Chapter 05.

“I promise” Isaid and we sat in front of each other on his bed.

“Well, they are not really joking around. actually it’s true, or at least the things you have heard, are true. Min, this is not a normal school, you know?” He sighed, “Our school is kinda… special. Probably mom didn’t tell you, and if I’m being honest I don’t know why, but it’s the truth. I think it's better if I tell you now than finding out by someone else. Said this, you noticed this book ‘History of Werewolves and Vampires’, right?” I nodded, puzzled “It’s not any kind of science fiction book, it’s the story of how they managed to get along with each other, signing a peace treaty, which is still valid nowadays”

“Wait, what?”

“And that’s not all. Everyone in the school is somethi-”

“Dude stop it right here. If you are joking, you better stop. I gotta admit I was a bit worried and confused that something like that could be true, but, you too? For God's sake, you know I don’t like jokes, and you are in one. Minjun, I don’t like jokes, but I gotta admit, this one was good”

“What?”

“You can just stop pretending, and if it’s true, make sure you don’t get bitten” I stood up and left the room. My brother’s friends looked at me confused, “Be careful, don’t get bitten or killed. Tonight is the full moon."

I shook my head while I was on my way to my dorm, where Hyekyo would probably be at. I stopped when someone called me, “Hyemin!” I turned around and saw Yuruto.

“Hey, what’s up?”

“The guys and I will be going out tomorrow, will you join us?” He asked and I nodded, as it was Saturday and I had no other plans than staying alone at the dorms. He smiled and then left.

I arrived at the dorm and Hyekyo wasn’t there. I felt relieved because of our little ‘discussion’, she could come anytime and drown me in my sleep.

The next day, I woke up, miraculously. Seems like Hyekyo didn’t sleep here, if she did, I would be dead. I was getting ready when someone knocked on the door, and without looking or asking who it was I opened it and saw who it was: Ayato. “What do you want?” I rudely asked.

“What the actual fuck is wrong with you?” He asked and I, confused, furrowed my eyebrows.

“What do you mean?”

“Can’t you just put a shirt or something on? Your friends are distracting me” I looked down and I saw myself just wearing a bra.

“Not a big deal, though” I put on a hoodie and he got in “Who told you you could get in?”

“Well, you entered my room yesterday without even knocking, at least I did” Said Ayato, and I sighed.

“What brings you here anyways?” I asked and his face changed.

“About your conversation with your brother yesterday. You should listen to him. He wasn’t joking around, Min”

“First of all, I told you not to call me Min, understood? And second, I have already told him. You are all great actors, I was confused at first, but, vampires and werewolves? Come on, Ayato, you are old enough to know that doesn’t exist”

“Min,” I sent him a death glare “Hyemin, I am older than you think. But that’s not the point. Why can’t you just believe him? Why do you have to act so childish?” He sounded now mad.

“Look, I don’t care, okay? Those things don’t exist. That joke has reached its end. Now, I have to leave, and you should do the same” I stood up from the bed and left, leaving him there, alone and aggravated.

Leaving the building I saw Asuto and Mashi and I joined them, “Hey guys” I said when I arrived.

“Hey Hyemin!” They said in unison.

“And here we are” A voice coming from my back said: Dahae, who was followed by Yuruto and Yoshi “We are all here, that’s good!” She added.

We went then to the same ice cream shop I went with Dahae the first day, and when we ordered, we sat down. I was zooming out the conversations the whole time, thinking of yesterday’s conversation with Jun and today’s with Ayato. I went back to reality when Mashi asked something, “What do you think, Hyemin?” I just shook my head and I told them to repeat what they have said “We have heard Minjun calling you Min, and we were wondering… if we could call you Min too? I mean, it sounds like something which your friends would call you” I nodded my head “Good, thanks”

“Are you okay, anyways?” Asked Yoshi “You have been distracted for a while, what’s on your mind?” I simply let out a loud sigh and told them everything, from the conversations I heard to my conversation with Ayato before meeting them. They started looking at each other and I could see they were starting to act weird and awkwardly.

“What is it?”

“Min,” Yuruto started “us six, you included, you reacted that way because you were maybe… scared that it could be true. You didn’t know how to react, and the first thing you did was thinking it was a joke and laughed. There is a part of you which believes it, am I right?” He got you, Min. I slowly nodded, knowing he was right at all.

“Even though I believed it, are you all vampires and werewolves?”

“Of course we are not” Dahae answered really quickly.

“Then, normal people, just like me?”

“No” The shortest guy said.

“Can someone please explain it to me then?”

“Give me a second,” Dahae said and called someone. “Shall we tell her?” She asked and the person who she called replied something that made her happy “Alright, see you then” She hung up and we waited for her to tell us who she called and what did they tell her “You will see when he arrives”

Five minutes later someone opened the door, and when we turned around to see who it was, it was Jun. When I saw him I asked, “What are you doing here?”

“Well, your friend called me. We are going to tell you everything, and we will be answering all the questions you have, okay?” I nodded. He kissed my forehead and took a seat next to me.

“Well, what is that thing you have to tell me?”

“Do you remember our conversation? Well, of course you do, if you didn’t I wouldn’t be here”

“Go to the point Shin”

He gave me a death glare and said, “Min, as I told you, no none in the school is normal. With normal I mean… humans, or however you want to say it. The tea is, we are all something-”

“What do you mean with ‘we are all something’?”

“Just let me finish.” I nodded. “Everyone is a vampire, a werewolf, a sybill, a wizard or other kind of creature” I had so many questions and he started talking not even a minute ago. “Min, mom is a witch and dad-”

“Do. Not. Call. Him. Dad” I angrily said.

“Min, however you like it or not, he is our dad”

“No, he is not! A dad is someone who stays with their family, and he didn’t stay with us! He left mom and I alone, while he took you miles away from us, and took you here!” My friends were listening to our conversation, awkwardly “He might be your dad, not mine. He stopped being my dad the day he left the house, taking you away from me!”

“Min, I don’t feel like having this conversation here and right now” I sighed “As I was saying, mom is a witch and d-he” He corrected himself “is a vampire. I know exactly what you are thinking, what am I then, if they are a vampire and a witch? The answer is: a vampire” I formed an ‘o’ with my mouth “It is a lot of information to process, I know, but you needed to know sooner or later. Any questions about that?” I quickly nodded my head.

“First of all, what are ‘sybills’?” Dahae cleared her throat.

“A sybill is someone who can change their appearance and turn into animals, people and objects. When they transform into a person, their voice sounds identical to the person they are imitating” Before I could ask how did she know about that, she spoke again, “I know it because I am a sybill, so as Mashi and Asuto” You looked at them three, with your eyes out of their orbits.

“Why am I here, then? If you,” I pointed at my brother “are a vampire, and you three are sybills. And how about you?” I asked Yuruto and Yoshi “Are you normal people like me?” They quickly shook their heads.

“I am a werewolf” The blonde guy said.

“I am a wizard” The tallest said.

“How about me, then? I am a normal person, I am none of those… creatures”

“Min, you are here for a reason, and that means you are not normal at all” Mashi clarified and I gulped.

“Everything points at you being like mom. That means a witch” I leaned back my seat and closed my eyes. I was starting to get dizzy. “Are you okay?” I hummed.

“I have another question anyways” They were all looking at me, indicating me they were listening, so I kept going, “Since the first day I have been wondering about the school’s logo”

“Well,” Asuto started. “you can see a goblet, a mirror, a ring and a crown. Those are magical objects that belong to vampires, werewolves, sybills and wizards. The goblet represents vampires; the mirror, wizards; the crown, werewolves and the ring, sybills. If someone has those four objec-”

“You get it now?” Jun cut my friend off. I slowly nodded my head. I had so many more questions, but I wasn’t going to ask them anything else yet.

“We will explain to you everything we are capable of and you will have to learn everything about us,” Haruto said. “and I will help you”

“Sounds good, thank you”

“Now we need to talk to Mr.Choi and tell him to stop” Yoshi woke up, followed by the others.

“To stop what?” I asked, confused.

“Faking the classes. Do you really think in a supernatural school we are going to be learning mundane things?”