╸𝔗𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔒𝔲𝔱 𝔭𝔱.4 ╸

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𝔍𝔢𝔫𝔬'𝔰 𝔭𝔬𝔳

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Jisung, Renjun, Yukhei and I quickly made our way home after receiving a call from Donghyuck, indicating that an emergency had occurred.

He didn't have time to specify what kind of emergency it was, but he insisted that we should hurry home. Jisung insisted that we do as well, after telling us that he remembered Chenle's hunch from earlier.

We arrived at Yukhei's house first, and after searching inside, Jisung confirmed that Chenle wasn't home and that their bedroom window was wide open.

We quickly changed direction to head back to our place, and as we got near it, Jisung and I both looked ahead to see if anything was out of place. And when we did, we found one of our windows shattered like someone had smashed them to break in.

"Something bad happened...!"

"We've got to hurry!"

We both expressed the urgency of the situation, and we all ran faster the rest of the way.

Upon bursting through the door, we immediately found Mark and Donghyuck, but Mark was unconscious with bloody bandages, and Hyuck's hands were covered in blood..!

If these had been different circumstances, I would've killed Hyuck already. But I know that this isn't his doing. His face is filled with nothing but fear and distress. There's not a hint of insanity on his face, and his eyes aren't glowing either.

Hyuck definitely wasn't the one that did this.

I approached them and got on my knees in front of Hyuck, and gently wiped the tears that were running down his face.

"H-Hyung..."

"Hyuck, calm down. Where are Jaemin and Chenle? Please tell me"

I calmly asked him.

"...They're both in the woods. They ordered me to stay here and watch over Mark-hyung.."

"I see.."

Before doing anything else, I brought him into a hug.

I was very happy to see him, especially since it's on bad circumstances.

"I'm really glad you're safe Hyuck. You did a really good job"

He didn't say anything back, but he did hug me tighter, which made me smile.

"Yukhei-hyung, I want you and Renjun-hyung to stay here. Jisung, I need you to come with me to find Jaemin and Chenle"

"Right"

Yukhei and Renjun came to tend to Mark further after putting the takeout we brought home in the kitchen.

Jisung wasted no time and followed me out the back door, and we began our search once we made it to the woods.

Just seconds later, we were able to see traces of blood on some of the trees. And the farther we went, the more blood we came across.

"Jaemin!! Where are you?!"

"Lele!! Can you hear me?! Please answer me..!!"

We both called out to them, but we didn't hear an answer from either of them.

We continued to look around for them, and eventually, the overwhelming scent of  blood was replaced with both of their scents.

We eventually found them after following their scents, but they were in much worse shape than we thought. They were both covered with blood and unconscious against one of the trees.

"Lele!! Please wake up!! It's me!"

Chenle woke up almost immediately after Jisung started shaking him.

"Nana..! Hey, Jaemin! I need you to wake up for me!"

Even though Chenle got up fairly quickly, Jaemin wasn't responding to me at all.

"Wait, who's that guy???"

Jisung became alarmed after he pointed out a stranger's body on the ground.

"..That person was a zompire that Donghyuck-hyung killed before you guys came back. It's responsible for all of this mess.."

Chenle explained to him.

"Hey... What the hell..?! How did this stake get lodged in Jaemin's chest?!"

I don't know how I didn't notice it sooner, but there was a fairly big stake stuck in his chest!

"...Jaemin-hyung stabbed it with that stake, but he missed its heart and it used it to stab him with it before Hyuck showed up to kill it with another one"

Chenle explained further.

Before anything, I checked to see if he was still alive.

He wasn't breathing, but he still had a pulse! It's fairly weak, but it's still there~!

"I've got you Nana. Just hold on a bit longer for me"

I firmly grabbed the stake from the base and I worked on removing it carefully.

While I was doing that, Jisung gave Chenle his wrist to let him take some of his blood to continue healing himself. When it comes to taking someone else's blood, Chenle seems to have more control than Jaemin.

Jisung doesn't look like he's in that much pain, and Chenle looks completely calm while sucking the blood that he needs from him.

Eventually, I finally managed to get the stake out and I discarded it. Just as I thought, Jaemin started breathing again after I removed it~.

"No way..! Jaemin-hyung may have missed the zompire's heart, but it also missed his heart and punctured a lung instead!"

Chenle looked very happy, relieved, and amazed to see that Jaemin was still alive.

And because I removed the stake, he was able to use some of his strength to heal the majority of his lung~.

But when his eyes suddenly shot open, he tried to attack me. I don't really blame him though. The last thing he probably remembers before passing out is the zompire. He's just not seeing clearly right now.

Before he could hit me, I grabbed his wrists to keep him from hurting me or himself.

"Calm down Nana. Look at me, ok? It's me"

He looked me in my eyes, and the more we looked at each other, he eventually calmed down and sat back up against the tree.

"Hyung.. I did the best I could to protect everyone..."

"Yah, don't worry about that. I only want you to focus on healing yourself right now"

"How did all of this happened??"

Jisung abruptly asked.

"While I was observing from our window, I saw when the zompire came walking down the street to the front door. Jaemin-hyung answered the door, but it attacked him, tried to take control of Donghyuck-hyung, and hurt Mark-hyung. I came and intervened and fought the zompire with Jaemin-hyung here in the woods. When I broke through the window, I took a glass shard to attack it with, but it ended up pulling a fast one on me and I ended up stabbing myself in the head with it. Jaemin-hyung used a stake to stab it and it collapsed, but he missed the heart and it stabbed him with it. But then Donghyuck-hyung came up from behind and used another stake to kill it. I made him go back in the house to continue taking care of Mark-hyung, and while I was healing myself after he pulled the glass out of my head, I passed out right here"

I applied pressure to Jaemin's wound while Chenle explained everything that happened.

But once he finished, I noticed that the bleeding wasn't stopping no matter how much pressure I applied.

"I don't get it... Chenle, you probably know why. Do you get why he's not healing???"

"Hmm.... I don't think he has enough energy to heal himself. If he can't heal, then he's gonna bleed out at this rate"

"Wait. You took some of Jisung's blood right?? That's gotta work and help him heal"

I rolled up one of my jacket sleeves, and I put my wrist in front of him for him to bite me.

"Jaemin, I need you to take some of my blood"

But when I brought my wrist closer, Jaemin turned his head away.

"...I won't"

"Oh come on... Don't do this now of all times. Just take some of my blood Jaemin"

"..No. You know as much as I do that I've never tasted werewolf blood before. If I bite you, I probably won't be able to control himself. I don't want to hurt you hyung..."

"You won't.. I know you'll be able to stop yourself, just like you did with Renjun-hyung. You'll die if you don't do this... I trust you Jaemin. I know that you'll stop before you go too far"

"I'm not biting you hyung.."

Jaemin still refused and pushed my wrist away.

"Hyung, I know you don't want to hurt him. I didn't want to hurt Jisung when I first took his blood, but it's what helped me stay alive. As of right now, you're dying again hyung. You don't have much of a choice anymore"

Chenle intervened, trying to persuade him.

"Please take my blood. I don't want to lose you Jaemin..."

"......Fine, I'll do it"

"Thank you.."

I carefully repositioned us so that I sat back against the tree while I held Jaemin in my arms.

I put my wrist back in front of his mouth, and he eventually bit me. I won't lie. It hurt more than I thought it would, but I don't mind it. He tried to pull away after seeing the uncomfortable look on my face, but I made sure that he knew I was fine.

A few seconds after he started drinking my blood, the bleeding finally stopped and I could see when he started healing himself slowly. But then he suddenly looked up at me with nothing but fear in his eyes.

"Hey, are you alright Nana?"

The only response I got from him was a whimper, and then his eyes suddenly turned red.

But this time, his eyes were a much darker red than they usually are.

"Is he alright???"

Chenle asked, both he and Jisung watching everything unfold.

"This happened when he saved Renjun before, but it seems worse this time.."

While Jaemin was still looking me in the eyes, he suddenly bit down a lot harder. I could even feel how much harder and faster he was sucking my blood now.

Not only did it hurt like hell, but I could even see the color fading from my skin and I felt myself getting weaker.

"I'll pull him off"

"..No, don't"

Chenle came closer to us to try and intervene, but I stopped him.

"He's gonna kill you hyung"

"He won't. I know how to stop him"

Because of what was going on, I could already feel my eyes glowing. This can work to my benefit.  I relaxed a bit and looked Jaemin directly in the eyes, making sure he didn't look away.

And just seconds later, Jaemin's eyes had stopped glowing and he finally regained control of himself. Once he realized what he was doing, he carefully unlatched himself from my wrist and completely healed himself.

Even though I was happy that he was better now, he was only concerned about the fact that my wrist was dripping with blood and how pale I looked.

"H-Hyung, I'm sorry.. I knew this would happen.. I knew I would hurt you.."

"...No no no, you didn't hurt me too bad Nana. I'm fine, really~"

I smiled, even though he looked like he wanted to cry.

Before doing anything else, Jisung took off his thinner jacket and wrapped it around my wrist to apply pressure to the bites.

"I'm so glad you're alright. You really scared me you know that...?"

I tightly hugged Jaemin, and he immediately hugged me back.

"I'm sorry that I made you worry hyung..."

I then stood up and carried him in his arms, and we ventured back to the house together.

Chenle and Jisung had to help me walk back, but I don't mind. I feel really tired after all of this.

"I'm really sorry.. I just couldn't control it no matter how hard I tried..."

"No fucking shit hyung.. I didn't think you would go that crazy, jeez..."

Chenle was still confused and surprised after seeing all of that unfold, but I find it a bit amusing.

It's nice to see that he had so much confidence in him, even if his tolerance wasn't as good as he thought it was.

"I really don't mind it at all. I'd give up my blood to you any day of the week Jaemin"

Jaemin seemed happy about that, but he still looked pretty guilty.

Even though I had to help him out of this, I know there's a big chance of him bettering himself in the future.

"We should all just focus on resting for the night. In the end, the majority of us lost a lot of blood tonight"

Jisung insisted the closer we got to the house.

I agree with him entirely. Out of the four of us, Jisung is the only one that's lost the least amount of blood. And besides the three of us, Mark isn't in the best shape either.

After everything that's happened, I don't think I'll even have some of the takeout we bought.

I just want to go to sleep as soon as possible.