Grim Reaper
Chapter Fourteen
~Hana~
“Appa!” I scream, bolting forward to where he was laying on the floor. His eyes were already empty, glassy, just like my adoptive father’s. The knife had gone straight through his heart. I sob and feel the darkness welling up inside of me. It was a darkness I knew well. One that I’d used when I my feral instinct took over. Instead of holding it back, I let it surge through my body and I’m on my feet, my eyes on the king. The demon king that started all of this. “Oh, she’s angry. I’m so sca-“He smirks and suddenly I’m in front of him, having cut all his weak points. “You should’ve realized how powerful I am by now.” Snarl and with the speed and agility of a war reaper, I release the humans from their possession demons. “Hana,” Maru whispers and I whip over to see him weak, the man that had beat me when I’d been kidnapped standing over him, a sword above his head. He brings it down and I scream “No!” Flinging my scythe, it stabs the man right through the heart and I bolt to Maru. Falling to my knees, I hug him. He takes me cheek, caressing it and I look down at him. “I love you,” He whispers over and over again. I stare at the wound from the sword and Maru’s hand falls to the floor. Looking at him, I sob. Another person that I loved was dead in front of me. Tears fall from my cheeks and I hold his hand. Gasping for breath, I hear the other reapers arrive and I’m pulled away from Maru. “Maru!” I scream as they drag me away. “I’m sorry, it took a while to get rid of the demon soldiers out front.” The reaper says and I don’t care. I don’t care what took them so long. I cared about where they were taking Maru and why I was being pulled away from him.
*** Yawning, I sit up, stopping the alarm on my phone. It’d been two weeks since the demon king and father had died. The doc reapers were kept crazily busy because of the number of reapers that were injured from fighting the demons. I’d been banned from the doc reaper wing to let the reapers get better. That meant that I couldn’t even see Maru, who was going through rehabilitation. Today was my coronation. I was taking my father’s seat as the chief instead of Jisoo. I was found more suitable, and from what I’d lived through, I agreed. It was still hard to sleep, but I’d found it easier to sleep when I used Maru’s bed. He’d been restricted to the doc reaper wing, so his room was left empty. Pulling on one of his sweaters, I shuffle to the dining room for breakfast. The table was usually empty, everyone being treated. I ate with mom every morning, only a few other people joining us. Sitting down in my seat, mom sets a bowl in front of me and I stare at the Yugaejang. “But this isn’t breakfast food.” “I know,” She smiles. “It’s your favorite, so I made it because it’s your coronation day. Let’s start this day off good, hm?” I slowly nod and dig into the soup. Looking around when I’m done, I smile a little, seeing mom hasn’t even finished half of hers. “I’m going back to my room, I’ll come out when it’s time to get dressed.” Making my way to Maru’s room, I run my hand along the wall. Soon, I would have more responsibilities than a seventeen year old should have. Closing the door behind me, I look around the room. It reminded me so much of him. The first time I’d come into his room, the time that he’d saved me from Jisoo. When he’d held me when I was crying. I missed him so much. Plugging my phone into his speakers, I play my favorite song. “Stop acting like you’re all that, you’re actually the most pathetic. Yeah, try to provoke me even more, so I can have some fun for a moment.” I dance around his room like I’d danced around my own. But this time, I wasn’t scared of myself, I was missing him in my own way. “It’s hard for me to be sober, I can’t do anything. I hate being sober, I can’t fall asleep without you. Time is so damn slow, I’m just growing old. I live like I’m dead. I have so many damn things to do, but I have nothing that I want to do.” I sing along, feeling tears start to pool in my eyes. Stopping, I quickly look up, stopping them, forcing them back. I couldn’t have red eyes for the ceremony, I needed to look strong. As soon as I feel like I’m not going to cry, I start dancing again. “Aish, what are you doing now?” Yugyeom groans, holding his head as he opens the door. “I was trying to sleep.” He complains. I shrug and keep singing. “Why do you always play this song? Stop dissing yourself.” He turns around and goes back to his room. Suddenly my phone’s alarm goes off and I look at it. It was time to get ready for the ceremony. Turning off my music, I plug it in and go to mom’s room. Knocking, I hear her call for me to come in and I do, closing the door behind me. “Your father knew that you would take his place, so he ordered this dress for you.” I’m afraid that I’ll start crying if I turn around, I look over my shoulder before turning myself to face it. The bright red dress was beautiful.
“I helped him pick it out, but he wanted to do something for you. To make you happy.” Mom bursts into tears and I quickly go over to her, hugging her. “Shh, shh, he’s in a better place now. He’s watching over us, remember?” She nods and wipes her tears away. “Alright, let’s get this dress on you and call the makeup artist.”
Finally, after two hours, the coronation starts. “Breathe, it’s best to just do your speech and get it over with.” Mom rubs my shoulders and I nod, my hands had started to shake. Truthfully, I hadn’t prepared a speech. I’d prepared a song for dad and figured I’d improvise my speech. Listening to her earpiece, mom nods. “Okay, enter now.” She hooks her arm in mine and the doors open. Walking forward, it’s like I’m being married, but the only person that stood at the end of the aisle, was a senior reaper. Getting to my place, I face out, towards all the reapers that had gathered to witness me taking up my father’s place. The senior reaper asked me questions and to all of them, I replied yes. I would do this, I would protect that. To finish my oath, a cut to my thumb and a few drops of blood into a basin with my father’s blood. “And now our new chief will present a song.” I’m handed a microphone and I close my eyes for a few seconds. Opening them, I stare out at the blinding light that was on me. “It has only been two weeks since my father, the former chief died, and I would like to dedicate this song to him.” The music starts and I sing “Nunmureun gieokhana bwa, geudae jaril tto chaewowa. Jiwo bwado jiul suga eomneun, nae jeonbuga doen geudae.” It was the saddest song I could think of and I could tell a few reapers had already burst into tears. When I was done, I go to the podium. “I didn’t write a speech, but I’ve had one in my head for a while. Let’s see how it goes.” Taking a deep breath, my eyes find Maru and I smile. It had been weeks since I’d seen him and he looked healthier than I’d ever seen him.
“Appa!” I scream, bolting forward to where he was laying on the floor. His eyes were already empty, glassy, just like my adoptive father’s. The knife had gone straight through his heart. I sob and feel the darkness welling up inside of me. It was a darkness I knew well. One that I’d used when I my feral instinct took over. Instead of holding it back, I let it surge through my body and I’m on my feet, my eyes on the king. The demon king that started all of this. “Oh, she’s angry. I’m so sca-“He smirks and suddenly I’m in front of him, having cut all his weak points. “You should’ve realized how powerful I am by now.” Snarl and with the speed and agility of a war reaper, I release the humans from their possession demons. “Hana,” Maru whispers and I whip over to see him weak, the man that had beat me when I’d been kidnapped standing over him, a sword above his head. He brings it down and I scream “No!” Flinging my scythe, it stabs the man right through the heart and I bolt to Maru. Falling to my knees, I hug him. He takes me cheek, caressing it and I look down at him. “I love you,” He whispers over and over again. I stare at the wound from the sword and Maru’s hand falls to the floor. Looking at him, I sob. Another person that I loved was dead in front of me. Tears fall from my cheeks and I hold his hand. Gasping for breath, I hear the other reapers arrive and I’m pulled away from Maru. “Maru!” I scream as they drag me away. “I’m sorry, it took a while to get rid of the demon soldiers out front.” The reaper says and I don’t care. I don’t care what took them so long. I cared about where they were taking Maru and why I was being pulled away from him.
*** Yawning, I sit up, stopping the alarm on my phone. It’d been two weeks since the demon king and father had died. The doc reapers were kept crazily busy because of the number of reapers that were injured from fighting the demons. I’d been banned from the doc reaper wing to let the reapers get better. That meant that I couldn’t even see Maru, who was going through rehabilitation. Today was my coronation. I was taking my father’s seat as the chief instead of Jisoo. I was found more suitable, and from what I’d lived through, I agreed. It was still hard to sleep, but I’d found it easier to sleep when I used Maru’s bed. He’d been restricted to the doc reaper wing, so his room was left empty. Pulling on one of his sweaters, I shuffle to the dining room for breakfast. The table was usually empty, everyone being treated. I ate with mom every morning, only a few other people joining us. Sitting down in my seat, mom sets a bowl in front of me and I stare at the Yugaejang. “But this isn’t breakfast food.” “I know,” She smiles. “It’s your favorite, so I made it because it’s your coronation day. Let’s start this day off good, hm?” I slowly nod and dig into the soup. Looking around when I’m done, I smile a little, seeing mom hasn’t even finished half of hers. “I’m going back to my room, I’ll come out when it’s time to get dressed.” Making my way to Maru’s room, I run my hand along the wall. Soon, I would have more responsibilities than a seventeen year old should have. Closing the door behind me, I look around the room. It reminded me so much of him. The first time I’d come into his room, the time that he’d saved me from Jisoo. When he’d held me when I was crying. I missed him so much. Plugging my phone into his speakers, I play my favorite song. “Stop acting like you’re all that, you’re actually the most pathetic. Yeah, try to provoke me even more, so I can have some fun for a moment.” I dance around his room like I’d danced around my own. But this time, I wasn’t scared of myself, I was missing him in my own way. “It’s hard for me to be sober, I can’t do anything. I hate being sober, I can’t fall asleep without you. Time is so damn slow, I’m just growing old. I live like I’m dead. I have so many damn things to do, but I have nothing that I want to do.” I sing along, feeling tears start to pool in my eyes. Stopping, I quickly look up, stopping them, forcing them back. I couldn’t have red eyes for the ceremony, I needed to look strong. As soon as I feel like I’m not going to cry, I start dancing again. “Aish, what are you doing now?” Yugyeom groans, holding his head as he opens the door. “I was trying to sleep.” He complains. I shrug and keep singing. “Why do you always play this song? Stop dissing yourself.” He turns around and goes back to his room. Suddenly my phone’s alarm goes off and I look at it. It was time to get ready for the ceremony. Turning off my music, I plug it in and go to mom’s room. Knocking, I hear her call for me to come in and I do, closing the door behind me. “Your father knew that you would take his place, so he ordered this dress for you.” I’m afraid that I’ll start crying if I turn around, I look over my shoulder before turning myself to face it. The bright red dress was beautiful.
“I helped him pick it out, but he wanted to do something for you. To make you happy.” Mom bursts into tears and I quickly go over to her, hugging her. “Shh, shh, he’s in a better place now. He’s watching over us, remember?” She nods and wipes her tears away. “Alright, let’s get this dress on you and call the makeup artist.”
Finally, after two hours, the coronation starts. “Breathe, it’s best to just do your speech and get it over with.” Mom rubs my shoulders and I nod, my hands had started to shake. Truthfully, I hadn’t prepared a speech. I’d prepared a song for dad and figured I’d improvise my speech. Listening to her earpiece, mom nods. “Okay, enter now.” She hooks her arm in mine and the doors open. Walking forward, it’s like I’m being married, but the only person that stood at the end of the aisle, was a senior reaper. Getting to my place, I face out, towards all the reapers that had gathered to witness me taking up my father’s place. The senior reaper asked me questions and to all of them, I replied yes. I would do this, I would protect that. To finish my oath, a cut to my thumb and a few drops of blood into a basin with my father’s blood. “And now our new chief will present a song.” I’m handed a microphone and I close my eyes for a few seconds. Opening them, I stare out at the blinding light that was on me. “It has only been two weeks since my father, the former chief died, and I would like to dedicate this song to him.” The music starts and I sing “Nunmureun gieokhana bwa, geudae jaril tto chaewowa. Jiwo bwado jiul suga eomneun, nae jeonbuga doen geudae.” It was the saddest song I could think of and I could tell a few reapers had already burst into tears. When I was done, I go to the podium. “I didn’t write a speech, but I’ve had one in my head for a while. Let’s see how it goes.” Taking a deep breath, my eyes find Maru and I smile. It had been weeks since I’d seen him and he looked healthier than I’d ever seen him.
Notes
The great speech will be in the next chapter, so look forward to it! I'm sorry I've been posting so late. The song is Goodbye My Love by Ailee. Comment and subscribe! ^.^
I like it! It is actually pretty interesting! ^_^
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