In aeternum

Chapter 06

"So these are the four you have selected to bring my Sunshine to me?" the young looking vampire asked Mingi who nodded silently. "The Doll keeper, the Dreamer, the Puppeteer and the Dancer."

"Is there really a need for 4 of us?" the one dubbed the Dancer asked with a snort as he looked at the others. "Just me alone would be enough."

The vampire smirked and knew that such a question would arise. "It wouldn't be wise of you to underestimate my Sunshine. He will be the next vampire lord."

"But he was human and if he just turned, he is still human. Will he really want to be a vampire lord?" the Dreamer asked in a low tone. "For all we know, he might use that against us."

"That's why your mission not only includes bringing him back but also the one most precious to him. Seonghwa's adopted son. Choi San," the vampire said while bringing up a reflection to show the vampires who their targets are. "This is Wooyoung and this is San. They are both very important to my prophecy. I want you to retrieve them, unharmed and back to me. Will that be possible?"

"Of course, Overseer. They are only guarded by mere past humans too," the Dancer scoffed as the four of them bowed. "We will deal with them swiftly."

The Overseer merely smiled a thin smile. "Then I'll await the results but remember as I said, do not underestimate them."

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"I can't! Hah... let me out," Wooyoung whined as he tried to leave the room again but flinched back from the spark that jolted through him.

"You have barely even started and you're giving up already?" Jongho scoffed.

"How am I supposed to do push ups... with you sitting on me?" Wooyoung hissed.

"You're stronger than you think, Wooyoung. Stop thinking that you're still a human or you'll never be able to utilize your full strength."

Wooyoung scowled and dropped down to his arms again. Jongho sat on him and the male grunted. It wasn't that Jongho was heavy or Wooyoung was weak but it was difficult when he felt Jongho leaned his weight more towards one side rather than balanced out. Complaining to him didn't work either since Jongho was literally like an unmovable mountain.

"Ugh... if I can do this, you better call me hyung. I'm...hah...technically older than you!" Wooyoung hissed as he raised his body up again.

"Only the year I died. I'm years older now," Jongho said with an eye roll. "And besides, this thing should be simple with the strength you can pull forth. I don't understand why your body is like a little baby bird's."

"Oh, you're mocking me now."

Meanwhile, San was trying to figure out how he was going to survive the few days without Seonghwa at home. He never realised how important food was since Seonghwa usually settled everything from lunch to dinner for him. He had a bunch of snacks but they were mostly for emergency purposes as Seonghwa would put it. He started to cook ramen for himself since that was probably the only thing he could do without potentially poisoning himself.

"...."

"San sshi? San sshi. Um... San sshi!"

"Wha?!" San jumped and moved away from the stove, surprised at his name being yelled out. He looked at Yunho who looked at him worriedly. "Sorry. Yes?"

"You seem pretty upset. Something on your mind?"

"Ah... well... everything, I guess."

"Right. It'll be fine, San sshi."

"Ah... Yunho sshi, maybe we can drop the formalities since you're much older than me," San said awkwardly and Yunho beamed.

"How about this? Let's just call each other comfortably? You call me Yunho and I call you San," Yunho said and San raised his brows.