the first choice

It’s been three days since I arrived here. Namjoon and Jin check my health often and they decided to avoid feeding on me for the first days to avoid hurting me too badly, or weakening my body. But unfortunately, this morning when leaving my room, Jin said that I was now strong enough. So today one of them is going to feed. I just nodded while he was still there but once he was gone, I sighed and curled into a ball.

I don’t want to… The favor they gave me is that no matter the day, they allowed me to choose who feed when I want.

I finally get out of bed and decide to wear the clothes Yoongi brought me. I clearly told them two days ago, that I don’t like wearing dresses. This seemed to be okay for most of them. There were just Jin and Jimin who said they would have liked to see me in dresses. But no. Just no. I don’t like it. So today, it seems like I’ll be wearing a striped black and white shirt with some simple black jeans.

I prefer this kind of clothes. It’s nice, simple and it fits me more than dresses. I quickly get dressed before getting out of the room. Just as I get out the maknae line pass by me.

“Hey cutie! You look nice.”

I sigh at the nickname.

“Jimin...”

“What? I like calling you cutie.”

He giggles like a girl, making me seriously wonder who the cutie is here. Jungkook nods with a shy look.

“He’s right though. You look good noona.”

I smile at him, preferring the name as cutie. Taehyung looks at me from top to toe before smirking.

I definitely don’t like his smirks. They creep me out…

“You look good in it, but I’m sure you’ll look even better without it.”

“Yah! Byuntae!”

He just laughs, before he gets a tap behind his head.

“Can’t you try not to be creepy sometimes Taehyung?”

I smile, recognizing Yoongi’s voice. He’s the one that seems the nicer to me. And I always feel safer when he’s here. He smiles at me, nodding as Taehyung starts pouting.

“Hyung, could you please just for once, be on my side and support me?”

“Sorry Taehyung, but how do you want me to support you when I know you are wrong?”

The younger one whines again and turns away looking at Jungkook and Jimin.

“How about we go somewhere else? I want to play a game...”

The two others nod as they start to walk away, waving at me. I smile as Yoongi puts his hand on my shoulder.

“I believe you said you liked my music, didn’t you?”

I jump slightly when I feel his hand land on my shoulder but quickly turn around with a smile.

“Yeah. You play very well.”

He smiles widens showing he likes the compliment. I chuckle and his hand slides down to my wrist which he catches between his fingers.

“Then come on, I’ll make you listen to a bit more of it.”

He doesn’t really let me the choice as he pulls me with him, making me chuckle.

“Alright, alright. I’m coming.”

He makes me walk through the entire mansion before we finally arrive in the music room. He really has a bubbly personality although he seems to be the coldest. He sits down on the stool, smiling and gesturing me to come closer. I giggle a bit, going to sit next to him. A small smile comes on his lips before he turns to the piano. He takes his partition and places it in front of him. His fingers take place on the keys and slowly but surely, he starts playing. The melody is slow, soft and in the same time seems comforting.

My eyes slowly land on his hands. His skin seems so smooth and is so pale. They slowly follow the movements, going to his arms which contract at every move. Then, my eyes land on his collar bone and as I hear the music getting faster, his jaw goes slack, showing his concentration on the music. When my eyes finally arrive to his features, I notice that his eyes are fixated on the piano, moving his fingers without stopping. His eyes soon close and a peaceful smile slides on his lips. The sight of him looking completely focused on his music and being absolutely lost in his element is fascinating. I can’t my eyes off of him and he soon slows down, indicating that he arrives close to the end of the music. He slowly stops his movements and his eyes flutter open, his eyes immediately fixing on me.

He smiles when he sees me staring at me like that. He waves his hand in front of my face, making me snap back. I blink rapidly, coming out of my daze. He chuckles and smirks a bit.

“Was I playing that well that you seem to be so mesmerized?”

“Well, you did play very well, but just so you know, I have some problems with boys who are too cocky.”

He chuckles, visibly trying to hold back a smile before breaking into a small fit of giggle, sending me a gummy smile.

“Alright, alright. I didn’t want to seem too cocky. But you did seem out of it for a bit.”

“Yeah. I just… I always loved music and when I listen to a music I like, I tend to space out often.”

He smiles brightly, visibly liking that answer.

“I feel like we could get along very well.”

I giggle a bit, nodding.

“Yeah, you seem really nice. Well, today is a bit weird. They all seem nicer than usual and I don’t understand why...”

He stops moving for a bit and looks at me straight in the eyes. He bites his lips before turning to me.

“Let me be honest with you.”

I frown a bit, not knowing where this is going.

“You know that today is going to be a first time for us, right?”

“A first time for what?”

“It’s been a very long time that one of us is going to feed on somebody who is willing to let us.”

“Oh… I see.”

“And although, we are all nice and none of us would do any harm to you, there are some that can’t really control their hunger.”

“What do you mean they can’t really control their hunger?”

“They are hungry and so they will try to lure you to choose them, to let them feed.”

I frown, not really knowing how to react. How could they lure me? What does he mean by that?

“Who do you think would lure me, and how?”

“It will probably be the maknae line. They are younger and so, less patient by the way. And they will either try to make you feel guilty or to sneak past your barriers so you will let them.”

“So, if I understand well, you advise me to let one of the older feed on me? You, for example?”

I look at him with a raised eye brow. Now I understand, he just wanted to feed. This is why he tries to "warn" me from the maknae line.

“Yeah. Not really me because the choice is yours but… I would advise you to do so.”

I scoff a bit, getting my hands out of his.

“In fact, you just wanted to be able to feed, right? You don’t really care about the results of me feeding one of the maknaes.”

He frowns, trying to grab my hands back.

“No. That’s not what I meant. I really mean it. If you let one of the maknae feed on you, then at least keep one of the hyungs with you.”

I roll my eyes, pulling my hands back and stand up.

“Could you please believe me? I’m not the type of vampire that would try to lure. I’m a bold person. If I want something I say it, so right now I am warning you.”

“Yeah, okay, alright. I got it.”

He sighs, shaking his head. I start walking away from him.

“Thank you for making me listen to your music, but I think I’ll get going.”

“Remember, don’t stay alone with-”

“The maknaes, yeah I know.”

I roll my eyes, going out of the room, closing the door behind me.

“What’s going on with the maknaes?”

I jump, immediately turning around to see Jimin standing there.

“Oh, Jimin. You scared me.”

“Sorry cutie, didn’t mean to.”

He giggles a bit, patting my head.

“It’s okay, I just… didn’t expect you to come out of nowhere.”

“Then be on your guard with Taehyung and Kookie then. They like to prank and scare everyone from time to time.”

“I see… I already don’t like Taehyung so I’m already on my guard when he’s here.”

“You don’t like Taehyungie? Why?”

“Because he’s so mean and so… disrespectful...”

“Why do you find him mean?”

“Because… he doesn’t want to let me go, he almost insulted Jongdae and it looks like the only thing that interests him is my blood.”

Jimin smiles, putting his hand on my shoulder.

“Come with me, I’ll explain you why he acts like that with a nice cup of hot chocolate.”

I nod, following him towards the kitchen. When he opens the door, I see Jin inside and he smiles when he sees me.

“Hello darling, did you sleep well?”

I nod, still slightly shy when it comes to him. Jimin walks in and Jin almost catch him so he doesn’t enter.

“What are you searching for Jimin?”

“I just want to prepare her a cup of hot chocolate hyung. I promise I won’t disturb you.”

Jin nods, letting him do before going back to whatever he’s cooking, a smile on his face.

“Darling, is there anything to eat that you don’t like?”

I turn to him, biting my lower lip.

“There is some vegetable like aubergine or chicory, but I’m not capricious when it comes to food.”

He smiles at me, nodding and by the time he smiles at me, Jimin is back with two cups of hot chocolate.

“There you go cutie.”

I smile thanking him as he puts his hand in my back, making me walk forward.

“Let’s get going.”

“Where are you taking her Jimin?”

“We’ll be in the library hyung.”

“Okay, just make sure nothing happens.”

Jimin nods with a smile before making me walk by putting his arm around my shoulder. He giggles, looking at me.

“Finally, someone that is smaller than me.”

I pout, not liking to be reminded that I’m quite a small girl. He chuckles, probably noticing it.

“It’s okay. I know how to is to be called small by everyone.”

I smile at him, thankful that he understands me. We soon arrive in the library and I freeze on the spot. There’s so much books… I’m sure that even an entire life wouldn’t be enough to read them all.

“I don’t know if you like reading, but you can choose whatever book you want and read it.”

“I’m not really into reading books. I prefer writing them.”

He turns to me, a smile arriving on his lips. He takes my hand and makes a sit at a desk not far.

“So, you wanted to talk about Taehyungie’s behavior, right?”

“Well, I just said I didn’t like him, you’re the one who said that you knew reasons for his behavior.”

Jimin chuckles as he sits down in front of me.

“Yeah, right. Why do you hate him then?”

“I told you, he’s so mean. He almost insulted the one I love and that’s something I can’t accept.”

Jimin, smiles and giggles a bit nervously.

“Yeah, but he isn’t mean. You have to understand that he’s mad.”

“He’s mad at what? Neither did I or Jongdae do anything to him so why would he be mad?”

“He’s mad because you don’t want to stay here. He’s mad because you want to get away from him and from us.”

“Yeah, but he should have expected it. I don’t know you and you want to keep me locked in a mansion.”

“Still. For him, you don’t like him and that’s why he’s mad. I can also say that he’s jealous.”

“Jealous? Really?”

“Yeah, he’s jealous of Jongdae because for him, he thinks that it’s the only name you can say and think of.”

I sigh and shake my head.

“He really did and does freak me out with his way of acting and his nature.”

“Please just… try to be nice with him and you’ll see that you can trust him and that he can be really nice.”

I sigh, looking down, drinking my hot chocolate.

“Yeah… I can try. But he has to be less creepy if he wants me to like him at least a little.”

Jimin chuckles and nods, making me smile a little. He seems so nice.

“Anyway, I should let you go talk with the hyungs so you can decide who will feed first.”

“Wouldn’t you want to be the first?”

I see him lick his lips before he shakes his head.

“I think that the best is that for the first time, you let the one you trust the most feed on you.”

“I see… But I’m sure Jungkook and Taehyung won’t say the same thing.”

“Jungkook will. But don’t go near Taehyung with the idea of letting him feed. Not today anyway.”

I nod, sighing.

“Thank you for your advices, I guess?”

“You’re welcome cutie.”

I stop, raising a hand at him.

“I told you to stop with the nickname.”

“And I told you I liked calling you nicknames.”

He giggles almost like a girl before I take my now empty cup, going towards the exit of the library.

“Where are you going cutie?”

“I’m going to give Jin his cup. See you later.”

“Alright, later cutie.”

I sigh, going out of the room and heading towards the kitchen.

“Jin, are you there?”

“Right here darling.”

I look on my right, jumping slightly as he comes into my sight.

“Jesus… You scared me.”

He chuckles, patting my head. He also grabs the cup.

“Sorry, didn’t mean to. I guess you came to give the cup back.”

“Yeah, and I was wondering...”

“Yes darling?”

“How would you react if I were to offer you… to feed today?”

He stops in his track, turning to me.

“I would tell you it’s kind of a bad solution.”

“What? A bad solution to what?”

“We can clearly see who you trust the more, and he’s your better choice for the first time you let us feed.”

“I don’t see who you are talking about.”

“Yes, you do.”

I look at him, pouting a bit.

“I don’t believe you.”

“Well, you should darling. I only want the best for you.”

His hand gently goes to my hair, replacing them correctly. At first, I have a slight movement of backing up, but once I see he just does that, I stay still.

“He’s the one you should see today.”

I sigh, lowering my head.

“But I’m sure he doesn’t even want to see me...”

“If you tell him that you were nervous, then he should understand. We all here understand that you are nervous. It’s normal since this all thing is new to you.”

I nod, understanding what he means. He gently rubs my arm before turning back to keep on cooking.

“And where-”

“The music room. He’s always there.”

I bite a bit my lip nodding.

“Oh, and lastly darling... Taehyung isn’t mean but he’s hungry today. So, avoid him if you can.”

I nod, not really feeling reassured by what he says, but hurry to go to the stairs. I see there is no one and quickly head towards the music room. I see the door on the left of the music room open letting Taehyung coming into my sight.

“Hey sweetie.”

I just nod, trying to avoid him and to reach the music room. But he comes in front of me, stopping me in my tracks.

“What’s the rush sweetie? Why going away so fast?”

“I just want to see Yoongi. Please let me go to the music room.”

“Aw… But I wanted to ask if you wanted to spend some time with me.”

“I’m sorry, but I really have to go with Yoongi.”

I try to go around him to avoid him but he grabs my arm, stopping me. I barely had the time to open the door, leaving a very small opening before he pulls me back.

“Do you have to go with him?”

“No, but I want to go with him. So, let go of my arm.”

He groans a bit and in the next moment, he pulled a bit harder, making my back hit the wall. I groan slightly and barely have the time to open my eyes that Taehyung’s face is inches away from mine. I start to get scared and pull back, trying to get away from him.

“Why are you always running away from me? What did I do to you?”

At first, I try to avoid his eyes but he puts his hand against my cheek to make me look at him. I start to shake when I see his eyes, slightly turning red as he gets closer to me.

“T- Taehyung… Let- Let go of me...”

“Why?!”

I jump at his voice and starts to tremble even more.

“Why do you always get away from me?!”

I put my hands around my head as a reflex, trying to muffle his voice.

“Yah! Leave her alone Taehyung! You’re scaring her you idiot!”

In the next second Taehyung is pulled away from me as I hear many people being around.

“We told you already, you are not allowed to be alone with her when you’re hungry! Why don’t you understand that?”

I still shake as a hand land on my shoulder.

“Noona? Are you alright?”

I recognize Jungkook’s voice and almost as a reflex, I get closer to him. He puts one arm around my shoulders as I hear Taehyung getting scolded. Soon enough the person leaves him alone and comes to me.

“(Y/n)? (Y/n), look up please.”

I recognise Yoongi’s voice and shakily look up, his eyes locking on mine.

“We told you not to stay alone with him.”

“But I tried! I was on my way to come to you when he wouldn’t leave me alone!”

I still shake in slight panic before I hear Yoongi sighing. He gently puts his hands on my shoulders before taking me in his arms. I hold onto him, feeling reassured to know that he’s with me.

“Shh, it’s okay. It’s okay, nothing happened in the end.”

I nod, still staying in his arms.

“Let’s get to the music room, okay?”

I nod as he slightly pulls me away from him, keeping my hand in his. We walk towards the music room before closing the door correctly after entering. He then turns to me, making me raise my head towards him.

“Are you okay? You seem so scared right now.”

“Because he did scare me. I thought he would attack me or something… I was scared that I could have been hurt...”

“We would have realised before. Come on… where is the fierce girl who isn’t scared of calling me grandpa? Come on kiddo.”

I chuckle a bit at his sentence and shake my head.

“Shut up, everyone has a right of getting scared of something.”

He chuckles, pulling away from me slightly.

“By the way Yoongi… I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to be aggressive earlier...”

“I know. I sensed your nervousness, that’s why I didn’t get even more aggressive towards you.”

I smile a bit, letting my hands grab one of his.

“I made my choice.”

“Your choice?”

He looks at me surprised and take both of my hands in his.

“Who did you decide to choose?”

“I chose you. Because I trust you, and from what I saw right now, you will not hurt me in any way.”

“But… are you sure?”

I nod, smiling at him. He sighs a bit with a small smile.

“Alright. I’ll do it. But stop me if you feel like it at any moment.”

I nod, letting him get closer to me. His arms slowly go around my waist, taking me in a comforting hug. I feel my heart racing and I’m sure he can hear it too. He smiles, putting my hair aside. I gulp a bit and he sees it, his thumbs hands drawing soothing circles in my back.

“I will try not to make it too long, okay? And I won’t take too much blood.”

I nod, my hands gripping his shoulders for support. He smiles and lowers his head, his face going to the crook of my neck. He presses his lips to a place on my neck, showing where he is going to bite. My hands tighten on his shoulders, trying to get the stress off my mind. His arms tighten slightly around me, as his hands keeps moving in my back in a soothing manner.

I feel his teeth slightly scrapping my neck, making me jump and tense. And in the next second, my entire body twitches as I feel his teeth enter my skin. A quick groan gets stuck in my neck as I feel the slight pain of the prick. Then the feeling of him drinking my blood is so weird. I can feel my body getting weaker as my arms tighten on his arms, trying to stay up.

He soon pulls away, making me moan in discomfort when his teeth get out of my neck. He holds me tightly against him, playing with my hair. I’m feeling all dizzy and quite weak as he talks to me.

“Are you still there (Y/n)?”

I nod, weakly and he pulls away, looking at me in the eyes. His eyes squint as he sends me a tender smile.

“Thank you, (Y/n).”

He gently kisses my forehead, making me close my eyes at the nice feeling.

“Do you want to go rest?”

I nod, my hand still gripping his arms and in the next second, my feet aren’t on the ground as he lifts me off the floor. He starts walking and I understand that he’s bringing me to my room when I see the background changing slightly. Soon enough, he gently drops me on what I guess is my bed. I immediately, curl up slightly. I hear him moving slightly and open my eyes a bit bigger, noticing that he’s kneeling in front of me.

“Get a good rest (Y/n). We’ll come fetch you when it’s dinner time if you’re strong enough.”

I nod a bit, liking how his hand feels on my cheek.

“Good night kiddo.”

I close my eyes slowly drifting.

...But somehow, I’m sure the pressure I felt on my lips wasn’t part of my dreams...

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