the lost king [ hongsang ]

005

❝ everything was red. ❞

flashback

SAn paced, fingers woven in his dark locks as he tugged. it had been hours, san had long since completed the transition from human to vampire. he had died, fed and here his dearest friend was still lying unresponsive. the newborn was becoming restless and angry.

"it is time to leave this place, my dear," san's gaze snapped up to meet that of the other vampire. "we have waited far too long already."

"have you lost your wits," the newborn seethed. "he has yet to wake, i will not leave him!"

"he will not wake," yeosang put the truth simply, no empathy in his words.

san wavered, his body suddenly going cold and this time it wasn't because of the lack of life within him. "w-what do you mean?"

"his body has rejected vampire blood. he is an unfit candidate for the transition. it can happen to any human," yeosang shrugged as if it were nothing.

but to san? his world felt as if it were crashing all around him. his wooyoung was the only person he had left in his life. well, he supposed his past life as he should call it now. and now he's gone, just like that.

no. he cannot accept this. tears of despair and anger seemed to flow in never ending waves. "how could you kill him, not knowing if he would awake," san shouted, gritting his teeth.

"the human knew the consequences beforehand. i explained the possibility of this outcome, but he insisted," there was a pause.

"to save you," the vampire's words reverberated in san's mind on repeat.

he did this....for me? knowing we might not wake to see tomorrow?

yes life is cruel like that. just as one chapter starts, another must end.

"now come," yeosang reached out his hand to the other. "your new life in vamporia awaits."

san took one last look at his best friend, his lover, though he never told the latter.

oh how he wished for another reality. how could he go on to live an immortal life without the one he loved most?

the newborn gasped as a portal glowing in red appeared beside them.

what magic does this man possess? are the demons of the night not as they seem?

and with those thoughts in mind, san took the vampire's hand and they stepped into the portal leading to yeosang's kingdom.

never to see his world, or wooyoung again.

                          present day

EVerything in the next moments happened so quickly, it was all one big blur.

hongjoong convulsed in the vampire king's arms as his own blood violently sputtered from his mouth, painting everything in the room a deep scarlet red.

"seonghwa," yeosang bellowed. the aforementioned was at the king's side in an instant. "take the vile, give it to the abomination. force it in him if you must," the vampire spat. distaste was clear in his tone as he spoke of san.

seonghwa bowed to his king as he took the small vile of his blood and made his way to a weary and sweat stricken san.

the poor vampire was babbling nonsense, eyes rolling as he went in and out of consciousness.