Stay Gold

Too Close for Comfort

3rd person's pov

Jungkook sat beside Elizabeth's bed, his head leaning against the wall and his back pressed against the back of his seat. His blue eyes resting on Elizabeth's sleeping figure, he took notice that even though she was healed, she was going to have some scars and that she was completely exhausted due to the fight with the golem. He was a bit worried that she wouldn't wake up soon, but Hoseok had reassured him earlier that she would be fine. When he first was reassured, he wanted nothing more than to go downstairs and help those who needed it but then he remembered exactly what happened when they found out about him being a vampire. They targeted him so quickly, judging him only on the sole basis that he is a vampire rather than seeing him for the person he is. He clenched his fists, thinking back to the names they had called him. They treated him like he was scum, rather than thanking him for helping keep the town from being completely destroyed. The more and more he thought about it, the angrier Jungkook seemed to get. He felt an urge run through his body, calling to him to take blood. His eyes shifted to Elizabeth who was sleeping on her side, her neck exposed to him. He stared at her neck for a while, her blood smelling more and more delicious by the minute. "I could take it.. And she wouldn't be able to stop me.. But that's wrong. I can't do that to her. Not after everything she's already been through. I made a promise to Jimin that I wouldn't harm her. Besides, Hoseok wouldn't hesitate to stake me in the heart, he is way too scary to piss off." Jungkook immediately shook his head, leaning back into his chair and sighed heavily. Knowing that he needed to get control over his eyes, he decided to take a step out of the room. He quietly got up, walked out of the room and closed the door so he wouldn't wake Elizabeth. Jungkook wandered through the halls, noticing that most of the townspeople who were there before, were no longer sleeping and sitting in the hallways. He rubbed his eyes, ran his fingers through his hair and kept walking. Knowing that he was safe from humans with a vendetta, he could relax a bit more. With everyone else distracted for the moment, Suho took his opportunity to sneak around the mansion. He wanted to find out what Taehyung and Namjoon fought against, he also wanted to know why the town was so destroyed overnight. He peeked through a window, watching Taehyung and the others eating at the table in the dining room. He noticed that Elizabeth and Jungkook were nowhere to be found, he had seen Namjoon roaming the mansion earlier when he first arrived. As he moved away from the window, Hoseok had caught a glimpse of a black wing which got him to stop eating. A feeling rose in his chest and he could just feel that Elizabeth was once again going to be threatened, he stood up from the table promptly startling everyone around him. They all looked at one another, before looking at Hoseok, who picked up the plate Jimin had fixed for Elizabeth.

"Hoseok, where are you going? I was going to take that to Liz." Jimin asked, looking confused. "To check on Elizabeth." Without so much as explaining what he felt, he left the dining hall behind and quickly headed towards Elizabeth's room. Just as he left, Namjoon entered the dining hall and was a bit surprised to find that not everyone was at the table eating. "Oh there you are, Namjoon." Yoongi lifted his head, turning his eyes to the blue haired wizard. Namjoon looked at Yoongi, confused about his words and then looked around the table. "I've got a bone to pick with you, oh mr. Powerful wizard." Yoongi started, making Jin shake his head.

"Uh... What's the matter, hyung?"

"What's the matter?! The matter is," Yoongi rose from his seat, holding a large turkey thigh in his hand. "that this food tasted horrible!! Jimin fixed your flavoring! I mean, what wizard doesn't know how to cook food and make it taste good?!" Jimin and Taehyung stifled a laugh, trying to seem serious as Namjoon stood there flabbergasted at Yoongi's words. Namjoon looked over at Taehyung, sending him a glare. Taehyung who could no longer keep it together, started laughing loudly and dropped his head in his hands. Next was Jimin, he started laughing when he heard Taehyung crack up as he was no longer able to keep quiet.

"What are you two laughing at?!" Yoongi shouted, shaking the turkey leg in Taehyung's face. This only sent the two into another round of laughter, watching the turkey leg shake. "This is no laughing matter!! Do you hear me?!! I have been starving since before we started fighting that piece of shit!! All I wanted was some home cooked and delicious tasting food! Is that too much to ask?!" Yoongi snapped, Jin held his tongue and looked away from Yoongi who was furious.

"I'm sorry hyung... I.. I learned how to cook but I'm still working on flavoring and seasoning the food." Namjoon apologized, rubbing the back of his head. He looked around noticing that there was a half eaten plate on the table beside Jimin, then noticed a full untouched plate on the other side of him.

"Whose plates are those?" Namjoon asked, pointing to the plates he was looking at. "One of them was Hobi's. But he ran off. The other plate is for Jungkook, Hobi took the the plate I made for Elizabeth." Jimin explained, "Jungkook still hasn't come down for food?" Namjoon quipped, furrowing an eyebrow in confusion.

"No, he hasn't. The people he helped earlier found out he was a vampire so they ridiculed him until he left. He decided to stay with Elizabeth upstairs." Jimin clenched his fists, "Those people really are hard to persuade." Namjoon sighed, rubbing his face in annoyance. "They should be thankful he didn't let the golem kill them." Taehyung spoke, taking a sip of his juice.

On Hoseok's way up to Elizabeth's room, he passed Jungkook who was sitting on the floor just down the hall from the room she was sleeping in. He lifted his head, spotting Hoseok walk down the hallway with a plate of food in his hand. "Wait, Hobi hyung!" Jungkook sprung to his feet, speed walking down the hallway to catch up to Hoseok. "Hobi!! Why are you walking so fast?!" Jungkook questioned as he managed to catch up to Hoseok's long strides. Hoseok didn't answer Jungkook, his eyes glowing golden for a slight second. He finally reached the door, opened it and stepped in. His eyes shifted to the bed where Elizabeth was still sleeping, he took a deep breath after seeing that she was safe.

"Hyung?! What was that all about?" Jungkook asked, pulling on Hoseok's arm to gain his attention. "Someone's watching Elizabeth and it's not the warlock."

"You are right about that. It's not the warlock, it's me." Jungkook and Hoseok looked towards the window, Jungkook's hands turned into fists and his blue eyes seemed to darken as his eyes landed on who was sitting on the window sill.

"You." Hoseok spat.

"Me," Suho smirked, his wings nearly tucked away as he chuckled.