A Different Twilight Story, ch 3
Title: A Different Twiligt Story, chapter 3
Pairing: TeukChul (past!KangTeuk and past!HanChul)
Rating: PG-15 (overall)
Beta: veltana
Warning: vampires, drugs
Word count: 3610 words
Summary: "I saw him. I swear I saw him. And he saw me. But no one else saw him and when I blinked he was gone. Like the smoke from my cigarette, he disappeared into the air. I'm afraid. I'm probably losing my mind and going crazy but I'm curious. He wasn't just someone I imagined, he is real."
A/N: The only thing this fic has common with Twilight is the word 'twilight' in the name! So even if you don't like the Twilight-saga, you can read this ;D And everything Leeteuk has written is white and what Heechul has written is gray.
I spent the night with Hangeng after I decided it was too late to track that angelic-faced man anymore. There was only couple of hours left before the sun would rise again. And I hadn't seen him in ages so it felt right to be with him, to hunt with him although I had already had my meal.
"Who is that young man you were following?" Hangeng suddenly asked when we were in my home forest, sitting on a rock not so far from my cave. I looked up at him, not lifting my head from his lap.
"I don't know." I said. It wasn't really a lie.
"Was he your meal?" Hangeng said, teasing me and I could hear it in his voice. But I couldn't help panicking. Every vampire knew how 'fun' it was to steal someone else's meal. I knew it too because that was actually what I had done when I had created Hangeng.
I jumped up from his lap and looked at him with a shocked expression. And he only laughed. I was so angry with him right at that moment that I swear I could have killed him if he wasn't Hangeng.
"I was just jokin' around. Relax a bit will ya?" He said and laughed his bright laugh. I tried to relax, I really did, but something in his words and tone made me aware that there was something else behind them. Something he didn't tell me directly.
I sighed and let my head loll as I tried to push my thoughts aside but then Hangeng let a loud curse out from his mouth.
"God damn, motherfucker!" I looked at him and saw him standing up, his hand covering his eyes. His morning came. I turned to look to where I knew the sun would rice. The sky was brighter than I had noticed and the first sunbeams were seen in the horizon. "I must go." Hangeng muttered and turned on his heels before he stopped and slowly took his hand from his eyes and turned to look at me. "It was nice to see you again, Kim Heechul." He gave me his smile that I loved so much and then he was already running to the darkness the woods gave.
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I knew I'd have a few minutes before I had to go too. The sun didn't hurt me yet because I was elder than Hangeng but still I wasn't sun-proof. It took only about 15 minutes before the lightness started to hurt my eyes and I had to hurry to the cave before the sun would burn me. The last thing in my mind before I went to my shaggy coffin was that I screwed up, bad time. I had no idea where I would be able to find that angelic-faced man again tomorrow. I didn't know where he lived so I couldn't just surprise him by going there.
But finding him seemed to be a lot easier than I had thought. I wasn't stupid even though I might have done reckless things.
"You do reckless things even now." Leeteuk scoffed at Heechul as the elder wrote. He turned his head to give the younger a death-glare but didn't say anything as the other had already jumped away from him, aware. Leeteuk had been a bit too aware of Heechul every since last night when the elder had lost his self-control and it was starting to get on Heechul's nerves. He hadn't told Leeteuk that he couldn't kill him just with his bare hands, without fire or sun.
But Heechul didn't want to waste more time. He was in the middle of his memories that he wanted to pour into the computer.
For two weeks I only followed him. It was easy to find him either in the alley with Kangin or at Kangin's place. I didn't appear in front of him, well maybe a couple of times but I didn't want him to see me when he was high. Poor boy would think he really was crazy and would probably do something reckless, and I didn't want that to happen. But he saw me couple of times and once it was a bit too dangerous for both of us.
I was sitting on the ground behind a rather big rubbish bin, listening to his and Kangin's little talk and inhaling the smoke of their cigarettes. The drug they were smoking was actually pretty good stuff, it made even me relaxed and I enjoyed listening to them.
"Kangin-ah, have you seen the little paper I had here last night?" the angelic faced man asked quietly. There was a sound of someone moving, maybe Kangin had turned to look at Leeteuk, I wasn't sure since I couldn't see them behind the bin.
"The one… there was a phone number on it?" I heard Kangin's voice. If I were a human my skin would have been on goosebumps but now it only made me aware of what would happen. I hadn't liked Kangin since the first time I saw him with the man I was curious about. Yes, I was curious, not in love or something.
"I threw it into that rubbish bin." Kangin said. I froze. What if they would come to look for it? They would see me. Of course I could have just run so that their mortal eyes wouldn't see me but they were so close to me that my speed would make a small wind to blow on their faces, enough to scare them both. And they were so high I didn't want to risk the angelic-face man's mental health. I just sat there, hoping that they wouldn't both come to look for the paper. Actually I hoped that neither of them would come to look for it, since happened to be on the ground right next to my leg.
But it was so my luck… The other one of them stood up and started to walk towards the rubbish bin, towards me. I listened carefully to make sure which one of them he was and thank god he was the smaller one. He walked closer and closer but I didn't move, at all. I didn't even breathe.
A smug smile grew on Heechul's lips when he paused his writing. Leeteuk was laying on his back on the floor and reading an old book that was from Heechul's mortal life.
"Why did you stop?" Leeteuk asked when he realized he didn't hear the sound of typing anymore and looked up at the elder vampire.
"I was wondering…" Heechul started but paused then and looked right into Leeteuk's eyes. "…if you'd like to write the next part before we go hunting."
Leeteuk looked at him with his eyebrows high. "You hunted with me last night. Why would you hunt today?" He asked, totally ignoring what Heechul had said about writing.
"You need it. And I can come with you." Heechul replied with a shrug.
"I can be without blood this night." Leeteuk said shortly and moved his gaze from Heechul back to the book. But now it was Heechul's time to lift his brows.
"You can barely handle one day with only one victim. Don't even try to be without any for a day." He said sternly. Leeteuk didn't react, like he hadn't heard what the elder had said and kept on reading. Heechul looked at his body on the floor. He could clearly see every vein under Leeteuk's thin skin. All the reddish color from his skin was almost gone which told him how much the younger needed new, fresh, blood. He didn't know what had gotten into Leeteuk's mind but it was crazy to be without blood in that condition.
But there was nothing Heechul could really do. He couldn't really force Leeteuk to eat so why bother? He could also just watch Leeteuk when he was suffering from hunger and then tell him 'I told you'.
"Do you want to write or should I continue?" Heechul asked after he had looked at Leeteuk a while longer. The younger turned to look at Heechul again and this time he smiled a little.
"I thought it was a joke." He laughed a little. "Sure, I'll write." He got up from the floor and sat next to Heechul on the couch before he took the laptop from Heechul's lap. He quickly read what Heechul had written before he started to write. Heechul waited for a comment that would piss him off but it never came.
I walked up to the rubbish bin to look for the little note where I had that phone number. I needed it because I was looking for a new job and the person who the number belonged to had promised to help me. I cursed in my mind for being so stupid and taking the number out with me last night because I knew how jealous Kangin could be and I wasn't really surprised when he said he had thrown it into the rubbish bin. The way to the bin was only a few feet but I had just smoked the cigarette which made it hard to walk straight.
I still managed to get to the bin and open the top of it. The smell of old, rotten food was horrible and I had to close the top of the bin again. I heard Kangin laughing at me and I looked at him, telling him to get the hell out of there if he couldn't keep himself from laughing.
I definitely did not want to open that top of the bin again. But nothing would stop me from looking around for the note. What if it had dropped on the ground? Well, at least I though nothing would stop me from looking around.
I rounded the bin, my nose almost flat on the ground as I saw someone sitting on the ground, leaning to the bin. Or actually I only saw his legs, long and thin but still muscular enough to be recognized as a man's legs. Something in the back of my head told me to get the hell out of there, now, but I needed to find that god damn phone number so I ignored all the warning bells in my mind and walked a little closer to the man. He was just probably some drunk or someone who had just taken drugs and was now enjoying his life.
Only a second later I was regretting that I didn't listen to the voice in my head and ran away while I still had the change. But now it was too late and I could feel how my face got paler and paler as all the color escaped from my skin. The man who was sitting there was him! The man I had seen many times but no one else had ever seen him. And every time I had blinked or turned to look again he had disappeared. No one else knew about him, just me. Even the police didn't know him when I gave them a clear description and told them where and when I had seen him. But like I said, no one else knew him nor had seen him but me.
And there he was, sitting on the ground, leaning against the rubbish bin with his eyes closed. He looked like he was sleeping but still I didn't feel safe. My heart was bounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out through my ribcage. I couldn't move as I watched him, his peaceful appearance. He looked so tempting and I wanted to touch his perfect skin but at the same time I was horrified.
Then suddenly, like a lightning had hit me from the clear sky, I realized how this might be the only time I had a chance to prove Kangin that this man was real. I looked over the rubbish bin at Kangin but he wasn't looking at me. In fact he was looking straight to the other direction, which was a bit weird since he always kept his eyes locked to me when I was with him.
Cursing in my mind I carefully moved away from the sleeping man without any kind of sounds since I didn't want to wake him up. As soon as I was far enough I turned my back to him and almost ran to Kangin.
"Kangin!" I whispered and tugged his sleeve. "He's here!" He turned his head to me and his expression was a total question mark. "You know, Him." I said emphasizing the last word and sighed in relief when the question mark from Kangin's face disappeared and in a second he was up.
"Are you sure?" He asked, a bit too loud and I was hushing him to be quiet. The only answer I gave him was a nod before I turned on my heels and started to approach the rubbish bin again. I knew Kangin was following me without even turning to look.
I didn't manage to get even next to the rubbish bin when I saw that there was no one anymore. The man was not there. At least his legs weren't visible!
I ran to where I had been standing and looking at him but there really was no one.
"Teukie, no one's here." Kangin said and looked at me while I just stared at the spot where that man had been just a minute ago. I was totally dumbfounded.
"But he was here! I know he was here! I saw him!" I shouted. Tears were forming to the corners of my eyes when I turned to look at Kangin and saw his expression. He didn't believe me, at all. And he didn't even try to hide it.
"You've smoked too much, Teukie-ah." He said and turned his back to me. I looked at him with a shocked expression. He never said I had smoked too much nor turned his back to me. He always comforted me when I was upset or sad and he never turned his back to me.
He seemed to notice that I didn't follow him when he walked back to where he had been sitting before. He turned to face me with a little surprised expression on his face as he saw me standing still and a tear running down on my cheek before dropping to the ground.
"Teukie-ah, c'mon. I didn't mean to hurt you." He said but something in my head didn't let me believe him.
"Why can't ya believe me?" I asked. My voice was cold even to my own ears but I ignored it as I continued. "Have I just gone mad and see hallucinations?" He looked at me with wide eyes. "I am not stupid, Kangin. I know I've seen him. I saw him just a moment ago, he was here. And you don't believe me! Why don't you believe me?"
He didn't say anything after I had finished. Tears were now running freely down my cheeks but I didn't bother to wipe them away. Then he spoke and I felt like my heart would stop beating at the moment when I registered his words.
"I think it's time for us to go home now, Teukie-ah." He looked at me with a small smile, like he was apologizing what he said. Somehow I knew he was right but I didn't make a single move, just stared at him.
"Just… go before me. I'll stay here for a while longer." I realized myself saying. He looked at me as to make sure I wasn't joking but then he realized I was serious. I stared blankly as he nodded a little and left the alley, leaving me alone.
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It was only two days later when I wanted to apologize to Kangin for what I had said and my act. I knew it sounded crazy when I talked about a man who I had seen but no one else had and I really missed Kangin. We hadn't talked after the incident back then and I got tired of it. I wanted to see him and I wanted to hear his voice and laugh again.
But the thing was that he didn't answer to my calls and he didn't open the door when I tried to visit him. It seemed like he was really angry at me and didn't want to see me again. It hurt me like hell. I felt totally lost and didn't know what to do or where I could find him.
Somehow I found myself walking towards the alley where we usually hang out. I realized I hadn't looked for him there. And I wasn't far away from it anymore, only a couple of minutes and I would be there. I sped up my pace, without starting to run, hoping and praying to find him there. I wanted to see him sitting on the ground, leaning his back on the wall and smoking his cigarette. I wanted him to look at me and smile, telling me to join him.
I stopped right before I was about to round the corner to see if he was there or not. What if he's not here? I didn't know what I would do if I didn't find him there. I had smoked all my cigarettes and Kangin was the only one I knew who could get more of the weed. I needed it and I needed Kangin.
I took a step forward and saw him. And someone else
"Teukie!" Heechul yelped suddenly. "Teukie, don't cry." The surprise and worry was heard in his voice.
"I-I'm not crying. I can't cry. You've told me about it yourself, we can't cry." Leeteuk said, his voice cold but at the same time it was something Heechul didn't want to hear, ever; it was heartbreaking.
Heechul looked at Leeteuk as the younger vampire lowered his head. The elder had never seen a vampire crying. But Leeteuk was indeed crying.
A reddish water drop landed on the keyboard of the laptop which was in Leeteuk's lap. The younger didn't react to the fact that his eyes were tearing at all. He let out a sob and didn't bother to wipe away his tears.
"Teukie-ah…" Heechul said weakly. He didn't know why Leeteuk had suddenly started to cry but he figured that it had something to do with the text Leeteuk had written. "Come here..." Heechul said and pulled Leeteuk against his chest. The younger buried his face in the soft fabric of Heechul's shirt and now he was crying freely.
The white t-shirt Heechul was wearing was turning red as Leeteuk kept on crying. The elder vampire didn't say anything as he held him tight and rubbed his back in attempt to comfort the younger even though his thoughts weren't totally on Leeteuk.
He had never seen a vampire crying even though he had been a vampire himself for over hundred and fifty years. He had never cried himself. No one he knew had ever cried. Heechul hadn't cried when Hangeng had told him that he was leaving. He hadn't cried when he had lost the most precious thing in the world that mattered to him. He hadn't cried when he had almost got killed by his creator as that crazy bastard had killed himself. He hadn't cried when he had seen Leeteuk trying to kill himself.
But here he was, trying to comfort Leeteuk as the younger cried and the blood mixed tears wet his shirt.
"Teukie, what is it?" Heechul asked as he felt Leeteuk calming down a little. The younger vampire was still sobbing a little but the tears didn't flow like they had a moment ago.
Leeteuk swallowed hard before he pulled a bit away from Heechul, keeping his gaze lowered. He didn't want to face Heechul and tell him the reason why he had suddenly lost his self-control. He knew well enough not to show his weaknesses to other vampires, even though Heechul was the only vampire he felt safe with.
"N-nothing. Just…" He paused to think about what he could say. "Memories."
Heechul didn't answer Leeteuk as he wiped away his tears and turned back to the laptop. But when a new tear made its way down on Leeteuk's cheek Heechul put his hand on Leeteuk's, stopping the other when he was beginning to write again.
"I think we've written enough today." His voice was almost a whisper as he said it but he knew Leeteuk would listen to him. And Leeteuk did. He let his hands fall down from the laptop and let out a deep sigh.
"Let's write more tomorrow, huh?" Heechul asked and smiled a little. Leeteuk finally turned his eyes towards Heechul and as he saw the elder's smile his lips curled up a little.
A/N 2: FIRSTLY: I'M SO VERY THANKFUL TO MY DEAR UNNIE choilove for making me the poster!!! <3 I love it, thank you~~
and my permanent spots go to
mjaku <3
veltana <3