"I feel the presence Taehyung. And that means that there is a f*cking demon watching us."

When you say those words, Taehyungs body freezes. "Sh*t.." he whispers while finally taking out his hunting knife.

You hold your knife like it's the most precious thing in your life and breath out slowly.

There is no fear in your body. Only the adrenaline rushing through your blood.

Then you realize something. "This can be one of the demons that's behind the murder of my grandmother."

Of course that makes sense. Because demons never come so close to a Monsterhunter.

"Hey Jiyun, stay calm. We will run away and call the others. We are not sure that it's true. We are not going-"

But you completely ignore his words. You stand up and turn around immediately and indeed, there stand a boy around your age. He is a few meters away but he is looking straight into your eyes.

A smirk grows on his face while his eyes are turning black. "When is the funeral, LeeJiyun?"

Taehyung stands now also up and immediately holds your arm tightly. "No Jiyun.. Stay calm."

Anger fills your body while your eyes change but you try to look calm.

"None of your goddamn business." you growl at him.

Then the boy speaks again. "Ow wait. There is no funeral, isn't it?" he starts laughing and that's when you lose your control.

You run in full speed towards him while swinging with your knife. Unfortunately for you, he blocks your hand so your knife falls on the ground.

He swings you around by turning your arm harshly. You shut your eyes from the sudden pain when you feel his nails into your arm but start kicking with your leg immediately.

After a few kicks you hit a place where it hurts. He screams in pain and loses the grip around your arm.

You try to run away but you fall on the ground all of a sudden.

Great..

You try to stand up but your legs won't work with you. Being completely confused, you turn around on your back while holding yourself up with your elbows. Then you see a chain around your legs.

"The heck is this?!" you say to yourself, grabbing the chain.

You start panicking while kicking your legs and pulling the chain but you just can't move nor break them.

"Taehyung?!" you shout in panic but when you look back at the lake, he is gone.

"Motherf*cker!" you shout while trying to free yourself again. Of course he won't help you. What did you expect?

Suddenly, someone places his feet on your neck, pushing you harshly down on the ground.

You're getting forced to look up only to see the demon looking down on you. "You are gonna pay for that."

He puts his foot harder on your neck, which means that you can no longer breathe anymore.

You grab his feet and push with all your strength but he is way too strong. There is nothing you can do.

"Jackson was right. You are a little stupid girl." you freeze by his words. Jackson? Do they know each other?

"Looks like that Monsterhunter ran away. Why would he even help you? You are a demon just like me. So of course he is disgusted with you!" he laughs out loud and puts even more pressure.

"And to answer your question. That chain was a great idea, wasn't it? A few skills are useful. You were in panic so it was easy to block your legs."

Your sigh starts to get blurry thanks to the leck of air. Right before you were going to pass out you can suddenly breathe again.

You gasp for air while sitting up straight. In front of you lays the demon with a knife is his chest. Behind him stands Taehyung.

"You okay?" Taehyung asks, handing out your knife you dropped earlier.

You finally break the chain and stand up to take the knife while glaring at the dead body. He lays on his back so you see his face clearly. His black eyes widen together with his mouth.

"We should take care of the body." you say while ignoring Taehyung's question.

You walk away but get stopped by Taehyung immediately. "I asked you something."

You look in his eyes. "Do you care?"

He stays quiet while looking away.

"Exactly." you say angrily.

You walk away but he follows. "I called Baekhyun. He will take care of the body."

You look at him in shock. "Baekhyun is a Monsterhunter too?"

He nods while raising his shoulders. "He works with us but he doesn't live with us. Stop looking so surprised. He is a Monsterhunter, no big deal."

You roll your eyes while you keep walking. "Whatever."

"Your welcome."

You stop while looking at him confused. "I didn't say anything."

"Indeed, but I imagined how it would be if you said 'thank you' for once." he says and raises his shoulders.

"Demons don't say those words. So stop dreaming."

He sighs deeply while putting his hands into his pockets. "Just thank me. I saved you. This motherf*cker can be nice sometimes." he says with a smirk.

So he heard your insult. Oops?

Quietly you respond. "You are weird."

He looks at you confused. "What do you mean?"

"One day you hate me and ignore me or trying to break my hand but the other day you are acting nice. Quit the acting and just say it if you hate me. Don't do it for Chodae. If you hate me say it." you look at him while waiting for an answer.

He stares for a few seconds into your eyes but looks away then. "Let's go to your house. You still need to get clothes for your grandfather."

He walks to the car while you roll your eyes. "Boys."

The car ride was deadly quiet. You stare out of the window when Taehyung breaks the silence.

"Did you get trained by your grandfather?"

You get surprised by his question but decide to answer because the car ride is getting really boring.

"Yes, he trained me since I was 5 years old."

He laughs a little. "You couldn't beat that demon earlier."

You glare at him. "That was because I lost my selfcontrole. Normally I should easily beat him."

"It was a joke, Jiyun. Don't worry." he smirks a little.

You turn your head again to the window while rolling your eyes but you smile a little without you noticing again.

"Last question. Did you really know that there was a demon behind us? I mean.. Did you actually feel his presence?"

You nod slowly without looking at him. "Yes, that's probably an ability that demons have."

Taehyung's grip around the wheel gets tighter. 'Demons don't have that ability... Is she really the one?' he thinks in shock but keeps a serious face expression.

At your home

You get out of the car slowly together with Taehyung. The feeling you get of being here is not quite nice.

"Hurry." Taehyung says while walking to the front door.

You roll your eyes again while following him. When you arrive at the front door, you take out your key.

Before you can unlock the door, it swings open. You flinch in surprise together with Taehyung.

You look up at the person while your face expression turns surprised.

"Grandpa?"

His face expression turns angry. "Finally, where the hell where you LeeJiyun?!"

Before you can speak up, Taehyung suddenly bows deeply. "It's an honor to meet you Mr Lee."

You look at him with a confused face and then back to your grandfather.

He stares deeply in the eyes from Taehyung while nodding slowly.

"Inside now. You have a lot to explain, young lady." he says on a strict tone.

"W-wait, grandpa! I was going to get your clothes but there was a lot of traffic." you make one of the most stupid excuses. You were walking..

You mentally face palmed yourself.

"Since when do you have a car?" he says while turning around and walking into your house.

You hesitate a little. You really don't want to go inside.

Suddenly you feel a hand on your back. "Don't worry, it's okay." Taehyung whispers while pushing you soflty.

You look at him surprised but keep silence.

While walking through the familiar hallway, you look at the paintings on the wall. Paintings your grandmother made once.

You pass one and stop in front of it.

Your remember her saying that this one is really important to her and that you needed to keep it for the rest of your life. You always wondered why..

Taehyung notices how quiet you are. "Everything okay?" 

You hold your tears back while nodding. "Yes, of course." you start walking again.

'It's better to stay strong. Crying is showing that you are weak.' you repeat the lesson that your grandfather taught you in your head.

You enter the living room and see your grandfather sitting on the couch.

He looks also uncomfortable to be here. But he will never admit that, just like you.

Taehyung stands next to you while your grandfather speaks up. "Well explain!"

You sigh deeply. "I was going home but then I met Taehyung so I stopped for a minute to talk."

"So if I get it clearly, you were going home to get clothes for your grandfather but decided to hang out with your boyfriend instead?"

You freeze at his words. "No! He is not my boyfriend! He is a friend."

Taehyung keeps silence while staring in front of him. Looks like he will not cooperate with you.

You sigh deeply once again. "I was really going home grandpa, but I just stopped to talk with Taehyung for a minute."

"A minute?! It has been 4 hours! You weren't even home to meet me here! I could go home earlier but when I got home, my granddaughter wasn't even there!"

You stay quiet while looking at the ground.

"What happend to your face and neck? A fight again? We are not done yet. We will talk later young lady. But first, who are you?" he finally turns to Taehyung.

Taehyung bows again. "My name is KimTaehyung, sir. I'm really sorry for your lose."

Your grandfather stays quiet and you notice that his eyes soften.

After a few seconds he speaks up, ignoring Taehyung last sentence. "So you are from the Kim family." he says with a small smile.

"Yes indeed, sir. Do you know my family?" Taehyung says with a proud smile. You roll your eyes annoyed.

'Yes, be proud of being a Monsterhunter in a family full of powerful Monsterhunters. Something I can not relate to.' you think annoyed.

"Of course I know! Your family are great Monsterhunters. Well trained and very friendly. But that means that you are one too. Do you know about Jiyun's situation?"

"Yes, I know." he says politely.

"Of course he knows I'm a f*cking demon." you mumble but unfortunately for you, your grandfather heard it.

"Shut it, LeeJiyun! Watch your language! No talking until I say so! Understand?" your grandfather shouts.

You keep quiet because you know what you have to say but you don't want to do that in front of Taehyung.

"Understand?!" he says again.

You look down. "Yes, sir." you feel embarrassed. You need to call him by that if you are training but also when he is angry.

Taehyung turns his head confused at you and notices a tear escapes your eye. For some reason he feels sorry for you.

"Now, tell me Taehyung. What happend? The whole truth please." your grandfather asks him.

"Well sir. We were just talking but got suddenly attacked."

Your head turns immediately to Taehyung. "What?" you whisper in shock. He raises his shoulders not knowing he made a huge mistake.

Your grandfather stands up with a face full of angryness. "Is that true Jiyun?!"

You turn slowly to him. "Yes, but it wasn't a big deal.."

"Right, so your neck is all bruised and red but is was NOT a big deal?!"

You lower your head again with a big sigh.

"You stay inside from now on. No more hanging out with Chodae or even with Taehyung."

You look at him but know that there is nothing you can do. If your grandfather demands something  then it will happen for sure.

"And school? What if I pick her up every day? So she can go to school safely."

For the 100th time, you are completely confused by his actions.

Your grandfather nods slowly. "That's okay. When is school done?"

"At 4PM, sir."

'Isn't school is done at 3PM.' you think confused.

Taehyung turns his head and when your eyes meet, he winks.

"Alright, you can pick her up at 7AM but she needs to be home at 4PM. Pick her up tomorrow because if I'm not wrong, you have school."

"Ah okay, I got attacked by a demon for the second time and now I have to go to school again?"

"Be happy Jiyun! I let you go because Taehyung is with you. Drop that demon attitude and behave like a normal Monsterhunter for once!"

Those words cut like a knife. "I am not a Monsterhunter and I will never be one! But did I ever choosed to be a f*cking demon? Do you think I'm happy?! Do you think I like living like this?! Being a monster that everybody hate?!" With that you turn around and storm to your room.

Taehyung looks at you walking away and feels sorry again. For the first time in his life, where he learned that demons are awful, he feels actually really sorry for a you... a demon.

Mr Lee closes his eyes in frustration. "If she would even know why I do all of this.. If she would know.. " he whispers with a sad face.

"What did you say, sir?" Taehyung asks confused, turning his head back.

"Nothing, maybe you should go home. Jiyun has such a moment that she is stubborn so there is nothing you can do."

"I will go but can I ask you one more question?"

Your grandfather smiles friendly. "Of course, go ahead."

He doubts a little. "Well, Jiyun has a weird birth mark on her wrist. Like the letter C. What does that mean?"

Mr Lee freezes. "Euhm.. Well that just a tattoo. She got it without my permission. Nothing special."

"Right. Thanks. So I will pick Jiyun up at 7AM tomorrow?"

"Yes. Thanks Taehyung." Your grandfather says relieved.

Taehyung bows and walks then out of the house.

While he's walking to his home, he speaks to himself. "Jiyun told me that it was a birthmark... Not a tattoo."

He stops with walking and his eyes widen. "It is true." he whispers to himself.

"It's Jiyun.."