jalousied | fairy

fairy
superpowers!bandfic
pg; 831 words

When Taemin was little, he wanted to be someone famous--someone people recognize everywhere, someone who shines in a special way.

But he didn't mean to shine literally.

It was funny that Jonghyun was the one who first discovered Taemin's special ability. After all, Taemin couldn't see it for himself. Actually, if it wasn't for the members' blow-by-blow account, he wouldn't know what had happened. Jonghyun took one look at Taemin, who was still laughing about their win at an awards show, before bolting out of the room and crying out for Jinki in a state of panic.

"Help, hyung! I think Taemin is bitten by something and has become radioactive!" Jonghyun screamed through their dorm, making everyone run into Taemin's room, who looked at them in surprise.

"Oh," was all Jinki said before approaching Taemin and patting his arm. "Okay, Taem, relax."

"What...what's wrong with me?" Taemin asked, slightly panicking now because of Jonghyun's outburst.

"Nothing's wrong," Jinki gently said, patting Taemin's arm with a particular rhythm. "You were just glowing."

"Huh?"

"Like a lightbulb," Kibum said as he sat on Taemin's other side. "I guess we now know what your power is. Now take a deep breath and relax, aegi, because we're going blind."

Taemin followed Kibum's and Jinki's instructions, taking a deep breath and shaking his hands to let out his energy. He couldn't see it, but he could feel warmth leaving his body. Jinki said his glow was dissipating and after a bit, they declared him back to normal.

"I thought you were going to explode," Jonghyun said, a bit apologetic about his panic attack earlier.

Taemin only smiled, but he was confused. What was the use of glowing? What color was his glow? How bright was he on a rate of firefly to sun? Did it mean the rest of the members had to wear sunglasses around him now?

"You're already pretty and you even glow, I don't know what to do with you anymore, Son," Kibum declared, crossing his arms over his chest. Lately, Kibum had gotten better at controlling his temper and strength, so he can freely kick back in other people's rooms without fear of wreaking havoc. He remained daintily seated on Taemin's bed like he should.

"I don't know what this means. Why do I glow?" Taemin moaned. His power was useless unless there was a massive blackout in their complex and that never happened.

"Maybe you're like Tinkerbell," Jinki helpfully suggested and everyone except Taemin laughed.

"Hyung!"

"I don't want to take you out at night anymore," Minho said with mock disappointment on his face. "We wouldn't be able to go home if you're drunk because sasaengs will see us if you light up like a freaking beacon."

"I'm sorry," Taemin muttered as he stared at the hands on his lap. A power that was mostly useless and that he couldn't see. Just how nice that was, really.

As the rest of the group piled out of the room, Kibum stayed behind and took one of Taemin's hand into his. "Aegi."

"Yes?" Taemin's face couldn't hide his disappointment.

"I'm sure you're feeling it right now, the lost feeling," Kibum said as he grinned. "But as Jinki-hyung said, you'll find out what your ability means to you later on, so don't go on hating it before it proves itself. Don't be me, okay?"

Taemin nodded, but he still couldn't understand. "I don't know this would help our group. I might even be the source of trouble since I don't know when I'll....I'll light up."

Kibum made a weird face at Taemin's choice of words but didn't say anyhing. "Chances are, you'd be like me. Mine just comes up when I'm emotionally charged, like super happy or mad or sad. Yours is probably the same, don't you think? I mean, there's no reason for you to glow at random times, right?"

Taemin took in Kibum's words and looked up into the older man's eyes. "I can't see it, Hyung. I can't see my power. Will you tell me when it comes out?"

"Of course. You are slightly doing it right now, though."

Taemin blinked and suddenly became self-conscious.

"Oh, it's gone," Kibum said, a bit sad. "Well, if there is one use for it, that'd be that you'll be like an open book to us now. Sometimes you're hard to read, but we'll know if something's up if you glow like Christmas everytime you experience extreme emotions."

As Kibum stood up and left, Taemin stared at the full length mirror in his room. He couldn't see his glow before even in his reflection. He wondered if its use was the one Kibum suggested, that his glow would be affected by his emotions.

He wondered if being that transparent would even be a good thing at all.