C7 Chapter 5

Sungjoon stared at the time on his phone. There's no message from Minhee yet. Well, it's obviously because the class hasn't ended yet.

He hid his phone back inside of his pocket before carrying the bucket with dirty water and dishwasher inside.

He stopped near in the library and placed down the bucket.

He took the basin from the bucket and stood up straight, starting to wipe the window. Thankfully, he was wearing gloves or his hands will itch again.

This school doesn't have that much of cleaning equipment, so they need to buy gloves and other cleaning tools in order to make this school clean.

Sungjoon was just a new employee in this school. He worked as a janitor and he doesn't care what jobs he get. The only reason why he's working although he don't need to, was to searc human for the next hunting season.

All he cared about was to kill useless humans as long as he like and take care of his lovers.

He heard a tapping of heels approaching him. Sneakily, he looked at the teacher walking in such a shameless way of walking. In Sungjoon's point of view, this professor was sure is a mistress, a slut, loving to flirt younger students.

She looked like one doe by wearing such revealing uniform and walking shamelessly sexy in the school corridor.

Sungjoon have the ability to know what kind of people he see just by staring their movements and study the way they clothing.

He crunched his nose when he smell the strong cologne from the professor.

"Are you new here?"

For some good opportunity and reason, she suddenly approached him and asked, "You looks so young. What year are you? Such a waste you have beautiful face but ended up being a janitor."

Sungjoon stopped wiping the window and looked over the professor behind him. He pulled down his face mask before smiling at the prof. A blush crept on her face.

"I'm supposedly graduating in senior high in the next two years but sadly to say...I have stopped," he answered politely but there's a hint of pity in his voice as if asking the professor to lend him money.

"Oh, so you are a high school student. But why did you stop?"

"Obviously...financial problem," he answered and pouted cutely.

The professor coo at his cuteness and innocent face. Sungjoon was too sure that she was already woo over him. He picked up the bucket before throwing the basin inside. He turned around to see the professor's face. She was beautiful indeed, just like Hyunsung's types for chopping.

"Can you excuse me? I have more windows to clean," he said while smiling politely and walked away not giving her a chance to speak more.

The class bell finally rang and this was the sign of them going in the café. He pulled down his facemask as he went to the cleaning room.

"Fuck! Fuck those fuckers! I'll make sure to kick their faces!"

Sungjoon stopped and looked at the fuming guy who walked passed him with his face all red and nose bleeding.

He watched the guy instructed his minions to find the culprits and bring them to him. Sungjoon chuckled to himself before placing down the bucket and took out his phone.

He texted the others to go to the coffee shop already.

***

Minhee settled himself on the table outside of the café while he waited the students to come.

He already caught Seunghyun walking on the streets of the sleepy little town, marbling over just how different this is from Seoul. There only seemed to be one grocery store and one bar that only opens once in a week, small mall and schools.

Seunghyun wondered of how can people live like this? What do they do for fun? At least there’s a cozy café, at which he soon find Hyunsung and Jeongsun, stuffing their faces with cake in the distance away from Minhee's table.

Seunghyun occupied the vacant table in the middle near Minhee's table. He put his bag on top of the table before taking out his laptop.

Seunghyun fixed his glasses, can't even stay long in the town with people. He wanted to settle himself inside their main pack house in the forest than stay here.

He don't like the noise of the city, nor the hordes of people endlessly pacing the streets. When he was all alone he was happy. Weird isn't it? But life of Kim Seunghyun is simple just like that.

He don't have any idea of how long they'll stay in such a place like this, but for now it’ll have to do.

They need money to buy their needs, they need to lure humans for their food.

It is true that the quiet life has some kind of charm to it, Seunghyun thought.

He chuckled to himself as he opened his laptop. He suddenly remembered the turmoil about families and names, titles in the city. It's very chaotic that he doesn't want to talk about it.

Now, they were settled outside under the sun with iced coffee for each.

Minhee was patiently waiting for their arrival. He spats the time on his phone every minutes. Soon, laughters grabbed his attention. Minhee smirked when he spotted the students approaching him while laughing.

They're holding a camera and that was really obvious to Minhee that they were video blogging.

"Hello people! As you can see, we are in the café right now. This is the only café in our town. Oh well, every tourist keep saying that our hometown is a bit creepy. Many believers...well...they believe that this is a cursed town," said the guy in front of the camera while his companions were nodding their heads while acting really scared.

Hyunsung's face distorted just seeing what the students making such a face of reaction. He acted like he was about to gag.

"Shessh, they're disgusting," Hyunsung mumbled while sipping his iced coffee.

Jeongsun was busy doing Hyunsung's hair. He makes Hyunsung's hair look cute, putting the colorful hair pins and small rubber bands on his hair.

Despite of Jeongsun's psychotic behaviour, sometimes he acts cute and acts like a baby of their group. While Hyunsung was very arrogant bitch but sometimes he's charming and always craving for love. But most of all, he was a little dramatic in some things.

"I agree with you Sungie, but mean it...they're all pretty," Jeongsun agreed while doing stuff on Hyunsung's hair with a wide grin on his innocent baby face.

"Yeah, pretty to chop off and put in the garbage bag before disposing it in the fire." Hyunsung chuckled by thinking about that, and the younger chuckled too.

Minhee stood up and approached the group of bloggers, but stopped as soon his eyes caught someone really beautiful. He looked at the street where he saw that beautiful person.

He saw him walking to the mall that newly opened this month. He can't see his whole face, only his side profile and his silvery hair but that was enough to catch his attention and interest.

Minhee was about to follow the boy but another one caught his attention. He’s very surprised to see the young man that crossing the lonely street of Gwasang.

The dark hair and lithe body were the first thing he noticed. The man was too far from him to be able to see his face and now back facing him.

He saw how the boy pulled his hoodie up to his head as if hiding his face from everyone.

Minho's head whipped back to the mall where he saw the other young man who first catched his attention. He couldn't believed there's two young men living in this town.

Seunghyun furrowed once he saw Minee's action.

He looked so lost in thought while looking at the mall and the nearest store, as if he was debating which way he should go.

The group of students they were supposed to rip their bank accounts entered the coffee shop which was a huge waste of earning money.

"What the fuck?" he mumbled to himself before taking out his phone.

He dialed his lover's phone. Soon he saw Minhee taking his own phone and answered the call but still looking at the two shops.

"Honey, what the fuck are you doing?" he asked in disbelief, massaging his temple.

Minhee put down his phone before running to Seunghyun's table and sat there. The glare from his lover didn't leave him.

"The fuck is that?! What are you looking over there and there?" Seunghyun with displeased voice asked him as he points the left and right side of the street. "We already lose them becaus--"

Seunghyun was cut off when Minhee suddenly leaned closed and pecked on his lips. He smiled once he saw the blush crept on his puppy face.

"Don't worry about it hon. They're still inside of the café. I can still approach them and sales talk to them, you know." Minhee grinned.

"How can you be so sure? And what the heck are you looking at?" Seunghyun asked again but he noticed Minhee wasn’t listening and he turned to look where his lover looking at.

His eyes captured the man walking out of the public library. His hoodie suddenly pulled down because of the strong wind.

Both of them were watching the dark haired guy currently crossing the lonely street. He kept his head down and swiftly pulled the hood over his head again as he entered the grocery store.

"Who’s that?" Seunghyun asked.

"I don’t know but I’m curious. He looked so young, I wonder if he was alone?" Minhee whispered before looking at the mall where the first young man with white hair entered.

"He looks like a man with secrets," Seunghyun said. "I’ve seen that too many times before. What if he's also like us?"

Minhee nodded, he must agree. The boy acts like he wants to be invisible, by the way he conducts himself. Minhee suddenly stood up abruptly and left the table.

"The heck are you going?" Seunghyun asked, not liking of how Minhee abandoning their task just because of those boys.

"I want to have a closer look. It's fine if you want to peek their faces too," Minhee replied before crossing the street too. He can’t really say why he is so invested in this random boy, but he just is.

Seunghyun was left alone, feeling dumbfounded of just what his boyfriend just did to him. Is Minhee going to cheat on him?

Seunghyun shook his head before watching the group of blogger inside of the café. If Minhee won't do their task, then he should be the one who'll do it.

But as he watched them, the face of that young boy didn't leave his mind. He was really beautiful even he can't see his face closely.

But, his face looked like Hyunsung.

The door slide open once Minhee entered. He was surprised when he found out how crowded the mall was. For what exactly he knew, the population of this town was within the reach.

Maybe the others are tourists?

He read the banner that hang above them. It's about the fan signing event for readers and known authors in this small town.

This reminded Minhee of Seoul, how the fans giving supports to their group idols while performing on the stage.

Minhee walked through the crowded place. Determined to find that guy who peaked his interest.

Soon he finally spotted him in the stage, uncomfortably standing in front of the long table with the fans beside him. While in their front were the authors holding their published books.

Minhee watched as how uncomfortable he was but despite of his anxious feeling, he forced himself to smile in front of his idols. Minhee stared at how his lips curve into a thin line after smiling.

He looked so cute that Minhee wanted to adopt him badly.

When the mall became more crowded, Minhee decided to leave and go to the grocery store where the other one was located.

Seunghyun just watched him from the café.

Minhee was thankful. The store wasn’t very big, so it's not hard to spot the dark haired guy as he rummaged through the shelves.

He has a cart half filled with groceries already and was still putting things down. Either he has a large family to support, or he’s a hoarder.

Minhee wanted to come closer, so he pretended to fill a basket nearby, estimating the boy to come his way. Since the dark haired guy is avoiding eye contact and mostly keeping his head down, a woman with a child managed to bump into him, seemingly by accident.

He heard a startled sound from the boy in question and Minhee grabbed his shoulders to steady him, preventing him from falling.

The boy glanced up and he’s seriously beautiful, stunning like Hyunsung -- wait, this guy looks like Hyunsung, they very much alike but he could still see the difference between them. They have the same mole but in different sides, eyes glisten making his heart pound hard inside, his eyes, though terrified, looking like distant galaxies. Is such beauty really to be found in a place like this?

"The fuck are you looking boy?!" The woman suddenly yelled with her son making such annoying whining and throwing of tantrums.

"You should watch where you going!"

The boy bowed politely and said his sorry but the woman seemingly doesn't want to forgive this young boy.

"You almost hit my son! You think apologizing is enough?! Pay me!"

Minhee sighed, bored, before stepping in between them.

"I'm sorry ma'am but what I saw...your stupid son was behind you and your cart was the only one got hit," Minhee calmly said and glanced at the young boy behind him.

He caught him holding his arm tightly while trembling. The cart of this woman was obviously hit the young boy's arm.

Minhee gritted his teeth secretly before looking back at the woman. His eyes were now cold and dark.

He hates someone touching or hurting what he likes the most.

Only him and his boys who have the rights to touch the young boy. Minhee raised his left hand and placed it roughly on the woman's shoulder.

The woman glanced down on Minhee's hand. She look terrified as she looked up on Minhee. The older guy smiled tensely at the woman.

"You know lady...I hate it when someone is hurting what's mine. So...if you want to go home alive and your child, better apologize to that young boy," he threatened as he smiled sweetly but screaming death threats.

The woman winced once Minhee slowly squeezing her shoulder tightly. Minhee was still smiling like he just having a normal chatting to the woman.

"Ya! Let go of my eomma! You freaking monster!"

The little boy suddenly run to him and tried to punch him but Minhee is Minhee. He won't budge even an inch. Minhee sighed again before letting the woman who is now in pain.

"Better watch out your words woman or else grim reaper will visit your home." He threats and winked.

The woman hurriedly pulled her son away along with her cart. Minhee sighed happily. The smile never leaves his face.

He decided to turn around to talk to the boy and see his beautiful angel-like face again, but the young boy was already out of sight.

Minhee hurriedly run, trying to find the young boy until he spotted him walking towards to the cashier.

"Hey! Wait up," he huffed of air as soon as he stopped running and grabbed the boy's shoulder.

The boy flinched once Minhee's hand touched his shoulder.

"E-excuse me..." The boy said with an unusually low voice. He shoved Minhee's hands off his shoulders and hurried away towards the register.

"Hmm...strange, why is he so jumpy? Is he hiding something?" Minhee mumbled to himself.

With a face like that he should show himself off, flaunt his beauty to the world, not hide it. But Minhee doesn't like that. He doesn't like others to see the boy's face.

Soon, Minhee smiled. He's even more intrigued now, eager to find out more about this mysterious boy and that boy in the mall too.

Minhee smoothly placed himself behind the boy at the register, observing how nervous the cutie was, as he tried to pay for his food. Once he was done, he rushed to the exit, struggling to carry all those heavy bags of food and other things. Minhee just watched him strode out of the grocery.

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Jinki beamed when a plastic of food placed on the table inside of the public library. It's okay to eat inside, just don't mess around.

Junhyuk was done from getting Homin's autograph from his favorite author. The boy can't go because he need to tidy the library attic. Hyeop released a heavy sigh after dropping himself on the couch.

He doesn't want strangers to talk or touch him, it only brings the trauma he wants to dig deeper in his mind until it perishes. Strangers only reminded him the night when that panama guy and crazy woman raid their home.

Junhyuk noticed the bothered in his twin's eyes. He tried to hold his arm but when Hyeop flinch, he knew something happen bad to his twin. Thinking that make his anger grow as his wolf instinct began to kick in, feeling overprotective.

"I'm hungry!" Jinki snap out and Junhyuk blink but still wearing the blank face.

Hyeop fixed his round glasses before taking the chocolate bars and open his book. Junhyuk watched his twin as if nothing happened in the grocery store. Junhyuk calmed himself before taking a seat next to his twin. He'll question him later but right now he need to act normal in front of their friends.

"I found this," Homin said and put the book on the table, in front of them.

"What is that? Look so old." said Jinki while observing the book.

"Book obviously. It's a book about the relationship between gloat and werewolves." Homin said and looked at Hyeop as if waiting him to get the book. "I read half of it and... man, it's crazy. I mean the whole tribe even blood relatives turned to each other!"

Both twins froze, it remind their tangled situation.

"That sick!" Jinki cringe and bite his bar.

Homin turned to the froze Hyeop. "You can read it, I think the library don't need it. Besides, reading this kind of disturbing. Nobody would want to read something like this unless they crazy."

Hyeop sigh, grabbing the hardbound book. He read the title, it was about the story of the forbidden relationship between gloat and werewolves and how the gloat betray the packs.

Maybe, maybe... he can find answers in this book.