An alternative universe in which humans start out at birth with milk white blood. The more crimes they commit, the darker their blood becomes. Ruel and y/n are a couple.

A/n: So like I had no idea what should I name this AU, so I named it Blood AU lmao spare me.

Warning: physical fights

"Y/n! Y/n bubs come on out we'll be late for school!" Ruel yells from the outside of y/n's room.

"Ruel I'm coming love give me 5 minutes, I promise no more than that!" Ruel hears his girlfriend shout from behind the door.

"Okay, be quick!"

Ruel and y/n have been dating for over six months now. Finding love for each other in their final year of high school, Ruel and y/n are the 'golden couple' of their school. They have a big circle of friends, but they mostly love to spend their time alone. Their favorite moment in the day is sitting in the ground of their school for lunch, when there is no one around, and they both are alone. They talk, they hug, they kiss, but mostly they are themselves.

Or are they?

"Okay, let's go." Y/n says as she comes out of her room. Ruel intertwines his hand with hers and both of them go out of y/n's house and walk on the sidewalk on their way to school.

"So, y/n will you like to go on, like our 100th date?" Ruel asks with a chuckle.

"I would absolutely love to Van Dijk." Y/n replies with a cheeky smile. "But let's go to a new place."

"Well," Ruel thinks, "there is a new pasta bar a few blocks away."

"Ooh pasta I love the sound of that." Y/n kicks a stone in her path. Ruel and y/n take a left, walking closer to their school.

"Yeah it will be-"

A man suddenly pushes Ruel to the ground, making y/n gasp. A few people circle around Ruel and beat him hardly.

"Stop what are you all doing to him? Stay away from my Ruel!" Y/n screams, trying to get their attention, but they don't focus at y/n.

Ruel lets out an occasional scream everytime a fist or a foot makes contact with his body, making him bleed. The people let go of Ruel and walk away. Once they all are out of sight, y/n walks towards Ruel in horror, seeing something she never thought she would.

Black blood.

Ruel bled black blood.

"Black... black blood?" Y/n whispers, frightened. "But... but how?"

Ruel is lying on the ground, obsidian blood oozing out of his shoulders, his knees and his arms. He was practically floating in the pool of his own, not pearly, not scarlet, but obsidian. Obsidian blood.

"Please fetch an ambulance for me love." Ruel tries to speak but his breathe keeps on hitching. Y/n quickly calls an ambulance and it reaches within 3 minutes. Nurses take Ruel on a stretcher and take him inside the ambulance. Y/n tags along.

Y/n is confused. Knowing Ruel for more than 6 months, she thought he'd be the type of person who has milky white blood. Or a light pink shade, but she never could have dreamt in her wildest dreams that Ruel will bleed black blood. Has he been hiding his true identity? Is he something else than what y/n had anticipated him to be?

The ambulance reaches at the hospital and Ruel is quickly taken to a room. Y/n sits outside the room, still trying to sort out her confusing thoughts, trying to find a thread of explanation or reason, but it all want in vain. Her eyes are pooling with tears, but not because Ruel is hurt, because he didn't tell her who he actually is.

Does he even love y/n?

Y/n is pulled out of her mixed thoughts when a doctor comes out of the room. Just before the door behind the doctor could close, y/n peeks in to see Ruel on the bed with his eyes shut close and wrapped in bandages wherever he bled obsidian blood.

"Miss," The doctor begins and y/n gets up from her chair, "there was a lot of blood loss. He could have died, but it's all okay now. We've saved him. But, black blood?"

"I- I don't know myself." Y/n croaks. "It was the least expected thing. Anyways, can I go inside?"

"Yes you can, but he's unconscious right now." The doctor moves aside and y/n opens the door and walks inside. All of the other doctors and nurses file out of the room, leaving Ruel and y/n alone. She sits down on a chair next to his bed, and clutches on his cold hand. More tears fall down from her eyes as y/n sobs silently, her head bent down, lightly leaning against Ruel's arm. She sniffs as more tears fall freely, her right hand still clutched to Ruel's right hand.

"Y/n?"

Y/n lifts her head up and looks at Ruel who is fluttering his eyes open. His eyes are slightly closed and he is looking through his eyelashes. His gaze trains down to y/n's hand gripping his own. The boy intertwines their delicate fingers.

"Ruel?" Y/n murmurs, using her free hand to press Ruel's forehead and then caress it. "How are you feeling?"

"I... I don't know."

"I'll call the doctor."

Y/n lets go of Ruel's hand and hastily walks out of the door to call the doctor. She, along with the doctor and two nurses come inside within 2 minutes.

"Miss we need you to leave." The doctor requests y/n as he scurries around the room collecting his supplies.

"Okay." Y/n nods with her teary-eyed face before glancing at Ruel one last time and stepping out.

+++

11.00 pm

Once it was 10, y/n was asked to head back to her home. But she didn't go back; she insisted she stay with Ruel. The doctors urged her even more, but y/n is rigid. They gave in, and let her stay with Ruel. Y/n is now helping Ruel sit upright in the bed, while waiting for the nurse to bring something to eat for him.

"Better?" Y/n simply asks, sinking into the chair next to Ruel's bed. Ruel replies with a simple nod while raking his hand through his air; slicking it back.

"Ruel," Y/n whispers, and Ruel looks at her with soft eyes, "black blood? What aren't you telling me? Please, I don't want any secrets between the two of us." Y/n's throat closes up and her voice cracks towards the end of her statement. Ruel moves forward and grips on her hand, squeezing it while using his other hand to caress her cheek, wiping the small tear which rolled down her face.

"Bubs," Ruel clicks his tongue against his teeth, "I'm not going to lie, I have been hiding things from you. And you deserve to know everything." Ruel removes his hand from her cheek and lightly grips both of the wrists and pulls her up. He makes y/n sit next to him while he firmly wraps his arms around her.

"What are you doing behind me?" Y/n sobs into Ruel's chest. He moves his hand through her hair, calming her down. "Do you even love me or is it all just a joke?"

Ruel's eyes widen and they're full of panic. He gently pulls y/n's face from his chest and brushes her hair out from her eyes. "Of course I love you! None of that was a joke, you're my everything, and I love you so much." He mumbles in her ear before placing a delicate kiss on the skin behind her ear.

"I love you too Ruel, please tell me everything." Y/n sniffs.

"Yes bubs." Ruel takes a deep breathe before beginning to speak. "I am a... a..."

"You're a...?" Y/n asks, staring right into his soul. He looks everywhere but at her. "Ruel," y/n grabs his face and turns it around to look at her, "what?"

"I'm a criminal y/n. A professional hacker. I- I hack into websites, steal confidential information, hand it to my boss and then get money in return." Ruel blabs.

"What?!" Y/n yells, looking at him incredulously. Ruel motions her keep her volume down, not wanting everyone in the hospital to know his reality. Y/n mutters a quick 'sorry' to him. "A hacker?" She says, now her tone hushed.

"Yeah." Ruel nods. "I'm in desperate need of money. My whole family is. I needed a job so bad that this is the only thing that seemed fit at the moment. My family knows, and my boss promised to keep this thing about me a secret from everyone else he knows."

"Ruel, you never talked to me about this. I could have helped, my family could have helped. But you never talked to me. Why?"

"I didn't want to worry you with my problems-"

"Shut up, every problem of yours is mine. You are supposed to open up to me. And why did those people hit you today?"

"They work for my boss. I've had a hacking task to do for a while now, but I haven't been able to do it yet. Time is running, and if I won't finish the task on time, I'll get fired."

Y/n slings his arms around Ruel's neck and puts her mouth against Ruel's, slowly moving their lips. Ruel's hand trails down her waist, and y/n's hands fumble with Ruel's hair on the nape of his neck. For a second, they forget all the problems, and feel like the only two on this planet. Ethereal, exquisite, beautiful, breathtaking... how many words to describe what they're feeling. It's y/n and Ruel against the world.

Y/n slowly pulls her lips away and leans her forehead against Ruel's. Ruel slightly nudges her nose and pink blush splatters across their cheeks. Over 1000 kisses have been shared by the two, but they will never get bored of the feelings they feel. It's as if, their hands are made to be fit with the other's, their bodies are made to fit with the other's, their lips are made to fit with the other's. Two long lost lovers reuniting once again, and nothing, not even the problem that hit them like mountains can change their feelings for each other. They say the love found in high school is just a fling, something that is for a short amount of time and will leave the two separated. But, y/n and Ruel are soulmates, and everyone knew it, including them.

"We will work our way through this," Y/n whispers, holding Ruel's face in her hands, their foreheads still touching, "together."

"Together."

Author's note

I felt like finishing it off right here, what do y'all think?

Anygaaaays, please don't forget to click on the star and drop a comment! They make my day so don't forget to do it. Or imma cut off Ruel's hair (kidding I'll never do that, his golden hair is everything, but vote. And comment.)

Also, I'm currently wayyyy too into crime imagines.

With love through health and sickness
Keziah