Yunho opened his eyes and got up as he set himself into a sitting position. He rubbed his eyes and tried to take a clear view of the place. He was in the living room at the cozy couch with blankets and a few of pillows side by side. The morning shines dimly giving him the nice environmental cuisine. He felt relieved and comfortable at the moment.
He stretches his arms freely and yawned widely as he stood up to do a light morning exercise. Yunho sighed in relief.
“It’s just a dream after all, huh?” Yunho sniffed deeply and smiled. “What a sweet pleasant of smell this beautiful morning….”
“Hyung?”
Yunho turned to see his brother looking at him with surprise looks. “Ahh…it’s my dearest and the cutest brother, Changmin! Good morning….” Yunho grinned stupidly at him. Changmin cocked his eyebrows, feeling weird at the calling that his brother referred him too.
“Are you okay….hyung?”
“Okay? I felt brilliant! I felt so damn fresh right now that I want to run along the beach outside enjoying the beautiful view as much as I want! It’s more relieved after those hectic dreams last night,” Yunho patted his brother’s shoulder.
“Hectic dreams? Do you mean? Nightmares?” Changmin frowned.
“Yeah, kinda. And seriously, you don’t want to know how it’s like to have such a long dreams in one night. But still, it’s funny if I tell you about it,” Yunho chuckled.
Changmin rolled his eyes. “Well, then please do tell me about it. Whether it is scary or funny, I can handle it so far.”
“Okay, firstly it’s about us,” Yunho felt excited to explain about it. He was in a very good mood right now that Changmin didn’t bother to wait and let him explained things. He doesn’t want to ruin it.
“I dreamed that both of us had a ‘magical’ guardian who was particularly come out from a weird card. Then, I almost got killed by a certain strangers and being saved for a few times later on. In the end, the same thing happens but this time it was Yoochun who had a guardian like us. It feel as if the situation is getting hectic and out of control but real in the same time. Everything is about magic! Got it? MAGIC! Hahaha!!!” Yunho laughed loudly while he holding his stomach.
“Hahaha…..yeah….funny,” Changmin laughed awkwardly, feeling uneasy about what his brother was talking about. “Listen, hyung…about that….”
“Boy, am I hungry? Let’s fix ourselves with some breakfast, shall we?” Yunho cut him. Then he smirked at his brother, thinking that he should play with him for awhile.
“Changmin-ahh, I wonder why you grew up taller than me….I know that you have a big appetite sometimes but that wasn’t an enough option for someone to grow taller gradually. You only make me look smaller and I’m pretty jealous of you, Changmin-ahh….” Yunho pinched his brother’s cheeks playfully. He loves to tease his brother a lot since Changmin always teased him like almost….every time. Now, he gets his revenges back. Yunho laughed proudly in his mind.
“Hyung….stop it….I meant it, hyung….” Changmin tried to let go of the hands but he’s getting annoyed at his brother as he pried off Yunho’s hand roughly, “Stop it, hyung!!!” he exclaimed.
Yunho shocked at his brother’s fierce actions. He never thought that Changmin would mad like that at him. “Hey! That’s not the way to treat your older brother like that!” he pouted childishly.
Changmin sighed. “Hyung! Listen. Stop acting so weird in front of me because I don’t want to think you being crazy that I had to send you to the asylum later on. And try to snap out of it! The dream that you had last night been not a dream….it’s a real one…” Changmin stared tensely at Yunho’s eyes.
“…..” Yunho stared at him blankly. After a while pause, he burst out into laughter. He started too rolled down on the floor laughing hysterically while Changmin only frowned at his brother feeling annoyed at the respond. He wondered if his brother was already crazy or turn into a psychotic person because of the ‘dream’ he had.
“Yeah….Very funny, Changmin. You think I would believe such a thing? I told you that it’s just a dream and you tell me that were real? Puff….unbelievable…” Yunho finally calmed himself and wiped out his tears for laughing too hard.
“Oh, yeah? Then, what makes you think it wasn’t?” Changmin pointed to the staircase. Yunho turned to look at the place and his smiles began to fade when he saw the figures in front of him.
Yoochun, Jaejoong, Kibum, and Junsu watched them like a spy from the staircase. They looked like a figurine doll with different pose in either way. Yunho shocked at the moment and turned back to Changmin. He looked at the guy in disbelief.
“Well?”
“……” Yunho kept silent for a few minutes. Then, he headed back to the couch and lied down on it. “Well, I guess I’m still dreaming huh? Good night then, Changmin-ah,” he began to close his eyes and covered himself with the blanket.
“Yah! Wake up! I told you already. That dream of yours was not a dream! It was real! Why did you have to denied it when you already seen it few times, huh? Now, get up!” Changmin pulled the blanket with a huge force and let it flew away as he pulled Yunho’s arm harshly so the guy got up immediately. Yunho wondered when did his brother became this powerful yet strong these days. He whined at his brother’s motherly act and stared the others who were now standing beside him. Yunho sighed in depression and looked around him.
“Master….” Jaejoong murmured. Yunho turned at Jaejoong and saw Junsu behind him along with Yoochun.
“You’re in this too?”
“Umm….practically….yes,” Yoochun nodded. Yunho sighed again and stared at all of them in disbelief. He hated the most things about nightmares, especially the situation that he’s been getting through these days. The weirdest thing is that his brother along with his friend is involved in the same problem. Was it a coincidence? What kind of fate is this? Why is this happening to him?
Yes. Weird and unbelievable…just imagine if you’re one of the characters in the anime, cartoons, and stuff like the one in those TV. You wouldn’t want to believe it either. Excited? Maybe…but not for Yunho. He felt regret in being selected to be one of this ‘unlucky’ people.
“Fine. I guess all of us are in the same situation now, huh?” Yunho stood up and added,”JUST WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING HERE??!!” he screamed in frustration. Jaejoong startled by the sudden shriek. Yoochun knew that his friend can’t handle the stress and had a bad-tempered behavior too.
“Calm down, Yunho. I know it’s unbelievable for you to understand but let’s just face it. We’re in this current matter together. So, don’t worry,” Yoochun patted his friend’s back and rubbed it to calm him.
“And how did you get in here?”
“Well, I didn’t go home last night. I have to bring you here after you went pass out. I was worry that something bad might happen to you, so I decided to stay a little longer,” Yoochun explained.
“Owh….then what about him? Is he the guardian that usually coming out from the card, too? I can’t believe this….wait, is that my Bambi that you holding on?” Yunho pointed at the small fluffy doll that Junsu held. All eyes turned at Junsu.
“Bambi?” Junsu said. The last time he saw Junsu was when he stood up under the dark shadows but now, he can see the guy’s face clearly. His expression was a bit serious yet unfriendly compared to Jaejoong who had only cold expression for the first impression.
“Yeah. Bambi, my favorite doll. Now, hands off immediately….” Yunho grabbed the doll.
“NOO!!! YOU CAN’T! IT’S MINE!!!” Junsu shrieked as he snatched the doll back and hugged it like a children who refuse to share his toys with others. Yunho stared at him in shock. He thought that he heard a dolphin shriek a moment ago, but he brushed off the thought immediately and frowned at him. Is the dark mage with serious face like him happens to act childish like this?
“Hey! The doll is mine. Who told you that the doll was actually yours, huh? Now, give it back!” Yunho started to fight with Junsu for the doll.
“NO!!” Junsu shrieked again.
They’re fighting like kids fighting for a toy as they began to running around the place leaving the others watched them in amusement. Changmin sighed and shook his head. Yoochun on the other hand tried to stop them but slightly being hit on his forehead when both started to hit each other. Jaejoong didn’t know how to react as he froze from his position while Kibum laughed cutely at the scene. The situation is getting out of control as it brings uproar in the house.
“EVERYONE STOP!!!!” Changmin exclaimed. Jaejoong and Kibum who stood next to him startled at the sudden loud voice as both Yunho and Junsu stop fighting, same as Yoochun. His voice is loud enough for everyone to hear it. All eyes turned at him.
Changmin glared at Yunho and Junsu as he rests his arms on his waist. He sighed and said, “Everyone…. to the dining room….now!” he instructed. All of them followed his order as everyone headed to the dining and take a seat around the dining table. Both Jaejoong and Kibum sat next to each other whether Yunho and Yoochun sat across them. Junsu sat next Yoochun and next Kibum, not wanting to sit aside Yunho because of the doll. Yunho glared at him and want to snatch the doll back but immediately stop when he saw Changmin’s dead glare on him.
“Alright. First of all, stop fighting! Second, we need to find another solution for this matter. Yes, yes, I know. It’s complicated but what can we do? We just have to play along and keep the secret a little while. We need to meet that weird guy today in order to fix these things up clearly, understand?”
For a few seconds, Yunho suddenly remembered the guy that had given him the card few days ago. Why the heck didn’t he remember about it in the first place??? He slapped himself for his forgetfulness. Then, he blamed Jaejoong for not knowing anything but his duty as a guardian.
“I bet you already met the guy before, right Yoochun-hyung?” Changmin asked. Yoochun nodded at Changmin while tried to persuade Junsu in giving the doll back.
“I found him in a weird store while I’m on my way to the grocery shop. I was looking around inside the store but suddenly, he came to me and gave me the card. After I left the store, I met these freak monsters which appeared in the middle of nowhere tried to kill me! Thankfully, Junsu showed up in the right time,” Yoochun explained as he gave the doll back to Yunho.
Yunho grinned cheekily and shows off his tongue playfully at Junsu for his victory while Junsu pouted like a child who had lose his favorite toy. Both Jaejoong and Kibum listened to the story carefully and nodded in unison.
“Well, what are you guys waiting for? Now, let’s go! We don’t have all day, you know,” Yunho said enthusiastically.
“Wou…wou…Hold on there, Tiger. We haven’t got any breakfast yet for this morning. I don’t want to go there with empty bags in my stomach, okay?” Changmin held his brother.
“Owh! The breakfast! Yes, yes I almost forgot!” Yunho clasped his hand. “Well, since we’re all here let’s feed ourselves some nice breakfast shall we? Now, who wants some cereals and toasts?” Yunho looked at them.
“ME!!” everyone lifts an arm (except for Junsu) as they agreed with the menu. Yunho grinned happily as he headed to the kitchen and came back with few bowls and spoons on his left hand and a box of cereals on his right. Kibum excitedly grabbed one bowl for himself before passed the other to Jaejoong. Yoochun put a bowl in front of Junsu and put another for himself.
Junsu stared at the small grains in the bowl that his master filled in with and watched him curiously. “What is this?”
“This is what we called cereals. It’s a food that people usually eating during breakfast. Come on, try it!” Yoochun handed the spoon to Junsu who was frowning as he reached the shining metal. Then, he looked at the people around him. Jaejoong seems to eat the food quietly while Kibum and Changmin eating the food greedily with their big mouth. Yunho didn’t cereals but he ate toasts instead.
Junsu started to chew the food slowly as he tried to taste the food carefully. It taste weird for the first time, but then as he chewed it for the second time the taste is getting better and better. “No bad…” he murmured. Yoochun grinned at him, pleased as he munched his food too.
That evening….
“Where is that place? I thought that store was actually here…” Yoochun said in desperation. All of them had walked out from the house after a light breakfast. They went to the near city to find the store called ‘MIROTIC’ like they usually met before. The store was supposed to be near the neighborhood. But, after went almost around the town the store is hardly to be find anywhere. Yunho sighed as his thoughts wandered around thinking about where to find the place again.
“This is so tiring. Can we have a rest for awhile? My legs are killing me….” Kibum whined. Yup, after a long walk since this morning of course you can’t handle the pain that you’ve got.
Jaejoong and Junsu didn’t complain about it and yet, their eyes wandered around the place looking for the store. They don’t look tiring enough and Changmin noticed it too. Then, he turned at Kibum and sighed. Why can’t he get a cool yet manlier guardian like his brother? Instead of becoming a master of his guardian, he became the guardian who was protecting the guy instead. How shameful is that….
“Master….” Jaejoong patted Yunho’s shoulders. He still feeling annoyed by the calling.
“I told you not to call me master, Jae!” Yunho turned Jaejoong who was pointing at the corner of the building beside him. Yunho’s eyes widened when he’d found the store that they were searching for. “Hey, that’s the store we were looking for!”
Everyone turned at him and looked at the same way. ‘’MIROTIC’ signboard was hanged on top of the store and as usual as it seen, not many people passed by the store noticed it. They went to the store hurriedly as they opened the door, hoping to meet the weird guy again. In fact, no one was there to greet them. The guy is nowhere to be found there. The place was eerie quiet than before which gives them some creeps for the feeling.
“Hello?” Yoochun said.
“Now, where the heck is he? The store was open for business but there’s no one in the place to greet us?” Yunho snorted as he leaned himself against the counter table with crossed arms on his chest. “Unbelievable….”
“You’re calling for me?”
Yunho gasped as he jumped out from his position and slightly turned the counter to see a guy smiling cheekily at him. He was shocked at the guy sudden appearance and it scared him the most.
“Yikes….Please, don’t do that! You scared the creeps out of me…” Yunho put his hand on his chest as he tried to breathe normally. Everyone stared at the guy who was the one that had responsible for all the things that had happened to them these days.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I was busy packing up the goods under the shelves there and didn’t notice your arrival. Welcome to my store! Anything goods and new can found anywhere so please, take a look around and….”
“I believe you know the reason why we came here, right?” Changmin cut him as seriousness took out of him. The guy smiles faded when he noticed the glare and let out a fake cough.
“Well, yes of course! But first, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Song Joong Ki, the owner of MIROTIC store and a fortune teller,” he bowed. Jaejoong bowed dumbly while the other stared at the guy blankly.
“Song Joong Ki? That’s weird. I thought that I’ve heard the name before…but where?” Yoochun put his fingers on his chin and looked up as he thinking hard about the familiar name. And the first thing that came to his mind was a drama called Sungkyunkwan Scandal, which is his favorite drama too.
“Alright, Joong Ki. Since you know the reason we’re all here, we deserves some BETTER explanations. So please, tell us EVERYTHING,” Yunho said calmly. This is the moment that he had been waiting for; the truth behind the cards and the monsters that recently have attacked them for the past days. Joong Ki looked at their tensely eyes. He sighed and signaling them to come with him. All of them shared glances as they followed the man from behind slowly and went through inside the room that was hidden behind the maroon curtains. Their mouth drops when they saw the whole area in the room clearly.
A big fancy light hanging on the wall in the middle of the room with few rings hanged around it with different colors; the light resembles Zuhal planet with moons around it. The racks and shelves filled with books, apparatus, and materials. The room looks fancy yet had a mysterious view from side to side of the place. What scared Yunho the most is that the place seems slightly bigger and wider than the outside of the room. A small table with 4 chairs around it is placed neatly at the centre of the room.
“Have a seat, please…” Joong Ki sat down and led them to the seat. Yunho and Yoochun took a sit across him and as Changmin was about to sit down, Kibum sat on it first, feeling clueless not knowing that the chair was actually for his master. Changmin frowned at Kibum and released a fake cough signaling that it was his seat. Kibum turned to look up at Changmin and pouted cutely as he stood up and let the guy have the seat. Yunho rolled his eyes in annoyance while Joong Ki and Yoochun chuckled at the scene.
Joong Ki started to explain things more clearly as everyone listened to him carefully without noticing the time has been late. At the time when they busy chatting, another 3 unknown figures were watching them from the outside of the building. Their eyes glowing in the dark and the moonlight shine dimly at night. Their eyes can see through the wall as they watched the human’s conversation with great interest.
“Kyuhyun, when are we going to attack them?” a small guy asked the taller guy calmly. The taller guy smirked as he gazed at the moonlight.
“Don’t worry, Yesung. It’s too early for us to attack the fellow human beings. We still have time…” Kyuhyun said.
“But you said that we must dispose them sooner…” another guy spoke toughly. He frowned at Kyuhyun feeling irritated for the spontaneity respond.
“I told you not to worry, Donghae. I just want to have fun with them for awhile; especially that guy… Jaejoong,” Kyuhyun set a dead glare on Jaejoong. He felt an eruption of anger in of him. He wants to kill all of the humans that had killed his precious followers; most of all, blocking his mission.
Then, they vanished from the night sky and didn’t bother to wait for the conversation to end. The next time they met, it’ll be a war…or worse; the end of the world.