XIV: The World

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by yvnholic

by yvnholic

"You're talking about me? I'm flattered." Changbin's voice growled from behind Chris. Chris shut his eyes tightly and gulped as the blade pressed into his skin.

"Changbin-" he started.

"You killed Momo and Jessi, you bastard!" Changbin reminded him. Chris filled with anger as he remembered Jeongin's face. Seemingly finally at peace.

"And what about you?!" He spat, his anger eminent in his venomous tone. "How many lives have you taken?!"

"Don't turn this on me. You have the highest kill count of all of us." Changbin said.

"What was I meant to do?! They killed Jeongin!"

"Oh boo hoo. He was weak. He had to go." Changbin retorted back. That was enough to make Chris snap. He elbowed Changbin in the stomach and pushed him over, holding him down. Changbin was stronger than him however, striking him in the eye with his elbow before pushing him down.

"Just fucking try it." Chris said as Changbin held the knife to his neck.

"I will kill you if I need to." He pressed it to his skin and Chris felt the cold blade slightly tear at his skin.

Chris struggled against him, trying his best to get Changbin off of him when a dagger flew through the air, landing in Changbin's neck. The younger boys blood gushed everywhere, covering Chris in the dark red liquid. His eyes widened as Changbin brought his hand to his neck.

The boy gasped and choked, blood filling his lungs and throat. Chris pushed him off of him and backed up in horror. He looked to where the dagger had come from, simply seeing a boy run away.

Who was that? He questioned. His attention turned back to Changbin, who was now laying in a pool of his own blood. Chris quickly left the scene, heading back to Jisung and Felix as fast as possible.

On his way back, he felt the emerald on his finger heat up. He looked around frantically for Nayeon. However, he could not find her. He walked back to Jisung and Felix and felt the ring go cold.

Jisung quickly came to his aid as he saw him covered in blood. Cleaning him up with some cloth, he examined his eye.

"Chris, your eye won't stop bleeding." He pointed out. "Can you open it?" Chris shook his head. Jisung took a piece of cloth, wrapping it around his head like a make shift eye patch. His thumb smoothed over the swollen surface and he sighed. "I thought the cannon was you."

Chris shook his head and slumped his shoulders. He was quiet for a bit.

"It was Changbin." Jisung's eyes widened.

"Wait- really?! You actually killed Changbin. First Momo now Changbin?!" He exclaimed. Chris shook his head, waving a hand around to calm Jisung down.

"Some guy did. I don't know who he was but he ran away straight after." Chris said. Jisung hummed.

"How did he kill him?"

"He threw a dagger." Jisung's eyes lit up as the answer came to mind.

"Hyunjin... But why did he spare you?" He questioned. Chris couldn't answer. He truly didn't know why that boy had saved him. Maybe he saw his opportunity to kill Changbin and did it. "Go to sleep. You need rest. I can keep watch."

So Chris did what he was told and Jisung layed his jacket over Chris to keep him warm as he kept watch. The only strange thing to happen throughout the night was Chris' sleep talk. Occasionally, at least once every half hour, the boy would mumble something in his sleep.

Whatever he was saying it sounded unpleasant. He mentioned Felix a few times as well as a dog. It was all very scrambled and arbitrary, however Jisung didn't question it.

The most interesting thing Chris said was,

"Felix, don't go!"

Jisung marked that in the back of his mind as something to bring up later.

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Chapter preview:

The way his eyes went soft when he touched the boys face. They held some kind of delicate look in them. Some kind of affection when Chris changed the bandages on Felix.

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"Is there... Something going on with you and Felix?"

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"Do you remember much?"