Blood Roses

Chapter 2

As soon as you reached home, you begged your mom and dad for a move by making up an excuse and fortunately since your dad was getting a promotion they agreed to it by having you admitted into a prestigious school in the city for higher education. If you think your parents know about your powers, you're mistaken because ever since the age of 12 you bloomed , you were hella nervous thinking they would start believing something was wrong with you and show you to a doctor who would end up experimenting with you. Nevertheless, you were happy with the move into the other city.

As you walked around the new school premises, you couldn't help but think how thrilling the battle was. Scary, yes, but you did enjoy using your powers to the full potential once in a while. Heck, even the last blue-spark attack had left you flabbergasted. You never knew you had it in you and the more you thought about it the more the desire to experiment with your powers began to increase. 

"Enjoying your time , are we? " The familiar voice made you halt in your tracks as you immediately caught on to whom it belonged. You quickly turned and inhaled sharply to realise it was none other than the ebony locks who had followed you all the way to your new school. 

"WHY THE HECK ARE YOU STALKING ME YOU LITTLE—" 

"Stalking you? " He laughed "What are you talking about? I've studied in this school ever since I was a kid. You're the one who should be called a stalker ,not me"

"STALKER? AND ME? " you scowled "Last time I checked it was you who kidnapped me into that old factory! "

"It wasn't kidnapping, I only transported you—"

"It WAS KIDNAPPING! "

For a moment he became quiet before quickly chuckling "Quiet now or you wouldn't want to let people of your new school know you possess power, would you? " he mused, playfully. He seemed so much less intimidating than last time but you knew better . He was only pretending like a normal person so as to keep the suspicion away from him. 

You stared at him, boring holes into his soul when he leaned towards you and leaned a bit lower, closer to your face. You quickly jumped back on a reflex worried he was going to do something malicious and he looked taken aback on your behaviour. 

Of course he was taller than you — not to mention how handsome he was but because of the attacks he had thrown your way last time, you were merely interested in him.

"Don't. Even. Think. About. It" you stated, furiously, to which he chuckled again. 

"Abandoned park on the hillside of the city. Sharp 1 am" he stated, borrowing his hands in his pockets and then stepped back "I'll be waiting for you so don't be late " he then turned away and ran inside the building still making you question the intentions behind his words. 

Tick -Tock- Tick -Tock

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Why the hell did he want to meet in the abandoned amusement park again? ​​​​​​, you cursed staring at the ceiling unable to sleep because of the thoughts bugging you. It was 12:44 am and you were still contemplating the meaning behind his words. Did he want to battle with you once again? Gosh, he was stubborn and childish. Why can't he just learn and respect people's decisions? You weren't interested in battling to death , were you? 

You remained quiet for a while, as the clock ticked away. You knew going to the park was nothing more than a suicide move but a part of you wanted to see what you had within yourself, you wanted to see what you possessed that made the ebony locks so desperate to defeat you. You sat up, scratching your hairs on the bed and gave one last look at the clock. 

12:59 am

Hah, it was time already so going now would turn out to be futile. 

You got up the bed and walked to the kitchen. You did feel a bit sorry to keep him waiting in the dark but he totally deserved it for threatening and endangering you. Walking up to the fridge you picked up a bottle and were pouring yourself some water when "I told you to come to the park" a cold voice reverberated from behind you making you  fall the glass off your hand onto the ground and shatter into pieces. Shit, now your parents would come running to you any second— but strangely they didn't and you turned to face the ebony locks who wore the same dark expression as ever. 

Before you could speak a word of insult, he pulled you in and both of you were transported to the park again. 

You pushed away from him, clenching your night hoodie tightly as the fabric did little to protect you from the cold winds of February. The park was dark and dusty, a few miles away from the city and looked nothing more than a spooky ghost town. You glared hard at him as he did the same to you but his behaviour was much less harsh as last time. 

"I asked you to come but you didn't. That's why I had to drag you here"

"You mean kidnap me" you corrected. 

"I said drag- pfft never mind" he sighed deeply. 

"I would still count that in kidnapping "you stated before finally asking"What do you want now? Another duel or another back attack to kill me? "

He remained silent for a brief second and then revealed"I want you to practise your attacks with me "

"You -me -what? " you blinked a couple of times in disbelief. 

"Practise our attacks. See the potential of our powers so we could be  prepared for what's ahead" he conveyed "Also see who's attacks are stronger than the other "

"So indirectly you're still asking me to duel with you" you clicked your tongue against the teeth. 

"No-I... "He looked around the architecture "...Kind of yeah but I don't intend to kill you like before. It would be much like, use you as a practice companion"

"You mean, I will be your target practice" you mused, deadpanning hard at him. 

He seemed almost annoyed over how smartly you interpreted each of his words. It was unnerving and then he finally confessed "Yeah, are you up for it or not? "

You stepped a bit closer "On three conditions"

"What are they?" he asked inquisitively. 

"You'll stop stalking me..."

"And? "

" You'll stop kidnapping me without consent. Honestly it freaks me out... "

"And? "

"No acting buddy-buddy at school. It would be better to stay away from each other if we need to keep our identity confidential"

He hummed in satisfaction, a lopsided grin playing across his face making you scrunch your nose. "Agreed. Deal" he extended a hand towards you to shake and you stared at the hand briefly before glaring at him. 

Hesitantly you pulled your hands up and shook it with the ebony haired "By the way.. I don't know your name"

"According to the third condition, I don't think it's a suitable question I should answer" he teased playfully, annoying you in the process. 

You frowned, glaring hard at him "It's because since you know mine it would be only fair to know yours. Spill it quick before I cancel the deal" you threatened. 

The ebony locks smirked at your attitude before leaning closer to your ear and whispering, his sultry breath fell over your [s/c] skin. "It's Minho"