*𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕨𝕠

-나는 그들의 것, 그들은 내 꺼야-

when the car came to a halt, soonyoung was the first one to step out of the car because he was the closest to the door and areum was sitting on chan's lap meaning he was free.

once he was out, he looked around and glared at anyone the looked at them sideways, he was looking for anyone that seemed suspicious. since they are still hitmen in the mafia, there were still people that wanted them dead, either because of competition or they killed one of their loved ones, or simply because they hated them and wanted to get back at them in some sort of way, and areum was the way to get to them easily.

he stood there for a few minutes before the driver got out of the car and stood next to him, "how long are you going to wait?" he asked in a serious voice as he too looked around at the people, "just a moment more," soonyoung responded, narrowing his eyes at everyone.

just as they were glaring at the people walking into the school, the school staff looked at them as well. it's not every day you see people dressed in black looking suspiciously at everyone to drop a child off, so they probably had their suspicions about them as well.

but when they saw areum come out of the car with chan by her side, they seemed to back off and look away.

they stood there for a few minutes before areum spoke up, wondering why she wasn't going into the school yet, "channie, can i go inside?" she asked with a small pout on her face, "yeah, just give me a second, princess," chan said to her without looking and still holding onto her small hand. "ok," she mumbled.

they stood there for a moment more before soonyoung spoke, "okay, that's enough," and chan went back in the car to get her little bag, "soonyoung, are you okay?" she asked soonyoung, she drew his attention by holding his hand and he flinched before he answered, "huh- yeah. don't worry," he smiled at her.

he crouched down in front of her to look at her in the eyes, "you be very careful and be nice to the other kids, okay? give me a kiss and chan will walk you in," he pointed at his cheek with a smug smile on his face, "okay!" she smiled widely and hugged him before she kissed his cheek.

chan got out of the car and held her hand again to walk her to the front of the school.

soonyoung and the driver stood and watched as they walked in. the driver was a young man in his early twenties, he had an armed decorated with tattoos, hair to his eyes, and an eyebrow piercing, he too was a vampire just like them.

"watch her," soonyoung said to him, "of course," he responded as he leaned against the car

they didn't want to leave her alone; they were too paranoid for that. so, they got a close friend of theirs, who they trusted, to be her bodyguard when they aren't around. his name was jungkook and he was one of their most old and trusted friend.

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"i'm going to pick areum up from school. joshua have her food ready before we arrive!" mingyu yelled as he walked out the front door and to his car, immediately speeding out the driveway, through the small forest that separated them from the freeway, and making his way to her new school as quickly as possible.

he was excited to see her, it's only been about eight hours, but he already missed her greatly. mingyu always loved his little princess. he was already thinking of questions to ask her after her first day of school.

he stepped out of his car at the main entrance of the school and put on his black sunglasses. he waited and waited and realized he was twenty minutes too early.

so, after waiting there for twenty minutes on his phone, he heard the bell inside the school ring, meaning everyone was going to start pouring out the front entrance. he got off his phone and paid attention to everyone surrounding him.

he could feel the stares of the teenage girls that went to the school, how they were giggling and drooling over him. he now thought they should have picked a school that was only for elementary instead of a school that had all the grades.

one of the girls was even brave enough to walk up to him, "hello?" she said with a shy smile, mingyu only looked at her with a scowl, "may i know your name?" her voice was soft, but the smile she wore on her face seemed fake, so he didn't bother too much with her, "no, please leave me alone," he said.

"have i offended you in some way?" she asked, determined to get to know him, "no, just leave me alone kid, i have no interest in minors," he growled

with that simple statement she seemed taken aback. she stepped back a little, almost afraid.

the stern look on his face disappearing when he saw areum running up to him, "gyu!" she screamed as she ran. mingyu's face seemed to light up when he picked her up, "hello princess," he cooed at her and kissed her soft cheeks.

the girl that was previously standing by him was now looking at him in disbelief. a man that looks like that is soft for a little girl. pathetic, she thought to herself, a bitter look on her face as she walked away

"how was your first day?" he smiled brightly at her, "it was fun! the teachers were nice, and the food was really good, but the boys were mean," she smiled brightly throughout her sentence until she reached the part about how the boys treated her.

"what?" he furrowed his brows at her and took off his sunglasses, "what did they do?" he asked concern on his face. "they teased me," she looked down at her tiny hands and started playing with them, "why, princess," he made her look back at him, "they... they were talking about their mommies and dads... and i-i said i didn't have and they started teasing me about it," by the end of the sentence there were small tears in her eyes.

mingyu's expression changed from a concerned one to s serious one as he clenched his jaw and looked around for jungkook, to see if he was somewhere near so he could give him an earful.

"okay, princess. don't think about what they said, okay. c'mon we have to go home," he reassured her and patted her head.

he ignored the stares of people and started walking to his car, he could feel the anger rising in him and he could feel his eyes start to change from a dark chocolate brown to a deep crimson color because of the rage.

he strapped her into her seat and got into the driver's seat. areum still looked down and she was sniffling with her red nose, so to try to cheer up he played her favorite song on the car radio, 'heart' by iu, he heard her start singing softly to the lyrics.

thank god toddlers get over things easily, he thought.

he sat there for a moment and stared at the steering wheel, trying to calm down so that his eyes would go back to normal, he took in a deep breath and exhaled.

he started the car again and drove to the mansion, he thought the car ride would calm him down, but it didn't.

jungkook had a job to do, protect her, and in his eyes, he didn't do it.

he opened the front door with areum in his arms and immediately jun rushed to greet her first, "how was your first-day babygirl?" he asked with a smile, but it dropped when he saw mingyu's face, "what happened?" his voice changed, "later," he mouthed to his older brother.

"areum, let me take you, you probably need a nap." he took areum from mingyu and grabbed her backpack as well.

jihoon and chan came into the room just coming from a mission with dirt and a little bit of blood on their faces but quickly hid when they saw areum, panic appearing in their eyes.

jun rushed upstairs and took her into her room.

after a few years of taking care of areum, jun has gotten more and more control with his bloodlust. it was hard for him but he also cared for her with his whole heart so he never gave up, hoping one day that he could be by her side without having to worry about losing control.

"what happened with areum?" jihoon said as he walked to the front door where mingyu was, "some idiot boys made fun of her, they teased her about not having parents," he said with gritted teeth as he rubbed his eyes.

"this is why we shouldn't have let her go!" soonyoung yelled, "she would have been better off studying here!" he continued, "what were we supposed to do! she needs to meet people. she needs to gain social skills. she can't spend her entire life in the four walls of this house!" jihoon yelled at the older.

vernon and joshua walked into the room when they heard their screaming.

the mansion was always silent, so any small disturbances could be heard anywhere.

"what happened? what's wrong with areum going to school?" vernon asked worried at his older brothers' outburst.

"some boys teased her!" soonyoung continued to scream, "where was jungkook when this happened?" he asked.

soonyoung was the one that was most protective over her. he was always worried if she had enough to eat or if she was too cold or too hot and if she fell, he would be the first one by her side. he's like a territorial dog when it came to her.

just when he mentioned his name, jungkook walked through the front door, "where the fuck were you?" he went up to jungkook and grabbed him by his collar, his eyes were also a deep crimson color, rage running through his veins.

"i was with her the entire day," he said, with a cold look in his eyes, "then why didn't you stop those brats!?" he screamed in his face.

"because what happened to her is something everyone goes through and she wasn't in any real danger. what did you want me to do? bust into the school because some brats teased her!" he yelled back and took soonyoung's fists off him.

"you should have done some-" soonyoung was in the middle of his sentence when he was interrupted, "guys, she is sleeping" jun was walking down the stairs as he looked down at them and ordered them to stop arguing, "i can hear you from the other side of the mansion," he said through gritted teeth.

they all looked away from each other but soonyoung couldn't stop glaring at jungkook

there was a tense aura filling the air. they knew jungkook was right, but they didn't like it. if they could, they would protect areum from anything, but they can't protect her from this.

from the corner of the room, seungcheol was watching them argue with a stern look on his face, "jihoon, joshua, vernon, and mingyu go change we have a mission to get to. i know you just got off one jihoon, but we need you," he ordered them. they all flinched when they heard his voice, they weren't aware of his presence in the room.

but without hesitation, they sprang into action.

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a few years have passed and areum has just turned thirteen.

she still had a great relationship with them, and they all still dearly loved her.

areum finally met jungkook and they knew each other decently well, she even considered him a friend to her. she was aware that he was her bodyguard, but she didn't care, she was still friendly to him and always greeted him with a bright smile.

she has grown up well, her hair grew long, and she grew taller, jihoon even started to get worried that she would be taller than him. over the years she picked up different hobbies like photography and ballet and she has even dabbled in some art. she was a kind, humble girl.

even though wonwoo and seungcheol weren't very present in her early life, they started opening up to her more when she turned twelve. they were kinder to her instead of brushing her off and giving her cold glares. she was thrilled when she realized what was happening.

sure, she was a kind girl, but she still didn't have friends in school. the other students liked to tease her and make fun of her because she was an orphan that lived with a bunch of men. the other girls were rather jealous that they were all very good-looking and handsome, which made them hate her more.

-areum's pov-

i woke up like any other day by my alarm and groaned when it sounded like it was ringing in my ears. i tried my best to get up quickly and rush to take a shower.

just another boring day in my life... i thought to myself. 

i hope i don't see eunjung again, i groaned at just the thought of her face.

i never told the guys that the girls would tease and bully me because i didn't want them to worry about me. i'm sure i cause enough trouble for them as is.

i changed into my uniform and walked downstairs to eat my breakfast.

(a/n pretend she's younger, i couldn't find a picture of a younger girl)

i could smell the delicious food from my room. mingyu's cooking is something out of this world.

"good morning princess," he greeted me as i sat down on the dining table, "good morning mingyu," i responded with a smile.

he placed my breakfast in front of me and i immediately started drooling, "thank you for the food, it smells delicious," i told him.

one by one all the boys entered the kitchen, and we all ate together, like any other day. we talked about a few things while we were eating, but i couldn't shake the feeling that something was going to happen today.

there was a strange aura surrounding them, but i didn't want to bother them about it.

i quickly finished my food and put it in the sink. i tried to walk out of the room but myungho stopped me before i could, "aren't you forgetting something?" he said to me. i just looked at him with a confused expression and looked down at my outfit, unsure if was wearing everything.

he chuckled, "what? my bag is in the car," "you forgot our kiss goodbye," he teased as he pointed at his cheek. i groaned playfully, kissed his cheek, and proceeded to give the others their goodbye kiss.

it didn't happen often that they asked for something like this, but i always did it without question.

after that was over, i rushed to the car afraid that i was late, i walked out and saw jungkook leaning against the car with his usual over-the-top outfit. he was on his phone; his face was serious like usual. he was effortlessly ethereal, i blushed at the sight. 

i may be thirteen, but i'm not blind.

"you ready?" he said sensing my presence.

"umm... yeah," i grew flustered. "get in," he said in his usual authoritative voice, i hastily got into the front passenger seat.

i tried to shake off the bad feeling i got in the dining room, but no matter how hard i tried i couldn't stop thinking about how tense they seemed.

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