Blood and Devotion | Woosan (English version)

18 - Confusion and anger

San suddenly came to his senses, completely shocked. He finally remembered everything.

His feet were no longer lifted off the ground. He was now lying down, with Yunho straddling him. The latter was still clutching his throat, probably trying to rip his head off. San, panicked, suddenly reached out, poking his fingers into his eyes the hardest he could.

Yunho let out an agonizing cry, and San wasted no time getting up. He didn't want to hurt him, but he knew he would eventually heal. He quickly turned back to Wooyoung. He was straddling Mingi and his hand was shoved into his chest, ready to rip his heart out.

San immediately lunged forward.

"NO!!! WOOYOUNG, DON'T DO IT!!!"

But it was too late. Wooyoung ripped the heart from Mingi's chest a split second before San tackled him.

Wooyoung looked at him confused. "San?! What are you doing!"

"I REMEMBERED EVERYTHING! THEY DIDN'T DO IT! THEY DIDN'T DO IT!"

Every single vampire present turned toward them. Seonghwa, seeing Mingi on the ground, let out a cry, rushing toward his body. Wooyoung wasted no time, letting go of his heart, grabbing San and starting to run. San saw Hongjoong running to retrieve Yeosang, pushing Jongho away from him. However, Yeosang did not look too well because Hongjoong had to carry him on his shoulders. Jongho made to follow them, but seeing Mingi and Yunho on the ground, he ran to help Seonghwa rescue them.

San was bewildered and distraught, feeling foggy and confused as if he was moving underwater, although he was running at the speed of light, pulled by Wooyoung.

Finally, when they were far enough away, Wooyoung and Hongjoong stopped.

Hongjoong immediately began to scream. "CAN YOU TELL WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"

But San failed to respond. His gaze was fixed on Yeosang. Jongho had almost managed to rip his arm off, and his shoulder was bleeding profusely, he's bones showing. He did not seem fully conscious. San felt bile in his mouth and his eyes filled with tears. Noticing him, Hongjoong hurried to reassure him.

"San, he will heal. I know it's scary for someone who has never seen such injuries, but you don't have to worry about him."

San hurriedly nodded, trying to push back the tears. Yeosang had been hurt for him — and it had been for nothing.

"Will you tell us what the hell you meant by 'they didn't do it'?"

San swallowed. It took him a moment to speak. "...They didn't kill me. I... when Yunho slammed my head against the wall, I relived my death. I remembered everything. I know who did it. They didn't do it."

Hongjoong looked shocked, but San only had eyes for Wooyoung. It was the first time he had looked at him since he had torn Mingi's heart out. He felt an anger toward him that he had never felt in his life.

Wooyoung was as white as a corpse, his arm soaked in blood to the elbow, a shocked expression on his face. "...How can it be?"

San lost his mind and punched him full in the face.

"YOU SAID YOU WERE SURE! YOU CONVINCED US ALL TO DO THIS BECAUSE YOU WERE SURE!"

"IN FACT I WAS SURE!"

"That's all bullshit Wooyoung! You weren't sure about anything at all! Look at the state of Yeosang! You're so angry at the world for what happened to me that you put us all in danger without thinking!"

"Who else could have done it?! What was there to think about?!"

San was incredulous. "There was to think that we might have died for nothing! There was to think that we could have killed innocent people! What will happen to Mingi?!"