I don't like to complain, but when I agreed to let Jungkook help me train my body, I didn't expect that he would want to kill me! "I can't do it anymore" even to myself I sounded like a child who doesn't want to go to kindergarten and hopes his mother will believe him that his stomach hurts. "No?" you fool, if only I had continued lifting weights! There he was, bare to the waist again, his abs clenched into a chocolate bar as he leaned over me and his face stopped just an inch away.

"Looks like you can to me, Sparkle" that eyebrow of his, he'll wake up without it one day if I ever get the courage to go into his bedroom while he's sleeping and shave it off. I would gladly shave off that arrogant sneer of his too! Who am I kidding, did I mention I'm stupid? He walked behind me and his chest pressed against my back, his fingers wrapped around my arm and he began to lift the dumbbell with my arm. Oxygen mask, please!!!

How many organ reversals can a person endure before collapsing and dying? Because mine were currently being spun into the funnel of a hurricane and, you witness me, damn, those hands are driving me crazy! Stupid, stupid Athena! Of course I have to look at it! He swallowed and his adam's apple bounced back into place, a drop of sweat running down it and oh yes, silly, my tongue was dying to taste his sweat! No! Definitely not! I shook my head and closed my eyes, God, it's so hot!

"You see, you can" his fingers lightly pressed mine, and I was only thinking how I want to feel them in a completely different place, to feel those lips on my skin. A memory of that kiss after the amusement park, when he had pressed me against him, when his tongue explored my mouth, making me hear my pulse beating from every part of my body, which melted and liquefied like mercury in his hands!

With every movement of his arms, his biceps contracted, resting against my armpits, bringing back the memory of feeling them quiver and tighten as he carries me like I'm a pillow full of goose down, I need water, why is my throat dry? God, is it normal for his jaw to be so sharp? Look at him, he has this habit, when he's focused on something, of licking his lips or biting the corner of them, it's crazy!

I imagined those scenes, and I admit, purely sexual, from all the books I had managed to find and read, and if you want to know, Jungkook is a worthy image for any of them. "Sparkle?" his gaze lowered to mine and, I want to, but I can't, look away, eyes, dark, deep, powerful, he is capable of this, only he and no one else, to make me, even though I'm dying of shame right now, that he caught me staring at him, unable to look away, unable to hide."Athena!Your hands" what? He looked forward, so did I and my hands were burning, heating the metal of the dumbbell almost red, when he had let go of my hands? WHY ARE MY HANDS ON FIRE?!

Before Athena could react and drop the dumbbells, she and Jungkook were hit and covered in foam. Spitting and trying to clear the foam from their faces, the two looked at who had done it to them. Ethan of course. After the incident in the hallway, he hadn't approached Athena, but before she could stop and calm Jungkook, he was already standing in front of Ethan, yanking the fire extinguisher from his hands and his fist slammed into his jaw, knocking the boy back.

"I warned you not to approach her, you jerk" didn't I, I warned him? Why, wasn't life kind to him, why did he want to die? Why should he harass her? Athena is so kind, she would never hurt anyone on purpose, why did this moron keep chasing her? I'll kill him, I swear, I'll rip his big useless head off! How dare he even approach my girl in front of me?

Jungkook towered over Ethan, ready to fight. However, his body was pulled back hard and he took a few steps back, struggling to keep his balance, now facing three of his friends. Even though they were younger and none of them had the chance to become a Knight yet, they all trained on par with the others. The Agorans trained their men to be knights from the time the boys were toddlers. And they probably had the same skills as Jungkook.That was what Athena thought in horror as she looked at the three standing across from him, giving Ethan a chance to stand up.

They're going to kill him, she thought, looking down at her hands covered in the fire retardant foam. "Don't betray me right now!" she shook her hands and focused, her tattoos pulsed and steam began to rise from the foam left on her palms. Athena looked up, not thinking how, the only thing that mattered was protecting Jungkook. She formed the image in her mind, drawing and tracing the desired flames as her fisted hands quickly heated up and the flames began to dance up her arms.

She could feel the flames taking over her body, but she pushed them away by raising her hand slightly, she spread her palm and mentally formed a ball of fire. Her eyes followed the movements of the four who surrounded Jungkook, who didn't even move, crouching slightly, fists clenched, waiting for them to attack him.

Athena stepped forward, trying to simultaneously hold the fireballs above her palms and fight the flames that were engulfing her. She could feel their tongues crawling up her arms, trying to take her over, but if she let it, Jungkook was lost. "Please, please!" she strained almost to the limit of her will to fight the raging fires and at the same time remain conscious to benefit her Knight.

He wouldn't betray me, he's always there for me when I need him, now he needs me too! Please, just this once, I can't let them hurt him, not when I can stop them, please help me! Praying to my power to show up and help me was a new thing, but I had to deal with it, I won't let anyone hurt him, he's fighting for me, it's fair to stand by him, right? There is no Guardian without a Knight, I can't let anything happen to him!

"If it's true that you and I are one, then be with me, be with us, fight with us, not against us" thought Athena as she fought to keep the flames from taking over her consciousness and mind. "I know, I know that I tried to reject you, that I said I didn't want you, I know that I was afraid to accept who I am" she took another step forward. "But I promise, never again, just don't let them hurt him, please!" her eyes lit up as she stood shoulder to shoulder with Jungkook, who looked at her in surprise.

"I'd give in" shit, what? Not now, if the flames engulfed her in such a small confined space, none of these idiots would get out of here alive. "Athens?" she looked at me and smiled. Is she smiling at me? She's smiling! "Everything is fine" she says, does she answer me? Athena turned to the four of them again and I just stared at her, not that I could move at the moment. She mastered them, controlled her flames! It worked, she was in control!

All this time, every time I felt my flames rising, igniting and wanting to come out, every single one of those times I fought against them. Always afraid of what they will do, thinking that I am too weak to control them. Thinking only of how useless a little soul I am, how scared I am, how I don't want them, how I hope they will somehow magically disappear. How I don't deserve them, how I don't deserve him.

I blamed myself for having a gift that probably rightfully belonged to someone else, for binding a Knight who would have been far more useful and far better off with a much better and capable guardian. All this time, I just acted like a scared mouse, not appreciating the gift Jungkook had given me when our chains closed. I'm sorry, I owe you both an apology.

But I promise, I will change, I promise to work on myself, on my confidence, I promise never to betray my flames or my knight again, I promise I will work myself to exhaustion and show them that you both deserve nothing but recognition and nothing more. I swear!

"If I were you, I'd disappear if I didn't want to burn," Athena said confidently and spread her fingers a little more, increasing the size of the balls that calmly levitated above her palms. The four, who until now were looking at the Guardian in horror, ran headlong towards the exit of the gym. Athena sighed and shook her head. She closed her eyes and fingers, imagining the flames melting and disappearing. Her body slowly relaxed and the tension began to disappear along with the fireballs in her palms and the flames in her eyes.

"Holy shit!"honestly, I didn't know what else to say when Athena turned and looked at me timidly, obviously waiting for my reaction. After all the attempts, after everything, she just stood in front of the four idiots and it was as if she had done just that all her life, proud, majestic, threatening them with her fireballs.I don't know whether to be angry that she interfered in my fight, making me weak, or to be proud that she managed to do it and control her flames, beating their wits.

"I...I'm sorry...I didn't mean to make you angry...I just..." Her face started to turn red and she bit her lip nervously, God, she can't be that cute and beautiful, can she? "I couldn't let them hurt you, I'm sorry Jungkook" ok I just decided how I feel - PROUD! She has overcome herself and her element to protect me!

"Do I look angry?" I asked her and she stared at the ground, nodding. And here she is again, the shy, scared Athena, where did the self-confident Guardian of the Fire from a while ago go? "I'm not mad spark" she looked at me, oh those eyes, no matter if they were burning or looking at me, dark as a doe, full of hope and uncertainty, they were just able to squeeze my heart and make it beat with speed of a just fired bullet. "You are not?" did i mention i love her voice? "I'm not" I smiled and took a step towards her. She sighed in relief, and if the moment wasn't so important to both of us, I'd probably laugh.

Jungkook reached out to Athena, she raised hers to take his hand, her body relaxed, her fingers sliding over his. But before their fingers entwined, her body swayed and Jungkook cursed, managing to catch her in time."You must be tired, little spark?" he brushed a strand of hair from her face and then lifted her into his arms, only now realizing that Athena hadn't used a drop of his energy, no wonder she passed out.