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"Kim Sunoo, you really ought to sleep." The said person rolled on the couch, landing on his butt beside his companion.

"Hyung, I thought vampires don't need sleep? Why do Jungwon and I have to do it?" He replied, gesturing to a sleeping figure in the corner of the room.

"Baby, you're barely a fledgeling. You still need your sleep on some days. Plus, isn't sleeping actually nice?" The other, Heeseung, patted his dongsaeng's shoulder. Their small moment broken by the sound of glass breaking in another floor followed by a moan of "not again".

"I better head upstairs and see to that. You kids, do whatever. Jungwon, you can stop pretending to sleep too. I won't nag you both, as long as you know to stay safe and within boundaries." The mentioned teen raises his head, surprised as the elder walks away with an amused headshake, seemingly used to such situations.

The two then looked at each other before smirking in silent agreement.

"How about that area across the mountain?"

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Heeseung dusted his velvet pants, clearing any hints of the black soot from....whatever concoction Jay was making.

The latter rolled his eyes, snapping his fingers and all hints of the explosion dissapeared.

"A new spell Jongseong?" Heeseung flashed his famous sparkly teeth, smirking at the other who looked exasperated.

"A necessary one at that. With how long most of us have been alive, it's almost appalling how there somehow is always a mess to clean up."

"You're one to talk." Heeseung gestured at the previously shattered glass equipment on the table, looking as if it was newly bought. "So tell me, what was this for and why did it end in such a mess?"

The other sighed, picking up a vial with glowing red liquid. "Mock Xenovian blood. Retrieved from a pet from the last bloodline of their ancestry. Not the same thing but close enough to be tested on its properties, still lacking though."

"Don't you have a vial from a prince of theirs? The one from Japan if I'm not mistaken. It's a very different hue and scent from this one, much sweeter but less shine."

The former shook his head, stuffing the vial back in it's holder before looking at the one in a glass display, shut tightly with about hundreds of spells. Seemingly ruby-like glow calling out for a taste, in some books this liquid was said to turn gold when exposed to something and emit a strong savory smell but what exactly does it have to be exposed to? Jongseong didn't know, the page was partially ripped, as if someone was keeping secrets.

"Too dangerous, books mostly describe the powers of their bloodline to be lethal and vicious, with a blood like that I could only imagine what kind of danger it holds despite the scent."

"I know. Why else would I help keep the circus out everytime for?" Heeseung tilted his head, giving the other a cheeky grin.

"Speaking of...are the circus out and about for more adventures again?"

"Probably, I'd say we have a couple of hours until they come back with their chronicles or whatever. How about some...fun?"

Jay smirked, pulling the other as they ran down the hall.

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Is anyone still even here? I don’t rlly like the direction I took with this. It was mostly based off of Given Taken and the idea of them being experiments but I feel like I didn’t get the essence of their characters right

Anyways, I might delete this and start from scratch or just try to revise it so I can fix it

Also since a lot of new things have come out since I wrote this, I might add some more mature themes to the tags.

Appreciate those who read this insomniac word vomit, I’ll do better for y’all. Thank you