The Beauty and the Beast (Seventeen Meanie story)

Chapter 25 - The Spell

'Mingyu!! Mingyu no!' Wonwoo cried out as he laid on top of the beast's body, not minding the blood that soaked both of their clothes. He grabbed the collar of his suit, tears soaking Mingyu's soft fur as Wonwoo buried his face in the other's body, shaking from crying. 'Mingyu, you can't die! Don't leave me here!'

He didn't see how under the glass cover, the last petal of the enchanted rose slowly turned brown, about to fall off.

'I love you' he whispered through his tears.

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Wonwoo would probably never be able to find a logical explanation to what happened after that. The words barely left his lips when he suddenly felt warmth under his hands that were hugging Mingyu's lifeless body. He hugged him tighter, wanting nothing more than to continue snuggling up to Mingyu, but then he felt some force move him upwards. He opened his eyes in confusion, his lips parting in his surprise.

Where he was previously touching him, Mingyu's body was literally glowing and he was slowly lifted up by some otherworldly force, still unconsciously. Wonwoo stumbled backwards, having no idea what's going on, just watching with wide eyes as Mingyu's glowing figure was now floating in the air.

Then slowly the thick fur on him started to disappear and the beast's body began transforming. He was shrinking, his enormous figure became smaller and slowly turned into a human's body, leaving him in his torn suit from earlier. He turned into a man, one with black messy hair and as far as Wonwoo could see, tanned skin and toned and slim body.

Suddenly the glowing stopped and the figure was let back down on the floor, still lying there in the dried blood. Wonwoo gasped and stepped closer, slowing down when he saw that the man shifted slightly. He stopped next to the body and kneeled down, leaning closer to him. He swept a strand of hair out of the man's face and kept staring at him stunned. He was definitely staring at the most handsome man he had ever seen in his entire life.

'M-Mingyu?' whispered Wonwoo quietly. The male slowly opened his eyes and his gaze fixated on Wonwoo.

'Wonwoo' he breathed out and a small smile appeared on his face. Wonwoo felt tears pricking his eyes again.

'I-Is it really you? You were dead!' he cried out. Mingyu's eyes didn't leave his face even for a second, his gaze holding nothing but love and admiration for the other. He carefully reached out and wiped the tears off Wonwoo's cheek.

'Hey, I'm here. It will be fine. You said that yourself' he smiled, cupping Wonwoo's face with his hand. The other's tears finally stopped, he just continued sniffling as Mingyu slowly sat up and looked down at his own body, admiring his human self after such a long time. He looked at Wonwoo again. 'You saved me' he said in admiration. 'You broke the curse, Wonwoo.'

'I-I don't get it. I didn't do anything' stuttered Wonwoo, feeling shy. Mingyu cupped Wonwoo's face with his hands.

'You taught me to love, Wonwoo-yah' he said, caressing the other's cheek, their eyes still staring at each other. Wonwoo bit his bottom lip.

'Did I?' he asked with rapidly beating heart. Mingyu just nodded, still holding Wonwoo's face gently.

'Wonwoo?'

'Yes?'

'Can I kiss you?' Wonwoo didn't even have the strength to reply, he just nodded his head slowly. Mingyu immediately leaned closer, softly pressing their lips together that fit perfectly like two pieces of a puzzle. Both of them closed their eyes, tasting the saltiness of their tears that now mixed together, not wanting to let go of each other ever again.

The curse was broken.

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The first one to come back to his senses was Seungkwan. One second he couldn't feel anything, he was just a regular mantel clock on the floor of the castle, and the next second he felt himself emerge into the air, feeling his whole body transform. He grew bigger until he was the size of a real human, then was slowly lowered back to the ground. He was wearing his usual work uniform. He touched his torso in awe, looking at his arms and legs, then ruffled his fluffy brown hair.

'YES!!' he exclaimed.

Seokmin, who was on his way upstairs to find Wonwoo, swiftly turned around hearing the shouting, surprised to see a brunette pretty boy standing where previously the mantel clock was.

Suddenly the candelabra began glowing too, slowly transforming into another young man. He had black hair, small eyes and squishy cheeks. He looked at himself in disbelief.

'T-The curse... it broke' he stuttered out.

'Yes, and hyung?' called out Seungkwan. Soonyoung narrowed his eyes at him.

'Are you going to mock me because of all the sappy shit I said? Because-'

'No, hyung. Your hair is on fire' said Seungkwan. Soonyoung screamed realizing that a strand of his hair was indeed on fire because of the candle he used to have on his head. He quickly tapped it and the fire went out.

'Let's never talk about the sappy things again' suggested Seungkwan and held his hand for a handshake. 'Deal?'

Soonyoung didn't waste a second shaking the younger's hand. 'Deal.'

They suddenly heard coughing and choking noises and Soonyoung gasped. 'Jihoonie!!' he exclaimed, running towards the short black haired man who was lying on the ground, coughing like crazy. He helped him up in a sitting position. 'Love, are you okay?!' he panicked. Jihoon coughed and spat out a few feathers that was a small reminder of his feather duster shelf.

'Disgusting' he said in a hoarse voice, but Soonyoung didn't let him say anything else as he suddenly hugged him tightly, tackling the younger on the ground and peppering kisses all over his lover's face.

'We are back, Jihoonie! The curse is broken!!' he exclaimed.

'Oh my god, I see that! Let me breathe, Soon, you are so embarrassing!' sighed Jihoon, but then he gave in and grabbed Soonyoung's face, gently kissing him on the lips, making Soonyoung melt into his arms instantly.

'Someone help me out of this!'

'Stop moving, I'm trying!!'

Seungkwan turned around to see the tall brunette man, Jun, trying to free Minghao from the amount of clothes he was basically buried under. It looked like the clothes Minghao had as a wardrobe were now all hanging off him. Seungkwan was about to go and help, but then he felt the smell of something being burnt.

'Someone left the soup on the stove' announced Hansol arriving with a pot which was the source of the smell.

'Man, how can you burn water?!' cried out Seungkwan.

'He didn't learn a thing from being cursed to exist as a stove' stopped Jeonghan next to him. Seungkwan smiled at his hyung. Jeonghan, despite just transforming back from a teapot to human, looked immaculate with his black hair nicely combed and wearing his neat uniform. As always. The oldest's eyes lit up and he turned in another direction. 'Channie, whose baby are you?!' he exclaimed and began running towards a shorter brunette boy who was talking to several other boys.

'Noooo, I'm no one's baby! I'm 19, I'm an adult!!' protested Chan, but then he let himself be pulled in Jeonghan's embrace, snuggling up to the older who was smiling fondly.

Everyone was back, the spell was broken. That could only mean one thing... Mingyu and Wonwoo actually managed to confess their love for each other. The only question was...

'Where are Mingyu and Wonwoo hyungs?' voiced it out Chan. Suddenly Seokmin pointed forward towards the staircase and everyone turned around.

'They are here!'

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A/N: Tbh I wanted this to be the final chapter before the epilogue, but this would've been again way too long, and also the second half of the draft was quite messed up in my opinion so I decided to make this in 2 chapters again. So one more chapter left before the epilogue, see you on Sunday! <3