#this was purely practice and hasn’t seen edits so don’t judge me too harshly

[aldisobey]

Touring Weisshaupt

“Shit!! Shit shit shit. EMMRICH STAY BACK!!”

Rook roared over his shoulder, tanned skin hidden in the slick of coating blight. He could see an edge of the necromancer, still pale, still clean, still pale, still clean. Teeth dug into his shoulder. A shriek from Assan, feathers on his cheek, the teeth released, griffon away Genlock dead, and sent a dagger through the eye of another.

Green flashed around him, necromantic energy whipping, sparking, exploding in support. Here and there skeletal hands, but it was all he could do to keep the flood before him, hold back the tide with his brother’s shield at his side.

“Sorry!” Davrin’s voice kept a chuckle within, the tones thrown back to the mage’s ears behind them, “No tour today Professor!” Sword flashing, breaths heavy, but that grin kept in play. Rook felt it, matched the smile, the only white on face those teeth as he ducked below a hurlock’s swing. Let his voice ring loud with laughter.

“But I promised!” Rook ran at his fellow Warden, his eyes locked tight on an ogre approaching from the blind, took it’s attention from the warrior with a thrown dagger sinking deep into its navel. “C’mon we’re close to the barracks!”

“Closer to the prisons!” Davrin replied, both Wardens laughed. If the necromancer did want a tour of Rook’s quarters that would be the place. And then Rook went sailing. Misjudged that ogre fist, a knuckle clipped a rib. And with a squelching crack he went flying. Landed in a tangled heap of limb and dead darkspawn flesh a mere pace from Emmrich’s feet.

“Rook!” The shaking fear in Emmrich’s voice drove the groan in Rook’s chest to a chuckle. No time for pain as the breath loosened from the hit came out as a weak but surprisingly light and cheerful “hullo…”

Davrin had the fore, ogre and horde distracted at the choke, held back by griffon, shield, and flame. Rook clung to his side, grimace morphing to grin as he waved off a quivering gloved hand reaching down to help him up.

“No!” His voice was sharper than he wanted, the delicate fingers flinched away, but… “Behind!”

The necromancer was performing impeccably, but the madness swallowed Weisshaupt whole. Emmrich’s eyes went wide as he turned to face the danger, incantation only midstep, and then he’s falling, sword singing where throat had been. Rook caught him, had swept the legs, cradled the peppered head with a growled, “Got you.”

And then Rook let go, sprang straight up, strength of legs driving his skull up and into the Hurlock’s chin as he launched from the ground. Resounding snap crack, darkspawn went limp. “Bastard.”

Rook wasn’t looking down at Emmrich as he grabbed the mage’s shoulder. His hand enclosed, firm, almost bruising as he yanked the professor to his feet and gutted a genlock with the other arm. The grimace from cracked rib twisted morbidly to some odd wild delighted face. One eye closed, blood from split head running blinding into it, but he made sure the swaying professor had his feet as he glared round the near area. Clear, safe. Good.

“Shit that always hurts,” he took the briefest moment to touch at the cut, looked calm into the wide eyes of the mage, “you good?” Emmrich did not but nod, countenance ghostly, staff supporting as the green glow reached out, touched at the rogue’s head and stopped the flow of thick red.

“Hey! I said no tour!” Davrin was starting to feel the push at the point, ogre bloodied but making ground. Rook’s brow furrowed, but both eyes open now, “Apologies sir, my room’ll have to wait.” He gave Emmrich a parting bloody wink and dipped the silliest bow before running laughing back into the embrace of the fight.

[monicaexol]

Special day

Genre: Angst / Fluff

Pairing: Do Kyungsoo / You

Prompt: "Just take care of him."

*This is my first time writing a oneshot, so please don't judge too harshly, thank you!*

You were extremely happy today, and why wouldn't you be? Today was an important day! You'd be meeting Kyungsoo and spending the entire day with him. You hadn't really seen him for a while, okay fine, you met him last week, but your undeniable love (or as the guys say, your crazy infatuation for him) keeps you wanting to see more of him.

The thought of it only made your small feet pace a little quicker as you were eager to see him. Kyungsoo always made fun of the size of your feet and prided himself by saying his were a lot bigger, but you'd only shove of his playful comments by name calling him "big foot". You glanced down at your feet and began laughing at your own thoughts, wondering how anything and everything always seemed remind you of him.

As you practically skipped to his flat, you felt a water droplet tap your nose, and like a complete idiot you carried on skipping until the rain came plummeting down on you. Annoyed by the sudden change of weather, you glared up at the sky whilst battling with your umbrella for it to open.

It was pointless.

You reached his front door and you were practically soaked to your skin, but that still didn't stop your beaming smile spread right across your face. It had been a couple of minutes now, you rang the bell again shivering from the cold, until you heard his soothing voice cheer from the other side of the oak door, "Coming, coming!"

You smiled at his voice. With a little more shuffling and a couple of clicks, the door swung open to reveal the handsome man you had fallen head over heals for, Do Kyungsoo.

"Took you long enough!" You giggled, as you watched his face. Usually you were able to tell exactly how he was feeling, many even commented saying that he had a cold face and never revealed his true expressions. Though you knew him well, after all you were his girlfriend. You observed his posture, he looked slightly tired. His hair was a mess and his shirt was unevenly buttoned. Had he forgotten about today? You brushed off your thoughts quickly and smiled, "Aren't you gonna let me in?" A shy smile creeped onto his face, making him look slightly embarrassed. "Yeah ahaha." He laughs at his own cute mistake and moves to the side allowing you to shift in.

"Look at you Y/N, you're soaked! Hold on, let me get you a towel." He rushed off to try and help you dry off, meanwhile you took of your coat and hung it over a chair. You stroll over to the bathroom and open your umbrella, then place it in the tub, that way any water on the umbrella drips into the tub, not onto the clean laminated floor in the living room.

"Y/N, where are you?" Kyungsoo called, his voice sounded almost panicky. You let out a breathy laugh, "I'm only in the bathroom!" you utter loudly enough for him to hear. Calmly you make your way out into the living room, only to find a half worried Kyungsoo moving towards you.

"You okay?" You ask him as he playfully throws a towel on your head and starts rubbing it around to try and dry you. This is what you loved about him, his caring and loving nature. You peeked through the towel to see his heart shaped smile gleam at you, this only made your heart flutter and your cheeks flush pink. "All better?" His honey silk voice beams through the room as you erupt with laughter, you can never get enough of his coyness. "Much better!" You pronounce back, gaining a small chuckle from him.

A comfortable silence engulfs the room but is soon interrupted when a phone begins to ring. "Yours?" He asks. "Right here." You say as you wave your phone and place it on the table, though it's not ringing. He hastily looks around, "Is it yours?" He doesn't look at you, his eyes are darting around the room. "Nope, mines right here." He places his down too. "Maybe one of the guys left it here, most likely Jongin. He's the forgetful one!" You chortle at your own words but notice the Kyungsoo is still a little distracted.

"Well, I can't wait till I get my hands on that phone. They may have embarrassing pictures right? Totally useful for blackmail!" Quickly you begin throwing up the pillows from the sofa to try and hunt down the phone as quick as Kyungsoo was, making it your own little competition to find it before him. "Y/N, you've just come from a long walk, don't worry about it, I'll find it okay? Just sit here." Kyungsoo tells you, his eyes still frantically moving across the room.

"You sure you're okay Soo?" You ask him as you stoke his arm. The phone stops ringing leaving the sound of rain pattering against the window as the only sound vibrating through the flat. He finally glances at you. "I'm okay jagiya" he replies, his eyes finally relax as he pulls you into a soft hug. His strong arms embrace you and you fall into an immediate trance. How does he manage to always make me feel so special? You think to yourself.

Soon you pull out of the hug, "I'm gonna get something to drink, you want anything?" You ask him. Even though this was his flat, you felt perfectly at home since this was practically your own home. Kyungsoo had even given you a spare set of keys but you never used them because you liked the way he'd look at you when he opens the door and sees you in front of him. "I'm okay, thanks." He replied, his velvety voice echoed deeply, honestly you could just sit next to him and listen to him speak utter nonsense for your whole life.

As you enter the kitchen your eyes fall into the counter top, a phone sat there patiently as though waiting to be examined.

Rose gold? You thought.

You felt a cold hand drape around yours and pull the phone out of your hands, frantically he stuffed it in his pocket whilst grasping your hand and carefully pulling you out of the kitchen.

"Which of the guys has the rose gold edition?" You asked slightly amused at the choice of colour, not to say that pink is simply a girls colour, it's just that the guys have always expressed their hatred for that colour.

"Actually it's Xiumin Hyungs sisters! I mean, he lost his, yeah he lost it, so, so, so his sister let him borrow his till he recieved his new one." He choked out the words rather quickly whilst stumbling over a few of them.

"Makes sense, sorry Jongin for calling you forgetful!" You chuckled again and glanced at Kyungsoo. A thin layer of sweat piled over his forehead, you went to hold his hand and felt it shake in yours. You lifted your eyes to meet his, but weren't able to read anything.

"Are you really okay Soo?" Faintly you asked, to be honest he'd been worrying you since you got here. But you didn't want a make a scene of it, especially on this day. It felt like an eternity while you were waiting for his reply. Your eyes left his and roamed the room thinking of how to cheer him up, and that's when you saw it.

A pair of heels perfectly aligned next to his trainers.

And you knew for a fact that they weren't yours.

Instantly your eyes raced back to his demanding for an explanation, but you couldn't find them because he was staring down at the floor.

A sea of thoughts came flooding in, some trying to convince you that Kyungsoo would never cheat on you. He loves you. You need to trust him. He would never hurt you. You mean a lot to him.

Then the other thoughts were pure fire and screams from your heart. How could he? I can't believe him! He's broken my trust! But I love him! Why?

Once again silence penetrated the room, rather uncomfortably, and this time, the sound of falling rain wasn't available to cover up your hearts cries. All was broken when his bedroom door slowly creaked open revealing a timid girl entering the room. The closer she got, the blurrier your vision became. Yet somehow, everything became so much more clear.

"Y/N, I can explain, please, please hear me."

You looked at her with tear stained eyes. She was wearing a blue dress with her hair falling past her shoulders, she trudged out and buffered next to the table where you and Kyungsoo were on the opposite end.

You always put on the persona of a strong confident girl to mask the fact that you were actually quite shy and frail. You loved Kyungsoo with your whole heart because he accepted you as you were.

Never had you asked him why he came home much later than he could've, you always assumed it was because he stayed to practice extra, ignoring the fact that he guys reached home at least 4 hours earlier. You never doubted his love for you because you thought you could always see it in his eyes. You never felt ignored by him because hearing his soothing voice for one day could fill you with a lifetimes happiness.

But all that changed today.

He reaches out to hold you but you back away, tears colliding with the solid ground below. Somehow the girl also seemed ashamed, she hasn't yet lifted her head once.

"Explain then." You whisper through your suppressed cries.

"Y/N, I love you, I do. But lately.. I just... I..."

He paused and took a deep breath.

"I saw Miya at a cafe one day after practice. There wasn't anyone around. We started talking as friends, I promise, I had no intention of cheating on you and losing your trust, but then one thing led to another and..."

He stopped, his eyes darted each of your own.

"And?"

"I fell in love with her."

So that's how it felt, to have the earth beneath your feet shake so violently. Your whole world had shattered, the very world that Kyungsoo had made for you. You realised that if someone can give you all the happiness in the world, then that same person can give you the most pain in the world. It felt like a dagger and been thrust into your heart in one swift move. Your chest ached and your legs felt numb, buckling and almost giving up on you, just as he did. Your eyes mimicked his wide eyes, the same eyes that had stolen all your attention for the past 6 months. You were left in a haze, trying to process everything that you heard. Every inch of you wanted to yell at him, to break everything in the room, to smash the windows so that you could let in some oxygen and finally breath.

You didn't.

You slugged towards the girl who had her head hung low, and it was evident that she feared you might slap her, and she bravely prepared herself for it. That is until she felt your soft hand take hers.

You walked over to Kyungsoo and put her hand in his.

He looked at their hands, and then back at you, wide eyed. His face a mixture of confusion, guilt and relief.

The girl felt his hand and whipped her head up looking at you with tears brimming in her eyes. Wow, she's beautiful. Is this why he left me? The thought crashed against your mind causing you more agony.

"Thank you" she gasped.

"Just take care of him." Is all you say as you look at them both with a forced half smile upon your face.

Steadily, you walk over to wall on your right, a picture of you and Kyungsoo bound on the wall. You tiptoe and take it off.

"Please... don't..." Kyungsoo says as tears escape his doe eyes.

"Let me keep this one." You say, a faint smile widens on your face while you observe the picture in your hands, it was the picture you took on your first date. You were wearing a blue flowing dress, and your hair was flying around in the wind, Kyungsoo was watching you intently with a smile plastered on his face. You hug the picture and place in on the table.

Then, you turn to your bag and pull out a new photo of you and him. It was taken last week while you were on a date. He was laughing clumsily as you gazed lovingly into his eyes. You held the picture against your chest before walking towards him and looking into those same eyes. That's when you realised, it was always one sided. The love you saw in his eyes, was actually just the reflection of your own. It was unfair to hold onto him if he didn't feel the same way, you had to learn to let go, because you had now learnt that if you love something, you must set it free.

You hand the photo over to him, he looks at it with a smile washed onto his face.

"Thank you, Y/N." He glances Miya who understandingly let's go of his hand, he brings his usually strong hands up to your face and brushes away your damp hair. You could feel them shake as he did so. You brace yourself as he places his final kiss on your forehead. A last tear falls from your eyes and you refuse to let him see.

"You're welcome." You say, eyes still focused on the ground.

You turn to pick up your bag and place your old photo inside. Then you head towards the door.

"Please forgive me." You can hear Kyungsoo in the back but you don't turn.

You reach the door and give him one final glance, trying to capture him and all the happiness he's given you in one go, "Happy anniversary," you say then you exit and walk away.

When you reached outside you felt the cold air brush away your tears that began falling. Today may not have been what you expected, but now you know that your true love had found his true love, and that's all you needed to help your broken heart heal.

Maybe someday you'd find someone who loves you dearly, and then you can have your special day...