Baekyeol Fanfic Game– The Moon Keeper and The Sun Soilder Part 4
Baekhyun continued worrying his lip as he descended down on the sheets, where he turned to face Chanyeol. It just felt... right to do so. Their bodies hadn't been pressed together, but they were close enough to feel the heat of each other's breaths. Chanyeol laid out his arm vertically against the mattress and opened his his hand. Baekhyun took a while before placing his own hand inside of his, and enclosing it in a perfect fold.
Baekhyun glanced into his eyes and felt virtually little to no pain anymore. It was so magical, he thought. How a simple touch could wash away the poison within.
"This is the part where you're supposed to sleep." Chanyeol burst through his bubble, causing him to blink out of it.
"S-Sorry..." he looked away and Chanyeol let out a small chuckle before reaching for the blanket with his free hand and draping it over them. "Thanks..." Baekhyun murmured in a hushed tone.
"Sleep well." Chanyeol squeezed his hand and it gave him some type of reassurance. Then he began to feel lighter as the mattress warmed up all of a sudden. And just like that, he found himself drifting away. However, for the first time since he got there, it was in relaxation, not fear.
Baekhyun woke to the light stir of the body next to him. He focused his eyes on the man, and dipped back when he found him way too close. It wasn't a rash move, so Chanyeol continued sleeping, but his chest had still been pressed to Baekhyun's.
He felt their fingers still intertwined, squished between the mass of their bodies. He also noticed that Chanyeol's free arm had been drawn over his waist, which is what seemed to have brought them together.
Strangely enough, he didn't feel panicked or embarrassed. It was soothing, in a way, to have Chanyeol so close. His heart was at a pleasant ease and there was an open space surrounding it that he hadn't sensed before, as if it had been a cages that was locked for years and he only now found the key.
This sensation lead him to observing Chanyeol's resting face. He noted that he looked so tranquil and at peace, free of the chains that wound up his mind on the daily. It hurt him to know that he had the chance to free him even when he was awake.
His eyes traced the outline of Chanyeol's disheveled locks, the ends of his eyes that he hadn't seen crinkle, and his pink plush lips that he didn't see smile as much as he realized he would have liked. He thought his smile must be stunning, if he looked just as handsome asleep.
His eyes stopped their travels when they landed on the clear length of his slender neck. A sparkle danced within him as he peered closer, seeing that the wound that was once there had disappeared. A small grin broke out on his face– he had done it!
Reaching out in a tentative pace, he stroked the skin with the tip of his soft fingers. It made him feel good to know that he had done something to benefit Chanyeol, even if it was just healing a wound.
Baekhyun stopped grazing the area when Chanyeol began to stirr again. He completely froze as he slid to the other side, separating their woven fingers.
Letting out a sigh, Baekhyun looked down at his hand. It felt cold to let go, but he suspected it had to do with Chanyeol being the sun soilder.
A knock then echoed throughout the room, and made him flinch. He instinctively looked at Chanyeol, who was still sound asleep. Baekhyun smiled to himself; he must have been a deep sleeper.
Moving out of the sheets, he took gentle steps towards the door before opening it.
He found the healer standing on the other side, arms folded against his chest. "It's time for your training session. Come with me." He stated in an orderly manner, not giving Baekhyun a chance to say much of anything and walking off, expecting him to follow.
With a crease resting between his brows, he shut the door with minimal effort and strode after him. When he caught up, he asked "What training?"
"For the reawakening." The healer replied simply, continuing down the trail highlighted in his mind, which lead them to a vast garden. There had been an ovular lake humming in the middle, a bridge perking above it in an arch, surrounded by the greenery of light grass and dark bushes tinged by flowers of sorts. It has been breath taking.
"I'm assuming Chanyeol told you about the oneness?" He asked whilst staring into the lake, lids covering his irses as if he his mind had been transported elsewhere.
Baekhyun shook his head, even though the man couldn't see him. "No..."
"Well then, I have much to teach you." He then reintroduced the world to his eyes and lifted his hands up, and what happened after that had stopped Baekhyun's heart from pumping, his loud gasp filling the air.
With the motions of the healer's hands, the water of the lake also followed with him as if he could control it. Baekhyun watched in utter awe as he flowed his hands through the air and commanded the water to do the same. It felt like it came right out of a science fiction movie.
"H-How... how are you doing that?" His head moved along with the movements, captivated by the man at work.
"This is called the oneness. Only those who are one with the moon can preform this sacred art. Because like the astronomical body, we can also push and pull the tides at will." He preformed the pushing and pulling motions with his hands, and just as Baekhyun had thought, the water came and went, in sync with the gestures. "You are also a moon inhabitant. And this will give you the potential to restore peace, if used to complement the sun star inhabitant."
Chanyeol. Baekhyun was almost 100% he had been talking about Chanyeol.
"So this could end the war?" He had to ask, hope tied to his tounge.
"I want to create an artificial convergence. And if it works, then yes, we could end the war."
Baekhyun came forward in a beat. "How do I... do it?" He stood at the head of the lake, wonder vibrating throughout his body.
"You must clear your mind. No thoughts should occur, as they build a buffer between you and your experience as a being of the moon. Just like water, you must allow yourself to slide through any boulder or obstruction and go forward." He allowed the water to return to the lake and turned to Baekhyun. "Now you try."
Taking in a breath, Baekhyun closed his eyes and attempted to paint his mind with a coat of clear white, spaceless and void. He then lifted his arms up as he remembered the healer had done.
Peaking through his eyes to see if he had succeeded, he frowned when he saw nothing happening. The water was just as still as he left it.
"You have to keep trying. It won't happen in one stroke. Just empty your mind. You are water and you're trying to move through the stream. Nothing more."
Baekhyun tried again, and again, and again, and again, but the outcome was just as displeasing. By the time he was on his 20th try, the healer dismissed himself as he had prior engagements to tend to, and left Baekhyun to complete the task on his own.
His shoulders deflated. This didn't seem like it was going to work.
"So, this is why I woke up deserted." Baekhyun visibly shook as the sultry voice entered his ears. He found Chanyeol leaning back on the door that lead to the garden, head crooked in amusement. "I wanted to be the one to tell you, but Jongdae beat me to it."
Baekhyun protruded his lips in a pout, "I don't know what I'm doing wrong."
"Maybe it's your form?" Chanyeol questioned as he began to walk up to him. He held him by his biceps when he was close enough and turned him back around to face the lake. He then palmed Baekhyun's chest and felt around, "You also don't seem to have cleared your mind. Your chest is still carrying so much thought."
Baekhyun licked his lips, "My chest? But how?"
"When you empty your mind, you have to empty your whole body. Relax, let go, be loose. Water isn't ridgit, it's all encompassing." Chanyeol held his shoulder and pulled him in, "Lay back on me."
Baekhyun glanced up at him, something starting up in the pit of his stomach. "W-Why?"
"Do you have to question everything? Just let go and come here." He wrapped strong arms around his waist and drew him into his chest, where Baekhyun felt weightless. "I want you to relax. Empty everything."
Laying his head back on the broad space between Chanyeol's neck and shoulder, Baekhyun tried to lose himself to the water. Chanyeol started to rock back and forth, which helped form the illusion of a wave.
After a few seconds of small movements such as those, Chanyeol hulted and reached down to grasp onto Baekhyun's arms. He laid each one on top of his own and as he moved them, Baekhyun's had to follow.
A shiver crawled down his spine when he felt Chanyeol's lips skin past his ears in a whispers, "Open your eyes."
And just as he did, his eyes lit up when he saw strings of water flowing through the air. Chanyeol continued to move his arms, and as Baekhyun's naturally mimicked above them, the water traveled as Chanyeol pleased.
Baekhyun couldn't help the small giggle that escaped him. "This is so amazing." He raved in the glory of the light feeling. It was so fluid and unnaturally natural. The way the water moved along with him was a feeling he couldn't find words for. It was like he had been controlling a part of himself, a oneness.
Chanyeol slowly began to let go of him and Baekhyun had to move his arms on his own. He shifted an eye to him as if asking for permission, and Chanyeol only nodded in encouragement.
Moving his arms all around, the liquid circled in the same direction and looped around all of the strokes that he drew against the air. He let out a laugh each time the surreality became all the more real.
"I can't believe this is happening."
Chanyeol let out a chuckle, "You're so adorable."
Something rattled within Baekhyun and although he let out a bashful smile, the water had crumbled and splashed back into the body of the lake.
"Oops.." he scratched the back of his neck, to which Chanyeol lifted his lips.
"Come, you should see the fountain of Plexsis."
Baekhyun walked beside Chanyeol as they headed towards a deeper part of the garden, the side that was filled with block grounding and a fountain sleeping in the middle.
"This fountain can only flow once the moon keeper enhances the water that's trapped inside. It was meant for you." Baekhyun's lips parted in the slightest and he peered closely at it, touching its gritty surface.
"Does something happen after the water flows out?"
Chanyeol shook his head, "No one has done it to know. But some say it's could have the power to replenish thousands of villages."
"No one knows for sure, it's just what they say. But enough of this, lets go in and eat. It's just like Jongdae to make you work on an empty stomach."
They turned to walk back out of the garden. "Well, he does emphasize emptiness a lot."
Chanyeol laughed heartily, all throat and chest. "That's true. It's funny because when he trained me to seize the flame, he would tell me to focus on something rather than empty my mind."
"Really? Could you show me how you move the flame? If it's anything like the water then I think it'll be amazing."
"I don't really like to use the flame. It becomes uncontrollable easily so it's pretty dangerous. I don't want to risk the chance of hurting you."
They entered the dinning room before Baekhyun could even notice. "Oh... I see." The disappointment was clear as day in his tone, for simply hearing of seizing the flame enticed him.
After breakfast was over, Chanyeol had to attended meetings with the ministers of each district of Asmerti. So Baekhyun went back into the garden to continue trying the oneness on the water. It was too exciting to only do once a day.
When he was done and day turned to night, he thought about going up to his room, but decided to seek out Chanyeol instead. Something within him wanted to look for him.
He ended up at the door of his chamber, where it was left ajar. He wanted to enter, but then he heard not only the sound of Chanyeol's voice, but that of a woman.
"You have to kill him, Chanyeol. It's the only way for everything to calm down! If you give the raiders what they want, then they could settle for a peace treaty."
"Why would killing end a war that's only creating more deaths? I'm not going to do it, Ji Ae." Baekhyun could hear the scorn within Chanyeol's speech.
"Come on! That boy came here to die, did you actually think that convergence was going to work? Even if he hadn't run away, none of it would have done anything but provoke the raiders. It's all fables and tall tales!"
Baekhyun's eyes flared as he realized she was talking about him.
"No, Ji Ae! How could you say that so intently? Baekhyun is going to stay here with me and this kingdom will protect him, do you here me? This is the last I ever want to hear of this distasteful topic."
Baekhyun trembled at the raise in Chanyeol's voice, and he felt unease swarm throughout his stomach like a virus. He had no idea what to do next, but he knew one thing: he wasn't going to be safe here. Anywhere here.
Pick what you would like to happen next:
1) Baekhyun heard footsteps coming his way, so he quickly pushed his trembling legs to dash out of there. He stopped at the garden, where he looked around helplessly for an idea, a rescue. And then he looked over the fence and realized that he could jump. This time, he was sure he wasn't going to be found by anyone.
2) Treading back to his room, Baekhyun sat on his bed with knees drawn into his chest. He knew that running away would only create more problems for himself, and that staying here would be even more difficult to avoid them. He shut his eyes and laid his head against his hands, folding them across his knees. He had to make this reawakening happen as soon as possible, or else he'd be as good as dead.
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