❝𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒❞ [On Hold]

𝟐𝟔➺𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝

Chapter - 26
Coward

Hand clutched to his heart as groans escaped his bluish lips, he could feel multiple needles prickling through his skin as if he were thrown into a vast sea of ice. The skin turned paler while he could feel the soft warm touch of Hongjoong on his cheeks. His eyes were hazy to comprehend who he was viewing but he recognised that touch. That softness and warmth were all so familiar. The clothes he wore were all drenched but he cared less. After all...he may not be alive in the next few minutes or so he thinks.

"H-HongjOONG," San gasped for air as his chest lunged up to inhale whatever he could muster his muscles to help him with. The rain had drenched not only him but everyone to the core, yet he was the one experiencing all this. Wooyoung couldn't believe his eyes over what was happening as the panic rushed through him. The way San's skin turned paler and paler second by second until his hands were all greyish-black instead of blue. His lips had lost all colour, his eyes developing tire. A choked breathing and Hongjoong tried his best to hold onto San. Jongho hadn't picked the call yet and Wooyoung was about to throw up in frustration.

Right after reaching home all drenched up, San had suddenly started panicking until he lost control of himself and almost fell down only if it weren't for Hongjoong catching him in time. The way none of them could comprehend what was happening yet knew why it was happening was making Wooyoung sick to the core as he immediately helped them out to settle San on the bed instead. His breathing had been rag and he was turning blue and right now was on the point of losing consciousness. "Damn! Jongho pick up the call!" Wooyoung gritted in frustration before almost slipping it from his fingers.

But what caught his attention was the scream he heard from the room. Running back in right away, he could see San lunging up for air with difficulty and Hongjoong holding him up in his arms with tears. "Sannie! Don't stop breathing you'll be fine!" Hongjoong sobbed as San's eyes grew heavier and heavier. "H-hongjoong..." San trailed tiredly while trying his best to breath still as he extended his hand slowly towards Hongjoong. The contrast between Hongjoong's cheek's bright pale colour and san's dark bluish skin had Wooyoung almost tear up. "I'm right here Sannie, don't worry we'll be fine." Hongjoong kissed San's hand afraid something will happen.

San smiled a little weakly, "I-I love y-you." He muttered almost inaudibly, the room falling chill. It was as if in the middle of a day dream, there had been an unexpected fire leaving behind the tears of another nightmare. The coldness creeping through San's body towards Hongjoong's cheek's could immediately freeze him if Hongjoong were to exaggerate the emotions at the moment and yet here he was not able to do anything to change it. Things seem to have accelerated really fast, but what was to be said when he had been given just a week to fix everything...

The cold hand in his own, he could feel how light it felt and as he looked at it, ready to plant another kiss to it, he was brought to a stop mid-way because of the surprise he got next. San's hand...it was...disappearing. And that too really fast for Hongjoong to comprehend. Hongjoong panicked looking at San's face and how he could feel his whole body fading away within his grasp. "W-wooyoung! Whats h-happening!" Hongjoong shrieked through horror as he looked around for Wooyoung but it seemed as if not just san but Wooyoung or rather everything around him was disappearing. It was as if everything was made out of cotton, disappearing with the wind and somehow it was all getting replaced by darkness. And...silence. Silent enough to make your heartbeat faster than usual with panick of loneliness. And that's what hongjoong was feeling, but his stature was rather calm.

He knew it was another illusion, or whatever you wish to call it, it wasn't real that's for sure. Looking at his lap where once he held San's shivering body close to him, he could only see tear drops falling and dampening the fabric of his clothes. "Now don't be like that luv, you know i can't see you crying like that. That too for someone who doesn't even deserve it." The deep voice sent the environment around him to a whole new different level of coldness. Suddenly a hand crept up his shoulder, a soft yet cold touch followed by a kiss to his neck. That was the last straw.

Anger running through his veins with dark eyes, Hongjoong burst out, "GET AWAY FROM ME!". Fire blew out all around, setting the endless dark into flaming anger as Seonghwa flew and dropped a couple feet away from Hongjoong. That was a close cut, an inch away from the fire, that is if he were human. Seonghwa gritted at the impact of Hongjoong's anger, that was a sign of weakness. However, the devilish look on Seonghwa's face is not one to hide for long, is it? Looking down at himself and smirking, then his eyes roamed around to look at the flaming surroundings. "Wow~ My luv, I'm so proud of you. Your anger is just like me hehehe." Throwing his head back with a maniac-like laugh, the fire reflected in his eyes as he charged back towards Hongjoong grabbing his hair. "But this anger isn't for me luv!" Hongjoong didn't wince, as his head was pulled up. Staring right through Seonghwa's eyes, Hongjoong muttered. "As if you can do anything." Hongjoong grinned bitterly, the pain of losing San could easily be seen on his face accompanied right with mockery for the demon in front of him.

Seonghwa pulls his hair harder triggered over how Hongjoong wasn't even phased a bit by him anymore, "You...are mine Hongjoong. Remember that..." Seonghwa growled. Hongjoong giggled, he surely was going crazy. First, the weird feeling of having powers through his anger and now he couldn't even see the seriousness of the situation. He continued laughing like crazy, why wouldn't he? San was gone, nothing was worth caring for anyway. "I'm only San's. No one else. Only San...only san...san..." Hongjoong continued blabbering like an idiot, not even caring about the strong grip on his hair and the boiling anger rising within Seonghwa. "San San SAN! HE IS NOT HERE, CAN'T YOU SEE?!" Seonghwa shrieked in anger as he grabbed Hongjoong's neck to have him look straight. However, Hongjoong only smirked, his eyes lowering at the hand on his neck before looking back up, "So what? You're going to kill me, now?" Hongjoong continued to laugh yet again. It was as if right now, he was the demon and Seonghwa was nothing but a piece of dirt in front of him.

"Come on, Kill me! You can't do anything, coward! HAHAHAHA! YOU'RE JUST A FUCKING COWARD SEONGHWA!"

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Yes, i can still update(': Not sure about whether i can still write though because this chapter sure looks crappy but nevermind. I hope you guys still like this short update done after 100 years. Luv you, and make sure to comment your thoughts. It motivates me.