Pandora's Box

Chapter 3

AUTHOR'S NOTE: apollo and helios are both thought of as gods of the sun, but you'll notice that i created a scenario in which both apollo and helios exist. but only helios is the sun god. idk i just wanted a character dedicated to the sun.

okay back to the story.

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The roommates parted ways after Medicinal Studies, just before lunch. 

Soobin explained to Beomgyu that he always eats alone in their room. Being known as someone who can soothe any type of pain makes him insanely popular among the student population, but for all the wrong reasons.

Beomgyu walked into the dining hall and felt overwhelmed with the scene in front of him. Despite his anxiously early arrival, he saw a myriad of students, of all sizes and abilities. Some stealing food, some on top of trash cans, some reading quietly in a corner.

He was so distracted by the scene that it took the body behind him tapping his shoulder to come back to reality.

"Hey, uh. Are you gonna move forward to the line?"

He turned and saw a boy with pink hair. "Oh, shit. I'm sorry. I'm just a little overwhelmed. It's my first day."

The other looked surprised, but smiled warmly. "First day, huh? I'm Yeonjun. Can I help at all?"

Beomgyu sighed in relief at his kindness. "If you don't mind my asking, how in the world does this work?"

The boy smiled again and stepped in front of Beomgyu, motioning ahead. "Follow me, kid. I'll show you the ropes."

Kid?  Beomgyu thought annoyed, but trailed after the boy in front of him.

....

"Will you sit with my friends and I for lunch?"

Yeonjun actually asked him. As if he wasn't doing Beomgyu the biggest favor in the world.

"Of course! Thanks."

The two headed to a table in the corner, where two other boys were sitting. Both had blonde, beautiful hair; for one of them it was down to his shoulders. Beomgyu tried not to stare at how pretty they both were. If all, or even most, of the students at Pandora looked like that?

Maybe he wasn't so annoyed at his new environment.

The boys looked up at their approach, just as Yeonjun spoke. "Guys. This is Beomgyu, he's new. I've taken him as my apprentice." 

The shoulder-haired boy rolled his eyes at Yeonjun and addressed Beomgyu. "I'm so sorry about him. But I'm Hyunjin, son of Demeter. This is Felix, son of Helios."

It made so much sense to Beomgyu, as the small boy Hyunjin gestured to can only be described as the epitome of the sun.

Beomgyu smiled at both of them. "Hi, nice to meet you both." He hesitated. "Sorry, but, is it normal to introduce yourself using your god parent? I've just... never really done that."

"It depends." Felix stated, in a deep voice that didn't match his face at all. "Some decide to, especially if their god parent is an Olympian and like, impressive. If not, you don't have to."

Yeonjun turned to Beomgyu. "Sorry, I'm Aphrodite's son. I should've said, but most people assume... because of the hair." Beomgyu nodded, while Hyunjin continued.

"Yeah, it's really uncomfortable for some kids. If your parent is, like, a minotaur or something you wouldn't. But if you're, like, Apollo's son or something like that, people tend to want to brag."