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@Myungsoo Irene smiled and followed the taller male into the room before grabbing her black cloak and sack filled with coins and some plants that she would use for potion making. "Yeah, I'm fine," She told the latter as she fixed the position of her cloak. Suddenly, an idea came to mind; a twisted idea that was too risky for it to happen.

But Irene was looking for some thrill at that night. Looking up, she smirked at the male before her face lit up. "Hey, wanna come with me somewhere?"

@[W] Irene Myungsoo smiled softly at how nice she is. "okay Irene, actually you don't have to do that for me. i won't be fired. even if i do, i don't have any problem with that. But thank you anyway". He tapped her shoulder lightly and fixed her hair. "hmm.. it's getting colder here. let's come in", he shivered and walked inside while motioning Irene to follow after him.

It's time for them to go home already. Myungsoo grabbed his dark grey coat and walked to the front door. "See you tommorow Irene!", He smiled and looked at her once again before leaving. "is your arm really okay? is it okay to go home yourself?", he asked with a louder voice.

@Myungsoo Irene nodded her head. "Yeah, I'm Irene," she said. It was weird how she would keep in touch and know everything else about her co workers but him, as if he was that invisible guy in her world that she knew nothing of. They rarely talked, and if they did, it would be because of a special order that a customer might have ordered.

"I just thought that you need some cover up," Irene replied and dusted her skirt lightly, her eyes glued to the navy blue piece of clothing as a strand of hair fell on her face.

@[M] Hoya Myungsoo was working in the pub like the usual. He was just done bringing beers from table to table. The atmosphere in that pub wasn't like usual, it was kinda silent. He looked up at the front door in hope new customers would come in there. But suddenly he smells a familiar fragrance in the air. That fragrance was belong to Howon, who is also known as Hoya. Hoya is a customer that visit the pub quite often. He's quite close too with Myungsoo.

Few minutes later Hoya came inside the pub while trying to surprise him. Myungsoo jolted as he surprised him. Myungsoo was just acting of course, so he won't looked suspicious in front of Hoya. They maybe quite close, but Hoya hadn't known yet about the fact that he's a werewolf. He knew also that Hoya hated creatures other than human and really detested them. But he had to deal with it. Almost everyone in the village hated creatures like him anyway.

"Yo Hoya! Gosh you surprised me! do i look tired? nah, there're not much customers today", he shrugged and laughed lightly while picking a bottle of beer he ordered and started pouring it on a glass.

@[W] Irene Myungsoo realized something's weird with that girl. Her wound recovered very fast, not completely, but it was quite fast for a normal human. But he decided not to dig into her more. Everyone has their secret and privacy. He wouldn't like it too if someone there asking him for his real identity. So he just ignored the fact.

"By the way, your name is Bae Joohyun right?", he asked her to change the topic. He rarely talk to his fellow co-worker. But of course he knew their name since they've worked together for quite some time. "My name is Kim Myungsoo", he introduced himself in case that girl haven't known his name.

His mind was just focused on that girl's arm when he brought her there. But suddenly he remembered something else that made him curious from a while ago. "why did you say that? about me saving you". He looked at her curiously while knocking his tiptoes to the damp soil out of awkwardness. "you don't owe me anything, you don't have to do that"

@Myungsoo It was that time of the month again when Hoya delivers his farm's crops to the central village in Obsidian, he was tired yes but he's got his mind set to go in the pub again,after a very long while, to keep himself up the whole day, and now that the horses are resting on the stable outside, he made way towards that all so familiar structure.

Normally Hoya would visit here around afternoon to early dinner as to not leave his brother alone at home but earlier today his brother was off to some overnight training in some sort of woods and he was sort of free for the night and he decided to come and visit his friends in the pub. And soon as he entered, a familiar raven haired boy immediately caught his attention, it seems like the other was cleaning the glasses on the counter when Hoya suddenly slammed his hand down in front of him as to surprise him "YAH! How's it been Myungsoo?? You look tired~" he teased before he sat on the stool in front of his friend. "The usual~" he grinned, referring to the beer he usually orders.

@Myungsoo She let out a relief sigh when they were let out from the dim room. Before she could tell him what she was thinking, he grabbed her arm and dragged her towards the back of the building as Irene tried to protest. The world outside was already dark with stars littering the navy blue sky. Wind passed briefly and the trees shook its leaves as if they were welcoming the two new visitors to the dark world.

"My arm is fine," Irene told the male as she shrugged his hand off, looking at the worried face that was asking her a thousand questions. It was nice of him, really.

@[W] Irene Myungsoo was really confused at what she was saying. Was she trying to save him or what? she didn't owe him anything so why would she do that?

"is it true?", the owner asked myungsoo who was still dumbfounded. "ah yes, it's kinda true sir", he answered hesitantly. The owner just sighed at his statement and gave them one and too advices. after that he let them go.

Myungsoo grabbed her arm which was unharmed immediately and dragged her away from that room. "What are you doing there? Your arm, Is your arm okay? Let me see..", he bombarded her with questions as soon as they arrived at the back of the building.

@Myungsoo She gulped as she felt the eerie silence welcoming her.

"What do you think you're doing?" Came a shout directed towards her. Irene could only close her eyes and sigh, she technically didn't have to do this, but she wanted to anyway. Slowly, she closed the door behind her and her eyelids opened.

"I've come to tell you that.." her eyes wandered and saw the confused face of the male sitting on the chair in front of her. Her doubts were worrying her, she was asking herself if she was doing the right thing or if this was worth it.

But Irene decided to continue anyway. "Myungsoo wasn't at fault, he was protecting me."

@[W] Irene Myungsoo followed the owners to the room at the back of the pub. He got a long lectures about customer's satisfaction and so on. Looks like he couldn't fire him right away, they would loss a lot of female customer if he fired him. But maybe his wages will be deducted. He sighed and almost fell asleep in the middle of lecture until someone opened the door. He looked up at that person, who is his co-worker.

'what is she doing here? she should be with the other waiter treating her arm right?', he thought that inside his mind.

@Myungsoo Irene's gaze followed her friend's as he walked with the old owner towards a room at the back of the shop. She winced when she felt a hand of another waiter's touching her skin, and she immediately apologized. The witch could care less about her arm; she had an urgent matter to take care of.

Half-running and half-walking, she found herself in front of the wooden door of the back room. Her fist was raised, but it wasn't hitting the door; it was simply staying in mid-air as she tried to make her mind on whether or not should she cover for her friend. Although they weren't that close, he was still her friend and she owed him some stuff. Therefore, she braced herself for the debate with the old owner, and without even knocking, she opened the door and stepped inside the room.

@[W] Irene Myungsoo's eyes widened when Irene, his fellow co-worker was pushed by the drunken man when trying to break up their fight. His ability as a werewolf made him be able to hear a cracked sound as she crashed on the floor although it was noisy. she might got hurt. "Hey!", he shouted at the man. He's not a caring guy. But he doesn't like to see a guy hurting a girl. That's not a proper thing for a guy to do. A real gentleman wouldn't do that.

He grabbed that man's collar and punched him several times. Until he felt the owner's presence in the air then let the man go from his grabs and fell on the floor listlessly. He approached Irene hurriedly. "Are you okay?", checking her. "i knew it", he mumbled when seeing the girl's bruised arm. Sounds funny he still cared although he would lose his job not long later.

He stood up as soon as the owner arrived there. "i'm sorry, i can explain this", he bowed for apology. He looked at Myungsoo with a fierce gaze, then at Irene beside him, at the drunken man, then at Myungsoo again. "i need to talk to you", he ordered Myungsoo to follow him after asking another waiter to treat Irene's arm and finding a person to send the drunken man home.

@Myungsoo The screams of the female brought Irene's attention to the center of the pub in which, two men could be seen fighting. One was a drunk and unfamiliar guy that Irene had never seen before, but the other one was her fellow co-worker. Her eyes widened as she rushed towards the center of the pub, screaming along with the girls.

"Stop it! Stop it!" Her hands reached out in between the two men, but she was harshly pushed aside by the rough hand of the drunk guy. Her legs collapsed and she found herself crashing to the floor, wincing as she rubbed her wrist that was twisted in the process of separating the men. The pain shot up to her arm and she felt as if her arm was broken, albeit she knew that it wasn't.

It wasn't such a big deal, really, Irene was a witch and she was certainly able to heal herself. The biggest issue was the two men fighting; countless of bystanders tried to separate them but nothing worked.

Until the old owner of the pub came inside, and the air turned cold as everyone had seemed to freeze on their spots.

@[W] Irene Tonight Myungsoo was working at the Pub like usual. Whenever he worked, females' stare had been like a background for him. He's not the type of guy who likes a lot of attention. He felt awkward at first, but it had been month he worked there so he had been used to it. He could handle female customers easily with his charm, but male customers is another thing.

Tonight a drunken man accidentally bumped into him while he was holding a tray of beers. Although, it was the man's mistake but at that kind of situation he should apologize first, especially when he had got a lot of warnings from his boss because he used to act explosive towards the customers so many times before. He grabbed a napkin and clean his white shirt hurriedly. "I'm sorry sir, i'll clean it immediately", he said with husky voice. But it looked like the other didn't respond to his apology. Instead, he grabs his collar and punched him in the face. All the girls around them who was busy drinking and talking with the others since some time ago stopped and screamed at them.

Myungsoo lost his temper, he couldn't hold it anymore. That man was the one who bumped him, well he's drunk but he couldn't think straight when he was angry. So he woke up and approached the guy, kicked him in the stomach until he rammed on the ground.

@[M] Hoya Irene watched as the man rushed to get his stuff and found his way towards the door, mumbling about his brother at home. That night, full moon was up and it meant that werewolves were out there, looking for prey and fresh meat. Irene was friend with a couple of them, and she knew how deadly they could be. If she wasn't a witch, she would have been killed by them at night.

"W-what? Alright," She said as she took in the information he just gave her about his brother. The thought of him caring for his brother seemed rather cute and adorable, it made Irene's respect for him grow. Not only was he nice, he was also caring, something she liked in a guy. Her lips curved up unconsciously, as if his actions were pleasing her. The way he cared for his brother was sweet and cute, it was something Irene had never seen before.

And just when he was about to walk out of the door, she felt his lips on top of her. Before he gave her any time to react, the feeling of his soft lips on hers was already gone as she saw him scrambling outside. Shocked, that was what she felt.

But she soon snapped out of her trance and walked towards the pub's window, staring as he waved at her before he went back home. Her heart beat fast as her hand slowly raised and waved slowly, a smile and a blush creeping up to her face.

@[W] Irene Hoya's eyes widened "ELEVEN?!?" he breath heavily as he started to gather his stuff. "Oh God, I should be home right now" he panicked, but ti wasn't because of any rules or sayings that bothered the village elders, it was more than that for him, "My brother is alone at home he managed to say as he checked everything. "It's the full moon tonight, you know what that means right? Foul creatures wake up, He's strong but still" he nodded, it was his only family, he started walking past Irene and on his way to the door but stopped as their shoulders brushed, he turned around and made the woman face him "By the way, I'm really thankful for all your help today, I don;t know how to repay you yet but I swear I will ok?!" he whispered, urgency in his tone, he has to get home fast. But before he was to leave the room, he cupped Irene's face as he leaned down to kiss her lips, it was chaste and lasted only a mere 2 seconds but it was enough to make Hoya;s face flush, he didn;t usually do that. "I promise" he pinched her cheeks and before she could even say anything Hoya was out the door and onto his steed. He waved goodbye to Irene through the pub's window before he made his way back home.

@[M] Hoya Irene wanted to help him put on his clothes, but she was too embarrassed. She had not been in this kind of situation with a man before, let alone a stranger whom she barely knew. Of course, she knew his name and what he looked like, but those were it. She had no knowledge whatsoever about what he was working as - he might be a hunter - or if he was a magical creature like her too.

"It's eleven," Irene replied and stood up, dusting her skirt. The pub would usually close at midnight, and eleven was the time when people would go home or start packing up their things. Being out at midnight was taboo for the village, but Irene never knew why. It was just one of those silly rules mortals would come up with and Irene would never understood it.

@[W] Irene Hoya smiled towards Irene, debating in his mind if he'll say what he's about to say, he was never good with girls after all "I-I'm glad you were there though" he forced a little laugh "I mean I'm glad you're here, I-I mean w-what am I saying" he laughed at himself, scratching the back of his neck embarrassed. "I probably should~" he said as a matter of factly, he reached for his upper garments and started to put them on, it was a bit difficult, wincing every now and then if he made a wrong move, but he managed. "Done" he said as he searched for his satchel "Uhm... What time is it??" his eyes widened in realization, he should be home already.

@[M] Hoya Irene smiled softly and looked down, still fidgeting with the towel in front of her. She could only hope that the subject about the strength would be dropped instantly, for she was afraid that her being a witch would get discovered. Then, Howon could probably tell the whole village and she would have to be executed or burned alive by the villagers.

"You're welcome, don't mention. I just did what I could," She replied and smiled, not sure what to say next. There was a moment of silence before she walked over towards his clothes beside the bench and held it up. "You might want to put on your clothes."

@[W] Irene Hoya just chuckled at the compliment "Nah... Not really... Not how it happened back there..." he nodded as he thought about it, he was strong yes, but what happened was a little bit more, he couldn't explain and just brushed it off, "Thanks though~ And to whoever God was there to help me"

"THanks for taking care of me too. Sorry for bothering you" he nodded. "I don't know how to repay you." he scratched the back of his head with his good arm, his muscles voluntarily stretching in front of her.

@[M] Hoya Her world had seemed to be on pause for a second.

The feeling was unfamiliar, his touch was warm even though it was only for less than a second. His warm voice was somehow soothing and gentle, making Irene's heart beat faster than usual. The feeling that she was feeling inside was rather unfamiliar and for all her entire life, she had not experienced the feelings inside. It was as if something was jumping around, unable to stop for a moment or two.

"W-what?" She asked, her cheeks flushing in embarrassment. With all the heat on her face, she was glad that the lighting was dim enough to hide it from the male on the bench. And suddenly, her mind traced back towards the statement the boy had just stated, the one about him still having his strength after he was hit.

She gulped nervously, her mind frantically searching for an excuse as she fidgeted with the towel. "Ah, you must be pretty strong.." Muttered the witch, avoiding any eye contact possible with the man. Somehow, the jumpy feeling still managed to survive, even after she was looking for an excuse.

@[W] Irene Hoya thought it was cute.... cute, when Irene was nagging him, how she was reminding him of his mother. It was even more of a sight when he saw her face flush red. IT was a good thing she turned away because he was quite sure his was slowly turning pink, the dim lights still hiding it. WHen she looked away Howon took interest at Irene's hair, it was one of her assets to Howon and he just wanted to caress her as she spoke, but that can;t be of course.

"Oh.... that I remember..." Hoya grinned, "It was weird how I still had the strength after being hit..." he pouted as he tilted his head in confusion. "Well atleast it happened.." he nodded "Or else I won't be here alone in this room with you~" he poked her cheeks when he saw her smile, it was doing stuff to him and he just had to fix that loose strand that escaped from her ear back.

@[M] Hoya "Don't move, I said. It's better if you lie down sideways," Irene scolded Howon as she reached out for his arms but stopped once she realized what she was doing. "I- I mean, just don't move too much," She mumbled softly, looking down as heat crawled to her cheeks. To avoid eye contact, she took the wet towel that was now damp and folded it on her lap, not looking up at the male's gaze even once. "Well, first off, you're still in the pub," Irene start off, not sure how to continue. She tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, "and, you beat the drunk guy. He left and everything's going back to normal now."

A soft smile unknowingly reached up to her lips as she remembered how he won the fight.

@[W] Irene Hoya could see the stress in Irene's eyes, it must have been some day at the pub today, in fact he could still hear some noise which are probably blocked by the thick walls, he must still be in the pub. Despite her being tired, it amazes Hoya how she manages to still look pretty at the same time, it all must be natural. He smiled as he gazed at Irene's eyes, surprised that the other was showing concern towards him, "Nope it's ok~" he nodded softly, "Thank you" he smiled, he was actually a bit embarrassed looking so helpless in front of her right now. "I think I am... well.. aside from this" he looked at the bandage around his body and laughed a bit, "Do you mind telling me what happened out there?" he sighed and did his best to prop himself up with his elbows, wincing a bit when the movement disturbed the muscles of his back but he assumes this must be worth it when now he could lean closer to IRene's face.

@[M] Hoya Irene was sitting against the wall, leaning her head. Today was a pretty busy day, and surprisingly, she didn't get enough sleep. She was tempted to close her eyes and sleep for a bit as she waited for Howon to wake up, but instead, she kept her guards up and waited. Hours passed by and after what seemed to be three hours, she heard the voice of the male as he sat up. Rubbing her eyes, she looked at him.

"Don't move too much. You still have some wounds, and yes, I took off your shirt to clean your wounds. I hope you don't take it the wrong way," The young waitress simply replied and yawned. Standing up, she moved closer at the wounded guy and kneeled on the floor until she was on his eye level. Gently, she whispered, "Are you okay?"

@[W] Irene IT was a few hours before midnight when Howon regained consciousness and he groaned a bit the moment the light his his eyes. He couldn't move much, a little movement would make his head hurt, he couldn't remember much, he knew he was wounded at the back, and then he had that sudden, and weird if he might describe, adrenaline and he beat the crap out of the drunkard.He inhaled deeply again as he opened his eyes and looked around. He was in a spacious room and he was lying on his side on a wooden bench. He tried to move and the pain on his back suddenly made itself present, he groaned as his hand suddenly jerked to his shoulders, explains why he was sleeping sideways. At the corner of his eyes he saw a familiar raven black hair paired with flawless pale skin. "B-Bae?" he called her out as he supported himself a bit higher with his shoulders and that's when he realized he was shirtless but he didn't really mind, if there was one thing Hoya could could be confident about that would be his body, which was now surprisingly, cleaned. "Uh... Did you just... uhhhh.." his brows raised as to assuming Irene knew what he was talking about, which was who washed his body when he was asleep.

@[M] Hoya Irene smiled proudly, that's what she called a good fight. After the drunk man scowled and went away, the crowd disappeared and people got back to their businesses or left the bar, leaving the bleeding man collapsing on the floor. The proud moment soon came to an end as Irene realized that Howon was bleeding and losing a lot of blood. Rushing towards where the center of the bar, she held his face and slapped it gently twice.

"Wake up," But there was no answer. Her hand instantly reached for his pulse, and she let out a sigh of relief when she realized that he was still breathing. Blood stained all over the floor and on her hand, and standing up, she put his arm on her shoulder, carrying him as best as she could towards a room at the back of the pub where workers would take a break. The room was small but spacious, and it had a bathroom too.

Slowly, she set the young man on a bench as she hurriedly look for a piece of cloth and soaked it with water before returning back to Howon who was unconscious. In a matter of seconds, she had already took off his shirt and was treating his wounds carefully, pressing the wet cloth on his bloody skin.

@[W] Irene Hoya had a nice built and he knows that won;t bring him down, but of course it damn hurt. After a few second he feels something he assumed was his adrenaline rush, it feels different though but instead of thinking more he mustered up all his strength and stood up, looked back and glared at the man who dared hurt him. He didn't think twice when he grabbed him by the shoulder and before the man could even plead he struck his hand on his stomach and another one on his face before he landed on the floor, scowling away as the people in crowd started cheering. He didn't hear them though, his head started throbbing and as he turned around he saw a glimpse of that pale skin and raven hair that he wished to see. He smiled before he reached for his back and then he saw his hands stained red with blood. The wound didn't close and his assumed adrenaline was over, his lips were getting paler and so was his face, he was loosing so much blood already and before he knew it he collapsed on the floor.

@[M] Hoya The day started out great, but now it was a chaos. Irene didn't know how it all began and what happened, but now, there were two drunk people fighting in the bar, destroying the property and disturbing the usually peaceful pub. She always hated fights, it was a nuisance and a waste of time in her opinion, but now there was one and there was nothing she could do about it. She tried interfering when the fight wasn't that big, but she got pushed away and she had scraped her arm on a piece of broken glass, forming a wound as blood leaked out. It was painful, but with a bit of a magic, she got rid of it.

She felt angry and annoyed, how dare those mortals push her away like that. She was going to let the fight progress and let the two drunk people fight each other until they were done, until they fainted. The young witch could only watch from behind the kitchen counter alone while everyone stood and tried to separate them, or just to watch and be entertained. Well, at least the young witch was pretty entertained.

She was smirking as she watched the whole scene when suddenly, a familiar face walked into the pub and tried to protect the old owner. After he succeeded, he was walking towards the old man when suddenly one of the drunk men decided to slam a glass bottle at his back.

Instantly, Irene gasped and covered . This was not a mere entertainment anymore, this was turning serious. Glaring, she saw how the drunk man laughed while Howon fell on his knees, his eyes closing; Irene thought of a spell and looked at Howon, wishing that he could carry on the spell. She closed her eyes for a minute, chanting the spell three times, and when she opened her eyes, she could see how the mortal's body had seemed to grow stronger, the spell doing its job.

Now all that was left is for him to use the special strength and defeat the drunk man.

It was about three weeks after he left the central town and nothing significant changed really, he was there for the same reasons, to sell everything he's got and he did, even earlier this time so he had the chance to go around the town and look at some stuff to bring back home. He placed them in the cart and when he saw twilight was coming he decided to visit in the pub again and not only to drink this time, maybe to get a glimpse of a certain waitress, just maybe.

He set his horse and cart aside, consciously fixed himself unlike he usually does and barges inside, but to his tough luck the pub wasn't so peaceful and quiet unlike the last time, tables were scattered and chairs looked like they were thrown away or something, people were crowded on the side as Hoya tried to see what was happening, and there he saw two drunkards, or atleast he thought they were because of those bloodshot eyes, eyeing each other and doesn't seem like they were planning to stop. He saw the old owner of the sop try to come between them but he was harshly thrown aside, good thing the number of audience was there to catch him. But that mere action made Hoya leap into the scene and push both aside "Yah!! What do you think you're doing! Take both your business somewhere else!" one of the two decided to walk away but the other didn't take it so easily. As Hoya was making his way to the pub owner he didn;t notice the other man take a glass bottle and slammed it against his back making it shatter and no sound was heard from Hoya as he fell on his knees.