WHO AM I to you?

The Rising Anxiety

A week later, I hadn't had anymore visions, and everything has been calm excluding an occasional wolf-vampire argument. Suyung was doing well too. Her wound had healed, and she was able to walk around with crutches. She'd promised me that she'd teach me how to summon my wings when she got stronger. Unfortunately, our momentary period of calmness and peace wouldn't last very long...

I'm honestly surprised that something hadn't happened sooner. It's not like Samuel's father didn't know where to find us. He just didn't show up for a few weeks.

Through nightly conversations with my grandmother through dreams, coaching from Suyung, and a few explanations from the boys, I'd begun learning how to use my powers. I could now summon my wings (they were a translucent pattern of greens and blues), but I was quite able to actually use them yet. They were still weak from not being used in so long, but they were getting stronger. Unfortunately they weren't getting stronger fast enough, and learning to control wind and stuff from my grandmother was not easy to do through dreams. I could occasionally do it, but more often, I failed.

Almost every night before my grandmother would appear, I'd have another prophecy. Every one was different, but in every single one, someone died. Sometimes it was me. Other times, Suyung. A few times it was Minsu and one of the boys, usually Kangmin. Occasionally it was all ten boys. Five times it was only a few boys. Twice it was Samuel. Once it was everyone but me. That was the most recent one.

Everyone I loved excluding my parents were spread out on the ground, laying or leaning on something, bloodied, some almost unrecognizable, and most importantly, very clearly dead. As I stared around at my slaughtered loved ones, the man that I had no doubt had done all of this damage was slowly approaching me. Before he got to me, however, I was blinded by a bright light before waking up. It was so real that I woke up in tears, but it gave me a sure message. There could only be one reason that they were getting more vivid...

We were running out of time. I could feel it. The others didn't know. I guess it was the sylph blood in me. I didn't tell them either because I knew Suyung would start pushing herself to get better faster which would cause her more harm. One day however, I knew he'd show up that day. I had to tell someone. I turned to most mature of the group: Jihun.

It didn't take long for me to find him. He was watching the other members play around. It was nice seeing him watch them so carefully. You could see his love for the younger boys in his eyes. Like how a father would look at their kids or an older brother would look at his new baby sibling.

Pushing myself out of my thoughts, I sat next to him. "Ah...Jihun...there's something really important I need to say. That man...the one that's after me, he's coming. If what my gut tells me is right, he should be here by tonight."

Jihun immediately turned all his attention onto me and away from his members. "Are you sure he'll be here tonight?"

I nodded, my hands wringing together in worry. "I didn't want to say anything about it before because Suyung would've started overworking herself. She's still not well enough to help fight...We need to find a way to keep her safe."

Jihun sighed softly. "Y/N-ah...you shouldn't be worrying about others. You're the one that needs to be protected, especially when you can't control your abilities yet. We'll take care of Suyung. Don't worry. You just worry about keeping yourself safe."

"I can't do that. Not when my best friends life is in danger because someone is after me. I could just stop all of this by going with him so all of you will be safe—" I stopped myself before I could continue. I hadn't planned to spill this to him, but it was too late to go back now.

Jihun stood up before kneeling in front of me and holding my hands in his. "Y/N, there is no way we are letting you do that. There's so much more in this than you realize. There's a reason you're mom thought that you needed to go to another dimension. If that man gets a hold of you and Samuel, there will be no stopping him."

I closed my eyes, processing what he said. "Why me? Out of everyone in this dimension, why me? Who am I to this world? Who am I to that man? Why did he act like we had some sort of really important relationship?"

Jihun sighed again, turning to talk to the other boys. "Guys, I don't think we can push off telling her the truth anymore. We need to tell her now. Someone go get Samuel."

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Posting early for Siwoo's birthday. I mean, technically this chapter doesn't have Siwoo in it, but it kinda does in a roundabout way. Anyway HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIWOO and I'm probably going to post a special imagine for his birthday (maybe tomorrow when it's his birthday in America).