Seven | Book 1 (An EXO fiction)

43.

"She's crying," Yixing whispers.

"Yeah no shit," Jongdae mutters.

"Do something," Chanyeol hisses right before I hear skin hitting skin and Sehun grunt in pain.

"I've never seen her cry like this before. Did we do something wrong?" Minseok asks. To me or to the group I'm not sure.

"No, I don't think so," Junmyeon adds in.

Kyungsoo tentatively calls out my name and I finally manage to pull myself together. I sniffle and swipe at my face with the sleeve of my shirt. "I-I'm sorry. I just, this is just- I'm just really happy," I manage to squeak out.

Yixing loudly 'awws' and makes the first move to come over and hold me in a warm hug. As soon as his arms touch my back I laugh and then sniffle again. The others join in the embrace soon enough. Jongdae and Baekhyun awkwardly pat the shoulders of the other guys. The other Charmers in the room laugh good naturedly at the whole scene.

I can hear at least 2 of my friends crying in the huddle. "Stop crying you're making me cry," Chanyeol whines right in my ear. My entire existence feels protected in warmth and affection. The tears finally stop flowing and I let out a loud snort at the wobbling group of boys.

"Okay, this is getting gross let go," Kyungsoo grumbles from somewhere squished between Jongin and Junmyeon.

Someone manages to entirely lose their balance, and thanks to that one mistake we all topple over into a pile with a loud "Oh shit!" My head knocks against Minseok's and I'm pretty sure I kneed Sehun in the dick on the way down. Someone lands an elbow right into my tit and I get what feels like a kick to my back.

Various groans and grunts resound from the pile of bodies as we all try to suck up our newly received injuries.

"My fucking nipple," I groan out. "Who the fuck hit me in the tit?!"

"Fuck your nipple, you hit me in the dick."

"Get your knee out of my ass, Jongdae."

"I can't fucking move because Chanyeol's fat ass is crushing my leg."

Finally, everyone starts to slowly crawl out of the doggy pile that was created. When the weight that was on top of me is gone, I roll to the side so that I'm not half on Junmyeon half under Jongin. Baekhyun watches the scene with a frown.

I guess he managed not to get stuck in the mess of limbs.

I rub my head in the spot where it collided with Minseok's, and look around the room disheveled. Everyone not involved in the crash has begun eating and talking to one another as if we don't exist. Everything just feels relaxed and exactly like the kind of party I would want to go to if I had a choice.

There are at least ¾ of the castle's Charmers here, and I don't think I've ever seen any of them smile before this moment. None of them are humans.

I really think that the two races of men dislike one another. If the way Jongdae and Baekhyun talk about Kibum isn't enough of a clue.

Jongdae.

I quickly look around for the Charmer in hopes of making sure that he's okay. The scene that I witnessed earlier was harsh, and I only hope he doesn't have any injuries from after I left. A glimpse of him shows no physical injuries, and I feel relieved to see that nothing else awful happened in my absence. He doesn't seem all that affected by it...which I guess is...good?

Food is lying out on a table and everyone is digging in and claiming enough to fill themselves up. They're all ravenous, really.

I swipe a piece of chicken and a napkin and settle on the empty couch in front of the fake fire. You know, fire is pretty nice when it isn't destroying everything in its path. Fake fire is nice.