Forbidden Longings | Seulrene AU

Chapter VI (✓)

The rest of the week went by with a surprising calmness that enveloped Seulgi, Seungwan, and Moonbyul. As they walked through the hallways, there was no sign of Bogum or his friend group. It was unusual, and their curiosity piqued.

Had Bogum finally given up on bothering them?

Despite feeling wary of this sudden change, they decided to embrace the peace and enjoy every moment of it. They focused on their studies, participated in extracurricular activities, and spent time with their friends.

But even as they immersed themselves in the normalcy of school life, a silent tension still lingered in the back of their minds. They knew better than to let their guard down completely. Werewolves had long memories, and Bogum's hatred for them ran deep.

Yet as said, every morning before leaving for school, Seulgi, Seungwan, and Moonbyul gathered in the kitchen. They prepared a small vial of vervain-infused water and braced themselves for the fiery pain that awaited them. They knew that building a tolerance to vervain would be crucial for their stay.

As they drank the bitter liquid, their bodies convulsed and burned from within. The pain was excruciating, but they gritted their teeth and endured it, focusing on their goal of being able to prevent their parents from compelling the truth. It was a daily routine that they couldn't afford to skip, no matter how agonizing it was.

However, despite the week passing by without any disturbances from Bogum or his gang, unease still lingered. It was almost as if they were waiting for another storm to break loose. The absence of trouble felt unnatural, and they couldn't shake off the feeling that a storm was brewing beneath the surface.

"Get the board and the books ready, they'll doubt us if we have no physical evidence.", Seulgi instructed, all three of them in the living room waiting for their parents to appear to speak to them.

"All here, don't worry.", Seungwan assured as she glanced at her watch and saw it ticking down until it was time as their parents appeared in front of them.

"What have you three discovered this week?", Mr. Kang asked as he walked around, followed by his wife taking a seat next to Seulgi.

"A simple 'hello, how are you doing?' would be nice to start with.", Seulgi commented in slight annoyance.

"If you had been here last week then you would know.", Mr. Kang responded with his eyebrow raised as Seulgi softly sighed.

"Well, for starters we now have evidence about werewolves existing in this town. We did some digging on the Park family and found out that they have centuries living here like you had before.. the whole incident happened.", Moonbyul began to get them to pay attention to the board.

"Werewolves? Are you kidding me?", Mr. Moon questioned in amusement and Moonbyul hesitantly nodded, already sensing that they thought they were lying.

"Yes, we have reasons to speculate that they've been roaming this town alongside vampires, yet they never revealed their identities. Which is why our people were blamed before.", Moonbyul replied, still determined to get their point across.

"Is this even real?", Mr. Son asked as he approached the board the trio had worked on.

"Yes, we managed to discover a whole line of werewolves. We even have a diary entry of one of them and how they transformed.", Seungwan hastily answered and grabbed the diary to pass to her father who grabbed it with skepticism.