Cured

Ch. 18

I set the collection of wine glasses onto the table, setting out enough for Jimin, Mee-Yon, Yoona, and the guys as well. I sighed, nervous about how dinner would go. Although everything had been going smoothly the last few weeks, I was afraid something bad would happen. Mee-Yon had moved in with Jimin and the others so that she could be close but not "too close" as she had said.

What if one of the guys gets mad at her and all the progress we had made goes down the drain? What if something happens and they don't trust her anymore? I sighed, lining up one of the wine glasses with the others, making sure they were all in a neat line.

Two arms wrapped around my waist, and Tao kissed my neck. "You almost done? You've adjusted the same glass about six times now. They won't be here for about an hour as well, remember?" He said, and I was a little surprised, had I really been that distracted? I thought it was later in the night than it really was.

"Uh, yeah." I replied, watching as Suho entered with an arm full of different bottles. One was full of white wine, the other six filled with thick crimson blood. "I'm just a little worried." Suho glanced over at my words, giving me a smile so as to say everything was going to be okay.

"It'll be fine, don't worry." Tao said, temporarily letting go of me, and pulled a chair out from the table. Sitting down, he gently pulled me onto his lap, taking me back into his arms. I rested my head on his shoulder, and he rubbed my back as we sat there quietly. He kissed my forehead, then spoke after a few seconds. "Plus, if anything bad does happens, we can always go back in time a little bit and prevent it from happening."

"But you don't like doing that..." I sighed, remembering all the times we could have gone in time to prevent simple mistakes from happening, like the times the vase downstairs was broken, or whenever Natasha or I messed up on a spell and turned Baekhyun purple.

"If it means we all get to be a family again, I wouldn't mind." He smiled. "I miss all of us being together. It would be nice if we could be happy again, just like before we were turned into vampires."

"Yeah." I smiled, glad that I had a chance to actually be a part of that time, even if only for a short while.

Suho shook his head, a smile on his face. "Quit being all couplely, what if Jimin walks in and sees you all over each other?" He teased.

"They probably haven't even left their house yet, and we're not all over each other, we're just talking." I replied, and Suho rolled his eyes.

"Still, Tao needs to get dressed anyways." He said, and I couldn't come up with an excuse. He smiled, knowing I couldn't argue with is statement.

Tao sighed, and I moved off of him so that he could stand. "Okay." He smiled, placing a kiss on my forehead. "I'll be right back, don't let Suho bully you too much while I'm gone."

I gave him a small nod and smiled, then he left, closing the door to the dining room behind him. Suho rolled his eyes as I watched Tao go, then gently pushed my shoulder to get my attention. "Come on, everyone will be here soon." He said, and led me towards the door. As we left the room, I saw something dark move in the corner of my eye, and I glanced over, only to see nothing out of the ordinary.

"What is it?" Suho said, curious as to why I just stopped walking out of nowhere.

"Nothing. I just thought I saw something." I said, and continued towards the living room. Suho took a second to look around, to be sure I really saw nothing, then caught back up to me.

"You're probably just tired." He said, then glanced over at me. "I mean, you've been through so much lately. I would say you need a break from all of us, but since last time didn't go too well, I think it's safest just for you to stay here."