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four

a week later and baekhyun was still consistent with his strange behavior. sehun thought it was just a beagle thing for a dog to try to open doors, use the toilet, and bring him things such as water bottles and snacks without training. it was just a weird dog thing. vivi never went through it but it was indeed a thing and even though answers online said it was basically impossible for your dog to pick up so many quirks without training— he guessed baekhyun just owned weird dog things.

although, shit had started to get out of hand. sehun thought he was going crazy; baekhyun's aura had slowly shifted into something more and now he wasn't as comfortable around the dog as he used to be. even changing his clothes in front of the dog felt intimate, picking up his poo and grooming him felt odd and invading. sehun knew he had to call jongdae; nothing had happened with baekhyun but with how the dog was always expecting something at night; waiting for sehun to go to sleep and the sudden drop of energy the dog was currently going through. sehun had a bad premonition.

it was close to noon and baekhyun was sleeping under his bed from what he remembered in the middle of the night; woken up by the rustle of plastic and drowsily looking under the bed to see a small patch of fur before going back to sleep. he didn't check again— using the short break from baekhyun purposefully.

"hello," jongdae answered, tone even and it made sehun's stomach turn.

"hey... um this is going to sound weird—"

"tell me what's going on."

"baekhyun's been acting weird lately?" sehun blurted.

and then jongdae asked how, making sehun explain all the past episodes. as he listened to himself he thought he sounded paranoid; like he watched way too many sci-fi movies. and sehun really didn't watch that much sci-fi to begin with.

"okay," jongdae said, an audible intake of breath. "sehun, i'm going to need you to just let it happen. this behavior isn't normal but it's for something that you're probably going to find out soon enough."

sehun didn't speak, pensive as he stood still.

jongdae continued. "where is baekhyun right now?"

"he's under my bed sleeping i think— it's actually pretty weird. he never does that."

jongdae was taken aback. "sehun, i'm going to tell you to stay calm okay?"

"jongdae what the fuck is happening?" sehun felt a lump in his throat, frantically looking out the windows and around his room for something dangerous. something life threatening as sehun trembled with trepidation.

jongdae sighed. "look i'm going to explain more later but here's the deal."

"what is it?"

"...baekhyun can turn into a human. i think— you have to check your room and see it for yourself but from what i know we thought he wasn't a hybrid. hence why i let you adopt him."

sehun smiled in shock, a horrible reflex as he laughed squeaky and choppy. "is this a joke?"

"sehun," jongdae wasn't kidding, his voice stern and final. "go check and call me afterward. but do not hurt whatever or whoever it is you're going to meet okay? be nice to him."

"yeah, sure fine." sehun said, becoming hostile as a defense mechanism. he was really scared as shit, of course.

jongdae kissed his teeth. "well then, talk to you later." and he hung up.

sehun instantly felt alone.

he walked to his bedroom; the door was shut. he never even closed it in the first place— and knocked hesitantly. movement emitting from the room softly before dying abruptly. his voice cracked. "hello? baekhyun, are you in there?"

a croaking noise, as if someone was too afraid to speak.

sehun threw the door open before he could even process what he was doing and then—

there he was.

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a/n this sucked. next chap will be better lmao