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"can we ever have a happy ending?"

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2002

The day of New Year...On the busy streets of Seoul, People sang and Danced as the new Year approached but somewhere in the city...

"Congratulations, it's a boy"

"He have a moon mark, honey"

And somewhere far from there in daegu's dark forests...

"It's a Gumiho boy with a...Star mark"

And that's how the new story begins...

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2025 Seoul, South Korea
9:15 am

Cherry Blossoms were falling on the ground like Putting on a beautiful carpet for someone. Passers by took pictures and Spent times with their loved ones, Among all this...

There was a person with mask and cap, sitting on a bench under the cherry blossoms which were falling on him. Like others, he didn't seem Happy or Joyful buy sad and Lonely

He sighed and look around him
"Having a normal life is far Better than a celebrity. I wish I was born like a normal person or maybe, Wouldn't have choosen this life"

While he was deep in thoughts, A 5 Year old came and sit besides him
"Hello, Uncle" he joyfully greeted.

"Hey" The man said softly but coldly
"What's your name, uncle?" He asked, smiling "Choi Soobin" and that's it...

"OMG! THAT ACTOR CHOI SOOBIN!? YOU ARE HIM!" His mother who was behind that boy, Shouted, drawing everyone's attention. He quickly stand up, bowed and walked away but Everyone started running after him for photographs and autographs.

Soobin quickly started running, Knowing he was trapped ; He came to a stop and hide behind a Big cherry blossom tree.

"Soobin!" He turned panicked to see his manager "Come with me" His manager said and quickly took him to his van.

"You know it's dangerous, Soobin-ssi and you still go outside without any security" His manager scolded, driving "I wanted to live like a norm-"

"Ofcourse, it had to be that! Soobin, Celebrities never have a Normal life. You aren't a normal person, you can't go roaming around the streets, I know you want to become free but it's not possible not now atleast" his manager said

Soobin didn't answer and just looked outside the window "What if he never chose to be a Actor? What if he never auditioned? Would he be living happily? With his wife and Parents? He wonders how Normal life is"

"And stop being so careless with your birth mark, That moon shouldn't be revealed or else people will start making theories and rumours on that too. You also know shippers"

Soobin could only listen and nod. He was getting frustrated, To the limit that he was dieing. He wanted to be free but how? There was no way to be free being a celebrity.

"There is a new Kdrama coming up and The producer wants you to be the male lead" His manager stated "What's it about?" He asked "It's about a prince-" He was interrupted when Soobin spoke

"You very well know I don't do these types of dramas, I don't like them" His Manager sighed "I don't understand why you don't like them. It's like you have a rivalry with being a prince"

Daegu, South Korea
11:10 am

As the sun was finally visible from the forests, Gumihos were taking sometime to do their work.

"Where's Jun? Did you see him?" A elderly Gumiho asked "He might be on his favourite place, the sun bridge"
Another Gumiho said

Just as the Gumiho said, The 22 Year old Orange haired was on the sun bridge, he loved sun, why? He doesn't know but he loves sun and is afraid of Darkness, nights, cliffs, Prisons.

"Oh my lord! This boy can't do anything other than sitting on this bridge!" She throws some water on the boy's face who was sleeping, Along with the water some blossoms too got on his face making him wake up

"Wake up, Choi Yeonjun" The boy shake the water away, transforming into his Human form.

"Mom, I was sleeping" He said only to get pulled by his ears "You better stand up with that lazy ass of yours before I beat you" She threatened and Yeonjun quickly nodded, running in the woods to get some woods and all.

"mom doesn't understand my feelings, I feel weird on cliffs, I am scared, no, TERRIFIED of them" Yeonjun mumbled, going through the forest.

After getting some things, He started walking outside but..

"Holy God! I am lost! Where should I go!?" He ran here and there to find a way out but couldn't, his scent was not in the air anymore, not after the small raindrops falling from the sky.

He sighed and sat under a tree to get some shelter. He looked around and saw a cliff but he noticed the blood stains there, They were too old, maybe decades old and Not even heavy rain could wash them off.

He was curious why the blood was still there when it was raining so much. He wanted answers.

After sometime, The rain stopped and he slowly looked around and made his way to somewhere. And there it was, Gumiho's smell, he quickly run to that direction and saw his mother looking for him.

"You scared me alot!" She Scolded, They were sitting on the sun bridge taking some sun rays.

"Mom, There...There was a cliff on the end of the forest and..." He paused, while his mother realised what he was talking about.

"There was blood" He nodded at her words. "I know you want to know who's blood and why did it not wash away." He nodded again

"Well... It's a story from about decades ago. The kingdom Of Syturn was slowly disappearing from People's eyes, not many people knew about it, the king was a kind man and loved every being. His personal servant was a kind Gumiho, Jungkook, he loved everyone and was very sweet"

Yeonjun felt his heart crumble upon hearing that name, He didn't knew why.

"But he did one mistake, and that one mistake led to a Tragic, Vicious and Terrifying Ending...He fell in love with Kingdom of Winter's prince Kim Taehyung, They both just loved eachother but The king of Winter Kingdom never accepted their love"

"He annexed their kingdom, setting it on fire, Ruining everything just so that the Gumiho doesn't be with the prince but...At night, they both ran away, guards followed them, Jungkook pushed Taehyung in a bush so he could stay hidden and the guards took him away, Taehyung was found but devasted, his mother gave him a idea..."

"Which idea?"

Just as His mother was about to speak, his father called her and she left, leaving a curious Yeonjun...

"Taehyung? Jungkook? These names... sound familiar"