Third pov

  Mingi was soon discharged from the hospital and brought back to Hongjoong's house. The human on crutches laughed at his husband, who was stuck outside the front door by the house's ownership.

  "Hyung, why can't I come in?" Yunho asked, visibly confused as his forehead bounced backwards against the invisible force.

  "This is legally my Hyung's house, so I don't have ownership to invite vampires in." Hongjoong shrugged, also laughing a little at the clueless vampire.

  "Don't laugh too much at him, Joong. You were just as unknowledgeable as Yunho," Seonghwa said, gently patting his lover's shoulder.

 
   Yeosang, San, Wooyoung, Jongho, and Yeonjun were all back at their college dorms. Yeosang and Jongho were seeing who could do more shots- Jongho winning- while Wooyoung and San were interrogating Yeonjun.

"We didn't bother questioning you too much sooner while we were still facing so much, but what are you doing dating Jongho?" Wooyoung asked, taking the lead between himself and San as Jongho's college parents.

  "We're mates...?" Yeonjun responded, sounding a bit questioning.

  "You don't sound too sure, pure blood." San held a flashlight above the aforementioned's head.

"Where did you- San, I'm jongho's mate. You guys literally brought me back from the dead to keep him from becoming dead! I'm Jongho's mate and boyfriend, and you two are gonna step back and let us have our relationship be ours alone." Yeonjun smacked away the flashlight above his head and walked back to his lover's dorm.

"Oh come on," he whined, seeing that Jongho and Yeosang had each done seven shots in his time gone.

"Babe, I beat Yeosang Hyung. Watch, he won't be able to keep his liquor down," Jongho giggled drunkenly and gave the vampire a small trash can when he paled.

  "Yeo, baby, why did you have so many shots?" San asked, gently combing back the older vampire's bangs as he hurled.

"I want to," he paused to puke again, "beat Jongho for once!"

  "None of us can beat him, lovely. He's too good," San smiled and kissed Yeosang's forehead. Once he was sure Yeosang's stomach was empty, he wiped his mouth off with a tissue and lifted him into his arms.

  "Where are we going, Sannie?" Yeosang asked.

  "We're gonna go back to our dorm to sleep properly. We really need to," San said. Yeosang nodded in agreement and laid his head on his lover's shoulder.

  "Can you hold me like this while we sleep?" Yeosang asked softly. San smiled down at his cute boyfriend and kissed his forehead again.

  "Of course I can hold you, Yeo, baby; I love holding you while you sleep. You're like a teddy bear," San said, gently squeezing Yeosang like a stuffed animal.

"I love you, Sannie," Yeosang said.

  "I love you, Sangie," San said. San carried the older vampire into their dorm and sat. him on top of all their blankets. He gently began helping the older out of his day clothes and into some night clothes, then done the same for himself. He helped the partially drunk vampire brush his teeth as he brushed his own.

  The pair climbed into bed beside each other before Yeosang latched himself onto San, his head on his chest and most of his own body on the younger man's.

  "I love you," Yeosang spoke softly against san's mating mark. He pecked the discoloration sweetly before closing his eyes.

  "I love you," San said, kissing Yeosang's birth mark by his eye.

  "Baby, are you alright?" Hongjoong asked, walking to his mate on their bed. Seonghwa nodded his head despite the silent tears streaming down his cheeks.

  Hongjoong didn't say or ask anything else, but rather chose to come closer to his lover. He sat down beside the elder vampire and let him cry on his shoulder.

  "I," Seonghwa sniffled, then wiped his nose and cheeks, "I know they say they're both okay, but they didn't look good at all, Hongjoong. They looked horrible when we five found them."

  "Yunho was acting like a beast- he was snapping his jaw at us, trying to bite us- and screaming at us to get away from Mingi, which I guess is how Yunho kept some humanity.

  "Mingi was almost dead, stood there, Joong. I know you saw how he looked once he got a room since you'd come out of surgery, but when he was chained up, he looked like he was truly verging death. Wooyoung had to pick him up and carry him to the hospital.

  "Joong, I don't want us to lose any of our friends- fuck, they're all like my children!" Seonghwa exclaimed, soft cries breaking into his words. Hongjoong smiled sadly at the last sentence.

  He and Seonghwa wouldn't be able to have children since they're both men, nor could they just adopt. These five men really had become like their children it seems.

  "Sweetheart, you saw how resilient they are, right? You said Yunho yelled and tried to protect Mingi. When Mingi awoke, he wasn't scared of Yunho, who had done him harm. Jongho's okay after his hospitalization, especially now with Yeonjun by his side. Yeosang, San, and Wooyoung are just having quarrels, but ultimately they're fine as well.

  "I don't think we'll be losing them anytime soon. I think you've picked out a strong bunch to "adopt" as children," Hongjoong said, laughing softly. He gently wiped away Seonghwa's tears with a tissue from the bedside table, then pecked his forehead.

  "Can we get some sleep tonight? I'm off the clock and I told them not to page me at all. It's our fifteenth anniversary, and I want to hold you," Hongjoong said, smiling softly. Seonghwa smiled widely and laid himself on top of the surgeon to cuddle.

"I love you so much," Seonghwa mumbled, kissing the prior's mating mark.

  "Careful," hongjoong laughed, but kissed Seonghwa's mating mark, "I love you so much."

  "Hey, Yun?" Mingi asked softly. He and Yunho were laying in one of hongjoong's guest bedrooms together.

"Yeah?" Yunho asked, looking down at the man who called.

  "I know we haven't really celebrated our wedding anniversary before, but it's coming up soon. Could we do something for it? It would be our third anniversary, and I-"

  Yunho cut Mingi's anxious rambling off with a sweet kiss.

  "Of course we can, Min. I've wanted to, also, but didn't know if you did. Now that I know, we can go on a little honeymoon like we should've done right after we got married," Yunho said. Mingi's eyes widened hearing his husband's words.

  "I love you, so much, Song Yunho," Mingi said. Yunho kissed him again.

  "I love you, so much, Jeong Mingi,"

A/N: couldn't decide who took who's last name for Yungi, so they switched 😂