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Another One Bites The Dust ♪ ♫ ♬ guess who woke up this morning and finally decided to bingeread Horizon, surprisingly it took me this long even after Take Me Home took my heart by storm.

& i know i should have taken a break but i have a valid reason!! i'm sick. with the flu? with a virus? i have no idea but just focusing on reading Horizon allowed me to forget about the fatigue and muscle pain for a while so i'm happy i have your fics to come back to <33

finishing Horizon tonight actually concludes me reading through your entire masterlist btw woohoo, just what am i meant to do with my time now TT (reread every fic and actually leave a comment for all of them this time heh)

even though this is a Spin-Off and can be read as a Standalone, I highly recommend everyone to read Take Me Home beforehand.. when I tell you just how much more it helped me understand the DEPTH of everything that has and was unfolding, it was so fundamentally changing and painted Take Me Home in such a different light to me, wow

.. roll the tape of me annotating per chapter and freaking out, crying, giggling, going through all stages of grief, wanting to move dimensions and fall in love with yumi's worldbuilding and OCs all over again.. this is a long one, i am so sorry

[chapter 2]

He wondered what went on in her head, but he wanted to tell her that she was unknowingly making him so restless- and he liked it.

i love me an oc that makes the love interest antsy and i love me a love interest that absolutely relishes in it and chases after the feeling kekeke

Gaeul turning into a Yena fangirl the more stories she hears about her, me too girly

“I should thank you all for making me feel comfortable and safe and not a threat, even when I am who I am. I never imagined I’d live to sit with not one but three of you, as casual as this-” “Oh, shut up,” Wooyoung waved a hand in dismissal but everybody knew he liked hearing it. “You’re making me feel too soft. Carry on.”

WOOYOUNG YOU LITTLE SHIT WAY TO RUIN THE VULNERABLE MOMENT

love that they're climbing mountains.. with another mountain holding her hand.. talking about the mountains of his kingdom.. heh (when are we clmbing his mountain though??)

“Nervous?” San raised a brow. Gaeul threw the leaf at his face, making him chuckle deeply. San put a hand on hers, leaning forward again until they were so close that Gaeul could feel his breath caress her face. “Tell me… do I make you nervous?”

MISTER PRINCE CHOI SAN BACK THE HELL OFFFF OMGKSJLKSJ

“I wonder who you are,” Gaeul tilted her head, trailing her finger down his arm, letting go multiple times along the way so they felt the little shock again and again- it made her restless and calm. How was that possible? “I wonder why it had to be you too." “I have this sinking feeling that magic is the last reason,” San admitted.

i don't think i've ever read a piece of fiction that made me feel like i was interrupting something as much as this moment alone LMAO like wdym she's teasing them both with the sparking sensation of their unexplored bond while they flirt themselves into suffocating tension, what is this sadomasochism HELLKSJLKS

“I don’t know,” San sighed. “I shouldn’t have told you, but you… you make me do things and say things I usually don’t.” Gaeul sighed internally. “San? Don’t say stuff like that. Don’t make me more confused than I already am.” “I’m confused too,” San scanned her face. “I don’t know what to feel. I want to figure it out soon. Until then…” San leaned forward, planting a lingering kiss on her forehead

the hot and cold switch between conversations is killing me man :( why am i crypouting now

[chapter 3]

“And why would I have a reason to hate you?”

i want to apologize to even have rooted for San and Yena during Take Me Home because this San with Gaeul.. lord.. i'm tearing up from how emotionally charged this interaction is and how well their energies just collide and merge in understanding and consideration, i'm genuinely tearing up? damn

She felt it was horribly selfish of her to cling to San- or perhaps, she was clinging to life itself.

the way Gaeul was introduced as someone who outwardly shows her lack of consideration for her own life and will to continue on.. then meeting san and him turning into this personification of hope and life itself to her.. this level of dependancy is dangerouuus

“No, let me speak,” Gaeul raised a hand, locking eyes with him. “I’ve been hurting you before I knew who you were. And I’ve been using you just because you calm me down. Because of you… I’m hoping to live again when I get a reminder everyday about how I’m not supposed to be even breathing in the first place.”

yep, there's that fear that follows suit with a high level of co-dependancy that is in the same moment a form of coping, a lifeline as well as a form of validation that promises to bring forth worse consequences later down the line.. San being the one that breathed back life into Gaeul and instilled the idea of hope into her.. while also putting him in a position to be the one that can rip it all away from her, festering irrational fears in Gaeul who JUST started allowing herself to grasp the idea of a idyllic future.. oof

“I’m sorry if I sound too… demanding,” Gaeul’s head was down in embarrassment. “But… if you could feel half of what I feel when your magic meets mine-” “I feel all of it,” San’s voice was hoarse and Gaeul looked at him. “I feel it in every pore of my body too. And I…” He drew closer, holding her other hand in his as if to prove it that he felt the same. “I think I might be addicted too.”

i'm starting to get confused myself if i should be rooting for this as much as my happy-go-lucky brain wishes me to. the sweettalking, the vulnerability and i'm loving San being just as swept away by this feeling as Gaeul but also.. there is a feeling of an impending doom, everything is just soo.. much more intense, so much that even San is in turmoil

just the way this entire moment builds like there is something boiling over, Gaeul falling into this blabbering mess of trying to vocalize every possible feeling and thought that threatened to overwhelm her and San (in my imagination) almost pained witnessing Gaeul lost in the lack of control over her own body and mind but he gives in. San gives into the bond he feels, the bond he dreads to find out if it's actually what he theorizes it to be or not, i was melting

omg. the realization dawning down on them. the bond was already there before Gaeul died the first time and the suspicions about it being the cause for her death. but the bond persisted, the love, soul and energy.. the LEVELS of RAGE AND GRIEF that would be boiling over in me if I was in San's position, if somebody touched MY person to try and inflict pain upon me.. i would rip hell a new one

it feels like puzzles pieces fitting together from seeing San being the type of person to tell Gaeul to not give up on life, telling her to stop implying she'd rather die like a scapegoat than be a burden on other people because that's just the type of person we expect San to be, right? to then believing the reason Kieran killed her was to throw San into despair down the story line where as now he's taking this life that was gifted to Gaeul on as his responsibility to protect, nurture, to do everything in his power to light her life for and with her

San grinned devilishly as he leaned forward to whisper in her ear, his lips and breath caressing her, “If you ever say something like that again… I’ll make you forget how to breathe.”

I GASPED SO HARD I COULDNT STOP COUGHING SKSJLKSJ

omg girl talk with Yena and Gaeul :(( <33

“Am I supposed to deny that I find you attractive? Longing. That’s what San felt “Even when I look like death?” Gaeul challenged.. “Especially when you look like death,”

i have fallen and i can not and will not and refuse to get up ever again!! (the hades & persephone vibes though)

“Well, if you want me to do whatever I deem fit,” San said and Gaeul gasped when she felt his arms snake around her waist and pull her to him- her back now connected with his chest. He took that chance to snuggle his nose between her neck and shoulder, his nose and breath trickling her. “I think we should both be comfortable when we sleep.”

STEP ON THE DAMN BREAKS PRINCE CHOI SAN HOLD YOUR HORSES OR CLOSE THE PORTALS THIS IS HAPPENING TOO FAST FOR MY WEAK HEART

“I was only Gaeul anyway, it’s you who has this big scary title with your name-” “Hey,” San smiled, scanning her face as his gaze changed- Gaeul could practically feel it in the air as he gazed at her. “I’d kiss you right now if you let me.” San could feel her magic roil within her as he said that and he chuckled deeply, shaking his head. “I guess you want to kiss me too.”

WHEN WILL IT BE MEEEEEEEEEEE!!! AAAAAAHHSKLSMLKSM

“Not a good time, San. I don’t want to hurt you accidentally.” “You won’t hurt me,” San tilted her chin up. “Not now, you won’t. And if you hate me after tomorrow… I want to kiss you once before that happens.”

never not swooning for horzion!San damn i'm downbad, lord i see what you have done for others TT

“Tell me to stop and I will,” San trailed his lips down her face and Gaeul squirmed- she didn’t want him to stop.. “Tell me to stop,” San whispered again as he kissed her cheek.. “Don’t stop,” Gaeul managed to whisper. San opened his eyes, searching hers for a few moments, making sure she was okay before he leaned in and kissed her where they wanted it the most.

yumi. we need to talk, yumi. yumi, can you even imagine, even fathom the irreversible damage this has done to my soul, my very being, the organ that keeps me alive on this planet? you will receive another of my therapy bills in your mail, just for your information because i will never be able to move on from this, i can't look at San the same way i did before reading this. i am short of breath just thinking about this scene.

“Would you want to live if you lost the one thing that kept you alive all these years? Your magic?”

“Am I not allowed to help someone I care for?” San asked quietly. “Am I not allowed to help her find a reason to live?” “I can’t force her to make the decision to live, can I? Bond or no bond.”

San wondered why it wasn’t raining- he wanted the skies to cry with him.

NOOO WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT!??!?!? HIM WANTING THE BEST FOR HER, WANTING TO PROTECT HER EVEN IF IT THAT MIGHT MEAN THEY HAVE TO PART WAYS :(((

“I wish I could go back in time and make it alright for San,” Yena wiped her eyes and Jongho patted her back. “But… I don’t want to relive anything from those few months again.”

Yena :( my baby Yena, gorgeous girly Yena :(( for her to even consider this is so brave when in reality she is the ONLY one who can truly relate to what Gaeul might be feeling in this moment, the potential threat of losing your soulmate, watching him die and not being able to prevent it, to risk making things worse for everyone around them too :(

[chapter 4]

i'm cackling at Hongjoong being absolutely done with history constantly rewriting itself, having to take notes the entire time like he's a stuck-up librarian archiving every possible change in the atmosphere lmao he's so tired of everyone and this realm but Gaeul comforthing him.. i might be growing another heart just for her

“Do you want to break me, Gaeul?” San’s voice was hoarse, and despite what he said, it made Gaeul smirk so devilishly slow that San decided that was enough- he got up slowly, shaking his head as he beheld the sight in front of him. He tipped her chin up until she faced him. “Tell me, Gaeul. Tell me what you want to do with me.” Gaeul tilted her head, considering- the darkness beneath his eyes excited her. She’d only seen San be gentle and teasing- she wanted to test him tonight, to see what extent he could go, where he would- “I want to watch you break apart under me.”

i- wha- excuse me? holy. fuck. i am trying my hardest to supply myself with oxygen right now, i promise but i still feel like i might pass out. i have a lot of words. i do. however. they would get me thrown off this site faster than i could chant halazia. so, i just hope you receive my turmoil, my thoughts thelepathically.

“I could even visit your castle before you actually take me there,” Gaeul teased. “Please don’t do that,” San laughed. “I want to show you our home when you’re with me.” Our home.

A magic- a whole world left unexplored. How many other doors did she never get to open?

:((( <33

“Let’s not interrupt him while he’s working. I have a better idea- we can turn him into a flower princess.” Yeosang was only pretending to have gone into hibernation and when he opened his eyes, saying “I dare you to try”, the screams that came out of Gaeul and Mingi as they clung on to each other could have woken up the dead.

i was absolutely howling at this part, i actually had to roll over and hold my stomach because the pain was to much from my laughing fit LMAO the old cartoon-like reactions throughout Horizon have some of the most funniest visuals i've read in years ksjslkjs also, as someone who read Take Me Home not too long ago, i love how distinctly different the relationships between the OCs and the Princes are like i feel so spoiled seeing the Yungi and Gaeul friendship blossom in Horizon <3

“Seonghwa told me I could talk to you if I ever needed someone. If everyone comes to talk to you, who do you go to?” Yunho smiled at that. “I go to the sea. I sit where the land and the ocean meet, and I pour my heart out. Then I let the waves carry it away.”“Just like me,” Gaeul looked ahead. “It’s been lonely.”

fanfictions, as their term entails, are forms of fictions and do not always represent the reality or the true self of the people or characters they are written about. but i love, i absolutely adore how much and how beautifully ateez members' cores shine through your writing, how we get gentle reminders, small peaks into their realities through your writing. it truly feels honoring reading and feeling the appreciation and understanding of members through such respectful and considerate moments. yunho who goes on healing trips, almost always by big bodies of water, his time spent at japan's beaches, boyfriend pictures at harbours and lakes, the waves that soothe his mind, the horizon that makes him recall sentimental moments and help him sort his thoughts. & the members who always tell atiny that yunho is the person that they all rely on, the one who knows to listen and what to say in the moment but also the one who holds back, who doesn't (over-)react and their worries where all his feelings find reprieve when he's the one always offering to soothe other people's turmoil. :( why do i make myself cry

[chapter 5]

the way you were teasing Neve's return in almost every chapter and how with every chapter that i read one after the other my hopes held high that i would finally get to see my baby again TT and now that he's finally here, i can't even put into words the euphoria i feel & then on top of that he seems to be getting sickly?? whyy would you do this to meee TT pleasee, i can take care of him, my babyboy

(flashbacks to Yena being trained by Neve and Mingi losing his mind of boredom lmao)

the panther dimension is so fucking cool, are you kidding me?? also Gaeul understanding the ancient language?? the literal language of life and the start of its existence??!?! ALSO HER BEING SO FREAKED OUT ABOUT IT LMAOSLSKLKSK (also me theorizing Gaeul's animal form might be some form of bat and then reading the panther's description hehe)

“Yes. For that, we had to intervene. We should have intervened earlier, but the damage was done. We used you as the last resort- a yin-yang faerie who’s soulmate happened to be powerful enough. We planted in Kieran’s head the idea to kill you. We let you die at the right time so the time-loop would end, so the faeries who sacrificed so much by leaving Earth and making Mirinae their home… they could all live. But for that… you had to die first.”

wtf? huh?! i kind of really want to hate them, omg. i hate this so much. oh god, the amount of grief, regret, the YEARS spent blaming themselves, each other, trying to fix something that somebody else was pulling the strings for. i- i don't even want to talk about it, wtf. you can't even FATHOM how breaking this is if you haven't read Take Me Home before you've read Horizon. this. is. ridiculous. (hate not in the literal sense! i'm astonished by the direction you took this and simultaneously upset for the character's sake, you're amazing for this!)

“Look, it’s your decision,” Neve raised his hand. “I’m just pointing out the odds. It’s worth trying to live because you’re going to die either way- a clean death or a slow death will be the only difference. You’d actually be a coward to choose death-” “You would have done the same,” Gaeul glared at him. “Can you imagine losing your magic and the soulmate bond?” “The former, I can,” Neve sighed. “Sometimes… it is wise to be a coward. You should have let me finish the sentence.”

is this.. are we.. did we just get a little bit of Neve lore??!? IS MY BABY OKAY?!?! HELP TT MY HEART BREAKS FOR DADDY NEVE WHY DIDN'T YOU WARN MEE

the way the narrative completely switched up. from Yena believing she was the one responsible for what Gaeul is going through right now because Yena's timetravelling must have messed up the dimensions when in reality Gaeul's murder was predestined to stop the time from looping and Seonghwa from continuesly being killed by Kieran which would eventually destroy the planet entirely. and the panthers seeing it as their responsibility (bare minimum tbh) to fix the timeline by sacrificing Gaeul, actually making HER the reason why Seonghwa and Yena ended up alive and together at the end of Take Me Home, OH MY GOD!

“You have something you want to live for now, don’t you?” Yunho asked. “I do,” she smiled at the memory of San.. “Then try, for us. Let us be selfish with you for once. Do it for yourself and for us. And… I promise that if things go south and I find you in pain that you cannot bear… I’ll take care of things. Me and Seonghwa and Hongjoong… we’ll take care of it.”

Yunho pursed his lips, looking like he could cry as the weight of it finally started sinking in. “Is there… is there a place you would like to rest at if it comes to that- heavens forbid it comes to that.” “You’d know even if I don’t tell you,” Gaeul winked and Yunho shook his head.

i am bathing in a tub of my own tears, my yuyu :(( <3 i loved how their friendship unfolded, how the element of water and its significance shone and flowed through Horizon. as a pisces during pisces season, i feel so emotionally attached to this friendship, my god. the power and comfort water holds for them tugged at my heartstrings and the depth they dipped to i found myself relating to more than once.

also, the weight that was lifted from my heart when Gaeul smiled? she's actually reached a point in which life doesn't induce fear within her. relying on other people, being considerate of them past the selfsacrificial bs and picking herself up. that co-dependancy issue we saw in the beginning did not have a chance to fester during the time away (considering now it was quite literally their power/energy (?) sucking the life out of one and giving it to the other (?). Gaeul's power is such an intriguing and powerful concept, even I would have sat down with Hongjoong in his library to make sure to write down every little detail for the next generations to know of.

ugh. i feel like I've got thrown into a blender because this was a wild ride of emotions. the tension and intensity between characters but also within the plot, the big reveal and just coming to know that this realm, this dimension, this entire universe that you've created spans so so much deeper than we can imagine. hell. at this point i believe this universe spans past even your own understanding in some form of manifested conscience in an alternative reality attuned to maladaptive daydreams lol damned inception, we might have fanfictioned a bit too close to the orange sun <3

i see you've taken breaks but also been working hard on more fics to come and i'm looking forward to them (anyways but) especially now that i've read every fic publicly available on your blog lol <3

Horizon

faerieprince!san x oc

royal/fantasy au, soulmate au

Take Me Home spinoff (can be read as a standalone)

series lore

genre and warnings: fluff, angst, mild smut/suggestive, time travel/time loop, tragedy, violence warnings, mention of death/su!cide, past traumas, idk if i missed sth

synopsis: the eight faerie princes and the princess who rule the planet mirinae sense something that doesn't belong to their world- something that screams unnatural and dangerous. however, san is able to feel the presence of a faerie instead and it leads him to gaeul, who came back to life as a part of a darkling's evil scheme. san soon realises that he might be connected to gaeul in unimaginable ways, and the bond that they share might not be good.

-> part 1

-> part 2

-> part 3

-> part 4

-> part 5

Planet Mirinae Map:

[Kingdoms --> star-signs, Seas--> birthstones

(Seonghwa and Yunho share the Kingdom of Aries;

Kingdom of Gemini is split into two states bc duh;

Fomalhaut--> free land without a monarchy)]

disclaimer: the series can be read as a standalone since i do enough of explaining the whole universe at a tolerable pace (i hope), but in case you decide to read take me home (seonghwa series) which is a crucial part in the worldbuilding of this universe, i assure you not much will be spoiled and take me home will still be confusing asf (i really hope so LOL) anyways enjoy or whatever.

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