Different

19

Yawning, I stretch my body as wide as it will go and sit up. I head to the bathroom and then back into the bed, throwing myself into the comforter. Jimin moans and I chuckle in return. He's such a baby in the morning. You know what they say. Baby in the streets, daddy in the sheets. "Good morning." I say as he hums in reply. He wraps his hands around my waist and pulls me closer, but I push right out of the grip. "You need a shower" I say, laughing. Groaning, he pulls himself off the bed and into the bathroom, steam rolling out from underneath the door. Maybe today we can practice with my powers again. Discovering all these new things are really fun and I can't wait to see what other techniques I can pull out of the 'unknown' box. I walk into the closet and throw on some athletic clothes along with some sneakers. The sound of water still hits my ears when I finish dressing. "I swear that boy spends more time on his hair than I do mine." I whisper to myself, heading out into the halls.

Just the ghost of a thought of coffee makes its way into my head and I instinctively make a bee line for the kitchen. Old habits die hard, I guess. When I press through the door, a real smell of coffee greats me, along with English breakfast. Jin stands at the stove, pushing a beautiful pile of bacon onto a plate. "oh thank you Jesus." I say and run by the table. "Help yourself" Jin says, chuckling a little while wiping his hands off. "I thought you didn't need to eat?" I asked as I piled my plate high and he does the same. "I love to cook, its one thing that I do to pass the time." He says, sitting next to me and passing a fork down. "Do you not have all your vampire mafia stuff to keep you busy?" I ask, and he gives a weak smile. "I'm not much help around here. By smarts or by powers. Most of the others have powers that help the group as a whole. Changing into a dog or something doesn't help them a lot of times." He says, slowly shoving a bite of egg, waffle, and bacon into his mouth. He swallows it quickly. "But you. You're going to be a huge help. Having an unknown threat is something that can gain us a huge rep. One that might allow us to, for the first time, have full control over Seoul. We may be a 'mafia' as you say but we're not all bad. We believe in a little pain for the greater good." He speaks quickly. "Who else controls Seoul then? If its not only you currently."

"The main one is NCT we both control about a third each. The other third is fought over by multiple groups. Being Seventeen, Got7 and Exo, who owns most of that portion. We don't have much of a problem with got7 and Exo. They aren't in the drug trade so far and thus, not a problem for us. Eventually they'll probably have to be removed but that will only be a territorial fight. Nct and Seventeen are working together to force the drug trade here." I start to ask another question, but a voice cuts me off from behind. "That's probably enough answers Jin" they say. I huff and continue to eat and Hoseok walks over to grab a plate as well. "Its not because we don't trust you Jess. Its simply because the more you know, the less you'll feel inclined to blindly trust us. You're not at that level yet." He says. "I'd think I'd be more inclined to trust you if I wasn't blind." I say, and he nods his head in a so-so manner. "That's not the point here. Being blind and knowing how to act is its own skill. Anyways, Jimin's waiting for you in the training room. The secure one, Its on the opposite time of the side of the hallway. I think it'd be better if our legions didn't see the exchanges between you and Jimin. A.K.A our most exotic people fighting each other." He says, smiling at me brightly. "Yeah, maybe not. Bye guys! Thanks for breakfast Jin" I say, dashing off to the new training room.

Out of breath, I arrive into the newer room to a sprawled out Jimin on the floor. "What's the today plan?" I ask, and he pushes himself off the floor. "Today, you teach me how to use the white." He says. "So that's what we're calling it? 'The White'? I like the sound of that." I say, smiling at the nickname for my, our, power. "Well, where do we want to start?" I asked him. "Let's start with the day at NCT's warehouse. When you attacked the first person, how did you figure out how to control it?" He asks "Well the first time was described to me by their leader or whatever. It was when my hair color burned off and after I woke up, I didn't remember it. By their perspective, it came out of my pores, straight from my inner self and as soon as the tendrils touch a blistering rash breaks out. When I attacked the other times, I covered the people with it and it seemed like a mixture of frost bite and boils. Through the hallways, and out in the field I could also use it as a shield. As soon as I set it in place its foggy color dissipated and turned clear, although I knew it was still there. Those who ran into it suffered the same symptoms as if I'd hit them with it." I said, and he ran his hand through his hair. "I want you to teach me how to use it. So I want you to guide me through it." He says as I nod, backing up a few feet from him. "Its easier if you close your eyes the first time" I say, and he complies, softly shutting his lids over his beautiful irises. "I want you to think about that body bag in the corner. You need to find your own emotion to fuel the white. I find that hate is usually the easiest. You're not going to harm the bag by loving it." He nods in compliance. "Now take that hate and imagine yourself pushing that hate out of your body and towards the body bag." I say and watch as the thinnest, smallest string of fog finds its way to the body bag. Although, the bag isn't harmed by it.

"Okay stop. No matter what the object is you have to be able to make yourself as angry as possible at it. Even if its just a Lego, you must find a reason to fuel the fire. Being an empath, you should understand that anger is your best friend here." I say and motion for him to try again. He re-closes his eyes and the tiny tendril still wisps aimlessly, harming nothing. "Okay stop again. We're going to try a new approach."