Don't Let Me Let You Go

Chapter 5

"Wheein?"

No way. Wasn't Wheein supposed to be dead? She saw a vampire kill her. Wait, she didn't actually see a vampire kill Wheein; she only saw him bite her and drag her away. Why didn't Wheein search for her then? Byul was still sitting on the floor, staring at Wheein stupidly as tears fell from her eyes without her consent. She had dreamed about seeing Wheein again so many times, but now that it finally happened, she couldn't do anything but stare.

Byulyi finally got out of the stupor she was in and uttered the first most coherent question that came to mind:

"H-how?"

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The day that they were attacked, the vampire hadn't managed to kill Wheein. She fainted not long after he bit her, but she woke up in a cozy cabin-like house. Her head hurt a lot and something felt different about her, although she couldn't exactly pinpoint what. Wheein tried to remember what had happened to her, but all she could remember was getting attacked, seeing Byul faint in the distance, and... there was someone else. Another person, someone who had saved her from the vampire.

"You're finally awake, you sleepy head. How are you feeling?"

Wheein almost fell from the bed in surprise.

"W-where am I?" Wheein timidly asked.

"You're at my house. My parents aren't home yet, and my sister is probably playing with Yongkeey in the forest. Yongkeey is my puppy, by the way. I'm sure you'll love to meet her. Oh, and I'm Yongsun. What's your name?" The woman said.

"Wheein."

"Nice to meet you, Wheein." Yongsun smiled.

"Where's my friend?" Wheein asked.

"Who?"

"She was in the forest with me. What happened to her? And to me? Why am I here?"

"Woah, woah, woah! Slow down with the questions, kiddo." Yongsun laughed. "I didn't find anyone other than you in the forest. And as for what happened to you, well, you were attacked by a vampire."

Wheein immediately thought about what Byul had told her had happened to her grandmother. She had always believed Byul, even when Byul had stopped believing herself. Wheein knew her friend wasn't crazy all along. She panicked at the thought of Byul, though.

"How long was I out? I need to find her!" Wheein tried to stand up but her legs gave way below her.

Yongsun helped her back into the bed. "You can't search for her right now, Wheein. You're still too weak. You were out for almost a week."

A week? Why? What's going on? She needs to find Byul. Make sure she's okay.

Yongsun could feel Wheein start to panic, so she tried bringing her back to reality. "Wheein, she'll be fine. You need to relax."

"But-"

"There's something important I need to tell you first." The seriousness in Yongsun's eyes made Wheein calm down and listen to her. "Wheein, why do you think you're alright even though you were bit by a vampire?"

"I don't know? Didn't you heal me?"

"It's more complicated than that, Wheein. When a human gets bit by a vampire, they die. There's no way to reconstruct their punctured carotid arthery, and they bleed out."