TOXIC

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The more she thought about it, the more emotional she got. Her head spun, eyes watery. It wasn't just the simple fact that she was a demonic creature, no. It was the fact that both her parents had hidden it from her for so long, especially her father. The pain in his eyes as he described the events of her unknown life. Never did it dawn on her that the people around her were concerned with her well being, her facial expressions displaying nothing more than terror and fear. And as the crystal like tears ran down her face, she didn't think twice to let them go, to let out a choking sob. Her mother had died at the cost of her life, leaving her with some sort of curse and her father damned into remembering her with their child's resemblance.

The sudden wave of anger reached her head, causing her body to jerk up off the couch. Her body began to tingle, a new feeling of emotion running through her blood. Her body felt awoken, a new sense of energy found. That energy bounced off the walls, resulting in Kyungsoo's alarm. He stood, walking over to her and grasping her wrist in his hand.

"You need to calm down."

"Don't tell me what to do." Her voice was slick, deeper than usual. Pasted on her face was a smirk, killer on such a delicate canvas. Her eyes glowed, a knock-off color than the usual black of a demon. Instead, a hint of red gleamed in her eyes; and in all of the years that Kyungsoo had been a demon, he had never seen such characteristics before. Never seen something so..... demonic. For the first time in his life, Kyungsoo actually felt fear. The adrenaline in his veins pumping, causing his palms to sweat. Crimson took a small step forward, forcing Kyungsoo to take a step back.

"Aww.. is Kyungsoo scared? Who would have thought that the hard and icy demon, Kyungsoo, would be scared."

"Crimson, you need to calm down. You're in an emotional, unstable state right now. Please.... calm down."

"Calm down? What would that do for me?"

"Look, I know you're in there Crimson. You can fight this off. I know you can." Crimson seemed to ignore his requests as she continued to approach him, the red in her eyes growing brighter. The blood running through her vein is felt hot and pleasing, along side the fear in Kyungsoo's eyes. Never had she seen someone so scared of her, and in short, she was starting to enjoy it.

For a moment, she paused, taking the time to let out a hardy chuckle, almost sinister. She took a good look at Kyungsoo, the fear in his eyes now very visible.

"Look at you.. backing up like a scared little mouse," She snickered. "Pathetic."

That word. It struck home, damn near knocking Kyungsoo off his feet. He felt a heavy mass on his chest, his eyes growing dark with anger. In a heartbeat, he launched himself at Crimson, who's senses were on point, darting away from him immediately. He struck at it again, landing Crimson on her back, him on top. She pushed him off with force, his back colliding with the now dented wall. His body sunk to the ground, however, he remained on his two feet.

This time, she charged at him, striking him on the chest. Kyungsoo slid back from the slight force once more, running his hand across his chest, only to feel a sting. He looked down, realizing that she had cut through his shirt with her nails, the wound bleeding. He let out a low growl of mixed emotion, his body growing hot with rage. Trying again, it was then that Kyungsoo caught her hand, twisting it and forcing her to face away from him. She let out a chuckle, that sinister smirk reappearing on her face.

"Awww... Would you look at that... the pathetic little demon has regained his strength." At this, he pushed her to the ground, her hands breaking her fall. She rolled over on her side, her eyes gleaming even brighter at Kyungsoo.

"Look Crimson, I don't want to hurt you, but this needs to end. Now. You need to stop."

"Make me." She rose from the floor, brushing off her sleeves. She charged at Kyungsoo once again, however before he could feel impact, Crimson was knocked to the floor; struck over the head by a vase from Chen. He set the broken vase on the floor, looking at Kyungsoo in shock.