«Dr. Kim, Don't Fear Me» [K.n.j & K.s.j]

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"Tag?" Namjoon thought he had misheard Seokjin, but as a matter of fact, the vampire in deed did say the word "Tag", and with a smile on his face, he proceeded to explain the true meaning behind it.

"When I was in the hospital as a child, the kids used to avoid me all of the time for who and what I was. My dark presence wouldn't allow me to make friends, I felt alone and shunned, so I made an imaginary friend to play tag with him." He stared at the doctor.

"My friend's name was Loveless. Loveless became my comfort and acted as a solution for my loneliness. But like all solutions, there always comes a problem so big, that a solution simply cannot fix."

Seokjin faced the rocks within the cave, to avoid having eye contact with the doctor for now.

"What happened to Loveless, Seokjin?" The vampire took a deep breath in to answer Namjoon's question.

His painful past was easy to talk about to Namjoon, but it doesn't mean it didn't haunt the vampire in his dreams, or in real life. No, Kim Seokjin will forever remain affected with the trauma he had to endure since he was an innocent child, up until now, that he is a completely grown up and mature adult.

None of his memories will ever erase from his mind. He often hates himself for having such a good memory, for the same reason that he can't forget anything. Yet the man also feels proud of himself because of that one feature within his mind, as he could remember all of the wonderful life experiences he lived with Namjoon from start to finish without missing a single detail.

"Loveless was the only light I ever saw within the dark cage they used to lock me in at night. And one day, a bittersweet and cold-hearted doctor overheard me talking to that imaginary friend. He unlocked the cage and let me out after giving me a tranquilizer in order for me to become less vicious," The vampire kept looking down at the center of the cave which had water within it.

"But with the aggressiveness in me being gone, momentarily, I became vulnerable. The man grabbed my arms then started shaking me violently, making me feel very dizzy. "IT'S FAKE!" He exclaimed, "No one will ever be your friend, YOU LUNATIC!" each word spewing out of his mouth like fire, slowly burned the last bit of hope I had in ever having someone in my life. Eventually, ending with the first and only friendship I had of my own." Namjoon was in shock by Seokjin's unbelievable story.

To think that the man was hiding so much pain for so long, keeping it to himself, it made Namjoon's heart ache.

"That night, Loveless was no longer my light. And throughout all of the anger, sadness and frustration I felt deep within, Loveless became Darkness. A darkness who taught me to be fearless, to hide my sadness, and to bond with Evil, slowly turning into Satan himself." Seokjin felt a rush of blood flow through his head, entering his body.

He clenched his fists and punched the inside of the cave, which was made up of a solid, rock hard wall. Blood started to drip from his knuckles, a sharp pain emitted from the injury he had just caused himself as Namjoon tried to tend to his newly made wound.

The vampire insisted that he left it as it is.

"No more healing. This wound needs to bleed." Hearing this, Namjoon thought it was all nonsense coming out of the Seokjin's mouth.

"Understand-" The vampire retreated his fist away from Namjoon's weak grip.

"Some wounds require bleeding in order to relive pain that can't be released in any other way."

To Seokjin this seemed like an escape to him, but the doctor thought otherwise, giving the fact that he now had visible cuts and a serious injury on his right knuckle.

"There are other ways to relive your pain other than to physically hurt yourself, Seokjin! This wasn't the right thing to do. Let's go back home to get this... Cured?" Namjoon took a second look at Seokjin's hand and to his surprise, the hand showed no signs of injuries at all: No scratches, no wounds, no bruises, and no blood, whatsoever.

"I'm a vampire, I have the ability to heal quickly." Seokjin said with no facial expression.

Namjoon's worry faded away.

"I forgot that minor detail about yourself." A soft and faded laughter echoed from within the cave, coming from Namjoon's mouth.

"I guess you don't need me to cure you whenever you get hurt, right?"

"Wrong." The vampire answered, swiftly turning his head to face Namjoon. This left the doctor in utter shock.

"There is only one physical part within my body that only you have the power to heal, and that is my heart. My heart would still be broken to this day if it weren't for you, Kim Namjoon." Though Seokjin never mentions Namjoon's full name, hearing him announce it out of the blue made a sincere smile appear on Namjoon's face.

"No, Seokjin. It was you who fixed mine." Now that the man's wound was completely healed, Namjoon grabbed Seokjin's hand, as they walked outside of the cave. The rain was the one thing that remained after the thunder storm ceased.

There was no one around the vampires except for themselves, and they frankly enjoyed their own presence alone. Just the two of them and no one else was all they needed.

Just like most Vampires and creatures of the darkness, Namjoon and Seokjin belonged somewhere other than the Earth.

A surprising gateway to their home opened up in the middle of an aftershock they had of earthquakes.

That series of earthquakes was enough to open the earth. It scared the men at first sight to see how the earth had been ripped apart, and how the ground was lifted.

Unfortunately, their shock wasn't over yet. It was just beginning.

"Namjoon, watch out!!"