they walked to the building and were about to step straight in before a large, strong hand pushed them back.

"ID?" the guy asked boredly, taking a drag from his cigarette.

"oh, we uh-" taehyung stumbled before jimin interrupted.

"you need ID here?" jimin asked, raising an eyebrow intimidatingly.

wow, jimin's way better at this than me. taehyung thought.

"yeah, man. hand it over or get lost." the guy huffed, looking down at jimin before blowing his smoke in his face.

jimin stepped back, "you really wanna go there?"

"what if i do?" the guy crushed his cigarette under his shoe.

jimin rolled his eyes, "whatever tough guy. the clubs in the city over don't ever ask for ID. this place must be weak as shit."

taehyung watched the interaction closely, analysing jimin's attitude.

is this how i have to act in the demon realm?

the guy looked like he was about to snap jimin in half but, before he could, a smaller guy pulled him back.

"hey, kangdae! no fights with customers, remember?" the guy poked him.

"they aren't customers, they're not even inside yet!" the guy sneered.

the guy's playful demeanor instantly melted away into a stone cold glare, "don't raise your voice at me and don't take that tone with me either. a snap of my finger and you won't even have a job so i suggest you watch your attitude."

after hearing this, the guy who's name was apparently kangdae seemed to realise who he was talking to and immediately fixed up, clearing his throat and standing up straight.

"y-yes, hoseok."

"it's sir, to you." hoseok corrected.

"yes sir."

"good boy." hoseok petted his head, condescendingly, "now, do me a favour and let the cutie inside, will you?"

without a word, he removed the red rope and let jimin through.

"what about my friend?" jimin asked.

"he's with you?" hoseok asked and jimin nodded, "alright, kangdae, chop chop." hoseok snapped his fingers until the man let taehyung through too.

once the two boys were passed the rope and inside the building, they looked at eachother with a look of victory.

the hoseok guy began leading them down a long set of stairs and swung his arms around their shoulders, inbetween them, before he spoke.

"so, you two new here?"

"how would you know?" jimin replied.

"you can't answer my question with a question. also, i know everybody around here. that's how i would know." hoseok said with an attitude.

"then yes, we are." jimin confirmed.

as he finished his response, they reached the bottom of the staircase and were led to a small room in the back.

before they were showed to the back room, they caught a glimpse of the rest of the basement.

people drinking, smoking, dancing, kissing, fighting and other shit that they definitely would not be allowed to do in heaven.

"hey yoongs, i brought fresh meat." hoseok announced, pushing the two disguised angels into a chair each.

"wow so cool, hi." yoongi deadpanned, basically falling asleep.

hoseok laughed, "that's yoongi. he's a demon of sloth so if he seems uninterested, don't take it personal. i'm hoseok, in case you didn't catch it."

"cool, i'm jimin." jimin said, kicking taehyung to make him say something.

"t-taehyung." he internally cursed himself for swearing.

hoseok snatched yoongi's drink out of his hand without thinking, chugging it. yoongi simply sighed. that's hoseok for you.

"what brings you guys here? usually no one new ever visits this shitty town. people usually leave instead of coming." yoongi asked.

"we just needed a change of scene. things were getting boring and we heard it's pretty fun here." jimin made up a lie on the spot.

taehyung looked at him in awe and also slight concern.

okay, he's way too good at this.

"if by fun you mean absolute chaos then yes, it's pretty fun here." yoongi chuckled lazily.

that's when the door slammed open and a figure taller and broader than them walked in.

"sorry, i'm late i- who the fuck are you two?" the guy asked.

"this is jimin and taehyung. they're new around here so i thought we could hang with them. the short one stood up to kangdae, it was hilarious." hoseok snorted.

"the short one?" jimin asked, offended. meanwhile, taehyung snickered next to him.

"i mean, you are the shortest one here, min." taehyung giggled.

"ah, so you do speak?" hoseok smirked.

taehyung blushed, embarrassed.

"hoseok, stop flirting with them for at least ten seconds." the new guy growled.

"jeez, party pooper. i forgot that you're always triggered." hoseok laughed.

yoongi began "taehyung, jimin, this is jeongguk. demon of-" before he was interrupted.

"don't." jeongguk said sternly, not wanting his race to be brought up at all.

"aight." yoongi yawned.

hoseok cleared his throat, "so, i heard from yoongi that you missed me, jeon."

"don't flatter yourself, i just tolerate you more than others." he rolled his eyes.

that was honestly a lie.

hoseok was his best friend and he really did miss him. nothing against yoongi of course, he loved him too, it's just that jeongguk needed to cause trouble to stay sane and yoongi was too laid back for him.

"shut up, you're in love with me." hoseok snickered.

"guys, they're still here." yoongi broke up the bffs, pointing at jimin and taehyung.

"oh yeah, so guys, as yoongi was saying, this is jeongguk. he's the youngest out of us. how old are you two?"

"we're seventeen but he's older." taehyung jumped in, wanting to actually speak so he didn't seem weird.

"when's your birthday?"

"december."

"you're three months younger than jeongguk."

"where the fuck did you two even come from?" the mentioned boy asked, his eyes burning into them with a scrutinizing gaze.

"just the next town over." jimin said.

"atrax?" yoongi asked.

"yeah." jimin swiftly replied to make it seem like it wasn't a lie.

"but atrax assholes are- well, they're assholes. and you haven't pissed me off yet." jeongguk looked skeptical.

"we know they're assholes because we're from there, duh. we came here to get fresh air, it's boring there." jimin explained, keeping his story similar to the one he told earlier.

jeongguk hummed, still looking at them with a cold glare.

meanwhile, taehyung was sweating his ass off.

he couldn't handle the way this jeongguk guy was looking at him.

he felt like he could see right through him.

jeongguk noticed the way taehyung squirmed under his gaze and he enjoyed the effect he had on him.

he smirked and taehyung wanted to bury himself alive.

jimin noticed this but it's not like he could do anything.

hoseok noticed this too.

"jeongguk stop looking at him like you're gonna eat him alive." hoseok laughed.

"maybe i will." the boy purred, leaning back in his chair.

taehyung gulped while hoseok chuckled.

"what type of demons are you two?" yoongi slurred tiredly.

taehyung had no idea what to say so he was thanking the gods when jimin swooped in to save him.

"i'm a demon of mischief. he's a demon of cowardice, sorry he's so quiet." jimin said.

he was so lucky he read about types of demons in that book.

taehyung was slightly offended at his title but also thankful that it gave him a reason to be closed off and quiet unsuspiciously.

"cowardice? that's rare. i've only met one other before. hoseok's a demon of greed, he's rare too." yoongi hummed.

"mischief, you say? interesting." hoseok raised an eyebrow in amusement before turning to yoongi with a wink.

yoongi rolled his eyes, "we just met him and you're already picturing a threesome?"

jimin almost choked on air and taehyung sat obliviously, not knowing what they meant.

"you said that, not me." hoseok feigned innocence.

yoongi rolled his eyes once more.

jimin looked over to taehyung only to see him, once again, being eaten alive by jeongguk's stare.

he looked like he was fucking him with his eyes and jimin knew that look but taehyung was too innocent to understand it. he was simply terrified.

"you're scaring my friend." jimin said to him.

"not my fault he's a coward." jeongguk replied.

"it's not his either. it's kinda in his blood." jimin shot back.

"hold your tongue before i rip it out and make you eat it." jeongguk threatened to which jimin simply giggled behind his hand.

"don't laugh at me you wretch." jeongguk growled.

"now now, jeon, don't threaten our new friends. he's not laughing at you, he's laughing with you." hoseok interrupted.

"friends is a strong word. and i wasn't laughing at all so he was laughing with no one. the only reason he's so giggly is because he thinks i'm joking." jeongguk cracked his knuckles.

suddenly the door swung open and three guys walked in. one pretty short but buff and another one was slim but tall. the one in the middle was the same guy who jeongguk had a confrontation with earlier.

the one in the middle yelled, "there he is!" pointing at jeongguk.

"oh look, it's you again. did you come to take me up on my offer?" jeongguk smirked.

"what offer?" yoongi and hoseok asked in unison.

"my offer of a painful death, of course. i even said i'd leave his limbs at his mum's house and hang his wings on a flagpole." jeongguk enlightened.

hoseok laughed, jimin's eyes widened and taehyung trembled in fear.

jimin had originally thought jeongguk was a demon of lust but with his graphically violent words and his temper that seemed to be a ticking time bomb that would soon explode, he wasn't sure anymore.

a demon of wrath? violence? jimin thought.

"i came here to teach you a lesson, kid." the guy from earlier said.

"who you calling kid? we're in the same grade, you asswipe. unless you're into age play and you wanna get a little freaky. in that case, i don't kink shame but i'm not really into that kinda thing." jeongguk smirked.

the guy looked ready to explode, he couldn't handle jeongguk's mouth.

"shut the fuck up already!" he yelled before motioning for his two friends to go towards jeongguk.

jeongguk stood up, "you two are pathethic. i won't pick on you for being subs and i don't slut shame either but are you seriously being whores for him? you're his bitches? him of all people? do better."

"so much big talk from you, huh? the city freak." the tall guy snickered.

"only for you." he winked.

"stop acting tough, we all know you probably cry yourself to sleep at night and slit your wrists like a sicko. none of us forgot what happened to you back then, weirdo." the shorter male chimed in.

this set off a fire in jeongguk.

he pushed the guy back so hard that he hit the wall two metres away.

"say it again."

"s-say-" the guy stumbled.

"say it! say it again!" jeongguk screamed in his face.

"i-"

"exactly, bitch. not so talkative anymore, huh? watch your fucking mouth with me before i do something to make you regret you ever opened it." jeongguk spat, repeatedly pushing the guy into the wall.

hoseok, yoongi, jimin and taehyung watched him closely, all feeling different things.

hoseok = "this is hilarious"

yoongi = "i wonder if sleeping on the table will hurt my neck"

jimin = "this is crazy"

taehyung = "oh my hecking goodness, what is going on?!"

the tall guy pulled jeongguk back and punched him before he could do anything to his friend but that was a bad idea.

jeongguk hated people hitting him.

just words could set off his temper but when they laid hands on him...

oh, it was a whole different ball game.

hoseok and yoongi immediately stood up.

hoseok put a hand on jeongguk's shoulder, "hey-"

"get off!" jeongguk yanked his hand away.

"gguk, calm down-" yoongi tried to talk to him but it was too late.

the next thing they knew, the tall male's head was being repeatedly smashed into the edge of the table.

the guy from earlier and his shorter friend ditched him in a matter of seconds, their revenge long forgotten.

the demon's blood spilled all over the floor and the guy's face would surely never look the same again.

taehyung covered his eyes, feeling as if he would throw up. he'd never seen that much blood come out of someone's face before.

at this point, the guy was already passed out. jeongguk hadn't stopped, though. he was still slamming the unconscious male's head into the glass table incessantly.

hoseok and yoongi attempted to drag jeongguk off of the guy and after a few tries they managed to pry him away.

"hey, uh, jimin?" hoseok asked, struggling to pin jeongguk to a chair who was practically red with rage.

"y-yeah?"

"get that guy outta here, would ya?" he requested, pointing at the unconscious and extremely bloody boy laying on the floor.

and that's how jimin ended up dragging what looked almost like a dead body out of the room and into a closet, shutting it tight.

he knew demons were brutal but this was not what he expected.

however, although he was shaken up, he was also utterly fascinated.

fascinated by jeongguk in particular.

he thought he was a demon of lust but what he just did was nothing short of revolting.

not to mention, he seemed to be enjoying the sight of his victim bleeding out in front of him.

he has to be a demon of wrath then. jimin thought.

he was sending so many mixed signals.

it kinda reminded him of taehyung: an angel of love & intelligence.

thinking with his head one minute but with his heart the next. a scholar one minute, a hopeless romantic the next.

that's when it clicked.

is jeongguk mixed?

i mean, it was possible since he didn't know the demon laws on mixing races. maybe it was allowed, unlike in heaven.

once hoseok and yoongi successfully got jeongguk to sit down and breathe, the room's calmness was restored.

it was as if nothing had happened. as if there wasn't blood dripping from the edge of the table into the red puddle on the floor.

hoseok and yoongi began conversation and jimin joined them while rubbing taehyung's back comfortingly.

taehyung was shaking.

jeongguk smirked and stood up, putting a hand on his shoulder before walking behind his chair.

"what's wrong? can't handle it here? maybe you shoulda stayed in atrax, doll."

taehyung shivered slightly, he wanted to run screaming but he knew better.

"don't worry, we don't bite. well... those two don't, at least." he teased, breathing on the back of taehyung's neck.

taehyung gulped loudly.

oh fuck.

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