I walked into the shopping center and there he was. He was standing near the escalators that were near the doors. He had his hoodie up and was holding what looked like two disposable cups. He looked in my direction and gave me a small smile. I made my way over to him and returned the gesture.

"Hey." He said.

"Hello there. Undercover I see?" I smirked. I don't know why I was so comfortable around this man. I completely forget that he is the prince and I should probably be a little bit more respectful, but he doesn't seem to mind anyway.

He simply snickered and handed me one of the warm paper cups as we walked further into the shopping center. The cup wasn't see through, so heck knows what I was holding.

"Thanks for the gesture, but may I ask what this is?" 

I took a swig of the warm drink and it didn't taste too bad to be honest, whatever the heck it was.

"My favourite, an Ichor Frappe." He said after taking a gulp of his drink.

Ichor? He means blood? Ew.

I spat it out at the nearest bin and handed him the drink.

"What the heck?! Blood? Freaking blood coffee?! That's revolting." I hissed.

He looked at me like I was stupid.

"You don't like blood? You're crazy! It's the best, especially as coffee." He lectured me with a playful smile.

"Don't like it? I despise it. Someone has died to give you that drink. They could have had a wife, husband, kids or anything and they are now dead. All because we stupid vampires need blood to survive." I scoffed. This was one subject that really got me rambled up.

He let out a small laugh and shook his head. That's when he gave me that smirk of his, as if he knew something I didn't.

"Ah.. You're one of those Dhamphirs eh?" He said.

"What's that supposed to mean? I wouldn't push it too much, I'm still pretty mad about this afternoon you know." I crossed my arms. He better watch his words.

He snickered at me. Why? I don't know. He sighed and looked into the air as if he was choosing his words carefully.

"One of those Dhamphirs that wish they could have just been born a human. The kind of Dhamphir that hates the vampire time limit. The kind of Dhamphir that feels like they have nothing to give to the vampire world. That's probably why you're such an introvert eh?" He smirked nudging my shoulder.

Does that mean there are other Dhamphirs that act like me? And he was right. If I haven't mentioned it before, Vampires can only spend 3 hours on earth or they can die. God, do I wish we didn't have that limitation.

"Well, you're right. I am one of those Dhamphirs. I never leave my house, so you should be honoured that I agreed to come here with you." I said.

He kissed his teeth and laughed a little. He was a pretty laid back guy. I mean considering he would be killed if he got caught hanging out with me. He must not be too worried I guess.

We walked around the shopping center for about an hour. He carried on drinking his cup of murder or whatever it was and I bought myself another drink that didn't contain a substance that was once pumped through someones arteries. My mind does wander to the strangest places.

He showed me his favourite stores and we just spoke about things in general. We didn't get into too much detail, just about how we live now and minor things like that. Majority of the time he was making some stupid joke about me and I was giving him my  sass in return. I just seemed to open up around this boy and even though we aren't even technically friends, he has made me feel more comfortable in one night than I have with anyone else in 10 years.

It was nearing closing time and most of the people had left the mall, apart from a group of teens and a few drunk business men. We decided to leave and he insisted that he walked me home since it aparently isn't safe outside late at night. I wouldn't know, I never stay out this late. Ever. 

As we exited a breeze hit my face and ran through my hair, it wasn't warm or cold. It was just fresh air, and I needed that.

We walked for a while in silence. It wasn't an awkward silence, it was comfy. I liked his presence. It's a shame we can't spend alot of time together. After all, We are only hanging out because Baekhyun felt bad about this afternoon. He might not want to talk to me ever again after tonight. I hope not.

We were walking down the street that lead to town. The street was filled with shops, which at this time were closed. No one was around, Atleast not that we knew of. It was beginning to get light out. Not light enough to kill, but the sun was dawning somewhere in the distance giving the sky a bittersweet shimmer.

"Do you believe in love at first sight?" Baekhyun piped up.

Did I? Have I ever? I don't know.

"I'm not sure.. Do you?" I asked.

He looked into the distance as if he was thinking about what to say.

"When I experience it, I'll believe it." He said.

That made me think about something I wanted to ask him about at the mall.

"Have your parent's found a suitor for you yet?"

He rolled his eyes and sighed deeply. I saw his shoulders slump as if the thought of women made him exhausted. 

"No, but I'm dreading the day they do. They keep holding these stupid dinner parties filled with these dumb girls that only want my parents riches. Not to mention that they are the daughters of my parents friends, so their parents are always trying to butter me up and pick their girl." He said with a dash of frustration in his voice. 

"So, what is your ideal girl?" I asked.

He paused. His face held a blank expression, almost as if he had no clue what to say.

"I guess... I don't know... Girls are... I don't know." He stuttered. He obviously has no intrest in relationships. Which is hard to believe since he must have had girls swooning over him his whole life. 

"When you meet her you'll know?" I asked.

"Yeah.. I guess so.." He sighed.

We began walking down and alleyway which lead straight to the front of my block. We started to hear chatter on the other side and that's when Baekhyun abruptly stopped.

"Stay there." He whispered holding my chest back so that I would stay. What the heck is he up to?

I stayed in the dark alley watching him jog to the other side. He smiled when he saw who was standing there and I could hear the chatter getting louder.

Baekhyun looked at me with a sense of apology. He turned back and smiled to whoever was there and spoke to them. I walked further on, curiosity getting the better of me, and peeked around the corner to see who was there. Baekhyun's eyes widened when he noticed I had gotten closer, almost revealing who I was. The obvious reason, because his friends were there. He didn't want them to know he was with me. What a prick.

I stepped back closer into the darkness and watched as his friends walked by fist bumping him and walking away with him. We didn't even say goodbye to each other.

But does it matter?

It would probably be fake. Just like this whole night has been.

Just like he is, and always will be.

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Hey there! Apologies for not updating over the christmas period, i was pretty busy, as we all are. I hope you all had a good christmas and if you dont celebrate christmas i hope you had a good day no matter what you was doing. I hope you guys ae enjoying this story and once again i really enjoy comments even if its just a simple comment i appreciate the time given to post it :) the next few chapters are going to have a little bit of action amd some romance i guess, dont worry baekyeol will happen soon guys! XD

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