Blood in Roses ➢『Koo Junhoe Vampire! AU』

Chapter Ⅵ

"Junhoe?" I called. He answers me with his quiet, subtle sleeping breath. "He's asleep?" I chuckles, watching him as he lies peacefully asleep with me in his arms. Seeing how he fell asleep during a time with me, I guess he trusts me. I have wanted Junhoe to tell me his feeling with his own words, but he's fallen asleep so suddenly. However, to think that he is relaxed because he's with me with a warm feeling.

"Mmm..." shifting his arms, he holds me tighter. "I should get some sleep too...I guess" feeling comfortable in his arms, one moment, I close my eyes. The next moment I fall asleep.

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The next day, we begin searching for my pendant. "I know I held it in my hand before I entered this castle..." I sighed "But I can't remember a thing about it after that..." we start by looking in the corners of the lobby.

"The cleaning is perfect around here. It's impossible that something you dropped here would stay here for more than two days" Junhoe says.

"You have a point... Where would it be then?" walking down the hallway, Junhoe stops his track and turn around facing me. "How about the kitchen?"

"Why would it be there?"

He tilt his eyebrows "Didn't you get caught by Seokmin the day you first came to this castle?"

"Oh you know about it? Yeah, I was caught by Seokmin, he covered my mouth, then I fainted..." "Oh, right before that, I think I heard something roll on the floor...but anyways, asking Seokmin is the quickest way. Let's go to the kitchen"

As we walk to the kitchen the figure of Seokmin's back can be seen from here. He is working very seriously in the kitchen. I've never seen him look so serious before- or so I thought, but only for a brief moment.

"Oh? Is that you, Yihyun? No waaay~ you came all the way to see me? Oh sweet mother of-Ahh I am so deeply moved~" as soon as Seokmin sees us, he goes back to his usual self. "You're gonna ask me out for a date-or not. I mean you could but uh... we've got a little fly in the ointment here..." he pointed at Junhoe.

"What did you just say huh?" The little fly in the ointment glares at Seokmin. Seokmin sighed "You've got no taste for jokes, do you. I'm so tired of you guys with no sense of humor" Junhoe rolls his eyes and walk back to stand beside me.

"Um...Seokmin?"

"Oops, never mind! What is it that you want, Yihyun? Right now I'm making a little delicate piece of art that Miss Chaeyeon ordered me. So basically, I won't accept anything else but an invitation from you!"

"It's none of your business. Just keep working" still glaring at Seokmin, Junhoe leaves the kitchen.

"Y-yah wait up! Seokmin, sorry for disturbing you in your work" I gave him a little bow and quickly follow after Junhoe.

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"We found nothing..." I said. Trailing behind Junhoe who walks at quick pace.

"That bastard..." he clenched his fist. Trying to not make him any angrier, you calm him down.

"Calm down Junhoe, don't take it too seriously okay... So, where should we go next?" I ask the irritated Junhoe, who slowly stops and looks up at the castle walls.

"Junhoe?" I walk to his side and tilt my head so I can see his face.

'He looks sad...'

"I was thinking that...she hasn't played pranks on me lately"

"Pranks?" He closes his eyes for a moment and look straight at me.

"You've noticed how many strange rooms we have in this castle haven't you?"