Black Cat //Ateez

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Hongjoong opened his eyes slowly, the sun rays hitting him right on the face. He groaned a little, and turned his side, hoping to get back to sleep.

But there was something strange. He felt something wet against his cheek, and quickly wiped it off. But it continued.

He decided to reopen his eyes, hoping that it wasn't his brothers doing something.

What he didn't expect, was to see a black fur over his head. He turned slowly to look at what it was, coming face to face with a cat's face.

He screamed so loud, and moved backwards, he ended up falling from the bed. How did the cat managed to get into his house?

But was this his house? He turned his head around, scanning the room, realising that it wasn't his. It was completely unknown. Had they been kidnapped? Where were his brothers?

He didn't have time to think, the door bursted open and small San was standing there.

"Joongie! You're finally awake!" The little said enthusiastically and ran towards his brother. He fell right in his lap, snuggling to him.

"San, where is Jongho? What is happening? How..?"

"We are in Mr Seonghwas house. Jongho in the living room"

"Ahh OK... Wait what?! Where are we?" Hongjoong didn't say anything else, he had stood up with his brother on his arms, getting out of the room.

The house felt familiar, realising that they were indeed in Seonghwas house. But why?

He walked towards the living room, and saw Jongho talking to Seonghwa. What was happening?

"Oh good morning Hongjoong" Jongho spoke first seeing him, since Seonghwa had his back turned to him.

But once he heard that, he turned around, smiling softly at him.

"Good morning" He said, looking at Hongjoong.

Hongjoong approached them, keeping an eye on Seonghwa. What was he doing?

"San, can you please stay with Jongho for a minute?" The older said, and placed San on Jongho's lap. They didn't react, knowing that Hongjoong wanted to talk to Seonghwa.

The witch senced that too, and stood up, walking away along with Hongjoong. They went inside the room where Hongjoong was sleeping and closed the door behind them.

Seonghwa went and sat on the edge of the bed, seeing that Hongjoong was pacing back and forth on the room.

"Hongjoong can you please.."

"Don't talk, I'm thinking" He said, and kept walking.

Seonghwa only chuckled but didn't respond. He let Hongjoong have his time. Because surely what he did really needed some thinking.

Truth is that, Seonghwa hadn't exactly thought of it before doing it. It just clicked in his mind, and there he was, having the three brothers in his house.

He knew that, part of doing this, was the fact that he wanted to stay close to the human. He could have of course found other options, but this one, he thought it was best.

"What just happened?" The voice of Hongjoong was heard, breaking him from his thoughts.

"You're in my house. I took you here to be with me"

"Why would you do something like that?" Hongjoong asked frustrated, not understanding the witch's motives.

"Because I wanted to" Seonghwa shrugged, which he was sure, infuriated Hongjoong more.

"Seonghwa for once, can you tell why are you doing what you're doing? Even if it is for a good reason, the only thing I want to do is slap you" He said, and turned to look at Seonghwa for the first time.

The witch had an amused expression on his face, finding it extremely cute and funny how Hongjoong reacted.

"You can leave if you want to"

"Seonghwa, that's not the point. Why did you do that in the first place? Was this because of the deal? Oh yes, this must be it. I failed. I failed and you're gonna turn me into a cat. That's why you brought my brothers here too. Oh my, oh my, what am I gonna do?" Hongjoong said, starting again walking.

This was probably it. He had failed. What was he gonna do now? Was this the reason that Seonghwa brought them here?

Seonghwa bursted laughing. He couldn't hold himself. The way Hongjoong spoke, so fast, and the fact that what he said wasn't true, really was funny.

He doubled over, clutching his stomach. Was Hongjoong so much over thinking?

He stopped after some time, seeing that Hongjoong was eyeing him with an angry face. It kinda reminded him of Byeol.

"Hongjoong. Noone is gonna be turned into a cat"

"Then, why are we here?"

Seonghwa stood up from his seat, walking closer to Hongjoong. The latter stared doing steps back, but at some point his back came in contact with the wall. Great.

Seonghwa stopped just a few centimetres away from Hongjoongs face. He could feel his breath fanning his face.

"Because I wanted to, Hongjoong. I wanted to be with you. I knew that the deal was ending and I wanted to keep seeing you. Does this answer your question?" The witch asked, a smirk evident on his face.

Hongjoong gulped, not knowing what to say. He was still processing what the witch told him, but right now he couldn't bring the pieces together. Seonghwa was too much of a distraction.

The witch brought his face closer, placing a gentle kiss on the humans forehead. Hongjoong didn't react, staying still as statue.

"Don't worry Hongjoong. Everything is gonna be fine" He said, and moved away, letting Hongjoong relax. He could practically hear his beating heart.
"And we can discuss about your wish. It seems like you already won"