[UNION] Are You Still Mine || KYUNGIN/ KAISOO

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Jongin hugs his knees to his chest and leans his head on his arms, rocking his own body to comfort himself, the silver collar on his neck stinging so painfully like it does everyday.

Kim Jongin is a vampire born with a royal blood, who has been caught by their family's rivals along with his parents.

Yet in exchange of his parents being set free, Jongin accepted being their slave. They may had done this to keep Jongin's family under theirs, but all Jongin knows is that he wants his parents safe from this. He can take everything just so the ones that he loves are far from danger.

He can't say that being a slave since he's sixteen is easy, because he's fed with blood only when he passes out from exhaustion, which might be about once every two months. He thinks that it may be the reason why whenever he passes by a mirror of their house, he looks all bones rather than skin.

If there is something Jongin wants so much, it's to find home.

* * * * *

Agreements are made to be broken. Jongin believes that now, as his head is kept up with a harsh yank by his hair, and as his eyes follow the silver blade that is situated across his throat, only a few inches away.

"Did you think we'll just let you live in our house like that?" the man says and dryly laughs behind his ears, and he screws his eyes shut in fear. "We had enough fun watching you suffer while you live.. It's time to watch you suffer while you die."

"You all said you won't kill me if I served you right.."

"We said," the woman mimics and chuckles evilly. "And you believed that? You're really that dumb, Jongin?" She laughs and fists Jongin's hair tighter as the silver collar is unclasped and makes a loud sound when it hits the floor, causing Jongin to release a whimper.

"I'm not your slave anymore?" he inquires weakly as he balls his fists.

"Yes."

He flickers his gaze up at the empty street just beside the forbidden street everyone knows of. "Thank you.." he whispers, and only closes his eyes when they laugh mockingly again.

"We're only taking off that collar, because we're going to take your life, too. You're too stupid for your royal rank.." the lady says and laughs again, looking at Jongin with a mocking gaze like she always does.

"S-Since I'm going to die.. Then can I tell you one thing first?"

The man groans but only says 'fine'.

"I'm not.." he says as he looks at the woman and smiles. "I just sneaked at the storage and drank every drop of blood I found there," Jongin continues and smirks before quickly bringing out his claws and scratching deeply on the man's neck, effectively making him drop the blade. Jongin quickly grabs it for himself, not wasting any second and swings it in the air before using his vampire speed to go behind the lady and slits into the lady's neck before snapping her head off.

The blood that covers Jongin's hands makes him scared, but he has always taught himself that 'you should always remember why you're doing something', and he still believes that.

After that, Jongin cries alone all night at the abandoned house in the empty street he entered just so he can rest peacefully unlike when he was a slave before. Jongin misses his family so much but he doesn't know where they are right now. The feeling of both longing and anticipation for a certain something to come he can't understand, but he resorts to only pursing his lips and sniffling quietly.