desire ; johnten [ ✓ ]

TEN

lucas woke up to the sound of something smashing to the floor with a loud clashing noise. he sat up, rubbing his eyes as he yawned — what was that?

wanting to investigate, lucas gave jungwoo's sleeping form a quick glance before getting out of his sleeping bag and slowly opening the door, peeking outside. the thing that closed off the vent was on the floor right near where the vent was down the corridor. he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. why did it just fall off?

was someone in the vents?

lucas uncomfortably shivered at the possibility, but perhaps someone remembered that hendery guy's announcement from days ago and was coming to join them. he really hoped it was that.

as he crept closer to see who was in the vents, he couldn't get rid of the burning feeling of uneasiness as finally reached it, his eyes narrowing as he tried to see what was in there. correction, who was in there.

suddenly there was a flash of gleaming yellow eyes in the darkness, a long claw slashing out at him.

lucas screamed.

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jungwoo woke with a start. in fact, everyone should've woke up hearing the loud screech of someone's voice from the corridor.

his eyes flew to lucas' sleeping bag, yet it was empty, lacking the usual appearance of the male he was always happy to see. the scream sounded worryingly familiar to him and his worry bubbling in the pit of his stomach grew.

that's when the door to the room flew open, revealing a terrified looking lucas, quickly shutting the door behind him and pressing all his weight against it.

there was a tear on his left sleeve, the cut that was there healing slowly. his chest was heaving and his eyes wide.

"xuxi," jungwoo said softly. "is everything alright?"

"yeah, everything's-" lucas' voice cut off hearing something bang into the door, letting out a deep growl. "-fine."

"that doesn't sound like 'fine'," jungwoo retorted. "that's a monster, right?"

"yeah," lucas admitted. "the damn thing jump-scared me. and it..." he lifted his once hurt arm to his face, seeing no evidence of the cut he earned. "...and it got me. but it's gone now, so i'm fine!"

"that's good," jungwoo mumbled, hearing the monster outside growl. "how will we get rid of it?"

"didn't dejun take out that hulk thingy?" lucas brought up, nearly getting shoved forward as the monster ran into the door with a whole lot of force. he slammed backwards, closing the door shut once more. "he'll handle it. i hope."

outside, the monster was on the verge of giving up. the human was right in it's sights yet it couldn't catch him and actually get it's claws on some food tonight. nothing can replaced the pleasure of tearing it's claw into his skin, hearing the panicked gasp leave it's prey's mouth.

suddenly, it's ears perked up hearing another door open from behind it. a human considerably smaller than the first poked his head outside the room, looking around with a confused look before spotting the cat-like monster glaring at him with a hungry look.

ten ran backwards, trying his best to lock the door to keep the monster out. but it managed to fit through, leaping for it's new selected prey.

it's long claws wrapped around ten's throat, tightening rather quickly. ten's hands scrambled to grab onto the monster's claws and force them off to no avail.

soon, he could hardly breathe at his point, letting out choked gasps for air. was he going to die like this?

will he never see joh-

don't think like that, a voice in the back of his head purred. he's gonna save you because he's never gonna leave you.

suddenly, with a loud cry, johnny ran into the monster, it's grip on ten's throat loosening immediately. he crumbled to the floor, hands on his neck as he had a proper intake of air.

"fuck off, you disgusting piece of shit!" johnny yelled, tussling with the monster in a wrestling fight. claws tore into him, splattering blood onto the once clean floor, but the pain seemed numb to him.

because no one hurts ten. no one.

the monster's claws suddenly hit johnny hard in the side of the head, making him jerk away with a low hiss. to add on, it slapped him with it's tail before turning on ten again, who was pressed up against the wall, looking completely terrified.

let me help, a voice hissed in johnny's head. let me help!

before it could make a leap for the cornered male, johnny appeared once more, only with one noticeable difference — his eyes were pitch black.

wrapping his arms around the cat monster's neck, he tugged it backwards with all the strength he had, making them stumble back outside after pushing the door open completely.

ten watched them go, his heart still beating rather fast within his chest. johnny was fighting the monster and he was seeing it with his own eyes. his blood was even on the floor in several small puddles.

time went by, ten hearing the commotion and yells. he didn't like it, he couldn't handle it anymore. not without johnny.

he doesn't have to be fighting the monster with other people fully capable of killing it. he doesn't have to risk his life. he could be back in the room, the door locked while they're together. together.

wait, where were these thoughts coming from?

suddenly a loud gun shot rang out and ten froze, pushing those thoughts away. after a few tense seconds, johnny stumbled back in with a lopsided grin. "hey."

"johnny!" ten yelped, scrambling to his feet and running over to the taller, pulling him into a hug. "you're okay, i thought-"

johnny pulled away a little. "i'm fine."

yeah, the several cuts on your arms and legs and the one of your nose makes you completely fine. totally.

"no, look at you-" ten started but was cut off by johnny kissing him on the lips. it took a few moments for him to process it until he realised — his crush was kissing him. actually kissing him.

ten kissed back, his eyes fluttering close as he melted into the kiss, his hands lifting up to johnny's cheeks as his arms found their way around his waist. their lips moved together in perfect sync, as if they were made for each other. ten could even taste the metallic taste of blood in his mouth from johnny's busted lip.

after what felt like several sunrises and sun setting, they pulled apart, their mouths fading into soft ones.

"i'll always protect you, my ten," johnny whispered before slumping forward onto him. worry spiked in ten before he heard the soft snores.

he shook his head. "i appreciate that, johnny," his eyes suddenly faded to black. "i'm always yours."