╸𝔗𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔒𝔲𝔱 𝔭𝔱.3 ╸

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Once Jaemin joined Chenle in the woods, the zompire recovered from the attack and pulled the glass out of its head, trying to use it against Chenle.

However, Chenle saw this coming and dodged. He even managed to swiftly remove the shard from its hand and used it for himself. The two decided that ganging up on the zompire was the best option, and fought it together.

As they fought together, they managed to get their bloodlust down just a bit to make their task easier. Jaemin eventually found a thick piece of wood that was big enough for him to hold, and used it while Chenle fought with the glass.

While they were fighting, Jaemin remembered that zompires can also be killed with wooden stakes just like vampires can. It's quite risky for him to use it against the zompire, but he decided to take that risk for the sake of his friends.

Eventually, Chenle became distracted by Jaemin fighting with the stake, and got stabbed in the head with the same glass in his hand. The zompire had pulled a fast one on him while he was distracted, and made Chenle use his own hand to stab himself with the glass. But in that same instance, Jaemin stabbed the zompire in the chest with his stake and it collapsed almost immediately.

"Good riddance... Are you alright Chenle?! I'm sorry, I should've never used that stake in the fight.. I got you hurt..."

Jaemin was incredibly worried for the younger, and helped him stand up against a tree.

"...I'm fine hyung..... I'm...just a bit lightheaded is all.. I just let it pull a fast one on me.. It was completely my bad..~"

Chenle smiled, embarrassed by his own mistake.

Jaemin smiled knowing that he was alright, but it soon faded.

The zompire had managed to get up and removed the stake from its chest, stabbing Jaemin with it instead. The force of how he was stabbed caused Jaemin's blood to spill onto Chenle, some of it landing on his face.

More blood spilled from Jaemin's mouth, and the life faded from his eyes as he smiled at Chenle.

"Heh... Damn it.... I missed the heart....."

Jaemin collapsed against the tree, keeping eye contact with Chenle until he closed his eyes and his smile faded once more as he hit the ground.

"..H-Hyung..??"

Chenle desperately wanted to get a response from Jaemin, but he knew that would be impossible.

He felt his bloodlust skyrocket even more than it was before, but even though he wanted to rip the zompire's head off, he was too lightheaded to move.

He stood there helpless as the zompire approached him, but before the zompire could attack Chenle, the zompire was suddenly stabbed with another stake, all the way through its chest this time.

The zompire's heart was impaled onto the wood and protruded through its chest along with the stake. When the zompire fell, Donghyuck became visible as the one that stabbed it.

"..Donghyuck-hyung...? But...why would you kill your own kind..?"

"As long as I'm still living, I'll never betray my friends, and I'll take out my own kind to protect all of you"

Donghyuck was relieved that Chenle was alright, but when he saw what happened to Jaemin, he became really sad and tears ran down his face.

"N-Nana... I knew I should've came sooner.."

Chenle saw how heartbroken the older looked, and decided to focus is attention on something else for a brief moment.

"...Hyung, can you pull this glass out of my head..?"

Donghyuck went to help him immediately, seeing how much pain he was in.

It took a second to dislodge it, but he managed to pull it out and discard it. Donghyuck became concerned when Chenle started bleeding out, but he insisted that he was fine and could heal himself.

"...Hyung, you should go back inside to look after Mark-hyung. I'll stay here with Jaemin-hyung..."

"B-But..."

"I'll be fine hyung.. I want to at least know that you and Mark-hyung are safe.. Now go..."

Chenle insisted.

Donghyuck didn't want to leave them, but he still obeyed and ran away back to the house.

Chenle sat down next to Jaemin, taking this free time to heal himself. He looked down at Jaemin, and for the first time in a while, he felt sad about losing someone close to him.

"Hyung... I'm so sorry.... I couldn't protect you....."

While he was healing himself, he was using a lot of strength to do so and ended up passing out next to his dear friend.