Demon's Tale

TWENTY FIVE

THIRD PERSON POV

It was 11 AM and Chan Neul sat on the couch in the living room alone meanwhile the others were busy cleaning Chan Neul's room. They told Chan Neul to just sit on the couch and rest after what happened to her.

It took a few minutes before Lay could stop her non-stop flowing blood on her stomach. Lay noticed there's three long cuts from her waist to her stomach around 10 cm long with 0.2 mm depth. It’s like someone clawed her while she is unconscious.

Chan Neul was still traumatized with the words she saw on her wall. She know the warning means something.

"He'll be the next"

The image of the words written with her own blood flashed in her mind and it made her mind messed up till she couldn't think anything else except the words that time.

"Chan Neul…" A pair of hands placed on both Chan Neul's shoulder make she flinched in response.

Chan Neul turned her head and saw it was Lay who flashed a smile, showing his dimple.

"You need to tell me everything, Chan Neul." Lay said in soft tone as he kneeled in front of Chan Neul while holding her hands.

"Who did this to you?" Lay asked once again.

"I-I don't know…" Chan Neul turned her head away. She was thinking about it too. But of course a name was already in her mind.

Lay shook his head towards Baekhyun who stand behind Chan Neul.

Lay left and Baekhyun sat next to Chan Neul on the couch.

"Are you okay?" Baekhyun asked as he sit next to Chan Neul.

"No.." Chan Neul replied. Her eyes didn't move from the same spot as her mind didn't stop thinking.

"What are you looking at?" Baekhyun asked. He looked at the same spot she looked at but he found noting interesting.

"I'm sorry about last night, Chan Neul. I didn't meant to kiss you just like that. It's my inner demon who eager for your closeness.." Baekhyun said in soft tone and Chan Neul's eyes widened after something clicked on her mind.

"Could your inner demon controlled you when you're asleep?" Chan Neul asked in low tone, more like a whisper and that time, Baekhyun's eyes widened.

"I-it c-couldn't be.." Baekhyun gasped. His gaze shifted to his hands.

Everything makes senses now.

The red stained on his knuckle. The battle with his inner demon last night. Does his demon controlled him when he's asleep?

But why would his demon hurt his own mate?

Chan Neul's mind buzzed.

If King Brooke didn't do this to her, then it was Baekhyun's demon.

If the message "He'll be the next" is not from King Brooke then it must be from Baekhyun's demon and his demon try to get rid of Baekhyun himself?

"What do you meant Baekhyun might do that to you?" A fierce voice asked from their back.

Both Chan Neul and Baekhyun's mind stop working and they turns their head to see D.O who had his eyes glowing in fuming red.

"K-kyungsoo…" Baekhyun stand up and face D.O nervously. Baekhyun was so clueless and nervous until he called him by his real name.

"You did that to Chan Neul?!" D.O asked in fierce tone as he take a step forward while Baekhyun take a step backwards.

"I-I.. I d-don't know-w" Baekhyun stuttered. He was frightened of himself too. If he couldn't control his demon, he should locked himself in a room, away from others.

"I know your demon was powerful but you let him wins over Chan Neul?!" D.O asked and in a speed of light, he's already in front of Baekhyun. D.O pushed Baekhyun to the wall and choking him by his collar.

"Baekhyun!" Chan Neul shouted as she run to D.O.

"Appa, stop!" Chan Neul try to pulls D.O's hands away from Baekhyun but her soft hands fails.

"I know you could fight me back. I felt your demon around here. Fight me, Baekhyun!" D.O exclaimed in challenging tone, chocking Baekhyun more.

"I won't.. Fight you.. Bro-ther..." Baekhyun gasped for air.

D.O's grip on Baekhyun's neck loosened after he uttered the words.

"Hyung!" Kai and Sehun immediately pulled D.O away from Baekhyun while Lay, Kris and Suho checked on Baekhyun who collapsed on the floor while gasping for a huge amount of oxygen.

"Are you o-okay?" Chan Neul's voice cracked as she kneeled in front of Baekhyun.

Their glassy eyes meets each other and they stared at each other eyes for a moment before Baekhyun decided to get up by himself.

"I'm sorry, Chan Neul." Baekhyun said apologetically with pained voice tone and walked away.

"Baekhyun, wait!" Lay shouted.

"Let him go.." Suho pulled Lay's arms before he could ran after Baekhyun.

Baekhyun ran upstairs and locked himself in his bedroom.

Suddenly, a man appeared in his room.

It was King Brooke by himself, standing proudly in his room.

"Baekhyun.. Baekhyun.." King Brooke shook his head and smirk plastered on his lips.

"What do you want?!" Baekhyun yelled in frustration.

"You hurt Chan Neul, Baekhyun…" King Brooke said as his smirk widened.

"You sworn that you'll protect her but you hurt her by your own, bare hands." King Brooke said teasingly.

"No! I didn't hurt her!" Baekhyun shouted as tears formed in his eyes. He didn't want to believe that he, himself had hurt Chan Neul.

"Baekhyun, look at your hands, I could still see her blood on your hands." King Brooke said. Baekhyun know it was just his illusion, that it was one of King Brooke's mind games but seeing Chan Neul's blood on his hands make he had urge to puke as his stomach churned.

"No, I didn't do it! I didn't do it!" Baekhyun cried as he collapsed, kneeling on the floor as frustration and guilty builds in him.

King Brooke left in a blink of eye and the blood on Baekhyun's hands vanished.

***

CHAN NEUL POV

"What had you done?!" I asked angrily to D.O.

"What?" D.O asked me back as he shot a glare. Although his eyes changes to normal colour, he still looked at me furiously.

"It's not Baekhyun's fault!" I shouted.

"Calm down, shouting will not help your wound" Lay advised but it's too late because I already felt my bandage soaked with my blood.

"Why would you side with him?! He's the one who did that to you!" D.O shouted.

"I know he'll not do that to me! I thought you know Baekhyun more than I do. I'm so disappointed with you." I said in disappointment and walked upstairs. I stop walking when D.O spoke out, my back was facing him.

"Chan Neul, you don't know how his demon works. Once he found something to play, he'll play until you’re dead." D.O muttered and thinking how ridiculous D.O sounds, I slammed the door shut

***

It had been 3 days since Baekhyun locked himself in his room.

He didn't want to get out nor listened to anyone. By the time, my wound already recovered.

It was 10 in the morning and I was busy preparing foods for Baekhyun even though I know Baekhyun wouldn't eat it. Sometimes, I think he eat late at night in secret because there's no way for a human to survive without food and drinks for straight 3 days!

Wait, he's a demon, I forgot ..

I was about to bring the tray of food to upstairs but somebody spoke out behind of me.

"Where do you think you're going with that tray of food?" D.O asked. His voice was still sharp and fierce like these past days.

I look at D.O like it was the most stupid question in the earth.

"Don't you dare to get into his room. Let anyone else do that." D.O said when he know where I'm going to bring that foods to.

"Why not me?" I asked back. My eyebrows arched.

"Why you didn't let me meet my own mate?" I gritted my teeth as I bawled my fist. This is the first time I called Baekhyun as my mate, my only mate.

"Chan Neul, just listen to D.O." Kai said softly to stop both of us from fighting.

I looked at Kris and Suho for help but they just shook their head.

I put the tray of food on the table harshly.

"I'll just go to my room then." I said and stormed upstairs.

I stopped in front of Baekhyun's room. His room was silent, too silent that it made me worried about him, so much.

"I know you didn't do that, Baekhyun." I said in low tone.

"I'll clean your name. I'll find the proof that you didn't do anything wrong." I added then get into my room.

It was the first time I get into my room after the incident. D.O let me sleep in the guest room for the past days because I'm not ready to get into this room.

I could still smell the scent of metallic blood in the room, giving me slight headache. I pinched the bridge of my nose and rubbed my temple when the scent begin stronger.

As I walked around my room, my eyes caught a glimpse of something shining on my table by the help of sunlight across the window.

And I definitely know and so familiar with it.