You're a Monster | Chenji

LVIII

'What's wrong, Jisung?'

'Uh... Nothing. Everything's fine.'

'If you say so...'

Jisung sighed. Chanyeol would have never let him rest until he'd told him what was wrong, it was almost like he lived with a stranger who looked exactly like his brother.

'Where is Baek?' The younger asked. Baekhyun was often in their house, and when he wasn't Chanyeol wasn't there either.

'Oh, Baekhyun? I don't know. He got mad and left.'

'Baek got mad at you? Why?'

'Dunno, we were fucking and apparently I went too hard on him and then he started yelling some shit about consent blah blah blah. I really don't understand him, he literally said 'I'm all yours' before. Why does he get mad every time I use him then?'

Jisung cursed his brother internally.

'He didn't mean it that way! He has the right to be mad at you, you're totally different.'

'When will you all stop telling me this?! I know I'm not the same, I literally can't remember anything from the past. The only one who hasn't reminded me yet is dad!'

'Well, shit, maybe it's because it's true!'

'I'm trying, okay?! But it's so frustrating because it seems like everyone prefers the other Chanyeol and urges me to be as good as he was. You all treat me like you would treat the old Chanyeol and get upset every time I react differently! I will never be completely identical to the old Chanyeol, but there's absolutely nothing I can do about it! Renjun said I wouldn't get my memories back. Should I change my name and move to another country so that people around me stop expecting me to magically remember everything that happened in my life?!'

'Don't say that... Look, I still love you as my brother even if you forgot absolutely everything. It's okay if you don't remember anything from the past, we can still create new memories. But please, understand Baekhyun's frustration. He was so in love with you, and when you died all his world crumbled down. He spent weeks crying of the heartbreak and even tried to kill himself once.'

'He what?!'

'You heard me... When he was human-'

'He was human?'

'Yeah, when you were together he was a human.'

'I- I thought he was joking...'

'No, he wasn't. He was your human boyfriend. You were a really cute couple. What I was saying is, when he saw you again his hopes of getting you back went up, but his heart broke once again when you said you didn't know who he was.'

'Do you think... If I ask him to talk about us he'll get mad?'

Jisung smiled at Chanyeol's suggestion. His brother was soft for Baekhyun even now that they were practically strangers.

They were truly meant to be...

Unlike me and Ch-

Jisung shook those thoughts off his mind and looked at his brother, placing his hands on the taller's shoulders.

'He will be so happy you're interested in your past with him!'

'You enjoy it, don't you?' Lucas said as Dejun poured some acid on his thigh. The vampire's skin was burned by the liquid, making Lucas hiss in pain. He sitting on a table, hands handcuffed behind his back, practically naked, his pants being the only clothing that covered part of his body.

'Maybe. Are you enjoying it too?'

'Sure. Having acid poured on your body feels nice. Why don't you try it on yourself too?'

'Are you really in the position to sass around, Lucas? Why don't you let Yukhei talk? Maybe then we'll get along.'

'And let Yukhei be tortured by you? Nah.'

'Considerate, aren't you?'

'Unlike others who can't relate.'

'Maybe if I was talking to Yukhei I wouldn't be that harsh. Open up.' Dejun placed a pill on Lucas' tongue as soon as he opened his mouth.

Lucas kept his mouth open, with the pill still on his tongue, giving Dejun a 'you never told me to close it' look. Dejun rolled his eyes internally, trying to push Lucas' jaw upwards. Then he remembered he couldn't match the vampire's strength and it was no use trying to force his mouth close.

'You can be as uncooperative as you want. Just know I have other methods.' The researcher said, threateningly holding a syringe with his other hand.

Lucas closed his mouth, swallowed the pill and looked at Dejun mockingly.

'You could at least pretend to be nice, just like you did with Yukhei.'

'I'm not nice to vampires, dear blood sucker.'

'You've never been nice, dear sadistic nerd.' Lucas mocked the way Dejun spoke. There was a short silence before the vampire continued talking. 'You know... Yukhei and the rest fell for your act. But not me. A bitch can't fool me. I never trusted you. I knew from the start you were just a piece of shit pretending to be nice, but Yukhei would never trust me, of course. He thinks I hate his friends because they're his friends. But I knew from the start all of you would turn your backs on us as soon as we weren't useful anymore. Family... who the fuck would believe that kind of bullshit? Yukhei and I have never had a family.'

Before Dejun could know what was going on, Lucas had kicked him off the chair he was seated in and got rid of the handcuffs that were supposed to restrain him. The vampire jumped off the table, rubbing his wrists to soothe his red skin. Dejun was on the floor, laying on his back, and Lucas placed his foot on his chest, pressing lightly at first and slowly putting more weight in the human.

Dejun instinctively grabbed Lucas' ankle, his chest was being squashed and air couldn't seem to reach his lungs. He started feeling dizzy as he tried to get the vampire's foot off him.

'What? Didn't you have a humiliation kink? Oh, right. You only like it when you're on top.' Lucas said, increasing the pressure on Dejun's chest. 'Hmm... You're always testing your shit on me. Why don't you become the lab rat this time? How about testing how much pressure your ribcage can take before your ribs crack one by one and perforate your own lungs?'

Dejun gritted his teeth. Lucas had this special ability to get on everyone's nerves when he wanted.

'Or maybe, I could use a different method to end your pathetic life, Hendery.' Lucas cracked his knuckles. 'Oh wait, Hendery is the other one. Sorry, my bad, all nerds look the same to me.'

'Dejun!' Someone broke into the lab before the vampire could definitely kill him.

'Oh, Hendery! We were talking about you-'

'Don't. Move.' The human was pointing a gun at him. Lucas only smirked and crossed his arms challengingly. 'If you move, I'll shoot.'

Lucas' loud laughter echoed through the lab, giving Kunhang chills down his spine.

'Bold of you to assume we have something to live for. Yukhei and I were ready to die before you took us as a lab rat.' Lucas looked at Kunhang, straight into his eyes. 'Go on. Shoot.'

Kunhang's arms were shaking. He was about to shoot Lucas... but also Yukhei, the person he'd considered his friend for so many years.

I want to save Dejun... But I don't want to kill Yukhei... But I must save Dejun! Shoot, Kunhang, SHOOT.