[Fic] Remnants of a Ghost - Chapter 3 Sapphire
Title: Remnants of a Ghost (Sequel to Every Sunset Needs Its Moonrise)
Author: xkuroxhimex
Rating: NC-17 (might as well be from the start)
Characters: Changmin (main), Kibum, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Heechul, Hankyung, Yoochun, Junsu
Pairings: HaeHyuk, HanChul, YooSu
Length: 3/? -- 2,046 words
Genre: Vampire, Fantasy, Romance, Angst
Summary:Ten years after the strange disappearance of JaeJoong and Yunho, Changmin still hasn't been able to forget. However, he's had ten years to attempt to heal and he's managed to move on with his life now that he's 24 years old and a professional writer. The other person that still haunts him is Kyuhyun, his first love. He's had a difficult time coping with his death. Kibum, his best friend and editor urges him to move on and tries many ways to make him happy. Will he succeed in healing Changmin's heart or will someone else show up at the scene?
A/N: I'm trying to do my best to update once a week. I know it's already late Sunday night but that's the best I can do. Thanx and I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 3 - Sapphire
"That? That's your roommate? A cat?" Kibum said with a dumbfounded expression.
"Well yeah, is there a problem with that?"
"N-n-no! It's just that, well, a cat isn't exactly my idea of a roommate."
"Well it's a living thing and we'll be sharing a room, roommates."
Kibum opened his mouth to protest but closed it once he remembered that he'd promised to let the subject go. "I guess you won't be as unprotected as you used to be. If anything happens, your cat will call me."
"Don't worry, I'll make sure he has your number on speed dial."
"Oh ha ha. Well, I spent so much time trying to find out where you'd gone off to that it's gotten late. I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Yeah." Changmin waved Kibum good-bye as he exited the front door.
Changmin headed over to sit on the couch and saw the cat attentively sitting and looking at him. "Well, what am I supposed to do with you now? Keep you I guess. You're my new roommate and now Kibum won't be able to say anything. I told you he was going crazy, but then again, Kbum's always like that for everything." Changmin laughed. "Well anyway, what should I call you?" Changmin looked into the cat's blue eyes. "Sapphire. What are you anyway, a boy or a girl? Sapphire's more of a girl's name but whatever, Sapphire it is." Changmin got up to go to his room and upon entering noticed he had a message waiting for him on his desktop. He knew who it was and went over to reply.
MinnieMouse: Hey Su.
DolphinSu: took you ages to reply i've been soooooooo bored!!!!!!
DolphinSu: my chunnie has some important stuff to do and i've been stuck in our room all day
MinnieMouse: Sorry about that. I was out and only just got back.
DolphinSu: i'll forgive you
DolphinSu: video chat?
Changmin clicked the video chat invite that began the module. A screen popped onto his desktop with Junsu waving enthusiastically at him with a huge smile.
"So where did you go today?" Junsu asked.
Changmin sighed. "Out, just out to you know, get away."
"Did something happen?"
"It wasn't anything serious, you know Kibum, he's been trying to get me to have someone move in but it's just so frustrating so I had to get away. When I got back he stopped nagging me about it."
"Wow, what did you do?" Junsu asked surprised.
"Got myself a roommate."
Junsu raised an eyebrow confused. "I thought you didn't want one."
"You're right I didn't but he or she, followed me home."
Junsu still didn't understand what Changmin was talking about.
meow
"What was that?" Junsu asked.
"It was me," Changmin said sarcastically.
"No, it couldn't have been, it sounded more like a cat. You don't have a cat."
"Anyway, you want to meet Sapphire?"
"Uh, sure," Junsu said somewhat curiously.
Changmin bent down to pick up the cat from the floor and sat it in his lap.
"Min, since when do you have a cat?"
Changmin rolled his eyes. "Like I said, he or she followed me home. Kibum looked so confused when I showed him the cat but he said he would let it go so he finally stopped. I just really hope it lasts."
"Wow, didn't know he was starting to become a nuisance. He's always around you."
"Well, you know, Kibum he's. . ."
"Been trying to move in?"
Changmin nodded.
"Aish that blockhead! I'm going to have to kick him."
Changmin laughed at seeing Junsu put on a show kicking an imaginary Kibum in what looked like the shin. "You don't have to do that; besides, he still doesn't believe that you guys are no longer humans who can't go out in broad daylight."
"But he said he did."
"I don't believe him which is why I can't trust him with something more delicate."
"Like your heart?"
Changmin half-nodded.
"He does care about you, you know."
"Yeah, I know. He spent all this time calling everyone to find out where I was."
"Well, he didn't call me," Junsu said holding the phone up to the screen to show that he'd had no missed calls.
"Well he doesn't have your number. I don't want him to have it."
"Then, can I have his number?"
"For what?" Changmin asked.
"You see, when I'm bored I can just, talk to him."
"Sure, talk. . ."
"See, you call them prank calls. I call them short one-sided anonymous conversations, which can be extremely funny or extremely insulting," Junsu explained smiling cutely. "Anyway, we got off topic, so what happened?"
"Well we were interviewing potential roommates; you'd think we were looking for a cast. I got tired of his picky-ness and decided to just choose the last guy."
"Was he cute?"
"Let Chun hear you say that."
"What's so wrong about that question? I mean, if he was, then Kibum was probably jealous."
"Well anyway, I told him I didn't want to do this anymore and I went out for a walk and that's how I found this cat. Sapphire followed me home and I decided it should be my roommate. Kibum wasn't happy about that."
"I'm sure he wasn't. Sneaky bitch, he's been trying to become the only option for you huh."
"I dont' think that's it," Changmin said.
"You're clever, but when it comes to matters of the heart, you sir, are very naive."
"That's well, you know. . ."
"I know. You still miss him."
Changmin glanced down at Sapphire and with his cheek rested on his chin he began to stroke its head.
"I'm sorry Min. I didn't mean to make you remember."
"Su, it's not your fault. You know I never could forget. It's too hard."
"Well cheer up Min- AHHH!"
Changmin quickly looked up when he heard Junsu's dolphin scream and saw that his friend had been attacked by none other than Yoochun.
Yoochun had Junsu pinned down on the bed and was running his hands down his body until he arrived at his lower regions making Junsu moan a bit. Changmin's eyes had widened in shock and he was beginning to feel the room's temperature rise before he took one hand to cover his own eyes while using the other to hold on to Sapphire.
"Chun, wait, stop," Junsu said pushing Yoochun off him. "Min's watching."
Yoochun turned around to see Changmin with his eyes covered. "Oh, wow, sorry about that Min."
Junsu elbowed his boyfriend for sounding so casual about it.
Yoochun cleared his throat and in a serious tone said, "Sorry, you can uncover your eyes now."
Changmin slowly removed the hand that covered his eyes, peaking first to make sure it was actually safe. He could feel the heat on his cheeks and turned away to keep the others from seeing.
"Min, are you okay?" Junsu asked.
Before Changmin could reply, the doorbell rang. "There's someone at the door. Hold on, let me get that." Changmin gently placed Sapphire down and went over to the living room, touching his cheeks that were still hot. He quickly ran over to the bathroom to look at himself to make sure it wasn't noticeable. The doorbell rang again.
"I'm coming!"
Changmin walked over to the door and took a deep breath before opening it.
"What happened?" Eunhyuk asked.
Changmin looked at him strangely. "What do you mean? And why is everyone here?" he asked seeing Donghae, Heechul, Hangeng and Siwon outside his doorway.
Heechul pushed through the doorway to get to Changmin. "Are you okay? Turn around." Heechul turned Changmin around, checking that he was all there in one piece and then hugged him. "Kibum called us all saying that you'd disappeared. He sounded worried."
"Uggh! Kibum!" Changmin said. "He exaggerated. He was here when I told him I was going out for a walk and that I would be back."
"You should have heard him," Donghae said. "He sounded like you'd been kidnapped or something."
"Well, I'm here. Come in. Sit down."
"You look stressed and well we've planned--"
"You didn't plan anything," Changmin interrupted giving Eunhyuk a look.
"We just thought that you needed a boys' night out," Heechul said.
"No guys, really, I'm fine."
"I told you he wouldn't want to go out to a club," Siwon said. He turned to Changmin and said, "Why don't you join me for my church's Bible study tonight?"
"Kibum wasn't kidding," Changmin muttered. "No, seriously, you don't need to do this. I just want to be at home."
"You've got no deadlines approaching and it's been a while since we all did something fun together," Hangeng said. "Besides, Kibum might stop by later and disturb your peace so why don't we just get you out of here for the night."
"We have to turn off our phones though," Eunhyuk said.
Everyone laughed.
"Don't be mean," Heechul said. "Kibum has been very nice, although a little too excessive in his ways of caring, he's looking for Changmin's best interest. At least that's what he believes he's doing. Honey, why don't you tell him that he should tone it down a bit? I'm sure he would understand."
"Kibum is Kibum. I can't really do anything about it."
"You can hit him over the head and knock him out for a few hours when he starts getting annoying," Donghae said.
Changmin couldn't contain his laughter.
"Trust me, it works."
"I'd love to go but I can't because I have some things to take care of."
"Like what?" Hangeng asked.
"Kitty!" Eunhyuk yelled and ran towards Changmin's room. "It's so cute, since when do you have one?"
"I just got him today which is why I can't go out with you guys. I have to go buy stuff for him."
"No problem, it's still early and we'll all help you shop for its new toys, food, everything," Donghae said.
Changmin sighed. "I can't beat you guys can I?"
"Well, at least not today," Donghae said.
"Well, let me go say bye to Junsu first."
"You can stay and talk to him longer honey. We'll take care of everything," Heechul said.
"Can I talk to Junsu hyung?" Eunhyuk asked.
"Sure, go ahead."
"Well, we'll be back in a bit," Hangeng said. "Just relax and be ready by then okay."
Changmin nodded and smiled.
Eunhyuk went into Changmin's room and Changmin led his friends to the door before turning to go back into his own room with Eunhyuk.
"Min!" Junsu yelled. "Take me with you!"
"Baby you know you can't go," Yoochun said.
"But I want to go out, I'm so bored!" Junsu said frustrated.
"I'll help you--" Yoochun began but then decided to whisper what he was going to say in Junsu's ear, creating a smile and a giggle to escape his lips.
"You guys go and have fun," Junsu said to them completely making a one eighty about being bored.
"Hyung," Eunhyuk said. "Is there really no way that we can meet up?"
"Well, see Yoochun said. "Because he was brought over and is a second generation vampire it's difficult for him to be able to resist any human, friend or foe. I just want to keep things safe okay."
"Yeah. . . I'm sorry. I wish I didn't have to be locked up inside the Jung Manor. It's not like it used to be. Anyway, make sure to have lots of fun in my place. Oh! You'll also be able to take a break from Kibum."
"Why does everyone keep saying that?"
"Well, he follows you around EVERYWHERE. I'm surprised he left the apartment but he'll be back. So get out now while you can."
"I guess so," Changmin sighed.
"Well, I won't keep you long. Go get ready to party," Junsu said. "I've, got stuff to do now."
"More like someone," Eunhyuk said almost inaudibly.
"I heard you," Junsu said.
"I'm glad you did hyung."
"Well, we'll talk some other time then," Changmin said.
They said their good-byes before they terminated the video chat and Changmin closed his laptop.
"Come on Min. We have to make sure you look hot tonight."
"Why?"
"Why not?"
Eunhyuk grabbed Changmin's arm and pulled him over toward the closet.
Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I might not be able to update next Sunday like I should. I'm letting you know just in case I can't because I have a Philosophy paper due in 2 weeks and a final that same day it's due. I also have a Theology paper due in a month but I want to get started on it so that I get a good grade on it. But, just in case I can't I'm giving a heads up. Thanx for reading and look forward to Chapter 4 when I can update, sorry don't have the chapter title yet. ^_^;