White Noise - Part 26
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"So you talked to Dara." Heechul was saying as he burst into the room with Onew, who half-jumped at the sudden intrusion. Then, he was fast on guard, snarling at Heechul. "You.."
"Uh-huh. Me." Heechul stepped lightly around Onew, inspecting him. "It's been a while."
"Why did you take Minho?"
"Hardly worse than when you took Noh, isn't that right?"
Onew cringed, balling up his fists. "Don't talk about him. Don't say his name."
"Who? Noh? Your own sire, who you killed? You know, I was waiting for Jonghyun to kill your new boy for me. I thought, since I missed out on killing him before, I might as well let him be useful now. Turns out he wasn't even good for that.."
"You people hold grudges for way too long." Onew said, scowling.
"Almost five years, isn't it?" Heechul asked, sticking his hands in his pockets and looking coldly at Onew. "It's nothing compared to the time him and I spent together before. I was sharing him with you for just a couple of years, and then sure enough, you don't give him back.."
Onew cringed once again, a memory tearing into his mind like a headache. "Get away from me." he said.
Heechul laughed, "Maybe I should have let Minho stay your bonded. I could have watched your feelings for him grow until the day you turned him, so I could see you try to let him go. Now that would have been fitting.... What can I say? Guess I'm impatient."
"You know what he did to me.." Onew said, reaching up and clutching his head. "You know better than anyone, because you were there."
"Mmhmm. I tried to save you both, didn't I?"
"You tried to kill me."
"You were the problem."
Onew's voice was weak, "Please go away."
"No thanks, I'm good."
"Noh..." Onew gasped, dropping on the floor with a broken memory cutting through his brain, a memory of a kiss that had tasted like blood, but not the satisfyingly rich blood that Onew was used to now in his life. It had been an awful kiss that felt like it was destroying him, and it had been, because he'd liked it.
Heechul laughed at Onew again, a satisfied laugh now, and he stepped back towards the door. "I'll let you see Minho again sometime soon, huh? You can see how he's become the good little bonded that you were."
Onew barely heard him. That kiss replayed painfully, bloody lips touching his, smearing on his, staining him...
***
Minho didn't sleep for long. He couldn't remember the last time he did get a good night's sleep, for that matter. Siwon, with an arm still around him, spoke as soon as his eyes opened. "You're awake.", and just like that Minho tensed up.
Siwon quickly moved back from him, "I'm sorry. I should allow you to dress."
Minho shuddered, and Siwon's eyes narrowed. "Onew was far too lenient with you. In order for you to live in this lifestyle, you must understand that you're inferior. What I did was only what I had to do."
"I'm going to try to do what you tell me to do." Minho said, almost in a whisper. He cleared his throat so that he could speak more boldly. "But I will never think of myself as inferior to someone like you."
"It is that pride which I attack," Siwon said, "And that pride which will earn you much worse than what you just went through." His voice was calm, and slow, but it didn't fool Minho, who could feel that edge of frustration.
Minho couldn't imagine worse. He didn't know being degraded could reach such a horrible level.
It was Siwon's turn to clear his throat, and Minho felt him moving around on the bed as he spoke. "We've thought very carefully about how to deal with your family." Minho's eyes widened, and he began to sit up as Siwon spoke.
"Our plan is to explain that you have special needs and will be required to transfer schools. I'll still allow you to visit them on occasion, as long as you behave."
Siwon was watching him for a reaction as if he couldn't feel it. If he could feel it, it'd be this stomach sinking - heart falling with it type of feeling.
Minho's dad couldn't help, his mom couldn't help. Onew probably didn't care to help. Minho's mind drifted to Taemin....
Taemin had escaped here by himself. Wouldn't he come for Minho?
Minho turned over and looked at Siwon though, and wondered if it could be possible to escape from a bond. Didn't seem like he'd been capable of escaping from Onew's.
Dread took over his mind. Would he really have to stay here, as Siwon's? A horrifyingly depressing thought went through his mind, "Wouldn't it be better to die?". It was his first suicidal thought, really, the first that he'd meant so seriously...
Siwon seemed to pick up on it, because he suddenly felt quite sympathetic. "Minho... I want to make this easy for you."
Minho glared at him. He didn't want his sympathy. He didn't want him to care. But he did, and he could feel it, and that made Minho more comfortable than he wanted to admit.
"You won't like me all of the time.." Siwon said, "But we can get along."
"I don't want this." Minho said.
"And I'm sorry," Siwon said, "to force it on you."
There it was - Minho wanted to forgive Siwon, just like that. He was sorry, and Minho knew that, and he was only doing what he had to do. Minho hated knowing that. These mixed feelings were suddenly all too familiar. So he decided to be firm. With himself, moreso than Siwon. He looked at him, eyes narrowed, and he said "No matter what. I refuse to forgive you."
Siwon seemed to consider this for a moment, and then just nodded before he rose out of the bed. "I'll make a phone call to your family." he said, and walked to the door.
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