CAPTIVATED || JEONGCHEOL

ᡣ𐭩 • Nine

The group of boys were scattered across the room. There was Jeonghan, Chan and Joshua who sat at the bottom of the bed then Mingyu and Seungkwan at the top. Vernon, Jihoon, Wonwoo and Seungcheol sat together on the floor while Minghao, Jun and Seokmin sat on the daybed, looking out from the window.

The bottle of moonshine was thrown carelessly on the floor, completely empty. "Ahh! Mingyu get off me!" Seungkwan yelled and struggled against Mingyu's strong arms that held him in place. "Take it back first," he grinned before mockingly scrunching up his nose.

Mingyu and Seungkwan drank the most, this was quite evident.

"No! You stink like a pig and it's the truth!" Seungkwan kicked Mingyu in the balls and was finally released. "Oops! I thought pigs didn't have balls." Skittering away, he pushed himself up from the bed and threw himself behind Vernon, using him as a shield.

Jeonghan laughed at the drunken boys then glanced at Seungcheol who for the first time, was laughing. Smiling, genuinely at someone. Seungcheol's crimson gaze followed that person as they walked across the room.

Joshua.

No! I hate it! Jeonghan got up and hovered over Seungcheol, towering over him. Bringing his hand down, he pinched Seungcheol's cheek which made him re-direct his attention upwards.

"Eyes glued to something? You look like a moth to light." Jeonghan squeezed down hard and the once pale white flesh began to turn red and flushed. Seungcheol looked around as everyone was occupied in their own conversions, paying no mind to the two's conversation.

"Nothing. Just a mild peak of interest." Seungcheol scanned the room for Joshua but paused when he found him sitting on the daybed with Seokmin. "Weird..." he muttered.

"You... are acting weird!" Jeonghan yelled, drawing the attention of the others.

"Jeonghan, you alright?" Seokmin asked and quietly got up from the daybed and approached him. Jeonghan stared down at his hands which were now down in front of his stomach. He bit down, on his bottom lip hard enough to draw blood.

Thump!

Something in Seungcheol pulsed as the sweet smell of his favourite crimson liquid wafted to his nose, filling his wanting lungs.

Shit, I can't contain myself!

Seungcheol's aura began to release, just enough to make Jeonghan aware that it was there. The feeling of being trapped under a vampire's aura was suffocating, making it hard for any human to breathe, leaving them feeling inferior and hopeless.

The burning sensation lingers throughout their whole body before throwing them into a fit of pain. A pain that won't stop unless relieved. To another vampire, aura being released is like making yourself known to the other party.

Jeonghan stood frozen in front of Seokmin, unable to move, breathe or even hear himself think. "Jeonghan?" Seokmin's voice dripped with concern, his head tilting to the side. After a few more moments, Jeonghan fell forward into Seokmin's grasp as tears formed in his eyes. "It hurts!" He cried, clutching his chest.

Seungcheol twitched in jealousy and snatched Jeonghan out of Seokmin's arms like a children's toy. "Get him medicine, now." He said assertively, picking Jeonghan up bridal style and carrying him to the bed where Mingyu and Seungkwan fell asleep.

Without a second thought, he shoved both of them off the bed to make space for Jeonghan. Mingyu woke up groggily, tapping Seungkwan's face as he was yet to stir from his slumber. "You must be one dutiful servant, must really care for the prince so much that you would fling his friends off the bed like dolls while they sleep!" He yelled and rubbed his lower back where he landed on. "My fucking ass hurts," he mumbled.

Chan shot up, "I'll get the medicine!," and bolted out of the room. "It's green!" Joshua yelled loud enough for Dino to hear. The rest of the boys rushed to Jeonghan's side and stood at the foot of the bed, wary of Seunghcheol's presence.

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Dino ran through the heavily decorated hallway. The walls were covered with expensive paintings and were adorned with an abundance of gold accents. On the way he bumped into his colleague, maid Grace. "Chan! Where are you in a rush to?" She stopped him, a broom clutched in her left hand. "I'm off to get some medicine." He said in-between breaths.

"Need any help?" She leaned down to his height and looked at him with concern. Determination flashed in Dino's eyes and he immediately straightened up again.

"No! I can do it myself. Thanks!" And with that, he was off again.

When Dino arrived at the far right wing where the room of medicine was located, he was overwhelmed with the vast selection of homemade remedies and mixed solutions.

"Green, green... green," he repeated as he ran his gaze through the many bottles that filled up the shelves of the wooden cupboard. "Green!" His fingers clasped around a bottle that contained a dark-green liquid which swished around, affected by Chan's sudden movement.

Chan turned the bottle around to the bottom and read the bold letters written on the white label. "Aphro... aphrodisiac?" He scratched his head and shook the bottle lightly. "Sounds like medicine to me!" He took one more look at the bottle and smiled before running off again.

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