TWELVE

15.5K 1K 363
                                    


-Warning: sensitive chapter about self-harm. Read with caution or skip. <3-


Hoseok pulled on his collar as he stood outside the humans house. Jimin was standing a few steps away from him watching with a small smile. Jimin had never seen his king so nervous before. Even when demons had attempted to kill him, he wasn't nervous. I guess the girl who was promised to him was special. Jimin could see how happy Hoseok had become just being around her and was glad that she finally showed up after all these years. 

"Are you sure this is what humans like?" Hoseok muttered "I don't like the smell of these. It makes me want to puke"

Jimin sighed "Flowers are what humans give to other humans to show love. I think...I mean I just went to a shop and asked what to give a girl. Then this human went on about if it was for a funeral or something like that. I said that no one died and-"

"Shut up and knock on the door for me. My arms are feeling lazy"

Jimin held in a sigh and reached past Hoseok to knock on the door. Hoseok turned to Jimin with wide eyes.

"I don't want to do this anymore"

"Too late" Jimin said as the door opened.

"Here!" Hoseok said loudly and shoved the flowers into the person who opened the door "For you! I thought you needed cheering up"

"Thanks" A deep voice said "But I'd rather be freed of this slave contract than flowers"

"Slave 1" Hoseok said and snatched the flowers away from him "Where is the human girl?"

"Huh" Taehyung said "Maybe I'll tell you if you don't call me slave 1"

"Would you prefer slave 2?"

"I wouldn't prefer either!" Taehyung exclaimed and Hoseok pushed Taehyung out the way "Hey. Who said you could come in?"

"I did" Hoseok said "Fetch me a tea slave!"

"How about I shove that tea up your ass?" Taehyung said trying to stop Hoseok from walking any further into the house "Oi. I am talking to you!"

"Peasant" Hoseok said "How dare you touch me. This suit is damn expensive and I don't want you touching it. Where is Hana?"

"Why do you care?" Yoongi said walking from the kitchen "Why don't you just marry someone else? She doesn't need you"

Hoseok almost pouted "She was promised to me and-"

"So?" Yoongi said "There are other girls that will happily marry the Devil. Have you looked into the Satan cults out there?"

Hoseok reached forward and grabbed Yoongi by his neck "Do not speak to me of those cults. I might be the King of Hell, but I would never sacrifice an innocent being to celebrate. I am evil, yes, but I am also around to punish those who have done wrong. Now, tell me where Hana is"

"U-upstairs" Yoongi choked and Hoseok dropped him. Yoongi quickly gasped for air and glared at Hoseok "If you hurt her, I will-"

"Slave 1, just let him go" Jimin said.

"I'm Yoongi. Not slave"

Hoseok stuck his tongue out at Yoongi and Taehyung, then walked upstairs with the flowers still in his hand. But when he reached the top, he sniffed the air with a frown. His strides were long to Hana's room and the smell got stronger.

"Hana?" He called through the door and there was no response "Answer me peasant"

"Hoseok!" Jimin yelled and appeared beside him "Is that smell blood?"

Hoseok punched the door and it was sent through the room, crashing against the wall on the other side. The smell of blood was heavy in the air and he stepped further in to see if Hana was alright, but she wasn't in her bed.

"Hoseok, I don't like this"

Jimin walked over to the window, but it was shut and Hoseok's eyes wandered to the shut door opposite the bed. He walked over to it quickly and pushed the door open gently. His eyes widened at the sight of Hana in the bath, bleeding from her arms, a bloody razor blade sat on the floor.

"Hana!" Hoseok roared and ran to her, dragging her lifeless body from the water. The water was stained red and Hana's skin had paled. He ran his fingers over the deep gashes in her arms and carried her into her room "Jimin, do something!"

"Oh shit" Jimin said and ran over to her. He pressed his fingers to her neck "I think she's alive. I can feel a really weak pulse but I think she's dying"

"Make her better" Hoseok said, trying not to panic "Jimin do something"

"She's a human Hoseok. What do you want me to do? We need to take her to hospital. She's lost so much blood"

"No" Hoseok said.

"What do you mean 'no'? I'm a demon and I can't heal humans"

"What the hell did you do?" Yoongi yelled and ran into the room "I told you not to fucking hurt her!"

"I didn't touch her!" Hoseok growled "She did this herself. Jimin, open the door. She's coming with me"

"Hoseok. I can't do that" Jimin said "If she steps over that border she-"

"Open the fucking door!" Hoseok yelled, his horns appearing and his skin becoming red "Do not test me Jimin. Open the fucking door"

"Yes your highness" Jimin said quietly and got to his feet "If this is what you truly want"

"I want her to live" Hoseok said quietly and brushed her wet hair from her face. He looked at the cuts all over her arms again and his heart felt like it was about to stop beating. 

She was a human, so why did he feel this way to her? 

Yes, she may have been promised to him but he grew up hating that girl. He hated that her parents made a deal and they broke it. She was supposed to be taken away from them when she turned 16 and live in Hell with him. Hana was meant to be his wife and be by his side until the day he died. She wasn't supposed to be living in the human world and she wasn't meant to kill herself. Hoseok had never wanted any harm to come her way but he was the reason why she had attempted to take her life.

"Where are you taking her?" Taehyung asked wiping his tears away.

Jimin looked over his shoulder "To hell. Where else?"


The Devils Contract [[JHS]] ✔️Where stories live. Discover now