Red Moon || Seungchan

✿Chapter 2.01✿

Chan's long fingers softly touch Seungmin's cheek. He can't look away from Chan's eyes.

The fingers feels cool on his cheek. Chan's fingers are cold. Or perhaps Seungmin's cheek is hot...

He pulls his hand back. Chan then passes him like nothing has happened.

What was that? Just now...

Left alone, Seungmin tries to slow the beating of his racing heart.

What did I get excited about...

"He can look like that too" He suddenly hears a voice behind him and turns around.

"Y-you are..." Seungmin stuttered.

He sees Jisung, who he met at the demons' estate.

"That was the first time I've seen Chan look like that" Jisung said.

"Like what?" 

Did he have a special expression?

Jisung doesn't answer his question, but smiles as he looks at Seungmin.

"I see you have chosen this side" 

"This side?" Seungmin tilted his head a little.

"You chose to side with angels rather than demons" Jisung explained.

"N-no I didn't choose..." 

"It's fine. I will tell Changbin and the others that you are here. They did seem worried about you" Jisung smiles widely.

I knew that I shouldn't be so thoughtless. 

"I'm sorry that I left without saying anything" the younger apologized.

"You don't need to apologized to me. I am not really on the demon's side either. I'm not either side" Jisung pouts.

He did sort of say that when I saw him yesterday. 

"Well do you think you would be happy living here?" Jisung asked.

"I-I don't know..." 

"Why?!" Jisung's eyes widen.

"I can't really talk to anyone here..."

Seungmin remembers back to when He was brought to this estate.

"Felix doesn't talk. I don't know what that Lee Know person is thinking..." 

"And Chan... is even more mystery" Seungmin continued.

He is pretty, but he is as cold as this estate. And yet, why did he suddenly touch me before.

"I see... They certainly aren't the friendliest bunch. In that way, the demons might be easier to talk with, right?"

Jisung starts laughing like something was terribly funny.

"This isn't funny" Seungmin frowned.

"Sorry. But a smile is the central pillar to smooth communications, right?"

"Do you want me to talk to them with a smile-"

"Or rather, you should try to face them head on. They are an unfriendly lot, but they aren't bad. They are just... mysterious"

Mysterious???

"What do you mean by that?" 

Jisung smiles at his question. 

"How can I put it? I think you'll understand as you connect with them" Jisung paused.

"By connect I mean: face them, talk, and properly get involved in their lives" The older smiles.

"Get involved..." He pouted.

"I believe that you can chose this place for that purpose"

He talks in a lot of riddles...

"I'll come check on you from time to time. Good luck!"

Jisung says this and leaves through the window.

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After that, he finds the kitchen and eat a little food. He falls asleep, tired. 

When I wake up, I am home... no, nothing that easy.

He wakes up in the same room He fell asleep in. He lifts his heavy body. The door opens without a knock.

"Ah Felix..."

He surprised me. He just walked straight in.

"Could you please at least knock on the door..."

Felix tilts his head at Seungmin's words. 

"Umm... a knock?"

"Is that so? I understand" 

Felix says this, grabs a notebook and begins to write something down.

What is he doing???

"W-what are you doing?" Seungmin decides to ask him.

"I am recording your wake up time. Lord Bang has asked me to research your human habits"

Hearing something unexpected, his head begins to hurt.

He is recording observations about me... what the...

"Felix... I sort of don't like you recording that... Humans aren't really that different from you..."

Felix listens to him and appears to be in thought. Without changing his expression, Felix puts away his notebook.

"I see. Do you eat a meal in the morning?"

"Yes..." 

"Please follow me" 

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Felix brings him to a sunroom filled with sunlight.

What a lovely place... is this the dining room?

"Please wait here"

Felix says this and leaves.

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He's late...

He waits for 30, 40 minutes or so. Felix returns with a tray. 

"Here you are" 

Felix hands him the meal on the tray. 

"T-thank you"

I am glad, but it looks really cold...

He takes a bite, but it is completely cold.

"Please call me when you are done. I will return the dishes to the world below"

"Word below..." Seungmin said.

"Beneath the clouds" Felix explained.

"Beneath the clouds... so you didn't make this?"

"A restaurant in town made it"

"A-are there no maids or servants in the estate?"

"No" Felix simply stated.

Seungmin hears this and realize the odd silence in this estate is due to this.

"What do you do for meals?" The younger asked.

"We purchase them from town"

He goes from the estate in the sky all the way to the land just for a meal.

Seungmin looks down at his cold meal and remember what Jisung told him.

I need to get involved... In order for me to become a part of their lives...

"F-Felix, would you let me cook?"