On Stranger Tides

"Such beauty. Surely you are one of God's own creations and not a descendant of those dark creatures who found no refuge on the Ark. Such beauty. Yet deadly." "Deadly. No."

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Hope ran down her veins. Maybe her delusions were true. Maybe he did love her too. But she pushed back the possibility of it. He could have been trying to console her feelings by watching what he says to her and refusing to hurt her feelings with the truth. She was torn with the feeling itself. Whether to believe that he does love her too or he didn't and just wanted to spare her feelings. Confusion made her heart and mind ache so badly that she held unto him so tightly. 

 She stopped talking upon the sudden overwhelming feeling she got from being confused over his feelings for her. What else can she ask from him? He swore an oath, to protect her with his life. He had lost his family and all he had with him was her, that was what he said. He kissed her back that night after she gave him her first kiss. She wanted to ask him again, if he loved her in return as well. She wanted to get mad at him even but the problem was that, she couldn't. She can only feel the pain stabbing her in the heart. Over and over again. 

The feeling of her being back home made her feel sick once more. She needs to keep herself away from him again. As far as she possibly could, or else she won't be able to focus on her work anymore. Her duty to the people and to her kingdom must come first before her duty to herself and to her heart. Once her feet touched the solid ground once more, she was dazed and she wanted to simply sleep the night away. Hoping he knew well how hard it was for her to even confess first.

"I'm fine." She says to him as they stood in silence while in her bedroom. Then he kissed her forehead and she wanted to cry. He confuses her more than the history written in the books that she reads every single day in the library. He bids her farewell and she simply nods, giving him a pained smile after. "I guess you do have to go." She tries to be as jolly as she could but she was just trying to make sure he doesn't worry about her so much. "Don't worry, I won't run away while you're gone from here."

She didn't know what got into her as he was bidding her another farewell and apology. She came running to him, pressing herself against his backside. Her arms wrapped around his waist tightly. 

"I love you."

She whispered before calmly letting him leave and heading back to bed.

Throwing the sheet over her damp body and once there was complete privacy for her to be attended to, her maids come back in. They tend her to dress in dry clothes and freshen her up with the moist towel with fresh water before leaving her alone in her thoughts, letting her drown in them as sleep tries to find her but seems to fail till the break of the dawn.

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A man of a few words, that was what he has always been. But Bora often wondered if he was ever one to laugh with the Sky Princess or if he ever was the kind of person to tell stories about his past life as it seems to be that they have grown fond of each other as friends, in which Bora wants to get in between them and have them stay apart. He was hers, from the day she met him and she was his, from the moment he caught her running away from the castle.

Her heart ached at his words. How he was more than willing to be wherever she was, it was more than enough for her to want the crown as fast as she could have it. Change the laws, break them and build the system from the pieces that she could get from what she's about to break.

"Then stay." She whispered out to him. A soft caress to his heart. 

"Stay with me."

That was all that she needed. Him.

His lips. The feeling of those soft red lips that she had kissed and kissed her back. They press against her forehead and her tears stopped. All she felt was a sense of belonging. It wasn't the sea, the kingdom, the woods or the castle itself. It was him. It was the way she fits perfectly in his arms and how his kiss could calm the storm in her being. And yet it can also bring her feelings to tidal waves crashing upon her mind and pushing away all her thoughts aside to fill herself up with nothing else but him.

"If you can't bear the sight of me with someone else.. does that mean you do love me too? If you really want to protect me because you simply want to, does that mean that you care for me more that I think you actually do?"

He never showed signs of jealousy at all. Maybe he did and she didn't know. As far as she knows, the guardians in training seemed to be too scared of him and wouldn't approach her at all so easily.

"I must be going out of my mind. I'm delusional, aren't I?" She chuckled, but pain was there. "Maybe I'm just dreaming and hoping too much that you would love me in return, Taecyeon. Maybe I'm hoping for too much." She closed her eyes and pressed herself close to him once again. If this was a dream, being in his arms and able to speak of her feelings, then she wishes for the dream to stay a little bit longer before reality hits her and put a wall between them once again.

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Moodboard 2/00 - Taecyeon and Bora

Run away with me, Lost souls in revelry, Running wild and running free, Two kids — you and me.

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"You never belonged in the sea, Taecyeon." She whispered as soon as she was in his arms. Too weak, too vulnerable and too much too into him that she can never put aside her feelings for him when they were together. "You belonged in the woods, the scent of the wild grass and the songs of the birds filling your ears." And it was a surprise for her to speak of such things, knowing that she wasn't one to escape the kingdom nor the castle without anyone really knowing or becoming aware of it but she did once follow him and she watched him from afar. How she can't reach for him. How peaceful he was behind the tall and strong trees and how she had to look back to where the sea was. She was calm and sometimes she was scary, she could be the source of life for some and she could be someone's death. While he was mysterious and protector of many.

"I've watched you in the dark, I've never seen you so calm and so happy than when I watched you be one with the forest." She sighed, leaning her head against his chest while she kept curling up like a child. "Do you really want to protect me like they ordered you to..?" She begins to ask with so much emotion in her voice. "Or do you want to be by my side?" Her voice breaks, she trembled. "Because I want you to be by my side." She admits. There was no point in lying or letting him read in between the lines. "How you feel is always relevant to me, Taecyeon." She felt mad, knowing he keeps on pushing himself and his feelings aside. For her sake. All for her.

"I kissed you because I don't know how to put these feelings you bring me, into words." The sound of the crashing waves calms her and her mind drifts to the thoughts of those days when she was trying to push him away but still he stood by her side and she knew that the more she was with him, the more she wanted to be the queen. Be able to break the rules and make new ones. Be able to fulfill her duties to her people and her heart.

They were a long way from home, with his pace in walking, there was more than enough time for her to pour her heart out and let him think over everything she was to tell him. She needs to risk it all or else, nothing changes and she will never know the truth. She didn't want regrets on her side. She will have to tell him all of it. She began to tremble in his arms and she hid her face on his chest while she sobbed.

"I don't want you away from me. Do you even see that? Do you even know how happy I am when I'm with you? I need you. Do you get that? I don't know what I am to you anymore. If all these things you show me are because of your duties or if it's even true that you only have me." Her tears fell and her sobs roared like the sea at a bad weather.

"How you feel always matters to me! Do you not get that!? I don't want to tie you up where the sea meets the land when you're meant to roam in the forest and be happy with the woman you love, be able to build your home and make your own family. Such dreams, I have stolen from you.. I'm selfish! I don't deserve the crown! Because the more I get closer to the throne, the more I want you to stay in my sight and be by my side!" She grasped on his shirt and showed how much pain she was in, with just the mere thought of losing him. She'd lose her mind, indeed.

"I'm in love with you.. Is it that hard to understand?" Her weak voice seemed to whisper the words right out to him. Hoping it was more than enough. And if it wasn't.. then she can only hope that his choice would be more than enough to keep him happy. And with that, she'd be able to accept it all. All in time.

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"Good side." Bora scoffed at him. "I don't think so. Not like my family hasn't appointed a high guard on me already. They're probably doing that because they don't want to get killed by him." It was no secret. She already has a guardian of her own. One she's gotten since she was a young lady. The best of the best, as they say. Yet he was the kind of man that can easily be persuaded and she was still too stubborn to listen to him, thus needing another guardian to keep her from getting out of the castle in ungodly hours. "It's not me who will choose anyway. It's still my parents. So them, trying to be charming.. It ain't working, honey." Wagging her finger like a sassy little princess that she is.

She shrugged once he pointed out that she was better than most of the guardians in training. "I don't wanna keep sitting pretty and unable to protect or do anything for myself. I refuse to rely on someone else as well, that's why all of you have to train better. If I'm still better than any of you, there's no need for you all to protect me because I might end up protecting you all. That's really too manly for my image. I might not find a suitable husband in the future." She playfully narrowed her eyes at Kyungsoo.

"Which I don't mind at all. I don't need a man from a noble family to act as my king. I can run the kingdom on my own." And there was more than meets the eye and in between her words, no one can easily tell that she's not planning on choosing a prince over the man she loves.

"Are you trying to ditch them to have more chit chats with me?" She folded her arms and tilted her head while looking over at Kyungsoo. "I think I prefer getting some stress out than stressing everyone here with my presence." She laughs and nods, urging him to join her to train somewhere else. Not with the guardians in training but somewhere away where she could speak her mind freely and ease away the tension over Kyungsoo's shoulders. She felt bad for him, honestly. He was more than good enough to be a guardian but he constantly pulls himself back from getting any better than he already is.

"It's okay. We get lost sometimes. We need someone to shed some light for us to get ourselves walking back down the road we want once more."

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Now Playing: Youth - Troye Sivan

“My youth is yours Trippin' on skies, sippin' waterfalls My youth My youth is yours Run away now and forevermore.

We're speeding through red lights into paradise 'Cause we've no time for getting old Mortal bodies, timeless souls Cross your fingers, here we go. ”

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"Now?" She asked, her dripping hair and shaky legs tried to fight back the cold midnight breeze. He sounded more like she was commanding her to come home. "Is that an order?" She dared to ask him with a raise of her eyebrow. "I'd be more happy to know if you actually worried about my disappearance." She grabs over the large rocks, her legs betraying her. They wobbled and she couldn't move at all. Not even an inch. "You're not supposed to be here, Taecyeon."

He wasn't supposed to be coming over to retrieve her even. She took the chance to get away and clear her head, knowing he won't follow her around and watch her till she has given up her fins for legs once more. But there he was, standing with his back facing her, she wanted to reach for him. She wanted to hold him. She always felt a little more vulnerable when it comes to him. That was no lie.

Countless of times, she would be screaming at him to leave her be with her naked condition but he waits eagerly and carries her home, refusing to leave her side till she was properly attended by her maids.

"The kingdom needs me back.. but you don't need me at all, it seems." She shrugs her shoulders. Trying to gain some strength. There was difficulty on her walking and how her clothes clung to her soaked body. The thin fabric clings more to her as she walks, the midnight air making her shiver.

"I'm thinking of going back into the water." She says loudly, just steps away from him. "If you could catch me, maybe I'd go with you willingly and let you take me home." One, two.. her arms were suddenly around his waist as she pressed herself weakly against his back. Curse the cycle of the moon. Making her feel even weaker by the second as the full moon is just few nights away.

"Do you hate the sea that much?" Her cheek pressed against his back as she begins to tear up. Emotionally exhausted from missing him, with the thought of him losing himself in the darkness of the woods than seeing him look out at the crashing waves of the sea, waiting for her to come home. "You confuse me." She mumbles, feeling herself cling to him for support.

"You come running to the sea to find me. You kiss me back. You give me a necklace. You say that I'm all that's left for you." A sigh escapes her lips as she releases her hold of him and walks ahead. "But you never tell me how you really feel." She whispers upon passing by him. Just a few more steps away from him, she falls. Her legs being in it's weakest condition once more. She didn't glance at him. She didn't want to ask him for help. She didn't want to ask him anymore for anything but the truth.

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There was silence from her behalf, not that she would praise him as soon as he gets back on his feet. Instead, she would praise him once he manages to push himself to the edge where he can use his body and mind in sync.

"I thought you were going to put your skills and talents to waste, Kyungsoo." She grabs the bow and arrow again and points it at the rest of the recruited trainees who flinches at how she seems to aim at each and every one of them without hesitation. "If you keep letting your mind wander around on things, you will never come at peace with your self. You will get killed without being able to protect yourself or any of the royal family." She lowers her bow and arrow.

"Keep training." She orders everyone calmly then to Kyungsoo, she tilts her head and places a hand over her hips. "I have no reasons on getting rid of you just yet but I would if I could. Only that I couldn't.. yet." Both of her hands on her hips already then. She huffs. "None of those guys would even dare try to compete with me! Only you have the guts!" Bora lowers her voice.

"Do you have any idea how stressful it is to watch the only person who has the guts to consider me as their equal on the battlefield suddenly slack off?" Bora goes on, glancing at her maids who seem to be too happy to see Bora get mad since she was always too graceful and calm.

"Those boys may have the balls and all but none of them can even take me on a fight!" She groans. "Princess!" Her maids call her in unison for her choice of words. "What?! I'm being honest. At least Kyungsoo knows." Marching her way to resume monitoring the training from afar and avoid having everyone get all tensed up just because she was there.

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"If anything, I am blessed to have known him then. Him and I have started arguing since then. It was pretty much meant to be." Bora shrugged at the thought. Yes, there were more than a couple of times that the princess herself would be seen arguing with her guardian. Like a small kitten meowing over and over around a big dog who never fails to stay calm and quiet around her as well as who would always be seen to not leave her side, be it inside or outside the castle.

"He never speaks to me about his past and I choose not to ask." Bora tucked her dark hair behind her ear, momentarily absent from the present and thoughts of him appear before her. How he had told her that she was all that he has left and she was the person who matters the most in his life now. The feeling of warmth rushed through her and she chuckled under her breath. "But even so, he had spoken to me about life itself. About his present." How mad would Sooyeon be if she revealed that Taecyeon had said the words to her that makes her the equivalent of his whole world?

Bora eyes the goods around them and she grins to herself. She had given him something that money can never buy. Something that he accepted and given her one as well in return. "Oh dear, what could I give him when he has given me this diamond necklace and swore to me at the beach that he needs nothing else but to be by my side?" Her hand placed over her chest, boasting her necklace and the truth in her words that she wasn't just the princess in his life but so much more. Though the truth was Sooyeon was a tough rival for her.

If Taecyeon ever comes to his senses that Sooyeon was beautiful and worthy of serving as well with all his life.. No, this wasn't something that Bora should be thinking. It pained her. But then again, he kissed her back and held her hand. What more can beat those? Even knowing about his past doesn't beat being his present.

"Ah, I have decided. I will not buy anything but instead, I shall make something for him." She turns to look at Sooyeon. "Do you ever wonder what kind of girl he fancies? He's been surrounded by maids and our people. Surely someone has already taken his attention." A pout appears on her lips, suddenly she wonders what if it wasn't her or Sooyeon. How annoying.

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[all] quirks my muse habitually has.

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Writers, bold all of your character’s regular truths.

1. Smoking: the action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug. 2. Binge drinking: the consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time. 3. Drug abuse: the habitual taking of illegal drugs. 4. Nail biting: a common body language sign of anxiety/tension. 5. Lip biting: a common body language sign of anxiety/tension. 6. Night Owl: a person who is habitually active or wakeful at night. 7. Early bird: a person who rises, arrives, or acts before the usual or expected time. 8. Negative attitudes: a philosophy of approaching life with criticism and pessimism. 9. Positive attitudes: a philosophy of approaching life with optimism and confidence. 10. Swearing: the use of offensive language. 11. Superstitious: an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome. 12. Inspecting fingernails: a common body language sign of boredom. 13. Scratching your neck: a common body language sign of uncertainty. 14. Foot and finger tapping: a common body language sign of stress/impatience. 15. Nose touch: a subtle body language sign of deceit. 16. Flipping hair: a common body language sign of craving attention. 17. Twirling hair: a common body language sign of flirtation. 18. Cracking knuckles: a common body language sign of readiness. 19. Hands behind back: a common body language sign of confidence. 20. Finger pointing: a common body language sign of authority. 21. Hands on hips: a common body language sign of readiness. 22: Hands in pockets: a common body language sign of mistrust/reluctance. 23. Frequent touch: a common body language sign of warmth/familiarity. 24. Throat-clearing: a common body language sign of rejection/doubt. 25: Jaw-clenching: a common body language sign of hostility. 26: Eye-rolling: a common body language sign of irritation. 27: Head-tilt: a common body language sign of interest. 28. Whistling: to emit high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one’s lips or teeth; usually to a tune. 29. Humming: make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee; usually to a tune. 30. Perfectionism: refusal to accept any standard short of perfection. 31. Photographic memory: the ability to remember information or visual images in great detail. 32. Paranoia: a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically worked into an organized system. 33. Exaggeration: a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is. 34: Intuitive: using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive. 35: Quick-witted: showing or characterized by an ability to think or respond quickly and effectively. 36: Interrupting: breaking the continuity of a conversation with one’s own statements. 37: Doodling: to scribble or make rough drawings, absent-mindedly. 38: Irritable: having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed. 39: Gambling: to play games of chance for money; bet. 40: Travel-sick: suffering from nausea caused by the motion of a moving vehicle, boat, or aircraft. 41: Sensitive: having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others’ feelings. 42: Melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. 43: Chewing gum: the exercise of chewing flavoured gum which is not intended for swallowing. 44: Fidgeting: to make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience. 45: Skeptical: not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations. 46: Neat-freak: compulsively obsessed with cleanliness. 47: Gossiping: divulging personal information about others. 48: Prim: feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper; stiffly correct. 49: Abbreviating: Giving others nicknames/shortening names/giving pet names. 50: Having a catchphrase: having a sentence or phrase typically associated with a specific person.

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"You're the prince." She mumbled as she stares at him. "You're the prince!" She exclaims right after, pure surprise and delight graces her features all of a sudden. "Oh my god! Finally! I met you!" Her hands clasped over her mouth and her eyes curled up into crescent shaped ones as she swims towards him, enough to put a distance but also just enough for her to have a good look at him. "Kibum.. Prince Kibum."

Bora looked around, then back at him. “Actually, I’m just from around here.” She points the castle. "I am pleased to meet you, Prince Kibum. I am the princess of the Knowledge Kingdom." She clears her throat, biting down on her bottom lip and tasting the salty water on her lips. "My name is Yoon Bora, first born of the Kingdom of Knowledge. Heir to the crown and the throne." It felt somewhat awkward, she was told to introduce herself like such. There was so much proudness held onto the words but Bora was always humble despite of being the one who wears a crown.

"I.. as you can see.. I am rather under a very special condition." Glancing over her tail then back at him. "I would very much appreciate it if you would keep this secret between us." It was dangerous, of course. For anyone to learn the secret of the princess and her weakness itself. "I've never seen a merman or a mermaid before.. Apart from myself, you see." She chuckles and looks over the the dry land and then back at him.

"Are you scared? Of being near the land?" Bora never was scared, anyone from the Kingdom would act civil to any merfolk, it is a rule in the kingdom. "No one comes here, except for anyone that's affiliated with the kingdom itself. No commoners fish near here as well, if that's what you worry about."

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Bora kept both of her hands right in front of her, keeping still and quiet while the other spoke. The gentle smile on her lips never left as well. She gave him a small curtsy as he praises her beauty, but of course she was still just a young woman who gets insecure with the littlest flaws on her appearance.

"You're too kind, dear sir. There are quite a lot of pretty faces in our kingdom, I fear that you might have not seen the best of it yet." Once she had learned of his name, she silently murmurs it under her breath. "Sir Myungsoo.. Such a pleasure to meet you and to welcome you to my humble home."

She gestures her hand for them to start walking, to lead them both to the dining room. The food that was prepared was no joke. It was more like there was a feast than just welcoming someone's arrival. But it was normal for the royal family to have so much food on the table itself.

"It's such a shame that Prince Taemin couldn't join us, but, I do hope you'd enjoy your stay with us." Giving Myungsoo a wide smile as her long blonde hair was a big giveaway that sooner or later, Bora would need to get away from everyone and it was such a bad timing. Not like everyone knows and understands her condition. 

Being different in Eutopia was normal, but for a princess to run away from responsibilities just to keep herself from being a fish out of water for sure, would sound weird. "I do hope you don't mind me asking this, Sir Myungsoo. What is it like? Back at your kingdom?" Curiosity was written all over her face while her blue eyes looked over at him, filled with wonders. "It's just I have never left home since I was born." And it was no secret, it was an honest story that anyone who comes to see her, learns along the way.

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Her gaze could pierce through his skin, right down to his sould just as her arrow pierced its way on the board. "Mental preparations? Why? Do you think an enemy would give you enough time to think when they're about to kill you?" She had her chin up and her eyes never wavered. "Think fast or die without being able to do anything." she shrugs, waving a hand at the others to continue their training.

"I don't need your praises, I've heard more than enough. I've heard a lot of people say things to please me, but words from someone who will be guarding me with his life does not seem like flattery at all but a mere excuse for not doing any better at his job."

Grabbing another arrow and holding her bow in place. She breathes as she begins to pull the string, the arrow released along with her breath. Matching the way she released both at once, as if breathing life into her arrow. She didn't even have to tell him to look at the arrow and how she even managed to make another point that he needed to have himself to step up his game or he will be left behind.

"I'm going to ask you this just once, Kyungsoo." Handing her bow to her maid while she spoke to him with so much authority behind her calm and relaxed posture. "Is this.. what you really want? To work on your skills and work for my family? Risk your life to keep us alive?" Taking a deep breath and running her fingers through her dark hair.

"If not, I'm not stopping you from leaving now. But let me remind you this as well.. You don't only carry the honor to bring back to your family, but also the respect from the people in this kingdom as well. So think. Is this what you really want? Or would you rather go back home?"

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