The sunlight was shining through the dark blue curtains of Wonpil's room and slowly waking a certain blue-haired warlock but when Jisung was half-awake the sunlight wasn't the only thing that slowly coaxed him out of his precious dreamland. He heard voices but when he opened his eyes they just disappeared.

Jisung was slightly confused because of that but then he saw a short scene before his inner eye. In said scene four males entered Wonpil's room through the window. Two with black hair, one with brown hair and one with blond hair and round glasses. They probably were all between twenty and twenty-three and they didn't look like they broke in or had ill intentions and that was the end of the scene. The warlock figured that this scene was a part from the vision he had three days ago that cleared up now but why in this exact moment? Jisung made a mental note to finally talk with his potions and spells teacher, Mr. Lee about his visions. He had attempted it several times in the past but always chickened out but now his vision just got weirder and weirder with each time the happened.

The blue-haired male shook his head when he felt himself spacing off, which resulted in someone moving behind him. It was Byungho who woke up from Jisung's sudden movement. The young warlock almost forgot that the older was there even though that was stupid if you consider that Jisung's back touched Byungho's chest and that the older brown-haired male had an arm draped over the younger.

"You could have stayed still a little longer", the older mumbled sleepily. "I am sorry for waking you up hyung", Jisung apologized in a hushed voice because he was pretty sure that the other two Kim brothers were still asleep. The young warlock turned around so he was facing the older male.

"You don't need to apologize for that", Byungho huffed and poked the younger's forehead. Jisung smiled at that. Byungho was a great hyung in the warlock's opinion. Sometimes he felt like an older brother even to him.

Before the two could do or say anything else they noticed that Seungmin carefully wiggled out of Wonpil's embrace. The redhead got out of the bed in the same careful manner and walked to the window quietly but as fast as possible. It worried Byungho and Jisung to a certain degree.

"Seungmin what's wrong?", Byungho whisper yelled so the younger redhead would hear him while sitting up carefully so Wonpil would continue to sleep. "Someone entered through the special force field I created for fun. Meaning someone outplayed all the other magical shields around the house", Seungmin explained in a low voice while looking out of the window to try to spot whoever wants to enter the house.

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"Wait, that means someone outplayed father's shields", Byungho stated quietly and got out of bed alongside with Jisung. Both of them joined Seungmin's side at the window. "And that's the problem but I guess it must be someone we know because you can't outsmart these shields without knowing something about them", the redhead replied in a whisper and scanned the area he could see once more before turning away and walking to the entrance of the room where he dropped his bag yesterday.

"I already have a suspicion who it might be but I am not sure because I know that they normally can't pull something like off", the redhead explained while rummaging through his bag until he got hold of his phone.

"Who are they?", Jisung asked confused while Seungmin unlocked his phone and saw that he got a lot of unread messages and missed calls. All of them were from Dowoon, Jae, Sungjin and Younghyun asking where Wonpil was, why he wasn't picking up their calls and so on but Seungmin noticed that the most messages and calls were from Dowoon.

"Wonpil's friends, who are worried out of their minds apparently", Seungmin mumbled, turning off his display. Byungho as well as Jisung understood that quite well since Seungmin tended to simply disappear too sometimes.

Seungmin's phone lit up telling the redhead that someone called him without a sound because the young demon had his phone on silent mode like usual. The redhead picked up immediately when he noticed that Sungjin was calling but the redhead couldn't even say hello before the werwolf started talking.

"Seungmin! You finally picked up! Please do me a favor and somehow open Wonpil's window before my little lovesick idiot crashes through it without a second thought", Sungjin said immediately. Seungmin looked to Byungho and Jisung.

"Open the window, now", the redhead whisper yelled. Byungho did exactly this without wasting one thought.

Wonpil was awake by now because of the ruckus going on around him. He sat up and rubbed his eyes but before anyone could react to that a figure wearing all black entered with a lot of speed but elegance through the window. It was Dowoon.

"The rest of us will follow Dowoon, so see you in a minute and then I will explain why we are even here", Sungjin said to Seungmin through the phone before he hung up.

Dowoon looked kind of surprised like he didn't expected his little stunt to work but it did and now he stood in the middle of Wonpil's room. The owner of the room, who still sat on his bed, looked like he couldn't believe his eyes.

"Dowoon ...", the older redhead trailed off. Dowoon just sighed in relief.

"You don't seem hurt. Thank the gods. I thought something terrible happened to you because...", while Dowoon was talking Wonpil got out of his bed faster than you would expect, ran up to the slightly taller vampire, hugged him close and buried his head in the crock of his neck. Dowoon blinked in confusion but put his arms around Wonpil anyway having a faint smile on his lips but a bit of worry in his eyes.

In the meantime Jae, Younghyun and Sungjin also entered through the window but with a lot less speed. Jae and Younghyun with a certain grace, which Dowoon also had and Sungjin with the help of Byungho and Seungmin, who pulled him into the room, as well as the magic user, who helped the four members of Day6 through the magic force fields of the mansion. It was almost a bit funny to see the werewolf struggle a little bit but well he wasn't a light vampire, who could jump high like his three companions.

"Don't take too long", the male with the blue hair, who had helped the four members of Day6 enter the room said. Jae turned around and looked down through the window.

"Give us half an hour", the blond vampire responded. The warlock huffed, seemingly not being very pleased but it was understandable since it must be a lot of work getting through the barriers of the devil.

"Pretty please, Youngjae?", Jae asked in a sweet tone and batted his eyelashes. Youngjae sighed and gave up.

"Alright but not longer", Youngjae answered. With that Jae turned around again to face the rest with a bit of a grin on his face.

Seungmin couldn't help but think that Wonpil did have a bunch of crazy friends. Well crazy but apparently very loyal.

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Jisung had been hiding behind Byungho since Dowoon entered the room out of pure reflex. He didn't know Wonpil very well and therefore didn't even know the names of his friends, who just entered through the freaking window. Of course Jisung recognized them from the little piece of his vision he saw not long before this happened but that didn't mean the young warlock was confident enough to just say casually hello.

Wonpil still hugged Dowoon tightly like he would disappear if he let go while seemingly trying not to break down. Apparently the black-haired vampire didn't have anything against Wonpil holding him so close but the worried look on his face remained even though he held the older redhead close without saying a word.

Sungjin was the one who carefully peeled off Wonpil's right arm from Dowoon so he could roll up the redhead's sleeve to look at his Day6 symbol. He immediately looked concerned at his red-haired friend when he saw the two scars that crossed out the symbol.

Younghyun and Jae looked at each other worriedly before they looked back to their leader. "Sungjin what's wrong?", Younghyun asked carefully.

"I think this is our cue to go", Byungho whispered to Jisung but Seungmin, who stood not far from the two heard that and shook his head indicating them to stay, so they did even though they felt entirely out of place.

Sungjin turned to Younghyun and Jae. "The symbol is crossed out. That's why we felt a kind of sting on our wrist yesterday", the werwolf said. Wonpil just ripped his arm away from Sungjin and buried himself even more into Dowoon, obviously not wanting to talk about it.

Jae and Younghyun wanted to start asking Wonpil questions but the youngest of their group gave them a pointed look to shut them up. The black-haired vampire focused at the redhead in his arms with a soft and worried gaze.

"Hyung look at me", Dowoon hushed in a very gentle voice, which would have many people melt instantly. Wonpil just shook his head as a response.

"Come on, hyung", the young vampire continue to coax the demon with a soft voice and put one hand up to his hyung's head to gently run his fingers through the blood red hair.

To say the rest was surprised was an understatement. Well, Jisung wasn't because he didn't know their relationship but at this point he was pretty sure they were more than friends, probably lovers, maybe boyfriends. He wasn't entirely sure.

Wonpil slowly lifted his head away from Dowoon's neck to finally look at the vampire. The demon was at the verge of tears and you could see in Dowoon's eyes that it broke him internally but he still smiled at the older warmly. They both said nothing and just looked into each other's eyes until the redhead hide his face in Dowoon's shoulder again. The vampire didn't seem to care about that and looked at Seungmin. The younger demon understood that unspoken message.

"I will explain everything to you", he sighed.

Jisung felt very out of place when Seungmin explained why Wonpil was in such a bad state and why his group symbol was canceled but he also felt sorry for the two red-haired brothers because their mother seemed to be even worse than what he filtered out from Seungmin's rant yesterday. Seungmin really didn't have any good parent in Jisung's opinion and he wasn't really wrong.

Sungjin also added some things after Seungmin's explanation. Like how the rest of the Day6 members had felt a sting on their wrist where Wonpil had his symbol around the time the older redhead's must have been crossed out. That was why they were immediately worried when Wonpil didn't react to any calls or messages and things didn't get better when Seungmin didn't react either.

The werwolf also gave them a short explanation on how they more or less broke into the mansion with the help of Youngjae, a friend of them from university, who belonged to the group Got7, which rung some bells in Jisung's head, and the knowledge about the magic force field they got from Wonpil.

After that Youngjae called for them. The half hour was over, they needed to go. Otherwise they would surely get in trouble.

"Wonpil, we will find a solution. Trust us. We won't just leave you", Sungjin promised and laid his hand on Wonpil's shoulder. The redhead turned his head to reveal his face, so he could look at his brown-haired friend. The demon's eyes were slightly red from the few tears he shed into Dowoon's shoulder while Seungmin had explained everything.

Jae and Younghyun nodded in agreement. They would never leave their friend behind.

"Guys, hurry up or we are trapped here", Youngjae called out to them again.
"You should really go", Seungmin agreed with Youngjae even though the warlock couldn't hear him . Sungjin nodded, patted Wonpil's shoulder and went out of the window at first. Younghyun was next.

"Stay in contact with us", Jae said to Seungmin before he followed his two group members.

Dowoon didn't want to let go of Wonpil but it was necessary, so the two carefully separated. The vampire looked into the redhead's eyes, not caring that three other people were still in the room.

"I will come back for you", Dowoon promised Wonpil like in a cliche movie and to top that he even quickly pecked Wonpil's lips before jumping out of the window in a hurry.

It was absolutely silent in the room until Seungmin closed the window and cleared his throat. Jisung rubbed his eyes because he was pretty sure he fell asleep and just dreamed the last part because that looked like straight out of a romance movie but he realized he didn't. Wonpil was kind of stunned but slowly relaxed, letting a small smile form on his lips. Jisung was kind of happy for the other that he had friends, who had his back. Thinking this made himself glance at Seungmin for a brief moment.

"I think Wonpil needs to explain something", Byungho stated and crossed his arms with a playful smile on his lips. The older redhead looked at him and shook his head.

"I think you do, hyung", Seungmin agreed with Byungho while he walked up to his older brother and hugged his side with a mischievous grin. Wonpil shook his head again.

Byungho and Seungmin continued to tease their older brother to lift up his mood and it somehow worked. Still, Jisung stood there and questioned why they were teasing their oldest brother. Weren't he and Dowoon a thing? Did he entirely misunderstand the relationship of the two?

"Why are you looking so confused?", Seungmin spoke up, looking at Jisung. The warlock looked up, facing his best friend.

"Ahem. I just don't get why you tease Wonpil-hyung. Isn't the black-haired his boyfriend?", he asked carefully. As a response Wonpil began to turn even more red than he already was and Byungho and Seungmin broke into a laughing fit.

"Well they aren't dating but obviously into each other", Seungmin laughed, which earned him a punch on the shoulder from Wonpil.

"We are ... friends ...", the older said, clearly not being sure himself and then this sweet smile came back when he spaced off a little.

Seungmin walked over to Jisung and threw an arm around his best friend's shoulder.
"See and already daydreaming about his knight in shining armor", he whispered looking at his oldest brother.

After they had enough of teasing Wonpil for being obviously in love with Dowoon, the four decided to watch a movie as a distraction. In the first third of it someone knocked on the door. It was a beautiful blond woman with blue eyes, who told them that lunch was ready with a warm smile, which reminded Jisung of Byungho. Seungmin whispered to him that this was Byungho's mother Eve and for a moment Jisung wanted to question that because the blond woman didn't look like she was a mother but when Byungho stood up to greet her properly with a hug he didn't doubt it anymore. The two had the same calm and kind aura as well as some physical resemblances, despite not sharing hair or eye color.

The lunch with the Kims was surprising nice in Jisung's opinion. Samuel and his mother Rana ate with them as well as Minseok and his mother Athea. Minseok said to Jisung he should call him Woosu and the blue-haired male did exactly that even though Athea seemed to have something against this.

Eve and Rana got along very well which surprised Jisung to a certain extent but Byungho told him that his mother was a very friendly and kind woman. She probably didn't blame Rana for being together with her husband even though that sounded a bit strange.

Everyone on the table seemed unbothered by their strange family structure except for Athea who occasionally glared daggers at Wonpil and Seungmin but the two demon brothers ignored it like they were used to it.

It also surprised Jisung that Wonpil had completely changed. He acted like nothing happened. If you didn't know that the older had a break down yesterday and was at the verge of tears not long ago you would never suspect it in any way and seemingly nobody did.

While they ate and conversed a little bit Jisung was asked some normal questions by Eve about how long he had known Seungmin and Byungho, how he was doing in school and if he had any hobbies. She more or less behaved like a mother to both Seungmin and Byungho but also to Samuel, Woosu and Wonpil, which was endearing to watch. Eve really was too good for this world.

After the lunch, which tasted wonderful by the way, Jisung slowly realized that he couldn't stay here forever. This thought never left him even when Wonpil, Byungho, Seungmin and he along with Samuel and Woosu went back to the oldest Kim brother's room to continue watching the movie they started. Seungmin noticed that his best friend's mind was occupied with something but kept his mouth shut.

"I should start going home now", Jisung stated after the movie ended and slowly got up from the bed. That was when Seungmin probably realized what had been bugging Jisung throughout the movie. Byungho looked at the young warlock in worry but he said nothing.

"That's a pity", Samuel said while slightly pouting like a small child.
"Yeah. You are nice to have around", Woosu agreed with his youngest brother.
"Thanks. You are also pretty cool, Woosu", the blue-haired warlock responded with a smile, which Woosu mirrored only a bit brighter.

"We need to get your stuff from my room before you go", Seungmin said while getting up and gesturing Byungho to do the same. So the older stood up as well.

"Start the next movie without us. We will just see Jisung out", the brown-haired male suggested. Wonpil, Samuel and Minseok nodded and began looking for another movie.

Byungho, Seungmin and Jisung walked out of the room and went to Seungmin's.
"You know you could just stay here, right? Nobody would have anything against it. The house is big enough after all", the red-haired demon said.
"I need to get back to my uncle at some point", Jisung mumbled. He didn't want to go "home" but he couldn't avoid it for the rest of his life. Byungho eyed Jisung worriedly but remained quiet.

The three entered Seungmin's room and Jisung got his coat, shoes and scarf as well as his school bag. Byungho seemed to weighed an idea in his head and decided to just do it when Jisung wanted to put on his coat.

"Can I take care of your bite before you go?", Byungho asked out of the blue. Jisung looked at the older confused while Seungmin was a little bit shocked.

In the end Jisung just sighed a "Sure, hyung". Byungho positioned himself in front of the younger.
"Close your eyes for a short while", the older said. Jisung was even more confused but he did was Byungho said and closed his eyes. He trusted his hyung.

Byungho carefully laid his hand on the bite. Jisung flinched but relaxed when he felt the warmth from Byungho's hand sicker through the plaster.
"I will remove the plaster with a spell so I won't hurt you", the older said and Jisung lightly nodded.

The warlock felt how the plaster disappeared and Byungho's warm hand made contact with Jisung's cold skin.

Byungho concentrated his magic on the bite underneath his palm. The hand on Jisung's neck began to glow slightly without the warlock really noticing.

When Byungho removed his hand again, the glowing stopped and the bite was healed. It wasn't gone completely, there were still two little scars but you could barely see them.

"You can open your eyes again", Byungho said to the warlock. Jisung opened his eyes and brought a hand up to check on his bite. He felt nothing there.
"Did you make it disappear?", the blue-haired warlock asked in confusion.
"No. I healed it", Byungho answered with a light chuckle.
"Meaning you only have two tiny scars now", Seungmin chimed in. At that Jisung let out a simple "Wow".

He didn't ask the older why he didn't do this earlier because he figured Byungho probably had reasons for it. Maybe it was even a special kind of spell the older learned from his parents or something.

"I will walk you home by the way", Seungmin said and went to his wardrobe to get a coat and boots. Jisung knew better than to argue with the redhead and just agreed.

The three walked down to the entrance hall without having much of a conversation with each other.

Byungho told the two to be careful before they went outside. Seungmin just responded with "We always are, hyung" and then dragged Jisung outside. Jisung could shake off the bit of fear he felt in his chest just thinking about retuning to his uncle but he tried to hide it in order to not worry Seungmin. The redhead had done enough for him.

The two friends walked alongside each other in silence for a while but Seungmin seemingly noticed how anxious Jisung was. "I know sometimes word of reassurance mean nothing but trust me when I say I won't let your uncle hurt you like that again", the redhead said and he sounded sincere.

Jisung looked at Seungmin. He still didn't really know how much his best friend found out about his family and home life but if you consider that the redhead was a demon and excellent at collecting information then it was logical to assume that Seungmin pretty much knew everything.

"Thank you, Seungmin", the blue-haired warlock mumbled. Seungmin just gave the older a reassuring smile.

The two continued to walk in silence but Jisung grew more and more anxious as well as nervous the closer they got to a small part of Yellow Wood with a few run down house complexes. Seungmin on the other hand was absolutely calm even though this part of Yellow Wood was the opposite to the part he lived in.

The redhead didn't even seemed slightly afraid when some suspicious looking people mustered them from some distance. Jisung would have normally started running but Seungmin didn't even think about that option and that was exactly what he showed. To Jisung's surprise nobody even tried to talk to them.

The walk from the Kim mansion to the house complex Jisung lived in was long, so Seungmin and Jisung were a little tired when they walked up the metal stairs to get to the flat of Jisung's uncle. The blue-haired male felt kind of ashamed and bad that Seungmin now knew how he lived but Seungmin seemingly didn't care at all and just looked around a bit.

Before they walked to the flat door, Seungmin pulled Jisung back a little, so the two stood in front of one another. "I still need to do something", the redhead said and boldly put his right hand on the back of Jisung's neck. The warlock was confused by that action but did nothing against it since the redhead didn't do anything else.

Seungmin gently put his and Jisung's foreheads together and closed his eyes. The blue-haired male kind of got the memo and closed his eyes as well despite being very confused but he trusted Seungmin enough to be sure that nothing bad would happen to him. Nothing more needed to be said.

Jisung could feel Seungmin's magical energy pulsing around him and noticed a tad of darkness in it but he wasn't scared because he trusted the redhead. Besides he now knew the other was a demon, a creature of darkness. The magic pulsed around Jisung a bit more before slowly concentrating on the spot on his neck Seungmin touched.

When the redhead was done letting his magic swirl around Jisung he took his hand away from the warlock's neck and slightly leaned back so his forehead wasn't touching Jisung's anymore.

The blue-haired warlock opened his eyes again when Seungmin disconnected their foreheads, only to see the redhead grin at him as well as Seungmin. "Congratulations. You are now under my protection", he said, which earned him a strange look from Jisung.

"That sounds very weird", the warlock stated and Seungmin hit his shoulder for that. Jisung shrieked and jumped back. "Be a little more grateful it will protect you every time you get scared or anxious", the redhead huffed and crossed his arms, acting like he was mad. Jisung just lightly chuckled at his best friend's behavior.

It was funny how the two friends could easily change the atmosphere around them to a more happier one but the two were knocked back into the harsh reality of the situation when the door to the flat Jisung lived in was opened by none other than Ro Kanho, Jisung's uncle.

"I knew I heard you", the man said while looking directly into Jisung's eyes. The blue-haired teenager gulped. He was scared already, which activated Seungmin's protection spell instantly. Without knowing Jisung was now protected by an invisible shield.

The green eyes of the man seemed to pierce through Jisung but he soon shifted his gaze away from his nephew to Seungmin. The redhead glared back with a certain anger visible in his eyes. He looked like he would fight this man with all his might if he made one wrong move, which Jisung somehow appreciated.

"And who are you?", Kanho asked without breaking the eye contact with Seungmin. "I am Kim Seungmin, a close friend of your nephew", the redhead answered clearly and with a certain confidence the older man most certainly didn't miss. He finally broke the eye contact with Seungmin and thoughtfully stroked his untended beard.

"I never heard Jisung talk about a Kim Seungmin", Kanho responded and flicked his eyes to Jisung for a short second, which made the young warlock slightly flinch back. He never told his uncle about Seungmin because he never was interested in his life to begin with but Jisung was also aware of the fact that the man hated surprises.

"Then he didn't have a reason to do so", Seungmin answered with a little smile on his lips. Kanho just nodded. "I have to thank you for bringing Jisung home, Seungmin. He just disappeared without a trace on Friday", the man lightly laughed but his eyes held something dark in them. The redhead just smiled sweetly as answer.

"Oh, there was enough trace, you just didn't bother to look for him", he stated in a rather passive aggressive manner. Kanho's laugh became a light chuckle and it made Jisung just more afraid even when it didn't seem like a threat in any way. Jisung just never saw his uncle like that.

"I like your attitude, Kim Seungmin. You should come by more often", Jisung's uncle said with a smile that showed a row of yellow teeth. "I will", the redhead responded, glancing at Jisung. Kanho nodded again, seemingly satisfied with that answer then he looked to Jisung. "We should get inside", he said to the young blue-haired male. Jisung just nodded and obediently walked to his uncle's side. He mouthed a "It's okay" to Seungmin because the redhead looked ready to jump at Kanho even though he still wore a provokingly sweet smile on his lips.

"Alright then. I will see you tomorrow, Jisung", the redhead said and he looked at Kanho for a short second. He was warning the man. If something would happened to Jisung later today or if he wouldn't show up in school tomorrow, Seungmin would haunt Kanho. That was what that little glance more or less said.

"Call me if you need to", Seungmin added with his demon voice so only Jisung could hear him. "Yeah, sure", Jisung answered to both things Seungmin said and showed his best friend a little smile.

The redhead turned on his heels and walked away while Jisung and his uncle disappeared into their little flat.

When the door closed Jisung was prepared to get yelled at but his uncle just walked past him to the couch without saying another word and turned on the little TV. Jisung wanted to sneak into his room but his uncle decided to speak up before he had the chance.

"I guess you got some pretty good friends, huh? Sheltered you for this weekend", he just stated without looking away from the little screen of the TV. "That Kim Seungmin seems awfully strong for a kid his age. You probably chose him on purpose", he added, not even glancing at his nephew.

Jisung didn't answer at first because he knew it would become an heated argument, which would end bad for the teenager but his uncle would also get angry if he didn't answer at all, so he let out a small "Yeah" and just ran into his room without even looking into the direction of the man, who was the only family he knew. He closed the door behind him and just stood there for a while. His backpack seemed to weigh a lot more now but the teenager didn't know why. He just let the weigh drag him down until he sat on the ground, leaning against the closed door.

Seungmin protected him, so why was he still scared. Shouldn't he be braver now? Shouldn't he be able to stand up to his uncle? Shouldn't he be strong enough to stand up for himself?

Truth was, even if Jisung was protected by a demon he couldn't just magically become brave and talk back to the person he learned to fear over the years. He couldn't learn how to protect himself over night, so he was left with the same awful feelings as always.

The blue-haired male hugged his knees close to his chest. He realized that he was still wearing Minho's dark blue hoodie under his coat as well as the cat hybrid's grey sweatpants. Jisung let the backpack and coat slip off his shoulders, so he could see the dark blue material of the hoodie.

The young warlock buried himself into the hoodie in hopes of getting the comfort he needed and he did in some way. He distracted his mind with thoughts of the cat hybrid with the light brown hair, beautiful laugh and smile.

Before Jisung fell asleep leaning against the door the warlock got up and slipped into his rather uncomfortable bed but he was lulled into dreamland anyway.