Demon's Tale

TWENTY ONE

THIRD PERSON POV

"Where is Chan Neul?" Kris asked as soon as Baekhyun get out from his room.

He was sitting on the couch while reading newspaper.

"How should I know? I just woke up." Baekhyun yawned and rubbed his eyes tiredly.

"Go wake her up. It almost 7 o’clock." D.O ordered meanwhile Baekhyun glanced lazily at the clock.

6.45 AM.

"Park Chan Neul, are you up?" He asked from the outside, he knocked on the door once.

But all he received is silent.

Baekhyun sighed deeply.

"Aish... She must be slept like a log again." He muttered as he shook his head in disbelief.

Baekhyun barged inside the room.

“Chan-“ He froze in his tracks when he was inside the room.

The room was messy.

The sheets and some of her pillows were on the floor.

There was puddle of pills and some of it scattered at other area on the floor.

He kneeled and examined the pills that scattered on the floor.

“What kind pills are these?” He asked to himself, touching the pill in uncertainty.

“Where is Chan Neul?” He immediately get up and look around the room.

“Chan Neul!” He shouted, his eyes widened in fear when he saw glimpses of her.

Chan Neul laid on the floor, beside the bed.

The sheets from the bed hid her from Baekhyun’s vision earlier.

He scrambled on his feet and dashed towards her.

"Hey, wake up!" Baekhyun put her in his lap and shakes her body.

He became panic when he noticed that her body was so cold and stiff.

He put his finger under her nose quickly to check whether she is breathing or not.

Slow and unsteady.

That was her breathing pattern.

Baekhyun breathed out in relief.

"What's wrong?" Lay asked as he went into the room.

"Lay hyung!" Baekhyun immediately showed Chan Neul to him.

He is as clueless as ever and Lay seemed the only one who could understand what happened to her.

"What's wrong with her?" Lay asked as he immediately kneeled next to Baekhyun and Chan Neul.

Unlike Baekhyun, he seemed calmer in this kind of situation.

Lay took one of the pill on the floor.

"Sleeping pill.." Lay trailed, his eyebrows furrowed.

"S-she's overdosed!" Baekhyun shrieked.

"Hyung, do something!"

"W-wait.. L-let me think.." Lay stuttered, he was shaken up due to Baekhyun’s loud voice.

But Baekhyun couldn't wait anymore.

He just need to do something to reassure himself.

Then, something crossed into his mind.

He could heals her by himself.

He could heals her in his own way.

The words lingered in his mind before he started to take action.

Baekhyun hesitated at first but when he looked at Chan Neul's pale, bluish face, he knew he needed to do it.

He leaned closer and locked his lips with her.

It is one of the way to heal demon mate.

Baekhyun felt poison from the pills flowed into him which he immediately broke the kiss and ran to the bathroom sink.

He threw up white substances which he believed from the sleeping pills that Chan Neul took in huge amount.

He quickly rinsed his mouth and wiped his lips using his sleeve.

"Will she be fine now?" Baekhyun asked in raspy voice as soon as he get out from the bathroom.

Chan Neul was already laying on the bed as Lay carried her and tucked her in.

"She looked better now. Thanks, Baekhyun. I thought you wouldn't do it." Lay told with a small smile.

"Hey, is Chan Neul up yet?" D.O went inside the room.

"What’s wrong?" He asked in confusion when he saw Lay and Baekhyun standing rigidly.

"Sleeping pills." Lay pointed to the pills on the floor.

D.O was next to Chan Neul in a matter of seconds.

He hold her wrist, checking her pulse.

"Will she be fine? Will she be okay? Is there anything that would damages her organ because of the pill? Wh--" D.O was cut off by Lay who placed his hand on D.O's shoulder gently.

"She'll be fine, D.O. Thanks to Baekhyun who saved her or else she might have died." Lay told, he gave a small, tight smile to Baekhyun.

D.O sighed in relief but his lips pulled into deep frown.

"Why would she take the pills? She is fine with us right?" D.O asked in confused tone.

"That's what we should ask her when she woke up later." Lay replied.

"What happened here?" Suho asked and others members practically squished inside the room as well.

"Let me explain what happened outside of this room. We need to let her rest." Lay said as he pushed all of them out of the room.

"Thanks Baekhyun. I know you'll do it to save her." D.O said as a small smile formed on his heart shaped lips.

"You love her.." D.O smiled. "Till today.."

Baekhyun averted his gaze.

"It's my responsibility to take care of her…" Baekhyun said emotionlessly. He was about to get out from the room before D.O spoke out.

"Stay here until she wake up. She will needed you close by her side." D.O told.

They stared at each other as if they communicated through eyes before D.O walked away.

Baekhyun sighed and walked to her bed.

His mind was busy thinking about the possibility of what made her did this.

Did she took the pills to kill herself or did she have another motive?

Baekhyun rested his back against the headboard. He traced her face features gently using the tip of his fingers.

"Love you?" Baekhyun asked at the sleeping form of Chan Neul.

"That's just ridiculous…" Baekhyun sighed and shook his head.

"I can't love you.."

***

Once Chan Neul opened her eyes, she saw Baekhyun give her a light smile with crossed arms.

"You slept for hours." He chuckled.

Chan Neul couldn't help but to eyed Baekhyun weirdly.

His outfit were different from his usual style of clothing.

He was wearing worn out leather shirt with pants.

This was never Baekhyun’s style.

"What are you wearing?" Chan Neul asked the moment she sat up.

She turned to look at the surrounding.

The room looked old and dusty which could never be her room because D.O will babbled about it.

"This? I wear it everyday?" Baekhyun asked in puzzled, he tilted his head.

"Where are we?" Chan Neul asked, her eyebrows knitted together.

"My home." Baekhyun said in questioning tone as he gets confused as well.

"What are you talking about? This is not our home." Chan Neul said and stand up next to Baekhyun.

Her gaze shifted to a cracked mirror in front of her.

She gasped when she realised that she was wearing a gown. A black gown that covers her body.

"I love you Caithlyn. No matter what happened." Baekhyun said and kissed her on her lips.

Chan Neul gasped as she shut her eyes tightly.

After a few seconds, Baekhyun's warmth and soft lips were gone.

She opened her eyes back just to see Baekhyun laying with a pool of blood on the floor.

“Baekhyun!” Chan Neul screamed in horror and her eyes shot open.

Her whole body shaking in terror and she felt a pair of strong, muscular arms tightened the grip on her.

She turned her face and she almost scream when she saw Baekhyun next to her.

"Shhh.. What's wrong?" Baekhyun pulled her to his embrace as Chan Neul relaxed in his arms. She feel secured and safe in his strong arms.

"I-I thought y-you're d-dead.." Chan Neul stuttered, she rested her head on Baekhyun's chest and clutched his arms.

"And I thought you're going to die too…" Baekhyun said, patting her back.

"Huh?" Chan Neul looked at him.

"Why do you take sleeping pills, Chan Neul?" Baekhyun asked in calm tone as he loosened his grip on her and looked at her.

Chan Neul felt his dominance in his voice which made her scared of him.

"I just couldn't sleep..." Chan Neul said in small tone.

"I told you to get into my room if anything wrong!" Baekhyun raised his voice and Chan Neul flinched and shut her eyes again.

Her fists were shaking in front of him.

Baekhyun sighed before spoke out again.

"I'm sorry. I didn’t meant to scares you." He apologized.

"There's a voice and a weird dream that haunted me lately." Chan Neul said, she pushed herself to sit on the bed.

"You'll not kill me right, Baekhyun?" She asked in low tone and turned to face Baekhyun again.

"Why would you think I wanted to kill you? If I do, I could just kill right now but I didn't do that, right?" Baekhyun replied but he noticed that doesn't make her any better.

“Damn it…” He whispered.

"I'll take a glass of water for you. Just stay here." He added and left.

Just as Baekhyun left the room, the door locked by itself.

"Baekhyun?" Chan Neul called out for him. She didn't like to be locked, not after everything.

"Park Chan Neul…" The familiar voice whispered to Chan Neul's ear, sending chills to her body.

Chan Neul turned to the direction of the voice and saw King Brooke and James.

"Do you remember me? I'm King Brooke and this is James, my personal assistant." King Brooke introduced himself.

"I brought something for you." King Brooke said.

"A string?" Chan Neul shortly asked.

"This is a string that resembles your mate bond. You should touch this string." King Brooke said, he hold out the string.

"This string of bond never lies once you touch it. If you are Baekhyun’s real mate, the string will still be the thicker and stronger but if you’re not Baekhyun’s real mate will cut into two. If you aren’t his real mate, it means he lied to you about mate.”

"Chan Neul?" Baekhyun knocked on the door.

"Open the door! Whom are you with, Chan Neul?!" Baekhyun banged on the door.

Chan Neul looked at the door once again before turning her head to face King Brooke and James.

"I would like to try."