Yes!! An update approaches!! hehe. ^o^  I'm at 3,565 words, and nearly there! I'm trying to make it 5,000. ^^  It's been my goal for chapters for a while now. I hope you'll continue to be patient with me as I find time to write while being sick. My bf and I both are really ill, so we've been trying to take care of one another. It's making things difficult, so I'm sorry~. I am being dilligent and writing a little bit  each day~.

Part one of the chapter is complete (have to spell-check, review for word replacements/flow, etc, but it's solid for the most part), and I just have part two to complete (you know, how I break it into character perspectives?).  I'm excited, but also really scared to admit that a big chunk of this first part is LMAO. I guess you guys won't mind, though? I've been being bugged about more KyuSung interactions. ^^;;; So I guess this will do?  It's a Yesung perspective~ horray!

Onto some pressing issues, though! I have a plot-line outline that I'm trying to work out within the story as a means to make things easier for me to update quickly (or, I guess as quick as my muse can go lol). For me to be able to do that, I'm starting to plan further ahead in the story for a character introduction that will be really important. This is where I need your help! 

*POSSIBLE SPOILER, AS IT'S NOT 100% WRITTEN INTO THE STORY, OR GUARANTEED TO WORK WITH WHAT I AM PLANNING, BUT I AM WARNING IN CASE IT DOES*

*YES, YOU SHOULDN'T READ THE NEXT BITS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE 100% SURPRISED.*

*I AM SO SERIOUS RIGHT NOW*

Okay... we good? ^^  Onto my blabbering~

I need a rival vampire for Heechul. As a means to prevent too much spoiling, I won't give away too much else as to why, because I fear that would unravel a lot of the mysteries I have left, but I'm stuck. ;___;  I was going to try to use someone within SJ, but I'm using most (read: all lol) of the key-players without it being some weird twist that I don't really have the heart to write in.

The characters that CANNOT be used are: Kyuhyun, Yesung, Sungmin, Ryeowook, Donghae, Siwon, Eunhyuk, Kangin, **Hangeng and **Zhoumi. They have all already appeared in the story and have their own plot devices I am working with, so it would be difficult to change that.

Exceptions (**): 

Hangeng hasn't been officially named within the story, but I was considering using him as part of Heechul's backstory (his pomme de sang). I suppose I could write him in as this future rival, but it seems a strange thing for him to want to hurt Heechul since they were pronounced lovers before. Unless, of course, I leave that person who was his pomme de sang un-named to leave some wiggle-room. If I make person that someone else, I could probably use him in this case. Did you guys feel he would be more of the back-story lover, or the future revenge-striking rival type? What would be his bitter reasons? Does it have something to do with Heechul's time abroad in China? There is a lot of back-story there that could be easily developed. 

Zhoumi, I think, I could have the most possibility to be flexible with if I changed his character, and I'm leaning the heaviest towards this idea, despite the original plan I had for him. He hasn't been detailed too much within the story besides being a companion of Kyuhyun's for some decade in the past. We still have not seen the flashback in Heechul's perspective from his trip to see his elder friends, so their meeting could be skewed, too. He could be hiding this fact from Kyu that he has known him even before when Kyu knew him (which, could be a reason why Zhoumi approached him at all in their past).  But, well, I wanted Zhoumi to be more of a helping aid than a villain. He seems the bleeding-heart type, not the evil kind...? I dunno~ It's a plot I could definitely make work, I think, but I'm still considering~

From within SJ, the other ones that are left are Leeteuk, Shindong, Kibum, and Henry. I have an idea for Henry for later, though I'm not sure if I'm going to 100% go with that idea, so that's why he's still named there.  I guess Leeteuk would make the most sense of those listed, since they're seen as more friends or whatever, but this particular rival I need to play a blood-thirsty villain. Someone who is not very calm and collected, but more ruthless. Kills with a smile, and prefers the old ways to handle humans on the food-chain. I can't imagine Leeteuk being like that; he seems too calm and kind... I see him more as an elder from another clan that I could work with later on. 

And here comes my second idea; I could use someone from another group that has ties to Heechul; like Yunho from TVXQ, for example. It doesn't necessarily have to be a male character either, since this person isn't 100% developed, so a female rival would work okay. f(x) is unable to be used, as is Seohyun from SNSD, and Kim Hyuna (4minute), who already have made appearances. But, it's something to consider.  

So...uh.. ^^;;   Do you guys have any recommendations? I would love to hear your thoughts and ideas, especially about this! I take your advice and ideas to heart and I try to be open-minded when writing this, so that is why I am asking. ^^   I think people that love the story and have read it as much as I have would know best in a situation for the future of the plot~ ^^ You already know my writing devices and the current plot the best, so please help! 

You can comment, vote in my poll, or private message me, but please don't be shy!  I value your opinions, even if you have been a silent reader. ^o^