Promise (Ateez au)

Chapter XXVI

"What do we have to talk about that's so important?" Mingi questioned, the worry over his hyung not having left yet.

"You know I remember everything, right? But there was a reason ... I shouldn't be remembering this." He looked down, not able to say this while seeing Mingi. "I've been acting ... Childish ... I know that of course. It's ... It's not something in my control, Mingi." He finally looked up, tears rolling down his already stained face.

"What is that? The thing you remembered?" Mingi got worried by the sudden confession.

"Y-yunho hyung ... I have to tell him ... Joongie hyung is going to reveal the truth too. Now, probably. I have to support him." Seonghwa sighed when he saw the hateful look in Mingi's eyes just by the mention of Hongjoong's nickname. "I know what you think of that, but he's not who you think he is ... I understand if you don't want to come with me." The ravenette stood up, making his way to the door. He was glad when he heard the bed, signalling that Mingi had stood up too.

"I'm not letting you go by yourself." The redhead took Seonghwa's hand and held it in his own. "I'm not letting you go again." He softly smiled while looking at the love of his life. He wasn't going to let him get hurt ever again.

"Thank you." Seonghwa whispered before making their way down the hallway to Hongjoong's room. Just before they had reached the door, someone stopped them.

"Wait, you better clean your face first if you want to be more believable. Here." Yeosang had ran over to them, handing over some tissues to Seonghwa.

"Oh ... I forgot about that." Seonghwa gladly took them and wiped over his face. "Thank you. I hope I look less crazy now." The ravenette smiled before taking a deep breath and opening the door. It was clear they had interrupted a conversation.

"Can you please wait outside, we're ... Talking?" Hongjoong said, having turned around to look at the sudden guests. Yunho was sitting on the bed, a tired look on his face. But he was pulling through. As long as he knew the truth about the person he had loved so dearly.

"I ... I wanted to tell my story too, hyung. About what happened that day. I ... I remembered." Seonghwa looked at the two, a hopeful yet hesitant look on his face.

"Isn't it romantic?" Hongjoong laughed, looking at the redhead too. "A true love's kiss breaks the spell from the monster that casted it over the princess." A cold look took over. "I'm not going to let you talk bullshit here, so I would kindly ask you to leave now."

"I ... Remember the real truth, hyung. No one told me anything." Seonghwa tried, getting backed up by Yunho.

"Let him talk too. Maybe he has some useful information."

"Fine ... But I go first. And I want Mingi to hear what a monster he was too." Hongjoong settled, earning a soft nod and an 'okay' from Yunho. Mingi was confused, but sat down next to Yunho anyways. Seonghwa sat down on the ground because of the lack of space anywhere else.

"He ... He never loved you, Yunho. He just used you, to get closer to his goal. You know what his goal was, to have vampires rule and all the humans get killed. That's impossible though, because humans are the majority. His heart is as cold as stone, Yunho. The reason we ... The way we got turned was because he let a crazy vampire free."

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It was night when Yunho and Hongjoong were making their way outside. They had rang the alarm the moment they noticed one of the vampires had escaped. No one knew if they were still inside of the building or already made their way outside, but it wasn't safe anywhere.

Suddenly Hongjoong stopped Yunho, standing in front of him protectively. Now Yunho heard it too, the footsteps. They were hurried and loud.