Chaconne | ENHYPEN

|One To Believe|

Jake quickly steps in front of Jeoju, keeping a barrier between her and a thirsty Heeseung.

"Now's not the time, Heeseung," Jay states, massaging his hand on Heeseung's shoulder in an attempt to calm him down.

"I'm so sorry about this, Jeoju. This is not how I wanted to approach things," Jake turns to a scared Jeoju, completely oblivious to the situation she's in.

"I'm going to take her back to my quarters and explain everything. Don't do anything stupid; especially you, Heeseung, not when she's around."

Jeoju is found to be dragged back from where she came to Jake's eye-catching space; surrounded again by candlelight, water, and mirrors.

Jake twirls the girl around to have her sit comfortably on his bed, sitting beside her, making sure her she sits comfortably.

"What I'm about to reveal to you may be quite unbelievable until you see it, but the main thing you need to understand is that we're here to protect and care for you. Do you understand?"

Jeoju furrows her brows and nods, ready to hear what the blue-eyed male has to say. She swallows, nervous it would be that she's gotten herself into some sort of dangerous cult or gang, considering the fact of how red the previous room is.

"What you happened to see in Heeseung's very eyes was blood lust," Jake begins, pausing to see if Jeoju would catch on. Not seeing an immediate reaction, he continues.

"The scars on your back healed quickly because I gave you my blood."

"Jake, I don't understand."

Jake looks down at her hands engulfed in his own, playing with her fingers as he goes on, "We are a group of vampires."

Jake looks up to see the look on Jeoju's face as he says 'vampire'. Jeoju begins to move away from Jake, taking away her hands from his, unsure of how to speak.

"I-I don't see how that's possible."

Jake sighs at her words, expecting that she will move away from him if she doesn't understand. Jake remains on the bed, moving his hand out as if to retrieve something, but instead lighting a flame. From his very hand.

Jeoju gasps and quickly gets up from the bed, not expecting the sudden reveal.

"I am not here to harm you. We are here to protect you."

"Are you like Chris? With the glowy-eye thing, too?"

Jake puts out the flame from the palm of his hand and gets up from the bed. Jeoju sees this and trips on the train of her gown, slipping backward towards the steps by the water but is caught by Jake, who immediately pulls her close to him, keeping her at his chest.

"We are similar, except I will never lay a hand on you."

Jeoju sees how close the two are but doesn't budge. Jake looks back between her eyes and her lips, trying to keep his desires under control.

Jeoju decides to be the bigger person and is willing to listen to Jake and his explanation.

"I'm listening."