Keeping up with Seungmin was something Jisung was used to but it never got easier after time. No, the redhead was faster than you would expect a demon, who runs on two legs to be but

Jisung was determined to not let the redhead get away because ever since he saw Minho glaring at Chantelle he was convinced that he had misinterpreted his vision. The part were Seungmin would go mad would probably happen soon and Jisung had to prevent it at all costs in order to protect his best friend's secret. 

And at this point an advise, if you ever try to follow someone you shouldn't only keep an eye on the person, no you should also focus your mind on following the person because if you don't you might accidentally run into the person you are following, like Jisung at this moment.

The blue-haired male bumped into his best friend and wanted to let out a scared shriek but in a flash Seungmin turned around and clapped his hand over the warlock's mouth to muffle his shriek. "Be quiet", the redhead hissed low. Jisung nodded and Seungmin slowly took his hand off the other's mouth. He turned his back to his friend again to carefully look around the corner they stood at.

Jisung just realized now that they were in the more or less abandoned part of Miroh High. Wow, he really just followed Seungmin's mop of red hair without thinking at all. He should learn to stop dreaming and stay focus in situations like this one.

The warlock made himself small so he could look around the corner from under Seungmin's head.  Now, Jisung saw the same as Seungmin, five vampires stood in front of one door, one of them was Chantelle but Changbin was nowhere to be seen. Didn't she want to talk with Changbin? When the vampires looked into their direction because they checked their surroundings again like they were hiding something, the two friends immediately hide behind the corner again.

"Where the hell is Changbin?", Jisung whispered to his friend. "I don't know but when he is missing only one hair I will send them all to hell without hesitation", Seungmin answered in a whisper while glancing around the corner again. "You know, it's a lot scary to hear that from you now, considering you can actually do that", Jisung responded quietly.

Seungmin just let out a little huff and observed the five vampires and the current surrounding, like he was planing something.

"We need to get into that room", Seungmin stated in a whisper. Jisung looked up to him like he was mad. "They are freaking guarding that door like a bunch of watchdogs. How do you think we will do that?", the warlock responded with a low voice.

The redhead looked into his friend's eyes. "We will pull a prank on them to get them to leave their position", Seungmin whispered with a mischievous glint in his eyes. "Please don't do that. It's a terrible idea", Jisung pleaded quietly.

The redhead didn't listen to his pleading friend and in the end Jisung had to help him anyway. Their plan was made up in seconds and started even faster.

Seungmin opened another storage room door with a quick spell as well as Jisung. The vampires flinched at the sudden opening of two doors. Jisung and Seungmin made some things in the storage rooms fall to the ground, so the vampires would be coaxed to look into the rooms. Luckily for Jisung and Seungmin the vampires fell for their little trick. 

Chantelle send two vampires for each room, which was just perfect for Seungmin and Jisung's little plan. As soon as the vampires were in the rooms to inspect what happened there Jisung and Seungmin closed and locked the doors behind them with magic. Leaving the vampires locked up in the rooms but Jisung knew it wouldn't last long, considering a vampire's strength. So they had to get into the room the vampires were guarding as fast as they could.

"Let's take down Chantelle and storm that room", Seungmin said. The glint in his eyes told JIsung that he was already having a spell in mind to get Chantelle out of the way. Jisung hesitated while the redhead walked out of their little hiding spot confidently.

"Seungmin...", Chantelle trailed off but she couldn't say anything more because Seungmin already casted his spells, which was the sticking spell he had in mind. It was a harmless spell that would push Chantelle against a wall so she couldn't really move anymore.

Seungmin had a smudge look on his face and wanted to walk to the door. Jisung quickly got up, leaving his hiding spot to follow his best friend. He needed to make sure Seungmin wouldn't go mad, revealing his true species to the vampires.

"Don't you dare entered that room, demon", Chantelle growled, which made Seungmin halt in his motion to grab the door handle and look at the female that was stuck to the wall. Jisung froze behind Seungmin, looking over to Chantelle, who looked at Seungmin with pure hatred in her eyes.

"Don't even try to deny it. I know you are one, Kim Seungmin. You somehow managed to crawl out of the depths of hell. Your whole family probably consist of wicked demons but you try to hide that don't you", Chantelle continued, now feeling like she had the upper hand because Seungmin stopped his previous action.

Jisung felt like someone had knocked the breath out of his lungs. How did the vampires know that Seungmin was a demon? The redhead had kept this secret so well not even Jisung had known about it until recently. And why would Chantelle drag the whole Kim family into this? Did she want to trigger something in Seungmin?

Jisung quickly banned these thoughts and focused on Seungmin. The last thing he wanted was for his friend to go mad because of Chantelle. He shouldn't listen to one word she said.

"Seungmin don't -", the warlock tried to say to the redhead to prevent his vision from coming true but the door of the the two storage rooms with the other four vampires were smashed open, which cut the warlock short. They looked very pissed but halted when they saw Seungmin standing there, keeping a certain distance.

"Get away from Chantelle, hellish beast", a tall male vampire growled, looking at Seungmin with pure hate in his eyes. Jisung didn't understand why the vampire were so filled with hatred towards Seungmin just because he was a demon. Shouldn't they be more afraid?

"Listen here Kim Seungmin. I know you have somehow bewitched Changbin, so he would stay with you. Your little friends and you should stay far away from him. He doesn't need to have a creature of hell around him", Chantelle spat and Jisung had to keep himself together to not slap her. He needed to focus on Seungmin and let him stay calm. 

"Seungmin just don't listen to them", Jisung tried again and laid his hand on his best friend's shoulder only to flinch back immediately because Seungmin was literally hot like a flame.

The redhead suddenly took some steps backwards, away from the door to the wall behind him like he was giving up on trying to get into the room the vampires guarded. "You are giving up, Seungmin? Are you that shocked we found you out? Or do you see that no one would want to be around a filthy, evil demon from hell voluntarily?" Chantelle spat, which made Seungmin slightly flinch.

The point was reached were JIsung couldn't take it anymore. "That's enough", Jisung yelled through the hall, making the vampires painfully aware of his presence. He had enough of this. He didn't care if the redhead was a creature of hell or not and he never will. The redhead was still Seungmin and Seungmin was his best friend since middle school and the person he learned to trust and laugh with after he thought the whole world was against him.

"You all don't know Seungmin. It doesn't matter if he is a demon or a creature of hell. He is still the person he has always been. You aren't judged by your blood and family name either, or are you?", the warlock yelled into Chantelle's face but he was talking to all the vampires, who were present.

"And now stop picking on him or I will curse all you of you for eternity even if it costs me my damn life", the blue-haired male threatened, looking around to meet every vampires' eyes.

All of them looked terrified but not because of Jisung. No, they were terrified of the thing that stood not far behind him, leaning on the wall for support so it wouldn't break down. The warlock turned around to see his best friend, glowing with a red aura surrounding him. There was a panicked glimmer in the redhead's eyes and that he was probably this close to a sort of anxiety attack.

"Seungmin?", Jisung asked in a soft voice in order not to startle the demon, who seemed completely locked up in his own head, his own thoughts. Seungmin didn't react but Jisung noticed how his breathing was a little too quick for it to be healthy and that some tears were running down the demon's cheeks.

Then the warlock handled more on instinct than with logic because he went to Seungmin and just hugged him or at least tried because as soon as the warlock came into contact with the redhead he let out a scream and jumped back.

Seungmin was way too hot to touch but not in the charming, good way, no literally.

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After hearing Jisung scream, Changbin didn't even hesitate to run to the door of the storage room and kick it down with one strong kick. Ryan was long forgotten at this point.

The sight Changbin was met with wasn't the one he was expecting but that didn't mean it was better because the first thing he saw was Seungmin leaning onto the wall while being surrounded by a red aura with tears running down his cheeks and looking everything but not good. Next thing Changbin registered was Jisung, who looked at him in shock and a little in pain but not because of him.

The short male ignored the rest of the vampires and went straight to Seungmin. "Wait, don't touch him", Jisung suddenly yelled and held the vampire's arm, which also made Changbin look at him but he already noticed why the warlock with the blue hair stopped him. The aura surrounding Seungmin was radiating a certain heat. It almost seemed like a defense mechanism.

"What happened?", this questioned slipped out of Changbin's mouth while he turned his attention back to the redhead not so far away from him but he had already an possible answer in his head. If the vampire gang really provoked Seungmin to the point where this happened he would kill them for sure.

Jisung didn't answer Changbin's question because he was too focused on Seungmin but then he ripped his gaze away from his best friend and looked at Changbin.

"I need you to get Byungho-hyung, now. I will try talking to Seungmin in the meantime, maybe that will do something", the warlock suggested. Changbin nodded and wanted to not lose anymore time and start running in his supernatural speed but he didn't need to because Byungho was already running around the corner with the rest of the group. The vampires except Ryan and Chantelle, who was still stuck to a wall, were long gone by now.

Byungho ran to Seungmin as soon as he saw the state he was in. "What the hell happened?", the oldest asked while eying his younger brother. "Chantelle and her friends happened", Jisung said, glaring back at Chantelle for a short moment.

Changbin looked back at Chantelle, who was stuck to the wall. She wanted to open her mouth to say something but closed it again after meeting Changbin's gaze. Today was the day Changbin was done with Chantelle. After today he wouldn't even spare her a glance and may the gods have mercy on her if she ever wanted to work at the vampire palace because Changbin wouldn't let that happen for sure.

Byungho walked a step closer to Seungmin but was yanked back by Jisung. "Hyung don't. You will hurt yourself", the warlock warned, letting Changbin's attention snap to Byungho and the warlock. Byungho shook his head and showed the other a little smile.

"Nothing will happen to me, don't worry", the brunette said, gently taking Jisung's had off his arm.   The warlock still seemed worried but Minho was quick to be by his side, laying his hand on the other's shoulder in a comforting manner.

Byungho walked towards Seungmin without fear and sat down in front of him. Changbin was sure the other could feel the extreme heat radiating from Seungmin's strange red aura. For a short moment Changbin swore he saw Seungmin's horns but the image was gone in the blink of an eye.

Byungho laid his hand on Seungmin's forehead, ignoring the extreme heat that would surely burn off the skin of a "normal" creature. The heat surrounding Seungmin was gone when Byungho's palm glowed white for a brief second. Then the demon dropped to the ground, clasping his hands over his ears like he wanted to block out some kind of sound desperately and burying his face in his knees while Byungho tried to stay up right probably having used an extensive amount of magic energy just now.

The rest quickly recovered from their previous shock state and dashed to the two Kim brothers. Chan was quicker than anyone at Byungho's side to inspect the older's palm and hold him upright while Jisung was the first at Seungmin's side because he technically already was there beforehand and the second being Changbin because of a reasoned didn't know himself.

Jisung had immediately hugged his best friend's small form from the side in hopes of bringing the redhead out of his panicked state while Changbin gently rubbed his hand up and down on Seungmin's other side while speaking to him in such a soft voice that some couldn't believe it was the vampire dressed in all black talking but it still made Seungmin calm his breathing a little.

Changbin hated to see Seungmin like this. Ever since getting to know the other Seungmin always seemed like this intelligent, headstrong and skilled person, who knew what he was doing. Now Changbin realized that maybe Seungmin was caring around more than he originally thought and that his secret did weigh him down a lot.

When Hyunjin kneeled before the redhead, Changbin glanced at the siren from the corner of his eye. The tall male with the black hair simply looked at his red-haired friend and started to hum. It was a very soothing sound and sounded like a kind of lullaby. Seungmin seemed to hear it despite having his hands tightly clasped over his ears.

Changbin could feel Seungmin ease up a little under his touch. He was slowly becoming less tense, meaning he was claiming down. 

In the end Jisung's hug, Changbin's gentle touch as well as Hyunjin's humming let the redhead slowly come back to reality and out of the grip his thoughts had him in. He slumped into Jisung's embrace after some moments. The demon was just too tired to do anything, to say anything, maybe even too tired to think anything.

Hyunjin leaned forward without stopping to hum and gently put his fingers around Seungmin's wrists to finally get the redhead to put his hands away from his ears. The redhead let the siren lead his hands away from his ears but Hyunjin didn't let the redhead's hands just fall to his side or put them on his knees or something like that, no, he held them gently and even managed to intertwine his long, ringed fingers with the redhead's slightly shorter ones.

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And what did the rest do you might ask? Well, Chan was taking care of an energy drained Byungho while Jeongin, Felix and Minho were glaring the hell out of Chantelle. Jeongin even used a spell that made the female vampire unable to speak for now so she wouldn't disturb anyone. Ryan, who tried to sneak out of the storage room by the way, was caught by Minho and Felix and was now sticking to the wall with Chantelle while also being unable to speak.

"I will kill them later today", Jeongin growled low after Seungmin was half asleep in Jisung's arms while staring right at Ryan and Chantelle who were scared for their life once more because an angry kitsune was as scary as a demon, maybe even a little more given the current circumstances.

Yes, a lot of things were still unexplained but that didn't mean that Jeongin would spare the two, who obviously had something to do with the state Seungmin was in.

Byungho didn't even think about lecturing Jeongin about threading others because right now every punishment for the vampires seemed fair to him. They hurt his little brother and almost made him reveal himself as a demon against his will. He was glad that he was able to help Seungmin fight against revealing his true self and cancel out the demonic energy, which had surrounded him in the form an red aura and heat.

"Are you feeling dizzy or tired?", Chan's voice was heard from beside Byungho. The wolf hybrid had helped Byungho settle down onto the floor near a wall he could lean on a while ago because the silver-haired male had been sure that the older's legs would have given out at some point and he wanted to prevent that from happening.

"I am fine, don't worry", Byungho answered and smiled weakly, which did really convince the male beside him. Chan looked worried and Byungho really appreciated that but by his normal standards he really was fine, just a little tired from using so much angelic power, which he hoped nobody registered as such.

All of them didn't know how long they stayed in that corridor because nobody cared to count the ringing of the bell or look at the time on their phone but it must have been long enough to get someone worried because two teachers came looking for them.

Mr. Sohn also called Shownu by most students, their maths teacher and Mr. Lee or Minhyuk the spells and potions teacher of Miroh High came walking around the corner, looking a bit concerned but a relief washed over them when they saw their missing students.

Bless Jeongin and his quick reaction because he quickly freed Chantelle and Ryan from the two spells they were under, so they wouldn't look like the victims of something but he gave them a looked that meant "If you make one wrong move I will rip you apart" as a warning, which Byungho somehow thought was funny but he would never say it out loud.

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The two teachers were immediately concerned when they saw Seungmin and Byungho, so out of energy. They send Chan with Byungho and Jisung with Seungmin straight to the nurse. Minhyuk accompanied the four teenagers while he left it to Shownu - or Hyungwoo-hyung like Minhyuk called him - to asked the other students what happened.

And in all honesty it was very hard to lie to Shownu, so Jeongin and Changbin explained the situation. The word demon never fell, which was a relief to Byungho despite knowing that Changbin was aware of Seungmin being a demon.

Changbin was the one, who more or less forced Chantelle and Ryan to say that they were at fault and messed up by simply glaring at them for a brief second. Maybe Jeongin also helped with the intimating glaring part. Shownu seemed to believe them and if he didn't he said nothing about it. The tall man simply nodded with an unreadable expression after each input he got to hear.

"Chantelle and Ryan I want you to get your friends, who were involved in this and go to the headmaster's office", he said to the two vampires, who nodded and took off faster than you would expect. "The rest of you returns to their classrooms", he added, looking at Hyunjin, Changbin, Felix, Minho and Jeongin.

Changbin looked ready to argue on that but Shownu beat them to it. "But you are also allowed to look after your friends", he ended with a tiny smile on his lips. "Thanks, Mr. Sohn", the five teenagers said in union before sprinting off to the nurse office.