TW: Violence!
30 years ago
Siyeon kept rolling in the bed, unable to sleep. After a few more minutes spent looking at the ceiling she stood up and walked to the window. Her eyes were fixed on another window, the lights were on as every other night and a tiny figure was crouched on the bed. Siyeon couldn't see her, but she could hear.
"Singnie? What are you doing up?" Minji asked, yawning.
"She's crying again" Siyeon said weakly, turning to look at Minji. The older woman stood up and walked towards Siyeon, hugging her.
"She's probably sad about something. Maybe she lost someone important to her. You shouldn't worry about it" she whispered, patting Siyeon's butt. "Come on, back to bed, you're looking like a creep"
Siyeon sighed, and she let Minji drag her to bed again. She covered herself with the blanket and she looked at the ceiling.
"I don't think that's the reason why she cries every night" Siyeon whispered. The older vampire hugged Siyeon closer to her.
"You're cute to worry so much about a human kid" she chuckled. "What do you think the reason is then, Singnie?" Minji added, wanting to hear her out.
"I don't know... I don't want to assume anything but... her parents don't act nice towards her. Can't you hear them yelling at her? And she seems like such a nice kid" Siyeon explained, turning towards Minji. She sighed and turned Siyeon around to face her.
"Every parent yells at their kid from time to time but in the end they always love them. And how do you even know that she's a nice kid? Have you been spying on her?" Minji reasoned, raising her eyebrows.
"You would know that, if you had any interaction at all with people" Siyeon scoffed. "She's always polite, when I come back with the groceries she always asks me if I need help with the bags, and she's always smiling during the day, even though she cries at night" Siyeon explained.
"Excuse me, Singnie? I do have my 'interaction' with people from time to time" Minji said with a wink. "And alright, she does indeed sound like a nice kid"
"I know you have 'interactions' with humans" Siyeon said rolling her eyes "But I was talking about actual interaction... you know, talking with people and stuff" she added, sticking out her tongue.
"You think I don't talk with people? My talking is the thing that makes me end up in their bed, sweetie" Minji joked.
"Oh god, why do I even try to explain this to you?" Siyeon protested, rolling her eyes again. "Let's just go back to sleep! Good night, Minji" she added, placing a kiss on the older woman's lips.
"Come on, wolfie, I was just joking around! Just, tell me more about your thoughts... if your theory sounds plausible we could investigate" Minji said, sitting up on the bed.
Siyeon snapped her head towards Minji and she quickly sat up.
"Really? Would you do that with me?" She asked in a hopeful tone. Minji nodded and Siyeon wanted to give her a hug but the older woman put a hand in between them.
"But" she said, poking Siyeon's nose "your theory needs to sound worth it... and I want another nice little kiss first" the vampire added with a smirk.
Siyeon smiled and grabbed Minji by the collar, pulling her closer. She leaned in, locking lips with the older vampire, moving her lips slowly against hers. Minji smiled and matched her movements, cupping Siyeon's cheek while looking her straight in the eyes.
Siyeon kept kissing her for a few more moments, before pulling away and smiling at the older vampire.
"Okay so now I just have to make the theory worth it" Siyeon said, scratching the back of her head.
"Correct! That's why I made you kiss me. If your theory was bullshit, I still got something useful out of this whole exchange" Minji smirked.
"You are unbelievable!" Siyeon said with a chuckle, pushing Minji's shoulder lightly. Shortly after, her smile dropped, thinking about how she could make the theory worth it. She didn't have any proof, she didn't know the girl at all... she was just a polite neighbor.
"So are you gonna tell me about your suspicions? Or are you just going to sit there?" The older woman chuckled, poking Siyeon's belly.
Siyeon sighed and stood up again. She walked back and forth in the room, trying to find something to say. She stopped in front of the window, still looking at the girl's window.
"I don't have anything, Minji. I only have suspicions and the feeling that I have to do something" she said weakly, putting a hand on the cold glass. Minji saw how determined Siyeon was to help and how sure she was that something was wrong.
"You know what? If my amazing Singnie has the gut feeling something is wrong, then I believe you. Let's investigate tomorrow" she stated.
Siyeon totally didn't expect that. Minji was always super strict when it came to humans. She wanted to avoid every kind of involvement with them and if she had to get involved in something, she needed to know that it was really worth it. Siyeon turned towards Minji and she couldn't help but run to the bed and throw herself on the older vampire, hugging her tightly.
"Thank you, Minji" she whispered. The older woman wrapped her arms around her body to pull her closer. She would do everything to make Siyeon happy.
"I'm way too good for you! But if you are certain that the girl is in a bad situation, then I'll follow your suspicions. Just know that if something happens, that it's your responsibility" Minji explained.
Siyeon nodded, releasing Minji from the hug.
"Let's go to bed, I can't wait for it to be tomorrow. I'm sure something is wrong" she said, pulling the blanket over her.
"I agree that we should go to bed, but can we have sex first? You hugging me does things" Minji chuckled.
Siyeon turned towards her, chuckling. She pulled Minji closer, making her roll above her.
"I'll even let you top me, since you decided to help me with this situation" Siyeon said with a little smirk. Minji raised her eyebrows and bit her lower lip.
"Sweet Singnie... you will LET me top you? When do I ever not top you?" She whispered in a husky voice.
Siyeon put a finger on Minji's lips, shushing her.
"Just shut up and take me... and if you're good enough, I'll take you too" she said teasingly. It was risky, but she knew it turned Minji on.
"If I'm good enough? Girl, you can start taking me right now then since I'm way too good for you" Minji smirked, saying that sentence in a low tone.
"Less talking and more action" Siyeon teased again. She wrapped her legs around Minji's waist and her arms around her neck. "Show me"
-=-
The next day went by like always. Minji and Siyeon both went on their patrol and when they both finished their tasks, Siyeon decided to go to the shop to get some more cleaning supplies since Minji cleaned the house yesterday. On her way home she saw the polite neighbor sitting on a bench in front of her house, reading a book. She looked so peaceful and bubbly, why did a girl like that cry every night?
Siyeon didn't know how to start a conversation without looking suspicious, so she decided to walk right in front of the bench, hoping that the girl would notice her. The younger girl raised her eyes for a second and she went back to reading, when she realized that Siyeon was carrying three bags. The girl quickly put her book on the bench and stood up, walking to Siyeon.
"Wait, let me help you! These look really heavy" she said with a smile, taking a bag from Siyeon's hands. Siyeon looked at the girl who was slightly smaller than her and smiled.
"Thanks kiddo, that's sweet of you" she said and the girl gave her the brightest smile in return.
As they walked to Siyeon and Minji's door the girl looked up at Siyeon.
"I don't think I introduced myself properly yet. I'm Gahyeon, Lee Gahyeon" she said with a smile.
"Hi Gahyeon, it's nice to meet you! My name is Siyeon, Lee Siyeon" the vampire said, introducing herself as well.
Gahyeon bowed her head lightly
"It's nice to meet you too! You are new in the neighborhood, right?" she asked and Siyeon nodded.
"We moved here just a few weeks ago. Actually, we were thinking about having dinner with the neighbors, just to introduce ourselves. I would like you to come! With your parents of course" Siyeon said with a smile, trying to taste the water and carefully looking at Gahyeon's reaction when she mentioned her parents.
"We? Do you not live alone? I don't think I ever saw anyone else leave the house?" Gahyeon questioned, frowning a bit. "And I... I don't t-think my parents would... have time for dinner"
"I live with a friend. She's kinda sneaky, so I'm not surprised you've never seen her" Siyeon chuckled "I'll introduce her to you right now if you want, she should be home. And for the dinner, you can come alone if you want" she added, not wanting the girl to feel bad.
"I would have to ask my parents. I'm normally not allowed to talk with strangers" Gahyeon sighed but then her smile reappeared. "And yes! Of course I would like to meet your girlfriend!"
"Girlfriend is a strong word, kiddo, but sure" she chuckled. "Can I ask you why you're not allowed to talk with strangers? You look old enough to me. What are you, 19? 20?" Siyeon pushed a little.
"I'm 21 and yes I'm old enough but I agree with them. There are a lot of bad people in this world... So, what about you? How old are you and your girlfriend?" She asked, returning the question.
"I'm 25 and my girlfriend, Minji, is 26" Siyeon replied with a smile, when they arrived at her front door. Siyeon knocked with her free hand and they waited.
"Do I really have to get up? I know you have the keys" Minji yelled from the couch and Gahyeon chuckled.
"Minji, just come to the door! Our neighbor wants to meet you" Siyeon yelled back, turning towards Gahyeon. "Now do you understand why I don't usually introduce her to people?" She said, rolling her eyes and Gahyeon laughed.
"Just let her open the door then! I'm comfortable" the older vampire yelled but Siyeon wasn't having any of it.
"If you don't get your lazy butt over here right now, you will do the groceries for the next month, Minji!"
Not even a second passed and the door flew open, startling Gahyeon.
"I hate doing the groceries" Minji protested, taking a bag away from Siyeon's hands and walking back in to put that on the table. Siyeon signaled to the younger girl that she could come in and Gahyeon happily walked to the table, to put down the bag she was carrying.
"You must be Minji!" She said smiling to the older vampire. She briefly turned to Siyeon with widened eyes. "You have a beautiful girlfriend, Siyeon"
Upon hearing that Minji smirked and raised her eyebrows at her friend.
"So I'm your girlfriend now, Singnie?" She said.
"Aren't you though?" Siyeon said, taking Minji's face with a hand and pulling her in for a quick peck on the lips. Gahyeon looked at the girls with widened eyes.
"You are so cute together!" She said smiling while her gaze went back and forth from Minji to Siyeon.
"Well, I guess I am your girlfriend then" Minji chuckled. "And thanks kiddo! I'm happy you think we are cute. My Singnie has a lot of hidden qualities" she smirked.
Siyeon rolled her eyes and started to put away the groceries.
"Can I help?" Gahyeon asked with a smile, starting to hand things to Siyeon. The younger vampire smiled and looked at Gahyeon.
"Hey, do you want to move in? You are a lot more useful than Minji! I'll take you and I'll give her to your parents in return. It's a fair exchange!" she chuckled.
Gahyeon awkwardly chuckled at the suggestion and looked down at the ground. "I don't think Minji would like my parents" she nervously chuckled.
"What are you saying that I'm not useful? Yesterday night when I was-" Minji tried to protest when Siyeon covered her mouth really quickly.
"It's more probable that your parents won't like her" Siyeon pushed, trying to get the girl to talk about her parents a little.
"Hey, people love me!" Minji protested, trying to free herself from Siyeon's hand.
"I love you and I don't even know how that ever happened" Siyeon joked, nudging Minji's sidr with her elbow, signaling to shut up so Gahyeon could talk.
"They are... uhm... they are really busy and they're kind of strict..." Gahyeon said with a sad smile "They are really stressed because of work but I've started college this year and my grades are amazing so I'm sure they will be proud! And maybe I can make them feel a little better" she said with a hopeful smile.
"You're a good kid, Gahyeon. I'm sure your parents will be proud of you! What do you do in college?" Siyeon asked.
"I'm studying molecular biology and genetics" Gahyeon said proudly. "I'm really glad I got the opportunity to study it. I couldn't really afford it, but now I have a full scholarship" she said, smiling.
Minji looked at Siyeon with a confused expression.
"Mole- what now? What is it about? What kind of stuff do you learn in that thing?" She asked, making Gahyeon laugh.
"It's kind of complicated" Gahyeon said with a chuckle "But we study things like chemistry, biology, biochemistry" she tried to say, but she saw that Minji was still really confused. "We... Uhm... we study the life of cells and other really little organisms" she said with a smile.
"Ah yes, I understand now" Minji lied with a big smile. "That sounds really interesting! I think? What can you do with it?"
"I would like to become a molecular biologist" Gahyeon replied with a smile and Minji decided to just give up.
"That sounds nice" she said with a smile, turning around to put away some stuff on the counter. Siyeon nudged Gahyeon a little.
"She has no idea what that means. She's just pretending" she whispered and Gahyeon nodded, chuckling. She looked at a watch and saw that it was already quite late.
"I'm s-sorry, I need to go home! It was really nice to meet you two!" She said with a smile heading towards the front door.
"Gahyeon" Siyeon called and the younger girl turned around, looking at her. "If you need anything, we are here" she said, looking straight into the girl's eyes. She didn't mean it as a neighbor, she wanted to say more than that... and she hoped that the girl would reach out for them if she needed help.
"I... I will ask about the dinner! Did you want to do it tonight or?" Gahyeon quickly asked.
Siyeon looked at Minji and the older vampire nodded. The older vampire had the same feeling as Siyeon now, she could sense that something was wrong in that household and she really wanted to meet Gahyeon's parents.
"Tonight it's fine by us, let us know if your parents are free" Minji said with a smile and Siyeon quickly took a piece of paper and she wrote her number on it.
"That's our number. If you don't want to come all the way here again, you can just call us and tell me what they said" she explained, pointing at the house phone with a smile, but the truth was that Siyeon just wanted her to have their number, in case of emergency.
"I will let y-you know as soon as possible, I promise! I'll see you later maybe" Gahyeon quickly said, running out of the house to be home in time.
As soon as Gahyeon ran out Siyeon sighed.
"Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks she was scared as hell at the idea of going back home" she asked weakly. Minji put a hand on Siyeon's shoulder and nodded.
"I think that you might be right... Singnie... I think you should go listen in on them" Minji said, squeezing her shoulder.
Siyeon nodded, taking her coat and walking outside. She didn't have to be really close to their house to listen, but she wanted to be close enough... just in case. She sat on a bench right in front of their house and she listened to Gahyeon asking them about the dinner.
-
"Mom?" Gahyeon asked, walking in the kitchen to see her mother doing the dishes. "The neighbours asked if I wanted to join them for dinner"
Her mother didn't even bother to look at her.
"You will eat at home, Gahyeon, like every other day. Why should they invite you over for dinner?" she asked in a calm tone, placing a plate on the table. Gahyeon tried to reply, but her mother spoke again "You are a bother for us, let alone for the neighbours"
"But they said it was okay, mom... we talked about my studies and they seem really nice. They recently moved here and are a couple" Gahyeon tried again, ignoring her usual comment.
"I don't care about what they said. Why were you talking with them? I didn't give you permission to talk with them, did I?" Her mother asked, still with a painfully calm tone.
"No mom you didn't" Gahyeon said looking down "but Siyeon was carrying three bags and I went to help her carry them"
"You said they're a couple? Her boyfriend could help this Siyeon girl with the bags. What kind of man lets his girlfriend carry three bags?" her mother said sternly. "Now enough with this stupid argument. Help me with the dishes before your father comes home. You know what happens if the dinner is not ready"
Gahyeon nodded and joined her mother at the sink but she wasn't done with her argument.
"Her girlfriend was inside, she didn't even know that she was carrying 3 bags. That's why I helped, mom"
"Her girlfriend?" Her mother asked, raising her eyebrows in horror. She put a glass down in the sink and she quickly dried her hands, taking Gahyeon's face in one of them. "You won't speak to them ever again, did I make myself clear?" she hissed, squeezing her face hard enough to make Gahyeon whimper.
"Mom, you're hurting me... and why not? I still need to call them to say I can't come tonight" Gahyeon weakly protested, looking in her mother's eyes.
"Call them?" Her mother asked with an irritated tone. She understood that the women probably had given her their number and she started to look for it in Gahyeon's pockets. The younger girl tried to stop her but when her mother finally found the piece of paper, she tore it in pieces, throwing it in the garbage.
"Mom?! What are you doing? They were really friendly to me, I can't just not let them know that I'm not allowed to go tonight" Gahyeon asked.
"I said that you won't talk to them ever again. Don't you fucking dare to question my decision" her mother yelled, slapping her hard on the cheek. Gahyeon whimpered and brought a hand to her cheek trying to keep her tears back.
"C-can... can you l-let them k-know... please?" She asked weakly.
"No, they will think that you didn't care enough to let them know so they will just let us be!" Her mother yelled again.
"Why? Wh-why are you s-so m-mean to them? They l-looked like a f-friendly couple, mom" Gahyeon pleaded.
"One more word, Gahyeon. One more word will be all it takes for me to withdraw you from college! I don't care, you don't ask us for money because you have a full scholarship. One more word and you won't see a class anymore" she yelled, taking Gahyeon by the collar. The girl nodded with tears in her eyes, looking down at the ground and finishing the dishes. Once she was done she took her report card out of her backpack and went over to her mom to show it. She really hoped she could make her proud.
"Mom I... I have something to show you" she said, trying to smile. She gave her the report card and she impatiently waited for her mother to read it.
"I don't have time right now, I need to prepare dinner" she coldly replied, not even sparing her daughter a glance.
"But... it will take only a minute. You will be proud of me if you look at it" she tried to say, confidently, making a step forward towards her mother.
"Proud? Proud, Gahyeon?! I told you that I don't have time so go bother someone else" her mother yelled, pushing Gahyeon back.
"Please just look at it for a secon-" she tried to say, when another slap hit her face.
"I've never been proud of you Gahyeon and I will never be" her mother said, looking at her. "You're a disgrace" she whispered, but Gahyeon heard her.
"Why? What did I do wrong mom? Why do you fucking hate me? I'm trying my best to make you two proud of me!" Gahyeon cried.
"You ruined my life, Gahyeon! Your father was an amazing person before you were born. You're the reason he started drinking, you are the reason why this family is falling apart" she hissed.
"That's not true! Dad was nice to me until some years ago! Where did it go wrong, mom? Why do you hate me?"
"Are you calling me a liar?" Her mother yelled, pushing Gahyeon on the ground. "Go upstairs! Now! You don't deserve to eat lunch and you don't deserve dinner. You will fucking starve until you learn some manners" she yelled, pointing at the stairs. Gahyeon pulled herself up and wanted to go upstairs but her mother grabbed the report card out of her hands.
"Is that what you wanted to show me? What you wanted me to be proud of you for?" She yelled. "Well, I don't care" she yelled, throwing it on the fire of the stove, burning the paper.
Gahyeon watched the paper burn and with it all the hope she has of making her parents proud of her. She ran upstairs with tears streaming down her face, she closed the door behind her and she dropped herself on her bed, sobbing hard.
"I'm trying... so hard" she mumbled weakly "I wish I was never born"
-
Siyeon had heard enough and stood up from the bench clenching her fists. How could a parent be so awful towards their child? How could they say such hurtful things to their face? She decided to go home and tell Minji. She wanted to return with the older vampire to listen to what happened at night.
-=-
After the vampires had their blood pack for dinner they decided to go back to the bench to listen if something else was happening in Gahyeon's house. They could hear her parents talk, but not Gahyeon. They waited for half an hour when finally they heard her voice.
"Mom... I- I'm really hungry" she said weakly "I haven't had breakfast and lunch today and my stomach is really hurting" she tried to say.
"That you didn't have breakfast is your own fault. And I told you I wasn't giving you lunch or dinner today. You don't deserve it after your foul manners. I hope it hurts a lot" Her mother yelled.
"Just... something small, please. A piece of bread... a piece of fruit" she pleaded. She hadn't eaten anything for a day and a half now and she felt like she was about to pass out.
"Just remember this as a lesson. I told you that you could go starve upstairs and think about your actions. And shut up if you don't want your dad to be involved, brat" she hissed.
Gahyeon nodded weakly and she turned towards the stairs to go back to her room but her head spun and she had to lean on the wall.
"I- I'm about to... to faint" she said, weakly.
"Good that means we won't hear you anymore today, go up to your room and don't bother us" her mother yelled, not caring about what she said.
Gahyeon walked upstairs, leaning on the wall and trying not to fall. She reached the door of her bedroom and she stumbled in. Before she could reach her bed, her legs failed her and she fell to the ground. She put both her arms on her stomach and she crouched in a fetal position, crying.
She desperately needed to eat something to make this pain go away. She didn't understand why she had to go through all of this, what she ever did wrong to them. She tried to be nice, she had good grades, why did she deserve this?
-
Siyeon stood up from the bench with clenched fists, breathing heavily.
"I will end them" she whisper-yelled but Minji hugged her from behind.
"There is nothing we can do for her now, Singnie... Just... let's go home and we will think about what to do tomorrow" she said, trying to calm down Siyeon. The younger girl nodded and followed Minji home.
"They're monsters! How the fuck can they do that to her? She is their fucking daughter" Siyeon yelled, throwing her coat on the couch and running to the kitchen to get a pack of blood.
When she started drinking she thought about something.
"Minji, do we have human food you can quickly cook?" she asked, knowing that Minji's cooking skills weren't amazing yet, but she was trying. She knew they were necessary to blend in.
"Well I've been cooking a lot lately but it's really really hard to cook when you can't taste test" Minji admitted searching for something in the cupboard. "I can try some ramen, why? You want to torture your stomach?"
"Just cook that, please" she quickly said, giving a peck on Minji's lips. "What can I do to help you? Boil water? Chop things?" she asked, opening the fridge and looking for something. She didn't know what though.
"Singnie, I know what this is is for and I have to say that I love you even more. It's great to see you care about her so much. Just take some vegetables and chop them, girlfriend" Minji said with a wink.
!Siyeon smiled and took out of the fridge all the vegetables she could find. When she was done chopping every single one of them and she almost chopped two fingers off, she brought everything to Minji. The older vampire looked at her with a smile and shook her head
"I was sure you would have chopped a finger off" she said, chuckling.
"Well, you were wrong! I almost chopped TWO fingers off" Siyeon said, proudly.
"That would've meant that our sex got more boring then" Minji joked.
"Not necessarily" Siyeon said with a smirk, sticking out her tongue and pointing at it. Minji laughed and she finished preparing the ramen. "Your first real test to see if your cooking is good, girlfriend" Siyeon chuckled as Minji put the food in a bag.
Siyeon took a couple pieces of fruits and some bread from the kitchen and she put them in the bag with the ramen. She walked upstairs and she got out of the window, climbing to the roof. From that she jumped on Gahyeon's house roof and she climbed down to her window. She placed the bag there and she gently knocked on the glass, climbing back on the roof.
Gahyeon opened the window and took the bag, looking around to see who could've dropped it there but she didn't see anyone. Once she noticed what was in the bag she happily started eating, wiping away her tears.
Siyeon looked down at her from the roof and she couldn't help but smile. That girl deserved so much and yet she was so unlucky to be born in a household where no one appreciated the person she was. Siyeon, for the first time in a long time, felt her heart full seeing Gahyeon smile because of her.
"I will get you out of there, kiddo" she whispered, looking down at the younger girl who was happily eating the ramen. The vampire went back in and hugged Minji.
"Thanks for the food, she is eating it, Minji" she whispered, pecking her lips.
Minji hugged her tightly and nodded on her shoulder.
"Siyeon... why do you care so much about her? She's not the first person to go through this... we've met others in her situation and of course, you felt sorry for them, but I can feel that this time is different" Minji said, rubbing her back.
"I don't know, Minji... It's just... she's so nice... she always helped me out, you can clearly see she's an amazing kid and she... she gets treated like shit" Siyeon whispered.
"So were the others" Minji pushed, trying to understand why this time was different.
"I don't know what to say, Minji. It's just a feeling okay? It's like... I feel that I have to protect her somehow. All the times I've met her coming home from the grocery store, all the time I walk next to the bench she usually sits on, she has always looked at me in a different way. It was like she was silently asking for help... to me. And I've been listening to her cry at night for weeks now... I've stayed up entire nights with her, crying with her sometimes..." Siyeon admitted, trying to explain why she felt so determined to help the younger girl.
"I'm proud of you Singnie... I'm so so proud of the caring vampire you became. It's good to care about others and I'm glad to follow you, but there is only so much we can do for her" Minji commended her.
"I want to do everything I can, Minji" Siyeon said, looking her in the eyes. "I want us to save her, somehow..." she added, looking at Minji with pleading eyes. Minji kissed her forehead and pulled her closer.
"We'll listen one more time, we can record what they say and call the police" she whispered.
"Just promise me something... if the police come to pick them up... I want to scare them to death at least one time before that" Siyeon said, with an angry look.
"You can do that if there is no risk of being seen by others" Minji replied, knowing she couldn't deny the request.
"I'll be careful" Siyeon said, nodding. "I'll take the recorder, but we need to be really really close for it to work. Maybe we can stay under the window? The kitchen one looks opened" Siyeon suggested.
"Perfect Siyeon, I'll see you at the bench, we'll make sure they can't possibly escape" she replied putting her coat on.
As soon as Siyeon had everything ready she caught up with Minji at the bench and they carefully sneaked under the kitchen window of Gahyeon's house. They turned on the recorder, hoping to catch them red handed.
"Whatever you do, Singnie... don't interfere" Minji whispered, giving her a quick kiss on the lips.
Siyeon nodded. She knew she couldn't interfere and she knew it would be really hard not to. These people were monsters.
-
Gahyeon walked downstairs after her mysterious meal. She ate all of it since she was extremely hungry.
"Mom, I'm going to the restroom" she said.
Her mother didn't bother to reply so she just walked to the restroom. As soon as she came back out again, her father walked towards her and he pushed her to the wall.
"Your mother told me you went to the neighbors house. Who gave you permission?" He yelled in her face. Gahyeon flinched, looking away from him.
"No one did, dad. I just wanted to help them out" she replied weakly.
"You should help your mother in the house. Are you not useless enough? Spending all that time on those fucking books?" He yelled again "It's not like you will ever become somebody important in life"
"I'm studying to become a molecular biologist, I have good grades but mom burned my report card" Gahyeon pleaded, trying to stay calm.
"Of course she did. We will withdraw you from college anyway. That's a waste of time. You will just marry a rich man and you won't need to work anyway" he hissed, walking away from her.
"I don't want to marry a rich man! I want to study and make a living for myself, the subjects I'm studying are really interesting. I don't have time for love right now" Gahyeon tried to explain.
"No one talked about love. You will marry a rich man, it doesn't matter if you love him or not. You won't waste time on useless books" he said, not bothering to look at her. "Just go back to your room, I've already decided that and I'm not arguing with you about it"
"Dad, please... I don't want to marry a rich man. I want to find someone that loves me and treats me well" Gahyeon smiled, her father 'seemed' to be in a pretty okay mood.
"Who could ever love you, Gahyeon?" He said in a calm tone, turning towards his daughter. "You are not worthy of love so you better hope we can find a rich man that will marry you for the way you look. At least for that, mother nature has been nice with you" he said, sitting down and taking the newspaper in his hands.
"Marry someone for their looks? Never! I'm gonna find someone myself and marry that person there even is someone I think I have a crush on" Gahyeon challenged.
Her father stood up, leaving the newspaper on the table and he walked to Gahyeon, slapping her hard on the face.
"You will marry who I say you need to marry. Just hope he likes you for the way you look, because there is no way someone would fall in love with your personality. You are a nobody" he hissed, slapping her again. The young girl had enough of him saying that to her.
"Stop saying that! I'm still the same daughter I was 10 years ago! The one you loved! What did I do wrong!" She yelled, putting a hand on her cheek which was slapped for the third time today.
"I've never loved you, Gahyeon" he said, laughing "You are the reason why this family is falling apart" he said, repeating the exact same words her mother said to her.
"Then what did I fucking do to make it fall apart? What did I do? Tell me, dad!" She cried, pleading for him to at least tell her that.
"You exist" he said in a calm tone again "That's enough for our life to be miserable" he added. "Go to your room, Gahyeon, before I slap you again... and this time I won't stop at one" he threatened.
"Just slap me then. Fucking beat me up. I don't care anymore" Gahyeon yelled, running upstairs. "I don't know why I keep trying... I hate you"
Her father quickly grabbed her by the arm, stopping her from running and he slapped hard again. He dragged her upstairs and opened the door of her room and he slapped her once again, throwing her on the ground inside her room.
"If I see you out of this room even once tomorrow, I will beat you in a way you don't want to imagine" he hissed, shutting the door close and walking back downstairs.
Gahyeon used all her strength to get back up on her feet as she started pounding on her door.
"Go on then, fucking coward, beat me! Just end me already so I don't have to live with you two demons!" she screamed.
Her father heard her and she walked back to her room, he opened the door and he took her by the hair, throwing her down. He kicked her in the stomach and he bent down.
"Keep your mouth shut, okay? Or you won't see tomorrow" he hissed, taking her by the hair and pushing her head on the ground. Gahyeon growled at him, hitting his arms with her hands, trying to hurt him but her father was just too strong to resist.
"Fuck you! You're a monster!" Gahyeon spat at him.
He took her up by the hair and he pushed her down again, he kicked, slapped and punched her until she wasn't able to talk back anymore.
"If you don't want to shut up, I will just make you. Stop acting tough when you are a sheep" he hissed, walking out of the room, leaving her on the ground. Gahyeon coughed up some blood and tried to stand up but everything hurt. She heard the doorbell ring downstairs so she knew that if she tried something now that her parents couldn't stop her.
She crawled to her window and she tried to stand up. When she managed she looked down and she knew that in her condition, she wouldn't survive the fall. She stumbled to her bed and she removed her sheets. She hooked them at her window and she climbed on it. She tried to hold tight as she slowly climbed down. Her body was hurting way too much and the sheets were too short, but she didn't have any other chance. When she reached the end of her sheets she gritted her teeth and she let go, falling down and painfully rolling on the ground.
She felt pain in every inch of her body but she didn't care. She couldn't stay in that house anymore. She needed to get away. She tried so hard to be a good kid but nothing helped so she saw no choice but to run away to a safe place.
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Siyeon and Minji had recorded enough and while Siyeon kept recording, just in case, Minji ran back home and called the police. As soon as they arrived, Siyeon ran towards them
"Hurry! Please! They will kill her" she pleaded, pointing at the door. The officers rang the doorbell and as soon as the father opened up they put the handcuffs on him. The other officer went in and got the mother out, putting them against the wall.
"Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law" the officer growled as the father was desperately trying to resist his arrest.
He tried to free himself so the officer put him on the ground as the other one took the mother to the police car. Siyeon bent down and looked at him in the eyes.
"I will make sure she finds someone who loves her and treats her right" she hissed in his face. And since the police officer was turned to the other way to call for help, Siyeon let out her fangs and she hissed at him. "If you will be ever released, you better stay the fuck away from her".
The father looked at the fangs and his eyes widened in terror.
"A vampire! She's a fucking vampire! Kill this woman, she's a monster" he started screaming and Siyeon just smirked at him, walking back to Minji who chuckled.
The policeman looked at Siyeon who just shrugged and pointed at the few bottles on the table.
"I think he drank a little bit too much" she said and the policeman nodded, picking the man up and dragging him to the car.
"Thanks for reporting this miss, the world needs more attentive neighbours like you two" the officer said with a grateful nod.
As soon as they walked out Siyeon ran upstairs and threw the door of Gahyeon's room open.
"Gahyeon! They're gone! They won't hurt you anymo-" she started to say when she noticed that the room was empty. "Gahyeon?" she shouted, hoping that the girl would answer and that was when she noticed the open window and the sheets hanging out. "Minji, get up here, she's gone!"
Minji ran upstairs and she joined Siyeon at the window. They both looked down and Siyeon started panicking.
"S-she was hurt. Minji you heard what he did to her! She was hurt badly. She jumped down" she said, breathing really fast.
"Hey, hey! Look at me. She's not down there, so she survived the fall, right?" She reasoned, trying to reassure Siyeon. "We just have to find her"
The younger girl nodded as she looked out the window to see if she spotted the girl somewhere. Minji looked around the room and saw some blood on the floor. It was the blood that the younger girl had coughed up. Minji took some on her finger and smelled it to get accustomed to the scent.
"We can follow her blood scent, Singnie, come on" she quickly said, running downstairs to search for the hurt girl.
Siyeon followed Minji outside, they carefully followed the scent of the wounded girl and it led them to their front door. There was blood on their driveway and Siyeon ran towards the door when she noticed that there was blood on it too. She turned to Minji, with tears threatening to fall.
"S-she came here, Minji. I- I told her that we would be here if she needed h-help and she... She came to us b-but we weren't home. S-she was looking for us to h-help her" she said, with a trembling voice. Minji clenched her fists and looked down at the ground. There was a flaw in their plan. They didn't expect that Gahyeon would run away and go to their home... They expected the police to arrest her parents so they could go up to the girl's room.
"Singnie I'm sorry to say but... no time to be sad, we need to find her, come on, sweetie" Minji said, trying to be strong.
Siyeon nodded and they started running again, how far could she be? She was badly hurt and she ate one meal in two days... she couldn't be far.
"Got her!" Minji suddenly said, climbing up on a roof, followed by Siyeon. The older vampire turned towards where the scent was coming from and she pointed an alley to Siyeon.
"God damnit! Why would she go there at night? The alleys are dangerous at night" Siyeon yelled as she started hopping on the rooftops to get there, she really hoped that Gahyeon was okay.
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Gahyeon looked around in the alley, scared. She knew she shouldn't be there, but she heard someone asking for help and she just couldn't ignore that. She turned the corner and saw a girl her age, cornered by two men. She was screaming to them to let her go, that she didn't have money and she just wanted to go home. Gahyeon looked at the scene and she knew she should have just turned around and walked away... there was nothing she could do in that condition. As she was about to turn around, she locked eyes with the girl... she saw the fear and the terror in her eyes. Gahyeon was in bad condition but she wanted to prevent whatever could happen to that innocent girl.
"Hey! Leave her... alone. She did nothing wrong... to you" Gahyeon yelled, gaining their attention.
One of the men turned around, looking at Gahyeon.
"Mind your own business and go home" he said, not giving her any attention.
"What are you... doing to her? L- Let her go..." she tried to say again. "We will... walk a-away and we won't s-say anything to a-anyone" she added, feeling scared.
"She owes us money, girl, and this bitch here is gonna pay" The man said to Gahyeon. "Last warning walk away, or this will get nasty"
Gahyeon walked towards them, she took the girl by the hand and she looked at the men in front of her.
"Just... please. It doesn't have to...be like this" she tried to reason, she hoped the men won't just attack her for no reason. Maybe she could finish this with a talk and maybe they would let the girl go.
"You like a fight or what, girl? You are already all beat up. What are you, a street fighter searching for some fun? We ain't messing around, kid. Last warning. Go. The fuck. Home" One of the two threatened walking right in front of Gahyeon.
The girl she was holding by the hand started crying. She kept repeating that she didn't have any money and she didn't want to die for that. That's when Gahyeon noticed the knife the second man was holding in his hand. Were they about to kill her? Gahyeon didn't know what was the right thing to do, so she just acted on instinct. She pulled the girl's hand to the side, strongly.
"Run!" She yelled to her and the girl didn't think about it twice, running as if her life depended on it... probably because she knew it did.
"You fucking bitch" the man yelled pushing Gahyeon against the wall and hitting her in the stomach. "Do you know what you just did? Huh? Do you fucking know what you did?" he yelled in her face and Gahyeon knew that she couldn't do anything about this.
Gahyeon tried to free herself, she tried to talk, but her stomach hurt too much and she felt like she couldn't breathe. A noise on the roof caught the second man's attention
"Someone is coming! Let's get the fuck out of here" he said, grabbing the other man's shoulder.
"Not before she pays for what she did" the man with the knife hissed, holding her against the wall.
"What do you mean man, we don't have time for this" the other said but his mate didn't care as he stabbed the knife in Gahyeon's stomach before running away, leaving Gahyeon there, slowly falling to the ground.
"No!!" Siyeon screamed, as she watched Gahyeon falling to the ground. She and Minji had seen everything, as they ran on the roofs to get there. Siyeon jumped down from the roof, landing right beside Gahyeon, who looked at her, slowly falling in her arms as Siyeon bent down to catch her.
"Y- You put t-the... food... window" she said, connecting the dots after seeing Siyeon jump down from a roof.
"I did, kid, I did but please don't talk. It uses too much energy, please stay with me. Your parents got arrested, it will be fine" Siyeon whispered, pulling Gahyeon close to her. Minji landed in the alley not long after and looked at the two with clenched fists.
"I... went... your home" Gahyeon said with a weak smile, coughing up some blood again.
"I know, kid. I'm sorry... I'm sorry I wasn't there" Siyeon said, pulling her closer. "Now stop talking... we will take you to the hospital, okay? You will be fine" Siyeon tried to say, caressing her cheek.
"Siyeon..." Minji called, making Siyeon turn towards her "she... she's not gonna make it to the hospital" she whispered, looking at the wound in her stomach.
"Minji, we have to! She can't die! She lived a horrible life and she's a fantastic kid! Minji, she needs to survive" Siyeon pleaded, holding onto Gahyeon as she started crying. The wound in her stomach did indeed look really bad.
"Thanks... for... help-" Gahyeon tried to say but she got cut off when she coughed up some more blood.
Siyeon violently shook her head, to stop her body from reacting to the blood.
"Hey, hold on kid. Please, hold on!" She whispered, not knowing what to do.
Gahyeon smiled weakly and she brought a hand on Siyeon's cheek.
"I wish... I had m-met... you sooner. We could... have been... Lee... sisters" she said with a weak chuckle, before coughing up blood again.
"Gahyeon no, it's... it's not over, kiddo. Just... please... please stay with me! We can still be Lee sisters" Siyeon pleaded when Gahyeon's grip on her weakened a bit. She felt Gahyeon dying in her arms and she couldn't let that happen. "Minji... I... I want to save her and you know... there is only one remaining option" Siyeon whispered, looking at the older vampire.
"Siyeon... no" Minji whispered, shaking her head weakly. "Neither of us has ever done it. We don't even know how. And she... She would be connected with you... for eternity, Siyeon" Minji tried to reason.
"You know how to do it Minji! You trained for it when you were supposed to get a high rank in the clan! And I don't care! I can't let her die like this! This kid deserves much more! Let me turn her Minji, let me make her my blood sister" Siyeon pleaded with tears streaming down her face.
Minji looked at the two girls on the ground and she couldn't think about anything. She knew how to do it, but she had never done it and she knew it was the most difficult thing a vampire could do.
"Minji please!! She's dying!" Siyeon cried "I- I've never asked you anything and I will never ask you anything again. But please... please tell me how to turn her and tell me you will accept her in our vampire pack" she pleaded as her tears streamed down her face. Minji clenched her fists, she knew she couldn't deny Siyeon this request.
"Fine! But you better promise this won't ever mess with our hierarchy" Minji sighed and Siyeon quickly nodded. Minji thought back at her lessons before explaining it to Siyeon. "Okay, Singnie, you have to drink from her until she only has one drop of blood in her system and then... then you have to make her drink some of your own blood"
Siyeon looked at Gahyeon who was laying in her arms, she looked so tiny and fragile.
"What... what if I mess something up? What happens then?" Siyeon asked, still looking at Gahyeon.
"She dies" Minji explained, weakly. Siyeon nodded as she picked up Gahyeon. She sat down with her back laid on the wall and she pulled Gahyeon closer, placing the girl on her raised knees.
"D-Do I have to bite her on a specific spot or?" Siyeon asked.
"You don't have to but the neck is the best spot, just be sure to feed her your own blood right after or it won't work Siyeon" Minji sighed, not fully on board with this plan but she couldn't deny Siyeon's wish. She also acknowledged that Gahyeon was a good kid but this was way too risky.
Gahyeon slowly opened her eyes and her gaze met Siyeon's.
"I...feel... c-cold" she said weakly and Siyeon nodded, crying.
"Kid, I'm about to do something that will probably hurt you a lot... but you have to hold on, okay? You hold on and I- I will give you the life you deserve" she said, placing a kiss on Gahyeon's forehead.
"I... Hurt?" Gahyeon asked with a weak smile letting her head drop on Siyeon's shoulder. She felt all the strength leaving her body. She was sure that this was it. The end of her miserable life. Right after she found 2 persons that wanted to care for her. How funny that was.
Siyeon removed Gahyeon's hair from her neck and she let out her fangs. There was no more time to lose and she knew it. She pierced the girl's neck and she heard a little whimper escape her lips. The vampire started drinking and she realized she had no idea of how and when to stop. How could she feel when there was a single drop of blood in her body? She tightened her grip around Gahyeon's body and she kept drinking... She had to save her.
Minji watched as Siyeon drank and went closer, bending down to hold onto Siyeon's arm. She looked her friend in the eyes and pointed downwards.
"I'm going to cut your arm with my nails, okay? That way you don't waste time hurting yourself before feeding her" Minji stated and Siyeon nodded. The oldest vampire let her ice blue nails out and slashed Siyeon's arm, making her bleed.
Siyeon flinched a little but she didn't stop. She kept drinking and to say that it was awful was an understatement. She was sucking the life away from Gahyeon and she could feel the younger girl dying in her arms. She drank more and more and when she felt there was no more blood to drink, she pulled away. She had this feeling it was the right moment and she stopped, quickly bringing her arm on Gahyeon's lips. She let the blood flow into her mouth and stared at Gahyeon's face.
"Please, drink... please be okay" she pleaded. Her intention was to save the girl but if she failed... then she was the one who ended up killing her. She can't imagine how scared Gahyeon must've been when Siyeon bit her.
Gahyeon wasn't moving and Siyeon was starting to panic. She bent down, placing her ear in front of the girl's lips.
"She's not breathing, Minji. S-She's not breathing... I- I killed her" Siyeon cried, and Minji couldn't do anything but place her hands on the younger vampire's shoulder, squeezing them.
"I'm sorry, Siyeon" she said weakly "They taught us that it takes less than 2 minutes if the turning process is right" she added, pulling Siyeon closer. "You did your best"
"M-Maybe she... she n-needs more of m-my blood! It's n-not been t-two minutes y-yet... Gahyeon h-here d-drink" Siyeon said, bringing her arm over Gahyeon's mouth again and squeezing it herself to let more blood come out.
"Siyeon... please stop" Minji said weakly. She knew the girl should have already woken up if everything went according to the plan. "I- It's been 4 minutes... I checked the watch.. Y-You have to let her go" Minji pleaded, trying to make Siyeon look at her.
"I can't Minji! She's g-going... to be fine! She w-will be t-turned any s-second now a-and wake up... w-wake up as m-my blood s-sister" Siyeon whispered, staring at Gahyeon's unmoving body.
Minji sighed and she sat down beside Siyeon, leaning closer to her. She didn't say anything more, she just stood still, silent, waiting for the younger girl to realize it herself. They stayed in the same exact position for 15 minutes and Siyeon didn't move her gaze from Gahyeon, not even once.
"Minji? She... she will be fine right? P-please tell me she will be fine" Siyeon asked, breaking the silence and letting her tears fall on Gahyeon's face.
"Siyeon... she should have already woken up... a long time ago. Something went wrong in the process... and she didn't make it" Minji said, trying to be as gentle as possible, but Siyeon had to understand this. She had to accept that Gahyeon was dead.
"I... I killed her Minji... What, what should I do?" she cried.
"You didn't kill her, Singnie. She was dying and you tried to save her... but it's really difficult to turn someone, you know it. Don't blame yourself" Minji tried to say but Siyeon shook her head.
"Maybe if we had taken her to the hospital she could... maybe she wou-" she was saying, when she felt an almost imperceptible movement in her arms. Siyeon looked down and saw that Gahyeon was moving a little bit.
"Gahyeon?! Gahyeon?! Can you hear me? Minji she moved! She's alive" Siyeon yelled and Minji shushed her, signaling her to be quiet.
Gahyeon shifted a little in Siyeon's arms but she didn't have the strength to open her eyes.
"H- Hungry" she whispered faintly. Siyeon started crying again but from happiness this time and she looked at Minji for guidance. She didn't know what to do, she was too happy that she wasn't even able to think straight.
"She's alive, Singnie" Minji whispered, looking at Siyeon, seeing how happy the younger vampire was. "Let her drink, make her fangs come out" she whispered again. Siyeon nodded and placed her arm on Gahyeon's lips and the girl whimpered as her fangs slowly came out. "You... you successfully turned her, Singnie" Minji whispered, not believing her eyes. But why did it take so long to work? It should've been finished way sooner. Gahyeon slowly fed from Siyeon's arm until she was satisfied.
"What happened? Why am I... a vampire?" she asked.
"Minji... I- I don't want her to remember anything of this. Not her death, not her horrible life, not her awful parents" she whispered weakly, ignoring Gahyeon's questions... knowing that she wouldn't remember the answer anyway.
"Siyeon, no... you can't just ask me to take her memories away... I can't bring myself to use that power to literally erase all her memories of her life... what are you going to do? Let her live in a lie? Our pasts make us stronger, Siyeon" Minji tried to argue.
"P-Please Minji. She won't stay without memories... you will give her new ones. You will give her memories of a childhood with me as a sister, with nice vampires as parents, with a lot of friends and a nice house" Siyeon said, tearing up. "A 21 year old girl shouldn't have the memories she has, Minji" she tried to reason.
Minji didn't agree with Siyeon at all. But if Siyeon wanted that then... maybe she could do it.
"I'm not okay with having her live in a lie, Siyeon, you should at least give her that decision" Minji whispered.
Siyeon looked down at Gahyeon who was looking at her with a weak and confused expression.
"Kid... I can give you new memories. Memories in which you have everything you need to be happy. You will have a nice house, a nice childhood, many many friends, amazing parents... and we can be Lee sisters" she said with a sweet smile. "You won't remember anything that happened to you. You won't remember your parents, how they treated you... you won't remember what happened here..." Siyeon said, caressing Gahyeon's cheek "Do you want me to?"
"Wha-what do you mean new memories? That's not possible is it? I-I don't know what you mean, Siyeon" Gahyeon said with an awkward smile. Siyeon looked at Minji with a pleading face. She didn't want Gahyeon to be a hurt girl, she wanted her to be happy.
"Fine! But if this all comes crashing down, if she ever finds out, then I won't defend you Siyeon. This is your call" Minji said firmly, taking hold of Gahyeon's shoulders and making her look deep in her eyes.
"Just focus on my eyes, kiddo, nothing else" she whispered.
Gahyeon did what she was told and she looked in Minji's eyes, instinctively taking Siyeon's hand. Minji put a hand on Gahyeon's forehead as she erased her memories, one by one, replacing them with nice ones.
After a few minutes she let Gahyeon go as she stood up.
"All done" she sighed "just give her a moment to come out of this dazed state'
Siyeon nodded and held Gahyeon in her arms, waiting for her to come back to 'reality'. After a couple of minutes Gahyeon turned her head towards Siyeon, with a confused look.
"What are we doing here, sis?" She asked, looking around. "Did I sleepwalk again?" she chuckled.
"You did, little sis" Siyeon smiled, hugging Gahyeon. "Come on, let's go home little one, Minji needs her sleep" she added and Gahyeon nodded, kissing Siyeon's cheek.
Minji looked at the scene and shook her head. She still couldn't fully get behind Siyeon's actions but in time... she would accept them...
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