Vampire Royalty

Ninth Puzzle Piece - Photo

"Wow, awesome!!"

"Wow, this is really amazing!!"

"Where did you get it?"

Five people sit together and focus on one thing.

김태형 (15)

What is this?

김석진 (17)

I don't know either, but you know because you brought it, right? What is this?

이민혁 (20)

he,

이민혁 (20)

Haha, this is a camera.

정호석 (17)

camera?

김남준 (17)

Ah... Is that the photography tool those humans use?

김태형 (15)

picture?

이민혁 (20)

That's right. We all replace photographs with paintings, right? There's a portrait of Taehyung in the palace hallway. Humans use this tool to make pictures look real.

김태형 (15)

how?

이민혁 (20)

I'll show you, Taehyung, go stand over there!

김태형 (15)

me?

이민혁 (20)

huh.

Swish-

Click-!

정호석 (17)

Wow! That's a cool sound!

김석진 (17)

This is the first time I've heard this...

김남준 (17)

Did you bring it yourself?

이민혁 (20)

Ah, Hoseok said he wanted to drink Americano, so I went down to the human world for a bit and came back, and this caught my eye, so I brought it to try.

이민혁 (20)

Taehyung! Come here!

Taehyung, who had been standing a little distance away, came running brightly like a kindergartener.

김태형 (15)

Wow, this is so cool!

김석진 (17)

Wow... So this is how humans use this method...

정호석 (17)

Bro! Us too! We want to take a picture too!

Children are having fun with just one camera, as if they have discovered a new toy.

Minhyuk was smiling happily as if he was proud of showing the camera to the children.

이민혁 (20)

Let me take a picture too!

김태형 (15)

Hey, come quickly! One~ Two~ Three~

Click-

We were happy, weren't we?

Shoooooo-

Everyone must be exhausted after running around all day.

It felt like only 10 minutes had passed since they sat down by the sea, but Seokjin and Namjoon were already dreaming, and Hoseok seemed to have fallen asleep as soon as he arrived.

chin-

An arm placed on Taehyung's shoulder.

Taehyung smiled and stroked her arm as if he was feeling good.

As if answering that, Minhyuk smiles and asks.

이민혁 (20)

How is it being friends with me? Are you happy?

김태형 (15)

he,

김태형 (15)

If it's a dream, I'm so happy that I want to be friends with you even when I wake up.

이민혁 (20)

Wow, that's touching.

김태형 (15)

Thank you for allowing me to call you hyung and become close with you.

이민혁 (20)

Me too, thank you for opening your heart first, Taehyung.

김태형 (15)

Brother, stay by my side for the rest of your life, okay?

김태형 (15)

Don't go anywhere, don't change who you're escorting, just stay by my side, okay?

She smiled and gave Taehyung a small hug as he looked up at her pleadingly like a puppy.

이민혁 (20)

Okay, I got it.

김태형 (15)

You promised, right? If you don't keep your promise, I'll cry.

이민혁 (20)

We can't make His Majesty cry, don't worry. I won't go anywhere, hyung.

김태형 (15)

What if I go somewhere?

이민혁 (20)

Aren't you going?

김태형 (15)

But what if I go?

이민혁 (20)

What, what are you so anxious about?

김태형 (15)

just...

김태형 (15)

Also... I don't want to lose something precious...

이민혁 (20)

...

Hug-

이민혁 (20)

If you don't keep your promise, I'll come to my senses and come running again.

김태형 (15)

Really? Really?

이민혁 (20)

Yeah, I really promise.

김태형 (15)

Then I only trust my brother.

Hug-

Taehyung smiled brightly, holding the large hand on my shoulder. It was so full of energy that I could believe it was a smile that held the whole world.

이민혁 (20)

Aren't you cold? Should we go in?

김태형 (15)

...

김태형 (15)

My brothers are sleeping, let's stay a little longer. It's nice and quiet.

이민혁 (20)

Well, do you want to see this now?

김태형 (15)

what?

Swish-

Taehyung, if you drink blood well, I'll delete this picture. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The day when Kim Taehyung said he wouldn't drink blood, Minhyuk hyung_

김태형 (15)

...

김태형 (15)

Huh, what is this... when did you take this picture?

이민혁 (20)

A little while ago, when we were playing and you were in a good mood, I tried to sneakily feed you blood, but you refused and barely managed to eat it. This is the picture I took then.

김태형 (15)

Wow, you took this shot in that split second? That's amazing. But what's written on the back?

이민혁 (20)

If you drink blood well... Well, I just scribbled down the picture and said I'd delete it.

김태형 (15)

Oh, in that case, should I try to eat well in the future?

이민혁 (20)

I would really appreciate it if you could try.

김태형 (15)

...

이민혁 (20)

Huh... Should I go in? Let's wake the kids up now. If you sleep outside for too long, you'll catch a cold.

김태형 (15)

It doesn't really matter since I'm a vampire.

이민혁 (20)

But you shouldn't be sick. Let's wake you up quickly.

Clank-

widely-]

"Your Majesty?"

이민혁 (20)

...

이민혁 (20)

You are sleeping.

"How are you?"

이민혁 (20)

...

이민혁 (20)

Finished...

"No regrets?"

이민혁 (20)

If you don't have it, you're lying.

In the dark, only Minhyuk's conversation with the unknown person took place. Unable to see each other's faces, their wariness towards each other grew increasingly intense.

"And yet you still choose this?"

이민혁 (20)

...

이민혁 (20)

... Yes.

"I'm really curious about the reason right now, but if you have other plans, you won't be able to avoid death."

이민혁 (20)

...

이민혁 (20)

No, there's no such thing as a conspiracy.

"he..."

"good."

"Now that it's really goodbye, I'll ask again. Are you sure you won't regret it?"

이민혁 (20)

...

Kuk-

이민혁 (20)

Of course.

"Okay, now tell me your plan."

"Ah, and with that the reason you came this way."

이민혁 (20)

...

이민혁 (20)

My only goal is power at the very top.

이민혁 (20)

I don't care about anything else. I won't let anyone else get involved. So, I won't hurt anyone.

"...I'll see how long that resolve lasts. Well, what's the plan then?"

이민혁 (20)

...

이민혁 (20)

Let's start tomorrow morning.

It wasn't my intention from the beginning.

I've added lies to everything I do to you since this happened, but one thing remains the same.

Honestly, it wasn't my intention from the beginning.

Taehyung, I thought you would understand me.

I'm sorry, really...

I'm so sorry, Taehyung.

I'm giving you another pain,

And also, by losing something precious,

Because I couldn't keep the promise I made to you.

I'm really sorry, Taehyung. But...

Everything I did and said to you.

None of them were untrue.

Today was my first day of midterms...🥺 Seriously, I solved 3 problems on linear functions in math in the remaining 5 minutes like a storm and I got them all right ㅠㅠㅜㅜㅜㅠㅠㅠ Oh but I got something else wrong ㅠㅠㅜㅜㅜㅠㅠㅠ Give me back my 5 points, my past self ㅜㅜㅜㅠㅠㅜㅠㅠㅜㅜㅜㅜ