House of the Nefarious

Chapter 3

"A human!" a girl exclaimed bounding up to me. "I've never got to see one before," She muttered inspecting my face.

"Um hi?"

"Refrain from pestering the girl, Yerim," another girl sighed, turning to face me. "I'm Joohyun the first of the seven virtues. Pleasure to make your acquaintance."

"So you're an angel?" I questioned, amazed by the aura of authority she held. It was similar to Seokjin's but fresher in a way.

She let out a soft laugh. "I am and so is Yerim here. Forgive her behaviour, she hasn't been able to travel to the mundane realm in many millennia so she's rather excited."

"She's probably just sick of seeing all these annoying demons," a male spoke, coming up behind Joohyun.

She sighed. "This is Suho, he's probably the least enthused to be here."

"Can you blame me, everyone here is so lazy," he scoffed. "I keep getting called Suhoe too and I don't even know what that means."

I stifled a laugh and he shot me a look. "What."

"It's just something used for farming," I explained awkwardly. It was probably best not to tell the fuming male what it actually meant.

"Well you guys have fun doing whatever. Don't get into any trouble and wait for me here after," Taehyung said, shooting me a stern look.

I let out a sigh of relief when he left the room and Joohyun shot me a wry smile.

"I can see that you two get along well."

"Was it really that obvious."

She let out a small laugh. "Yup, no offence but I hadn't heard about a human being part of the exchange program?"

"It was a last minute thing, I wasn't given too much information," I said with a sheepish shrug.

I'm pretty sure if I told the truth, there was a high possibility Seokjin would skin me alive so I'd keep it vague for now.

She nodded, seemingly thinking over my response. I could tell she wasn't too sold on my answer.

"I forgot to ask for your name."

"Oh, it's Shin Seoyeon," I said.

She furrowed her brows. "Shin?"

"Seoyeon come sit here!" Yerim called, waving a hand enthusiastically.

I shot Joohyun an awkward smile, before making a move to sit in the chair beside Yerim.

"So what do they teach here anyways?" I asked the bubbly female.

"Well they basically go over soul collecting, magic and potential professions for demons," she sighed. "I've already been here a week, but I definitely appreciate heaven's teachings more now."

I flinched. That didn't really sound like an enjoyable experience to me.

"I'm not sure how much you'll be able to learn as a human though. Magic and soul collecting isn't something your body is designed to do."

"Welp, I guess the more knowledge the better," I said with a shrug.

She nodded. "Huh, I hadn't thought about it that way."

The blond pulled a pencil and notebook out of her bag. "Here, I noticed you didn't have anything to write with."

I took the stationary from her with a grateful smile.

Unfortunately the lesson was just as Yerim had said and some of the information was rather appaling.

Thankfully the day had come to an end and I didn't have to hear anymore about grim reaper demons going to eat souls.

"Well I'll see you tomorrow Seoyeon," Yerim said with a grin, scurrying after Joohyun and Suho.

The other demons had already left and with the departure of the angels I was all alone in the classroom.

I checked my dellphone and saw that it was already half an hour after class had ended. Apparently, time flowed the same way it did on Earth so I was rather unimpressed when Taehyung strolled in an hour later.

"Didn't I tell you to wait for me in the foyer, yet you're holed up in here."

"Are you joking?" I said, fists clenched in rage.

"No, you plebeians are always forgetting things," he sighed. "Now hurry up before Hoseok gets tired of waiting and writes some edgy rap verse."

I begrudgingly followed after him.

Remember he's a demon and could probably kill you before you could kill him.

We arrived in front of a red and orange retro diner and I prayed that bat blood soup wouldn't be on the menu.

'Hobi we're here," Taehyung chimed, approaching the man that had seemed to have smushed himself into the corner of a booth.

"You're almost 2 hours late," Hoseok said, brow furrowed in irritation.

"It's not my fault," Taehyung shrugged.

"You say this everytime, you were probably out trying to bribe money off of some unsuspecting spirit."

"Noooooooo why would I do that," Taehyung exclaimed, sliding in beside Hoseok.

I took a seat across from them sighing as I realized that's most likely the reason why I was left alone for so long.

Taehyung peered over the annoyed man's shoulder. "Ooo your writing some angsty rap."

"It's not rap, it's part of the novel I'm working on, idiot."

"I am not an idiot!"

Hoseok rolled his eyes. "Is that the only thing you got from that."

"Yup and wasn't Namjoon supposed to be here?"

"While you were attempting to utilize your skills as a con man, he came, ate his fill and left."

Taehyung paled as Hoseok slid the bill across the table.

"Can't you get the bill this time Hobi?" he pleaded.

"Nope, you still owe me money from a century ago. You're lucky I haven't tied you to the ceiling upside down and left you untill your face turned blue."

The blue-haired man pouted. "Now I'm going to be poor and live on the streets."

I sighed at his dramatics. The bill couldn't be that bad.

I craned my neck to get a glimpse of the numbers on the piece of paper and I would be lying if I said I wasn't shocked.

How can someone eat that much? 6 platters of dragon wings, 7 newt burgers, 5 witchshakes and an order of fries with extra creamy tartar sauce. All for a grand total of 600 silver coins.

"Oh Namjoon left this for you Seoyeon, I was surprised he had enough self restraint to leave it on the table," Hoseok explained sliding a plate of what looked like fries doused in white sauce.

"That was nice of him?"

I stared at the food down suspiciously. "If you don't want it I'll eat it," Taehyung offered, eyes trained on the dish in front of me. I gulped down whatever fear I had, taking a handful of fries and shoving them into my mouth just to spite him.

They were actually pretty good, the right mix between tangy and savoury.

"So I'm assuming you liked them," Hoseok snickered.

I nodded my head in between bites.

"We should probably head back now before Seokjin decides to start nagging," he sighed.

I watched in amusement as Taehyung threw some of his precious coins onto the table, eyes wet with unshed tears.

"I hope you all are happy now," he sniffed. "Making me spend all of my babies."

I refrained from laughing at him, following after Hoseok who had already made a move to leave.

We arrived at the brothers' home soon enough and the minute Hoseok and Taehyung left, I was yanked aside by an irritated Jungkook.

"I need your help."