ALIVE

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I released a frustrated sigh as soon as I hung up the video call. Eric quickly popped his head inside the room as he had been waiting outside the whole time.

Y/n: Don't tell me you spent half an hour standing outside there.

Eric: Sorry, but I did. What were you talking about?

Y/n: Nothing much, just how "my stay at Paris" is going.

Eric: Let me guess, Watanabe and that friend of yours were there too.

Y/n: You can call him Haruto, and he's Jungwon. I'm just still flustered about...

Eric: Watanabe?

Y/n: Yeah- call him Haruto, gosh, it feels weird when you call him that.

Eric: Although he's a Watanabe, I don't think that you should worry about him being a wild vampire that much. You have been friends with him for...?

Y/n: Six years or more, or less.

Eric: If he hasn't done anything strange to you yet, he's completely harmless.

He spoke as he sat on the edge of the table in front of me. I blinked at him.

Y/n: What about Jungwon?

Eric: He isn't scary, he's a human, isn't he?

Y/n: Of course, he isn't. I'm just worried he'd turn into a lesser vampire, you know? Now that he has met Prince Heeseung, and knows that Haruto is a greater vampire.

Eric: Only if he has a problem with life.

Y/n: He seems to enjoy life, in my perspective. But who knows, he might be going through something in secret behind that cheerful smile of his.

I looked down at my hands which were fiddling with each other.

Eric: Why don't you ask him about that?

Y/n: Out of the blue? He'd find it weird.

Eric: Maybe he's waiting for someone to ask him what's wrong or going on in his life so that he can finally share his feelings without having to feel like a burden to others. Think about it.

Y/n: You're speaking like this has happened to you before.

Eric: It has, but then you came along.

Y/n: Huh? I didn't even ask-

Eric: You asked how I died.

Y/n: But...that's not the same as 'what's wrong?'?

Eric: Just go and ask him. It'll also be a test straight away.

Y/n: What test?

Eric: A friendship test. If he certainly cares about you, he won't mind flashing from the human world to this world right away.

Y/n: I'm sure he'll take his time.

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Y/n: Oh, it took you...