The first week of school passed by way too quickly for Seungmin's liking. It was Sunday and the redhead was at home, laying on his bed and staring at the dark ceiling of his room. The vampires didn't figure out that the prank with the pink substance was Jisung and him. He made sure of that, just like he promised Jisung. He wasn't one to go back on his word after all.
The redhead was bored out of his mind and when Seungmin was bored he got ideas for tones of pranks he could pull on any person. He smirked at an idea he just had.
"Seungmin get down to the entrance hall. Now", the boy heard his mother yell not very happily. Immediately the smirk on his face had disappeared and was replaced with a stone cold expression. He sat up and looked at his dark brown room door. Did he really want to face his mother right now?
"Seungmin!" she yelled again but this time it sounded like he was fuming, which made Seungmin flinch. He had no choice then, so he stood up and walked to his door. He hesitated for a short second and tried to think of a way to escape his mother's wrath but then he shook his head and left his room. He walked down the gigantic corridor's of his home to the stairs, which lead down to the entrance hall. The stairs looked like they were cut out of the renaissance. They were pretty wide and made of beautiful dark marble. Seungmin had always liked running theses stairs up and down ever since he was little but right now he couldn't feel the happiness from those days. The moment Seungmin spotted his mother waiting at the end of those stairs with some of his other family members he knew something was up. The thought, that a certain someone was coming home was the only thing that came into the mind of the young male, letting his mod drop a bit more.
The redhead walked down the stairs and was immediately pulled to the side by his mother in a not so friendly manner. His mother was a rather tall, curvy woman with long blood red hair and red eyes. On top of her head were a pair of pitch black horns, which curved themselves upwards. Between those horns was a little crown made of black thorns, making it obvious that she belonged to royalty. Not the good kind of royalty though because Seungmin's mother was non other than Lilith, the queen of hell and the metaphorical mother to all demons.
Lilith laid her hands on Seungmin's shoulders, making the boy look to the ground almost instantly, when he glimpsed at the long black nails of his mother. If someone thought those nails were just for the look, they were wrong. Seungmin knew the sharpness of them himself.
While the boy stood there, hoping his mother wouldn't dig her nails into his shoulder out of anger, he thought about the possible reasons for this little family gathering. He had a very strong suspicion on why they all had to come here but to prove that he was right Byungho also needed to be here. He carefully looked up to search for his older brother and found him not shortly after that.
Byungho stood beside his own mother. A beautiful woman with blond hair and blue eyes. Yes, Byungho and Seungmin were half brothers. They had the same father but a different mother but they still lived in the same house.
Getting a glimpse of Byungho reminded Seungmin that he didn't see his older brother with whom he shared both parents. He looked to his both sides but saw no one there. He didn't want to ask his mother and he couldn't ask Byungho because he was too far away but he didn't need to stress anymore when he heard someone walk down the stairs. The redhead looked in the direction of the noise and saw his older brother, Wonpil. The older smiled lightly as Seungmin and his eyes met. Like Seungmin the older had natural blood red hair, which they both inherited from their mother but their dark eyes were from their father. Wonpil was pulled next to Seungmin by their mother.
"Be on your best behavior, you two", the woman hissed and both of her sons answered with a simple nod. Seungmin had his eyes glued to the floor again. Now that everyone seemed to be here Seungmin was sure that the reason for this gathering was his father's return from his long trip to the south. The redhead hated it when his father came home and he hated his father but well a lot of people did. He was the devil after all but the absolute worst about him was that he let his wife, his ex-wife and his girlfriend live under one roof with his children. His ex-wife was Seungmin and Wonpil's mother Lilith who reigned over hell with him, his current wife was Byungho's mother Eve, a pretty strong angel, and his girlfriend was a female warlock named Athea who also had a son from him named Minseok but he preferred to be called Woosu because it was a lot easier for him that way. He was eighteen years old, meaning just a years older than Seungmin but unlike the rest of his siblings he was homeschooled by his mother.
Seungmin notice that Woosu and his mother stood to his left but with a good two meters space. The redhead looked to the side to catch a glimpse of his half brother, who he never really got to spend a lot of time with because of his mother. The female warlock hated demons and kept her son as far away from Seungmin, Wonpil and Lilith as she could. Woosu looked to the floor but when he noticed Seungmin's gaze on him, making him looked to the side, letting their eyes meet. The young warlock had nearly white hair and a rather round face like his mother but his eyes were very dark, almost black like the eyes of all brothers here. Woosu showed Seungmin a little smile, which the redhead mirrored, before he looked back to the floor.
Suddenly the gigantic doors of the mansion flew open. It startled Seungmin a little bit but caused his attention to turn to the very tall, handsome man with black hair, dark red almost black horns on top of his head and pitch black eyes who just entered.
"I am home", he greeted with arms outstretched and a wide smile on his face. Seungmin would have walked away if he was able to but his mother kept him in place. The devil - or Lucifer which was the name he preferred - let his smile morph into a wide smirk.
"I hope you all didn't miss me too much. I even have brought a surprise with me so I can make it up to you all", he announced and let his arms fall to his side. He took a step to the side to reveal two persons. One of them was a small woman with long, wavy, black hair and the other was a boy with also black hair who looked like he was just about fifteen years old.
Seungmin flinched a little bit when he felt the grip on his shoulder getting tighter. His mother wasn't pleased at all. She was already angered when she had called for Seungmin but now she was probably ready to murder someone. Seungmin noticed that Wonpil also flinched beside him.
"Good to know that I am not the only one suffering because of our mother's strength", Seungmin thought to himself humorlessly and internally hoped for his shoulder to not break under his mother's strong grip.
"This is Rana and our son Samuel. They are both sirens", Lucifer introduced the two newcomers. For a short second the pain in Seungmin's shoulder was gone.
"Sirens?", he asked himself and mustered his two new family members. Samuel was looking down nervously while shifting his weigh from one foot to another.
"They will stay with us form now on. Treat them well", the devil continued with a smile like he didn't notice the fuming Lilith. Seungmin felt the pain on his shoulder caused by his mother again. He nearly whimpered but bit the inside of his cheek to stop himself from doing so. He was so focused to show no reaction to the pain in his shoulder he nearly overheard that his father asked him something.
"Seungmin, my little demon, would you show Samuel the empty rooms upstairs? I will show Rana around in the meantime", Lucifer asked him with the use of a nickname he gave to the young redhead when he was a child. Seungmin didn't like it because every time he was reminded of the fact that he used to like his father and that there was a time where he didn't hide being a demon.
"Of course", Seungmin answered his father with a monotone voice but he looked to Wonpil for a short second to non verbally say sorry, that he had to leave him alone with their mother. Wonpil noticed it and smiled for a second to signal his brother that it was okay. Nobody seemed to have noticed this little nonverbal conversation between the demon brothers.
Lilith let go of Seungmin's shoulder and the young demon stepped forward. Samuel walked up to him after his mother softy nudged him. Seungmin waited until the young siren was by his side and then began walking up the stairs. Both of them heard how Lucifer said "Follow me, my love" to Rana and then walked off with her, ending the little family meeting automatically.
Seungmin said nothing to his 'new' half brother until they reached the part of the house with the many empty bedrooms.
"You can choose which one you want", Seungmin said and looked at the young siren.
"Thank you", he said politely and bowed his head a little. He seemed to have very good manners and Seungmin could tell that he was a good kid. That was why he felt sorry for the younger since he probably thought that he was an only child just some hours ago and now he had been pushed into this crazy family where he discovered that his father had multiple women and children. Samuel walked past Seungmin and entered the first empty room he saw.
"Hey, wait", Seungmin said before the young siren could close the door on him. Samuel looked up in surprise. Seungmin noticed his dark eyes. They were exactly like his own. Both boys seemingly had this realization because Seungmin could see how Samuel seemed shocked for a second before it morphed into an understanding glimmer in his eyes. A part of Seungmin said that he really wanted to get to know the young siren. He was the big brother to him after all, which was something Seungmin would need to get used to.
"Would you mind if I stay a little bit with you?", Seungmin asked a little unsure of the other's reaction. Samuel looked to the side and seemed to think for a minute.
"No I wouldn't", he answered quietly and made space to let Seungmin walk into the room. The young demon smiled at that and entered the room.
The room was nothing special. It had it's own bathroom, a big bed, big windows, a big closet and a simple but beautiful desk made of dark oakwood with a black chair in front of it. Samuel closed the door behind Seungmin and inspected the room a little bit. He seemed less nervous, letting his curiosity shine a bit more.
"So where are you from?", Seungmin wondered and let himself fall onto the bed. He felt a sting in his shoulder but ignored it. Samuel looked at him and hesitated for a moment.
"Los Angeles", he then answered. Seungmin blinked in confusion and sat up.
"So from America?", Seungmin asked and Samuel nodded. Samuel didn't sound like he was from America but maybe that was a siren thing.
"Father took it far this time", the redhead mumbled to himself, being a bit surprised that his father had been so far away.
"Did you say something?", Samuel asked, having heard the redhead say something but Seungmin just shook his head and said, "Nothing".
Samuel sat down backwards on the black chair in front of the desk, so he could look to Seungmin while laying his chin on the chair's backrest. The two were silent for some time.
"Um. How are the others?", Samuel spoke up while fiddling with the laces of his grey hoodie.
"You mean our other brothers?", Seungmin guessed and Samuel nodded.
"All of them are great honestly. Wonpil, the other male with the red hair, can be really funny and nice but he is also pretty caring. Byungho, the one who stood beside the blond woman, is also pretty great. He always takes good care of me and is super kind. He will probably be the one, who looks out for you the most. And Minseok, we call him Woosu, the one with the white hair is kind of shut off from me and Wonpil because of his mother so I wasn't able to spend a lot of time with him but I think he is a really friendly and nice", Seungmin told the younger. Samuel nodded in understanding.
"But I think you should talk to them on your own and make your own picture of them", the redhead added. And again Samuel nodded. Silence fell over the two once more.
Seungmin thought about all his brothers for the time being since that train of thought almost came naturally. The one he spend the most time with was Wonpil for rather obvious reasons but he also spend a lot of time with Byungho since they went to the same school. Back when the three of them were little they always played together even though Lilith would yell at Seungmin and Wonpil afterwards. Eve, Byungho's mother, on the other hand would often watch them play and help them deal with Lilith afterwards. It was weird how Seungmin couldn't remember feeling weird playing with Byungho even though he knew they had different mothers but well he was four when Eve and Byungho had moved into the house. Woosu and his mother Athea joined the family when Seungmin was nine, making it a bit more difficult for them to bond, especially because Athea always kept Woosu around her. Still, Byungho managed to bond with Woosu resulting in Wonpil and Seungmin also playing with him a few times when they were younger but as the years passed by it became harder to spend time with the warlock even though they lived in the same house. He kind of missed the times when he got to play and goof around with all his brothers but maybe it wasn't too late for that.
"I will call the others over", Seungmin said, startling Samuel a little bit. The siren blinked at him in confusion but said nothing to stop him. Seungmin just took this as a silent approval and made use of an demonic ability of his. He called for his brothers and told them were Samuel and he were but he didn't need to open his mouth for that or move in the slightest way. No, this ability allowed him to call anyone he thought of and for that person it sounded totally normal, like Seungmin was not far away. It was the same ability, which Lilith had used to call Seungmin and Wonpil today since she had already been in the entrance hall. You could call this ability "demon voice" but it was a unofficial name since only Seungmin and Wonpil referred to it with that name. Seungmin used that ability a couple of times to prank someone. It was fun to make people think they were haunted by ghosts.
After what felt like an eternity to Seungmin there was a knock on the door.
"Who is that?" Samuel asked.
"I called Wonpil, Woosu and Byungho over. So you can get to know them", Seungmin said casually and stood up to open the door.
"When did you do that?" the young siren wanted to know, seemingly being very curious.
"It's an demonic ability, which I call demon voice", Seungmin answered the question while chuckling. He made his way to the door and opened it. He saw Wonpil, Byungho and Woosu standing there.
"So what's up?" Woosu asked casually while smiling.
"Just thought we should spend some time together", Seungmin shrugged and walked back to the bed to sit down on it.
The three older males entered the room and Byungho closed the door behind them. Wonpil let himself fall onto the bed next to Seungmin. He flinched at the impact.
"Is your shoulder okay?" Seungmin asked concerned because he knew exactly how much it must hurt. Byungho, Woosu and Samuel looked at first confused then worried.
"I am fine", Wonpil answered but sat up so it wouldn't hurt that much.
"Where did you hurt your shoulder?" Samuel asked cautiously like he would ask something he shouldn't. Wonpil looked to Seungmin. The younger demon just shrugged indicating that Wonpil should just tell them the truth.
"Let's say our mother has a pretty strong grip", the older redhead said. Samuel flinched at that like he could feel the pain of Lilith's grip himself. Byungho and Minseok just grimaced already being aware of Lilith's bad temper and sometimes aggressive nature.
"Let's change the topic to something more fun. Like music or video games", Woosu suggested. The rest seemed totally okay with the topic change.
"Do you guys like singing?" Samuel asked shyly, scratching his nose.
"Wonpil is pretty good singer. His voice is also super soothing and smooth", Seungmin answered with a big smile and glanced at Wonpil to see that his older brother was a little bit embarrassed. Samuel just grinned at that.
"Most people say my singing is intoxicating", the siren stated in a sweet tone which made the four older males laugh at the obvious reference to his species.
"Of course it is. You are siren after all", Seungmin said, mentally noting that Samuel must feel pretty confident in his species to make such jokes.
"No, I am just a natural talent", the youngest responded, acting offended and threw his nonexistent long hair back, causing his older brothers laugh again.
"Well, can this natural talent also play the drums", Woosu asked teasingly.
"In fact I can", the siren responded with a smirk forming on his lips.
"My mother got me a drum set when I was ten. I have been practicing ever since", the young siren added with a cheeky grin. Woosu just blinked confused, having not expected for the younger to actually play the instrument he had been practicing ever since he was little.
"We need to play together in the future", Woosu suggested. Samuel just happily agreed.
The conversation of the five continued and they really had fun. They got to know each other and they kind of bonded like Seungmin wanted. Maybe they could overall spend more time together despite some of their mothers being against it.