Scarlet Shadows || Kaisoo

Chapter 22 | Troubled

"You need to stop this! Your experiments are way too dangerous and quite obviously you're misusing your badge. You know it'll take me just a minute to inform the officials and that's probably the end of your career?"
I stopped to look at him, who had that crooked smile painted across his face, he knew, he knew I'd never do it.
"I dare you to do it, Suho. I fucking dare you."
I banged the table and stood up, "You know I'd never do it! You know! You know I'd never let down Dr. Oh like that. You remember what his journal said, don't you? After all that, how could you still put your greed first when we are indebted to fulfill Dr. Oh's request?" My voice cracked.
He lazily stood up and leaned towards me, "Oh to hell with the Dr. Oh, the man has been dead for 7 years now, and all I know that his son and the other kid might've scored some chicks in his life despite being the monster he is. I don't honestly get your fucking point to help his dead soul, when honestly all he did was use them as his guinea pigs, which for your information, is the same thing happening right now, Dr. Suho."
I couldn't say anything, because it was true. What he's is getting at is absolutely true. But, but Dr. Oh was someone I looked upto, and was that person who taught me that every soul has to have hope, because every single one of them deserve to die. Years ago, right after he lost his son I could see him losing his mind, I was just around 10 and I couldn't see what was bothering him. I wanted to be of help to him, learn under him for he was such an amazing doctor and doing what he was doing, I felt like he was the messiah, trying to save monsters and giving them a life..
At one point, he became so insane, and all I know, on the day I took the science in my hands, he was gone. But the thing that has kept me striving uptil this point is what he wrote, "Find them."
Yes, I will find them and protect them.
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It was that time of the year again, when I've to go to school every single day and suffer. I'm shit scared to step into that hellhole. Funny thing is, it's already hellhole and I'm affiliated to two other demons, and my life is just amazing right now, god atleast I get to see Krystal, I've missed her so much. I wonder if she even remembers I exist,well if she forgot, that'd be funny.

"DOHHHH KYUNGSOO." I heard someone, no some girl, no her screaming from across the hallway. She wasn't very pleased to see me, fair enough. Anger seized her as she marched towards me, every step of hers freaking the living daylights out of me.
"Okay Krys, look I can explain!"
She grabbed my wrist, "Did anything happen you look extra chubby." She mocked, her mouth curving upwards.
Wow she'll probably never change.

"EHHHH????????* WHAT DO YOU MEAN GHOUL" She screamed, drawing unwanted attention as usual.
"Oh my god, Krys shut up and listen!"
And so I narrated the entire story except the part where I meet Xiumin for more information and about how Sehun was being a suspicious dick for the past week. I don't know why I hid it from her, but she'll probably say something against it and I'm too scared that I might let myself be carried away by what she might say. I can't let that happen, because I have a responsibility here. I have the responsibility to protect Jongin.
Krystal broke my reverie, "Omg hot Sehun is coming here. Like Kyungsoo he's the only hot friend you have why can't you hook me up with him."
I rolled my eyes, "Sure thing, Krys."
Why is he even here?
I'm questioning whether he's actually part of this school. I mean what if he's like 27 years old or something and is screwing around like in 17 Again.
"May I join?" He asked dragging the chair for him to seat. Why bother.
"Seems like you've already decided." I said.
"Don't be so rude to him, Kyung!" Usual Krystal sugarcoating her words, great.
"What do you want?" I scowled.
"Oof, someone is in a bad mood. I just wanted to talk to you Kyungsoo, it's been a long time since we talked." He said, cheekily smiling.
"Talk." I said.
"Oh I'm afraid it's quite personal."
"Krystal, get out. Sehun, let's get over with this, quick." My temper was really rising.
It's not just him, it's the way he talks, the way he looks at me, the way he mocks me, the way his finger grazes his chin when he has some inside scoop to fuck me over, yeah basically everything that screams Oh Sehun.
He stood up, "Let's go?"
I followed him wordlessly. Maybe I can find something exclusive.

Where is this Kim Jongin though?
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He took me to the other side of the school, the middle school block's playground, where there obviously won't be kids around now, because of their extended holidays.
It was scarily empty, sombre, dried up leaves rustling against the ground. I stopped in my steps, "Now talk."
"Wow you seem very impatient to know something that you really don't want to know." He scorned.
"If you're going to screw me over, it's best you do it quick. Because I can't stand waiting." Which is quite obviously a lie, considering the fact that I'd waited an entire eternity for Jongin.
His palm closed around my neck and he quite literally threw me towards a pillar. Shit that hurt so much. I tried getting up but he was already casting his shadow over me. Why is he so fast?
My legs weren't listening to me, but to him? They automatically got up and I felt this pressure on my chest. He wasn't even choking me, but he was just looking down on me.
Just then I heard someone say, "Why did you ask me to come here? What the fuck do you want-"
I choked.
"J-Jongin?" I tried.
This unholy motherfucker planned all this, how cheeky can he even get?
So, if he wanted to show me something I don't want to know, quite obviously it involves Jongin too, wow I didn't think that through, did I?

Sehun walked, ran, no flew towards Jongin. How has his speed and power increased so fucking much? He was equally strong as Jongin, but now it seems as though he can outrun him..

"Kyungsoo, what are you doing here!?" Jongin screamed, losing his temper already. I couldn't even move, or speak. It was like I was pinned to that pillar by nothingness.
I just looked at him, trying my best not to cry.

Sehun suddenly shifted forms, and I could see his kagune (the wing kind of thing, Jongin taught me.)unleashing itself. He wasn't out of his mind like how they usually are when they become ghouls. In the sense, he isn't controlled by his ghoul form, but he is the one controlling it. He's teasing Jongin, he wants him to change forms too, become a ghoul..
But what is he trying to prove?
Sehun approached me, his hands now physically choking me, and his wing like thing's sharp ends grazing my cheek.
I could smell my own blood. He knowingly let my blood fall to the floor and I tried so hard to fight the tears stinging at the back of my eye.
He was dangerously close to me and my strong façade was breaking, I was just so fucking scared.
Jongin was angered so much that I could sense that he'll change forms. He started running towards Sehun, his hand sticking out to spread the kagune.

Nothing happened.
I could see tears streaming down Jongin's face when our eyes met.
"What happened Jongin? Can't change forms?" Sehun smiled.

Jongin fell to the ground, the mark on his chest glowing red. Endless tears streamed down both of our cheeks and I just watched him suffer in pain.
He clutched on to his chest, where the mark is and cried,

"What have you done to me, Sehun?"

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*If you said "Naniiii???" after the EHHH then my friend, you're an otaku and I love you.

The next update might take 2 weeks, or maybe not. But I'll try to update asap!
-authornim