"Oh..."

The male indeed in front of them was Jeongwoo. Jeno blinked twice as Haechan had his mouth hanging. He was going to have a talk with Sungchan after this.

"Hey Jeongwoo" Haechan chirruped moving towards the younger as he backed away slightly.

"So it was you behind the happenings huh?"

"C'mon! It's just us! We won't hurt you"

"How do I know if I can trust you?" Jeongwoo asked maintaining his distance knowing the power of the two in front of him who shrugged in return. Haechan smirked a bit seeing that the younger didn't deny their claim.

"You don't. Either you resort to believing us or you don't"

Jeno replied as Haechan hummed turning to the younger.

"Look Jeongwoo. You can trust us. We'll be kicked out once we return for sure. And you" he said pointing to the other, "you'll be expelled or killed once they find out about the things you're doing. You know we're not supposed to do mass killings on our own."

"I know...but..."

"But?"

"I can't help it..."

"Oh...well," Haechan said, a small smile tugging on his lips moving, even more, closer to the younger," mind if we join you? I'm sure that we would be kicked out either way so might as well do something we enjoy before dying, ain't that true Jeno?" he looked back at his brother who nodded his head smiling.

"C'mon teach us your ways woo" oddly enough Jeongwoo felt like trusting the two. Now that he remembers they're on the same boat. He would get kicked out or even worse killed if he was to go back to the underworld. The males, though they're princes, would be facing the same if they go back. 

They can be trusted. They have a point. If they were to betray him they would end up getting caught in the process.

"Sure...but don't give me away" 

"Duh as if we could step back to the underworld. If anything we're going to help you out with the killings until we get caught."

"How exactly did you manage to do it tho?" curiously Jeno tilted his head as the youngest blinked his eyes looking away.

"C'mon woo. I thought we were trustworthy. How did you learn something like this?"

"From...Yuta hyung. I had seen him killing a human...when I followed him to earth. He finished that person off within a minute." 

"Using?"

"Using our fangs"

"There's a reason why that technique isn't-"

"Jeno, we're working along with him. time to keep your prince's morals to yourself and help Jeongwoo out. Damn, it's been so long since I've drunk blood. Must be tasty right?" Haechan warned his brother before he could spill about their plan as he turned to Jeongwoo excitedly.

"Yes...very tasty...even better than animal blood...it's so addictive"

"Well well we all are addicted to one thing or the other, aren't we Jeongwoo?" Jeno asked as the younger nodded slowly.

"Well...we're going to a place where there are plenty of humans. Tagging along?" Haechan suggested as he could see the other's eyes glowering at the mention of humans. When Haechan was sure that Jeongwoo fell for their plan it seemed like the younger caught on to things.

"Wait- isn't the city closed?"

Right

"Well, you see...we've managed to find some humans who didn't know anything about the changes that took place in the city. We're going towards them. Till now they haven't realized who we are. You can tag along if you want to"

"We're sure you wouldn't be getting blood anytime soon. No one dares to get out at this time" Jeno butted in as the younger nibbled on his lips whether or not he should follow them.

"Yes, I'll join you both"

A smile on his face and his eyes glowering, the monsters knew he had fallen for their trap. just how easy it was for them to lure him into their plan.

addiction

"What are you waiting for then? let's go"

It'll make one turn their backs

"You see we're glad to have come across you. Let's become allies"

Against danger

"We should totally make a team"

It'll blind them even the smartest

"That sounds fun hyungs"

and turn their vision dark

Jeongwoo couldn't believe what was happening. Before he could even process something Sungchan had pounced onto him making his back hit the ground. His eyes frantically searched for the two who to his surprise was nearing them with rope.

"W-wait"

"You should've seen this coming woo. Thinking you could escape from the punishment?" Haechan mocked as he sat down tying his hands as the younger struggled.

"You- you tr-tricked me"

"Deceiving someone is fine as long as it's to provide someone justice. You tricked us, didn't you?"

"I- didn't-" snarling jeongwoo faced him.

"You told us that you learned this from Yuta. Truth is, you didn't. It's been so long since he has stepped on earth due to that one incident. If you had done your research well you wouldn't have dared to use his name."

Jeongwoo looked horrified. struggling even more he tried to loosen their grips and thereby trying to rip off the ropes that were holding his hands and legs together. 

Sungchan adding more weight to Jeongwoo settled right on top of him making sure that he wouldn't escape easily.

"Yo- you can-can't pun-punish me"

"What if I can?" another male appeared as a gasp left Jeongwoo's mouth knowing who it was. 

"Ple-please le-let me g-go" 

"You should pay for your deeds jeongwoo-ah. Haven't you heard of it?" taunting Taeyong dropped to the ground splashing holy water on the monster's surface making him yelp.

"Quick! Grab his legs and Sungchan" he eyed the younger, gesturing him to get off. Nodding he did and Taeyong replaced him. 

"Have you tied his legs and hands as I advised you all to?"

"Yes sir"

"Very well, let's start this, shall we?"

His end was near, jeongwoo knew. There was no place for him in hell. it wasn't as if there was, to begin with. His colleagues excluded him, saying that he was no fun and that he was just being favored by their mentors.

Even if they had said it themselves that he indeed had the capability to use his strengths and wit, the monster kept questioning himself. He didn't want their validation. He wanted the validation of his colleagues.

"If you're able to feast on at least a human's blood meet us right after. We'll consider you as a part of us then"

He wanted to be a part of their group. In a way, he sought attention, not of his mentors as he got them but of his colleagues. 

"Well haven't you heard it's even more fun drawing out blood straight out of their blood vessels. I read it somewhere that we could do it just by our fangs and nothing else. What is even better? They would be dead within a short time" 

Jeongwoo breathed harshly, gulping in the process as he faced the male on top of him.

"We're proud of you Jeongwoo-ah" his father had patted his shoulder once, hugging him tightly. His mother stood beside her husband squeezing his hands.

"You're our pride"

"Seems like he's losing his consciousness even before the whole thing started" he could hear Jeno's comment as he laid their motionless waiting for death to accompany him.

"Jeongwoo, our greatest pride" the king had held his arm up in the air proudly showing off his student and his achievements.

"As much as I pity you, you deserve this for killing thousands of innocent people"

"It's addictive. It's tasty. What more you could ask for if you could feed on it for lifelong?"

"Isn't that going against the rules?"

"Who cares? They're meant to be broken either way"

"What if we get caught?"

"At least we could lie on our grave knowing that we had done something no one dared to."

"You shouldn't have done this, to begin with, Jeongwoo. Look where it got you."

The younger male shut his eyes tight as he waited for the pain.

What have I turned into?

"You don't. Either you believe us or you don't"

"Do you have any last words?" Taeyong asked one last time as the other nodded. At this point, he has given up. He stopped struggling, his eyes piercing into the older monster.

"Please...take care of my parents..."

The other nodded before he pierced the cross straight to his heart making Jeongwoo yelp in pain. Had he not listened to them he wouldn't end up here losing his life.

He wished that was the end.

The pain that he was feeling knew no bound. He felt as if something was being ripped from his body and it stopped. His eyes shut on their own, darkness invading him. He laid lifeless as the monsters did their job.

Aim at his heart

Crawl it out

Pierce the cross and cloves

Set his body on fire

"Why do you think he didn't fight back?" It was a question to them. The monsters turned to each other.

"His temptation to break the rules led him to earth and his addiction to blood to his death" Taeyong answered his own question before backing away.

"Light the match. Let it burn"

TBC

Honestly speaking I was about to write a fight scene then I was like why not turn it into something like this where he becomes weak? Got inspiration from Alice in the borderland where they get the flashbacks and stuff. It's not like I love this chapter but I kind of like it this way? (Watch me change my opinion the next day)

Also, Alice in borderland is a must watch! Dude, I'm devastated after knowing that the sequel would be released by the end of this year like why :(

Why did I binge watch the whole thing without knowing it? 

Also quick note:
Please reply to me about the following tweet.

"At least they're streaming that album for us unlike nctzens. Don't @ me it's a joke but seriously how many of you have even listened to their Japanese tracks?"

So apparently I aimed it at nctzens but ig something went wrong cause armys are camping under my tweet and Nctzens liked this. Even worse I argued back and now that I reread the whole thing wtf? Why did I pick fights with them? It should be nctzens who should be cancelling me omg