Love Bite [Yeonbin]

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"Soobin, please... when the police come, tell them what happened, okay?" Mom said something but I didn't understand why. Why would the police come to our house? Will they be able to arrest the bad guys? where's dad? I'm scared...

sounds of howling and the scent of blood flowed through the room, making me gag at the sensation. Tears trickled down my cheeks, my body started trembling in fear, mom was hugging me even tighter than before. What should I do? I'm just a little kid.

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the warm rays of sunshine hit my eyes. It's morning... I must've fallen asleep while crying. I looked towards her, still holding me close, "Mom?" I shooked her body, trying to wake her up, but no response came. Her body felt cold... Mom? wake up... I need you... please be okay...

blood oozed out from her abdomen, soaking both her clothes and mine. I held onto her hand tightly, telling myself that everything would be fine. The front door opened with a loud bang, policemen started rushing into the room. they separated me from her.

"No! I don't wanna leave!" I struggled through the grip, but I myself was too weak to do so. "Kid, your mom's gonna be alright, okay. just tell us what happened."

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"Can you tell us the story? we can't help you if you keep it to yourself." I kept looking down, scared of telling the truth. What if the police just wanna hide the info? they're all the same. Adults are the worst. But... the woman was right, if I keep quiet, I would be staying here even longer... and I don't want that.

"Foxes..." I muttered, a long silence filled the room. I looked up to them as if they were confused of what I just said to them.

"You must've seen it wrong kid, carnivores aren't supposed to-"

"NO! I was sure! It was foxes, I saw them!" painful memories of my mother came rushing in as I felt a tear in my eyes. "we'll see what we can do about it, okay?"

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A few days later, I was brought up to an orphanage. Just as I thought, they're all filled with us useless herbivores. Either their parents were killed or they were kidnapped and got rescued. Rarely any herbivores family would adopt us, mostly it's carnivores who bought us, ending our lives. No one wanted us herbivores, they keep thinking of us as nothing but food.

"Hello there, what's your name?" a soft yet husky voice broke through my thoughts. An old woman, about the same age as my mother, but... a fox. Ever since that incident, I despised them. looking at their faces made me sick. I backed away from the lady, in fear of what's happening next.

"hey, it's okay. I don't mean to startle you. mind telling me your name?"

"Soo-Soobin"

"Soobin huh? That's a lovely name." the lady smiled at me. her eyes looked sad, as if something had happened to her.

"Are you feeling sad?" I asked.

"Does it show through my face?" the lady giggled softly and continued her sentence. "Let's say, I am feeling sad, what would cheer me up?."

"money?" As naive I can be, it's the only thing that I could asked her. "no... someone I can love each day of the week."

"A child?" She nodded in response.

"That's right, but... I can't."

"You can't?"

"Someone I loved had left me too early..."

I felt bad for the lady, living her whole life without having someone to love. Someone who she can teach new things and learn new words. "Can I call you mom?" the old lady was startled at my sudden request, but soon after, she started crying. "You don't like it?"

"No... I would be glad if you'd call me that. Would you want to be part of it?"

I was hesitating... I might've hated the thought at first, but to have a loving family again... I wanted the warm feeling back. The way mom would hugged me in her arms, the way she read me storied before bed, sang a song when I would feel glum, kissed my pain away when I got hurt. I want to have those touches back.

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I lived my life with a new beginning. For the past seven years, I lived with my new family. It may just be the two of us, but that's what makes it special.

"Soobinie hyung! we're in the same class again!" a friend of mine named Taehyun patted me in the back. "yeah, I guess we are!" we're already on our second year of college, things don't change that much at all. An all-boys school, more like a boarding school. All sort of age come here too.

The school may welcomed all kinds of species, both carnivores and herbivores alike, but I was grateful that the dorms are segregated according to your kind. "Soobin hyung, what's our class going to be like? Is it going to be like last year too?"

"Let's hope not," I went near the bulletin board to see my other classmate's name. everyone was pushing here and there, I was desperately moving forward but got pushed back again.

"Hey! Move it!" A loud, deep voice brought everyone to a halt.

Ugh, these guys... A group of somewhat 'elite' people made its way through the crowd. Carnivores. A pack, not just filled with one species, but a variety of them. "Didn't you hear!? I said, MOVE IT!" yeah, yeah, I heard you loud and clear, but I ain't backing down.

I was standing right in front of them and to make it worse, a stupid looking fox was directly in front of me. "Are you deaf? Or what, you're challenging me?" True, I am taller than regular bunnies, and than most carnivores too, but that doesn't mean I, a herbivore, should be afraid of some stupid carnivore like him. "What if I don't want to? What're you gonna do about it?"

pissed off, He grabbed me by the collar and let out a low growl, as if warning me to stay out of his sight. "Dude, he's not worth it. Let's just go." A friend of his called out and he soon let go of his grip. still looking my way, watching my every move. "Hyung, you okay?" Taehyun came running towards me, "yeah, I'm fine. It's not rare for me to get into trouble, right?"

I brushed off the dust, stood up and went back to the board, and today... Luck really was not on my side.

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