𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟜𝟟

-나는 그들의 것, 그들은 내 꺼야-

-8:45 pm-

"mingyu!" seungcheol called out, screaming in the backyard, "it's time to cut the cake!" from the corner of my eye i could see him running to his hyung, almost looking like an excited puppy

it has been about an hour since i spoke with kai. the words he spoke to me left me shaking internally, virgin blood, i thought, a shiver running down my spine

"hey, are you alright?" jeonghan suddenly spoke, standing next to me. i hadn't even noticed he was standing next to me. "yeah i'm fine" i gave him a slightly fake smile. at the moment i was alright, i was just a little shocked at kai's words

"c'mon mingyu's going to cut the cake" i said, changing the topic, grabbing his hand and walking to where the other were in the backyard

there was a table in the middle of the backyard, it had a white clothe over it and lots of plated on it. the cake was two floors with small decorations made of chocolate, the entire cake was made of chocolate and it had strawberries on the top and on a few of the sides. it looked absolutely mouthwatering

everyone started singing happy birthday with a happy tone. everyone in the room was smiling and laughing at mingyu in the middle of the room that didn't know what to do, he just stood there awkwardly standing and clapping along

it's strange seeing all of them in this type of picture. with all his old friends from who knows how many years ago. friendships he's made over the years. it was nice seeing some of the people again, like eunwoo and jaehyun, it brought back a few memories. i might have only met them once but they were kind and they seemed to remember me. but it was surprising to find out that they were vampires, but it made sense

"happy birthday to you!~" they said the last lyric and he blew the cake and smiling brightly, "how old are you birthday boy?" one of the girls screamed, i had come to find out she was named chaeyoung, she was tiny and adorable

"today i am 693!" he spoke with pride laced into his voice, everyone in the room cheered, he had a smile on his face, he looked at the crowd of family and friends and then he looked at me, his eyes not budging from my own eyes, they were filled with happiness and admiration, was it towards me? i was flustered by his stares

what the backyard looks like because i never mentioned it:

(a/n this picture is looking into the house from the outside, it doesn't look out into the backyard)

"everyone! grab a slice!" he cheered finally looking away from me, jeonghan looked at me from the side with a raised eyebrow and confused expression, "are you sure you're okay?" he asked again

"yeah i'm fine. whatever happened to the guys at the front door?" i changed the topic once again, i'm sure he knew what i was doing but he still played along with it, "chan did know them, so we let them in" he walked forward to get a slice from mingyu

i stayed behind and stood there looking at the crowd and the people talking and walking around. it was overwhelming the amount of people that were there, the sheer number of people they knew and they're all so beautiful and graceful. all of them, i feel like i'm a potato next to all of them (a/n mood)

-10:24-

time had passed and almost everyone was in the living room, everyone was laughing at old stories of mingyu and all his embarrassing moments. the attention was mostly on him and the other guys, so i walk sort of left as an outsider looking in

but i wasn't lonely, their laughter and stories made me feel included somehow and every once in a while one of the guys would come and check up on me

it was comforting to know they still remembered me

"areum!' jihoon whisper yelled to me, calling for my attention, "what is it oppa?" i whispered back, leaning down a little to look at him. for once i was taller than him because of my heels, he seemed to be angered by it

"take off those damn shoes for a second" he again whisper yelled, i groaned slightly but i still took them off, allowing my feet to breathe a little, i let out a small sigh if relief, "come with me" he took my hand and started dragging me somewhere

he started walking towards his room, closing the door behind us. "what is it?" i whispered, "i wanted to give you a gift, i know your birthday isn't for two hours but still" he spoke as he looked around in his closet, he walked out with an easel in his hand and what looked like a shoe box

"what is that?" i mumbled a little amazed at the beautiful easel, "i know you started painting again, so i wanted to give you this" he put the easel in front of me. now that i had a better look at it i noticed there was a palette hanging from the side of it

i gasped when i realized it was my old palette. the one i told them to throw away in a fit of anger, "this is..." i grabbed it, "i never threw it away, or burned it like you said you wanted" he chuckled slightly

i jumped towards him, holding him in a tight embrace. he was surprised for a moment but he soon held me tight as well

i pulled away with a bright smile, "that's not all i wanted to give you"

he handed me the shoe box with delicate hands. i opened it and gasped again

"it's your old ballet shoes. i'm sure they don't fit you anymore, but i want you to have them. i want to see you dance again, i want to see you smiling as you danced. i want to make music for your dances again" he spoke as he looked down at the worn out shoes with a nostalgic face

small tears started to form in my eyes

when i used to dance and have competitions, jihoon was always the one that made the background music for me to dance to. we always worked together to make them. these were the last shows i ever used for a competition or practice

"why didn't you throw any of these things away?" i mumbled holding them in my shoes. "i always hoped you would start using them again, so i kept them in my closet, but i replaced the easel because yours was old and broken" he spoke with happiness as he looked at my face, "thank you oppa" i cried hugging him again

-11:23-

most of the people had already left the house. i didn't get to speak to many of them because they were too caught up on seeing each other again and congratulating mingyu

but the ones i did talk to were all kind and gentle beings, and so graceful...

"bye sana!" seungkwan shouted as he waved at the woman

he closed the door and all of them sat down in the living room in exhaustion, "why are all of you so tired?" i asked chuckling a bit, "having to keep up with so many people is hard" seokmin said, slouching in his loveseat, i giggled at the scene of all of them slumping in their seats

i sat down next to seokmin and hugged him tight, "want to play the hongsam game?" soonyoung suddenly spoke out, making me burst out laughing, "soonyoung, once you start that game you never stop" i let out through laughter, "yeah yeah, whatever" he shrugged off my comment, he doesn't enjoy being teased

"what do we do now?" joshua spoke out as he sat up, "i don't know" jeonghan piped out

there was a moment of silence where no one knew what to say

"ah man! i forgot to kick jungkook's ass!" vernon suddenly shouted, "why would you want to kick his ass" wonwoo asked him

"he brought-" before he could get another word out, i jumped out of seokmin's grasp and ran to where he was and put a hand over his mouth with my knee resting on the couch, "don't you dare say another word" i whispered, glaring intensely at him

he just stared back at me surprised and slowly started nodding. i could feel the other guys stares of shock on me

thank god he didn't say anything else, they would have kook's head if they found out

i let out a small sigh of relief and got up from the couch, letting my guard down. but before i could get too far he grabbed my waist and made me lay on top of him, i shrieked in shock at his actions

"jungkook took her to a bar" he spoke out, "yah! it was supposed to be a secret!" i screamed out

but before i could rant anymore, they spoke up, "he what?" seungcheol stood up and walked to be in front of me. his voice dark again and an intimidating glare

"i-it was a long time a-ago" i stuttered out, trying to wriggle out of vernon's hold, but the reaction i got was not what i was expecting

he groaned slightly, and whispered, "stop moving" in my ear. i froze in that very moment, afraid of what would happen if i continues

the others didn't seem to notice. my eyes were wide in surprise, looking at nothing or no one in particular

"areum, look at me, where did he take you" seungcheol said with an intimidating aura, as he took my chin to make me look up at him

"h-he took me to a bar" i mumbled looking into his dark eyes, "was there anyone else there?" "y-yes, jaehyun, jaebeom. and eunwoo were also t-there" i stuttered out

i felt something start to poke my underside as vernon held my waist tightly

seungcheol narrowed his eyes at me, "i'm going to kill him" jeonghan suddenly said, the other probably felt the same way and they all stood up walking to the door, leaving me behind with vernon

but before one of them could get out the door, i tried to stand up, to get out of vernon's hold. but he wouldn't allow me to, quickly holding onto my waist even tighter than before

wait! no!

"n-no, it was a l-long time ago. d-don't hurt him" i tried to say through my stutters

they stopped in their tracks, they turned back to me. "please d-don't hurt h-him, it was a l-long time ago a-and i'm fine!" i cried

he let out a groan, letting is head fall back a little, "fine, i won't touch him but i'm still going to talk to him" he said through gritted teeth. they all walked out the door, anger pouring out of them

-11:53-

"why did you tell them?" i whispered, vernon still holding onto me, "i was going to tell them either way" he mumbled, his chin resting on my nape, "so you were going to betray me like that?" i whispered, anger laced into my voice

he betrayed my trust... he told them a secret that i trusted him with. i understand that he wanted to protect me but this was something i've never told anybody, it was a secret between me and kook. i thought he would keep it to himself and respect that it was something that shouldn't be said to the others

i only saw red, i was pissed off and betrayed, "he needs to be punished for what he did, we hired him to protect you, not to put you in more danger" he said, "but i trusted you, vernon" i mumbled, looking down at my hands

-12:37-

eventually after going back and forth for ten minutes, i got tired of arguing and i fell asleep in his arms. i was still pissed at him but i was falling asleep and too tired to argue any longer. so, i slept on him

but when he whispered something in my ear i woke up for a moment to hear him whisper:

"happy birthday"

a/n IM DONE WITH MY TESTING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR WHOOOOOO

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