'Shindong! Come here & help me!' Leeteuk called as he carried Reika to her room

 

 

'Reika! Reika!'

 

 

'Hyung! Please calm down!' Ryeowook said and held Yesung

 

 

'B-but Reika--'

 

 

'Nothing will happen if you keep yelling!' Ryeowook scolded and he soon stopped

 

 

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'Well?' Yesung asked as Leeteuk came out of the room

 

 

'She's asleep but she's fine now...' Yesung sighed in relieve

 

 

'H-help! Help! Help me, please! Someone!'

 

 

'That's Kibum's voice!' Siwon ran to the dungeon where Kibum was kept

 

 

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'Kibum!' Siwon saw him gasping for air but he saw no one else

 

 

'I-I don't get it'

 

 

'No! Move!' Ryeowook arrived & headed straight for Kibum with his silver knife

 

 

'Ryeowook!' Siwon screamed as he saw the younger one slashed the knife on Kibum's wrist

 

 

'You alright?' Kibum slowly nodded

 

 

'W-what happened?' Siwon asked Ryeowook

 

 

'Didn't you see? For a moment there, Kibum was being strangled by a girl...' 

 

 

'A...girl...?'

 

 

'M-Medea...' Kibum whispered which confused  Siwon 

 

 

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Days later, no one notice that it was already the 55th day of the 100 days before the wedding--they were too worried about Kibum...

 

 

'Kibum...don't you remember us? It's me Leeteuk...this is Donghae. Remember?' Leeteuk tried to make Kibum speak but Kibum kept looking away

 

 

'It's no use, Hyung...' Donghae said

 

 

'This is all our fault...we didn't tell Siwon that the girl was a former witch' Leeteuk looked down

 

 

'Kibum!' a voice called

 

 

'Hyung! You're not allowed to see him!' another voice said

 

 

'Let me in! Let me talk to him!' it sounded like Siwon's voice

 

 

'Hyung!'  just then, Siwon came in

 

 

'N-no! No! G-go away! S-stay away from me!' Kibum started screaming

 

 

KIBUM'S POV...

 

 

I started screaming when Siwon went in, why? He woke up my fear of being hurt again, he's the only one who can do that to me. I didn't want him to be near me, I don't want him to touch me--ever since that incident, I was just so scared...

 

 

'Kibum...calm down' Leeteuk-Hyung said as he held me but it's no use

 

 

I don't want to see him, not after what he done to me...

 

 

'Hyung, please let him go...' Siwon said & Leeteuk released me

 

 

'Siwon, when I get back here--I want everything to be fixed' Leeteuk said & left with Donghae

 

 

When they left, I was trembling again but I kept quiet...I look so weak right now

 

 

'D-Do I really scare you that much, K-Kibum?' he asked me but I didn't bother to answer

 

 

'Kibum please...I-I know what I did in the past & I regret it now. I'm so sorry, Kibum...please forgive me' he knelt down in front of me

 

 

Should I forgive him...? N-no, I-I can never forgive him...

 

 

'No...' I whispered but he heard

 

 

'But Kibum--' I cut him off

 

 

'You think that's enough?! You will never be forgiven! Don't you remember what you did to me?! When you find out I killed that girl, every time you went home--you would go look for me just to beat me up & blame me for everything! You don't know the feeling that the person you loved the most was being so cruel to you!' I finally snapped

 

 

'But that was it! I realized that I've been hurting you too much so I stop--' I cut him off once again

 

 

'That was it?! You think that was it?! Pathetic, then again, I wouldn't expect for you to remember...'

 

 

'H-huh?' he was confused

 

 

'There's another reason why I left the kingdom. One night, you came home drunk and started to beat me up--I kept silent because I didn't want to anger you. But when I passed your bedroom, you pulled me inside a-and...' I trailed off, I couldn't say it. I'm too scared

 

 

'W-what did I do...? Tell me, Kibum!' I shivered in fear, it was coming back again

 

 

My screams, his words...it's coming back to me

 

 

'Don't touch me!' I screamed when he grabbed my wrists but he didn't let go

 

 

'Tell me what I did, Kibum! I want you to forgive me'

 

 

No, no...I can't take this

 

 

'Please...just tell me' he begged & I was getting tired

 

 

'You...' I-I can't but he has to know

 

 

'Y-you...y-you r- me...S-Siwon. Y-you me' I pulled back my arms and covered my face

 

 

'W-what...?' he couldn't believe it, he thought I was lying

 

 

"Siwon...I beg you...s-stop this..."

 

 

"You worthless peasant, you don't deserve to be here..."

 

 

"S-stop...please..."

 

 

"Loving you is a sin & I don't care what will happen to you because I will never love you"

 

 

I can't remove it from my head, why?...Siwon, the only man I loved, did that horrible thing to me.

 

 

He ignored my begs for him to stop, my cries but I was too weak to fight him. He took advantage of me...but I still remained faithful to him

 

 

'K-Kibum...I-I'm so--'

 

 

'No! I don't wanna hear it!' I screamed again

 

 

He's using meaningless words, nothing can make me forgive him...

 

 

'But Kibum--'

 

 

'No! Shut up! Stop using meaningless words!' I hate looking so weak in front of him

 

 

'Please, Kibum...i-it was an accident'

 

 

'N-no...y-you did that on purpose! You don't do that to people you care about, then again, you don't care about me anyway'

 

 

'Kibum, I care about you! All this time, I've been trying to find you!'

 

 

'Were you there when I decided to take my own life?!' I lost it, I couldn't keep it anymore

 

 

'W-what?'

 

 

'Y-you weren't there...y-you didn't show up to stop me. N-no one stopped me. I-I woke up the next day, the poison wasn't enough to kill me--I wanted to die, Siwon...and it's because of you!' I moved away so I was far from Siwon's touch

 

 

'K-Kibum...' he was lost at words

 

 

'If few drops didn't work...then it should work with more' I said, taking out a small black bottle

 

 

I have decided...I'm gonna end my pain once and for all

 

 

'Kibum! Don't! Please! Don't do this!' he started to beg but what do I care?

 

 

Before I could even drink it...

 

 

'SIWON!' a voice called & froze my hands so I couldn't move them

 

 

'O-Onew?' it was Prince Jin Ki

 

 

I tried to move my hands but nothing happened...

 

 

'NO!' I screamed as Onew grabbed the small bottle from my hands

 

 

'Give it back!'

 

 

'Siwon, leave him alone. He might hurt you...'

 

 

'B-but Kibum...I-I need to apologize to him' he said

 

 

'I don't care about your apologies, Choi Siwon...why don't you just leave & give me peace?!' I yelled at him & I saw him look down with a hurt expression

 

 

'I-if that's what you want...' he left without looking back

 

 

'Siwon's worried about you, Kibum...why wouldn't you realize that?' Onew said to me, I was surprised--I thought he was gonna kill me for stabbing Reika

 

 

'I'm not gonna kill you, Kibum...Reika was stabbed because she wanted Siwon to be happy with you. Reika would always risk her life to make people happy...' Onew just smiled at me then left

 

 

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'You alright?' Onew asked as he arrived at Reika's room

 

 

Reika gave her a small nod, Onew sensed that something was not right...

 

 

'What's wrong, Reika?' she shook her head

 

 

'Reika...' the princess decided to give up & sighed

 

 

'I'm just worried about Siwon & Kibum-ssi...'

 

 

'Don't worry about them, I'm sure that they'll get back together' Onew gave a sweet smile to Reika

 

 

'I guess you're right...' Reika chuckled

 

 

'Come on, let's sleep...' he said and lied down beside Reika and she snuggled beside him

 

 

'Thank you...' Reika whispered

 

 

'For what?'

 

 

'For staying with me no matter what...'

 

 

'Thank you also...'

 

 

'Wae?'

 

 

'For letting me love you just like I wanted' Onew kissed Reika's forehead and the princess smiled

 

 

'Goodnight, Reika...'

 

 

'Goodnight, Onew...' Reika responded and closed her eyes, feeling safe as Onew hugged her

 

 

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Thank you for waiting for so long xD I'n gonna know my results on March 14, 2013 and I'll have a day camp on 15 (yea, me a Girl Scout). As my gratitude of waiting, I updated TPBTM with this chapter! :)

 

Hardcore angst from SiBum and fluff from OnRei. What do you think??? Comment! ^^