fatal love // monsta x

3. Proper Introduction

Minhyuk woke to a tugging at his chest. His eyes creaked open. He didn't get much sleep, but then again  vampires didn't need as much sleep as a normal person. An unfamiliar and empty feeling panged at his chest.  He took a hand and clutched his shirt.

Changkyun, who was on his phone in his bed across from Minhyuk noticed he was awake.

"You feeling better?" He asked noticing Minhyuk was uncomfortable.

"Not really, I think I really messed up last night."

Changkyun sat up, "Why? What's wrong?"

"Has Kihyun ever told you about something called marking?" Minhyuk turned in his bed to look at Changkyun in the eyes.

"Well he's told me about it being a vampire thing, but he never explained it to me." But Changkyun had a feeling he knew what it meant.

"It's basically the same as how werewolves can imprint on people, and it's also similar in how usually it's involuntary."

Changkyun's mouth slightly dropped, already realizing what Minhyuk was leading to, "Do you think you did that to the girl?"

Minhyuk looked away to a random corner of the room in shame, "I- I think I did."

The maknae needed a second to think, chewing the inside of his cheek, "What do we do?"

"We can't abandon her." Minhyuk said unable to meet Changkyun's eyes.

"Why would we do that? What are you suggesting?" Changkyun sounded shocked.

Minhyuk whipped his head to him, "Look, I know it's risky, but a marked human who is left to fend for themselves is extremely vulnerable. Unlike werewolves, other vampires feel very threatened at even the feeling that they are not the only ones hunting in their territory, and a marked human is a big red flag to one that there is a threat. Not all vampires are bad, but the ones that are will kill any human that isn't marked by them. It's brutal." 

He paused, "Plus, she's a fan who I'm pretty sure recognized me, we can't let any word of us get out there," Changkyun nodded in agreement, "And... she's my first mark. It sounds really dumb but I don't want to leave someone who I did that to all alone. I owe it to her to at least try to offer protection and some solace."

Changkyun stared into the floor for a moment in thought while Mihyuk waited and watched his eyes for a response. He finally answered,  "Okay... I agree with you, but I don't think Shownu and Kihyun will be too happy to hear this."

"No they won't, so you're gonna help me meet her later today."

~*~

I woke up to someone gently nudging me awake. As my eyes slowly opened, Ahli came into view. Their eyebrows furrowed in worry.

"Hey, are you okay? I've been trying to wake you up for the past 15 minutes." They said.

I rubbed my eyes to wake myself up more. "What time is it?" I sat up from where I layed.

"It's almost 12 p.m. What time did you get back last night, you're still wearing regular clothes and shoes."

I looked down at myself, flecks of dirt smeared my pants. I remember what happened last night clearly. "Shit..." I hissed as I hung my head, massaging my temple, "You are not gonna believe what happened."

"Of course I'll believe, I'm just worried if you're ok." They sat down on the bed with a hand on my knee.

I exhaled and brought my head up, my looked at the white covers of the bed, away from their eye's. I explained to them what happened last night, and when I got to the part of alley, their silence made me anxious.