In Another Life With You | Taegyu

"So, let me get this straight," Soobin said, putting his chopsticks down. "You think your boss, Kang Taehyun, is Nari in his past life?" He asked again for what seemed like the nth time tonight.

"Yes," Beomgyu sighed.

"And Taehyun also happens to be the person you are assigned to?"

"Yes."

"And you already fell for him?"

"Do you have a death wish?" Beomgyu snorted as he quickly finished his glass of water. Soobin rolled his eyes. "What did I get myself into?" He sulked, running his fingers through his hair in frustration.

"Nari is Nari, Taehyun is Taehyun. Perhaps you were mistaken," Soobin reasoned. "The chances of you getting assigned to the same human soul are numbskull" the latter continued. Beomgyu didn't look any more reassured.

"Maybe. . . ," he muttered, lost in his thoughts.

Perhaps Taehyun and Nari being two different people was what he wished to believe. Back in the office, he was so sure that Taehyun was the late princess. He just knew it. From the way their eyes had the same lustre to them. To the way how similarly they reacted to his answer.

There were simply some things you can't explain in the world. This being one of them.

"And Hueningkai?"

"We found Taehyun at the same time, a coincidence it was. I guess it also means that my work starts soon," he sighed once more. It was almost as if the many attempts to relieve the burden on his chest were useless.

His mind was all over the place with all sorts of thoughts going on in the span of a moment: Taehyun and Nari being the same person, Taehyun as his boss, Taehyun being the person he was supposed to protect.

Oh, how easy his job would be if it just wouldn't be assigned to this particular person.

Really, less than a day of acknowledging the guy's existence, and Beomgyu is already contemplating his choices of backing out of the mission.

If only he could, that is.

And he couldn't. Meaning that he will be stuck with this Taehyun person until the day of this death arrives.

"So, how do you feel around Taehyun?" Soobin asked, his question snapping Beomgyu out of his daze.

"What?"

"I mean, knowing that he was your first love."

"Nostalgic. . . like they're the same person, but they aren't at the same time," Beomgyu said, his mind seeming to have wandered somewhere else. "And if you're wondering, no, I do not like him. Just because he may have been Nari in his past life doesn't automatically mean I will like him too," he added quickly, reading his friend's sceptical expression.

"What can I say? I'm lonely," Soobin laughed, a hint of sadness present in his voice as Beomgyu softened, remembering the latter's situation.

"Frankly speaking, I wouldn't mind living as a human. But heaven decided to be a pain in the neck and stripped off all my angel capabilities - except for my life span, which lasts for eternity. So, here I am, cursed in this human body."

While saying that, Soobin's fingers briefly brushed against the left side of his chest as Beomgyu felt sorry for the latter.

As a fallen angel, Soobin had his silver heart erased from his body as well, simply a patch of skin blending in perfectly with the rest of his chest in its place.

"So, Beomgyu, don't repeat my mistake, okay?" Soobin continued as he stared into his eyes. "You just got lucky with Nari. And I care for you. I just don't want the same thing to happen to you like what happened to me."

"Only if I fall for Taehyun, that is," Beomgyu smiled.

"Only if you fall for Taehyun," Soobin repeated.