addicted ↭ kth ; jjg

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"Hey, hey! Wear this." A black hoodie was thrown on the bed for Jeongguk to wear. "It's freezing and you'll get cold before tomorrow."

Jeongguk rolled over on his back. "I don't want tomorrow to come, and I don't wanna change."

"Come on, just wear something dark to warm you up."

"You can warm me up, Orange."

"I swear, Jeon..."

"It's cute."

"Sit up." V pulled Jeongguk up to take off his shirt and replace it with the hoodie. "What's wrong," he asked as he tightens the lace on his neck. "You're so cute on my hoodie."

"Yeah, like you always say that."

"Because you really are." Long fingers went up to caress his cheeks and Jeongguk leaned at the touch as he closes his eyes. "I love you," says a deep voice.

"I'm afraid."

"Don't worry about it too much. I won't let anything bad happen to you, okay?"

"It's not just about me, but to all of us. Do you think we can fight them? Do you think they know by now? What if we lose?"

"Jeongguk."

"Okay, okay. But... can you kiss me before the fight tomorrow?"

V chuckled. "I can even kiss you now until tomorrow." He loves how his boyfriend is acting right now. He was like the vulnerable Jeongguk the first time they met. He has that cotton candy heart that he badly wants to protect more than himself. "You're so cute." And he kisses him very gently.

"I love you too."

"You're late. That isn't considered."

"Then I'll tell you I love you until tomorrow," Jeongguk says, then continues, "I love you."

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"Is everyone ready?" V asks.

"Yeah," everyone behind him silently replies.

"Guns ready?"

"Be more serious."

"Yeah, yeah. I'm sorry. I'm just lightening up the mood." V kisses Jeongguk not too long.

"Let's go?" They all went through the gate to be guided by guards. "Where is she?"

Rude, a queen shouldn't be addressed as such, but he doesn't care.

"Her Majesty the Queen is down the hall, Your Royal Highness," one of the guards said with a nod as a respect.

"Thanks."

They all went straight down the hall, opening the big door leading them to a banquet table full of dishes, though only one is sitted in one of the chairs. They all bowed at her as a sign of respect.

"Come and sit with me," she said, eyeing everyone, and they all saw how much poison shot in her eyes as she stares at Jeongguk.

She turns her gaze to the prince who has not visited for so long. "What made you visit, my son?"

Fierce eyes. Nice smile. Fake act.

V feels sick.

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As the Queen looks at me, my whole body froze. Even my breathing stopped, but my hand inside a pocket started shaking eventually as I feel the smooth texture of a photo I brought along.

I couldn't actually believe this. The poison in her eyes when she looked at me, I felt how much she hates me.

My heart was beating so loud and my palms are sweating. Her mouth was moving but I don't hear a thing, and this place doesn't seem so crowded at all, because all I see is her and I just want her to look at me again.

The small curves on her lips and her eyes still immensed with beauty that hasn't changed at all. And just like the small photo in my pocket, she looks so beautiful.

This time, my mind seems to have gone crazy, and again, I feel so confused more than ever.

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"What made you visit, my son?"

"I just missed the place," I said as she stays seated. I can see Jeongguk through my peripheral vision, and how much he's been so engulfed in his own thoughts. And eventually he said a word.

Jeongguk said a word that made all of us turn to him. A word I never wanted to say; a word I never wanted to call her.

And there is also this one thing I remembered Sungjae told me. He said that she died but has been revived. What's bewildering is that a vampire couldn't actually rise from the dead, unless she's only a half.

It feels like a thousand of questions was shot in my head that no one could answer. Jeongguk is looking at her as she looks back, while all of us are looking at him, wanting him to repeat what he just said. So he spoke again, even louder and clearer. And it sure won't leave my ears easily this time, because with every second passing by, all I hear is his voice echoing in my head, saying mother, calling her his mum.

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