Black Cat //Ateez

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"Jongho?!" Hongjoong screamed, as he saw the younger drop on the ground.

He ran to his side, picking him up, and laying him on the bench. He tried calling his name over and over again, shaking his body, but nothing.

San watched fearfully at the scene, not knowing what to do to help. The cat was passing back and forth.

Hongjoong felt something tug on his shirt and looked down to see the cat, biting his shirt.

"Get off" Hongjoong said, but the cat didn't stop. If anything, he started pulling it harder.

He turned his attention back to his brother, but the cat didn't seem to stop.

"Hongjoong please stop. I think it wants to tell us something" San said with a small voice, getting the olders attention.

"What?"

"I think it wants us to follow it" Just when he said that, the cat started running inside the forest.

And Hongjoong understood. That would only mean one thing.

Seonghwa.

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Hongjoong picked Jongho and placed him on a horse he got from where they kept their animals.

He got up along with San. Hongjoong stayed behind them, watching so that they didn't fall.

He hit the sides of the horse, and it started running. Hongjoong remembered where the house was, so he quickly followed the path.

He didn't know why this happened. Why would the cat want them to follow it? Why would it get them to Seonghwa?

They passed by trees, and soon enough the forest started to clear. And Hongjoong saw the small house, smoke coming out of the chimney.

They quickly got off the horse and Hongjoong placed Jongho on his back, while San ran to knock on the door.

Seonghwa was standing at the door in seconds, gesturing for them to come inside.

The witch gently grabbed Jongho and placed him on a bed, while he worked on him.

Hongjoong watched silently at Seonghwa, having San on his arms. But something came to him.

"Wait, how did you knew that we were coming?"

Seonghwa stiffened hearing that. That was a question he expected to hear.

"My cat told me" He simply said and went back on his work.

Truth is that, things were a little more complicated. Seonghwa was able to observe the boy, and knew what was happening with him. He had figured out what was happening with Hongjoong.

Truth is that, he didn't know why he was doing that. Hongjoong had sparked his interest from the day he had come to visit him, and now the witch was always thinking about him.

He knew what the human was doing, he knew almost everything, Seonghwa surely watched him. But he didn't know why he did this to such extent, so as to help him right now.

He looked down at the boy in his bed. He met him in person just today, but he knew some things about him. All because of San.

Seonghwa turned around to see Hongjoong sitting in the corner of the room, small San in his arms. The young boy was surely something else, Seonghwa could tell.

He found him mature for his age, Seonghwa admired him. That day that San had accidentally come to his house, had awoken something in him. He felt the need to protect him, but again, he didn't know why.