Better on the Other Side - Ch. 1
Title: Better on the Other Side- Chapter 1
Rating: PG (for now)
Genre: AU!Whore House, Angst, Drama, Romance
Characters:(set 1) Ukiss: Dongho, Kevin, Alexander, Soohyun, Aj, Kiseop, Hoon, Kibum, Eli.
(set 2) Super Junior: Heechul, Sungmin, Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, Yesung, Hankyung, Kangin, Leeteuk, Siwon, Kibum, Henry, Zhou Mi, Donghae, Eunhyuk, Shindong.
Pairings: (only super junior pairings at this stage) Kyumin, Kangteuk, Eunhae, Yewook, Sibum, Zoury, minor!Hanchul, lonely!Shindong(for now)
Warnings: First time writer sorry if anything is idk xD The ages in the fic may or may not be the real ages (sorry), boy-love-boy, self harm, violence, rape(in later chapters), mild!swearing, sexual themes.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters (sadface) if i did they would all be in my bed right now . . . Also i do not own the entirety of this story since the group names (Nobodies and Heartless) come from a game called Kingdom hearts, but apart from that, the whole story is mine.
Summary: They had their normal (lonely) lives, they never knew of what their lives would turn out to be (except for lonely and depressing), they had no idea what was to come, until that fateful day where they were taken. The thing that they all had in common is that they had no one, they were lonely, and they were nobodies. Trying to kill yourself never worked, you needed confidence, something that none of them had. Whether the problem big or small, anything could push these guys to a state where they didn’t want to live anymore. Will being abducted by a Gang of Heartless Hoares help their lives or send them into a deeper state then what they already were in.
Waking up in pain wasn’t a new thing to him. It was in fact quite normal, a daily basis really, but this pain was incredulously different, actual physical pain was the pain he was feeling. All he remembers doing was his regular thing; going to school, getting bullied and then walking home, but on his way home, he was beaten harshly by men in black, taken and shoved in the back of a van with a black bag shoved over his head. He kept falling in and out of consciousness as the men who had kidnapped him were talking.
“What do you think he will do with him and the others hyung?”
“I’m not sure Kyu, but I’m afraid it’s going to be even worse than what we went through, his business is crashing because most of us keep dying, so he needs new slaves straight away, the training will be harsh, I hope they can cope” said the other man with worry in his voice as he drove.
“Hyung, I’m worried for him, he seems different to everyone else” The man that went by the name Kyu said in a whisper as he turned around and heard a week groan and rustle in the back of the van.
“I know kyu, I feel it too, but we have to do what we are told or you know what happens to us if we don’t” The other man said in a sorrowful whisper.
“I guess your right Min, but I don’t know why he gets pleasure bringing them back busted and bruised, it’s sick” Kyu said, his voice the slightest bit louder with angry clear in his expression.
“….Yeah…., he is sick, but we gotta do what we gotta do stay alive Kyu, it’s dangerous, we can’t go back on our word, we will surely die, and I can’t be separated from you, again, I just can’t” Min said, tears starting to whelm up in his eyes, but he resisted the urge to let them fall when Kyu caught sight of him and rubbed his cheek with affection and gave a sad smile. Min leaned into his hand loving the touch of his lover.
“It won’t happen again Min, I promise…I love you”
And with that, the figure in the back finally fell completely unconscious for which seemed like minutes before he finally woke up and was being dragged from the van in what felt like minus 40 degrees weather. His feet were just dragging along the ground as the two men held him up, his head still slumped down in exhaustion as he saw a small light out of the little he could see out of his eyes and the bag, it kept getting bigger and bigger until a black figure stood infront of him.
“ID?” The mysterious man asked with boredom and ignorance in his voice.
“Kyuhyun” Said one of the men.
“Sungmin” Said the other.
“And who have you brought? Name, Age and why he’s here”
The two looked at the man confused, they don’t remember having this done to them when they came here.
The mysterious guy sighed in annoyance, “The master has started a new program, as soon as you have found your target, you state who you are, and who you have brought with you, how old they are and why they are here, just so we know what you’re doing and so we can tick you all off the list, does that explain enough for you?” The guy said still in a monotone, still annoyed, he clearly didn’t want to be here, but like everyone else, he had no choice. The men nodded.
“His Age, 17, and he’s here because he does not have a purpose in life, his family, gone, his friends, he has none, and his hope, lost.” Sungmin stated. “And his name, is Shin Dongho”
With that, the guard moved aside to let them in. Dongho, who was still being dragged had heard everything. His emotions were mixed. He thought that he was going to be killed, he wouldn’t live anymore, he was kind of happy yet sad, but then again when they said they were keeping him, he felt relieved but devastated that his horrible life wouldn’t just end here so he could go to a happier place. But he felt a slight feeling he hadn’t felt before, maybe this could help him, he wasn’t sure what it was, but whatever it was he felt, gave him a little glimpse of hope. Maybe this could give him what he wants, maybe it could give him some confidence.
He was interrupted by his thoughts when the bag that covered his head was removed and he was forcefully thrown to the ground. He looked around and saw six other pairs of eyes staring at him, not a single expression on their faces until he saw one of them sitting in the left corner in the dark barley lit cell that he had been thrown into. Before he could read his expression the gate closed, and the man at the left side of the room stood up in a hurry but before Dongho could see what happened next, he had become unconscious once again.
He felt soft hands caressing his hair as he came conscious. He was confused and for a second he had forgotten where he was. He looked up at the figure before him whose lap he was resting on.
“Wh-where am I” He asked, stuttering in confusion as he continued to stare at the man before him.
“Who knows. Who cares really” He replied averting the gaze of the other but continued stroking his hair. Dongho didn’t reply knowing he would get no information from this guy, so he relaxed into the guys hold and steadied his breathing a little bit more. “Kiseop, Lee Kiseop” the guy suddenly said.
Dongho looked up at him with a questioning look, “D-dongho, Sh-shin Dongho” He stuttered, mentally cursing himself for sounding like a fool, but then again, why did he care what he sounded like.
“Ah, Dongho,” the way his name rolled off the others tongue gave Dongho chills up his spine. “How old are you?” Kiseop interrupted his thoughts; Dongho noticed the other was still not looking at him. He wondered why.
“Ah-, seventeen, you?” it was an awkward conversation but nonetheless, it was just nice to know someone actually cared. They were both still wearing their school uniforms so he couldn’t have been much older, maybe even the same age.
“Ah, dongsaeng, 18” a small grin slightly plastered his face. Dongho stopped staring at the beautiful man before him and sat his head more comfortably in the other man’s hold.
“Thank You” Dongho whispered as he started to close his eyes again. The other looked at him sceptically still stroking the latter’s hair.
“For what?” he replied.
“For caring” Dongho said, voice low and cracking from tiredness. Kiseop didn’t reply but instead looked at the beauty before him and felt a pinch in his chess, but it was a good pinch, and his stomach had this tickly feeling inside, a feeling he had felt before but not for a long time.
Maybe this would be okay after all.
Five minutes had passed and they were all sitting in an uncomfortable silence, apart from the two in the corner who were just sleeping or relaxing comfortably in each other’s presence. But all that had stopped when two more guards came to the gate with another person with a bag over their head. He looked as if he were in a whole lot of pain. After removing the bag, he was harshly thrown to the ground. One of the men got up immediately after the guards had left. His heart had taken him there even though his brain told him not to. He quickly crouched down to the guy to see if he was okay. “Are you hurt?” He asked, knowing that yes, he was hurt, but he thought it was a great conversation starter.
With no reply, he turned the boy over and with a grunt the other fluttered his eyes to see who was staring at him. The other looked up and down the man’s body and saw a name tag, it read ‘Kevin’. The other took Kevin by his armpits and dragged him off to the side to tend to him.
“So your name is Kevin?” There was a muddled response through grunts and grumbles of exhaustion, but the latter just agreed without asking what he said. “Well,” He started sarcastically,”If you must know, my name is Eli,” The side of Kevin’s lips cracked into a slight smile. He was leaning against the wall with his head on Eli’s shoulder.
“Why did you help me?” I small and warned out voice left Kevin’s mouth finally.
“I don’t know, my feet kind of just moved themselves, something was telling me to do it”
“Oh, well, thank you” Kevin managed to say, but soon after, he drifted off to sleep, still resting his head on Eli’s shoulder.
They kept glancing at each other, occasional smirks, and double taking. Until one got the courage and walked over to the other kneeled down and stuck out his hand.
“Shin Soohyun, and you are?”
The other looked at him in surprise and took his hand softly and calmly, there was no shaking, just light holding as they stared at each other. The other, felt the tension and then quickly answered the question.
“K-kim Kibum,” they retrieved their hands as Soohyun sat down next to Kibum, one foot retracted to his chest, and the other stretched on the floor as he leaned against the wall. He then turned to Kibum and noticed a cut on his upper lip and so he reached out to touch it with the tip of his finger. But as he got closer to the others face his hand was suddenly swatted away.
“What are you doing” Kibum asked confused.
“You had a cut on your lip and, I dunno, I just wanted to touch it to see if it hurt” He explained kind of awkwardly.
“Uh - Yeah well it does” He replied looking away slightly blushing at the unexpected actions of this stranger. ‘Why is he being so nice, why is he actually making me feel like this’ was the exact words that ran through Kibum’s mind, but his track of thought was halted.
“So uhm, how old are you?” Soohyun asked finally breaking the awkwardness.
Kibum looked at him with slight annoyance but he thought it was nice that someone was actually trying to talk to him.
“24, you?”
“Ah 23, so can a call you hyung?” ‘why is this guy so persistant’, he thought again.
“Uh, sure, why not” He replied with annoyance written all over his face.
“Great!” Soohyun’s smile slightly crept out of his lips as he made himself comfortable since his bottom was aching from sitting down so long. He didn’t know why he wanted to talk to this man so much, maybe because he looked mysterious and interesting to talk to, maybe.
“Thanks, hyung” Soohyun said letting out a sigh.
“Uhm, okay, sure” Was all Kibum could say in return.
And at that, more guards came to the gate, opened it, and threw yet another victim in the cell, will it ever end, how many do they need and what for, was what everyone was thinking.
The guards closed the gate again and walked away.
A man in the cell who had gotten up extremely fast attended the man.
“Hoon?!” He grabbed the other’s head and made him stare him in the eyes.
“Hoon, Hoon, are you okay?” He said breathing hard with worry trembling through his body and stroking the almost unconscious man’s soft face with a trembling hand.
“A-Aj?” Hoon said in a small breath slightly opening his eyes to see the person before him. The latter leaned down and engulfed the other man in an affectionate hug as tears started to stream down his face.
They stayed like that for hours. Hoon had fallen into deep sleep from exhaustion and pain, Aj just sat there hugging him and rocking back and forwards in worry. The others all just sat around talking quietly among each other, except for one. His name was Alexander. He preferred to not socialize as he felt the tension between each and every one of the others in the cell so he didn’t want to interrupt anything. But a question was eating at his mind, a question he thought everyone was thinking as well. He waited for the right time to speak up.
“What do you think they will do with us?” His voice low and tired, and his head slightly rising to look at all the eyes on him, everyone except Aj and Hoon who were in their own world.
“All I know is, it won’t be nice” Dongho’s small tired voice came from the other side of the cell, he must have woke up sometime during all the action.
“Why what did you hear?” Eli asked from across the other side of the cell, Kevin’s head still resting on his shoulder.
“All I heard from two of the guards is that it is going to be even worse than what they went through and that their so called master is a sick twisted guy, that’s all I can remember though, after that was kind of a blur”
With that the room turned silent again as they all thought of what could happen, but their thoughts were interrupted as ten guards stood at the gate, their faces all covered with masks. One opened the gate and let all the rest in, each guard grabbed one person, some scrambled against walls and tried to hide, others tried to fight back but in the process was caught anyway. Some were still trying to get out of the hold of the guards; others were just too tired and exhausted to even try.
But the struggle stopped, and the ones who were tired listened intently as one of the guards spoke.
“Over the past three days we have found and gathered you all, there will be no contact with the surface” He laughed, “not that you have anyone to contact on the surface”
Everyone was confused as to what he meant by ‘the surface’ but they decided to keep their mouths closed. Except for Alexander.
“Why are we here?!” Anger evident in his voice as he tried to escape the hold of one of the guards but failed.
The guard who seemed like the leader, smiled through his mask.
“Because… It’s better on the other side”
A/N: Sooooo, first fic, first time posting, i don't know whether to think this is short or not T^T also, i am terrible at posting on time, i procacinate even on this o-o, but i hope you enjoy it, comments are greatly appreciated : ) <3
Ch.2
If you want to have a clear picture of what the characters look like instead of trying to imagine click on these
Character Profiles set 1
Character Profiles set 2