"You know, I never thought I would get away from my uncle that easily and quickly", Jisung admitted while unpacking one of the three boxes with his stuff in it. "Well I made sure that getting you adopted was the number one priority of my parents for the last few days, so it isn't a big surprise in my opinion", Changbin answered like it was nothing while sitting on Jisung's new bed, which was located in the middle of the rather big room the warlock could now call his own.
The headboard of Jisung's new bed was decorated with beautiful cravings and was pushed to the dark blue painted wall, making it look like the bed of a royal, which Jisung now technically was, despite neither Jisung nor Changbin really believing that.
Changbin's parents organize and executed everything in the span of a day after receiving the message of Changkyun's positive first and second impression of Jisung. The two teenagers didn't know what exactly Changkyun told the king and queen but it seemingly was something that made them hurry even more.
So, now Changbin and Jisung were sitting in the younger warlock's new bedroom, which had previously been a guest room located next to Changbin's bedroom. Jisung called Changbin's room a chamber because it was too big, too elegant and too expensive looking for it to be called bedroom.
The two teenagers were currently unpacking Jisung's stuff, which was brought to the castle by non other than Changkyun this very morning. The older vampire had seemed like he wanted to commit murder when he dropped the three not very big boxes off but that wasn't directed at the two teenagers. If Changbin had to guess he would say Changkyun had wanted to murder Jisung's uncle for some reason but the older vampire didn't stay long enough for the two teenagers to ask him.
"I owe you, Changbin-hyung", Jisung thanked the vampire prince after some moments of silence. You could clearly see the warlock's gratitude when he looked at his friend, who only smiled wide. "You owe me nothing. After all I don't have to be alone anymore with you here, so we are even", the other male responded.
Jisung maybe got a little bit of a teary eye from that but he hide it well by standing up from his place on the ground, walking over to the bed where Changbin was sitting and just hugging the older while mumbling a "Thank you" once again. The vampire prince laughed a little but hugged back because why wouldn't he? And let himself fall backwards into the very soft mattress of Jisung's bed, pulling the warlock down with him.
The two teenagers laid there for a while without talking until they heard two "bing" sounds from their phones, which laid on different places in the room but none of them were close to their current position.
"Do we want to know who send us a message?", Changbin asked, seemingly unmotivated to move. "Maybe it's important", Jisung guessed but he didn't want to stop their little cuddle session either. "Or maybe Felix just sent another meme into the group chat", the vampire prince responded dryly, making Jisung chuckle.
"I think those are actually funny", the warlock admitted. Changbin playfully rolled his eyes at that. Of course Jisung liked Felix's memes they have the same sense of humor and probably share a brain cell at this point.
"I believe you like them because you and Felix not only share one brain cell but also the same sense of humor", Changbin huffed. The younger of the two let out an fake offended gasp and wriggled out of the hug, rolling to the side, so his back was facing Changbin.
"I share two brain cells with Felix, you heathen", the warlock stated, pretending to be mad. "That's your issue with that statement?", the vampire prince laughed. "Yes!", Jisung exclaimed rather loudly before breaking into a laugh.
This bickering and joking continued until another "bing" was heard from both phones, followed by another one.
"Okay now I am curious", Jisung admitted and got his little bit destroyed and old phone, which was still laying on the ground beside his boxes. Changbin got his as well, which laid on the little nightstand beside the bed. Both teenagers saw that the message they got were from Chan, Jeongin and Felix.
"Seems like we will celebrate New Year with our friends", Changbin stated after he had read the messages and also send a message back confirming that he would like to celebrate New Year with his friends. "Yeah", Jisung said with a smile while typing that we will come to this meet-up as well.
Another "bing" sound was heard but only from Jisung's phone shortly after the warlock had sent his previous message. He got a message from Minho saying that they would need to talk and that was it. No further explanation. This made Jisung's smile wobble a little because he got a bad feeling, which didn't get unnoticed by the other male in the room.
"Who wrote you?", Changbin asked covering his worry with curiosity. "Only Minho-hyung. He wrote that we needed to talk. It's probably about me declining his offer to hang out for like four times in a row", Jisung answered honestly because he didn't think he would be able to lie to Changbin.
The vampire prince hummed. "Do you plan on telling everyone about your uncle and that you are living with me now?", he asked innocently. Jisung gulped, feeling like he wouldn't be able to do that without having a little break down, just like the time he had told everybody about his bite.
"It's fine if you don't. I get why", the vampire prince then added in a reassuring tone but Jisung shook his head. "No, I need to tell them. Only then will I be able to leave it completely behind me, right?", the warlock said even though the last part sounded more like a question while he rubbed his thump over the broken display of his phone absentmindedly, feeling every little split under his skin.
"Just know that you are save with me", Changbin said while he sat down beside Jisung. "You are now officially my little brother after all", he added in a rather happy, reassuring tone to lighten the mood and ruffled the warlock's hair. "I am not little. I am taller than you", Jisung protested and swatted the other's hand away.
"You brat", the vampire prince gasped, lightly punching the warlock's shoulder resulting in Jisung acting like he was now horribly injured, which caused the vampire prince to laugh and they began to joke around again.
Changbin had effectively managed to lighten the mood, just like he wanted.
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Felix was sulking on the couch in the living room. Why you may ask? Well, because Mr. and Mrs. Lee had to leave on short notice because there was an emergency at their clan house and Felix didn't like that at all because he had been excited to celebrate New Year with his whole family.
The ginger let out a sigh and stared at the black screen of the TV. There was only one thing that could help him cheer up now. Memes.
The young cat hybrid spend the next hour just scrolling through Instagram looking for funny memes he could send someone. He found plenty and decided that today's victim would be Jeongin. Why? Felix had no reason he just felt like sending a tone of memes to the younger. Normally he would send them to Jisung but the warlock was busy according to Minho, who was pretty upset about it even though he tried to hide it.
Felix was a little bit worried about his older brother but he knew that Minho had talked the issue over with their mother yesterday before she left along with their father.
The ginger continued to send Jeongin memes while receiving some messages with laughing smileys, which showed that the younger thought the memes were funny or at least Felix hoped that was what they meant. Still it made Felix day a little brighter for no real reason but he guessed that this was just the Maknae's effect on everybody, right?
Suddenly the cat hybrid got a message from the group chat with his friends. It was from Chan, who asked if everybody wanted to celebrate New Year together. Felix thought it was a nice idea since he couldn't celebrate New Year with his whole family.
"Hyung", Felix called loudly for his brother. "What?", was the response from upstairs. The ginger waited for a bit because he knew his older brother would come downstairs to see why Felix called for him. Minho really came downstairs, like Felix predicted.
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"What is it?", the older asked slightly annoyed because he didn't really wanted to walk out of his room. "Did you read the message Chan-hyung sent into the group chat?", Felix asked pretending like he didn't notice Minho's annoyed tone.
"No, I put my phone on silent mode for the night and didn't touch it until now", the older male answered and walked over to the couch so he could let himself fall onto the soft cushion beside his younger brother.
"Well, he asked if we want to celebrate New Year with our group of friends and since mum and dad left early because of an emergency we have nothing planned to celebrate the end of this year", the ginger told his brother with a rather neutral tone, which was a bit unlike the younger cat hybrid but Minho figured that he was still a little bit upset about the fact that their parents couldn't celebrate New Year with them.
"I guess you are right about that. It's better than staying at home and do nothing", Minho agreed and let out sigh. "Yup and Jisung will probably come too so you can talk to him about what was up last week", the ginger added and began typing.
"Should I? I mean maybe he thinks I am too clingy", the older mumbled. This thought had crossed his mind multiple times last week because he knew Jisung sometimes needed a certain amount of space. What if he didn't like it to spend so much time with Minho?
Felix stoped typing after hearing what Minho had said and looked at his older brother with a serious expression. "Hyung, he needs to know. Communication is important for any kind of relationship, so it would become just more harmful when you keep quiet about it. Remember that Jisung is no hybrid or werwolf. He doesn't know what impact mates can have on each other because nobody told him, so that's your job now", the younger said with a serious tone.
To say Minho was surprise at his little brother's seriousness was an understatement. When did Felix become an adult? Where did the goofy, cute kid go? But right now he wouldn't complain, knowing Felix was right.
"You're right", the older then agreed with a little nod. "Thanks, Felix", Minho thanked the ginger. Felix showed a smile at that and was back to be the cute sunshine he usually was. He continued to typing the message which would confirm that Minho and he would like to celebrate New Year with all of their shared friends.
The message was sent into the group chat shortly after a message from Jeongin had popped up, which said that the kitsune and Hyunjin would also like to celebrate the ending of the current year with their friends.
It didn't take too long for Changbin and Jisung to also agree to this idea and the last one to confirm that he would join this activity was Seungmin.
To the question where Byungho was, answered Chan that their oldest friend was with him. Did somebody think that was suspicious? No, not at all. The two older males tended to spend a lot of time together. After all they knew each other long before Minho knew them.
The group of friends agreed on meeting at the Young Wing Park around 9pm because there they could watch the beautiful fireworks, which would be shot into the sky when it struck midnight. Chan said he would bring some special blankets they could sit on and Hyunjin chimed in he would make tea and bring it along, so they had something warm to drink. Changbin and Jisung immediately said they would bring some snacks but they never mentioned which ones and Seungmin would also bring along some blankets.
Felix and Minho were left without a task but everyone said that was completely fine since their sleepovers and most study sessions were always at their house.
Since all the planning took a while 9pm rolled around faster than expected. Felix and Minho put on some warm cloths before they left the house. Luckily it wasn't snowing outside, so the firework wouldn't be canceled.
Minho looked up to the already dark but clear sky where the stars faintly glowed like little nightlights. He didn't notice how his younger brother slipped his hand into his, so they were holding hands like little children.
The ginger tugged his older brother, who was still looking up the stars in awe, along towards the Young Wing Park. At some point Minho did watch where he was going instead of counting the stars and blindly trusting Felix's guidance but he never really took notice how he was holding hands with Felix because it was just that normal to them.
The two cat hybrids arrived at the meeting point at first but they weren't alone for long because Hyunjin and Jeongin came into view after two minutes of waiting in a peaceful silence.
"Did you wait long?", Hyunjin asked when he jogged towards the Lee brothers followed by Jeongin. "Not at all", Felix answered with a sweet smile on his lips. Minho noticed Jeongin staring at Felix for a short moment before shaking his head lightly.
"Well, aren't you all on time", they heard someone say and it was obviously Seungmin. They turned towards the redhead, who was walking up to them.
"Seungminnie", Hyunjin almost squealed and ran towards the redhead to wrap him up in a hug. "I missed you so much", the siren added after releasing the redhead. "You are acting like it has been ages since we have last seen each other", Seungmin chuckled a little. Minho huffed a little agreeing with Seungmin internally. Hyunjin was just being dramatic as always.
The little group was soon joined by Byungho and Chan, who casually held hands when they walked up the group. Did anyone think that was suspicious? No, Felix and Minho held hands as well so why should it be?
The last to join this meet up were Changbin and Jisung. Minho knew something was up as soon as the two greeted the group from a little distance because since when did the blue-haired warlock have so much of Changbin's scent on him?
Chan and Felix seemed to also have noticed that too, judging by their confused expression but you couldn't really say if Jeongin did because the Maknae had a rather neutral expression, even though he should be able to pick up on it as well.
Minho felt something starting to bubble in his chest. He couldn't name it but he sure as hell knew he wasn't happy with Jisung having Changbin's scent all over him. Were they together the last whole week? What did they do together? That was it. They needed to talk. Now.
"Jisung, I think we need to talk now", Minho said in the most neutral tone he could muster before he let go of Felix's hand to walk over to the warlock. He grabbed Jisung's wrist and dragged him away from the group rather quickly. Nobody was able to react properly to that because the sudden mood change of Minho was just too fast.
Seungmin as well as Changbin wanted to go after the two but Minho faintly heard Felix and Chan keeping them from it because both of them knew that Jisung was Minho's mate and they had noticed how the older cat hybrid's eyes had changed from a dark brown to a piercing green.
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Jisung just got dragged along by Minho without much mercy, making the warlock almost trip over his own feet more than once. He had no clue what was up or where Minho was heading.
"Hyung were are we going?", Jisung managed to get out when Minho just continued to drag him down a little path that lead into the Young Wing Park. The older didn't answered but Jisung was slowly worried about the fact that he could barely see anything besides Minho's light brown coat, the silhouettes of the trees and the white snow on the ground.
Suddenly Minho pulled him forward and the warlock's back was met with the trunk of a tree. The impact wasn't hard or anything but Jisung still let out a little yelp and shut his eyes because he was taken by surprise. When he opened his eyes again two almost glowing, piercings green, cat-like eyes starred into his and he noticed that Minho's hands were placed on the trunk of the tree on each side of his head.
"Explain to me why you smell more like Changbin than yourself", Minho almost demanded and it made Jisung seriously debate if he should be scared or just internally die and then melt. He decided on a combo.
"I was at his place the last few days maybe that's why", the warlock tried to explain while he questioned why the hell he thought it was a good idea to wear one of Changbin's coats and no kind of scent tranquilizer like he did the last few years of living with his uncle. Oh, right because Changbin's coat was a lot warmer than the ones he owned and because he thought using a scent tranquilizer to cover up the terrible scent of his uncle was now unnecessary.
"Why were you at his place?", Minho continued his little interrogation his piercing green cat eyes never leaving Jisung's sky blue orbs. "Because I am living with him now", the warlock brought out and shut his eyes again like he thought Minho would get really angry now.
The older cat hybrid only looked at his mate in confusion and took his hands away from the trunk of the tree, giving the younger some space. His eyes were still green but a little less piercing. "Why are you living with Changbin now?", he asked in a much softer but confused tone, like he couldn't understand why. It was like a punch into Jisung's stomach.
Jisung opened his eyes again, so he could look at Minho, whose green cat eyes shimmered in confusion with a flash of pain. "W-well", the warlock slightly stuttered and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Long story short: His parents kind of adopted me because Changbin wanted to get me away from my uncle and he succeeded in his plan so quickly that the whole adoption process and moving was done within the last week", Jisung explained while looking down and fiddling with the hem of his coat's sleeves. By all gods why was he so nervous all of the sudden? It was Minho he was talking to, his boyfriend.
"I am sorry I told you non of that. I was kind of scared for some stupid reason I can't even recall now and I had so study some vampire stuff b-", the warlock began to slightly rant but he was cut off when Minho's soft lips met his in a short-lived but reassuring kiss. Minho was sometimes unpredictable and Jisung somehow loved that.
"Don't apologize. I just overreacted", Minho mumbled after they parted. Jisung shook his head with a little smile on his face. Minho had reacted the same way Jisung would have if he had been in Minho's shoes. He would have overthought the whole situation and ended up just as hurt as Minho had probably been feeling. A part of him told him that he should start putting a lot more trust into Minho like telling him everything about him, which included him living with his terrible uncle until he got adopted into the Seo family.
"I would have probably reacted the same way when I would have been in your shoes", the younger admitted while his eyes didn't directly look into Minho's. "I mean I never told you much about my home life because I am not used to tell other people that much about myself. I always kept to myself, so it became kind of natural to me", the warlock added with his gaze casted downwards. He should really start to open up a bit more but for today his goal was telling not only Minho about his life with his uncle but all of his friends. He wanted to trust them with this and then move forward with their help.
"I am trying to be more open and I planned on telling everybody everything about me, so I can finally look forward and also go forward", Jisung ended his little speech and took Minho's hand to hold it in his own a bit smaller ones. Maybe to reassure himself that everything will be fine and that the nervousness and anxiety that was building himself up in his body was unnecessary. It worked at least a little.
Minho just looked at his mate with his now normal brown orbs. The piercing green has completely vanished from his eyes after hearing Jisung's little speech. The cat hybrid pulled the warlock into his arms and hug him in a protective manner. Jisung just leaned into Minho and every bad feeling the two had felt just vanished for this little moment.
"If you tell everyone everything about you then I want to declare that you are mine, officially", Minho suddenly said after a short silence, which somehow caused Jisung to laugh instantly because it was a very Minho thing to say. The cat hybrid looked a little confused because of the warlock's sudden laughing fit but then a light smile let his lips curve upwards.
"Alright but for that we need to find the others first which could take a while", Jisung chuckled after his little laughing fit. Minho rolled his eyes even though Jisung could barely see that since the other's eyes didn't glow anymore.
"We live in a century where phones exist. We can just text them", the cat hybrid stated fishing his phone out of the pocket of his jacket while his other arm was still securely wrapped around the blue-haired warlock.
Jisung had nothing against that. He just continued to lean onto Minho while the older texted Felix. The light of the phone's display illuminated the older's face in a way that made his side profile look even better from Jisung's position. By all the gods Minho was just beautiful in every aspect of the word. And yes Jisung should be think about other things like how he will explain his mess of a life to all of his friends but Minho's beauty was a serious distraction.
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"Enjoying the view?", Minho asked teasingly when Felix had wrote him where he and the others were currently because he had noticed Jisung staring at him. He expected the warlock to get shy but nope that didn't happen. Not today.
"Very", Jisung deadpanned and his tone let Minho's heart do a jump he didn't thought it was capable of doing and it. It also made him seriously think about the messy situation they were currently in but hey life was never something that worked like planned.
The warlock shifted his position, so his arms were wrapped around Minho's neck, making the older almost drop his phone but he somehow managed to slip it back into his coat's pocket without breaking eye contact with Jisung.
The younger male didn't hesitate to close the last bit of distance between them and kiss Minho but properly this time. The older's arms wrapped themselves around the other's slim waist almost automatically while the two kissed.
Their lips moved together like they were made for each other while their eyes were closed. This was somehow something both of them would describe as perfect even though some people would raise an eyebrow at it. After all they were kissing in the rather dark parts of the Young Wing Park at night in winter.
When they parted because air was needed they would have almost kissed again when it wasn't for the scrunching noise of snow under someone's boots, which caught Minho's attention. Despite really wanting to kiss Jisung again he turned his head, letting his eyes scan over the area the sound came from only to meet the gaze of Jeongin.
"Found you", the kitsune singsonged and jumped towards them, making Jisung let go of Minho in an instant but the cat hybrid did budge and let his arms were they had been. "How long have you been here, Jeongin?", Minho asked with the mention of the Maknae's name to confirm who it was for the warlock since Jisung didn't see much in the dark unlike Minho and Jeongin.
"Not long but still long enough", the kitsune answered vaguely but it was clear that he had somehow seen them kiss.
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"The rest is waiting for you two lovebirds by the way", the blond singsonged again and that was the point where Jisung officially wanted to disappear. The Maknae really had seen them kiss.
Why Jeongin, why the kitsune, who wouldn't stop teasing them about this? Couldn't it have been Felix, who was already aware of their relationship? It would have made things awkward but at least Felix would tease Minho more than Jisung.
"Right. Let's go", Minho simply said and let go of Jisung but still kept one arm around the warlock's waist simply because he could and the warlock had nothing against that even though he still wanted the ground to shallow him.
Jeongin, who Jisung swore had a big smile painted on his features wordlessly led Minho and Jisung back to their group of friends even though Minho knew the way as well, thanks to Felix.
The group had settled down on the little hill more or less in the center of the park. By the looks of it they had partly melted away the snow and then laid out the blankets. Jisung guess either Seungmin, Byungho or Jeongin had used a spell, which involved fire.
There were a lot of blankets actually even some pillows. Where they even came from was answered when Seungmin casually opened a little portal beside him and pulled another pillow out of it before closing it again. His talent was seriously unfair in Jisung's opinion.
"By all gods Jeongin you can't just say "I will be back in a minute" and then run off like that ", Hyunjin immediately scowled his cousin when the blond came into the siren's view. He stood up, letting the blanket he previously shared with Changbin fall from his shoulders, so he could run to his cousin.
"Stupid, kitsune", Hyunjin mumbled and flicked the Maknae's forehead when he stood in front of the younger. The fox spirit flinched back a little at that and rubbed his forehead but didn't protest or anything.
Hyunjin's attention then shifted towards Jisung and Minho. The whole group already knew that they talked through whatever they had to talk through because that was mentioned in Minho's text, which Changbin told the rest about, so the group of friends would stop to worry.
Still the majority of them were confused especially Seungmin and Changbin because they thought they knew more than they rest, which was partly true in Jisung's case because they more or less knew his whole background but they had no clue about his relationship with Minho.
Yes, Seungmin knew that Jisung had a crush on Minho because he wasn't blind but the redhead had no clue that Minho was already Jisung's boyfriend and also mate, so he looked very confused while he tried to find the gap in his knowledge about his best friend.
"Are you two okay again?", Hyunjin asked Jisung and Minho while they walked back to the little camp made of blankets and pillows. "Yup and I have to say something", Minho stated while he changed his position slightly, so he stood behind Jisung and could wrap his arms around the younger's waist as well as laying his head on the warlock's shoulder. For a moment Jisung had no clue what Minho wanted to say until the other began to speak.
"Jisung is mine and I am not sharing", the older cat hybrid said with confidence while Jisung proceeded to get redder by second. By all gods he should have known Minho wouldn't loose much time to make this declaration.
Felix had to refer from laughing at the simple choice of words while Jeongin smiled like he won the lottery and Hyunjin was seriously worried about that. Chan looked somehow like a proud dad even though Minho could have said that more elegantly while Byungho smiled warmly. Seungmin put together pieces in his head until it made somehow click and Changbin looked like he had just seen a dinosaur.
"So, you two are gay?", the vampire asked without really realizing that he did. "Yes. We never got over the "Girls are gross" phase. Thanks for asking" Minho answered rather sassily. The way he looked at Changbin made it pretty clear that the other now need to be a bit careful.
"Got a problem with it, Changbin?", the cat hybrid then proceeded to ask while his brown orbs were piercing through Changbin. "No I just thought... I just thought I was the only one", the vampire admitted in a rather small voice but everyone could hear it.
That was the point where Hyunjin couldn't help but chuckle while he sat down again. "Hyung let me show you something", Jeongin said and sat down between Hyunjin and the vampire while Minho and Jisung made themselves comfortable next to Felix.
The kitsune looked around for a short minute. "Who thinks he his straight should raise his hand", the Maknae said and nobody raised their hand. Well, except Hyunjin but he did it jokingly, which was why Jeongin put his hand down.
"See nobody here is straight", Jeongin then concluded and he was very pleased with himself. "Jeongin just made an difficult topic easy", Chan stated with a little smile on his lips. "That's what I do, hyung", the blond stated proudly and smiled wide, so you could see his dimples clearly. This earned him a little laugh from everybody.
"While we are at it", Chan began and glanced to Byungho for a second like he was asking for permission, which the older granted with a little nod. "Byungho and I are dating officially since today", the wolf hybrid then said. "Oh, congratulations, hyungs", Felix said with a bright smile.
Jeongin only smiled knowingly. He knew that his little set-up date was the main reason for this, so he was a little proud of himself but he wouldn't just take the credit for it.
"I think we actually need to thank Innie for that", Byungho said with a smile. That surprised everyone expect Hyunjin, whose head snapped towards the kitsune in an instant because the blond wasn't supposed to interfere in other peoples' relationships just because he knew from Hyunjin that there was some kind of special connection.
Jeongin smiled innocently at his cousin while the siren was this close to murder him, regardless of his cuteness.
"Is something wrong, you two?", Byungho asked the two cousins a little bit worried. "Everything is fine, hyung", Jeongin said with a sweet innocent smile that made him look like he could do no wrong. Hyunjin also acted like there was nothing. The lesser the others know from the siren's ability the better.
Somehow the group continued to talk about sexuality and relationships and it was somehow reliving to be out of the closet and accepted by your friends. Chan was right about that Minho had to internally admit.
Of course the topic mates came up as well since at some point Chan and Minho mentioned that Byungho and Jisung were their mates. Jeongin was pretty interested in that topic and so was Hyunjin. Felix was a little bit whiny because he hadn't found his mate yet and Changbin and Seungmin tried to wrap their heads around this whole destiny chooses your significant other for you.
The redhead had an active problem with destiny since his talk with his father earlier this morning because Byungho being Chan's destined mate made no sense if you took into consideration that the brown-haired male wasn't supposed to have a destiny.
Seungmin gave up thinking about this. It only made his head hurt and let the feeling of uneasiness in his stomach grow. Maybe his father was just wrong and he and his brothers were connected to destiny after all.
Overall was to say that in points of relationship and sexuality there were no more secrets, which was a relief to everyone. Especially to the ones who had a rather complicated family history like Changbin, Seungmin and Jisung.
After the topic had died down a little, Jisung made an attempt to change the topic or rather get everyone's attention. He succeeded and subconsciously took Minho's hand to keep his nervousness and anxiety in check.
He then proceeded to finally tell his friends everything about him. From being left by his parents at a the age of four, to his father, to his torturous life with his uncle, to his struggles to make friends in school because he was so closed off, how much Seungmin changed his life by becoming his friend in middle school until he came to the point where he became friends with all of them and how grateful he was to have them. Tears had already been falling since the part with Seungmin but the warlock's voice was still steady so he just kept going. He told them what really went down when he got the bite and finally he ended with his adoption into the Seo family because of Changbin.
"Just know that I am grateful to have all of you", Jisung sniffled and that was he pointed where the warlock had a little Déjà vu because he was almost crushed by a gigantic group hug. Felix and Hyunjin were crying like Jisung while Chan and Jeongin had glossy eyes and were probably really close to tears. Changbin, Seungmin, Byungho and Minho stood composed for the sake of the others but they were probably plotting murder internally.
After the group hug more or less dissolve everybody calmed down and tried to compose themselves. Jisung was buried in Minho's arms and wrapped up in a blanket. He looked so small it would have been adorable in any other situation.
"I know it's not that important but since everybody seemed to have told something they hid. I want to add something", Changbin said after everybody was calm again. The attention of the group was on the vampire.
"I am the heir of the vampire throne, meaning crown prince, which is why Ryan, Chantelle and the other vampires at school listen to me for the most part and think I should be among them", the vampire told the group, which earned him some confused looks.
"You are a prince?", Jeongin asked and tilted his head to the side. Changbin nodded. "Well, I am not calling you your majesty", Minho huffed, making Seungmin and Jisung chuckle a little. "I don't want to be treated like royalty, so I am totally okay with that", Changbin shrugged at Minho's statement. "I just wanted you to know, so you are prepared when you visit Jisung and me in the castle a little bit outside of Yellow Wood", the vampire added with a little smirk on his lips.
"Oh yeah. That castle his huge", Seungmin commented. "Wait, you already visited him?", Chan asked with curiosity. The redhead nodded and showed a little smirk. "You need to invite all of us, hyung", Jeongin suggested and bounced excitedly.
The talk about princes and castles continued but Seungmin and Jisung didn't really participate in it. The blue-haired warlock looked at his best friend like he wanted to encourage the other to reveal his secret too but Seungmin won't do that because it was not only his secret but also Wonpil's and if he wanted to talk about his father and family in general he would have to talk with all his brothers.
Suddenly Seungmin noticed a shadow that scurried past their little camp. The redhead wasn't sure if that was a person or not, so he figured it was an animal and focused on his friends' discussion again while continuing to ignore Jisung's look.