summary: vampire!riki x mortal!reader - when you accidentally cut yourself near the other members, riki has to control himself to get you out of the situation || warnings: reader cuts themselves on a shard of glass, blood mentioned || genre: fluff, comfort, established relationship, horror || word count: approximately 860
You sat in the living room with your boyfriend and his other friends; Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, and Jungwon. The 8 of you were having a movie night and it was going well.
You rested your head against his shoulder and he put an arm around you. You felt comfortable despite being in a room full of vampires and being the only mortal. You felt safe.
The movie you were watching had ended and you all decided to take a break before you start the next movie. You went to the bathroom before going to the kitchen and going to get a drink and a snack for the next movie.
You had mindlessly grabbed a glass from the cupboard. Jake was standing by you, filling a bowl with some chips. You hadn’t realized he was there, though so you turned, your hand that held the cup hit into him and it smashed down against the counter. It broke into pieces after making contact with the counter.
“Oh my god. I’m so sorry.” You apologize sincerely.
You hadn’t realized that your boyfriend had entered the kitchen upon hearing the sound of the glass breaking.
You started to pick up the shards of glass and Jake had began to help you when your finger glided against a sharp piece of glass and suddenly, you were bleeding.
Everyone in the house had smelt the blood as soon as you cut yourself. Jake stilled as he stepped back. His eyes darkened involuntarily.
Riki could smell the blood too, of course. In fact, the smell of your blood was the strongest to him compared to the others. He could also see how Jake had reacted and he knew the others had smelt it as well.
He rushed over to where you and Jake were standing and put himself in between the two of you. He grabbed your wrist, looking down at the cut. Riki’s eyes had darkened as well. He had to force himself to have self-control right now, though.
“Go to the others, Jake.” Riki instructed his friend but Jake seemed to be in some type of daze. “Now.” He said louder, in a firmer, scarier tone. Jake shook his head before he was rushing out of the room.
Your cut stung and you whined out in pain and fear. Riki looked back at you and grabbed your hand before quickly taking you down the hall and into his bedroom. He shut and locked the door before pulling you into the bathroom that connected to his bedroom.
You stood there, tense and awkward, as you watched him lean down and take the first aid kit he had, mainly for you, out from under the sink.
“Sit down.” He says in the softest tone he could possibly mutter out right now, his hands shaking as he held the kit in his hands.
You hesitate before sitting down on the counter. “Maybe I should just take care of it myself.” You suggest.
Riki sighed as he put the kit on the counter besides you, his hands still shaky, his veins prominent in his hands and arms as he opened the kit.
“Do you not feel safe with me doing this?” He questioned, not looking at you and especially not looking at the cut. Your silence said it all. He was hurt but he understood. “I’d never hurt you. Never.” Your boyfriend reassures you and he means it. He has the most self-control in the world when it came to you.
“I’m sorry.” You apologize, feeling bad for the fear you felt.
“I get it, baby. I get it. I’m sorry that you have to feel that way around me when it comes to this.” He apologizes as turns the tap water on and holds your hand under it, letting the blood run from the cut. “It shouldn’t be like this.” Riki adds.
Neither of us speak as he removes my hand from under the water and shuts it off. He opens up a bandaid for me before carefully placing it on my skin after drying it off.
Riki sighed, feeling himself un-tense. He put his hand on your arm. “Stay in my room. Lock the door behind me. I’m going to go check on the boys.” He told me as he helped me down from the counter.
You nodded as you followed him to his bedroom door. “I’m really sorry.” You apologize, feeling bad for the chaos you’d caused just by simply cutting yourself accidentally.
He looked down at you, “You don’t have to apologize. It was an accident.” Riki reassured you. “I just want to make sure they’re all good before I let you out there.” He explains.
“I love you.” You say, looking up at him with a little pout. “And… I do feel safe with you. I do.” You say. The fear wasn’t about him, really, it was just about the situation.
Riki doesn’t say anything as he leans down and kisses you softly, “I’ll be right back.” He says before he opens the door and walks out of the room before you quickly lock the door behind him and wait.
the sun has finally set in the west as the clouds in the sky are dusted with the last rosy hues reflecting off the surface of the earth and you know you don’t have long. the sunlight kept him away but now the only thing between him and you is a door; one he can’t get through unless you tell him he can, and you’ve never been good at saying no
a local church chimes the ninth hour and he knocks on your door along to the tolls — a corrupted mimicry of the sacred. against your better judgement, you open the door.
he’s standing there with more layers than the summer heat would normally allow, but you figure if he doesn’t have circulation it doesn’t matter. everything is an act to him; from the slight curl in his hair to the dark red paint on his slightly too sharp nails. he knows what he is and he knows what it does to you
“you can’t come in this time,” you try to say. your voice is shaking slightly and your fingers anxiously tap against the handle.
“why not?” he asks, a grin parting his lips and you can see the sharp points of his canines. “don’t i always take such good care of you?”
you think back to the nights you’ve shared; drunk on your own blood loss and his bloodlust and the sting of his teeth and scrape of his nails as he pressed you into the bed. you feel your face flush and you know he can probably hear your heart thumping faster and faster in your chest.
“you just need to feed. find someone else.” you try again, but your resolve is slipping. he’s told you he doesn’t use mind control on you but sometimes you wonder if that’s true at all.
“why settle?” he licks his lips. “my life is too long to spend all of it unsatisfied, and yours is too short to forgo pleasure.”
your hand drops from the doorway as you think on his words. on the subtle hint that he won’t be turning you, you’re just a meal to him, but you have to admit that a Michelin star is better than fast food.
with all the courage you can muster, spurred on by the glint in his eyes as he knows what you’ll say, you step aside from the door.
Okay so I've been watching the Pineapple Slice MV for two hours now and I still can't believe it. My jaw dropped and I’m still not okay.
The song is amazingly good. I thought it would be more of a cute citypop song, but the song has a dark vibe that I really liked. It makes me want to dance and I might even buy a pineapple later at the market so I can dive deeper in its sweet slices 🍍🔥
Baekhyun's breath control is INSANE and his voice seems more and more stable and powerful (here I'm referring to the live performance, since in the MV everything is previously recorded lol).
I'm completely in love with the MV. We can see that he worked hard with his team and delivered EVERYTHING. The filming locations are beautiful, the colors fit perfectly and there's a story being told from start to finish. Compared to his other MVs, this one is absolutely perfect. We can see a huge leap here from SM's Baekhyun to INB100's Baekhyun: much more confident, much happier and much freer to do whatever he wants. Also, he looks so relaxed! He’s indeed in his best shape.
The vampire concept? I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THIS. Baekhyun broke the internet and for the past two hours I've been seeing comments like "I want to be bitten by him". I was a teenage fan of the Twilight saga so you gotta understand that I haven't heard this kind of statement in at least 15 years. I can't believe Baekhyun made the vampire aesthetic cool again. This man is a LEGEND.
Also, all those Michael Jackson references in the choreography? I almost FREAKED OUT. His moves are a very well done homage to the king of pop. I'm so fucking proud of him. Album of the year, artist of the year, Baekhyun deserves all the success in the world!
I hope Pineapple Slice is a worldwide success so we can have an international tour 🥵
One concept of vampires I never seen which I think would be interesting to see would be that despite being undead they are still corpses and they still rot
Like if they feed it slows down rigor mortis
Some vampires beat this rotting process by mummifying themselves
Of course even if they feed regularly it doesnt stop rigor mortis it just slows down the process so say an ancient vampire would look more gaunt and rotted compared to a new vampire this is because rigor mortis is still happening just at a slower pace
This in my opinion makes vampirism more of a curse upon them
Like the idea that you are still rotting away and feeding only slows it down but doesnt stop it is terrifying
Interesting concept thought after seeing a thing about the sexification of vampires throughout time (vamps have gotten significantly more sexy since their conception)
What if: a well fed vampire is more monstrous/ugly and a starving vampire is more hot?
A well fed vampire doesn't need to be hot because it doesn't need to lure in its prey
A starving vampire on the other hand would make themselves the most appealing thing on the planet to lure in its prey. Kinda like a pitcher plant smelling nice to lure in bugs
My brain makes weird concepts from time to time :P
i haven’t seen anyone talk about this but as enha are known for their vampire concept, may 3rd might have been chosen as the release date on purpose, because that’s literally the date that the novel “Dracula” opens with
