"Y-you're.. a vampire?"

San could only watch as a myriad of different emotions played out in Seonghwa eyes as he slowly took in his appearance. Shock. Sadness. Anger. Confusion. And everything else in between.

San opens his mouth to say something but he stops and clamps his jaw shut. What could he say? He lied. Even after they'd been frolicking about for the past couple days and grew an unexplainable bond he'd kept his identity hidden. Like he didn't trust him enough to tell him.. and that hurt Seonghwa the most.

"W-what is going on right now" Seonghwa roughly runs his hand through his hair, brushing the messy dark brown bangs back, while he stumbles to his feet nearly tripping over and falling on a tree. He felt dizzy, lightheaded, like this was a nightmare or something.

San instinctively tries to reach forward to catch him when Seonghwa stumbles over his own feet in an attempt to away from him. "Don't come any closer!" Seonghwa warns, a menacing growl in his voice.

San immediately stops and hurt flashes on his face but he quickly buries it away, piercing eyes shifting the groud. His appearance goes back to normal and Seonghwa was no longer as uncomfortable looking at him but he was still so... heartbroken.

A silence settles and it felt like it went on forever but a voice startles them. "Wow you really are quite sloppy. How did you get bested like that?" The person asks in amusement.

It's a woman, different from the first one that attacked. This one had shoulder length black hair, fresh blood stained around her lips indicating she probably just fed but her appearance was normal, a pair of jade green eyes staring at the werewolf and drow-vampire pair.

She was leaning on a large tree a few feet away from them. "Fuck you" The first woman groans from the ground as she slowly sits up, rubbing her neck. "You could've jumped in and helped, you bitch. Instead of making me eat dirt" He spits out, rubbing the sand and dirt from her cheek which was pressed on the ground a moment ago.

San immediately was on alert, standing in front of Seonghwa in defense as his vampire features come back. How'd she wake up so fast? Once 'killed' vampires typically were out for at least an hour, then depending on how severe the injures they sustained were it could take hours before fully resuscitated. But San was already beginning to put together the fact that these people weren't regular vampires.

"Chaelin, watch your tongue please. Besides, you told me not to intervene when you hunt" Second woman snaps back engaging in a conversation like the other two males weren't even there.

(Chaelin)

The first woman, whom San just found is Chaelin, looks at her acquaintance with narrowed eyes before flipping her the bird. Second woman laughs then sits on the ground, making herself comfortable.

While Chaelin stumbles to her feet, rolling her neck San knew they had to run. And now. San glances back at Seonghwa who was also on guard, fangs bared and ash grey eyes glowing. He looks back at San and San whispers. "Run on my count" then holds 3 fingers up behind him. Seonghwa nods.

"I'll admit I didn't realize you're a vampire" Chaelin giggles at herself once her neck fully heals. She looks at San with a scary bloodthirsty look on her face. Eyes red with dark red veins growing larger on the pale skin around them. "I would've aimed for your heart" She wasn't interested in feeding anymore. Now she just wanted to kill them, and slowly, for embarrassing her like that.

San holds up 2 fingers behind his back and Seonghwa stares at his hand and watches as it drops to one. Just as Chaelin charged at him he yells out, "Run!" And Seonghwa immediately takes off in a sprint the other way.

But San runs at her with his own supernatural speed and strength. She throws a punch and he ducks, snaking his hand around her arm and pulling her forward to ram his knee into her gut. She counters by using her other hand to shove his leg down then places both hands on his shoulder, digging her long nails into his flesh and flips over him like an acrobat when he reaches for her again. She turns to land a swing kick on his side but San catches her leg and tries to trip her. She plants her hands on the ground, catching her fall, and flips back on her feet before easily ducking and dodging around the series of quick punches and kicks San threw.

As they engage in a fast hand to hand combat, Seonghwa who was several meters ahead stops in his tracks once he glanced behind him and saw San wasn't there. He groans in annoyance and turns around, sprinting back. I knew he'd pull some self sacrificing shit like this.

San grew tired quickly. Most in part due to the fact that he hadn't eaten in days and had just lost a shit ton of blood. While Chaelin seemed to be enjoying herself as she dodged each hit San threw with ease. She was agile and relaxed with her movements and she was purposefully playing defense to let him tire himself out. Clearly it was working.

Once she felt it was getting boring she lands a punch square on his jaw causing him to stumble back. While disoriented she grabs both sides of his head and headbutts him hard. His vision was hazy and he fell to his ass. Blood trickles down from his forehead and he groans, shaking his head repeatedly so his vision would focus.

All the while Chaelin slowly pulls out a stake from her boot then saunters to him while slowly humming a tune underneath her breath. She plays with the stake in her hand and watches like a predator to prey as he tries to back away.

Quickly she vampire speeds to him, straddling his stomach with the stake held in her right hand. She pulls his head to the side, exposing his neck, then she takes a large bite of his neck, fangs sinking deep into his skin. San's eyes widen and he chokes on his own blood as she pulls back, leaving a large bloody bite. Her lips and jaw now covered in fresh blood. "And that's for biting me. Dick"

"And this.." She hovers the stake over his heart. "This is just because I want to" She whispers. San spots a black stone with familiar markings on it hanging around her neck.

"Your n-necklace" He calls out just as she was about to jab the wooden stake in his chest. She stops, glancing down at her neck at the fairly large stone. This moment of distraction causes him to flip them over, knocking the stake out of her hands on the process.

He quickly stumbles to his feet, grabs it off the ground and puts some space between them while holding his torn up neck which was still bleeding but he felt it slowly heal. It would've been faster if he wasn't so weak and hungry.

"W-wait" San calls out, holding the stake out in front of him stopping her from coming closer to him. "Your necklace. I have the s-same one"

She narrows her eyes at him. "That's impossible"

"It's red" He gasps out then quickly digs through one of the many pockets on his pants. He pulls out the palm sized red stone with a swirl carved into it. Similar to the one hanging on Chaelin's neck except hers in an onyx black.

Her eyes widens in disbelief and she makes her way closer to him to get a better look. San wasn't taking a chance though. She could attack him once again or even worse, steal the stone. So he backs up. "Stay back" He orders.

"Where did you get that?" The second woman with shoulder length hair pipes in, finally making her presence known again. She pulls herself to her feet then goes to stand beside Chaelin.

"I'm looking for a witch. Taemin. Can you tell me where I can find him?" Is all he says just when Seonghwa bursts in from the trees. All three of them snap their heads towards him.

"What's going on?" He asks, slightly out of breath.

"What business do you have with Taemin?" Second woman asks, ignoring the werewolf.

"Jiyoung, who gives a fuck about that. He has Hwasa's stone" Chaelin growls, glaring at San as if she wanted to jump him but Jiyoung holds her arm back.

(Jiyoung)

"Hwasa gave it to me. Told me to come here and find Taemin then give this to him. Then he'll be able to help me" San elaborates.

"Bullshit. Why would she give her celestial stone to some elf vampire nobody. What did you do to her?" Chaelin grows more livid. Seonghwa was quick to pull San beside him in defense.

"Chaelin please calm down. If anything had happened to her we would know. Which means she must have given it to him willingly" Jiyoung says, her voice calm and pondering. She looks back at San who had a fierce look in his eyes as he stood behind Seonghwa.

"Ok. We will take you to Taemin" Jiyoung announces and Chaelin looks at her partner with a look that says, 'are you kidding me?'. Jiyoung looks back with a shrug. "We will see what he says. If Hwasa gave him her stone it must be worth it"

"What are your names?" She turns back to the pair. Her voice was so soft and calm and oddly friendly despite the dried blood on her lips. The way she spoke and moved were so sophisticated and elegant which was a complete contrast to Chaelin's loud and vulgar attitude.

"Who the hell is Taemin, first of all" Seonghwa blurts, looking back at San with clear confusion in his eyes.

"A crazy deranged twink with his own foot up his ass" Chaelin says dismissively.

"No" Jiyoung glares at the mouthy woman. "He is a werewolf-witch hybrid formally known as a Vluduck. He is one of the most powerful and oldest witches still alive." Chaelin rolls her eyes as she talks him up.

"Why are you looking for him?" Seonghwa demands in a whisper, eyes trained on San who was now avoiding his eyes.

"I'll tell you later" San whispers back, eyes flicking to him but only momentarily. "This is Seonghwa and I'm.." San say hesitates for a long second. "I'm San" He bite down hard on his lip when he sees Seonghwa's eyes on him from his peripheral vision. But he avoids looking at him, scared of what he would see.

Jiyoung, oblivious to the growing tension between the males, nods in understanding. "My name is Jiyoung and this is Chaelin. Follow us" Jiyoung had already began walking. Chaelin shoots them one last look before walking quickly to catch up with Jiyoung.

San immediately rushes to grab his bag which was layed in the dirt. He pulls his hand back from his open wound on his neck which was nearly fully healed then quickly picks up his bag and follows behind the two women, the whole time avoiding Seonghwa's gaze.

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