Chapter 14
Come InChapter 14 :
And soooo..
Kyungsoo went home feeling so disoriented. He went home in his own apartment. He hasn't been here for weeks. He missed everything — the smell, the memories and even the mess that Jongin made the last time he went here. It felt like a decade even if it was just a few weeks back. A lot of things happened. A lot of things got messed up.
And Jongin...
Jongin's gone.
Forever.
He suddenly wants to cry — to cry and curse the world for being so unfair to him and his friends. The three of them lived their lives contentedly and happily before, so why do they need to experience all this? Why them of all people?
Kyungsoo didn't notice it but tears started flowing from his eyes. His heart was so hurt that he couldn't control his own emotions. It was too much to take in. He couldn't do it anymore.
He wants to escape this reality and hide from whatever nightmare is about to happen. But he knows he can't. Not anymore.
The scene from earlier flashbacks into Kyungsoo's mind. His heart couldn't help but break for the nth time. The body of that lifeless young boy in his arms plays in his mind repeatedly. It was not tolerable for him. He didn't wish for that kind of ability. He never will.
That black butterflies that surrounded the boy, those are the symbols of death, right? He sees them each time someone's close to dying. He saw it on Jongin too.
But how? How did he get this kind of ability? He was sure he didn't have any of this before, so when did this start? Where did he gain this — this thing?
He was about to go crazy thinking too much about it when he hears a sound from another part of his apartment. He was alarmed and terrified. He runs to grab a baseball bat near his bedroom, ready to hit the stranger that barged into his house.
Kyungsoo creeps into his own kitchen where the sound was coming from. It made him more determined to smack the trespasser because no one dares to enter Do Kyungsoo's kitchen aside from Chanyeol and Jongin. Anyone else who dares will experience his wrath.
"There isn't any food in here." Kyungsoo hears the trespasser complain and it made him a little irritated. He didn't tell that bastard to come in his kitchen and try to search for food in the first place. He wasn't home for weeks, of course there would be no food in this place.
"What's with the pororo mats?" There was a scoff. A scoff, and Kyungsoo's really irritated and annoyed this time. He decides to step up and hit the trespasser to make him shut up when he suddenly hears a laugh. That stupid trespasser laughed.
"Okay calm down, I won't complain anymore, Do Kyungsoo." With the abrupt change of voice and tone, Kyungsoo felt chills running through his whole body. The voice was suddenly familiar. He had heard this voice from somewhere else though he cannot fathom where.
Kyungsoo cannot move from his position. He was still holding the bat as if he's about to hit someone when some guy from his kitchen appeared in front of him — grinning his devilish grin.
"Fancy seeing you again." Kyungsoo's heartbeat doubles as he recognizes the man smirking ahead of him. It was him.
The Grim Reaper.
*****
Sehun stares at the dancing faeries from across his room that seems to be more likely a prison cell. He wasn't allowed to go out like he's a criminal or something. He's prohibited to contact anyone from his own kind — even Baekhyun. No, especially Baekhyun. These flying dudes obviously don't trust him. They think that if Sehun goes out of this cell, he'll start killing everyone and finish off the whole faerie race.
They still haven't treated all those scratches from those who tried to attack him the first second he steps his foot in this bright and colorful place.
The young vampire sighs and grunts, "I'm freaking hungry."
Sehun's system starts to weaken at the feeling of hunger. That's the only feeling vampires are allowed to have in the first place. They're not allowed to feel anything else so he must admit, he's a little envious of his elder cousin. But that power puts his life in danger each time, and Sehun swore to protect him not just from other creatures but also from himself.
But how could he do that if he's locked up in here with no food and no one to talk to?
Sehun's vision started turning red and his head started to pound. Too much hunger can kill. His body came next, and then everything was in pain. He doesn't like this kind of sensation. He despises it.
Someone knocks and calls out to his name. He can't identify who owns the voice but he was sure that he won't be hungry anymore.
"Sehun?"
Luhan enters the room carrying some herbs for Sehun's wound treatment.
Sehun lets out his fangs and attacks him.
*****
The room was silent save for the clicking of a pen and the sound of heavy breathing coming from the two people inside. Junmyeon stood quietly waiting for their clan leader to speak. While the man stares at nothing but his pen, Junmyeon waits for a command — or even a single word. But none came.
"Sir, what do you want me to do about Baekhyun's situation right now?" Junmyeon asks with all his respect. He was a little afraid to break the silence but he needs to hear something before he goes totally mad.
The man then stops clicking his pen and looks at Junmyeon, sorrow present in his eyes, "I don't really know. His way of thinking is not in the right path as of now. I don't want to make things more complicated for him."
"But sir, I don't think hiding too much from him will result to anything good."
"I just don't want him to worry too much. The responsibility is too much for my son. He's still so fragile and young. Letting him bear all of those is just — just so unreasonable." The man sounded so frustrated and Junmyeon couldn't help but sympathize with him.
He knows Baekhyun too well to know that knowing the actual truth might cause him a breakdown. Junmyeon knows the younger couldn't do it all by himself. He needs someone by his side.
His difference from other vampires had already caused him pain even if he doesn't say it. Being different is not really welcomed in a place like theirs, and Baekhyun is just so unfortunate to be cursed at his birth when he has done nothing wrong.
In addition to that, the fate of everyone was placed in his hands without him knowing.
Junmyeon hopes Baekhyun can endure this.
*****
Yixing felt pain tingling his whole body the moment he woke up from what felt like an eternal slumber. The last thing he remembers was throwing the two humans on a cliff, thinking they'll die by the hands of wild animals. He was leaving — he was walking away from the cliff when someone attacked him. He tried to recall his face but he got nothing but the feeling of pain.
It was infuriating. He couldn't even move his shoulders without his bones cracking. He couldn't even stand up properly since he stumbles and falls at each attempt.
He hissed in both pain and frustration. He couldn't move, meaning he couldn't leave this place — and that means total failure of his mission. This never happened before. Yixing never fails. Yixing was never defeated by anyone. He can't afford to fail — or else his mother will...
The werewolf slams his fist on the wall, ignoring the throbbing pain he feels. It was only then that Yixing had the time to scan the room he's in. It looked like a normal room, with white painted walls and some photographs hanging on them. The room was simple, with only a nightstand and a bed as the furniture.
Where was he? Who brought him here?
Yixing was busy finding answers for his questions when the door opened and a small man entered, carrying a tray with food and a glass of water.
"Oh you're awake." The man's lips curved into a smile and Yixing was too stunned say anything.
*****
"First you want to look for someone you met two decades ago, and now you want to take in an injured man you found in that creepy forest. Wow, Kim Jongdae, aren't you the biggest fool on earth?" Minseok was going crazy. He really hates when Jongdae acts without thinking of the consequences of his actions. He hates it because he knows in the end, he will always be the one obliged to look for a solution.
"But he looked so weak! I can't help it." Jongdae pouts and Minseok swore he was just about to grab anything near him and smack some sense into his friend's head.
"You don't even know who he is! What if he's a thief? A murderer? A ?"
"It's not like he'll someone like you, shut up."
Minseok didn't hold back this time, he takes the nearest thing beside him and throws it at Jongdae's face.
*****
"Baekhyun, we know this might be too much for you. But if you choose not to be involved in this, it means total defeat. You're the only one who can do this." Jessica holds the young warlock's hands, trying her best to encourage him.
"This might sound impossible and difficult, but with you, we can do this. Everyone's lives lies in your hands, Baekhyun." Yifan tried his best to sound so certain, hoping that calm down the younger.
"But why must it be me? Of all living creature, of all human being, why me? I can't do it... I just can't." Baekhyun feels his tears streaming down his face. There might not be anything that could make him feel so helpless more than this. Nothing can make him feel more deprived of all hope.
"We know how hard it is for you. Especially now that the two of you developed a bond, but Byun Baekhyun, you're the only one in this world that can defeat him. We tried restraining him, but we failed to do so and we even let him fall to the hands of the wrong company. The only choice we have now is to either bring him back to us or finish him — for good," The witch pursed her lips, feeling sadness in her heart, "And we both know that the first option is too good to be true."
"You need to kill Chanyeol before he starts killing everyone else, Baekhyun."
*****
"What are you feeling right now, Chanyeol?" Chanyeol hears his instructor talking to him but he paid him no heed. He was supposed to be learning ways to see the full potential of his abilities and powers but he just couldn't concentrate. His mind was still engrossed on thinking about Baekhyun — but not in a good way.
He couldn't believe it, all those misfortunes in his life started when he opened his door that rainy night. Everything came crashing down the moment Baekhyun entered his home — and life.
"Chanyeol? What do you feel?" His instructor asks him again.
But this time Chanyeol answers, "Hatred."
"Good, very good." The instructor nods in satisfaction with a devilish grin on his face.
He didn't notice nor felt it.
But as he lets hatred take over his heart, his powers starts taking over him.
Sooner or later, he won't be the one controlling his powers — his powers would be the one controlling him.
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