✓ blood smile.

twenty-nine. nicknames

nicknames were usually just pet names for people close to your heart. sunoo never had anyone call him a nickname, the most common one he had was sun, a short call name for sunoo.

but once his boyfriend had started calling him sun, his heart burned with fire, a calm fire that still managed to burst in rapid beats.
nicknames, was something that even sunoo liked, something that every couple had and always used on a daily basis.

the boy on his phone, noticed that the vampire next to him was spacing out. riki chuckled, letting the phone fall on his stomach as his hand was placed on top of sunoo's.
"a penny for your thoughts?" riki asked, gaining the boy's attention.

"just thinking.. we never really had nicknames made for each other.. rather than being called niki or sun." sunoo answered, looking into the galaxy present in the boy's eyes.
he could just get lost and he would be glad for it.

"how about i call you sun-"
"but that's my usual nickname!" sunoo pouted.
"let me finish, and since you're the sun, i'll be the moon." riki spoke, it made sense.

sun and moon.

sunoo was the sun, bringing joy and light to the world. riki was the moon, a night where the galaxy could shimmer after the sun's light.
earth wouldn't be the same without the cycle that kept earth thriving with people and animals.

• • •

but why do people call themselves the moon and the sun when the sun could easily eat up the moon due to it's smallness.
why does the night and the morning always being called soulmates?

soulmates don't hurt each other, sure there will be pain, cries and sorrow yet, why do people call the sun and the moon soulmates? was there an explanation to why people like to call them the sun and the moon?

the only time they meet is in an eclipse. where the moon is in front of the sun, the moon will look dark, but it will look like the moon is shining.
why does the sun and moon seem like soulmates?

it was different, he knew.
they needed each other to bring something to balance, but when they met, it hurts, it pains them to stay close, so they only meet a few times.

sunoo sighed, turning towards the sleepy boy next to him, the moon shining brightly on the features of his face.
his lips lifted, a small smile ghosting his lips as he caressed the warmth radiating from riki's body.

vampires are often cold, they don't feel warmth that often as they adventure in the night, where the air is chilled and where the people are lessened.
humans were often warm, males giving out more warmth than females.

that warmth that riki held, was burning stronger in-order to keep sunoo warm throughout the cold night.

• • •

even the moon hides sometimes, hiding from the emotions that can make someone feel pain.
the moon doesn't seem like a good nickname to riki, both the moon and himself were totally different.
despite it, he still wanted to be the moon. the moon could be looked at, it wasn't burning to watch, it doesn't cause eye-damage but it did bring memories that held strong emotions.

everyone has a dark past hidden behind close doors, open the wrong one, a hidden emotion comes out and makes you trip on your words.

riki was like the moon, on events that never meant to happen, happened.
no matter how many times people begged, no matter how much they paid, the crimson blood is bond to spill when the night falls.

the moon can't do anything but watch, just like how riki felt when he watched his own dad wanting to kill the boy.

— 🔭 AUTHOR'S NOTES
oh, i remember writing this chapter