Yep so remember how 2 chapters disappeared? The confession chapters that I spent a long time on? I'm posting them via blogpost so I don't have to take down and repost chapters. SO HERE'S BOTH PARTS OF THE CONFESSION CHAPTERS~

Part 1:

Sunggyu looked over his notes once more. He looked inside his bag, making sure all the things he would need were there.

A knife, multiple candles, chalk, rope--just in case, a few strands of your hair, matches.

Sunggyu looked up at the sky. The sun would be setting in a few hours. He whipped out his phone and dialed a number. "Taemin? It's happening. Tonight. Make sure you text me when everyone's asleep."

Taemin squeezed his eyes shut, trying to keep his voice from shaking or anything. "Okay. I will. But...can I ask you a question?"

"What?" Sunggyu sounded irritated.

"Is what you're going to do...is it going to hurt Elise in any way?"

"Not a bit."

Taemin couldn't tell if he was lying or not. He hoped he wasn't. He in another silent breath. "Okay."

"Bye." The line clicked off.

Taemin tossed his phone on his bed and ran down the stairs, nearly falling into Baekhyun on the way. Baekhyun stopped him. "Whoa there. You okay?"

Taemin shook his head. "It's tonight. He confirmed it. Tonight."

Baekhyun's eyes widened a tiny bit. He set his jaw and nodded once. They had expected it to be tonight, but hadn't been completely sure. Now they were. He went with Taemin down the stairs.

"We have to get ready," Suho said in a calm, even tone. "Everyone, be on your guard. Someone call Hoya."

You looked at the wolves in slight confusion. "What's happening tonight?"

Chanyeol knelt down in front of you, taking your hands in his. "Sparky, remember how we said that something was happening, but we couldn't tell you?" You nodded.  "It's going to happen tonight." He smiled at you. "But don't worry. We'll protect you. Trust your wolves, araso?"

You bit your lip and nodded. "Of course. Are you guys going to get hurt?"

"If everything works, nope. Don't worry, Sparky." Chanyeol kissed your forehead.

"Can I help?"

He chuckled. "No need. Do you doubt us that much?"

"No, but I still want to help."

"Of course you do." He smiled affectionately at you, ruffling your hair lightly before going back to where he was sitting.

Lay and Sehun, who were on either side of you, claimed your hands, squeezing them reassuringly. Sehun pecked your cheek. "Everything will be fine," he whispered, giving you an eye smile. "I promise."

You nodded, feeling assured and safe. You rested your head on Sehun's shoulder, shutting your eyes. He rested his head on yours as well, tracing patterns on your hand with his thumb.

♦-†-♥-†-♦

"It's possible...isn't it?" Kris asked the six boys that were in their living room.

Dongwoo nodded sadly. "We've been researching. We found the spell in one of our books. But pages had been torn out. We couldn't find instructions or reversals anywhere."

"I'm so sorry," L said quietly. "If this weren't for that damn journal--"

"Don't blame yourselves," Suho said. "It's okay. You both know that she's ours."

Hoya and L nodded, looking at the ground. Sungjong cleared his throat. "So...where is Elise?"

"She's upstairs with Chen," D.O. answered. The sorcerers nodded, and an awkward silence fell over everyone.

"So..." began Xiumin. "Isn't Sunggyu wondering why you guys aren't at the dorms or whatever?"

"We told him we all had schedules," said Woohyun.

"All of you but him?"

"He told us he had one later tonight anyway. Of course he was lying--he's going to come here."

"Will he be able to come though?" Taemin asked. "He couldn't get past Elise's protection spell."

"He doesn't have to be on the property," said Sungyeol. "Just within a mile radius. He'd do it in the dorms if we didn't live six miles away."

Another awkward silence.

"So..." said Woohyun with a grin. "Seen any good movies lately?"

A few people chuckled, happy he lightened the mood a bit. They got into conversations on sports and movies, almost as if someone wasn't planning to try and ruin their happiness and reason for living.

Just...

Almost.

"How long do we have?" Tao asked Taemin.

Taemin shrugged. "I'll give it an hour."

"Okay. I think we should all get five minutes with her...just in case." Tao looked down. All of the wolves tensed up. They were still certain they'd love you no matter what, but you never knew what else Sunggyu could have up his sleeve.

Suho took a deep breath. "Sounds good. Someone go tell Chen. Since he's already up there, let him have his turn first."

♦-†-♥-†-♦

You and Chen looked up as Tao came into the room. He muttered a few words to Chen, who nodded solemly. Tao smiled a little bit at you before exiting the room.

Chen took a deep breath, playing with your fingers. "We're all going to get five minutes with you before it all starts. My turn first." He gave you a crooked smile. "Mei mei...I've always liked you. From the first moment I saw you, you were like nothing I'd ever seen before. You were practically glowing to me. I guess I should've taken that as my first sign that I was meant for you." He chuckled to himself, embarrassed. Chen looked at you shyly before continuing.

"That feeling only grew as we moved in. I felt myself falling deeper and deeper. At times it was like I was drowning or something. But the difference is, I didn't  mind. You were my oxygen in the midst of everything, and I don't regret falling in love with you. I don't regret being Bonded to you. And if I had the choice of who my mate was, I'd choose you."

"Chen--" you started, but he put a finger on your lips.

"Let me finish. Haruma Elise. I love you. I love you with all my heart." He leaned forward and kissed you lightly. It was the sweetest kiss he'd ever given you, and it left you breathless and blushing. He smiled crookedly. "Okay. Now I'm done." He looked up as the door opened and Xiumin came in. Chen kissed your cheek. "See you later mei mei."

Xiumin sat down across from you, taking Chen's place. He had a goofy smile on his face, but you found it adorable. He rubbed the back of his neck, not really knowing how to start. "I kind of don't know what to say right now," he admitted. "I'm not very good with...nice words. But when it comes to sarcasm, I can write a whole speech. Guess I'll still try though."

Xiumin laced his fingers through yours. "Well, I guess I'll start from where I started liking you. Remember that day when we made the snowmen, and Chen Bonded to you?" You nodded, smiling fondly at the memory. "I can remember looking at you. At when I looked at you, I saw...God, this sounds cheesy. But...I saw a snow angel. I swear. You just looked so beautiful, a natural blush in your cheeks with snowflakes caught in your eyelashes." Xiumin smiled softly, running a thumb over your cheek lightly. "I have a hard time getting close to people, but you had no problem taking the lead to get close to me. And I thank you for that." He leaned in to peck your lips lightly. "I guess I just want to say...I love you. I'm in love with you, and nothing can change that."

You nodded, speechless and touched at his words. Finally, you found your own words. "I love you too gege. Nothing can change that either."

Xiumin chuckled, pecking your lips again when someone knocked on the door. "Guess that's my cue to leave." Flashing you one more grin, he let Lay in.

Lay shyly smiled at you before kissing your forehead. "Um...I don't really know what I'm supposed to say. Oh! Before I Bonded to you...I never really gave you a proper confession, did I?"

You chuckled and shook your head. "I don't think any of you did actually."

He beamed. "Well, then. It's now or never. Haruma Elise, I like you." He turned a little red in the face. "Or, more than that, I think it's safe to say that I love you. I'm so deeply in love with you that I don't know what to do with myself. I've loved you since we moved in with you. It's like, you're my sun. The center of my universe. I can't help but think about you all the time. You're just..." Lay sighed a little bit, gazing at you with a loving gaze. "You're my everything. So, Haruma Elise...will you be mine?"

You smiled. "I will be. I love you, Zhang YiXing." You leaned forward and he met you half-way, pressing his lips against yours.

Next, Kris came in. He smirked at you. "Look at you sitting here like a good girl. Do you know what I'm supposed to say to you?"

You shrugged. "Say whatever you want. Whatever's on your mind. I'll listen. I'm a good listener you know." You flashed him a grin.

He suddenly turned serious. "Okay then. I want you to listen to me. Don't say anything until I'm done, okay?" Tilting your head slightly, you nodded. He chuckled. "Good. Well. How about I tell you a story? It's a happy story, a love story. It's about a boy who was a player." He tucked a strand of hair behind your ear. "He was a player probably since his last year of middle school, when he lived in Canada. He liked to play with girls, liked to see them blush and fiddle and confess to him, ask him out. It continued when he moved back to China, shortly after he changed into a wolf for the first time. See, boys like him...they change into a wolf on the first full moon after their sixteenth birthday. He kept playing with girls hearts. He had friends that did this too, ones that lived with him and ones that lived in Korea. Well, until something happened." Kris looked you in the eyes.

"One of his friends from Korea had gotten bitten by a snake. A kind girl who lived nearby treated him without freaking out or breaking out the silver. Then she lived with the boys and cured them of their ways. Soon enough, all the boys fell in love with her and Bonded to her. Then the boys from China joined them. Our main character had met this girl a few times before. She never failed to amaze him. She wasn't like any other girl he'd met. She was a bit of an idiot. She could resist his charms and didn't try to act all cute in front of him. He watched his friends fall in love with her and Bond to her, all the while falling in love with her himself. And eventually, he Bonded to her too. And from that day on, his heart belonged to the girl. This is our love story, Haruma Elise. And I wouldn't have it any other way." He gave you a slow, romantic kiss. "You can talk now."

You lightly punched him. You were close to tears from the wolves. And you still had eight more to go. "Calling me an idiot," you muttered. "I graduated at the top of my class."

He chuckled. "That's my mei mei."

Tao came in after Kris. His eyes were shining, almost as if he was going to cry. You got up and went to him, worried. "What's wrong gege? Are you okay?"

Tao smiled softly, moving your hands from his face to lace his fingers with yours. "I'm perfectly fine. Just a little worried is all. But everything will be just fine. I promise. You want to know why?"

"Why?"

"Because I love you mei mei. I love you so much that I'll die to protect you."

You frowned. "Don't say that. You make that sound like it could be a possibility."

"It's not. But I would. My heart...it beats for you." He put your hands over his chest. "Since the very moment I saw you, it always beats so fast around you. Can't you feel it? This feeling...it was so weird for me. I'd never felt something this powerful, this amazing, this soft before I knew you. Honestly, I'm a little slow. It took me a while to figure out why it did this around you. And once I figured out why, I knew I didn't want it to stop. And that day when I kissed you...it's hard to explain that feeling." He chewed on his lip, as if searching for words. "I felt like if I didn't kiss you right then and there, I would explode. But the funny part is, when I did kiss you, I was certain my heart was going to explode. Do you feel that too, mei mei? Do you feel so nervous and happy every time I'm around you?"

You in a breath. "Every time. Sometimes I feel like I can't breathe."

He nodded eagerly. "Yeah. But I don't mind. I want it. I want to suffocate so long as I'm with you." He said the last part quietly as he leaned in to kiss you, slipping his tongue into your mouth before pulling back with a grin.

Luhan came in a few seconds after Tao left. He looked nervous, an anxious expression on his baby face. He smiled at you. "Hi mei mei."

"Hi Lulu ge."

"So...how am I supposed to start this?" He frowned to himself. "When I went with you to the ball when you stayed with us in China, I was thrilled. Because it meant I got to spend time with you alone. Well, alone meaning the rest of the guys weren't there. But I was also so nervous." Luhan laughed at himself, avoiding your eyes. "It's really silly. I, like the rest of us, was kind of a player in high school. Girls never made me nervous, never made me worry about how I looked. Then one girl comes into my life and suddenly, I don't just want to flirt with her. I don't want to play with her then dump her. No. I want so much more than that. As soon as I Bonded to you, it was like my plans were set in stone." He looked at you with intense eyes. "Want to know my plans?"

"Yes," you whispered, truely curious.

He smiled a tiny bit, inching closer and closer to you as he spoke. "I want to spend my whole life with you. And in that life, I want us to be one. I want us to have a beautiful child. It'll be a girl, and she'll have your beautiful eyes and my nose. We'll raise her together, the other guys helping us maybe. Our daughter will have children of her own, and we'll grow old together. We'll spend our lives happily and love each other the whole time. Because I'm so in love with you, and I can't imagine loving anyone else. Will you accept my heart, mei mei?"

Your breath caught in your throat. "Only if you'll accept mine."

"Deal," he said against your lips before pressing them together. He pulled back, pecking your lips once more before standing back up.

Your heart was pounding, as if you were going to have a heart attack.

And you still had six more wolves to go.

Part 2:

D.O. came in after Luhan left with a small smile on his face. "Hey, baby doll."

You grinned. "Hey, Kyungie oppa."

"I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing that come from your lips," he confessed. He tilted your chin up to him, your bottom lip with his thumb. "Actually, I don't think I'll get tired of your lips either." As if to prove his point, he pressed his lips against yours sweetly. "I'll never get tired of anything about you, because you're always surprising me." D.O. grinned against your lips. "And I'm sorry for all the teasing I put you through. I'm sorry if I make you mad. I just have a hard time expressing myself, and I don't know what to do with myself half the time. Maybe you deserve a better mate."

You laced his fingers with yours. "Don't say that," you murmured. "I'll never get tired of you."

He chuckled, his warm, sweet breath ghosting against your lips. "Good. Because I don't plan on leaving you. Ever. I'm afraid you're stuck with me, baby doll. Until our hair turns gray and we're too old to sit in our rockers." Even though he said that though, he smiled at the thought of spending his whole life with you. "But I don't mind. I don't mind getting old, so long as I can be with you. If it's you, anything's worth it. I'd give up anything and everything for you. Because I love you. I just love you so much, and sometimes I don't know what to do with myself." He pressed a kiss to your forehead.

It was a bit odd. D.O. was the type that liked the passionate, heated kisses. So for him to simply kiss your forehead after spilling his heart forth, it was a bit odd for him. But at the same time, it clearly showed his love. And in a way, it was rather amazing. Because you could feel all the emotions, all the love, in that one simple kiss. From that, you could tell how much you loved him as well.

Sehun came in next. He smiled cutely at you, hopping on the couch next to you. Then his smile slowly faded as he got serious. He took both of your hands in his, and biting his lips nervously. He glanced at you, almost shyly. "Well...um, jagi. I know that I'm possessive. I know that I whine a lot, and act like a child. I know I'm not really manly, and prefer to act cute. But I do it for my own reasons. I'm protective of what's mine, so I never want to let go of it. I whine and act like a child for your attention, because I want you to take care of me. I even act cute because I know you like it, even though I'm older than you and everything. Sometimes I get mad at myself because of it." He frowned.

"I wish I could be cool and handsome for you. I wish I had a lot of charisma, like Kris hyung. I can change for you, if you want. Because you're worth it, jagi. You're worth the whole wide world. And I'll be anything for you." Sehun looked at you, his chocolate eyes probing yours. "So, if you want me to be cool and handsome from now on, I'll do it. I'll stop acting cute, and I'll take responsibility for every mistake I make. Because I love you so, so much." He nodded.

"Pabo," you muttered, caressing his face in your hands. "I love you the way you are, silly. From your cute lisp to your possessive side. I find your whining cute, though sometimes I admit it can get annoying. If you weren't how you are now, I never would've fallen in love with you."

He brightened. "Chincha?" You smiled and nodded. Sehun beamed at you and leaned down to capture your lips. "My heart is yours, jagi. I'm leaving it here with you for good. You've knocked down all of my walls, and I will never regret letting them fall. So take good care of my heart, okay?"

Kai's turn was next. He smirked at you. "Why hey there, Little Red Riding Hood. Tired of everyone declaring their love for you yet?"

You grinned, rolling your eyes before turning serious. "To be honest... I don't think I'll ever get tired of it."

"Good. Because I still need to declare my own love for you." Kai flashed a gorgeous smile at you. "I'm positive you don't know this, but when I first met you, I thought you were a know-it-all who was only going to make our lives hell. That is, until I snuck into your bed that one night. I'm sure you remember that. You yelled at Baekhyun and me so loud I thought I went deaf."

"What changed?" you asked softly.

"Well, that night, I held you in my arms for the first time. You know, mostly just to piss you off. But when I had you in my arms, you just felt so right. You fit in my arms perfectly, like we were puzzle pieces." He glanced down at his arms, biting his bottom lip before looking back up at you. "Do you feel like that too, Red? Do you feel like you were meant to be in my arms, or any of the others'?"

"Some of you feel more natural than others," you admitted.

"And me? Do I feel natural?"

"Yes," you replied truthfully.

He flashed a smile at you, wrapping his arms around you. "Good. Because if I know one thing for sure, it's that I love you. I love you so much it hurts when I'm not with you. I just...I'm hopelessly in love with you. But I don't mind. And that night when I Bonded to you...God, you just looked so beautiful. Like a goddess or something that was sent down from the heavens." He kissed the top of your head, sighing in content. "I know I'm not too good with words. The others' confessions probably lasted the whole five minutes, right?" He sighed. "Let's just stay like this until the time's up."

Soon enough, Baekhyun walked in, ending the time. But somehow, even though Kai had one of the shortest confessions, it was undeniably sweet, and every word carried with it the power of his love.

Baekhyun immediately wrapped his arms around you. "Can we just stay like this while I talk?" He felt you nod, so he smiled and continued. "You know Angel Eyes...you really are an angel. I mean that every time I say it. I swear. You're so kind, smart, and warm-hearted. Well, you're also sarcastic and stubborn, but somehow every single imperfection you have...they all make you so perfect. So utterly perfect it leaves me speechless. And each time I see you, I keep finding more and more reasons that you're perfect. A lot of the time I wonder if I'm even deserving of your love, of having you. Like somewhere in the back of my mind, I'm almost convinced this is all some wonderful dream I've fallen into. But then I see you, and I know my mind's not capable enough of creating someone as amazing and wonderful as you." He kissed your head again.

"I love you so much Angel. My angel. My baby. My one and only. My oxygen. My reason for living. My mate. My love. My everything. And every single part of me, Angel...it belongs to you. From the moment I Bonded to you, I have my heart up to you. It's in your care, so be careful and please don't break it," he whispered into your ear before pulling back to peck your lips once, twice, three times.

Suho was next. Somehow you just knew that Chanyeol would be last.

Suho flashed you his angelic smile. It never failed to make your heart flutter. "Hello yeobo," he greeted. "How are you feeling?"

"Loved," you answered with a half-smile.

"Ready to feel even more loved?" He grinned, his cheeks lightly tinted red. "I'm sorry. That was cheesy."

You chuckled and shook your head. "Ani. Go on."

"Hm..." Suho thought for a moment. "Well, I guess I'll do what most of the others have probably done, and start from the beginning. Back in high school, I was pretty much trapped in my own world. Though really it was so small, it was more like a bubble. I was smart, I was good-looking and I knew it, and there were countless stupid girls that would surround our stupid table. Now I wish I had pushed them aside. Because then I would've seen you, yeobo." He bit his lip for a moment. "If I had seen you before, known you before, the rest of my high school life wouldn't have been the way it was. I wouldn't have been such a jerk to people. I wouldn't have made fun of people." Suho looked at you, his gaze warm and tender. "You've changed me for the better, yeobo."

He looked away as he brought up another subject. "The night, when you were in the hospital, the night I Bonded to you, it's hard for me to explain the feelings I was having. I was so scared. I didn't want to lose you, and it was almost as if I were the one in pain. You know, maybe it's a Bond thing or maybe it's just because I love you, but it seems to me that every time you're stressed, or scared, or in pain, so am I. And I can't help but wish that I could trade places with you. That way you wouldn't have to hurt. Because I'll take the hurt for you any day, yeobo. I'd do it, and not regret a thing." He looked away from you for a moment.

"You know the weirdest thing? That night, I stayed behind, as you know. I told the others it was because I was the leader and it was my responsibility. But looking back on it now, I think I kind of lied. It was because of that, but there was something more. I was drawn to your bedside like a moth to a flame. I guess part of me knew that I was destined to belong to you, even though at first I didn't want to. But fate had other plans, didn't it? But that's okay. I'm yours, Haruma Elise." Then Suho leaned in and gave you the most romantic kiss he's ever given you.

Then last of all was Chanyeol. He sat down next to you like the others had, and took one of your hands in his. Right now, it was just you and him.

"You know, Sparky, I've been Bonded to you for nearly two years now. It seems like a long time if you say it, but thinking back, and remembering it, time flew by. I watched you every day--I know that sounds creepy--and every day I had this overwhelming urge to just hold you and kiss you. It hurt, sometimes, when I didn't. I've already told you why I didn't; I was a coward. I was afraid of being judged by the guys, afraid of being an outcast." He tore at his hair with one hand. "But dammit, I shouldn't have cared. It hurt to see you at lunch by yourself. I could never tell why people didn't like you. To me, you were--you are--the most amazing person that exists." He swallowed and took a deep breath.

"I really wish that I had just gone ahead and kissed you, or something. Things would've been easier that way." Chanyeol glanced at you. "But then again, love's not supposed to be easy, is it? You have to work for it, otherwise you're not really in love. And I can tell you every single second of struggle was worth it for you." He raised your hands to his chest, and you could feel his heart fluttering under your hands. "You feel that, Sparky? Do you feel my heart? Sometimes I'm almost certain you can hear it pounding in my chest every time you're just in the same room as me. This heart you feel, it's beating for you." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before looking at you again.

"Haruma Elise," he started. "I love you, and I'll love you until the day I die. And if there's a life after that, I'll love you then. And even until the day I draw my last breath, I will be by your side. Even when my heart stops beating, it's still yours. All I can hope is that you'll accept my feelings."

"Of course I accept," you whispered. The wolves had made you breathless, so a whisper was all you could manage.

Chanyeol gave you a long kiss before standing and taking your hand. He led you downstairs, and as soon as you looked at your wolves, and your friends, you just knew.

Whatever was happening, it was going to start.

Now.