You’re Holy To Me (Human au! Tarn) Part 1

(Tw: Tarn being creepy, stalking, obsessive behavior)

He met _ in the city. Very briefly, Tarn had taken his mask off to clean it when he saw them from the alleyway he was lurking in after a mission. It was like his world changed when he saw their wonderful smile. All of a sudden his world was filled with colours he had never seen before, bright and beautiful. That was the beginning of Tarn’s obsession.

At first he had kept it to simply having Kaon track them down. It didn’t take too long for a file to be dropped on Tarn’s desk labelled “_.” In the following days he found himself looking at the file more and more until he realized he needed to keep this little… quirk under control.

It was nothing at first. Slowly but surely, Tarn gathered photos of _’s house from a distance. He was always careful to not be seen. It certainly wouldn’t do him any good to be caught this early on. But as the pictures kept arriving, Tarn started getting bolder. More photos, this time taken by drones gave him a clearer view of the inside of _’s house. There was even an occasion where the drone had gotten a blurry picture of _ as they left for work.

Tarn’s blood boiled when he thought of _ being at work, surrounded by simpletons and philistines. He didn’t exactly know why either. He hated the very thought of them having to go to work to make a living. As much as he didn’t understand why he felt that way however, he wasn’t ready to let this quirk go.

In the next few days, he personally stalked _’s neighborhood at night. Nothing too overt, he would remind himself. He just needed to figure out one big thing. Why? Why did his heart race when he saw pictures of _. Why did his days feel so gloomy without them? And why was it that he felt so awful without them by his side?

Every time he saw them while he was on one of his outings, it was like all his worries went away. The same feeling from the first time he had met them would come back even stronger. Tarn felt alive. It was like the feeling after a good hunt, that same addicting rush of pure adrenaline coursing through him that made him know. It made him know he had to have them. After all, he would tell himself, isn’t it natural to want to be with the one you love?

But Tarn had yet to decide how to gain _’s affections. He hadn’t even talked to them yet, so he had carefully think out his next move. It would make sense to observe them more before I meet them. I do want to make the best possible first impression when I do finally meet them.

Tarn decided to put a camera in _’s house, one he could check on them remotely. He also had Kaon track their internet history and plant bugs in their house. Some might call it overkill, but it really was the only way for him. Failure was not an option when it came to _. The very idea that he might fail this life or death mission made Tarn’s heart grow heavy. But _ would always be there to lighten his mood.

All it would take was a single smile or laugh for Tarn to be up on cloud 9. It was a high he could get nowhere else, but he didn’t realize how effective it was until Nickel commented on how much more relaxed he had been lately. Clearly it was time to make the first move.

A room was prepared for _. It was once one of the guest suites, but a few modifications had been made to ensure their safety. A few finishing touches, and it was perfect. They would never have a reason to leave.