Blood Ties - part 4!
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Title: Blood Ties
Part: 4 of ?
Main pairing: unconfirmed!Sihan
Other parings: Kangteuk, Heesica, some to declare themselves later
Rating: PG-13
Disclamer: I own no one!
Summary: After the vampires took the world over, reducing humans to be a "lower race", newborn vampire Siwon has to deal with the harsh reality of being a night creature...but also discovers that even those said to be soulless creatures have their own little spot of happiness in this world, no matter what happens.
“How… how do you know my name?”
“Well I asked for the vampire who has me as his prey… and all of them started to ask about someone named Siwon, so I guess it’s your name…no? Sorry I have the tendency to translate names in my mother language …”
“Oh…. Yes. Yes, it is my name. And don’t be sorry, it’s okay.”
Talk about jumping to conclusions… Siwon sighed at his own state of panic for nothing. He smiled shyly and sat on the bed next to his prey who was smiling at him and looking so peaceful for someone who had been through something as unusual as becoming a prey for a newborn vampire. Siwon had felt so guilty for making his food source out of this man, but by a simplest act as a smile like the one the other was giving him, it seemed as if that guilt, that pain was fading away.
Yet, he still had to say it, to empty his heart a little bit, to push some weight off.
“I’m so sorry…”
“What about?”
Siwon wondered if he was blessed with the most comprehensive prey in vampire history or if the man was just plainly stupid. Maybe that reflection showed on his face because the other quickly put a hand on his arm in a soft touch… maybe too soft compared to the determined tone in the man’s voice.
“Don’t be. I’m okay with it. I’d rather it be me instead of someone who has a family at home.”
“You have no one waiting for you at home? Really?”
“Not anymore. Home will be here for me now, anyway. With you… you need me, don’t you?”
Yes, Siwon needed him. He needed someone to feed from… but he didn’t only wanted food, he also wanted…a friend? Only, you don’t suck your friends’ blood.
“Yes, I do need you… but I don’t want you to be nothing but food… You’re not some meat or anything, you are a person…”
The man smiled in answer and Siwon suddenly felt warm inside, as if he felt more at ease with the idea of having this man as his prey. He would never feel at ease with having a prey, or it that feeling was caused because of him being a newborn…maybe he still felt a little bit of his human self, maybe too much, even.
“I slept a lot, didn’t I?”
“Well… I cannot say… so many things happened lately…”
His transformation, finding this man, making him his prey…then Heechul’s
“I mean… aren’t you hungry?”
Hungry? Yes he was… He was craving for blood, so, so madly… Maybe it showed in his eyes, maybe not, but his prey was smiling at him while he was stretching his neck toward the night creature who couldn’t help but jump at him, at his throat… at the blood source.
“SIWON, NO!”
He had been on the edge of biting that shamefully tasty neck that he felt strong hands tugging at his shoulders, separating him from his prey. A loud hitting sound was heard and he felt it only seconds later, the impact being too quick for him to realise what was going on.
Wow. Who could be this strong?
Looking up he felt his breath catch in his throat. Kangin was this strong, who else? The Clan leader was in front of him, looking utterly pissed. Leeteuk was behind and didn’t look quite happy either. His prey looked perfectly calm, though… and clearly wondering as much as Siwon why they had been separated.
“Newborns are always like that” came Heechul’s voice from behind.
“Hunger is strong, my dearest friend. I see it in your own eyes right now.” answered Leeteuk.
“That damn Chinese’s taste was disgusting… oh well, I tried…”
So Heechul tasted the dead Representative’s blood? …freaky.
“Chinese? You…”
Siwon’s prey had round eyes as he looked at Heechul. Oh, he probably thought that Heechul had been drinking his blood while he slept? Siwon suddenly felt a urge of possessiveness at the idea that someone could have tasted his prey before he properly did. He knew that Heechul hadn’t, but the idea itself made him want to embrace his prey and protect him from anyone who could try to take a bite off him.
“You silly boy, not you!” cackled the fallen clan Leader as Kangin let go of Siwon’s shoulders, letting him reach for his precious human. The prey giggled when he hugged him, and the newborn vampire could hear relief in this sound. Then, seriousness kicked in.
“Why have you kept him from drinking? He’s hungry!” came the man’s voice as he was massaging Siwon’s nape, as if he felt his distress and wanted to calm him down. No one saw Leeteuk’s eyes go wide as he seemed to realise something by looking at the both of them.
“That’s exactly the problem… he’s hungry. If you offer your neck like that, he would empty you of your blood and he wouldn’t even realise it. You didn’t went through all that difficult adaptation for him to kill you on his first drink!”
“I wouldn’t mind.”
All four vampires looked at the only human amongst their little circle, all surprised by his statement. Okay, Siwon knew that he didn’t mind being a prey, that he had no one waiting for him at home… but to accept being killed that easily?
“You sound like someone who has no will to live…” grumbled Kangin.
“Would you want to live if you lost your soul mate?”
He lost his soul mate… awful. Siwon only hugged him tighter. He felt for his prey, he wanted to make him happy despite their situation, he wanted to make up for all the difficult times he will give him when he’ll finally be allowed to drink from him.
“Vampires have no soul, didn’t you know?”
He had softly whispered in his prey’s ear, his breath making the man shiver in surprise.
“You have a heart…no?”
Siwon chuckled at the pout he got from his prey. But yes, he was right. They had hearts. That’s why Leeteuk and Kangin were together, love. Or wa it because of this Bloodmate thing? As there was a huge, heavy silence, he shrugged at Heechul, Kangin and Leeteuk who didn’t seem like they got the whispered conversation.
“I’m still hungry, though!”
Talk about a way to change the mood… go Siwon!!
“You impatient child, you!” came Leeteuk’s sigh as he approached to separate vampire and prey. “You won’t drink off him already…”
“Then how?”
He didn’t want to drink from another prey! Not anymore! He had his own, now!
“I’ll make him bleed” came Kangin’s rough remark. No detour, apparently… it was the same thing with the violent answer:
“WHAT?!”
“Siwon, please, calm down… I got what he meant… they will probably make me bleed so you’ll drink a glass full of my blood… So you can control yourself. It’s perfectly normal. They won’t make me bleed for fun, you know.”
Siwon’s eyes went wide with a mix of surprise and horror. How can a human find it normal to be cut and to see his own blood filling a glass? Heechul rolled his eyes in exasperation, Kangin nodded in approval and Leeteuk seemed in deep thoughts.
“Then, young prey, follow us. Leeteuk, watch your Child.”
“I know what I have to do, Heechul, thanks.”
“It’s your first… Jessica and I raised 5. I’m trying to help!”
What kind of dysfunctional family is that? One throws knives at the others all the time. Siwon didn’t like that. He almost hoped that Heechul would go soon… now that the news about his clan was announced and that the evil Chinese representative was dead… why would he stay? Not that Siwon hated him that much but… the general atmosphere was different. Siwon preferred the little family trio he formed with Kangin…
As his prey got up from the bed and with a reassuring smile, followed the two half-brothers, Siwon felt some kind of desperation building up inside of him. His hand reached for his prey, silently asking not to go. Why did he felt helpless at the idea of being separated from him? With a soft smile, the other man came back to him and held his hands a few seconds, whispering something that Siwon deciphered as “I’ll be right back” before leaving once more.
Leeteuk was massaging his Child’s shoulders as the latter watched his prey being carried away by the two Children of the original couple. Heechul seemed to be teasing him and while Kangin was apparently explaining the whole procedure for what they were about to do.
“Do not worry, no prey ever died of blood collecting. It’s helping them, in fact… they get used to the pain and of the strange sensation of their blood rushing out of their body… He will be alright.”
“I hope so…”
“You care about him already…”
Did he? His instincts were all focused on the well being of his prey. Maybe it was in his nature that he already had as a human, or maybe it was new to him…
“He is… impossible to describe. He’s so willing to be my prey… I don’t get it. He said that he lost his soul mate… maybe he sees me as a new reason to stay alive?”
“I think he does. He’s young, too. A little bit older than you if you still were human, but nonetheless… he’s healthy, so he’ll probably live quite long before you’ll have to let him free.”
Letting him free… The idea was clutching at his heart, he couldn’t explain why. Maybe he was like a opened book for his Parent, as the latter hugged him tightly, sharing his pain somehow, easing it.
“It’s normal that it seems strange or even painful to you, but it’s reality… we are immortal, but humans aren’t… You’ll have to let him live his old days at peace, without having his blood sucked out… It’s the least to do for someone who is so willing to do everything for you right from the beginning of his new destiny… only a few preys are like that, I can tell you.”
“But I remember his tears when I found him…”
“Didn’t he say that he lost his soul mate?”
“Yeah but when he saw me he said “there you are”, as if he was expecting me…”
Leeteuk took a long time before answering him. Siwon saw the whole process in the other’s eyes, trying to find a reasonable explanation to this strange declaration from the prey of his Child.
“What about… maybe he saw you as his new reason to be? And as he had been looking for it ever since he lost his beloved, he said that sentence? “there you are”… or “there is my new reason” would sound the name in that situation.”
“Seems logical…”
Siwon was disrupted out of his thought as Leeteuk was pulling on his arm. He knew what that meant: the older wanted to go back to the upper level. Surprisingly, for someone who was fighting so much for preys’ right and the demystification of relations between vampires and preys, he wasn’t at ease at all when he was in the preys’ basement. Siwon had once tried to know why, but all he got as answer was “you’re too young to understand”. He hated that sentence.
When he got up, Heechul was waiting for them… when as he gotten upstairs? Siwon never heard his steps… well, it was day, all the vampires were inside, it was incredibly noisy in the mansion, maybe that’s why Siwon didn’t hear a single thing.
In Heechul’s hands was a huge glass filled with blood. And judging from the smell…
Siwon’s prey’s blood.
The young vampire rushed to his “uncle” and ripped the glass out of his hands, drinking it eagerly. He felt the thick and velvety substance enter his mouth and he closed his eyes in delight. He knew both Heechul and Leeteuk were watching his every move, and he didn’t care at all: he had been so, so hungry! And it tasted so damn good!
It made him want more. More… more…
He went frantic with sudden need, but as he thought of a way of having more, he instantly thought of his prey, and the idea of the man probably being in pain or weak because of the quantity of blood he had been suddenly been deprived of was enough to calm him down. Instead, distraught and worry kicked in, clearly showing on his features.
“How is he?”
Heechul’s eyes were wide at the question and he took a while to answer. Why, Siwon had no idea, but he clearly saw the exchange of looks between Heechul and his Parent.
“He is weak, what do you expect… but he’s quite amazingly in a good shape, for a prey who just went through blood collecting. He was chatting with Kangin when I left with your glass, so it’s a good sign.”
A huge sigh escaped Siwon’s lips, followed by a question he knew the two other were expecting from him:
“Can I see him?”
Leeteuk thought about ti for a little while before looking at his “brother-in-law” who nodded at the silent question. The Parent then let go of his apparent worries before answering.
“Yes, he’s in your bedroom. I thought you wouldn’t mind… since it’s his first time on blood collecting…”
“You did well… if you let me, I’m off to see him.”
“You go.”
Siwon probably jumped the stairs four by four in order to reach his bedroom quickly. There, he found his prey who was looking around in wonder. He looked perfectly fine, if it wasn’t for the amount of bandages on his arms.
“Oh, Siwon. You are back here.”
“Are you alright?”
“Yes I am, please do not worry. Did you drink it?”
“I did… thank you so much…”
“Do not mention it.”
As they were smiling at each other, Siwon realised something, he had no idea of his prey’s name yet. The man wasn’t Korean, that was for sure. His appearance and accent were identifying him as Chinese… yet he was in South Korea… Siwon kept on trying to put the pieces of the puzzle back. Who was truly his prey?
“I have yet to know your name…”
“Han Geng…I’m…”
“Chinese. I guessed that much.”
The man started laughing and Siwon decided that he liked that laugh. That Han Geng was a special one, but the vampire appreciated him like that.
“Now, Geng, I have to ask something from you.”
“What is it?”
Siwon was looking at those dark circles under the man’s eyes. They were tormenting him… after all the time he spent sleeping, he had just weakened his prey with his hunger… great.
“Please sleep?”
“I’ll try, okay?”
“Sounds good. Stay in that bed, I’ll come check on you later, I have stuff to deal with my clan.”
“see you later then.”
Siwon got out of the room and that’s when he heard Leeteuk, Kangin and Heechul talking to each other.
“He’s not a normal prey, I tell you!”
“There are special preys, Heechul, I think that you know what I mean by that.”
“Leeteuk knows more than I do!”
They were talking about Geng? And what did Leeteuk knew about special preys?
“Leeteuk…” he called out.
The man turned toward him with a half-expressed growl.
“Umma” he corrected.
Siwon let out a small sigh. He couldn’t stand saying that word, it sounded way too foreign for him… as if he had been an orphan or something… he felt so lost whenever he said that word, he felt totally distraught.
“Umma… Why do you know so much about special preys… do you have one too? I have never met your prey…”
“Oh, that’s because I have no prey, sweetie!”
No prey… how was it even possible?! Where was he getting his blood from? Was he even feeding?