The date went amazingly well. No, it went suspiciously well. Nothing supernatural appeared and nothing annoying happened. Donghae was a really nice guy and after he made her that parfait, he invited her to the grand opening on Monday.

Unfortunately, everyone came along.

“There are so many people in here.” Myungsoo wasn’t feeling well. “I think I’m getting crowd sick.” He was embarrassing Ra Hee. She glanced at him and quickly walked further into the crowd.

“How come is it so popular?” Baekhyun was really curious. The store wasn’t big, it was medium sized. But there were so many girls and old ladies. It felt like they came especially for the employees.

“They’re looking for staff so they will have an interview with a few of them.” Baekhyun turned and stared quizzically at his best friend.

“How do you know that?” Chen pointed at a pretty big sign hanging on the window. Baekhyun bit his lip and looked to the side. “Oh, look!”

He pointed at something in the crowd and Chen turned towards that. Baekhyun ran away from there and from his own shame. Chen chuckled.

“Just because I go with it doesn’t mean I’m stupid.” He glanced over his shoulder and saw someone trying to sneak in the kitchen. “Hey! Yoongi, that’s not allowed in here!” The demon froze and hurried out of there.

“Ra Hee!” She heard Donghae say her name and instantly tidied herself. There were many peope and she didn’t want to look bad or make him look bad. “How is it?”

“Crowdy.” He laughed. “But it seems everyone likes it. I saw you’re looking for staff, as well.” He nodded. “How is that going? Do you have enough time?” He chuckled and rubbed his neck.

“Not well. With the amount of people who came, I kind of lost my partner. He is in charge of the interview.” She her lips and nodded. That was hard. She knew how it felt to be alone and have everyone gather around you for this or that. “I think we might have to postpone it for tomorrow.” He sighed and swayed nervously from one foot to the other.

“Do you want some help with the customers?” He didn’t want to be mean but she didn’t seem to be very good at the counter. “Oh, not me! I came with a few friends and I’m sure they will be more than happy to help.” Donghae raised an eyebrow. Well, it worth the chance.

“Have you seen the guy from the counter?”

“He’s so handsome! And stylish.”

“I know right?”

“I will certainly bring my daughter next time.”

Ra Hee smirked evilly while she was leaning against the back door. She was in the back, watching the girls ogling their eyes at Myungsoo and Taehyun’s good looks. Baekhyun and Chen were in front of the store, gathering more people from the street and showing off their charms while Yoongi was standing close to the window, doing nothing.

“I am amazed.” Donghae was a little surprised. “You only have friends who are boys.” She chuckled. He had no idea. “Should I feel threatened?”

She froze.

He froze.

“I mean-“

“You shouldn’t.” He blinked. She wasn’t facing him, thankfully. She could feel her cheeks getting red. “They’re like younger and stupid brothers.” The boy nodded and smiled. “They get me in trouble more than you’d imagine but they’re very loyal.”

“That’s good to know.” She smiled softly while watching the demons being suspiciously nice and smiley. “Ra Hee,” Donghae gathered his courage in that moment for the big question. She seemed really nice and he would love to see her more. He wanted to ask her out. She turned and faced him, knowing exactly what he wanted. “Would you-“

“Donghae!” The young man his lips andclosed his mouth. His friend came over from the crowd and wrapped an arm around his shoulders. “Do you know what’s going on now?” Donghae glanced at Ra Hee and tried to tell her through his pleading eyes that he was sorry. She bit her lip in order not to laugh.

“You should start the interviews, Hyuk.” He was uncomfortable. Hyukjae interrupted his confession.

“I think we already found our employees!” He pointed at the two demons. Ra Hee raised an eyebrow and ran a hand through her hair. That wasn’t going to end well and she was already thinking of a reason why Myungsoo and Taehyun weren’t good for the job when they were obviously very good at it.

“Actually, those are Ra Hee’s friends. I’m sure they have their own jobs.” Hyuk glanced at the young woman and raised an eyebrow.

“So you’re Ra Hee, huh?” Donghae gulped. “I heard about you. A lot, actually.” She looked at the two men bemusedly. Boys were boys no matter the age. Donghae jumped in and came up with a lame excuse to get his friend out of there.

“You can tell them to stop. We will close in a few minutes and we’ll have our interviews.” She nodded and waved as they left through the back door. She shook her head and walked next to Yoongi. He had his arms crossed in front of his chest and wasn’t happy at all.

“Why are you so cranky?” He scoffed.

“Why are you happy?” He asked. She had no reason to except that older guy whom she met a few days ago and was just so perfect.

“I think we both know the reason.” Yoongi stared at her with his small and judging eyes.

“There’s my answer.” She rolled her eyes and leaned back. “Don’t you feel bad?”

“Should I? I’m not doing anything.” Yoongi glared at his commander. She was an idiot and everything was going to bite her in the , in the end.

“You know what I'm talking about, Ra Hee. I’m not stupid.” She narrowed her eyes at him and leaned over the table.

“Do I look bothered?” He copied her actions and leaned over the table towards her.

“I know what you’re doing. It doesn’t work on me.” She scoffed. “You are scum.” He continued.

That was it. Her eyes changed and the sloth demon could swear she was going to destroy the store. Fortunately, she didn’t. She suddenly started to feel this weird energy getting into her body. It was calming her down to the point where she was losing her energy. She actually fainted.

“What have you done?”

When Baekhyun entered and saw her unconscious, he immediately called Myungsoo.

Ra Hee was peacefully sleeping on her bed when Baekhyun entered her room. She was having a slight fever and he brought medicine, just in case. He jumped in surprise when he saw the familiar expressionless face.

“Oh, you scared me.” Seeing ghosts and demons was his childhood dream. Unfortunately, reality wasn’t exactly what he imagined. Seeing a sudden person in the room after he just turned around for a second to close the door was still scary. Sunggyu was standing next to her, watching her like a stalker. Baekhyun sighed and placed the medicine on the desk.

“Place the towel over her eyes. They’re going to burn when she wakes up.” Baekhyun did exactly as the demon instructed.

“So you’re still around.” Sunggyu didn’t say anything. “Wouldn’t it be easier if you’d just stay here, with her?” The greed demon looked at the human.

“You made a pact with the devil and she’s in charge of it.” Baekhyun looked at his forearm and sighed.

“You still didn’t answer me. Why did you leave?” The demon narrowed his already small eyes at Baekhyun but instead of being intimidated, the human chuckled. “You do realize we made bets, don’t you?” He sighed and turned his back on him. Baekhyun smirked and walked out of the room. However, right before he closed the door, he felt like he should tell him something. “I bet on you. Don’t disappoint me.” Sunggyu raised an eyebrow and chuckled.

An hour later, he was still next to her. He was holding her hand and was trying to look normal. The second person to enter wasn’t Baekhyun. It was Dongwoo.

“Oh. I didn’t expect someone to be here.” Sunggyu felt the human but didn’t feel like hiding himself. Dongwoo was just a human. However, Sunggyu’s small eyes didn’t go unnoticed. “You’re the Small Eyes guy, aren’t you? The one who left her.”

“I didn’t leave because I wanted to.” Dongwoo raised an eyebrow and walked on her left side. He sat down next to her and brushed the hair out of her eyes. She was a victim; or so it looked in Dongwoo’s eyes.

“Then why did you leave?” The greed demon was growing annoyed. That dinosaur faced human was asking too many questions.

“That doesn’t concern you.” Sunggyu glared at the human and left. Myungsoo raised an eyebrow when he saw the demon walk out of her room.

“Prince Charming! What an honor!” Sunggyu glared at him and pushed him against the wall. Myungsoo’s bemused expression didn’t waver at all. Actually, his eyes moved on Sunggyu’s wrist. The endless knot was shining brightly. It actually looked like it was on fire. “She’s dreaming of you.” Sunggyu glared at him before he disappeared.

When Dongwoo walked into the living room, he found Myungsoo laughing like crazy.

“That guy who just left was Ra Hee’s first love, wasn’t he?” Myungsoo stopped laughing and stared at Dongwoo.

“I wouldn’t say he was her first love. More like, the last one?” Dongwoo frowned. What was that supposed to mean?

“It’s an open relationship.” Yoongi scared the human. He appeared out of thin air. Myungsoo raised an eyebrow and got on his feet. Yoongi was talking nonsense.

“An open relationship?” Yoongi nodded excitedly. For him, it was better if Ra Hee wouldn’t end up with a human; or anyone for that matter.

Dongwoo left the apartment with a lot of new questions about Ra Hee and her love life. On the other side, Myungsoo shook his head disappointingly.

“We both know she will end up with the inheritor. That’s what happened before and it will happen again. The connection between the commander and the inheritor is way too high for humans to understand.” Myungsoo started.

“They call it the Red String. It’s about soul mates and bull like that.” Taehyun interfered. He went in the kitchen and passed Yoongi on the way. The shorter demon raised an eyebrow and noticed something weird at him.

“Your wrist is bleeding.” Taehyun froze. His wrist was bleeding, indeed. More exactly, Ra Hee’s sign was bleeding.

“That stupid idiot is pissing me off.” Taehyun knew what he was talking about. Only demons with her sign could feel it. Sunggyu acted out and used the connection to calm her down. That was hurting them more than hurting her.

She woke up two days later. Sunggyu was long gone and Baekhyun took his place next to her. But it was weird. The demon was there, he was still connected to her yet he was acting like a coward. Baekhyun was pacing around the room while Ra Hee was taking a shower. He fell on her chair and the laptop. He was a little freaked out of her desktop. It was a drawing of an anime character from Shingeki no Kyojin but a little modified. It looked a lot like how people were imagining demons.

He started to roll back and forth on the chair and actually enjoy his free time. He had Taeyeon whom he hadn’t seen in almost a week yet he still prefered Ra Hee over any other girl. It was weird for most women because he was interested in things that a majority of people didn't find attractive. And they didn’t even know he made a pact with the devil. Ha!

While still thinking about his sign on the forearm, he noticed something hanging out of her lowest drawer. He first checked the door. She wasn’t even out of the bathroom yet. He had enough time. Therefore, he pulled it out slowly so the paper wouldn’t break. He made a pitched noise that grabbed Myungsoo’s attention from the living room. He sighed in relief when Myungsoo didn’t come towards him.

“Let’s see...” His eyes widened and he was left speechless. The drawing was- he was- it was so shockingly amazing and his heart started to beat really fast.

Ra Hee entered her room yet Baekhyun ignored her completely. She raised an eyebrow in curiosity. He was standing in front of the window, staring out in the same way Sunggyu used to. She scanned the room, knowing that something happened. Baekhyun was the lousy type. He was silent only when he had secrets or he broke some rules.

Coincidentally, her eyes landed on her desk. There, in all its glory, was the drawing he found. She glanced at it before she grabbed it and walked towards her best friend.

“Who’s that?” He asked in a very cold voice.

“You.” He hoped she was going to lie but she didn’t.

“Why did you draw me?” She tilted her head to the side and clicked her tongue.

“Because you are the main character of my new story.” Baekhyun closed his eyes and took a shaky breath.

“Why am I your new main character? I thought you’re working on the sequel of Fallen.” She took a step closer.

“I am.” She grabbed his hand and placed the paper in it. “Angel’s time is over. I’m making the sequel after my connection to you.” Baekhyun sighed and turned to her. She was infuriating yet at the same time, that was quite an honor. “Dark times will come, Baek. They're closer than ever before. Maybe I will die, maybe I won’t. That’s not important. What is important is my legacy.” Baekhyun furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. “I’m making you my legacy.” He blinked.

“What?”

She chuckled and went to look for a cute and flowery dress. She wanted to go out and have a fun time. Suzy was in town with the old man and the rest of the crew. She missed them.

Baekhyun was still astonished.

“What?” He asked out loud for the second time. “How the heck am I legacy material?” She rolled her eyes and started to search for her phone. It became regular for her to forget where she was putting it. Or maybe it was Yoongi’s fault.

“I won’t have children and I’m definitely not going to marry the inheritor.” Baekhyun blinked quickly and glared at her.

“But I’m not your child!” She laughed and nodded.

“But you are the only person that I consider family. I’m sure I won’t have children, Baek. Just, accept it.” He gulped and suddenly, he felt that pressure in his chest again. He was doomed. She was making sure of it.

“Why won’t you have children?” She threw him a skeptical look. “What’s that face supposed to mean?” She walked in the living room and searched for her phone through the pillows on the couch. She smiled widely when she found it. “Ahn Ra Hee!” She rolled her eyes and to put her shoes on.

“We both know why. I’m not going to end up with a human. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m highly attracted to demons and vice versa.” Baekhyun stared questioningly at her.

“Is that your confession of love?” She scoffed and grabbed her jacket before she unlocked the front door.

“Take it as you want.” She smiled brightly and walked out. Baekhyun stomped his foot in annoyance.

“That’s not an answer!” He put a hand on his waist and ran the other hand through his hair. “Great. Now I’m all curious.” He hated the new Ra Hee.