"so how do you... spell? and how do you read this?" lilo sighs, closing the spell book.

taehyung takes the book from her and flicks to a random page. he can read it perfectly well, to him it was just as easy as reading english.

"you seriously can't read this?" taehyung asks, a surprised smile creeping onto his face.

lilo shakes her head.

"well, all spells and things to do with witches are written in wiccian. wiccian is a kind of language that witches are taught when their little, like how you were taught to write in vietnamese or english, we were taught to read this." taehyung explains.

"what do you mean 'kind of a language'?" lilo asks again, staring at taehyung in a complete trance.

i stop myself from laughing, lilo's facination towards something so normal to me was strange.

"i guess it's more like a code, because i can't speak wiccian. does that make any sense. like braile, you can't speak braile but you can read it, does that make sense?" i say.

lilo nods.

"then how do you actually cast the spells?" lilo asks, her eyes shining, and grinning like a kid at christmas.

i shrug.

"it just feels, natural, i guess. like lifting your arm or moving your head. but the process of learning spells is kind of strange. the only comparison i can think of is learning how to walk. once you learn how to walk, you can do it without thinking about it, right? that's basically the process of spells." i say.

lilo looks utterly facisnated.

"can you show me?" she whispers.

i laugh slightly at her expression, before nodding.

there's a very simple spell that makes a small flame at the tip of your finger, the same colour as your eyes. it's usually the first spell you learn as a child, and a long time ago it used to be used as a source of light.

i decided to show lilo that.

i put my fist in between us, and when i outstretch my fingers again, there's a blue flame at the tip of my index finger.

lilo stares in awe, her dark eyes reflecting the odd blue light.

"what was that blue dust?" lilo mutters.

"it's just what happens when you cast a spell." i explain.

"it's so pretty. is it an actual flame?" lilo mumbles, reaching her hand out.

i extinguish the fire.

"you were going to burn yourself, you idiot." i laugh.

"wha- but how did you get rid of it so easily?" lilo gasps slightly, grabbing my hand and inspecting my index finger.

"it's just as easy to get rid of it as it was to make it exist." i say, laughing again.

"why was it blue?" she asks, tapping the tip of my finger.

i feel myself tense at her question.

"it's complicated." i say, shortly.

"i've got time." lilo says, letting go of my hand.

i sigh, rubbing my forehead. i don't like talking about this. its difficult enough just trying to simplify the witch world.

"right, so you know all humans either have blue, brown or green eyes?" i say at last, and lilo nods.

"well, witches don't ever have the same eye colour as a human. like how park jimin has purple eyes, and jung wheein has yellow. that's normal with witches. the colour of your eyes reflects the limits of your powers. red eyes are the weakest, then orange, yellow, purple and pink is the strongest and most rare. witch's eye colour are sometimes seen as a kind of zodiac thing by some witches." i say.

"then where do blue eyes fit on that graph?" lilo asks the enivitable question.

"they don't." i say, quietly, trying not to get upset.

"but-" lilo furrows her eyebrows as she begins to speak.

"yes! yes, i know. i have blue eyes. the witch with human eyes." i sigh.

my whole life i had been mistaken for a human, and i had always been the object of the bullies at my school's attention.

the garewell's (witch-ey scientists) have been studying me and my eyes since the second i opened my eyes.

i had been taken into care, tested on, cut open, injected, swabbed, poked, proded, you name it. only recently was i allowed to leave the garewell's home.

i bury my head in my arms.

"your eyes aren't human. no human has eyes like yours. your eyes are the feeling of rain after a summer drought, but the colour of the sky on the warmest day of the year." lilo says, staring into my eyes like she was staring

escape - the storyline was basically dan and phil go on midnight adventures and they explain the universe to each other and thats how they fall in love. but dan disappears, leaving phil with nothing. the epilogue is a letter phil wrote for dan

suggested song - one by ed sheeran

dear dan,

hello. i've never written you a letter before. so here you go.

school's finished now, surely you should be back? you promised you'd come back for me, so we could escape, so you could get me out of this blue neighbourhood.

i miss you. do you miss me too? you haven't called for a while, i'm so worried about you, dan.

when you were here, you made me a new world. it was beautiful, and it was only shared with you.

now you're gone, there everything has been thrown into pandemonium. there is literally an apocolypse inside me. i don't want it there. could you make everything better?

do you even want to?

have you moved on? forgotten about me? found someone better? i wouldn't be surprised. you deserve better. i'm sorry if i've interrupted your new life. if so, ignore this, and i'll try to ignore you in return.

have i said that i miss you?

i keep going to paint, or draw or whatever, but whenever my pencil is in my hand, you are always the end result.

even if it's not your face, it's how you lean against a wall, it's your smile, your star covered body, it's your eyes in the moonlight, it's your lips.

i miss your kisses, always warm and always loving. i miss your touch, reassuring me that everything would be okay. i miss your voice, waking me up in the morning.

i miss you.

i'm going to find you again, i promise. i'll be there for you if you're sad, i'll smile if you're happy. i don't know what i would do if you have moved on.

if you have, i hope you're happy.

if you haven't, and nothing has changed, i'll take you away from here. we can escape, the way we always wanted to. the way i still want to.

everything about this place makes me think of you. fuck, i could have my eyes closed and i'd think of you.

i love you. i hope you're okay.

remember to eat and drink today, and try to go to sleep early please. i know what time your insomnia tries to keep you up till.

i think i'll always keep searching for you.

forever yours, phil

asylums and starlight - dan gets out and ends up in phils care yay happy