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He won't believe it, will he? I mean, he doesn't have any proof. So I can just escape this with a lie— but then they'll get mad if we told them that we were dating the whole time when we finally dare to tell them. They'd be so mad. Should I lie or should I not? I sighed in frustration. Okay, it's better to deal with this now than later. I took a deep breath and opened the door. “I'm back—” KONG! “What the hell is up with you?” He stood there, holding up the steel bowl he just hit me with. I suppose he believed. I winced as I rubbed the back of my head, which recently got hit by the bowl. “Is Heeseung telling the truth? Or is he trying to prank me by telling me that you're dating your brother from another mother?” “He's telling the truth.”

He froze on his spot as he stared at me with his eyes widened. Was he shocked? Disgusted? Angry? Sad? I had no idea. I released a light sigh after a few seconds. “We can't talk here. You should sit down while I explain this.” I dragged him into the sitting room and forced him to sit on the settee. He finally came back to reality. “You're dating Jake?!” I winced once again, holding onto my head with both my hands. “I know! I know! I know that it sounds surprising and weird to you but listen to me first.” His eyes went everywhere as he waited for me to go on. “Jake and I, we really like each other.” He gasped and covered his mouth. I looked at him in concern, asking if I should continue. He furiously nodded his head while still covering his mouth. I released a sigh.

“It hasn't been long since we...you know, started going out.” “Since when?” “Last month—” “Last month?!” “Can you please stop interrupting me?” He formed his lips into a thin line, signalling me to go on. “Okay, so, we started being a thing right after we got our results, knowing that we got promoted to a higher grade. We badly wanted to tell you when we started going to school again, but then, he was too scared of you and I wasn't ready unless he was ready. During the past few weeks, we've been really progressing and it felt like we had the chance to take this seriously. But since our relationship was a secret, we didn't want to do anything about it. When we thought we were really discreet about it, Sunghoon had already noticed our actions and kept it as a secret from and for us as well.”

“Until Heeseung came along and ended up sending you that message today.” I sighed in the middle. “I know that you treat and think of Jake like a younger brother but won't you be more pleased if he really did become your brother, your brother-in-law?” He took ten good seconds to answer me. “I always said that I wouldn't care if he did become my brother-in-law since it was predictable that you two might end up together but now that you're really seeing each other, I don't know how to react. I suddenly don't want to see you with him, it's weird. Plus, I don't believe that you two would hit it off in the future. I mean, you might think that you're meant for each other right now because you're just starting to go out with each other, but it's just not it for me.”

I quietly looked down at the floor. He released a light sigh. “This doesn't mean that I'm against you going out with him. Sure, you can continue to see him and go on a date with him. I'm just warning you not to take it seriously. If you break up when you thought that you were really heading somewhere, it would just leave an aftermath and you would just hurt and keep on blaming yourself for it. You know that I care for you and I don't want to see you in distress.” I nodded obediently. I couldn't argue with his wise words. After all, he was my elder brother who knew it better than I did, although he hadn't been in my shoes in his life. I had spent my whole life obeying his words and I never regretted it. He stood up and embraced me with tenderness.

“I'll try to talk about this with Jake.” He gently patted my head. “He'll understand, he's a good boy with common sense like you.” I released a heavy sigh. It was quiet for some time and we pulled away. “Is mom out?” “Yeah, she'll be home any minute now.” “Do you think we should tell her?” He took a deep breath before answering. “If you want to, but make sure you mention that it's not serious. Say that you're just experiencing the things that happen in teenage relationships.” I brought up a small smile. “I will. I'm gonna go and clean up.” He nodded and I instantly rushed up the stairs. I smiled unknowingly, thinking about Youngbin's words. I felt proud and glad to have him as an elder brother. I took off my top, bracing myself to see the mark again as I had completely forgotten about the incident.

I slapped my forehead and held onto my cured shoulder. Now I know what bite that was. I shivered at the thought of vampires existing in the world. They were so different from humans and yet they could blend in as one without attracting any attention. It made me want to know more about them, and for that I had to ask questions to Heeseung as I believed that he was the only one who would not hurt me since he didn't do anything to me after showing me that he was one. I blankly stared at my own reflection. He could've just killed me then and there. Why didn't he? And why did it had to be me that he bit? My thoughts were filled with questions. I had to clear my thoughts but for that I would have to gather up my courage to reach up to him. I sighed out. Fine, if I have to talk to him because of it, let it be. He's just a schoolmate who is not a human.

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