#feyminsoo

a starter for @feyminsoo !

[ trigger warnings: blood ]

don’t get into trouble. it’s the first thing that echoes in his mind, going on and on, over and over on repeat. sungha’s voice croons it into his mind, reminding him to be careful, that the other is trusting him to not get into trouble. and sebin wants to do well for the other male, the only one who had taken care of him when he’d first awoken, scared. 

“don’t get in trouble,” he whispers to himself in a soft little voice as he slips through the shadows. but the expectation of not getting in trouble? it’s near impossible for sebin, young as he is and always hungry. the steady thump of heartbeats sound in his ears as he creeps through the streets, and he can feel his fangs sharpen in his mouth, a soft whimper escaping him as he tries to block out the call of blood.

but he’s so hungry...

the steady sound of heartbeats all around him make his fangs throb, and he swallows around the saliva starting to pool in his mouth, his head feeling a little hazy. don’t get into trouble, sungha’s voice echoes but it’s starting to become more distant as the bloodlust crowds more into his mind. 

thump... thump... thump... thump... 

the noise echoes in his ears until it’s the only thing he can hear, sungha’s chiding voice fading to a barely audible sound in his head. he whines softly as he stumbles, drawn towards the steady heartbeat. it smells so good. 

there’s a moment of hesitation as hyunwoo takes in the question, his eyebrows furrowing slightly and his usually calm expression twisting slightly. there are a lot of things that he regrets. but for him to pinpoint the one thing he regretted the most? that would be a difficult question. 

he wracks his brain for memories of the past century of his life, everything that had happened in what felt like both eons and the blink of an eye, all at the same time. 

but oh, there’s one thing that stands out. one thing where he hadn’t even been the one to pay the biggest price. one thing where he could have done better, maybe even saved them years of suffering —

“i’m sure there are things i’m not considering,” he finally says with a small, heartfelt frown. “for the time being, i’d have to say that what i regret the most is not being able to protect minsoo better.”

[ trigger warnings: death ]

all of his witches have been exceptionally special. there’s more than just an arbitrary choice when it comes to a familiar bonding with a witch, and hyunwoo, as a generational familiar, is even more picky when it comes to successive witches. haneul had accepted his offer of partnership and that had come after they had known each other for several years, feeling connected at the soul before finally taking the final step when she was nine. the same age as his own sister. she was young but she had known, and hyunwoo had taken care of her faithfully until the day she died at 80. 

minsoo had drawn him in amidst the wake of grief and loss that had followed haneul’s death. if it hadn’t been for minsoo’s spirit calling to him, signalling their compatibility even as haneul weakened. if he hadn’t found a suitable witch, he thinks he would have let his life end with haneul’s. but minsoo had been there. 

in the wake of minsoo’s abrupt loss, the rupturing of their bond that had left hyunwoo alive — he wished at the time that it hadn’t, it would have been easier to bear death than the hole that his bond with minsoo had left — had been when donghyun had called to him like a flame flickering in the darkness of his life. donghyun had been bright, pure, and so very kind. 

why had he chosen donghyun? when hyunwoo thinks about it, donghyun had been a light in the darkness, calling to him with his pure soul. although he thinks that he probably could have gone to another family, he had loyalty to haneul’s family. the more donghyun grew up, the more hyunwoo had been sure that donghyun was the one he wanted to bond with. there could have been other people, but donghyun was the one he wanted to protect.