The lady in the cashier area was smiling as she greets Minhee, bowing politely. Minhee didn't buy much, just a bunch of food for Hyunsung and Jeongsun.
They love foods and Hyunsung loves sweets, the charming boy will throw tantrums when Minhee didn't buy him sweets. Hyunsung is brat and greedy but he likes it though whenever he acts like that.
"These junks again? Why don't you buy something healthy?" The sales lady, Nayeon, suggested as she scanned Minhee's groceries.
Minhee was not close with the girl but he's somewhat a regular customer in this store, and this girl was the only sales lady who's working in the cashier area, night and day shift.
There was only three people who was working in the store. The other one is a cashier while the other two are the sales boys and sometimes janitor.
He liked buying here unlike in the other store. This grocery was not that crowded, just few people who comes here.
Minhee just smiled at her that made the girl blush. Minhee is seriously handsome and to think that the girl loves gossiping or watching the one she likes, she knew that this handsome guy, Minhee, already have a boyfriend.
Such a waste for a face like that.
"Can I ask something?" Minhee asked after a short silence. "Can you tell me who was that? The boy that was just here? Does he live around here too?"
Nayeon shook her head. She barely know about that boy but she know a little details about him.
"That was the boy living in the woods. Apparently, he’s called Hyeopil or at least that’s what at the post office says. He always pays in cash and keep to himself and we doubt that he always with this cute guy, Junhyuk?"
Minhee was already deeply invested in knowing more.
"Living in the woods? And what his relationship with this Junhyuk? Has he been here for long?”
"For about a year, maybe and I assumed that they were a couple based on how close they were, but their friend told that the two are twins. They only comes to town for groceries, school and jobs especially the guy named Hyeopil. And it's a surprise to see that pretty boy here after how many months," she replied and giggled too like she was fluttered or something.
That annoyed Minhee.
Minhee finally thanked her once he paid his groceries with his credit card before headed out, returning to the café.
He spotted Seunghyun already setting in Hyunsung and Jeongsun's table. Minhee placed the plastic of foods on the table and the two boys' eyes lit up upon seeing the pack of junk foods and candies.
"Thanks to you we lost millions," Seunghyun started, devastated in failing the task.
"We can get that million anytime soon." Minhee smiled sweetly as he sat next to him.
Seunghyun huffed in annoyance, crossing his both arms. "So, what did you find out?" he asked curiously.
Minhee watched as how their cuties eating the food with a smile on their faces. Hyeop and Junhyuk's face flashed in his mind, thinking those two was in front of him. Eating happily with laughters while playing with Hyunsung and Jeongsun. That would be cute.
"He’s gorgeous while the other one in the mall is cute. They both stunning. Imagine Hiccup's dragon -- Toothless with cute dark eyes and a cute fox like books?" he replied while his eyes were still on the two.
Seunghyun frowned, tilting his head. Was he referring to Hyunsung? Was one of them looked like their charmer?
Jeongsun and Hyunsung suddenly stopped laughing and turned to look at their hyung. Eyes both wide with a couple of chips stuffed in their mouth.
"Who are they, hyung? Does they live around here?" Jeongsun asked with innocent eyes.
"Apparently, Toothless is living with his boyfriend — twin in the middle of the forest, if the cashier is correct. His name is Hyeopil while his twin...I guess...is Junhyuk," he said bitterly, not liking the fact that Hyeop has a boyfriend already.
He was convinced that the twins were boyfriends than siblings.
Well...who cares, he doesn't care at all. He can take Hyeopil away from that Junhyuk. If he just knew who this Junhyuk guy was or he can take them both.
Seunghyun observed Minhee with a raised brow. "What’s with you? A pretty boy isn’t usually getting you all riled up like this. What’s so special about this one?" He sounded jealous and Minhee cooed at his cuteness.
"You wouldn’t ask me that if you were to see their face, Seunghyunie," he said with a smile. "...and don't be jealous. You and my boys are the only one for me."
Seunghyun scoffed, pushing Minhee away.
"Aren’t we all pretty? Or aren’t we pretty enough for you anymore? That's why you all hooked up just seeing pretty dudes. Are you trying to replace me? Replace us?!" Seunghyun was losing his temper right now, he couldn't control his anger.
Seunghyun might be a calm boy, but when he gets angry, he will lost control and he easily gets mad. Temper was his problem and as much as possible, Minhee was trying not to make the younger reach his limit.
"Can you relax? Geez, I'm not trying to cheat on you or Jeongie and Sungie,"
Minhee raised his hand and runs his fingers through Seunghyun's brown hair affectionately.
"You’re pretty enough. You all pretty enough so don’t you worry.”
"We are not worried, hyung," Jeongsun said defiantly. "But you’re way too interested with that boy, if you ask me. What if the others or Seunghyun hyung gets paranoid and thinks that you're trying to cheat on us?"
Minhee noticed the boy in the library just went out, walking down in the stairs with his head down. Pulling his hoodie up to his face just like that dark eyed boy did.
He watched the boy walking in the opposite direction of the street. The boy stopped in the truck, he opened it and put something in it before getting in.
He waited until his twin get out too.
Minhee noticed the rusty old and small truck was already gone by now. Apparently the boys left as soon as possible.
If Minhee just knew where those two lives. But he noticed something about those two pretty boys especially the other one.
He looked so distant to others as if he was scared to socialize or even getting touched by other people.
He seems like he was hiding something or he's actually hiding.
But why?
Why are they hiding their pretty faces like that?
It's impossible for them to be a thug, based of how jumpy the dark eyed boy was.
There's no way they are criminals.
While the white haired boy looked so sociable and friendly to the others just how he seen him smiled to anyone who neared him, and how he talked to the authors in the mall with warm smile.
"I would like to meet him! I like mysterious men!" Jeongsun bounced in his seat with excitement while Hyunsung was sceptical but somehow intrigued.
He doesn't like the idea of adding new members in their small pack.
Besides, who knows what kind of human they are.
Hyunsung stared at Minhee. Based of his interest at the two boys and how he acted like he was already whipped, he will basically keep the two boys than eat them like the others.
"Are you telling this to dispose those two? I would gladly accept your task for me," Hyunsung barked. "It'll be a pleasure if I stuff them both."
"I agree with Sungie." Seunghyun agreed.
"Ya! That's the thing you cannot do," Minhee scolded and Hyunsung slammed his arms on the table.
He looked so pissed. Hyunsung was being a spoiled brat again or he must say, greedy.
"Why not?! I for one have a hard time believing this." Hyunsung said. "The Toothles dude is probably just a model, do some plastic surgery on his face that's why he's hiding it! I don’t even like dark eyes, they’re ugly. And for that fox dude? I don't care about him! I would love to stuff and cook them alive!" he yelled and for himself, it's fine to throw his frustration in this isolated café.
No one was here aside from them.
Minhee knew that Hyunsung wouldn’t speak like that if he were to see the boys for himself. In fact, the twins are just the taller types but apparently, the other twin was looked like him.
He don't know if he gonna like him.
"You will be whipped the moment you lay your eyes on him, Hyunsungie. Mark my words, and also you three." Minhee winked at them.
"Whatever, the matter now is the money," Seunghyun said.
Minhee called this day a lucky day for him. He just met two pretty boys and now caught their targets just went out from that fast food chain.
"Gonna have works to do," he said as he stood up while pointing at the group of bloggers.
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Gloat and werewolves were once in one pack before.
Gloat were special and very rare species for the werewolves, they kind and somewhat very delicate, soft to be touch.
Gloat were smaller than the wolves.
Their race were much smaller than the wolves.
Gloat is a blood sucker race which the wolves find it dangerous for their own packs.
Gloat are clever and they dislike wolves' scents.
To be satisfied, they need a mate --
Hyeop closed the book, thinking that this book was a big jest.
He and his twin were ill, that's all. This mythology thingy about gloat and werewolves were just in human imagination.
"It's just a coincidence," he mumbled to himself while cleaning their table.
Jinki and Homin went home first while Junhyuk waited in the truck. He tidied all the areas of the library before returning to the reception, checking of how many books has been borrowed and until now, never had been returned.
"Twenty more books. When will they return these books?"
He snapped the time on his phone and saw that it was about time to close the library. He looked outside from the window and see the sun already setting over the horizon painting the cloud in orange color and the whole place.
Hyeop closed the window and fixed the objects on the counter, making sure the library was completely neat.
He got his shoulder bag and the two hardbound books, then turned off all the lights.
He walked out of the library, closing the door, making sure it was locked and trod to his truck.
Once he got out, the feeling of being watched washed over him. He looked around and caught the four guys talking outside of the café.
Hyeop frowned before walking to the truck, opening the door of the truck before getting in. He set his books beside him ignoring his twin's stern stares.
He turned on the engine and stepped on the break before began driving.
The twins were glad to be home again after the long journey to Gwasang.
Hyeop turned off the engine before pulling out the key from the ignition.
Junhyuk sighed before opening the door and went out, not even talking to his twin.
Hyeop sensed that there's something wrong with Junhyuk. He has been quiet in the entire way back home aside that Junhyuk kept staring at him.
He watched his twin walking to the door, fishing the key out and inserted it in the keyhole. He quickly followed his twin and yanked his arms, he forced Junhyuk to face him.
"What's the matter? Did something happened?" he asked in worry.
He doesn't like seeing Junhyuk acting cold towards him. He doesn't like whenever his twin feel hurt.
Junhyuk pushed the door open and suddenly, grabbed Hyeop damaged arm causing the older winced.
"What happened?" he asked coldly, eyes turning gold again. "Did someone hurt you back in the store?"
Hyeop pursed his lips and shook his head. "My arm just bumped at the cart -- "
Hyeop began tearing up. He didn’t like bumping into those strangers at the store and being yelled by that woman. That reminded him his dark past when they were in the hands of their auntie and her co-gamblers, doing something really inappropriate.
But at the top of that, the guy who just helped him from that woman, the man reminded him too much of Jeongsuk— their bully since middle school to high school.
Strong and confident, so sure of himself. And he can sense something dangerous in him, though his face looks so expensive if the auctioneers the one who to ask. He wondered who he was, he has never seen him in town before.
Not that it matters, people passed through sometimes and as long as they don’t bother them, he doesn’t care.
Hyeop shook his head. "It's just...some woman bumped into me...and she shouted at me, blaming me..." he slowly answered with tears gathered in his eyes.
Junhyuk pulled Hyeop to his arms, embracing him tightly as if he was too afraid to lose his twin. He hugged him, showing comfort to the older boy.
"Don't cry...it's okay...I promise to secure your safety this time."
Hyeop chuckled before pulling away.
"Are you my guard?" he jokingly asked.
"Of course...and I promise you that I'll protect and take care of you," Junhyuk said sweetly and leaned his forehead on Hyeop.
"I'm fluttered." The older chuckled again and leaned forward. Junhyuk also did the same until they felt each other's lips, soft and sweet.
Hyeop was the first one to break the kiss. He didn't miss the slight pout on Junhyuk's lips.
He opened the door wide and before he can even step inside, he heard Junhyuk's whining like a puppy. Hyeop turned around only to see Junhyuk's whining face.
"What's up with that reaction?" he asked with a smile, of course.
"I want to kiss my twin more~" he whined and that only made him look adorable.
"You can but not now. We need to clean the house."
"But... actually... my friends want me to come in their birthday party tomorrow night. It's terrifying for me to leave you all alone here at night."
Hyeop didn't response and went inside, walking to the kitchen. He placed all the food in the cupboard and fridge, removing his bag before settling down with the books and started reading again, not minding to change his clothes.
"Ya, Lee Hyeopil. What do you say about the party tomorrow night?" Junhyuk asked after seating beside him in the living room.
"If you really want to go then... it's fine," he replied without even sparing a glance to his twin.
"But you know how hard for me to leave you alone here."
"Then don't go, simple."
Junhyuk was shocked to hear Hyeop like he doesn't care at all or was he?
Is he stressed or something?
He felt bad for Hyeop. Sure, his twin doesn't want him to leave or bring him in that party with crowded people.
Hyeop really disliked crowded places and he hated being with the sea of people. The trauma he carried all this year was strong enough to make him act jumpy and scared.
But Junhyuk knew Hyeop than he knew himself.
Hyeop was known as a weak and fragile person but once Junhyuk got hurt by strangers he will turned into someone else. Something like a beast, he'll suddenly become brave and surprisingly know how to fight.
Hyeop is weak but Junhyuk is weaker.
But even Hyeop has a hidden personality like that, he still wanted to protect his precious twin.
"If that's what you want then -- "
"You like socializing." Hyeop cut him off, placing down his book before turning to look at Junhyuk.
His eyes were unknowingly gleaming, maybe because of the tears. This made him look like a real angel and this made Junhyuk's heart race somehow.
"Don't you remember? You have plenty of friends," he mumbled the last words.
Junhyuk's life was almost perfect if he's not into his twin. He have plenty of friends that willingly to support him. Girls was wooing over him and Hyeop could tell that Junhyuk was really famous in their campus back then when they were still in high school.
It's barely for Junhyuk to notice Hyeop whenever they're in school.
"Hyeopie...even I love social gatherings and socializing with people...it still bring me back to our dark history--"
"I can't see it..." Hyeop cut him again. Shaking his head. "...you missed being with the other people. If you really want to go then...I won't stop you. You can go without me."
"But you know how it terrifies me whenever I leave you alone here especially at night," he said, worried.
"It's fine. I'm gonna be fine without you."
For some reason Junhyuk felt hurt by Hyeop's bold words.
He can be fine without him?
How can he be so sure about it?
No, he can't be find.
Hyeop was just saying that so he can go and do what he usually do— attending to the parties, socialize with the other people and most of all, be friends with so many strangers.
Junhyuk held Hyeop's nape. The older stared at him weirdly.
"I won't go...I won't leave you," he whispered before leaning and pulling Hyeop closer by the neck until their lips were touching. The other immediately melted into it, always pliant under Junhyuk's touch.
Hyeop could feel his teeth biting his lips along with his tongue gliding the perfect shape of his plump lips, asking him for entrance.
Hyeop was hesitant especially whenever Junhyuk kiss him like this and thought they both slept so many times in the past years.
He doesn't get used to this and it felt so wrong, now that they already a grown men.
Hyeop was about to pull away but Junhyuk held the back of his head, preventing him from pulling away.
Hyeop groaned through the kiss and Junhyuk took that as an opportunity to enter his tongue. The older almost gagged but he thought it's Junhyuk who's kissing him.
But then again, they're twins. Was it fine to kiss like this as if they having an affair?
Probably no.
He calmed his nerve first and tried to relax his body. With shaking hands, he wrapped his arms around Junhyuk's waist. The twins shared both intense kiss for about minutes before pulling away.
"I love you...please don't be upset," Junhyuk whispered lovingly with his forehead on Hyeop.
Hyeop smiled, bringing his hands up to his twin's face, rubbing his cheeks with his thumb.
"I won't be upset as long as it is you."
In Junhyuk's point of view, he doesn't really like to be with other people nor be socialized with them neither. All he wanted was his twin. Only Hyeop he wanted to talk, to see everyday in the morning, he was the only one for Junhyuk and the only person he wanted to embrace and be embraced by him, all he wanted was his twin.
Moreover, even he liked Hawon more but his twin...
He can't explain why he loved his twin so much. They were siblings but he loved him more than that.
Was this inc*st?
Was liking Hawon just an excuse?
Another day have passed, and this morning Hyeop was staring at the trees outside from the kitchen.
He really wanted to buy some blankets, colorful lights and other decors.
He wanted to decorate this house and make it looks so alive. He missed to paint and do art crafts.
Their house was beautiful enough, made from woods. But something was not enough in this house and that's the decoration.
Hyeop walked to the living room and spotted Junhyuk from the window, looking at his phone with his back leaning on the tree. Under him was the old blanket that he bought last year.
Seemed his twin was on something he doesn't know.
A small smile crept on Hyeop's face. He sat down on the couch before turning on his phone.
He searched something about houses in the woods with beautiful decors.
This day seemed so normal and both boys was happy with it.
_____
Few weeks passed by without them seeing any trace of the twins.
Minhee was getting frustrated. He done search and attempts on finding where those two guys lives has resulted into nothing as of yet, even he used his illegal stalking like what he do whenever he want to find something about their victims' informations.
That's the method of hacking the billioner.
But the two boys were more allusive than he thought.
Jeongsun was basically luring girls again but this time, not in their pack house but in the woods with no one else could see or suspect. Fucking them there before killing them at all once.
Hyunsung, well...as Jeongsun's boyfriend, will take responsibility of their second youngest's leftover. Chopping the bodies into pieces then stuff in the freezer until morning then he'll burn it afterwards.
Fin and Jihae is probably in their little treep top wolf den. Usually, Jihae and Fin will wrap around each other all day, doing nothing other than that.
Junghwan, probably in their main house, playing Xbox and Sungjoon is somewhere in the forest.
Seunghyun with Junghwan, reading than stretching his joints.
But for some reason, Minhee wanted them to do what an ordinary person do, like walking in the park and even giving them a ticket to the small amusement park nearby.
Seunghyun was somehow quite relieved after hacking all the money from those blogger.
Even Minhee did something, he'll make his mistakes right after.
As of now, Minhee was standing in front of the atm machine while tapping the code of his atm card.
After getting enough money, he walked away.
"You asshole!"
Minhee stopped walking when he heard the annoying high pitched voice from a girl.
Although he can't see who this girl was, he felt that it was her.
He turned around and saw the girl, the one of those blogger.
The girl marched towards him.
"You're the one who stole our money, aren't you?!" the girl yelled angrily, this annoyed Minhee to extent.
What he hated the most was being yelled by strangers.
"How can you accuse me? I didn't steal your money," h innocently replied with cat eyes pleading to his owner. "All I did is informing you about the business."
"We signed something and I doubt that's your way of stealing someone's money in their bank account!" she shouted again.
Minhee looked around, there's no other people in this area. What was he expecting for an isolated place like Gwasang? Only few people were coming there, he could even count them in his fingers.
"Look bitch...you're getting annoying. Accusing someone innocent? You don't have any evidence."
"You fucker! Don't act like you didn't steal money from us! I will let the cops know about this--"
The girl went quiet as soon as someone stabbed her in the neck from behind. The girl cough blood before fell limp on the cold floor.
Minhee smiled after seeing Hyunsung's handsome face.
Hyunsung was a very handsome man, with the type of perfect beauty. His eyes seemed to sparkle naturally, but their biggest charm were closing his eyes when he smile. Along with his slender figure and roundish cheeks. But somewhere in his plump lips, his sharp jawline, his black hair and even longer legs, there was this something that made him too attractive, too impossible to ignore. And Seunghyun was the same as Hyunsung, their two charmer.
Minhee noticed the bag pack behind Hyunsung with baseball bat and maybe other things?
"I thought this bitch is middling in your business? I heard, she said cops?" Hyunsung said, stepping on the dead girl.
Minhee came close to Hyunsung and grabbed his both cheeks. He suddenly kissed the younger on his plump lips that no one can resist to devour.
After a long kiss, they finally parted. Hyunsung smiled after the kiss. This affair were normal for them, they like kissing each other even though some of them were siblings.
All the eight of them were mates.
"Yeah," said Minhee, eyeing the dead girl. "Anyway, what's with the bag?" Minhee asked, eyeing the bag.
"I'm having a little play from my toys and then I saw you here with this bitch," Hyunsung replied.
Minhee was glad that Hyunsung was wearing gloves and of course a mask. No one will suspect him if someone of his playmate managed to escape.
Hyunsung sat in front of the dead girl, grabbing her hand before putting the knife on the girl's hand then stabbed it to herself. Hyunsung will make it looked like a suicide.
"Wise thinking there Sungie," Minhee praised him.
"Since I helped you, what about you treat me to the café? I want cake." Hyunsung pouted cutely that surely hard to resist.
"Okay, but first, you need to finish what you've done."
"Alright then!" Hyunsung beamed before running back to the forest.
Minhee sighed before looking down on the dead body. In Minhee's point of view, he's still frustrated for not sighting the two boys in weeks now.
He has to find out more about the boy, Hyeop and the boy named Junhyuk. There's something about them that pulls Minhee in and he doesn’t even want to resist it. On the contrary, he’s dying to meet those two boys again.
They somehow filled his empty heart, the loneliness and he feel satisfied just seeing them.
But something was weird about Hyeop, even he can't see it, he can feel it.
Having seven boyfriends was of course, more than enough, but none of them even resembled the twins. It’s like those two was the missing piece of a puzzle in their small pack and Minhee wants to lure them in.
Minhee gasped when he suddenly remembered something.