"Come on, it's hardly that bad and we live with men!" I looked at Tenari, who was grinning idiotically at me. As usual, she and my sister had dragged me to the benches to watch the trainers, while, this time like never before, I also had something to say, in a feminine way, you know. "Isn't it bad, he's always half-naked, sometimes only in boxers!" I had the feeling that I was already permanently red with shame. Jungkook was not at all shy about showing his body and that in front of a woman, worse, in front of me!

"It's not like he has nothing to show" Tyra giggled and I punched her on the shoulder, blushing again, honestly, I could feel my ears burning. And yes, at that exact moment I looked at him and...boom, our eyes met and he smirked. Jerk, of course he'll smirk, he's all greatness and pride, why not stare at him!"Come on, admit you like him!" Tenari commissioned me. "Me what?!" I've never yelled at anyone like that, and again, he looked at me pointedly, because I stood up abruptly when I shouted my question and returned to his occupation when I sat down, again embarrassed.

"Thank you very much" I will not open my mouth again. "Come on, Athena, your chains are red, it's natural that you like him" yes, I understood that they are red, everyone told me so. I looked at the field, not HIM, but the field. Why don't I remember how I burned it? The dry grass still bore the traces of my flames, and I don't even remember them.In fact, almost everything related to my power is like a blur to me. No matter how much I think about it, I only see fragmentary moments and nothing more, the most vivid of them being the feeling of his hands and lips.And even for that, I'm not sure if it's real, just a feeling.

"Give him a chance, Athena, he might surprise you" I looked at Hoseok, surprise me with what? Is there something I haven't seen in it yet? "Shouldn't you be down there?" I asked and stood up, I have no intention of sitting while the three of them unravel my mind and feelings, well, my lack of feelings. 

"Sit down!" Tyra is rude, very rude, trust me! Now my ass hurts too, couldn't they put something on those benches, whatever, if only they weren't so hard? "Jungkook isn't as bad as you make him out to be" I gaped at Hoseok, is he kidding? "No, not at all, he's just an idiot, a narcissist, a womanizer, a jerk, a nudist, arrogant..." I could really go on all day. "It's not funny!" honestly, should they be laughing, even my sister, shouldn't she be on my side?

"Do you know how bad he is? In the morning I went to do the laundry, and he most brazenly threw his clothes in my laundry basket and muttered - "thanks, Sparkle!", and then threw himself into the refrigerator!" and yes, I washed and ironed his clothes along with mine, don't stone me, but I always swallow my tongue in his presence. "Sparkle?" damn, i had to mention it, didn't i? "That's what he calls me" I explained and prayed for lightning to strike me, because I blushed again.

" You guys already have nicknames? Sweet, what do you call him?" Tenari asked and I chuckled. "Asshole!" Tyra and Hoseok burst out laughing and I've never felt more proud of myself. Anyway, now my main problem isn't the jerk jungkook but how to deal with my powers so i excused myself and walked to our library there was no other place i could go for help if my power was an elemental it wasn't appeared for too long and actually there was no living teacher who could teach me how to control it, that's why I wanted to know and understand my power first, before I try to use it and yes, I see how people look at me, I'm already scared all over campus.

I'm also scared, I'm afraid of myself, of what I can do to others, of what I can become if my power, whatever it is, takes me over. It scares me that I have no control over her, that I can't wake her up consciously, but it appears when I lose control over myself.And what scares me the most is that I have no one to talk to, no one to give me advice, real advice that would work in my case.

Something was wrong, until a while ago she was laughing on the benches, talking like never before, but now she looked sad and scared. Lately, she always looked like that, but no matter what I did, I still couldn't get her to put her thoughts into words. In general, it was as if she deliberately refused to talk to me and avoided me. We lived together, but we didn't know anything about each other, it's like we are in a hotel and our rooms are next to each other, you say "good morning" and then you go to do your work, not caring about your neighbor.

Maybe it's my fault, I'm not particularly talkative either, especially if I don't know someone, but over time I relax. I even started doing things that are not typical of me, in the morning I put my laundry in her basket, not that they needed to be washed, I was just hoping to hear her voice, but she just glared at me and actually washed them. Should I ask her sister for help? Or maybe Miss Parania or the coach? Is there anyone who can help me? Or should I talk to Namjoon, after the first case with the chains, we actually became kind of friends, he was smart, he was a knight a lot longer than me, maybe he could give me some advice?

Where was she actually going? Now, you might be wondering why I'm following her? How do I know, I have no idea what to do with her and what not, I just noticed that the other Knights follow their Guardians and I do the same. Nonsense, I have never been interested in other people's opinions and lives, in fact I am worried about her. This is also because for some reason I think that maybe she needs me, I can't exactly explain it, but it's as if her whole being is screaming for support and attention.

As he followed her, several girls walked towards her, he saw them looking at her, even though Athena was staring at the ground, the girls looked at her with fear, then smiled brightly at him. Jungkook could hear what was being said on campus about them, her lack of control over her powers, people were judging her as if it was her fault, while as for Jungkook, everyone was trying to talk to him, expressing their regrets that he fell with an inexperienced Guardian, that she was dangerous, that they wanted to help him somehow, and that pissed him off.

"Hey freak" Jungkook stopped when he heard the voice and looked up. One of the guys that trained with him, Ethan or Etienne or something. The fucking bastard was making fun of his Guardian, and she didn't even answer. "I'm talking to you, you firecracker!" he punched her in the shoulder and she went flying backwards hitting the wall and her air went out, her body just collapsed and she fell to her knees coughing. "Why doesn't she defend herself?" Jungkook thought, watching as she didn't dare even look up, especially when she could incinerate him with just a wave of her hand.

Why can't I feel her power? When Mykena challenged her, she almost burned the field, why didn't she use her to defend herself? Come on, sparkle, you can stand up for yourself, are you really that quiet and shy?What kind of stupid questions am I asking, it's natural, even at home she's always red all over, even though it's just the two of us and she has no one to be ashamed of, unless, of course, she's ashamed of me, my idiocy again, and I usually walk around without a t-shirt or only in boxers, phew, I didn't even realize that I was already living with a girl.

Jungkook gritted his teeth and walked towards them, his pace quickening as the other bent down and grabbed Athena by the collar, probably to lift her off the ground, but she screamed and it set Jungkook's blood on fire. His fist drove straight into Ethan's jaw, sending him flying backwards, dropping Athena. Jungkook immediately pulled her to him, tucking her behind his back.

"Touch her again and I'll kill you!" Jungkook gritted his teeth, towering over the fallen man, who was glaring at him, rubbing his jaw. "What do you care, why bother at all, it's useless! It will only destroy your qualities as a knight!" the idiot hissed at Jungkook and annoyed him even more. "Useless? The only reason you're not dead is because of her, you moron! Only her presence and the fact that the entire campus could burn down is stopping me from wringing your neck right now!" Jungkook felt Athena cling to his t-shirt and looked at her over his shoulder, her eyes teary begging him to stop.

He sighed and nodded, as much as he wanted to break something on this Ethan, he couldn't do it in the presence of his Guardian and if she didn't let him, damn chains. "The next time you look at my girl, her desires won't stop me!" Junkook growled and spun on his heel, placing his hands under Athena's knees and back and picked her up, carrying her back to where they had come from.

Ten minutes later, Athena's ass was on the couch in their apartment, and Jungkook carefully inspected her body for injuries. "Your girl?" he looked at her confused. "You told Ethan not to look at 'your girl' otherwise she won't be able to stop you. Am I your girl?" Athena looked at him timidly, she blushed to the roots of her hair and her voice was a whisper that caressed his hearing with the soft note of cotton.

"Did I say so?" Jungkook asked and smirked, Athena just nodded. "Well, actually, I haven't lied, have I?" her eyes widened in amazement. "You are my Guardian, and our chains are red, practically, no matter what happens today, tomorrow, or ten years from now, you and I are destined for each other" Athena gasped, coming face to face with a truth she had been avoiding for the past almost two weeks.