~Chapter 3 – You're Meant Only for Me~

            Maybe it was more than instincts or bonds. Maybe the distance between attraction and affection weren't as far as they originally perceived it to be. Although it could all just be Minhyuk's yearning for something more. Despite the descent of the full moon on that night, Minhyuk hasn't begun his own descent from his happy bubble yet.

            Hyungwon recognized and accepted his wolf form with a smile. It was more than Minhyuk expected despite his attempts to keep his expectations low. Now it's made him slightly greedy, he wants to know more about Hyungwon. He wants to be able to give the same feelings of elation he feels to Hyungwon that the vampire has given him. In order to do this, Minhyuk realizes that he needs to learn more about vampire kind since he knows about as much about vampires as Hyungwon knows about werewolves which isn't much more than general knowledge mixed in with tidbits of fun facts.

            So when Hyungwon invites Minhyuk over to his place to watch a movie instead of going out for their next date, he's more than ready to squeeze every bit of vampire information out of Hyungwon that he can possibly get. Minhyuk shows up at Hyungwon's flat with an action movie in hand and a determined glint in his eyes that goes unnoticed by Hyungwon as the latter raises a brow at Minhyuk's questionable movie tastes.

            As Hyungwon puts the movie in, Minhyuk busies himself with pushing the coffee table closer to the sofa for more space. He grabs a bunch of Hyungwon's cushions from the couch to pile them onto the floor before diving on top of them himself. Hyungwon would roll his eyes but a happy Minhyuk was rather difficult to be exasperated with.

            With the movie starting, Hyungwon crawls over to where Minhyuk is laying face down on the cushions and pushes him over to steal one for himself. Minhyuk yips but relinquishes one of the cushions to Hyungwon before placing two other ones behind them so they could lean against the coffee table comfortably to watch the movie.

            Although Minhyuk's attention isn't even close to being on the movie. Instead the werewolf slowly starts to scoot closer to Hyungwon. The vampire in turn spares the other a sideways glance but chooses not to comment on it. Minhyuk takes it as an okay for him to sidle up to Hyungwon's side.

            The werewolf's ears twitch with stiffness. Minhyuk stares at Hyungwon with a tilt of his head.

            Hyungwon tries, he really does, to ignore Minhyuk's weird behavior but having a werewolf giving you puppy eyes with a wagging tail is a lot harder than Hyungwon would like to admit.

            "Yes Minhyuk?"

            "Hyungwon… I've been the only one showing you werewolf things lately," notes Minhyuk straightforwardly. Why be shy about it? Minhyuk wouldn't learn anything about Hyungwon if he tries to talk in circles before arriving to the point. "What are some cool vampire stuff you can tell me?"

            Hyungwon's eyes flicker away from the action movie's screen for a second before he shrugs, "Being a vampire isn't as interesting as being a werewolf."

            "To you maybe but I want to know stuff too," complains Minhyuk, "Like why are you able to go out in the sunlight?"

            "Sunscreen. Lots of it."

            Minhyuk's look of surprise is comical as he gasps like he just found out a huge secret, "Really?!" Minhyuk shifts so his nose is parallel to Hyungwon's shoulder and takes a few sniffs that edge closer to the vampire's neck. "I don't smell any sunscreen on you though. Is it a special scentless kind only vampires use?"

            Hyungwon pushes Minhyuk's head back so there's a little more breathing room between them. He can't help but laugh as he moves his fingers from Minhyuk's forehead to pull Minhyuk's cheek lightly, "No. I was just kidding. Vampires have outgrown that whole we'll die in the sunlight centuries ago. Our gene pool experienced a mutation and it became a dominant trait that got passed down. Now it's actually uncommon for us to burn in the sunlight."

            "Oh…" Minhyuk rubs his cheek where Hyungwon stretched the skin with a pout but his eyes twinkled with interest. The movie was entirely abandoned now that Minhyuk got Hyungwon successfully talking, although the vampire did his best to split his attention between both. "What about your fangs?"

            Hyungwon unconsciously smoothes his tongue across the two sharp and slightly protruding teeth at the mention of them, "What about my fangs?"

            Minhyuk tilts his head and leans a little closer to Hyungwon for a better look, "How do they work? They don't look very sharp."

            "That's because they're retracted right now. It's impractical to walk around with your fangs either poking your gums or scraping against your bottom teeth." Hyungwon pulls back a bit, he was slightly uncomfortable with Minhyuk's face so close to his fangs. Even if they were retracted, he doesn't want Minhyuk to do anything unexpected like reach out and poke them, they were still sharp retracted or not. Although today, for some unfathomable reason, seemed to be invade Hyungwon's personal space day for the werewolf.

            Minhyuk apparently didn't get the message though as he closed any gap Hyungwon opened. "Have you ever used your fangs?"

            The vampire almost wanted to roll his eyes. Everyone always asked this question. Although he can't blame Minhyuk since the latter wasn't really used to his kind; plus it wasn't like Minhyuk was asking rudely like some people he's encountered before. "Only to open store bought blood pouches since it's just easier that way but other than that no. I haven't bitten anyone to get their blood. Some of the older vampires, especially the Millennials, like to brag that biting the source and feeling the blood rush makes it more pleasurable than using the pouches but no one has time to go to all that trouble in this day and age. Plus the sources will hardly enjoy the sensation, the neck is sensitive, it hurts to have something as sharp as fangs sinking into skin."

            Without pause Minhyuk fires off another question, "Do you have a preference for what type of blood you drink?"

            Hyungwon raises a brow, "What's with so many questions today?"

            Minhyuk feels his cheeks warm, "I just want to know…"

            "It's not really all that interesting though is it?" Hyungwon was fairly sure Minhyuk wouldn't find this fun, it wasn't like vampires had something the equivalence to a full moon festival like werewolves did. "They're just typical vampire stuff you can read online."

            "No way!" Minhyuk's tail straightened in protest while his eyes widened at Hyungwon's verbal thoughts, "I'm really interested! The internet is full of lies. Besides it's not just the vampire stuff I wanted to know about but I wanted to know about you specifically too." Minhyuk's ears suddenly drooped, a worried expression crosses his face, and he pulls back a bit from Hyungwon's personal space, "Unless…you don't like me asking?"

            Hyungwon shakes his head slowly, "As long as you're not bored. I don't mind answering."

            "I'm truthfully a hundred percent interested. Vampires are so different from werewolves so all this new information is amazing," insists Minhyuk confidently, "…So do you have a preference to which blood type or does it all taste the same to you?"

            Hyungwon smiles at Minhyuk's honesty and runs his hand through the latter's hair, making sure to pet Minhyuk's ears. He turns his head back to the TV as he deliberates the question while Minhyuk sidles up to his side again. The latter really was like a cuddly puppy. "Mmm, the fresher the better usually and blood type A is usually what I pick up because the other types has a more metallic aftertaste to me."

            "Oh, I have blood type A. Have you ever… tasted werewolf blood?"

            "No."

            "…Do you want to?"

            Hyungwon's hand automatically stops mid-pat on Minhyuk's head. Whatever bits of Hyungwon's attention was on the movie is automatically moved to Minhyuk. The werewolf shrinks slightly at the fully directed gaze now focused entirely on him.

            "You said the fresher the better right?"

            Hyungwon keeps his gaze locked on Minhyuk. He's gauging the other's response. Minhyuk seems to have shrunk in on himself, blushing wildly in repercussion to the bold question he asked bluntly. Hyungwon's hand falls entirely away from Minhyuk. The werewolf's ears droop again as Minhyuk's tail curls around his own waist as if to comfort himself.

            "…Do you-" Hyungwon pauses for a moment, almost pondering if he should even finish his sentence but it's already in the air, "-realize what you're asking for?"

            Minhyuk gives a surprisingly firm, "Yes." The werewolf chances a peek at the vampire and his bottom lip into his mouth when he sees that Hyungwon's expression is unreadable.

            "Are you absolutely sure?" asks Hyungwon quietly. The action movie is still playing but all of that is simply background noise in comparison to Hyungwon's words.

            "Yes," answers Minhyuk again with the same amount of firmness. He isn't sure where this confidence is coming from but he feels the imprint bond thrumming in his chest with anticipation.

            Hyungwon takes a moment to look at Minhyuk, the other stares back without an ounce of fear. Slowly, as if Hyungwon was approaching a timid animal, he places his hand on Minhyuk's shoulder and pushes Minhyuk back so the other is now leaning against the coffee table. The pillow behind Minhyuk's back prevents the edge of the table from digging into his skin but nothing stops his small gasp of surprise when Hyungwon hovers over him. Face to face with Hyungwon, Minhyuk doesn’t miss the dark red glint that flashes across the vampire's usually brown eyes. Almost mesmerized by the color, Minhyuk nearly misses Hyungwon's question.

            "I’m going to ask you again Minhyuk," Hyungwon's voice is low as he leans in closer, "Are you sure you want me to do this?"

            Minhyuk feels Hyungwon's nose brush against his cheek and a puff of warm air hit his ear with every word Hyungwon says. The werewolf can't seem to move away. He doesn't want to move away.

            "It's going to hurt. A lot." mumbles Hyungwon warningly with only a breath away from Minhyuk's thudding pulse.

            Minhyuk trembles slightly, swallowing the thick air that's clogged his throat, his voice turning meek, "I know. I don't mind."

            Minhyuk feels Hyungwon close the gap between the latter's lips and the skin of his neck. He tenses up when Hyungwon's warm breath fans across his sensitive skin raising goose bumps. Then the electrifying sensation of something sharp pressing lightly against his pulse has Minhyuk stiffening. Hyungwon's fangs felt a lot sharper than they looked when he was examining them, Minhyuk has no doubt that Hyungwon would have no trouble at all piercing his skin with fangs like that.

            Shutting his eyes and bracing for the pain, Minhyuk is only left bewildered when Hyungwon extricates himself entirely from him. Minhyuk's eyes pop open with confusion as he sees Hyungwon's look of disapproval.

            Feeling a sense of panic that he may have done something wrong Minhyuk quickly asks, "Did I do something?"

            "You didn't stop me or say no once," replies Hyungwon with a frown.

            Minhyuk scrunches his face up in equal confusion, "Was I supposed to?"

            "I don't want you to rush into anything you're not entirely sure of."

            "…I'm sure of you. Isn't that enough?"

            Hyungwon gives Minhyuk a placating upturn of his lips. It's much better than the frown and look of disapproval but it makes Minhyuk's heart stutter with a sharp sting.

            "It'll be enough when your hormones aren't clouding your judgment."

            "They're not," insists Minhyuk, a whine falls from the back of his throat without his permission. This wasn't going as well as he'd hoped. He thought that he was actually making progress but now Hyungwon is making him feel like he took an entire mile backwards.

            "Minhyuk, you imprinted on me," begins Hyungwon carefully so he doesn’t hurt the other's feelings, "That alone is your hormones dictating most of your actions isn't it? You were about to let me sink my fangs into your neck so I could drink your blood without any care about the pain it would cause you."

            Minhyuk looks down at his hands, ashamed that he didn't put into consideration what Hyungwon might think of everything. "I just wanted to get closer to you."

            Hyungwon runs his hands through Minhyuk's hair again comfortingly, "There are better ways."

…

            To Minhyuk, Hyungwon is supposed to be his world and vice versa.

            The laws of nature have declared it as so when Minhyuk imprinted but somewhere in those laws were loopholes no one could have anticipated. It's hard to define what love is when it's so different from what you've imagined how it was supposed to be.

            The awkwardness in the following days eventually settles around them after quite a bit of coaxing and reassurances from Hyungwon. Although it makes Minhyuk wonder if the awkward atmosphere was only in his head because Hyungwon seems to be acting as normal as ever. The vampire is even the one to suggests dates to the werewolf now instead of the other way around.

            Minhyuk manages to tune back into his surroundings when he feels Hyungwon pull one of his ears lightly. He flickers his ears so it easily slips from Hyungwon's loose grip and turns his head to frown at the taller.

            Hyungwon only smiles in return. "You okay?"

            "I guess…" Minhyuk's expression slips into more of a pout, "It's just, you know… When you invited me on a date to visit your friends, I wasn't exactly expecting…" he gestures around him vaguely before stating flatly, "A coffin factory… It's kinda creepy to be very honest."

            They were walking around to the back entrance of the factory where Wonho told them to enter on the phone and Minhyuk couldn't help but get the chills from the rather cold exterior of