𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟜𝟠

-나는 그들의 것, 그들은 내 꺼야-

the next morning i woke up to the sound of my alarm again. it was wednesday so we were in the smack middle of the week, it made me want to cry. i don't want to go to school

but nonetheless i got up and did my morning routine, still thinking about what had happened last night. how the guys were going to punish kook for something that happened four or five years previous

it hurt that i told vernon our secret and he's going to be punished for it. he's going to be angry with me...

i was still a bit mad at vernon for saying it to the others, but i somewhat understood what he was thinking, they just want to protect me. but it happened years ago and i was fine the entire time, he protected me when the other guys lost control of their blood-lust he took me right out of the building

jungkook has always been an important person in my life, i lost touch with him when i left to live in paris but i often thought about him. how he genuinely cared for me and protected me, sure he was paid to do it but it felt like it wasn't just a job for him after a certain point

when i turned seven or eight is when i met him, before that i didn't really know he existed, sure i saw him far away but i didn't know he was there to protect me. i met him when a girl tried to hit me, he was there for me. sometimes i would go crying to him when something bad happened and he would comfort me. he's an important person to me

i went downstairs to find mingyu in the kitchen. last night i fell asleep in vernon's arms and i somehow woke up in my bed, this had happened many times before since i almost never actually fall asleep in my bed. when the nightmares started i realized slept a bit better when it was beside one of them, if i wasn't with them i would sometimes wake up in a cold sweat or sometimes even screaming

i no longer dream. sleeping almost feels like a torture, like i did something bad to deserve all these sleepless nights. it was alway relentless nightmares. almost every night

"is he okay?" i whispered, entering through the door frame, he looked up for a brief moment, "he's fine don't worry, we just spoke to him and gave him a warning" he put down my plate of food, signaling for me to eat

"how did his friends take it?" i whispered looking down at the food, i was referring to namjoon and jin and his other friends, he sighed for a moment before answering, "they understood. areum, we're very old vampires. we're respected in the vampire community, so they understood. which also means jungkook has to take our warning seriously" he went to the sink to wash the dishes

i just sat there not too entertained by the food in front of me, my guilt not allowing me to eat

i hope he's really okay...

the water from the sink stopped running, creating complete silence in the kitchen. i felt a presence behind me, he was warm and it felt like he was towering over me

it was mingyu, i don't know how but i could just tell

he wrapped his hands around my waist, back hugging me and whispering, "happy 18th birthday"

🌷

i went to school with mingyu and wonwoo again, and again there was a comfortable silence with the radio creating a calm atmosphere

i watched as the cars rode by and the people lived their normal lives. i almost envy them. them with their normal families and friends. i let out a small sigh, relaxing in my seat

from the corner of my eye i could see wonwoo turning around, "areum, happy birthday" he spoke, making me turn to look at him, he was holding a small box, i smiled softly looking at the gift

taking the box and opening it to see a beautiful gold necklace, it was fine and delicate and it had a small golden heart in the middle

it was stunning, "thank you" i whispered with a bright smile

"you didn't have to get me anything" i looked up at his face, "i wanted to give you something either way" he smiled

i felt small butterflies in my stomach, "thanks wonu" i muttered sheepishly, still looking at the beautiful necklace

🌷

we arrived at the school and i quickly got out the car, wanting to see seulgi

she's a nice extroverted girl that kind of dragged me under her wing. she's the extrovert that adopted the introvert. i met her a few days after coming to this school, she had this bright aura about her and she was always smiling. she also introduced me to a bunch of new people but i didn't get close to any of them

"seulgi!" i semi shouted when i saw her in the parking lot, "areum!" she shouted back

"happy birthday!" her iconic smile was on her face, "thank you" she went up to me and hugged me tight, "how was mingyu's birthday?"

"it was fine, they just invited a few people over and blew the cake" i answered, she didn't know what they were but she knew i lived with all thirteen of them. i was grateful she didn't tory too much into knowing why i live with thirteen men. she never asked why or why i don't have parents. i think she understood that it was a touchy subject for me

"what're you going to do for your birthday?" "i don't know, i just want to blow out a cake and call it a night"

for my birthdays i never asked for a lot, the only things i ever wanted was to have a pretty cake and celebrate another year of my life with the others

this is going to be the first birthday in a long time with all of them. it's nice

"why don't we have a girls night! we can go to the cinema!" she spoke with excitement, but that smile on her face faltered when jeonghan walked up behind us, "sorry but we already have something planned for areum" he smiled and looked down at me

"but i've never gone out with friends" i put my hands together in front of me chest, asking him to let me go, "please, just this once" i begged

he looked at me with narrowed eyes before closing them for a moment, contemplating whether he should let me go or not, "are you sure you want to go?" he asked me, i nodded enthusiastically, he sighed for a moment, "fine, but one of us is coming with you" he warned me. but what he said was good enough for me, i jumped happily and giving him a quick hug

i grabbed seulgi's hand and started running towards the inside of the school, i didn't have my first period with seulgi so i wanted to talk to her for a little bit before the bell rang, signaling for us to started walking to our classes

we sat down on a bench near her classroom, "does one of them really have to go?" she whined in a low voice, "yeah, sorry, once they make up their minds it's very hard to do anything about it" i responded with an apologetic smile

"say, why are they so protective of you?" "because they care about me" i was a bit confused about her question, they care about me that's why they protect me, i looked at her with a puzzled expression

"sorry, anyways are we going to the cinema?" she smiled, "yeah, what movie do you want to watch?" i looked down at my hands for a moment, playing with the ring they gave me

"why don't we watch voyagers?" she asked as she looked at the movies released on her phone, "sure"

the moment i answered the bell rang, making us stand up and walk away from each other after saying goodbye

i was excited about this, i'm finally going to have a somewhat normal teenage experience with my first real friend, it took eighteen years but it's finally happening

but before i do anything i want to speak to kook and apologize for what i did

🌷

"hey, kook oppa" i said when i heard him answer the phone, "areum? what do you need?" he asked me, his voice was a bit annoyed and it sounded like he was in a hurry, "i wanted to apologize" i paused for a moment, to look down at my feet in guilt, "for what i did. i'm sorry"

"don't worry about it, i have to go areum. bye" without saying another word he hung up, not letting me finish or say goodbye

he has a right to be annoyed, but it still hurts... i thought to myself

i let out a small sigh of disappointment. i'm sorry for what i did, kookie

"areum-ah what are you doing here?" chan came up to me and sat down next to me, not allowing me to wallow in my emotions

"i was just talking to someone" i showed him a small smile, i don't know why i'm hiding that it was kook, but i guess were doing this now

"oh okay" he leaned back on the bench using his arms to rest on, "you mind if i go with you and seulgi to the cinema, jeonghan said he was going but i want to join too. the movie seems interesting" he asked me, "um yeah sure, if you want to"

"you okay?" he seemed a little worried about me, he probably saw the sad expression on my face

"i'm fine, just a little tired" i mumbled, he sat up and put his arm around my shoulder

he smiled as he looked at my eyes, "happy birthday, areum" his voice was soft

"when we're you born?" a sudden curiosity came over me, "i was born february 11th, 1329" he said nonchalantly

"but how old are you" i emphasized , asking him how long he has been a certain age, "oh, i have been twenty-one for six hundred seventy one years"

i felt a little happiness when he said that, "so when i turn twenty-two i'll be older than you" i chuckled, "hey i'm centuries older than you" he playfully scolded, "yeah, but technically, if you're twenty one and i'll be twenty two" i joked

"yeah whatever" he shrugged off, looking in the opposite direction. i could see he was pouting a little, making the corners of my mouth turn up

"but are you okay, seriously" his voice changed from a playful tone to a serious one as he looked back at me, the smirk on my face faded and i looked down at my hands again

"yeah i am. it's just..." i paused for a moment, "i wish vernon didn't betray my trust like that" i mumbled

"i understand why he did it but i still feel betrayed"

i felt anger rise inside of me, for what he did and the consequences of my naive actions

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