"bye Jaeminnie hyung! I have to go to school now." Jeno smiles while waving goodbye at the elder.

"Bongsik already ate, you can do anything you want, hyung. This is your place now too!" He adds, pausing at the doorway with his hands occupied– one holding the strap of his backpack while the other was on the doorknob.

Jaemin only hums as he nodded firmly, said cat was making herself comfortable on the couch as she lets out a small meow at her owner.

The brunet beams and waves at her this time, "bye-bye my baby! I'll be back later, be good to Jaemin hyung." He said before he gasps a little and rushes back in his apartment.

Jaemin raised a brow but blinks once when Jeno runs up to him and kisses his cheek, "bye-bye again hyung, see you after school!" He giggles before running off outside, shutting the door behind him.

He stood there a little flustered, sighing to himself as he snaps out of it and turns to head towards Jeno's bedroom.

"You like him."

A voice said, freezing Jaemin's steps as the vampire boy slowly turns to look at the direction of the voice he assumes is coming from. Eyebrows furrowed in confusion when he didn't saw anyone.

"Over here vampire boy." The voice said again.

And that's when Jaemin was definitely weirded out now.

"Did you just–"

"Yep, Jeno Lee's beloved cat, Bongsik, is talking to you loud and clear with the same language you speak." The feline said in confirmation.

Jaemin stares at her, trying to put the pieces together as to why Jeno's pet cat is talking to him. Does the boy even know his cat can talk?

Noticing how confused he was, Bongsik rolled her eyes at him while she sways her tail slowly. "Man, I thought you knew, Jaemin."

"What?" The vampire boy blurts out.

"That I can talk? Hello? You're a vampire, and I literally gave you some signals with the times we made eye contact. Did you not get them?" The cat said, getting annoyed.

Jaemin slowly shook his head, "uh... No..." Was that why Bongsik grew attached to him easily than she was with Jeno's friends? And eye contact? Jaemin just thought the cat was being weird.

Meowing slowly, the cat rolls on her back before she gently jumps off the couch. "Guess you didn't notice my threats, but anyways–"

"Wait, how are you talking? Does Jeno know you can talk?" Jaemin stops her with a few questions he has in mind.

The cat halts and sits down on the ground, before beginning to lick her right paw clean. "I expected for a high class vampire like you to have known by now. Must say, I'm sort of disappointed, your highness."

Jaemin widens his eyes and shushes her with a hiss, his fangs showing off as a warning.

The feline just rolled her eyes again, pausing to blankly look at him. "I'm a familiar, Jeno's grandma gave me to him as a birthday present. And no, he doesn't know anything about his grandma being a witch and me basically protecting him."

"Protecting him..."

"Yes, protecting him. Are you seriously that oblivious? His grandma gave me to him as a present for a reason, especially after his parents' history." She retorts.

"What? Wait..."

"Jesus, you know what? Go grab your things from your old place and talk to that Yangyang guy, he seems to have more knowledge than you." Bongsik huffs and stands back up to slowly go in Jeno's bedroom.

"But I'm... I'm curious, what– what happened?" Jaemin calls out, hesitant as he stares at the talking cat.

Bongsik turns her head over her body and meows, "I think it'll be better if I tell both of you at the same time," she said sternly.

Understanding what she meant, Jaemin pursed his lips as the feline stares at him weirdly. "Well? Go on then, go grab your things or something, I don't know
I'll be in here taking a nap all day."

Heading inside Jeno's room, Jaemin processes what just happened and sighed deeply, why does he even care? Jeno has a talking cat, so what?

And said cat– wait hold on a minute.

"Hey! And by the way, no! I don't like Jeno!" He screams back from the living room, just now recalling what the cat had just said to him earlier as her first words.

He only heard an annoyed meow in return before he huffs and finally decides to leave.

"My dear soulmate, have fun in our now– hehe~ shared apartment, and take care of my baby!"

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"You like him."

"For fucks sakes, can you shut up?" Jaemin groans and rubs his temples.

"What poked his fangs before he got here? Bitch looks like he hasn't eaten for days– ohh~ I get it," Hendery slowly smirks teasingly.

"You're mad because Jeno didn't let you feed yourself, good, you deserve it." He said boldly.

Jaemin grits his teeth and hisses at him, Yangyang sighs and clasp his hands together to gain their attention. "Not the main point right now, Hendery. Get back to the topic or just shut up okay?" He glares.

Hendery huffs as Yangyang adds off, "and besides, I'm sure Jeno lets Jaemin feed himself. That's literally what he wants, maybe Jaemin over here just wussed out and didn't ask consent, which left him to do nothing." He sneers.

"I'm leaving." Jaemin threatens as he looks up at his friends with a scowl.

"Upset to hear the facts?" Yangyang crosses his arms with a grin.

"They're not facts, they're assumptions. Bold of you guys to do by the way." Jaemin retorts at them, getting all defensive.

Yangyang tilts his head, "oh yeah? Then tell us what really happened then." He challenges.

Jaemin, of course, did as told. Glaring holes at his friends' heads while he spoke.

"I was too tired and he has school, obviously I didn't want him to pass out. Not like I care, but I don't want to meet his friends again for the meantime, they're as annoying as Draculara is."

"Draculara's–"

"Shut up," Jaemin interrupts Hendery with a low tone, a sign for the latter to actually be serious and shut his mouth.

"And then we slept, in separate beds." He adds the last part slowly to highlight his words and not receive any teasing afterwards. "The end."

Yangyang rolled his eyes, "okay yeah whatever, but main topic for today is about you liking him–"

"And I should leave now, goodbye." Jaemin stands up abruptly, the old wooden chair squeaks as it was pushed backwards from the force.

"Hey! Don't wuss out now!"

"Fuck off, and just leave my bags outside Jeno's window or at the rooftop." Jaemin yells at them without turning his head back to look.

"Is he really running away from his problems? So not Na Jaemin." Hendery comments, watching his friend's figure walking off.

Jaemin heard him and yells once again for them to hear, "I'm not running bitch, and I don't have any problems to run off from."

Yeah... His friends doubt him.

"Pup, on second thought, I don't want to meet yours and my own friends for the time being."