Kyungsoo vampire crackfic. Aka why Kyungsoo looks done 90% of the time
This came about cos of this tweet and photo:
It’s hard being a vampire this day and age cos people are so desensitized and Kyungsoo, being a rather average 1.72m tall Korean boy blessed (he thinks it’s a curse) with a benjamin button kawaii face, found it hard to intimidate his victims to submission and so he’s resigned to keeping his sustainence with weekly meals of animal blood from the market.
He tells people he loves meat. And it’s an effective cover cos almost all boys around his age (he’s 1013 but his records write 23 years old) loves meat. Kyungsoo is a hybrid, so unlike his peers, he can walk in the sun. The only problem is, his acute eyesight makes him somewhat sensitive to the light and he has this habit of glaring at people when he’s really trying to tighten his field of view so his eyes don’t water.
Now, this hasn’t particularly given him a good first impression on most people, but some kind folks attribute it to astigmatism. And people seem empathetic when they heard that, and so he had been using that same excuse when he got accepted into Seoul’s top entertainment company as an idol.
At first, Kyungsoo thought it would be fun. Like, people tells him he’s got a gorgeous voice and he should totally go for it. After experiencing 2785 jobs in his vampire years, there’s really very few jobs he hasn’t tried. What he didn’t bank on, was a relentless cycle of sweat, tears, and hard work. And lots and lots of pressure.
But Kyungsoo is the kind, when he starts something, would want to finish it, and to finish it well. So goes the 5 years of idol life. And still on-going. He manages to scrape through killer schedules coming out barely scathed. His fans thought he’s resilient. But it’s really cos a vampire’s got superb healing powers.
Well, his fans thought alot of things, but not all of them are true. For example, his fans thought he loves black. While that is one of his favourite colours, the major reason his room was cloaked in midnight was cos he’s a damn nocturnal. After a long day (or night, it depends on schedule), all he wants to do is be cocooned in familiarity.
And if he can’t bring along the darkness, he freaking wears them- Black top, black pants, black cap and shoes to match.
Or how fans laughed at how he looks creepy but that’s cos he can’t suck blood as and when he wishes cos he’s polite, okay. He can’t help but look manic at times cos the nearest market is miles away and he can’t possibly just crash there and start gorging himself with fresh blood-dripping steak.
Kyungsoo is brought up by his mother as a well-mannered vampire and he loves his mother, so even when she isn’t watching, he behaves like the obedient, disciplined son he is.
There’s also the problem of trying to blend into the surroundings. Being over a thousand years old, he’s picked up many essential lifeskills and some not-quite-useful-but-entertaining skills as well. His fans marvelled over how he’s multi-talented and it’s true- He can sing, dance, act, swim, cook, beatbox, stick on handphone screen protectors (something which is totally useless but his members love him for it) and a few dozen other stuff. But to survive, it’s important not to stand out too much. So Kyungsoo is content being the wallflower, shying away from spotlight and pretending he’s the average joe.
Sometimes he slips, like accidentally almost choking his team mate, Chanyeol, to death once when they were playing wrestling and Kyungsoo was too into the game to rein in his strength. Fortunately, his daffy friend thought it a matter of good jujitsu techniques and he’s even given the nickname “dyodoro”.
The most glaring point about his immortality is of course, that face which refuses to age. Though that’s not what Kyungsoo’s troubled about. There’s always make-up.
If you ask Kyungsoo what he thinks about eternal life, he would probably tell you it’s lonely. He tells reporters he’s worried he’ll be alone forever. Fans awwww-ed over how that’s cos his status as a triple-million seller boy group member hinders his chances at a normal relationship.
But Kyungsoo was really being poignant about his gift (or curse) of everlasting. It’s hard being a vampire, when your soul is old and you have a sang namja’s character hardened by years but people still deem you a jigglypuff.
Or mochi.
Or cutie.
Or squishy.
He doesn’t know. His fans gave him alot of nicknames.
However, Kyungsoo believes the best is yet to come. What’s the worse that can happen? He’s already 1013 years old and stuck in a boyband.
The only way is up.