
Wanting just vanish but can't,
Wanted to die but couldn't.
I stooped lower as her skirt went higher. Too bad I can't see through the annoying fabric, damn it! As a male god, of course, I, myself get aroused at mostly everything in Mt. Olympus. What with angels here and there, goddesses everywhere but ahem, getting turned on by skirts hitching up was a new one. Female mortals, unfortunately, don't turn me on and would, -can NEVER satisfy me.
Then why is 'it' going up?!
-end of POV-
^^^^^^^
“SEUNGHYUN, SCHOOL!!”
Kori yelled for the 7th time and decided to wake the stupid trash herself. A week has passed since her guest moved in with her. She was constantly annoyed and irritated at his presence but found herself trying to stifle giggles or smile occasionally. Seungri, on the other hand, hated the Trash completely. Kori walked up the stairs, carrying a plate of pancakes. Despite the overflowing maids, she preferred cooking breakfast by herself since Seunghyun moved in.
“You worthless piece of trash, yah!” Kori kicked him in the ribs, Seunghyun winced but didn't budge. “SEUNG.HYUN.YAH!!” she kicked him harder, and lower too.
Seunghyun jolted up from his sleep and immediately cupped himself. “Damn it, can't you wake me up the normal way?!” he stopped in his speech at the sound. Soft, childish, sing-song laughter filled his room. Seunghyun stared at the girl in front of him. She looked totally different; her dimples had gone deeper as she laughed, her eyes twinkled with amusement, adding to that, her hair was completely messed up making her look vulnerable, almost normal.
“Kori,” he muttered. The girl stopped laughing and wiped her tears away.
“Hilarious!” she sobbed and slapped the plates of pancakes in front of him. “Go shower and eat~ try and catch up with me and Seungri once you get going” she jumped off his bed and was about to walk away when she felt herself being pulled.
In a blink of an eye, Seunghyun was on top of her, pinning her down. Kori blinked hard as she saw a new expression on Seunghyun's perfect features. He looked virile, possessive, he looked....hot.
“Seunghyun?” Kori inquired as he buried his face in her neck, inhaling her scent. She knew he was always staring at her but made no advances so she couldn't care less. “Seung- mm”
He covered her mouth with hers, devouring the taste of pancakes and chocolates, he nudged her lips open and inserted his tongue.
“SEUNGHYUN!” Kori pushed him off her and slapped him. His cheeks stung, the way he felt inside. She jumped out of his bed and this time, Seunghyun let her go.
He brought his hands to his mouth and traced his bottom lips, still feeling dazed. Instantly, he shooked his head.
“Freaking Zeus, what the hell is happening to me?”
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“Star?” Seungri snapped his fingers in Kori's face. “STAR!”
“Huh? Hm?”
“Right.” Seungri looked skeptical and sat next to her in their usual table. He placed his tray near hers and sighed.
“What's wrong?” he inquired. “You've been spacing off since morning.”
“Seunghyun,” Kori started. “He kissed me this morning,”
Seungri spurted out the milk he was gulping down in shock. “He WHAT?!”
The whole cafeteria were looking at their table now, Seungri didn't even care and sat down. “He kissed you?!” he hissed, his expression changing.
“Yeah, Seungri what's wrong?” Kori asked, totally oblivious of what she just did.
“Do you want me to beat him into a pulp?” Seungri crunched his knuckles. “Should I un-man him?!”
Kori smiled at his gesture and pulled his arm. “No but thanks for the offer.”
“That bastard, that's why he didn't show up in school this morning! COWARD!” Seungri yelled.
“Really, Seungri.” she assured her again. “It's okay.”
Seungri silently cursed for losing his cool and sighed. He slumped his head into his arm. “I can't be falling for her” he said, muffled. “Everything's happening all over again”
“What is?” Kori asked, still oblivious.
“Nothing.” Seungri muttered. “Nothing”
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“I think you're falling for her”
Thanatos sipped his cigarette-finger and basked in Seunghyun's shocked expression.
“But that's impossible!” Seunghyun retorted frenziedly. “I CAN'T!”
“Why the hell not?” Thanatos raised a hairless brow, his apprentice shook his head and buried his head in his palms. “ You suddenly feel you want to protect her, suddenly you feel like she completes you. When she left you, it hurt, didn't it?”
“I don't have a heart.” Seunghyun simply replied. “You took that away eons ago, didn't you?”
“Yeah” Thanatos replied casually. “And I threw it away. It's lost, not gone.”
“What?!” Seunghyun snapped his head so fast, it produced a sound. “What! I never heard of this! I thought it was GONE forever!”
“Apparently not. Now go back.”
^^^^^^^
-Seunghyun's POV-
Great.
Freaking Zeus, curse bloody Hera.
What kind of parents are you gods?!
First, they banned me from entering heaven, then I got trained to be the next reaper in place of God of the Underworld. Oh no, Seunghyun deserve more suffering, didn't he?
Fine, taking away my heart, I don't care. Thinking it was gone forever was almost peaceful.
ALMOST.
So recently the gods have decided to throw me into Earth to babysit a heartless bitch. Just to realize she was the only human that could turn me on. Oh and oh, that wasn't enough, right?
I'm not stupid, dad. I know Eros' scent anywhere.
“That's right. Use Cupid to make me fall for her! You'd love that, wouldn't you, you fucking geezer of a greek god?!!” I cursed to the sky as I reached Earth. I looked around and cursed some more. Great, I just HAVE to be in school compound.
“So after I fall in love or whatever that was suppose to happen, I'll grab my reaper and I swear, I'll try and cut that balding head of yours, Zeus!”
I heard giggling, annoyed as ever, I twisted around.
Kori.
“Uh hey?” I raised my hands unsurely. Kori raised a brow and walked towards me.
“Right.” she muttered. “So Seunghyun, I've a favor”
Oh my freaking Zeus, maybe dad erased her memory about this morning! Maybe what I felt was just pure lust! There's still hope!
“But about this morning...”
Like pigs can fly on Earth.
“Sorry about that” I apologized. Fcuk, what the hell is this?! I felt colors rushing into my cheeks. I'm 17 thousand centuries old, I'm immortal, I've never blushed!
“It's okay” Kori flicked her hands at my direction. “Nothing happened, right?”
I stared at her in dismay. It hurt.
How could she diss me off like that? Just like that. Nothing happened.
“Seunghyun, you okay?” she inquired.
“Um yeah. So what's this favor?” I noticed my voice sounds fake but held up the smiling facade.
“Oh, I was hoping you'd model for me” she stated.
“Model for you?” I asked back.
Kori smiled and took out her drawing pad. “I don't care where or when you want to do it. As long as I have my pencil, rubber and drawing pad; I 'm set!” she exclaimed excitedly.
“Okay. But why me, Kori?” I asked, sounding ridiculous. She sat beneath a treetop and started sketching.
“You can sit down, you know” she stated and continued sketching. “You have a beautiful face, Seunghyun.”
I felt my cheeks getting hotter, not to mention, the rest of my body.
“And your physique is absolutely magnificent.” she looked up and smiled. “Of course you needn't be told twice but your body is gorgeous, you know”
Freaking Zeus, stop. Please stop. The lower part of this 'gorgeous body' is swelling and rising like nobody's business.
Okay, breath. Breath, Seunghyun, Breath.
“Um Kori?” I have to tell her now. Tell her how I feel.
“Yeah?” She looked up, studied the whole of me and looked back down.
“Kori, look at me” I commanded but remained seated. She looked back up.
“I, um, I...” Stuttering, hah, comical.
“Yes, Seunghyun?” she prompted.
“I need to go to the toilet.”
Kori bursted out laughing. “Hhahah sure, go ahead”
Great, Seunghyun. Job well done.
^^^^^^^
“Bastard” he hissed in annoyance.
“To think that you finally made a move. And now you model for her as if nothing happened.”
He buried his nails into the trunk if the tree and bit his lower lip.
“Beautiful, sweet Kori” he muttered dreamily as he eyed her from behind the tree he was stalking her from. The sunshine played with her shadows, the wind blowing her hair gently. Her curls were tied in a loose bun which left tendrils of them spiraling down her neck. She looked exceptionally warm today.
“Couldn't be because of what that Seunghyun did, could it?” he muttered to himself again and decided to answer for her.
“No way. There is no way my star could think that”
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“We'll see what our son is made of soon,” Zeus informed his goddess.
“Silly, he's made out of your stubbornness and my beauty.” Hera pinched her husband's nose.
“Well, I hope he can come to heaven soon” Zeus replied.
“He found what he needed already. He just needs to claim it.”
^^^^^^^
-The next day-
“I love you.”
Kori jolted up from her slumber and closed her eyes. “Shit, what a dream” she muttered sleepily. A man kept showing in her dreams for the past 3 days. He was draped in black, hooded from top to toe. She was suppose to feel fear but she didn't. Kori felt safe in his presence, he looked familiar, the presence itself had its own domineering aura. All in all, he felt familiar.
Not being able to sleep, Kori walked downstairs to grab a glass of water. As she stood up from her bending position, she caught a glimpse of the calender. The glass slipped from her hand and landed none-too-gently crashing to the floor.
She had totally forgot about it.
About today.
About her life.
About when it was suppose to end.
^^^^^^^^
“Seunghyun, wake up!”
Seunghyun jolted up from his sleep and rubbed his eyes sleepily. “Kori?” he glanced at the clock and yawned. “It's 11.45pm. What do you want?”
“Seunghyun, model for me.” there was a note of desperation in her voice.
“What, now?” he asked back. Seunghyun obliged and sat on a stool while Kori began sketching at a breakneck speed.
“Kori” Seunghyun started to get worried at her expression. “Is everything okay?”
She didn't even look up. “Yes”
“You don't look okay,” he muttered gently.
“What are you, my friggin doctor?!” she snapped testily.
They were embraced with silence for a few minutes. “Kori.....” he tried again.
“Shut up, Seunghyun!” Kori swore under her breath and sighed.
-Kori's POV-
I could NOT possibly tell him that I am going to die in less than 15minutes.
I held back my tears as I drew him, the most beautifulest man I've ever met, onto a piece of paper.
“Kori, should we stop?” he asked.
“NO!” I yelled back.
Every living day, I remind myself that I am going to die on my 17th birthday. In just 10 days, Seunghyun made me forget that.
I heard him gulped and I looked up to meet his searing gaze.
“Kori, I....I” he stuttered.
Oh my god, don't pee now!!
“I forbid you to go to the toilet,” I spat out before he spoke.
“No, no it's that.. I just want to say..”
“SPIT IT OUT!” I yelled.
Oh my god.
Seungri. I haven't told him!
Oh my freaking god!! SEUNGRI!!
I flipped open a few pages and started scribbling my message to Seungri. I started getting teary as I remember the times we spent together. Seungri always by my side, always there for me.
“Kori... you know.. I've never felt like this before”
“Okay, Seunghyun” I wasn't even paying attention to what he was saying.
Seungri,
I'm sorry I had to leave like this. Without telling you, without saying goodbye. I've got nothing else to say but thank you.
“Kori-ah, listen to me”
“Okay, Seunghyun.”
Times spent with you,i cherished every moment.
“I think I...”
You were the only real friend I had,
“I.. I love you, Kori”
Love,
Kori.
My pencil dropped to the floor as I finished the last message. I looked up to confirm what I was hearing. Seunghyun was looking at red as my nail polish.
Oh man, great timing, dirt head. Perfect!
I felt like screaming at him but a part of me wanted to hug him. “Seunghyun...” I glanced at the watch. 11.50pm.
10 more minutes till tomorrow,
10 more minutes till my birthday,
10 more minutes.
“Seunghyun...” My eyes started to water. “I'm sorry but I can't but I do”
He dropped his head in disappointment. Suddenly his head shot up as the clock striked twelve.
The room was suddenly filled with darkness and Seunghyun. Seunghyun was covered in black from head to toe, a death scythe in his right hand. He had tears flowing from his eyes. I smiled as realization hit me. “Seunghyun...” I smiled as he walked closer. “I'm so glad you're the one who's taking my soul” I whispered. “I love you too, Seunghyun.....”
She felt light suddenly, she saw a white glow and decided to follow it.