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"Words can hurt, if they were coming from someone you love."

-anonymous.

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"You know what? You're dead." You declare with a fake smile. He looks at you with puppy eyes and sits down like a lost one in a jungle. "I have many questions to bombard you with, Mr. Jeon." He looks down, slightly pouting at your sentence.

"You can call me 'Jungkook' when we are alone." You wanted to ask him, why the sudden change? But your questions were more important. Questions that were disturbing you a lot. So before that, you wanted to focus on this.

You went to fetch your bag. He waits for you confused, not knowing what you're going to do. When you enter, he grabs his nose with a grimace, as you smirk and wait to see more of his reaction.

"Garlic!" He utters trying to move back from the smell, "Go away! Keep it away from me! What in the name of Dracula is this?!" His eyes are clenched shut and his hands are stretched out as he tries to get away from it.

"I genuinely wished to try this." You blink thrilled by his reaction, "And Dracula? Are you serious?" You ask tilting your head.

"No, you are not! Blegh! Yeah, Dracula! Vampires talk like this—" He gets up, on the verge of throwing up, "I am running away." He finally lets it out, keeping his right foot on his desk, planning to jump from it and run away using his vampire speed.

"No, no, stop! I will throw it away." You explain, he narrows his eyes, doubting you and not ready to believe any of your words. You walk away to keep it where it was in your office and come back.

"Did you really have to do that?" He frowns deeply staring at you for the answer to his question.

"It was fascinating seeing my boss scared of a single garlic that I brought from home." You laugh and clutch your stomach. A tear rolls down your cheek because of your laughing. He grimaced at you.

"Whatever." He shrugs and leans in his chair.

"Are you really a vampire?" You ask, still wanting to confirm it from his mouth.

"Yes." He admits and looks down playing with his blazer using his fingers.

"How can you walk in the sun?" You push, really interested.

"I don't really like walking in the sun, but if I have something, very, extremely important to do in the daylight that is related to business, I will do it . . . Even if I don't want to." He proudly smiles, pulling his blazer back that was going behind.

"How?" You blink, genuinely curious. Since vampires couldn't walk in the sun. This made you curious. How did he then?

"I am really, really old." A vampire who has lived long gets used to daylight as time goes by. In addition, I can walk in daylight to a certain limit." Oh, damn. This was so enthralling. Time to dive into this more. He was old? How old? Is he so old to be your great-grandfather? Made you blink more. Maybe he is.

"Oh." Yeah, now that you recall, you had only met him at nights more. Plus, his office is so closed up, that not a ray of sunlight can pass. He really doesn't like it but can do it.

"What kind of supernatural creatures exist?" Your eyes were sparkling; you couldn't hide your excitement.

"Witches, vampires, and werewolves . . . I think ghosts exist too, although, I am not sure." He scratches his chin in thought.

"How can you live as a popular person? Won't people know in the future that you're some kind of a vampire?" You ask something that you honestly wanted to know.

"I lived in a secluded place until I decided to become a businessperson. I was bored with my life. I wanted to do something, and business seemed like my kind of thing. I had a dream of becoming a businessman. I thought, why not achieve it? I will one day make it look like it was an accident, and make a death certificate of myself, when I get tired of this life, and start to live secluded again." He gives an explanation leaning on the desk while looking at you with loving eyes. His eyes turned all flirty again. You ignore it.

"Hmm." You understood him though. You had dreams too.

"Is Taehyung a vampire too?" You inquire, he's too busy taking a look at you as he utters, "Yes." He realizes what he said he leans back in his chair in surprise and starts going, "No! What?!" His eyes narrow dangerously. "Why are you so curious about him?" It leaves you with a chuckle. His reaction to yours.

"He's just a friend. Aren't you the one getting jealous now?" You sweetly smile, and he looks down giving an embarrassed smile.

"I ain't jealous. I was just asking . . ." He looks away, avoiding your gaze and scratching his nape.

"Accept it." You offer bending a little. But he adorably looks down saying nothing. Maybe that's his real side. You still did not know.

"Okay, so is he a vampire?" You press, wanting to know more. You had to; this seemed serious.

"No, he isn't. He knows what I am. At the end of the day, he still sees me as a friend. Other people see me as a monster, but he still wants to be my friend." I softened at the word 'monster'. He was saying that so miserably. It seemed like he went through a lot in life. So much so, you wouldn't even know a bit of it.

"I am so sorry." You apologize remembering how you addressed him as a monster as well. You called him that because you saw him with those girls. Of course, he was drinking their blood like a mosquito.

"It's okay." He sorrowfully smiles.

"How old are you?" You shoot. Your eyes slant.

"Two sixty-eight years old." He murmurs hoping that you won't hear it. About how old he is. He was probably embarrassed saying that for some reason.

"Woah!" You excitedly let out. Your eyes are wide and he chuckles seeing that.

"What? Are you really getting excited right now? Aren't you horrified by the fact that I am a vampire? I can drink your blood right here, right now." He teases, moving dangerously close. Your heart had started thumping in your chest the moment he did.

"I don't know why, but my heart says you won't do it. I will listen to it." You fire back, a little tinge of fear in you.

"What if your heart's wrong, Ms. Y/N?" He smirks, taking a closer look into your eyes.

His palm under his chin, and his breath starts hitting your face. Your cheeks turn red. You back away, getting nervous as you try to change the topic.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" You could see his expression change. He gives you a bewildered look.

He shakes his head, closes his eyes, and gives you his palm as he finally turns back to you. "Who is this girlfriend you're talking about? As long as I remember, when we first met I cleared it, that I do not have a girlfriend. Or do you think the entirety of those girls were my girlfriends? I can be a whore bastard, but I do not cheat. It's against the rules of my life." At his 'whore bastard', you blushed. You're so embarrassed because you avoid swearing.

"And most of the time, I was drinking their blood as a matter of fact. Human blood is delicious." He exaggerates the word delicious while staring at you, his palm under his chin. You're still not convinced about the whole vampire thing. You had to get used to it. After all, he's your boss.

"But why were they all girls?" You frown, looking confused.

"I do not prefer going into a guy's neck and slurping his blood." He points his index at you. "It's only for emergency issues, I shall do that." He nods blinking thoroughly at you. "Maybe I did have sex with a few girls, but—" He sees your disgusted expression and still decides to continue, "It was with their permission." So, he really was having sex with some of them. You give him a peculiar look but come back to a blank face.

"So why didn't you want me to leave? What happens if I know what you are? Why were you crying, Jungkook?" You ask, your heart beating rapidly in your chest. He gives you a blank face and stands up, inhaling deeply.

"If you think I care what you think about me, then you're completely wrong. I do not care, Ms. Y/N. I see you merely as my secretary." You're hurt, you really were.

His gaze is cold as he looks back at you, "It was a mere infatuation. You were just a fling I had once. Please don't get your hopes up."

You stand straight looking at him. Your feet step in his direction as you hold his cheeks in your palm.

"I saw it. I saw it in your eyes. You care about what I think of you. I saw something more, I saw that I wasn't just a fling. Please, talk to me. Is there something more? Is something bothering you? Why are you so cold towards me? What are you hiding, my love?" His eyes soften at your 'my love', as he grabs your hand leaning in it. You're so distressed. He really seems troubled. You wanted to try once. You didn't want to regret it later. Your eyes carried worry as he turns his eyes back to the freeze that he carried two minutes ago.

"Can't you understand? I am a monster. Why are you still so good to me? Why do you . . . Still want me?" He mutters his last words with a saddened expression.

"I understand, Jungkook. Please, I don't want to regret this. I feel like there's something more. What is it? Tell me, please?!" You pleaded, tears miserably rolling out of you.

"I am cursed!" He burst out. His hand shaking. "The people around me, who I cherished, died one by one, just because I cared for them. Now stay away from me. Run for your life. I am the worst monster you will ever meet. So s . . . Stay away." He mumbles, his voice cracks, and he looks down as his harsh demeanor disappears.

You cry taking a step towards him, "Jungkook . . ."

"Stay away." He backs away keeping a hand between you and him. You now knew how much it hurt when you told him to stay away. It felt like needles piercing through your heart. Hurt fills your eyes as more tears escape them. You couldn't stop the water from falling.

"Why do you have so much power on me? How can you make my heart skip a beat every time I look at you? I am going crazy, Park Y/N. I am trying to stay away from you, and you are making it harder for me by appearing in my life every day. I sometimes consider 'Should I fire you?', but no I can't. I become selfish every single time, just because I want to keep seeing you look at me, talk to me, and smile at me. I am cursed. I am fucking cursed!" It looked more as if he was trying to remind himself about his curse. He seemed so much in pain.

Your heart sank while looking at him. You unlatch your lips to speak, however, he walks out of the office and goes to the meeting room. Jungkook avoided you the whole day. Every time you would try to talk to him, he would order you to get out.

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You went back home, you're sighing the whole day. Every minute and every second. How would you tell him it doesn't matter even if he's a vampire, or cursed, if he doesn't talk to you? You exhale again and unlock the door. The clicking sound hits your ears as you turn the door knob. You're deep in thought while your gaze was down. Your eyes move up after you enter the house, and you see something which you never expected to.

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