"I will love you for eternity.. For as long as you live."
Does vampire exist in the world? No one really knows the exact answers.
Are vampires really those cold beings that we see on the televisions? Are they really those ruthless killers that does nothing but suck the blood out of human beings? Some are, but
some aren't.
Likewise, this was what happened to Tiffany and Jessica.
Out of an unexpected event, they met those creatures and spent time with them. In time, they found out that vampires aren't really that ruthless.
And most importantly, what will really happen when a human falls in love with a vampire?
Vampires: Taeyeon, Seohyun, Sooyoung and more Humans: Jessica and Tiffany
Helpless
Chapter 01: Helpless
The two American friends drove their car down the streets, passing by the houses by the sides. The street lamps from the pathway illuminated the road for them as they looked at the jam upfront. The driver frowned a little at what she saw as the both of them were in a rush to a party hosted by their classmates, but by looking at the jam in front, she knew that they won’t be able to reach there in time.
Helpless
Chapter 01: Helpless
The two American friends drove their car down the streets, passing by the houses by the sides. The street lamps from the pathway illuminated the road for them as they looked at the jam upfront. The driver frowned a little at what she saw as the both of them were in a rush to a party hosted by their classmates, but by looking at the jam in front, she knew that they won’t be able to reach there in time.
Helpless
Chapter 01: Helpless
The two American friends drove their car down the streets, passing by the houses by the sides. The street lamps from the pathway illuminated the road for them as they looked at the jam upfront. The driver frowned a little at what she saw as the both of them were in a rush to a party hosted by their classmates, but by looking at the jam in front, she knew that they won’t be able to reach there in time.
Jessica looked around the surrounding for solutions as she spotted a small alley by the side. She looked further and could see the end of the route which will lead them to their
destination faster instead of taking this path they are taking which would need them to drive one whole round. “Tiff, drive through that road over there,” Jessica said as she pointed at the deserted and dark lane.
Tiffany who was impatiently tapping on the steering wheel then turned to look at where her best friend is pointing. “Why?” She looked at the lane suspiciously before turning back to Jessica.
“Just drive through it, it’s a short cut.”
“And... how would you know?” The driver raised her eyebrow.
Jessica shrugged her shoulders, “I could see that the other end is where Jonathan’s house is at.”
“Hmm?” Tiffany used her arms to support her as she got up a little to look at her side and indeed she could see her classmate’s house just across from here. “But then... it looks... scary.” Tiffany hesitated as she felt a shiver run down her back.
The passenger rolled her eyes at her best friend’s comment. She knew that Tiffany is afraid of scary stuffs and maybe the dark but she can’t afford to be late since she is the Jessica Jung. “I’ll force you to have a horror movie marathon with me if you don’t get going like right now.”
Tiffany looked at Jessica in shock and was hoping that it was a joke, but by the look of the brunette’s serious face it seems otherwise so she have no choice but to comply. “Alright, fine. You win.”
Jessica smirked in victory and patted herself for knowing her best friend’s weaknesses. Well, they are best friends right?
As Tiffany turned the steering wheel and turned into the alley, the car behind honked at her for being a reckless driver as she accidentally scratched their car. She cursed under her breath because now, her own car also had a scar. “Damn...” She quickly drove away so that the driver would not be able to ask her for compensation.
Jessica whistled at her before commenting, “didn’t know you’re so badass, leaving just like that.” She let out a laugh while a glare was sent towards her.
“I wouldn’t have if you didn’t tell me to drive into this hell of a place.” Tiffany said before she looked around the area. She spotted nothing but bushes and an abandoned house just near them. “I doubt anyone would live here, it gives me the creepy vibes…” The hairs at the back of her neck stood up, so she turned down the air-conditioner.
A tap on her shoulder made her turn her head around as she saw Jessica looking at something. “You’re wrong though, there is someone living here. Look.” She nodded her head towards a direction where the abandoned house is at while Tiffany followed her gaze. Tiffany’s eyes were locked onto the scene that is playing right in front of her eyes. There was a girl right there being held by two well-built men. She looked like she’s in danger as the two saw her struggle against the two arms that are holding her against the wall, leaving her no ability to escape. “She looks like she’s in danger, should we help her out?” Tiffany asked while looking intently.
Jessica immediately shook her head with her eyes still on the strangers. “We’ll be late for the party if we do so and who knows what those two guys will do to us?” She placed her arms over her chest like she is trying to protect herself from some rapist.
Tiffany rolled her eyes as she pulled the car to a stop, “that’s the reason why we should help her. Who knows what will they do to her?”
The two had a staring battle with one another before Jessica broke the eye contact and let out a sigh, “okay, fine...”
Tiffany smiled at her before the both of them opened the car door quietly and slowly so as to not attract the unwanted attention from the two men. They then sprinted to where the three people were at. “What are you doing?” Tiffany was the one who spoke as the two guys turned around; one of them had blue hair while the other had white – which clearly showed that it was dyed.
When the men turned around, they revealed a girl that looks like a teenager as she was in her school attire. Tiffany gasped at the sight while Jessica continued staring at the pale looking girl who had tears running down her face non-stop. “It seems like we are gonna have two more dinners for the night.” The white haired commented with a smirk evident on his face.
Dinner? Tiffany thought to herself as she looked at Jessica who had the same blank expression as her.
“R–run... now...” Tiffany looked at the girl who had a pain expression on while coughing. Jessica bit her bottom lips in guilt for thinking of leaving her alone a moment ago. She tore her eyes away from the helpless girl before glaring at the two men, “let go of her now before we call the police!”
The two men looked at one another before letting out an amused laughter. “You think calling the police will do anything to us?” The blue haired snorted.
The other man suddenly let go of one of the girl’s arm as he took a step closer to Tiffany. With every step he took, Tiffany took another back. Seeing that this wouldn’t end, he then suddenly came up to Tiffany’s front as she gasped in shock. He held onto Tiffany’s chin but the hand was quickly slapped away by the brunette. “Keep your filthy hands off me!” The man snorted before patting both of his hands together. “You’re pretty but… too bad this face of yours is going to be drained of colours soon.” Again, he cupped Tiffany’s chin and was smacked away.
He had a smirk on his face while his gaze pierced through Tiffany, “you’re a feisty one, aren’t you?” He asked rhetorically and by that time, both Tiffany and Jessica finally caught something.
Fangs.
They could see those sharp teeth in the man’s mouth before they once again frowned in confusion again. Who the hell are these people? They both thought at the same time. “What are you guys?” Jessica asked in horror and got closer to Tiffany.
The two men laughed again before the white haired spoke, “what are we? Until now, you still don’t get it, huh? Well, it’s okay, I’ll show you now… who are we. Keep your eyes wide open.” He walked towards the girl who could barely stand up now. His hands reached out to the back of her head and pulled her hair down, making her head tilt upwards.
The poor girl had her lips quivering in fear as she kept on pleading, “please… D–don’t hurt me…”
“You’re begging me now?” He let out a low chuckle before it stopped. “Sorry, but I don’t do sympathetic acts.” He licked his lips once before he launched forward towards the girl’s
exposed neck. The girl screamed in pain as her face slowly turned whiter every second it passed.
“Let go of her!” Jessica could not take it anymore but to run forward wanting to help out the girl but then she was caught hold by the other man. She struggled against those arms and tried hitting it but it did nothing as the man just laughed at her useless hits.
The white haired finally pulled away after a few minutes as the girl fell onto the ground lifelessly. He turned around and red liquid was all over his lips.
Tiffany who was watching the entire time froze on her spot. She couldn’t believe what she just saw right in front of her own eyes. This scene, she was sure that it would stay fresh in her mind for her whole lifetime.
He walked towards Tiffany calmly, “now you know what am I?”
Tiffany could do nothing but stayed there looking at the thing in front of her. “You monster!” Jessica shouted from behind them. “What have you done to her?!” She pulled against those strong arms that were holding her.
The white haired laughed sarcastically, “I drank her blood, isn’t that obvious?”
Jessica stopped struggling as she glared at the two men. “You… You’re a monster. How could you do this to an innocent and helpless girl?” She then turned to look at the girl that’s on the ground. She’s… not breathing, anymore… She thought to herself, much in a horror. “Now, now. Be patient, my dear. It will be your turn soon after your beautiful friend over here.” Tiffany felt her blood drained from her face as she stared at the ground in fear. “Don’t you dare touch her!” Jessica spat angrily.
“You think you could do anything with just those words? Think twice, my dear.” He gave a smirk before his face inched closer and closer towards Tiffany’s neck. He stared hungrily at the vein that is protruding as he swallowed the bile of saliva in his mouth.
He bared his fangs with a growl and there Tiffany still remained defenceless with a helpless Jessica who kept on struggling and shouting.
Palace
Chapter 02: Palace
Tiffany had both of her eyes shut closed as the vampire got closer towards her. Her whole body shook but she still could not do anything. She was scared. She was helpless. She regretted taking this shortcut right at that moment. She initially thought that a pain will
rush to her neck, but as time goes by, nothing happened and instead she heard a sound of something snapping apart.
“You–” She heard the vampire groan in pain as she opened both of her eyes. The man that was trying to attack her was now on the ground, with his head dislocated. He was dead. Unknown to her, there were two more person beside her and when one of them coughed, she then jumped a little in shock and noticed them. She turned and looked at the two girls; one of them had a grin on her face while the other kept a cold look with her arms crossed. “Are you okay?” The kinder looking and taller looking one asked out of concern as Tiffany found herself nodding her head. Right at that moment, her best friend then shot to her mind as she turned abruptly to look for her. But what she saw instead was the other girl that saved her was now grabbing onto that vampire who held onto Jessica earlier on. With one ease move, she then managed to snap the vampire’s neck as Tiffany and Jessica
unknowingly let out a gasp.
Why is she so strong? Is she a… vampire too? Tiffany asked herself. She snapped out of her thoughts once Jessica pulled her into a hug suddenly.
“Tiff, are you alright?” Jessica asked softly while caressing her back. “I was so worried about you…”
Tiffany nodded against Jessica's shoulder, “yeah, I'm fine.”
Jessica pulled away from the hug to only look at her best friend guiltily, “I’m sorry that I couldn't do anything…”
Tiffany quickly shook her head and grasped onto the brunette’s arms, “it’s not your fault, Jess. There’s nothing to apologise for and besides… he was holding you at that time.” She was referring to the vampire.
Jessica smiled at her best friend with the reassurance before she then turned to the two awkward strangers beside them. “Who are you guys?” She asked with her cold stare which made the two raise their eyebrow up.
“Shouldn’t you be thanking us first? I thought that’s what happens when someone saved you?” The taller one chuckled but immediately stopped when she saw that everyone was being serious. “Sorry…” She mumbled out softly.
“Who are you?” This time, it was Tiffany who asked as she found herself cowering at the gaze that the shorter girl was giving her. She relaxed once that girl looked away.
“I’ll be straightforward since you’ve already seen what had happened.” Again, she looked at Tiffany before looking away. “The both of us are also vampires.” She said out with an
emotionless face.
Tiffany looked at them in shock before she mumbled, “va-vampires…” Her hand found Jessica's arm as she clutched onto it tightly while taking a few steps back.
Jessica saw what she did so being the overprotective friend she is, she let herself stand in front of Tiffany and glared at the two vampires, “what do you want now? Two isn’t enough and now there’s more?” She sneered.
“We want nothing. We saw you two in danger, so we decided to help you out. It’s just that simple.” The shorter one explained with her arms still crossed.
While having many thoughts running through her mind like how the hell are there
vampires in this world and the more ridiculous thing is why the two of them are the ones who met– not one, but four vampires, Tiffany then suddenly thought of the poor girl that was lying consciously on the floor. “I–is she going to be alright?”
The taller girl shook her head with a sign of sorrow on her face, “unfortunately, there's no way she could survive with the vampires drinking that much of her blood.”
“How can they be so heartless?” Jessica whispered out to herself but was still heard by the others.
“You could say that the girl is unlucky I guess. The two vampires that she ran into are from the Furer clan. They are the most feared clan in the vampire world because the members are all ruthless, also they enjoy killing not only humans but vampires as well. The thing is… she was lucky enough that those two vampires are of the lowest rank of the clan.” The shorter girl said everything out like an expert she is.
Tiffany shook her head in disbelief before stepping out. Jessica tried to stop her, but couldn’t as the brunette pushed her hands away and continued walking forward until she was right in front of the blonde. “How could you say that she’s lucky when she’s dead now?” Right now, all fears of hers were cast aside as she could only think how unfair this world was for killing an innocent person, not just a person but an ordinary student.
The blonde seems to be unaffected by the loudness from Tiffany as she flexed her jaw and controlled herself so she wouldn’t lose her temper. “If she did run into a vampire of higher rank, she wouldn’t be dead, but rather, she could be easily turned into one of them. Do you want that to happen, huh? Would you rather want her soul to be sold to them and never be free again?” She too, took a step closer towards Tiffany as the two began a glaring contest. The friend of the blonde then quickly went forward and pulled her away to avoid any fight from happening, “alright, that's enough.” She patted onto the blonde's back so as to sooth her anger that is building up within her.
Jessica noticed the intensity in the air and even she herself also could not take it so she spoke, “then what clan are the both are you from?” All eyes were then casted onto her as she shrugged her shoulders, “I'm just curious that's all.”
“We're from the Menesis clan. It's the strongest and most religious vampire clan. Hmm, and if you’re wondering, we are from the good side.” The tall one explained with a proud smile on her face but it was soon wiped off as the blonde hit the back of her head.
She glared at the blonde but it did no effect as all it takes was a stare from her before the tall one looked away, “why did you even tell them so much, you giant?”
“I was just being polite! When someone asked something, it is one’s nature to answer that person’s question back or it will be rude if you don’t.” She continued to rub her head as she reasoned out.
A giggle left Jessica’s mouth as she looked at the amusing yet funny scene in front of her, “so what rank are the both of you?”
“We're from–”
Before the taller girl could continue speaking, the blonde had already cut in, “we can't say anything for that matter.”
“This could only mean that you both are quite high in rank then…” Tiffany commented. The taller girl scratched her neck sheepishly before answering, “you could say so.” As Tiffany looked around the area she then spotted the two other bodies on the ground, “what are you going to do with them and the girl as well?”
“We have our own ways.” The shorter one replied.
The taller girl let out an amused laughter of how Jessica even come out with the idea of them eating that human girl, or perhaps she could since she knows little or maybe nothing about vampires. “We won’t do that. Like I've said previously, we are from the good side, so we try our best not to kill anyone.”
“O–kay.” Jessica nodded her head. She then took a look at her phone from her pocket and saw the timing that the both of them were already late for the party, and not just late but actually late by an hour or so. She let out a gasp and quickly placed her phone back before grabbing Tiffany’s hand. “Look, it was nice meeting the two of you and getting to know more about vampires. But right now, we have a party to rush to so we have to get going now. See you next time. Goodbye.” Before she could even move an inch, a cold hand grabbed onto her wrist making her stop in her tracks and pull her hand away due to the coldness.
She looked up and saw the taller girl staring at her apologetically, “sorry, I didn’t mean to. And by the way, I hate to say this but… the two of you can’t leave just yet.”
The two American girls stared at one another before Tiffany looked away and asked, “why not?”
“Ah, about that. It's because the both of you unexpectedly found out that vampires exist when you shouldn’t. So… you’ll have to go back with us for now.” The taller girl ended her sentence while mouthing a ‘sorry’ to them.
“What?!” The two friends said in chorus as they stared at the two vampires in disbelief while the blonde vampire winced a little at the loudness due to her sensitive hearing. “We have to get you there to have your memories erased.” She said while rubbing her own ears. But what she did was kind of useless because rubbing her ears doesn’t really do any help.
“You mean… we’re going to lose our memories?” Jessica gasped.
“Only the part where you came into this alley while the others will still be kept fresh in your mind.” She explained again.
“Where are we going then?” Tiffany asked in her timid voice again. She has always been scared of horror stuffs like vampires or ghosts. And even when she watched it on screen, sometimes she would find herself crying because she was too petrified.
The blonde vampire seems to know how Tiffany feels as she continued to look at her again. “No worries, we're just bringing you back to my palace. After everything is done, you will then be able to get home with our help.” She reassured her.
“Oh… okay…” The vampire smiled a little when she heard Tiffany let out a sigh of relief. “Let’s not waste any more time and get into the car now then.” The blonde led the way and brought all of them to her car.
It was a Maybach 62s Landaulet.
Tiffany and Jessica had their jaw dropped as they looked at the beautiful and elegant car right in front of their eyes, “wow…” They mumbled out as this was going to be their first time riding in a posh car,
“You two can sit at the backseat.” The blonde said before she got into the driver’s seat. As they were still standing there gawking at the car, the door was opened for them as they looked at their side to see the taller girl standing there with a smile, “here.”
“Thank you.” Tiffany said softly and got into the car followed by Jessica who totally ignored the vampire. The vampire frowned but then shrugged her shoulders later on and went to her own seat.
As the car hit the road, it was filled with nothing but silence. Awkward silence that is. And being the bubbly girl she was, the taller vampire couldn’t help it but to break the silence. “I think we haven’t introduced ourselves yet, so what’s your name?” She had her body turned to the side as she looked at the two American friends.
Tiffany took a glimpse at Jessica and knew that her friend probably won't answer so she did her job. “I’m Tiffany Hwang and she’s Jessica Jung.”
“I see. Nice to meet you, Tiffany and Jessica.” She smiled politely towards them with a brief nod. “I’m Choi Sooyoung and this is my cousin, Kim Taeyeon.”
“Are you serious?” Jessica suddenly spoke as she and Tiffany both could not believe that these two vampires are actually cousins with their so much different personalities and… maybe height, also. They are just almost like the opposite of one another.
“Yes,” Sooyoung chirped.
“Okay… Wow.” Jessica said out so softly that no one was able to catch that except for Taeyeon.
“Why are you so surprised?” She asked so suddenly that it startled Jessica.
“N–Nothing!” Jessica answered before turning towards the window to look at the outside. “How old are the two of you?” Taeyeon asked while looking at them through the rear mirror.
“Twenty-two,” Jessica answered shortly and suddenly the car became quiet again due to her monotone answer so she opened her mouth again. “What about you guys?” She asked without even thinking that vampires do not age. So soon after she realised what she asked, she immediately palmed her own forehead.
Sooyoung saw what she did and chuckled at her, “we have the body of a twenty-two year old but our real age is actually–”
“Err, we don't have to know that!" Jessica answered immediately and too quick that is that everyone in the car stared at her. She once again looked away to the outside. Such
interesting surroundings, really.
Sooyoung smiled while still looking at the brunette, “it’s better if you don’t know.” The car soon came to a stop after a few minutes. “We’ve arrived,” Taeyeon announced as she got out of the car. The others followed as well. Once Tiffany and Jessica stepped out of the car, their eyes grew big at what they are looking at.
Tiffany stared at the huge palace in amaze. She quickly closed her mouth when she realised she had her mouth opened just because of this mansion, “is this your house?” She found the question coming out of her mouth by itself.
“Oh no. I brought you here for afternoon tea,” Taeyeon answered back sarcastically while snorting.
Tiffany stared at her unkindly as she glared at her, “you don't have to be that mean. I was just asking.”
“Was I being mean? I don’t think so.” Taeyeon answered her own question before she walked away leaving the others behind and Tiffany there glaring at her while mumbling inaudible curses.
Sooyoung came forward to Tiffany and gave her a smile, she pointed at Taeyeon who was now at the door waiting for them, “don't mind her, she's always been like this.”
“It's fine.” Tiffany replied before she went to hug Jessica’s arm and the both of them then followed Sooyoung towards the door. The grand door opened by itself once all of them were there. As they went in, the human girls were again astonished by what they saw – the interior of the house was more of a design of a modernised house rather than those gothic houses that they saw in the movies.
The maids that were cleaning up the house looked up for a moment and stopped what they are doing. They bowed, “good evening, Prince Taeyeon and Miss Sooyoung.” They then stood straight up again once the four of them were out of sight.
“Hold on… Did they just say Prince?” Jessica asked.
“Mmhmm,” Sooyoung nodded her head. “Well… since you’ll be having your memories erased later on, I guess I could tell you this then.” She placed her hand onto Taeyeon’s shoulder and patted it. “Let me introduce you to the Prince of the vampire world!” She grinned proudly.
Tiffany tilted her head as she still couldn’t understand something. “Why Prince, though?” Sooyoung placed a finger onto her chin like she is thinking before answering, “We kind of have a rule here, you see. It only applies for the daughters in the royal family though, and that is, those who are second born and are females will automatically be Princes.”
“Oh,” Jessica answered shortly.
The four of them soon came to a stop in front of a very big door, “where are we going now?” Tiffany asked as she stared at the door curiously of what is inside.
“We’re meeting the king now.” Taeyeon answered her before tidying her own clothing. “The what?!” Tiffany shouted as the poor blonde winced again because of the loudness.
Bad Things Do Happen
Chapter 3: Bad Things Do Happen
“The king, my father. Now be quiet.” TaeYeon said without even turning her head. “Wha– Why didn't you tell me?!” Tiffany whispered in a harsh tone.
TaeYeon ignored her and proceeded to knock on the door before opening it.
We're actually meeting the king– the king of vampires! What if he kills us or something?! Tiffany thought to herself and began to panic. Her fingers were tangled together and she felt that her heart was beating frantically at that moment.
“Fany, you alright?” Jessica whispered.
“N–no...” Tiffany replied back as the door opened completely, revealing a room with very high ceiling. The smell of books hit her nose and she looked in to see tall shelves filled with books, besides that, the furniture in the room were also considered to be modern design. Right at the middle of the room, there was a huge table and a chair. The chair was slowly
turned around, revealing a man who looks around his forties. She immediately looked down.
TaeYeon was the first who went in and she bowed. “Good evening, Appa.”
Sooyoung then went along and bowed while gesturing for the two girls to do the same. They then followed and bowed slightly at the man in front.
“What do we have here?” The King spoke and Tiffany was still having her head down. She did not dare to look at the King. “Are they humans?”
“Yes, Appa. We have to erase their memories.”
“I see.” The King rubbed his chin with his index finger and thumb. “What exactly happened?” He asked, concern was clear in his tone.
“We were going to do our duties today, and halfway through, we came across them who were having some troubles with vampires from the Furer clan, so we helped out.” TaeYeon explained.
“Oh? How did they come across them?” The King glanced at Jessica who gasped when she made eye contact with the King and immediately looked away. “You don't have to be afraid of me, you know? We won't hurt you. You're completely safe here.”
How is it safe when we are practically in a house filled with vampires? Jessica thought to herself and scoffed in her head.
“They were kind of helping a girl at that time.” Sooyoung said.
“So I presume that the girl was the one who was having trouble first and these two kind girls went to help her?”
“Yes, Sir.”
“That was very brave of both of you, I must say.” The King smiled at Jessica and then to Tiffany who still had her head down. He turned to look at Sooyoung. “So, the girl... she didn't survive?”
“No, Sir. She lost too much blood at that time.”
“Okay. Did the two of you clean up after? We can't leave any trace behind and you know it.” “We’ve already called upon some of our members to take care of everything.” TaeYeon commented.
The King nodded his head. “That's good then.” He then turned again to look at the two human girls. “What's your name?” He asked with a smile on his face.
“Jessica Jung.” Jessica didn't know why but she felt that this man in front of her was harmless and in fact, she felt that she could even trust him.
The King nodded his head and then turned to Tiffany who was still not responding. Jessica realised so she quickly nudged her friend and Tiffany gasped before lifting her head up. She gasped for the second time when she saw the King's face. Surprisingly, it wasn't old and wrinkled like how she imagined a vampire King would be. And... is he smiling at me?
She felt another nudge and realised that she had been staring at the King's face. “T–Tiffany Hwang.”
The King gave her a warm smile. “Well, hello to you then, Tiffany and Jessica. If you want to, you may call me Mr Kim.”
Shouldn't vampires be fierce and scary? Why is the King being so kind to us? Jessica thought to herself.
“Yes, Mr Kim.” Jessica answered and Tiffany gave a small nod.
“May I ask how old are the two of you?” The King walked closer towards Tiffany who immediately tensed up.
Stop walking. Just stop...
“I'm 22, Mr Kim.” Jessica answered first.
“I– I'm... I'm–” Even before she could finish her sentence, Tiffany had already fallen onto the ground.
“Oh God, Tiff!” Jessica quickly squatted down and patted the cheeks of her unconscious friend. “Stop scaring me!”
“Guards! Bring her to a room. Now.” The King ordered to the men who just went into the room.
TaeYeon lifted up a hand towards them and stopped them. “Let me.” They then obeyed and walked away. She carried Tiffany up carefully before walking off.
---“Is she going to be alright?” Jessica asked and paced around the room that they had put Tiffany in.
“Yes, she will be fine. She's just too frightened which was why she fainted. But don't worry, she will be awake soon enough.” The girl stood up from the bed.
“Thank you, erm–” “Seohyun.”
“Right. Thank you, Seohyun.” She lifted up a hand. “I'm Jessica. Jessica Jung.”
Seohyun looked at the hand before smiling. “Well then, I think I should properly introduce myself too.” She took the hand and shook it. “I'm Kim Juhyun. But most people call me Seohyun so I go by that name most of the time.”
“I see.” Jessica paused. Kim? Could she be related to TaeYeon? “I hope you don't mind me asking?”
“Yeah?”
“Are you perhaps related to TaeYeon?”
A laugh came out of her mouth. “I see that you're quite straightforward.” “I'm sor–”
“No, no!” Seohyun quickly stopped Jessica. “No need to be sorry. I'm just saying that because I like people who get straight to the point – like me.” She added.
Jessica nodded.
“Anyways, you're right. I am related to TaeYeon Unnie. I'm her younger sister.” She smiled again.
Seohyun chuckled at that comment. “You could say so but I don't really like being called ‘Princess’, I get uncomfortable sometimes.” She grimaced.
Jessica had to laugh at the scrunched up but cute face. “I can see that.”
“So... how did you two end up here anyway?” Seohyun asked when the two got quiet after the introductions.
“Oh, right, forgot to introduce her to you.” Jessica slapped her own forehead.
Seohyun gave an amused expression before cracking a smile. “Well, you could introduce her to me now.”
“Right. She's Tiffany. Tiffany Hwang Miyoung. And please don't tell her that I told you her Korean name?” Jessica pleaded with both hands together. “She'd kill me if she knows that I let it out.”
“No worries, your secret's safe with me.” She did a little act of zipping up her lips. “Good to know.”
“Urgh...” The two turned to look at the now fidgeting girl that's on the bed.
Tiffany huffed and moved her stiff body before opening her eyes slowly. She closed it immediately when the brightness blinded her eyes.
Seohyun took notice of it so she went to close the curtains before returning next to Jessica. After she felt that the lights in the room were dimmed, she then opened up her eyes again. She blinked a few times, looked up at the ceiling and then to the unfamiliar room before her
eyes landed upon Jessica. She tried to sit up on her own but was too weak to do so, so Jessica helped her to lay her back against the headboard of the bed.
“You alright?” Jessica asked, her hands were combing Tiffany's messed up fringe.
Tiffany nodded. “Where are we?” She had hoped that everything that had happened was just a stupid dream and nothing more until Jessica decided to pop her little bubble of hope. “TaeYeon's house.”
“I–I see.” So it wasn't just a dream, huh? We've actually seen vampires and even got to be in their house. She laughed in her head at what she just thought of. Her eyes wondered off around the room until it came upon Seohyun, the stranger that she hasn't met yet.
Knowing that Tiffany was now looking at her, Seohyun then smiled politely at her. “Good afternoon, Tiffany. Are you feeling better now?”
Tiffany raised her eyebrow before looking at Jessica who shook her head with a smile. “It's alright, she's harmless.” Jessica said to reassure her.
Sensing Tiffany's hesitation, Seohyun then took the first step and extended her hand. “I'm Kim Juhyun, but you may call me Seohyun like how others and Jessica do.” She kept her smile on even though Tiffany made no move.
Seohyun then retreated her hand back and Tiffany noticed the little hurt that she caught in her eyes. “S–sorry...”
“It's alright. I guess it's predictable since you must still be shocked about everything.” She was still smiling and Tiffany can't help but to feel guilty of what she just did.
“You're welcome. And if you need anything, you could just call me, just make yourself feel at ho–”
A knock on the door interrupted Seohyun as all three of them turned towards the now opening door. The King, TaeYeon and Sooyoung walked into the room.
“I see that you're awake now.” The King smiled at Tiffany. “Are you feeling better? Any discomfort or whatsoever?”
Tiffany shook her head. “N-no.”
“Good then. Well, I think we can begin erasing your memories. TaeYeon.” The king called out.
TaeYeon nodded her head and went to sit next to Tiffany who immediately held her breath. “Relax.” She whispered out softly and placed both of her hands onto Tiffany's shoulder. Tiffany immediately shivered when the cold palms touched her.
“Look into my eyes and don't think about anything else.” TaeYeon said as she stared into Tiffany's eyes intensely.
Once Tiffany looked at TaeYeon's eyes, she felt herself being absorbed by it and her whole body relaxed automatically.
“Now then...” Tiffany saw how TaeYeon's eyes started to flash shades of green. She gasped loudly in shock and was about to back away until TaeYeon held her arms.
“Shhh...” Taeyeon's eyes then turned back to onyx. “You have to relax in order for this to work.”
Tiffany nodded.
“Now, don't be afraid. Nothing scary is going to happen.” “O–okay...”
“Look into my eyes again.” Tiffany did what she was told. She saw TaeYeon's eyes changing to green again and although she was still shocked about it, she calmed herself down.
She didn't know how long she had been staring into TaeYeon's eyes, but Tiffany felt as though there was a spell that is sucking her into those gaze. Her tensed muscles then
started to loosen when TaeYeon's eyes turned back to their original colour. She blinked her eyes a few times when TaeYeon backed away.
“Did it work?” Sooyoung asked impatiently.
TaeYeon ignored her and continued to look at Tiffany. She was waiting for her to lose conscious – since that's what would happen when she tried to erase the memories of humans – but it didn't happen as Tiffany continued to look at her with a blank look. TaeYeon sighed and combed her hair with her fingers. “It didn't...”
“Wh–what?” Sooyoung asked in shock. “B-But that's impossible! You've never failed before!”
TaeYeon kept quiet.
She went to stand in front of Jessica and did almost the same thing to her. When Jessica saw how TaeYeon's eyes changed colour, she was surprised but much more interested in it thus she didn't have too big of a reaction.
After repeating everything, TaeYeon was still unable to erase the girl's memories. She turned to her father and shook her head.
The King frowned. “This isn't good...”
“Let me try it, Appa.” Seohyun suggested. After getting a nod from the King, Seohyun then proceeded to erase Tiffany and Jessica's memories. In the end, she too failed to do so. She backed away with a defeated sigh.
“What's going on?” Tiffany couldn't help but ask after noticing the worried looks on the other's face.
Seohyun gave her a sad smile. “Unfortunately, it seems like we can't erase your memories.” “Wha–... Then what now?” Jessica asked while holding the hands of the worried Tiffany. “I–I don't know...” Sooyoung said.
“WHAT?! You don't know?!” Tiffany yelled. “Hey, lower your volume.” Taeyeon said.
Tiffany turned to look at TaeYeon immediately. She glared at her but TaeYeon still kept a expressionless face on. “You're the one who said that we'll be alright once our memories are erased! And now you're telling me that you can't do that?! You lied to me!”
“You think I wanted this to happen?” TaeYeon argued back with clenched teeth. “Don't, TaeYeon Unnie.” Seohyun's voice made her look away.
“This is bad... We can't have people from the mundane world to find out about us.” The King breathed out.
“What can we do now, Sir?” Sooyoung asked.
The King rubbed his temple. “There's only one solution that I can think of.” “And what's that?”
The King kept quiet for a second before heaving a sigh. “It's for you girls to stay here – in our house – for the time-being.”
“WHAT?!” Everyone in the room shouted.
I Promise
Chapter 4: I Promise
“Appa, what did you just say?” TaeYeon asked. She hoped that she had heard wrongly. “I'm sorry. That's the only solution I could think of. We can't let them leave just like that, so... they'll have to stay, unfortunately.” The King explained.
“B–but...” Tiffany stuttered.
“I know it's a shock for both of you, but we practically have no choice now.” The King smiled, sadly.
“Wh–what if you feed on us?” Jessica asked, with worry in her tone.
“We won't, we only feed at the start of the month. Besides, we have our own blood supply taken from hospitals and most of time, we would try to feed on animals. We try not to hurt anyone.” Sooyoung explained.
“Then what about our friends? Our family?”
“From what we know, your families are in California at the moment.” TaeYeon explained. “As for your school, we will come up with an excuse so you won't be going there for quite some time.”
“Hold on. You checked on us?” Tiffany said sharply. “We have to.”
Jessica heaved a sigh. “We don't really have much of a choice, do we?”
“I'm sorry...” The King apologised again. “Well then, I'll be going already. Taengoo, take care of everything, alright?”
“Appa!” TaeYeon scolded. “Stop calling me that! I'm not a kid anymore.”
“Why not? You're always a kid in my eyes, Taengoo~” The King continued to tease TaeYeon whose face is already red from embarrassment.
“Stop it, Appa!” TaeYeon tried to swat the hand that kept on approaching her cheek. The King continued to laugh as TaeYeon kept on complaining.
Tiffany looked at the pair in amusement. The King doesn't seem bad at all. In fact, all of them seem nice. She frowned at her own thoughts. Vampires? Nice?
The King noticed the frown on Tiffany's face. “Is there anything wrong, Tiffany dear?” Tiffany looked at the King. “N–nothing.”
“Okay then. Don't be afraid to speak up if you're uncomfortable or something.” “I–I will.”
The king smiled at her and then at Jessica. “If there's anything you need, feel free to tell anyone in this house.”
“Yes, Mr Kim.” Jessica replied.
“Alright, I'll get going then.” The King walked towards the door. Once his hand landed onto the door knob, he turned around. “Take care of them, understand?” He said to his children and Sooyoung.
“Yes, Appa.” “Yes, Sir.”
“Sooyoung-ah, I've told you not to call me that when there's no outsiders here.” “H–huh?” Sooyoung asked.
“Tiffany and Jessica are going to stay under the same roof with us so they aren't outsiders anymore.”
“Okay, Si– Uncle.” She grinned at the King who had winked at her.
“Alright, goodbye.” After everyone had said their greetings, the king then left the room, leaving the others in a silent atmosphere.
They exchanged glances with one another while the awkwardness in the air suffocated them.
TaeYeon couldn't take it anymore so she cleared her throat. “This will be your room then.” She said and looked at Tiffany.
“Me?” Tiffany pointed at herself.
“Erm... duh? Or who do you think I'm talking to?” TaeYeon rolled her eyes.
Tiffany narrowed her eyes at TaeYeon. She wanted to burst out at TaeYeon at that time. She couldn't understand what was wrong with the girl's attitude when all she did was ask an innocent question. No, no. Calm down, Tiffany.
“Hey, did you even hear what I said?” TaeYeon asked, impatiently.
Oh, that's it. “Are you always like that?” Tiffany asked, with anger in her tone. “Always what?”
The others in the room looked at the pair before looking at one another. They know that sooner or later, a fight would probably break out between them.
“No.”
“No?” Tiffany snorted.
“Maybe only to some loud and nosy people.” “WHAT?!”
TaeYeon winced at the loudness. “See? Loud.”
“You're so asking for it!” Tiffany yelled and launched forward, wanting to grab onto the cocky girl's neck when Jessica grabbed her arms and dragged her away, a safe distance from TaeYeon.
“Jess! Let go of me!” Tiffany threw her arms in different directions so that she could get away from Jessica's grip.
TaeYeon merely yawned at what was playing in front of her. “I'm heading to bed now. Jessica, your room's next to this room on the right side.” She said and walked out even before Jessica could reply her.
After making sure that TaeYeon had left, Jessica then finally let go of Tiffany.
Tiffany shrugged and huffed in anger. “She's so irritating!” She threw her hands up in the air before slumping down onto the bed.
“Don't mind her. She's just... She's not like that in the past until...” Sooyoung paused when she realised that she had said too much. She took a look at Seohyun who was looking at her sadly.
“Until?” Tiffany asked.
Sooyoung straightened up. “Nothing. I'll tell you next time, if I have the chance to.” “O–kay...” Tiffany nodded head slowly.
“It's getting late, we shall leave the two of you to rest.” “What about school tomorrow?” Jessica asked.
“Like TaeYeon had said, we will think of an excuse or something like that, so you wouldn't be going to school.”
“Okay...” Jessica paused. “Our clothing?” She pointed at her shirt that was stained with dirt. “There'll be someone who will bring it here later. The clothes will probably be in the closet by the time you wake up.”
“Wait.” Tiffany spoke. “You mean someone would come into our room?” She asked, with panic all over her face. She wouldn't want anyone to come into their room, especially when they are living in a house full of vampires. She remembered the vampire movies that she was forced to watch, where there was a full moon and the vampires would lose control and feed on anyone they see.
“Yes, but please don't worry, we do have some maids from the mundane world.” “Huh? You have humans here?” Jessica was shocked to hear the news.
“Yes, and before you could think of anything bad, no, we didn't force them to work for us. Some of them are actually... relatives from some parts of our families, so...”
“You have humans as your relatives?!”
“Yes.” Sooyoung nodded. “We do have some couples whom one is human while the other is vampire. So the relatives from the human would then be here.”
“Why would they be here when they could be with their family?” Jessica asked again and both Sooyoung and Seohyun laughed at her curiosity.
“Jess, don't you think you're asking too much?” Tiffany scolded.
“It's okay, Tiffany.” Sooyoung smiled. “Well, like in your world, humans have to work to earn a living. The same goes to our world too, they work to get paid to support their family because some of them aren't that... well-off.”
“I... see...” Jessica said, even though she still didn't quite get what Sooyoung was saying. Sooyoung chuckle when she saw the confused look on Jessica. “I'll explain to you much clearer next time.”
Jessica nodded. “Sure thing.” She wouldn't mind knowing more about the things she hasn't known since born.
“Alright, we'll get going then. Have a good night rest and call us if you need anything.” They nodded and bid their goodbyes before Sooyoung and Seohyun left the room.
Tiffany sighed and lay on the bed. “I can't believe that we're actually going to be living with vampires. Could this day get any worse?”
Jessica went to lie beside Tiffany. “I know right? It's just so weird today...” “What if this is only a dream?” Tiffany asked while looking up at the ceiling.
Jessica yawned. “H–huh?” She didn't hear what Tiffany had just said because she was too tired.
“What if, we wake up the next morning and nothing of this is real?” “What are you talking about?”
Tiffany turned to look at Jessica. “Do you think this is just a bad dream, Jess?” Jessica blinked her eyes a few times at Tiffany before slapping her friend's cheek.
“Owh!” Tiffany shot up. She turned to Jessica and glared at the smug looking girl. “What's that for?!” She rubbed her burning cheek and winced at the pain.
“You asked me if all this is a dream... And to answer your question, does it hurt when I slapped you?”
“What do you think?” She glared at Jessica. “Wanna try?” She raised up her hand.
Jessica grinned and pushed Tiffany's hand down. “No, thank you.” She gave a air smooch to appease Tiffany.
Tiffany narrowed her eyes at Jessica before breaking out a smile. She couldn't stay mad at Jessica for long because the girl always has some tricks up her sleeves to make her smile again. As long as Jessica's here... I'll be fine. She went back to lying on the bed.
“Tomorrow's going to be a long day.” Jessica sighed. “I just wished that tomorrow would be better.” “Me too...” Jessica yawned again.
“Go to sleep, Jess.” “You too...”
“Night, Jess.” “Night.” “Jess?” “Hmm?”
“Promise that you won't leave me?” “I won't. I promise.”
The two best friends then went to sleep while holding onto one another tightly. They were scared that they would actually lose the other.
Little Bickers Everywhere
Chapter 5: Little Bickers Everywhere
She groaned when she felt the bright sunlight hitting her face. She turned around and placed her face into the pillow before falling asleep again. The next time she woke up, the sun wasn't as bright as earlier on.
She had her eyes closed for a little longer before opening them slowly. She rubbed her eyes and then looked at the unfamiliar room.
Oh right. I'm at a vampires’ house. She then snorted to herself. Can't believe I just said that. She stretched her body, trying to activate her lazy muscles until a hand landed on her thigh. She was about to scream when she saw the face of the person who was covered under the blanket.
“Wha–”
“Tiff, stop moving...” She said in annoyance that someone had just disrupted her beauty sleep.
“Aren't you getting up?” Tiffany got off the bed and squatted down to look at the clock on the nightstand. “It's already eleven.”
“Five minutes more...” Jessica showed a five before her hand fell down onto the bed. “You'd better get your pretty bottom off the bed when I get out of the bathroom.” “Mmhmm.” Was all that Jessica replied.
Tiffany went to the closer first to find her clothes and indeed like what Sooyoung had said, her clothes were already placed nicely for her. Her face then heated up when she thought of a stranger helping her to arrange her undergarments. Hope that it's a female... I mean... Sooyoung would call a female right? She shook her head. Of course it's a female, you dumbo. She said a ‘maid’ last night. But wait... what if there are male maids?
She shook her head again but this time used her knuckle to knock herself before wincing in pain. Stop thinking about it, Tiffany Hwang, and get to the showers!
She took the things that she needed before heading towards the bathroom.
After she took a good fifteen minutes to have a nice warm bath, she then came out of the bathroom with a towel on her head. She frowned when she saw the huge lump on the bed. “Yah!” She used her towel to whip Jessica's bottom. “You're still not getting up?”
There was no response from the latter. Not even a single movement.
“Are you ignoring me on purpose or are you really still asleep?” She eyed Jessica suspiciously.
“...”
“Jessica Jung Sooyeon!” “...”
Tiffany placed her hands on her hips before an idea sprung up on her brain with an imaginary lightbulb beside it. She grinned sheepishly before climbing onto the bed. She climbed on top of Jessica and started to jump up and down on her tummy.
“Wake up~” Tiffany sang while still jumping. Jessica screamed. “Tiff! Get off me!”
“Not gonna do that unless you get out of the bed now.” Click.
The two paused and turned to see Seohyun standing by the door.
Seohyun looked at them with widened eyes. “I–I'm sorry for interrupting.” She bowed slightly. “Please... erm... continue.” Before the two could even speak, she had already closed the door.
Jessica immediately pushed Tiffany off her and got out of bed. “Look at what you've did, Tiff! Now that poor girl will surely misunderstand us...” She complained.
“If that's the case...” Tiffany followed after Jessica who was walking to the closet. She used her finger and trailed it up and down Jessica's arm teasingly. “Then they'll know about us.” She joked.
Jessica was about to say something back until she noticed a shadow beside them. She turned to the door again and Seohyun was standing there.
The intruder widened her eyes at the two before bowing her head in embarrassment. “I–I apologise again. I just wanted t–to inform Jessica that your clothes are in y–your room.” Seohyun said and closed the door with a loud ‘bang’. It seems like she wanted to get out of the awkward situation sooner.
“Look, she'll misunderstand even more now.” Jessica rolled her eyes and swatted Tiffany's hand away. She then walked to the door, wanting to go to her room to get her clothes. “You mean... you don't love me anymore?” Tiffany said in English and faked a sob. Jessica turned around with a hand on her hip. “Seriously, Tiffany?” She too, spoke in English.
“I'm hurt.” Tiffany placed her hand onto her chest and used her other hand to wipe away her fake tears.
“Right, right. Be hurt for all that I care.” “Yah! You're mean!”
“And you're lame!”
The laughter from the two filled the room.
---The two friends went down the stairs after Jessica had finished her thirty minutes bath that she claims she needs for her skin.
They reached the first level where the living room was at before pausing. “Hold on. Where are we going?” Jessica asked.
“The kitchen?” Tiffany replied.
“Right.” Jessica said and started to walk again. It wasn't until very soon that she came to a stop again. “Where's the kitchen?”
“How would I know?”
“I say... we open every door in this house until we find the kitchen. How's that?” Jessica suggested and grinned like she have just said something that she's proud of.
“That's a bad idea. Wait, I mean an utterly bad idea.” She saw how Jessica pouted. “Have you even seen how big this house is? It would take us hours to go about every door.” She rolled her eyes.
“Dang... Do you have to?” Jessica narrowed her eye at Tiffany. “Unfortunately so.”
“You suck.” Jessica pouted again. “Thanks.”
“So, what now?” “I have no idea.”
Jessica sighed. “Why isn't there anyone here? Any maids? And humans one, may I add.” “That's because they have duties to fulfil.” They turned their heads to see Sooyoung walking towards them with a smile.
“Good morning, ladies.” “Good morning, Sooyoung.”
“Morning.”
“So... care to enlighten me on why are the two of you standing here and having a little what seems like a debate battle to me?” Sooyoung laughed.
“Huh?”
“It kinda looks like you were quarrelling when I look from above.” “Oh...” Tiffany responded. “We wanted to head to the kitchen, but...” “But you don't know the way?” Sooyoung continued for her.
“Yeah...” She scratched her head sheepishly.
“Well then, it's my fault for not showing you the way.” She chuckled. “Come on, then.” She led the way and motioned for the two girls to follow. “Maybe I should show you two around after lunch.”
“Sure, that's a good idea.” “No, not a good idea.”
Sooyoung and Tiffany stopped walking and turned to look at Jessica who was shaking her head.
“Why not?” Sooyoung raised her eyebrow.
“And to think that you even suggested for us to go around every door in this house just to find the kitchen...” Tiffany rolled her eyes.
“Hey, that's different, alright?” Jessica defended.
“Right, right. Keep thinking of excuses, Jess. Just admit that you're lazy.”
Jessica waved her hands around. “Whatever. Now, can we go to the kitchen? I'm hungry.” She complained.
“Of course. Come on.” Sooyoung said.
---They walked into the kitchen and the smell of delicious food immediately hit their nose. Tiffany looked around the kitchen and her eyes went to the table that is full of different dishes. She watched in amazement before turning to Sooyoung. “You eat human food too?” “What? Do you think that the blood we drink at the start of the month is enough for us?” Tiffany heard the familiar voice and the snort that came after.
She turned and noticed that TaeYeon was standing by the stove, looking at her. She rolled her eyes. “Do you have to annoy me this early?” She grumbled under her breath.
“It's not early anymore, in fact, it's late already.” TaeYeon replied and Tiffany was shock that she was able to hear her.
“Y–you can hear me?”
Sooyoung shook her head at TaeYeon. “She has sensitive hearings.” She explained to Tiffany.
“Oh...”
“Anything more that you want to know about our kind? Since all you know is that vampires suck blood and nothing more.” TaeYeon smirked at Tiffany while putting another dish onto the table.
“Oh. My. God.” Tiffany balled up her fist. “You're so annoying!” She pointed at TaeYeon. “And you're loud.” TaeYeon commented and took off the apron before throwing it aside. “EXCUSE ME?!” Tiffany shouted with her eyes flaring in anger.
TaeYeon winced at the loudness again. “See? You're loud.” “You– Argh!”
“What? Cat got your tongue?” TaeYeon smirked in victory. “You... You... You shorty!”
“What?!” TaeYeon yelled. “Shorty!”
“You loud woman!” “Excuse me?!”
“Loud woman!” “Midget!” “Loud–” “SHUT UP!”
They all stopped and turned to Jessica who flipped her hair once and fanned herself with her hand. “Seriously, are you two kindergarten kids? Can't you stop bickering for just one minute?” She huffed and shook her head.
“She started it.” Tiffany pointed at the shorter girl. “No, you started it.”
“You–”
“How old are the two of you already? One is twenty-two and the other... well... over hundred, I guess?”
“Good guess.” TaeYeon commented. “Really? Over hundred?” Jessica gasped.
“Not really. But you could say so.” TaeYeon shrugged. “Huh? What do you mean?”
“And I'm two hundred and sixty-four.” TaeYeon added.
“Wow. You're old. Like, real old.” Tiffany grimaced at TaeYeon.
“Well, at least I won't age anymore, unlike someone who just spoke.” TaeYeon rolled her eyes.
“You old midget!”
“What can I do for you, loud woman who has to use anti-ageing products in years to come?” TaeYeon faked a sweet smile.
“Don't you two have any idea that you're also insulting us?!” Sooyoung and Jessica shouted at the same time.
Sooyoung turned to Jessica and smiled at her but the girl simply ignored her.
She's so cold... It's fortunate that she's not a vampire, or else, she would have been a cold hearted one. Oh wait... What am I saying? Vampires are cold blooded. As in, their bloods are cold... and... yeah. Sooyoung thought to herself.
“Can we dig in, already? I'm hungry just by hearing the two of you argue.” Jessica complained.
Tiffany narrowed her eyes at TaeYeon who smiled sweetly at her. It was mostly faked, that was what Tiffany thought.
---“Come on. Let's get going.” Sooyoung said and started to lead the way so that the two girls could have a tour around the house.
Jessica looked at TaeYeon and Tiffany who were looking around, trying not to have any eye contact with the other. “You two better not fight again, you hear me? Or else...” She glared at them.
TaeYeon felt a shiver run down her back. Wow... Scary.
“Don't worry, I'm not as childish as someone else.” Tiffany said and looked ahead. She sensed eyes on her back, probably glaring at her.
They then continued to walk around with TaeYeon and Tiffany having some occasional useless bickers that were stopped by none other, Jessica.
---After having to walk for more than two hours, they then went back to the living room. Jessica was the first one who slumped down onto the couch as soon as she caught sight of it.
“Move.” Tiffany said when Jessica was occupying most of the space.
Jessica groaned and scooted over so that there is enough space for Tiffany who sat down almost immediately.
“Okay, so... I think that's enough for today.” Sooyoung said. Jessica straightened up and frowned. “What do you mean?”
“WHAT?!” Jessica shouted.
TaeYeon flinched and complained in her mind. First, a loud one. And now, a high pitched one? How do I survive this if they continue to yell everyday… TaeYeon shook her head. “Volume, please.”
“Right, sorry.” Jessica apologised. “So, are you serious? We still have more?” Jessica grumbled.
“Yup. But you can choose not to, since those rooms are kind of... unnecessarily for you to know and rarely anyone uses it now.”
“I see. Then I'll choose not to since we don't really have to know.” Tiffany scoffed. “Just admit that you're lazy, Jess.”
“I am not.”
“Yes, you are, lazy Jung. Need I remind you what had happened this morning?” “Shut up.”
The two best friends had their little bicker while beside them were two amused vampires that were listening to what they were saying.
Having a Heart
Chapter 6: Having a Heart
“Just to inform you guys, we’ll be going to the forest tomorrow.” TaeYeon said while typing on her laptop.
Tiffany stared at her, slightly mused by the fact that vampires do have technologies in their world. But of course, like what TaeYeon had said and as much as she hates to admit it, she still has a lot more to learn about vampires.
“Hey, did you hear what I said?” TaeYeon looked at Tiffany. “H–huh?”
“Guess not.” She then resumed back to typing. “I'm not gonna repeat what I've said so ask the others.”
Tiffany narrowed her eyes at TaeYeon but chose not to retort back. Such a mean person. “We’ll be going to the forest tomorrow.” Sooyoung said. “So do prepare yourselves.” Tiffany smiled sincerely at Sooyoung. Having to live a few days in the house, Tiffany
realised that the people here were really nice. In fact, they treated Jessica and her like their own family. Maybe, with the exception of TaeYeon for Tiffany as the girl would be cold towards her although she would talk to Jessica.
“Maybe she's just not used to strangers living in her house,” was what Jessica said to her. But she didn't believe that was the case since TaeYeon still treated Jessica pretty well.
“Why are we going to the forest?” Jessica asked and broke Tiffany’s train of thoughts. “To hunt, of course.” Sooyoung replied.
“What? Why do we have to hunt?”
Sooyoung chuckled at Jessica. “Not you, silly. I meant us.” “Us?” Jessica frowned. “Oh. You meant you guys... I see.”
“Jess, you sure are slow.” Tiffany poked Jessica's forehead. She then turned to Sooyoung. “But wait... didn't you say that you don't hurt human-beings?”
“We’re gonna hunt for animals, not humans.” “I see.”
“Wait, I have a question.” Jessica raised her hand like how an elementary kid would do when she wants to ask her question to the teacher.
Sooyoung smiled at the sight. “Yeah?”
“Update me on why the two of us have to go as well?” “We can't leave you two alone.”
“Why? You don't trust us? You think that we’d escape while you're gone?” She raised her eyebrow.
“It's not that. It's just safer to be with us since... there could be some unexpected events that could happen.” Sooyoung joked.
“Wh–what events?”
“I don't know.” She shrugged. “Maybe some other vampires would break into the house?” Jessica and Tiffany gasped together.
“Stop scaring them, Sooyoung.” TaeYeon voiced out and closed the laptop. “The reason why you two have to follow along is because my father had instructed us to stay with you two at all times. And very unfortunately, going hunting means having a pretty long distance away from the house, so, we have to bring you along.”
“Oh.” Jessica responded. “That was a better explanation than Sooyoung’s.”
The said woman gasped and turned to Jessica. “How could you say such things?!” She pretended to be hurt. “You're taking sides’ too early, young lady.”
Tiffany laughed at Sooyoung while Jessica remained a cool and calm face. Sooyoung then sulked when she realised that Jessica wasn't going to react to her joke.
“To make it better, Seohyun will be tagging along.” TaeYeon added. “That's good.” Tiffany nodded.
“You don't mind?” Sooyoung asked. “I mean... you're not afraid of us anymore?” Tiffany shrugged. “All of you seem nice.” Except for Kim TaeYeon.
“Not all vampires are like us, just for your information.” TaeYeon spoke. “Not all clans are the same.”
Tiffany nearly scoffed at what TaeYeon said but held it in. No trouble, Tiffany. Just hold it. Yeah, that's right. Hold it in.
“Rest early. We'll have to head out in the morning.” TaeYeon informed them.
“What? In the morning?” Jessica groaned. “What about my sleep? I'll be sleep-deprived.” “You're always sleep deprived.” Tiffany said. “Even if you sleep for one whole day, you'll still be tired and will be able to sleep anywhere. Remember that time when you slept in the bat– Mmphh!” Jessica had her hand clasped over Tiffany’s mouth to prevent her for saying anything more.
“Huh?” Sooyoung raised her eyebrow.
Even TaeYeon got curious of what Tiffany was about to say because of the big reaction from Jessica.
“Nothing! Nothing.” Jessica laughed and waved her hand around.
Tiffany took the chance to quickly pull away Jessica's hand. “You slept in the bathtub with a toothbrush in your mouth!”
There was silence for a while.
Before laughter erupted from the two vampires.
Tiffany cocked an eyebrow up when she saw how TaeYeon was laughing so hard until she had to hold onto her stomach.
---The next morning, all of them got up early and as expected, Jessica was the last who got out of bed and Tiffany had to drag her off the bed. She ended up being on the floor with a nagging Tiffany, but surprisingly, she was still able to sleep for fifteen minutes more before Tiffany got out of the bathroom.
They went to the forest by car and reached in just twenty minutes.
“You can put your stuffs into the tent now.” TaeYeon patted her hands after she was done pitching the tent.
The others went inside to place their stuffs before gathering up again. “So... Who do you want to, sort of, partner up with?” Sooyoung asked.
“We have to go too?” Jessica complained. “Which meant that we'll have to watch you suck the animals' blood?” She grumbled under her breath.
“We can't leave you two alone. There's some other ‘creatures’ here.” Seohyun explained. “Then, I'll go with you, Seohyun.” Tiffany said.
“Sorry... That's not possible because I have to stay here for lookout.” “Then why can't we stay with you?”
“That's because if in any events, something or someone does come, I wouldn't be able to protect the two of you as... I'm not good at fighting, you see.” Seohyun grinned sheepishly. “It's better to be safe than to be sorry.”
“I guess there's no choice then...” Tiffany said.
“I'll tag with Sooyoung.” Jessica announced oh so suddenly.
Tiffany's eyes widened and she turned to look at her friend abruptly. “There's no way I'm going with... her! I'm tagging with Sooyoung!”
TaeYeon didn't seem affected by Tiffany's words as she kept her calm posture. “Hey, that's not a very nice thing to say.” Jessica scolded.
Tiffany bit her lips and looked at TaeYeon who was still looking all cold, that was when she felt a little guilty of what came out of her mouth.
“Okay, that's decided then.” Tiffany heard Sooyoung said and so she quickly looked at the tall girl.
“What? Decide what?” She asked.
“That I'm going with Sooyoung and you're going with TaeYeon.” Jessica smirked. “Wh–what? When?!”
“A while ago. I think you've been day dreaming a lot these days, Tiff. Better get your mind working quickly.”
“B–but...”
“Alright, have fun!” Jessica waved and walked away with Sooyoung beside her. It wasn't until very soon that she turned around. “And no fighting!” She warned the two who was staring at them with widened eyes.
---After Sooyoung and Jessica had left, the two were left in awkward silence. TaeYeon was the one who spoke first and said, “follow me,” to Tiffany before she started to walk.
Tiffany followed behind Taeyeon like a lost puppy since she had no idea where she was because every tree looked the same to her. While walking, she would then occasionally kick the pebbles that were on the ground while mumbling to herself, something like, “why am I here”.
She was so lost in her little world of complains that she didn't realise TaeYeon had stopped walking. Thus, she ended up bumping into TaeYeon’s back.
“Owh!” Tiffany rubbed her forehead. “Your body is so hard!”
“Shhh!” TaeYeon grabbed Tiffany by her hand, startling the girl, before she pulled Tiffany towards a nearby bush.
When TaeYeon was looking around the place cautiously, Tiffany kept her eyes locked at the pair of hands. It's cold...
Her fingers felt tingly for a reason and most importantly, she was having butterflies in her stomach. She gulped. What is this?
TaeYeon turned to look at Tiffany for a moment and saw the latter staring at their hands. That was when she realised she was still holding onto Tiffany’s hand. She quickly let go and mumbled a “sorry” to Tiffany before turning away.