The Chef x The Celebrity
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~ Date: June 2422 Interstellar Year ~
~ Location: World 1 – Luna Bellflower Moon ~ Terra Anka PXD2422
~ The Golden Dragon Star Nexus Intergalactic Empire ~
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🐦🔥 [ Phoenix ☯ POV ] 🐦🔥[1]
Phoenix decided to stroll around the private garden before heading into the tea house to see his mother—or rather, the host's mother. Looking around, he could not help but think that this garden fit his taste perfectly. He would love to have something like this back in his little space pocket.
'Guess I will have to name it soon,' Phoenix thought with a light chuckle. He gathered his thoughts and prepared himself to meet the host's family. He knew it had to be done sooner rather than later.
Stepping into the traditional-style tea house, Phoenix could not control the smile that crept across his exquisite face, revealing the single dimple on his left cheek.
It had been over three hundred years since he had been inside a tea house. He could see the similarities and differences between the two dimensions. This dimension and aesthetic seemed to have more Eastern influences, whereas the dimension and prison he had been in had more Western influences—at least when compared to the ancient Earths of both dimensions.[2]
He pondered that for a moment while walking through the private rooms.
He found the shell's—no, she was now his new mother—placing a single orchid plant on a pedestal in one of the private rooms.
The host's, or rather his new mother's, figure was petite in both stature and height. She was very beautiful for a beta—no, for a woman, period. Despite being in her fifties, she still looked to be in her mid-twenties.
She had shoulder-length black hair and peach-blossom eyes, with the slightest wrinkles at the corners of her sterling blue-gray eyes that almost looked amethyst in dimmer light when she smiled. Her full, plump cheeks beckoned one to reach out and pinch them. She had soft pink, full, heart-shaped lips and pale but bright skin.
Tae Eun-Kyung exuded an air of grace, poise, and sophistication. At the same time, she had the aura of a warmhearted and nurturing woman. She instantly made Nix feel safe, and strangely, he felt a sense of familiarity he could not shake. He chalked it up to remnants left over from the host.
One could easily see where Beyol Bong Tae-Hwan got his looks from. Nix stood there, transfixed by an unfamiliar and overwhelming feeling he could not quite place or describe. He could not stop himself from wondering what it would be like to have a mother who cared about him. Never, not once, had he had a loving family, so he was not sure what to expect, but he knew he did not want her to dislike him.
'I can't believe I am nervous to meet the host's family—or anyone, really—since it has been at least ten thousand years since anyone made me feel this way. Not even when I knew I was about to be beaten, tortured, and/or killed did I feel anything other than numb. I am not sure why she feels... familiar in a way...'
Solaris watched as his Mama Nix stared at the host's mother, Tae Eun-Kyung, feeling just as complicated as Phoenix but for different reasons and with different emotions. His heart ached for his poor Mama Nix, and the weight of the knowledge he was forced to bear but unable to share weighed heavily on his little heart.
'Soon, Mama, I will be able to tell you. I just hope it is sooner rather than later. As hard as it is for me, I know it is harder for you, but I promise you will understand soon,' the little phoenix dragon thought to himself while blocking his thoughts from his Mama Phoenix.
When Mrs. Beyol, Tae Eun-Kyung, was satisfied with the placement of the flower, she turned and saw her son. She stared at this beautiful son of hers and could not help but smile. "Oh, good morning, sweetheart. Did you sleep well?" Mrs. Beyol asked in a lyrical voice.
Phoenix was a tad taken aback because the warm, fuzzy feeling hit him straight in the heart and bloomed in his chest. It was a completely new feeling. Though Nix could not recall ever feeling such warmth in his heart before, he again could not shake the inexplicable feeling of familiarity.
He smiled gently and nodded.
"That is good. Have you had breakfast yet? If not, go wake your little brother up, and we will all eat down here in the restaurant before you both head to class and the rest of us get to work," she replied with a bright and sincere smile while walking down the hallway leading to the restaurant.
"Yes, ma'am," was all Phoenix could reply before heading up the stairs to wake his new little brother. He could not help but think that this was a great feeling and that he could not wait to meet the rest of the family now.
The Beyol family lived in a home above the hot pot and barbecue restaurant and tea house that they owned and ran. It was only recently that they had been able to add the tea house, two more bedrooms, and another bathroom upstairs.
Growing up, the host lived in a small but quaint apartment above the restaurant. He spent his middle and high school years here on Luna Bellflower. Though his original room had been more spacious, he was grateful for what little they had after moving to Luna Bellflower because he understood that everything was different from his small country town and much more expensive the closer one moved to the capital.
A family of six living in a small three-bedroom, one-bath apartment would either be tight-knit or absolutely hate one another. 'Thankfully, this new family of mine—though it still feels strange thinking of them that way—is close-knit. Or they never would have been so happy and content to make it work,' Nix thought to himself without caring to block his thoughts because, honestly, he did not mind if Solaris heard him or even had an opinion.
Phoenix was unaware of the gentle smile that graced his ethereal, jade-like face, nor was he aware of the effect it had on others. Even Solaris's pupils blew wide, and his heart sped up a little as he took in the breathtaking beauty of his Mama Nix.
If Nix could see Solaris at this moment, he might have caught a flash of something strange and unknown passing through Solaris's eyes as he gazed up at him. Unfortunately for Phoenix and everyone else, Solaris still had his cloaking active.
Nix continued making his way upstairs to wake Beyol Joon as he pondered the house's renovations and the bond of his new family. Honestly, he was not sure how they managed to stay close and not end up constantly fighting one another. 'I guess that is what true familial love and bonds do. It also most likely helped that their ages were spaced out because three teenage boys sharing a single small room would be a nightmare,' Nix thought to himself while gazing at the family photos lining the hallway.
Not that the three of them sharing it growing up had been easy, but it became easier when his older brother went to university.
The host had always looked up to his older brother, who was seven years his senior, athletic, smart, and popular. Standing tall at six foot three inches, or seventy-five inches tall (190.5 cm), with dark blue eyes and hair, almond eyes, a straight nose, high cheekbones, a strong jaw and chin, and soft, thin red lips, how could he not?
Though Beyol Bong Tae-Hwan was not the youngest of his siblings, he had always been babied and overprotected by all his siblings and parents. He was not just the only omega in an all-beta family; he was an extremely rare and heavily sought-after Dominant Omega. His looks alone were so beautiful and ethereal while maintaining an aura of innocence and naivety that called to the predator side of all alphas and even most betas.
They just wanted to keep their sunshine safe, happy, and pure as long as possible. Unfortunately, that led to him being so naive that the fake white lotus, real black lotus, green tea bitch Lee Eun-ae—the person the host thought was his best friend—was able to completely destroy him and his entire family.
Upon thinking about Lee Eun-ae, Nix's eyes turned deadly sharp and equally dark. 'I cannot wait to take that fucking bitch down and out like the rabid, mange-devoured mutt that she is! I may not be the original, but I sure as hell will not allow her to harm the Beyol family in any way. I do not care who stands in my way. I will protect this new family of mine, even if it is the last thing I do in this life!' he thought as the gentle smile gracing his beautiful face turned sinister, leaving even Solaris feeling cold and a bit shaken.
Before he realized it, Phoenix was already standing outside Beyol Joon's bedroom door and steeling himself to wake this new little brother of his. He was worried that the host's family would realize something was wrong with him. What if they realized he was not the real Beyol Bong Tae-Hwan?
He began to panic for a moment before Solaris quickly told him that no one would be able to tell because they would see it as how he had always been. Sighing in trepidation, Phoenix reached for the door handle and went inside his little brother's room.
Upon seeing the host's little brother sleeping, he could not help but notice that he was also very good-looking. He had stunning olive-toned skin, black hair, smooth skin, a straight nose, pouty dark-pink lips, a strong chin, and long, muscular arms and legs like a swimmer.
Phoenix knew from the body's memories—or rather, the information of this world he had downloaded—that this little brother of his also had silver-blue eyes like their mother and a six-pack of abs.
'Fuck, this shit just ain't fair,' Phoenix thought and grumbled to himself as he looked from his new little brother to himself in the full-length mirror on the wall. He could not help but scowl at his slender, lithe body and its delicate but long, toned muscles that resembled a professional dancer's body. Though he had increased the body's muscle composition and put it in optimal condition, he still longed for the big, strong, muscular, and tall frame of a beta. He knew that in this life he would never come close to an alpha, but even his younger brother, who was a beta, had a stronger and more masculine body than he did.
'Solaris, am I really destined to never have the strong muscles and body I yearn for? It really is not fair. I am stuck in a world full of alphas and even some betas that have the body types of my dreams, and yet here I am, a lowly omega. Tsk, well, I guess we all can't be as lucky as Choi Yongbok. That man actually has the body of my dreams,' Phoenix rhetorically asked through their shared mental link.
He could not see the mix of emotions plastered across Solaris's face as he listened to his Mama Phoenix's cute, amusing, and slightly concerning internal whining. It left Solaris looking as if he were constipated, with joy and mirth in his eyes. If Phoenix could see Solaris right now, he would fall over laughing for sure.
-Solaris - ' ...'
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* 'Mama Nix is so cute. He is in for a major surprise; he just doesn't know it yet. But I am not sure how he will take it...' the little phoenix dragon thought to himself, making sure to keep his thoughts private. *
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[1] MC — Phoenix: aka: Nix, Mama Phoenix, Mama Nix, Mama. *** ~ *** Beyol Bong Tae-Hwan — the name of the shell Nix has taken over.
[2] (A/N: This is the only way I could think to describe it so everyone would get the feel for it without going into a bunch of details that I assume my readers do not want, since it has already taken this long to get this far.)