Jisung sat on the chair next to the bed Seungmin laid in. The redhead was curled up in a blanket even though his temperature had gone through the roof not long ago.
The warlock let out a little sigh and looked at his lap again. He was glad that Seungmin was okay now but he felt like he had failed the other despite having somehow managed to prevent his vision from happening. In the background Jisung could faintly hear Byungho explaining for the hundredth time in twenty minutes that he was just a little tired. He had given up on saying "I am fine" because neither Chan nor Shiela, the nurse, really believed him.
Shiela had scanned Byungho and Seungmin shortly after Chan and Jisung had brought them into the nurse office with Minhyuk. The nurse was a bit surprised after the scan and diagnosed both Kim brothers with an great loss of magical energy, which they shouldn't take lightly but she hadn't asked what happened. Minhyuk had excused himself after the diagnose. He had a neutral expression on his face but everybody in the room knew that Minhyuk was going to tear strips off Ryan, Chantelle and their friends. Maybe he would even transform them into little snails, who knows.
Byungho, Chan and Shiela weren't that far away from Jisung but the warlock was so focused on worrying about his redheaded friends he barely registered what they were talking about. A guilty feeling ate away at him despite it being entirely illogical and he knew that. He did his best to protect his best friend and prevent his vision from coming true but in the end he didn't do much. Byungho managed to deactivate the red aura, which had surrounded Seungmin, so they were able to reach the redhead and Hyunjin was the one, who calmed him down with his humming.
The warlock continued to have this sort of thoughts while staring at his lap but then he heard multiple loud voices, making him finally look up and turn his head around. His gaze landed on his group of friends, who stumbled into the nurse office not so gracefully and definitely not quiet.
Jisung saw how Shiela stalked over to them, looking not very pleased. "To the gods above be quiet. All five of you", Shiela hissed at them and they shut up immediately because the female warlock may be a beauty but she most certainly was scary when she was angry. They quietly apologized for being so noisy and calmed down a little bit. Changbin and Hyunjin came over to Seungmin's bed pretty fast after that.
"How is he doing?", the vampire asked in a soft, quiet voice, with his eyes focused on Seungmin's curled up form. Jisung looked back to his best friend. He couldn't even imagine what Seungmin went through today or that it was even possible for him to lose his cool quite literally.
Shiela approached the bed of Seungmin, looking at the redhead with a bit of sympathy in her eyes. "The immense magical energy loss is taking a toll on him but nothing what a good night or afternoon of sleep can't fix but he should avoid using magic in the next two days just to be sure", the nurse explained to which Changbin nodded.
"Same goes for Mr. "I am fine" over there", Shiela added while looking over to Byungho, who was resting on the bed next to Seungmin's. He avoided looking the nurse into the eyes. Jisung had to refer from chuckling, knowing that the nurse probably wouldn't let this pass any time soon.
The group stayed a little with Seungmin and Byungho but Shiela was at some point fed up with the constant whispering, which sometimes became a little too loud, so she shushed them back to their classes without Seungmin and Byungho. The classes were mostly boring because they just watched movies as a celebration for the exams and tests being over for this year.
After all their classes the group met up at the nurse office again to see if Byungho and Seungmin were able to go already. Of course they brought the Kim brothers' stuff along, so the two brothers wouldn't need to get themselves from their classrooms.
When they entered the office Shiela wasn't there anymore but a familiar redhead sat on bed he had previously slept in with Byungho sitting by his side.
"Seungminnie, you are awake", Hyunjin immediately said and ran over to his red-haired friend to hug him without even the slightest bit of hesitation. "Told you", said Byungho, obviously talking to his brother while warmly smiling.
Seungmin buried his face in Hyunjin's shoulder and wrapped his arms tightly around the siren's torso like he was afraid the black-haired male would disappear if he let go. Hyunjin had seemingly nothing against that and began to gently stroke the redhead's back.
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The rest of the group stood scattered around the bed. Jisung and Changbin sat down at the end of the mattress, quietly waiting for Seungmin to say something. Changbin knew that he and Byungho were the only ones that were aware of Seungmin being a demon. Maybe Jisung knew too because he was Seungmin's best friend had knew him the longest as far as Changbin was aware but he wasn't entirely sure. Changbin had never asked Seungmin, who knew about him being demon, only that it was his well kept secret.
Changbin had made it clear to Ryan and Chantelle throughout their last few lessons where they only watched movies or had free periods that if they would tell anyone about anything they knew from their research on his friends he would make their life a living hell. There was just no way he would let them harm his friends in any way, especially Seungmin.
After all Changbin was sure Seungmin had a good reason to be this careful with revealing his true species to other. Beside the young vampire knew that Wonpil was keeping his species a secret due the fact that demons were seen as mythical but evil creatures, giving them a very bad reputation, which could easily inflict fear into anyone, who didn't truly understand a demon's nature.
Thinking about Wonpil being a demon just like his younger brother made the vampire remember something else, which had never crossed his mind until now. Wonpil and Seungmin were full blood demons but what about the rest of their brothers. As far as Changbin knew from Wonpil the Kim family had four sons, which recently became five due Samuel, joining the family at the beginning of the school year. Wonpil did mention that his family was very complicated and he only shared both of his parents with Seungmin but there was a possibility of Byungho being a demon as well. It would explain why Byungho was able to deal with the red aura and heat Seungmin had been surrounded with but to be frank Byungho didn't seem like a demon at all.
When that thought crossed the vampire's mind he couldn't help but look at the oldest member of his little friend group. A lot more questions flooded the black-haired vampire's mind. Which species did Byungho really belong to? He remembered someone once telling him that the older was a warlock but that was the same thing everyone assumed Seungmin was too, therefore it could be a mistake.
Changbin was ripped out of his thoughts when he heard someone sniffle. The vampire's head instinctively turned towards the sound. It came from Seungmin, who still had his face buried in Hyunjin's shoulder.
The vampire stood up and walked over to the two hugging males purely on instinct, which was strange somehow because vampires didn't really have an inherent protective instinct like most kinds of hybrids and werewolves. Maybe it was because it was Seungmin, someone Changbin wanted to protect for some reason but failed miserably today.
Changbin stood there besides Hyunjin and Seungmin, not really knowing what to do to help the redhead. He felt powerless as well as useless, that was until Hyunjin took his right hand off of Seungmin's back to gently tuck at the vampire's sleeve. Changbin shifted his attention from Seungmin to the siren, who looked up at him while holding Seungmin.
The siren lightly smiled at Changbin but then turned his attention back to the redhead, who was clinging onto him. He whispered something into Seungmin's ear. Nobody except the redhead was able to understand what Hyunjin was whispering, not even the ones with the excellent ears.
Whatever Hyunjin said to the redhead, it made Seungmin hug the siren less tight. Not in a bad way though. Just enough so the siren just get out of his hold if he wanted to do so.
The siren patted the younger's back and showed a smile again, even though Seungmin couldn't see it. Hyunjin then slipped out of Seungmin's hold but pulled Changbin into it perfectly in one smooth motion.
Changbin was a little surprised at how elegantly and fast Hyunjin did that but his attention was focused at the redhead in front of him, who let his head hang low, so you couldn't see his face. His arms had fallen to his sides but he had stopped sniffling and was quiet now but Changbin could somehow tell, that the redhead still had tears in his eyes.
The vampire carefully raised his hands and put them on Seungmin's cheeks to lift the younger's face, so he could look into the redhead's eyes. Changbin was right, Seungmin had some tears in his dark eyes.
"You got no reason to cry, dummy", the vampire said in a soft tone while slightly rubbing his thumbs over the younger male's cheekbones. Seungmin slightly sniffled, seemingly fighting against his own tears.
"If I am a dummy, you are an absolute moron", the redhead replied with a light voice crack but he still managed to put some bite into his words. It made Changbin lightly smile. The redhead hadn't lost his slightly provoking nature and most certainly not his sassiness.
"Well, that's just rude. As far as I am aware I passed all my tests and exams with fairly good grades therefore I can't be a moron", Changbin answered while taking his hands away from Seungmin's face so he could cross his arms over his chest and pretend to be mad but his little smile blew that plan up before it even came into action.
"Good grades don't make you intelligent, the craving for knowledge does. Meaning you still are a moron", the redhead stated with a little sass, slowly showing a grin. "Brat" Changbin huffed and looked away from him while pouting like a child. This made Seungmin even laugh lightly and whip away the last bit of his tears with the sleeves of his sweater, which relived his group of friends.
"You know what? I just decided we will go to our house now to celebrate that the tests and exams are over for this year", Felix suddenly suggested, gaining the attention of all his friends. He was clinging onto Minho's arm which wasn't a surprise to anyone.
"Sounds like a good idea to me", Hyunjin answered from his place on the bed beside Changbin with a bright smile on his face. "Are you all in?", the ginger then asked the rest of the group. "What a question. Of course we are", Jeongin said and playfully rolled his eyes, which made the rest slightly laugh.
"Are you up for it, Seungmin?", Felix then asked the redhead directly. "If you want me to, sure", Seungmin answered trying to hide that little bit of insecurity by hiding his hands in his sleeves and not directly looking at Felix. Changbin wanted to say that there was nothing he had to fear but Felix beat him to it.
"Why wouldn't we?", he simply asked, tilting his head a bit to the side. He let go of Minho, walked over to Seungmin and Changbin, just so he could hold his hand out for Seungmin to grab. "Let's go", he said with that wide sun-like smile on his face. Seungmin's eyes shimmered for a moment, letting Changbin fear he would cry again but luckily he didn't. Seungmin took Felix hand and let the cat hybrid pull up from the bed into a standing position.
"Whose at the gates last gets turned into a snail", the freckled male yelled and started to run while dragging Seungmin along. Changbin huffed in light amusement. He should have seen that coming but well Felix really wasn't smart if he wanted to race a vampire.
With one quick move Changbin grabbed Seungmin's stuff, stood up and was out of the door, chasing after Felix and Seungmin ahead of the others.
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"Good thing you didn't even try to run after them", Chan said while looking at Byungho who calmly got up from the bed while chuckling. Their younger friends had taken off, racing each other to the school gate. Hopefully they would think about putting on their coats, so they wouldn't catch a cold.
"Why because you would have stopped me?", Byungho questioned and put on his boots again. "Yeah. You shouldn't run around after draining yourself", the silver-haired male answered and handed Byungho his coat automatically when they started to walk beside each other. The brown-haired male took it without even looking at the action.
Chan and Byungho worked together like they have known each other for all their life and for the most Chan did have the feeling they had known each other all their life. It could be a mate thing though, which tricked the wolf hybrid into believing that.
"I am glad Changbin took Seungmin's stuff because I think Felix wouldn't have noticed that Seungmin didn't have a coat on, unlike him.", Byungho stated, which made Chan laugh slightly. "Probably. He may be a little sunshine but sometimes he forgets things in his excitement", the wolf hybrid agreed.
The two continued their walk down the empty corridors of Miroh High quietly. They didn't need to talk all the time. The presence of the other was sometimes enough. Maybe that was even one of the reasons why Chan began crushing on Byungho. He just had a soothing presence and a calm aura that made you feel at ease. Byungho in general seemed ethereal to Chan. He was so kind, caring, loving, funny, sweet and pure at heart. His voice was exactly how Chan imagined angels to sound like. Calming, soothing, clear, gentle and overall just beautiful.
"Channie?", the wolf hybrid was ripped out of his thoughts by the beautiful, angelic voice he just began to describe in his head. Chan looked over to the brunette, blinking a bit in confusion. Byungho looked at his friend with worry glimmering in his eyes. Chan felt his heart beat a bit faster, seeing the other being concerned about him. Wait, that was weird, wasn't it?
Chan shook his head and looked straight ahead. "I am fine, don't worry", he stated with a little higher voice because his face slowly began to heat up without his control. He didn't get better when he heard Byungho giggle cutely.
"Is it now my turn to not believe your "I am fine"?", the older questioned with a teasing voice. "No, just believe me", the hybrid answered and walked a little faster. Byungho just giggled again and followed his friend.