Soulmate || JiHan

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< A few days later >

We're currently in high school.

" Tell me Chan and Shua, aren't you hiding something from us ? " Asks Seungkwan

" Uh, ahah Kwan."

" That's what I thought, you're too suspicious.."

" What do you want to know ? "

" Nothing you'll talk about if you feel like it."

The four vampires pass by, our four human beings, Minghao smiles...

" It's not good to lie, Mr. Boo..."

" What-"

" It shows on your face, that you're dying to know..."

" No, it's not that, it's just that I feel like-"

" That because of their secret, they're ignoring you."

" Are you reading my mind or something ?"

Everyone bursts out laughing, except Hansol and Seungkwan, who don't understand a word, while Joshua approaches Jeonghan gently and pats his arm. Jeonghan turns around and gives Joshua a quizzical look, who asks...

" Can we go and talk ? Just the two of us. " Joshua asks.

" I follow you. "

JiHan slips away and leaves for the roof.

" What did you want ? "

"..."

" I can't read your mind personally so you're going to have to use your tongue."

" It's just that, I've been researching in my books, and in my books about 《 soulmate 》. Well, I've seen that we're obligatorily linked even if it bothers me, and that if you need me, it's only in a crisis, and you'll need to drink my own blood."

" Yes that's right unfortunately. "

" So I thought from now on, we look out for each other, and get to know each other, while trying to stop spitting at each other. What do you think ? "

" Sounds good to me. As much as I enjoy pushing your buttons. "

" Me too, after that it doesn't stop us from teasing each other. "

Jeonghan smiles gently and nods, it's true it's not because they have to rely on each other that they have to change everything between them, teasing each other is their trademark after all, it's how their relationship started. The older man finally looks at every inch of the copper-haired man's face and notices how tired he looks.

" It's not that I'm worried about you far from it, but you should get more sleep. You look like a zombie. "

"I expected you to say to a 《 vampire 》."

" No look and learn. "

He gently runs his hand over his arms and shows Joshua why he can't look like a vampire.

" Our skins are whitish, we have uncommon abilities, attributed powers, some don't sleep but for me that's not the case, we drink mostly animal blood, or human if need be, and vampiric, like we did yesterday but it's filthy..."

" There are a lot of things indeed that make it impossible for me to look like a vampire..."

" And most importantly."

Jeonghan moves closer to Joshua and sticks their torsos together, bringing his mouth close to the younger man's ear and whispering.

" We all have an assigned soulmate thanks to our marks, which means we're linked, you die, I die..."

" Unfortunately we're linked like that, but you're aware that I'm a human..."

" No shit Sherlock ! "

Joshua pushes his elder away, feeling him too close to his person, and taps the latter's arm.

" What I meant was, I'm bound to die some day, I'm not immortal. "

" You can become one."

" What do you mean ? "

" If one day we end up loving each other. "

Jeonghan pretends to vomit while Joshua rolls his eyes.

" I may want to turn you..." Jeonghan continues.

" And how does that feel ? "

" So we'll both know immortal, like Hao and Jun..."

" By the way, that happened to them..."

" Them ? They were basic vampires, so it didn't make much difference."

" How did the 'soulmates' get assigned to you ? "

" Thanks to this mark..."

" But why do they exist ? "

" It's a bit like the Cupid of vampires, attributing this to us..."

" Why did he attribute me to you ? "

" I don't know, and it still disgusts me to no end, but hey, we have no choice. "

" By the way, I read that there are different types of vampire, what are they ? " Joshua asks, completely ignoring his elder's sentence.

" So Student type like me and my 3 friends, Elder type like the ones we had to kill yesterday, Cupid type who decides on our soul mates, King type, Superior to the elders, Untouchable type, that no one approaches and finally Transformer type, who decides on our powers. "

" Makes me want to learn more, now that I'm in the thick of it too. "

" I'll try to help you. "

" Ah ? I wasn't expecting that, thank you Jeonghan..."

" You're welcome, listen, but you intrigue me a little and I can't wait for-"

-DRING-

" About what ? "

" Nothing let's go to class. "

Joshua pouted disappointedly but joined his classroom anyway along with Jeonghan, besides what was this one going to say ?