× library

@(✞) lee taemin Jongin squinted his eyes just for a dramatic touch, “You ungrateful brat- Remind me to never bring you gifts anymore.” He huffed, “At all. Even if on your birthdays, you ungrateful skunk.” Kai chuckled as he listens, pitying all the students that were unfortunate to be in Taemin’s class. If they are really smart, they should back out this instant or more dramatically, run for their lives. He wouldn’t admit it out loud but Kai registered for this class just to reconnect with his old friend and maybe to annoy him, Kai would try to not be on this fallen’s bad side.

“I’m aware of that. But I don’t see where you could assist me in my case or maybe I just don’t want to involve you in it.” He said in a teasing manner but with a hint of seriousness, it was a bit personal for him so to involve someone like Taemin, Jongin doesn’t know if he could really open up especially it’s about... her. “Ha. Seems like I have a secret to sell to your students. They can attack you with peppermints leaves in your sleep.” He chuckled as he walked out, watching the fallen’s reaction. “Or maybe i’ll Let them stick peppermint leaves in your nostrils-“ He joked, “That- would be awesome, man.” He pushed open the door, letting the older to enter first.

@(♥) kim jongin "I'll pay you back for the damned thing if it means that much to you," Taemin said, rolling his eyes at Jongin's drama. Really, the toy was gaudy as all , Jongin really should have known better. Though it would come in handy, so he wasn't going to complain too much. He had already knew a couple of students he would enjoy using it on. "I'll be sure to invite you if I use it, I'm sure it will good for the unfortunate insects I use it on. Many of them could learn to understand humiliation. Some of the little cretins seem to fancy themselves as better than they truly are, especially the ones who actually come in to my office thinking they can intimidate me into changing their grades."

Taemin watched Jongin carefully as he stood up, following him up a moment later after he tucked his papers and his laptop into his bag. The distraction from work was always welcomed, at least when it wasn't students crying at him. "I think you know well what I am capable of Jongin," he pointed out, stepping around his desk to join the other on the walk to the cafeteria. "I haven't had anything to eat yet together myself. I'm hoping they aren't serving that dreadful peppermint tea again. I find I have a strong distaste to peppermint."

@(✞) lee taemin Jongin clicked his tongue, obviously disappointed that Taemin wouldn’t do as he suggested before patting on the older’s cheeks softly, “Ahhh. This really frustrating. I really wanted to see you in that thing.” He sighed as he watches the male, “My heart is broken and my wallet is emptied. You better call me whenever you try to put it on one of your students. Not much of voyeur but at least I could see my money being put to good ends.”

Jongin listened in to his story, oohing and aahing at the appropriate turns of the story. No wonder this renowned fallen could end up at such place. It might Ben good for Taemin, to be tamed by the headmaster and for his patience to be tested with the presence of such annoying children. But Jongin knew Taemin would survive. He was cunning and smarter than he let others sees him. And much more feisty as well. Taemin would be a passionate lover if he wants. “I’ll come to your trial if I can, okay professor?” He chuckled as he could see how dull it would be to be a teacher in this academy. Jongin looked around the library, realising there were a few students in here and some teachers as well. He stood up on his feet, “Seems like you told your story without me telling mine. I wonder what help can you really offer, Taemin.” Pressing a soft kiss on Taemin’s cheeks, he whispered, “Can we get bubble tea first at the cafe? My mortal body needs to eat.” As an incubus who takes form of a man, having a mortal body is tiring as it is. His immortal soul as an incubus is already full with the he had earlier with the witch.

@(♥) kim jongin Taemin snorted at the ‘gift’, rolling his eyes even as he picked it up. “This is not to my style at all. However, I can think of a few students who might wear it well. Feisty little brats they are sometimes, I find humiliation is a good teacher sometimes,” he said, deciding to tuck the little toy into his desk drawer where he kept a few other similar items. He never knew when they would come in handy. He taught all manner of students, and each one of them required a different lesson. Some of them needed to be brought back down to reality, their egos far outweighing their skills.

“I’ll tell you if you tell me,” Taemin bargained instead, his story was hardly interesting and really held nothing of personal value to him. It wouldn’t put him in any kind of risk to tell Jongin what most of the faculty already knew at this point. “Apparently a few higher ups in the food chain were concerned about my behavior. Something about slaughtering innocent people didn’t sit well with their sudden conscience and they decided that I would be put on trial for my crimes. Made an example of I suppose, they’re hoping to bring order to the fallen I think. They sentenced me here, I’m trapped on the grounds and on an extended probation. Unfortunately it means most of my actions are being watched by the headmaster. I have to play by the rules for a while until they decide I’ve learned my lesson. It’s ridiculous really, but I’m not in a position yet that I can fight against it. It would be suicide to rise up on my own, and I rather enjoy being alive, even in a place as dull as this.” He had plans in the works to get himself freed, but it would take time and delicacy. Until he was ready he was laying as low as he possibly could and adjusting to life as a teacher. He ing hated children though, stupid little insects. He was far from happy here, but he found enjoyment where he could.

@(✞) lee taemin Jongin snorted and rolled his eyes at the professor’s replies, “You are getting older, Taemin-ah. Your imagination is disappointing, really.” He said with a smirk, taking out his gift for the professor. It wasn’t a grand gift to begin with, just a toy he had bought from some store that intrigued him and it was at the same time Taemin texted him for this scheduled meeting. Jongin wondered how Taemin would react, knowing this male’s notorious reputation for being a sadist and unquenchable thirst for , Jongin placed the plug on the desk, not caring if anyone sees it. The buttplug was attached to a white furry tail and Taemin would make a very cute cat to begin with.
“When I bought this, you were in my mind. Try it when you are teaching, next time?”

Listening to his next question, Jongin looked at Taemin’s eyes, searching for any hidden motives or reasons as why he would be questioning Jongin about this. Taemin doesn’t strike as someone who will be a good listener and provide emotional support in any situation in Jongin’s mind. Jongin tilted his head, wondering what tricks Taemin would have under his sleeves, wondering if he could be honesty with this ‘friend’ of his. “Personal reasons.” He said, then a question came to his mind, “What would you, the notorious fallen angel Taemin be here as a teacher? You don’t seem to be a children-friendly figure at all.” Jongin chuckled and crossed his legs, watching the other male closely. “I signed up for your class because I was curious on how you end up as a teacher, you know.”

@(♥) kim jongin “If you’re talking about your , Jongin, the answer is no,” Taemin responded drily, rolling his eyes at the incubus’ entrance. They were always the dramatic type, they seemed to have a flare for theatrics for some Lucifer forsaken reason that Taemin would never understand. He wasn’t one for drama, he preferred to let his presence do the talking for him. “And I highly doubt you’ve been studying. You and I both know you are above and beyond what childish tricks this academy teaches,” he said, opting to get straight to the point with it since he saw no reason to drag things out. They were both acquainted with one another, maybe not in this context, but they’d met enough times in the past that they were hardly what Taemin would consider strangers. Granted he’d had his fair share of ual partners, and many of them demons just like Jongin, but he did remember them when they showed back up in his life again in interesting circumstances. He wanted to know what Jongin was doing here, what his motive was because he knew it was graduation.

“If I ask you why you’re at Erebus, would you tell me the truth?” He asked. He had his doubts that Jongin would. He imagined whatever brought the demon here in the guise of a student was personal. Though Taemin had his own reasons for wanting to undermine the Academy, he had to be cautious about who and when he made allies. He was settling in well here, managing to slowly ease himself off the headmaster’s radar and he intended to keep it that way. However, that didn’t mean he wasn’t willing to help out an old friend should the need arise. He was interested in what Jongin was up to, enough to be willing to pry a bit. It was rare that anything worthwhile happened at the Academy, the most interesting things tended to be the student deaths but those didn’t happen nearly enough to keep Taemin satisfied. He grew bored easily here, and he was hoping this new turn of events might prove to liven things up for him.

@(✞) lee taemin After he finished with feeding off a witch whatever her name was, Jongin zipped up his pants, muttered a thank you and went out of the humid janitor closet, headed for Professor Taemin’s office. Out of all places, he wondered why this girl would choose this place when they both knew things would get hot and sweaty. They could just go to a rooftop, he could use his power and becomes invisible and if anyone’s watching, it would be like the girl is touching herself. As an incubus, he had to feed on ual energy at intervals, usually once a week just to stay alive. It was a stupid curse, really but he didn’t mind. After 200 years of existence, he had tasted different type of s, various means of pleasure and of course, endless bunch of s. Seems like heaven must wanted the incubus species to be god for the ual pleasure of humanity and other beings. Kai chuckled at his own inner joke, glancing at his reflection as he passed by the windows, making sure he was presentable as a ‘student’ infront of a very familiar professor.

As someone who lived for a very long time, he surely isn’t the type to go to school just for education sake. But, the tragedy caused him to remain in this academy and no matter hard he tried to move on and forget her, this academy served as medium for him to avenge her death— “No need to go there, Jongin.” He scolded himself for allowing himself into remembering such painful memories of her. He composed himself, ran his fingers across his hair and patted the pocket where he placed the special gift for his beloved professor. He knocked twice on the door, not waiting for response and just sauntered in, putting a smirk on his face. He bowed out of formalities and just to annoy the other. “Hello, professor. I believe you have proper reasons to meet me today.” He walked closer and sat on the professor’s desk, facing the older man with innocent eyes and pursed lips. “Because a good student should be studying right now. I have a gift for you. Would you like to take a look at it?”

@(♥) kim jongin With the fall semester wrapping up it meant it was time to start submitting final grades for his students. An annoying chore certainly, and heavily time consuming but it came with it’s own source of entertainment. He always loved to see how many angry parents flooded his inbox when the semester was nearing an end. So many of them utterly furious that their darling, sweet, perfect, little prodigy was doing so poorly. They always blamed him, and some of them got very colorful with their language and with their threats to report him to the headmaster. Unfortunately for them the headmaster was all too aware of Taemin’s teaching methods and as long as Taemin stayed within certain guide lines, there was nothing he could actually do to stop him. Which meant Taemin wreaked as much havoc as he could possibly get away with it, it was one of the few thrills he had left in what had become his life. “Oh, this one is trying to become a politician and his D could ruin his life. Hmm, I suppose he should have thought of that before he took my class,” he murmured, viciously amused as he responded to the email, happily reminding the mother that her son was a vampire and as such was under no obligation to take his class. He’d taken it as an elective and failed it, that wasn’t Taemin’s problem, he should have better chosen his electives.

He chuckled to himself as he finished up the vaguely threatening email, keeping it just polite enough to keep from getting himself into trouble. He was supposed to be meeting with a student this evening actually. When he glanced at the time he realized it was just about time for them to be showing up. Jongin was someone he knew a bit more personally than most of his students, they’d met a while back before Taemin had been sentenced to remain on the school grounds. He had been surprised to see Jongin’s name pop up on his class register, but intrigued nonetheless. He’d actually asked to schedule this meeting just to catch up a little bit, and understand why on earth Jongin was here as a student after all of this time. Surely the school had little to offer him by way of education. Taemin certainly wouldn’t be here if he had any other choice. Sadly, he was stuck here for a while longer until he’d served his time.

@(☾) kang seulgi "what a cheeky mutt.. I should've never agreed helping her." Irene muttered under her breath as she hastily made her way to where the elevators were, eyebrows furrowed and her ponytail bobbing slightly with every step she took. Inside one of the elevators, she heaved out a sigh of relief as she pulled her hair tie and her locks fell down, draping her shoulders. She swallowed back a groan when a male student slipped inside and stood behind her, his presence looming as he towered over her.

What a woman had to do to have a moment of peace nowadays, huh? Agitated, the vampire suddenly spun and threw her hand to the man's throat just a second before he opened his mouth, lifting him off the floor. Her lips curled up in satisfaction at the terror in those eyes then drawled out softly, "I want to hear nothing coming from you, okay? Leave me alone and I'll do the same. You don't want to piss off a two-century old vampire, do you?" She let go of the trembling man after receiving a frantic nod and sighed, facing the elevator's door again as she ran her hand through her hair, fluffing it up.

Irene hoped the werewolf really heeded her warning. The last thing she needed was a puppy following her around.

@(❅) bae joohyun The young werewolf stiffened at her words after she turned around, slinging her bag over her shoulder and at the sight of her now red hues. "I-..",Seulgi stopped herself as Irene turned around, walking and she'd rather want to keep her heart than to die. She let out a sigh, not sure what was going on with her feeling suddenly like this, could it really be blamed on the heat season? Or perhaps.. no, it couldn't be. Gently smacking her own forehead for even daring to think that way, she cleared and flashed the old lady a timid smile on her way out of the library.

@(✝) chong tingyan Taemin wasn’t surprised by the second chime that informed him he’d gotten a response to his rejection. He hadn’t expected it to come so quickly, and admittedly he was a bit disappointed in the horrifically angelic response. Dealing with angels always made him cringe, too many memories he tried very hard to bury. It disgusted him to know he used to be one of those, a long long time ago when he was a very different person.

“Good evening, Ms. Chong,

Your kind recommendation has been duly noted. I will be sure to address the headmaster about this grievous oversight in the Angelic curriculum at my earliest convenience.

Regarding your request to join my class, however, please understand that I grant space in my class based upon each student’s need and their potential for the subject matter. That being said there are a limited number of seats available in my class and it is a requirement for both Fallen and Demon students to be able to graduate. I only have one seat left for this coming semester and I’m afraid you were not the only one who has request it. I have recently received a request from a cockroach for the remaining seat and after careful review I have determined that the cockroach has more potential given the subject matter.

Please understand that it is not my job to set you up for failure, but rather to ensure that you do not set yourself up for such. Bearing that in mind I have to reject your request to enroll in Sin and Dark Arts. If you are determined to enroll in this course you are welcome to submit a new request next year, I’m sure the cockroach will have graduated by then.

Happy Holidays,
Professor Lee “

He sent the email with an amused smile, it wasn’t even necessary. He knew she would be getting an automated email with the course description, syllabi, and required materials soon enough. He wasn’t actually allowed to reject students, that was a function that had been disabled on his account because the headmaster claimed he was abusing it. He didn’t think it was abuse to reject idiots, but the headmaster hadn’t seen it that way. He blamed the fact that his courses were required for graduation for too many students. He’d gotten into trouble a few years back when he’d rejected a student two years in a row and postponed their graduation. He still didn’t regret it, they’d done terribly in his class, just like Taemin knew he would. He didn’t really think this Angel would do all that much better. While the Sin portion of the course was mostly theory, the Dark Arts was an applied science. He would never understand why the academy let students like her take classes she was terribly ill-equipped for. He could only hope she would take his not so subtle hint for what it was and drop out before she failed. If not he would have fun with this little cat lover. He was almost looking forward to it.

@(☾) kang seulgi Irene shook off the uneasy feeling growing as she felt Seulgi's gaze burning on her and rolled her eyes then for the second time that day, the vampire stiffened. If her heart was beating, it would've probably stopped now because how close Seulgi's words hit home. Eyes flashing dangerous red briefly, she gritted out.

"Maybe I will, mutt. I won't even let you come closer than five, wide steps from me. Keep your needy paws away from me and you'll get to see if you pass Math or not." The sole of her sneakers squeaked against the pristine floor as she spun and stalked out of the library, shoulders tense, leaving the werewolf alone.

@(❅) bae joohyun She gulped loudly, taking a deep breath as she slowly her lips and her eyes followed the vampire's movement. For some reason, Seulgi felt something in her body but quickly shook it off, ignoring it for now. Grabbing her own things, she stuffed them into her bag and turned her back towards Irene. "So.. what if I might jump on you, Bae? Are you gonna rip my heart out?",she snorted lightly, rolling her eyes afterwards.

@(☾) kang seulgi The vampire doe eyes widened in shock, perfecting the deer in the headlights look for her, and she gaped at the werewolf after the younger's brave, careless statement. Irene then snapped her jaw shut and clenched it once as her eyes narrowed at Seulgi in suspicion.

"Watch it, Kang. I guess you better take care of that scorching need of yours soon or I'm afraid you might just jump me in a matter of seconds." Irene taunted, slinging her bag over her shoulder as she got up from her seat, the chair screeching in the quiet library.

@(❅) bae joohyun She chewed lightly on her bottom tier, watching as the vampire corrected a few times here and there, but it wasn‘t a lot which made her feel better.

„Yea right.. as if our teacher could probably look good as you do, Bae. Then I might..“,Seulgi’s hues widened at her own words, mentally smacking herself and she quickly took her homework, stuffing it between her books in her bag. Seriously what was wrong with her?!

@(✞) lee taemin Truth be told, Tingyan actually knew that this probably wasn't the smartest of choices she had ever made, but ever since seeing him that day in the hallways, the young angel couldn't get those dark eyes out of her mind anymore. Not in the 'having a crush on someone' way of course, but there was just something about his eyes, a sheer endless depth, that kept her captive, fascinated her. There weren't a lot of people with such a darkness, a darkness that could even rival the center of a black hole, surrounding them. So when she had found out that he was actually a teacher at the academy nothing could stop her from signing up to his class. Not the whispered rumors of his class having one of the highest failure rate in the whole school, nor her seniors' warnings about her definitely not being welcome by both the teacher and the other students in the class. Who cared. She wasn't there to make friends anyway. Even if the other kids decided to bully her or whatever, she could deal with it, after all it would only be for that one class that she would have to see them. And Tingyan doubted that Mr. Lee would allow them to disrupt his class by doing anything bad to her. Or maybe not. But it was definitely one of her lesser problems.

What worried her most was actually the teacher himself. Asking her upperclassmen, she knew that he was most likely going to reject her request. Which wasn't a problem at all since there weren't any rules that prohibited her from participating in that class. So technically he would have to allow her in. But the bigger obstacle would definitely be to stay in the class once he allowed her in. Stories were told of the teacher purposefully doing things, acting in a way that led to all of the angels to drop out of his class. Tingyan wasn't really scared though. If he was going to make her drop out, so be it. A week would be plenty enough of time to do some observation and analyzing on her new subject of interest.

Surely enough, a new notification popped up on the screen on her laptop. A little smile formed on Tingyan's lips as she read through the message, mainly because of the word 'puppies'. It didn't last for long though as she then was leaning back in her chair, eyes on the ceiling as the tried to think of a proper way to respond. In the end she decided to go with a nice and friendly approach, fitting for an angel.

"To: Prof. Lee
CC: Application for the class 'Sin and Dark Arts'

Good evening, professor.

Regarding your reply to my application for your class 'Sin and Dark Arts' I sadly have to inform you that currently there is no class called 'Hugging Puppies 101' being taught at our academy. But I'm sure that if you were to bring this lovely idea to our headmaster, both he and the majority of the students would be elated to help establish and sign up for said class. Me too, even though I would consider myself more of a cat person.

I also would like to inform you that there was no mistake made when signing up for classes and that I would still like to participate in your class. Since the misunderstanding has been cleared, I hope there won't be any more troubles and we will soon see each other face to face in your class.

Best regards,
Chong Tingyan"

@(☾) kang seulgi Irene's sharp, intelligent browns scanned the paper before her and hummed, satisfied to see that Seulgi managed to get a lot done correctly, then grabbed her pen to correct a few of the little mistakes the ashy blonde girl made.

"I'm impressed, Kang. If only you can pay attention in class.." she muttered, an eyebrow arched upward, as she slid the homework across the desk back to its owner.

@(❅) bae joohyun Blinking a few times, remaining silent, she took a calm breath and shoved her homework towards Irene. She hoped that it was alright for at least a good grade, since math wasn‘t really her main subject. Seulgi finally lifted her eyes up but glanced around them, sensing that beside the old lady that it was only the two of them now in the library.

@(☾) kang seulgi Irene continued to stare as the werewolf behaved rather strangely in the vampire's eyes. She had never seen Seulgi this bashful before but what did she know anyways, she pretended that Seulgi didn't, or werewolves in general, exist to her until the younger approached her.

"Of course.." she drawled out, unconvinced. "Let me take a look." She continued, effectively switching the subject, and gestured for the other's homework.

@(❅) bae joohyun „Ah yes.. that‘s I was going to say“,she shook her head, letting out an embarrassed chuckle and mentally crused at , keeping her hues down on the paper in front of her despite the fact that she was basically done with her homework.

It was actually weird for Seulgi to be like this, usually she would have already spat insults at the vampire but for some strange reason, she didn‘t wanted to.

@(☾) kang seulgi Irene's head was cocked slightly to the side as she took in the woman before her, eyebrows furrowed thoughtfully. It was cute how innocently Seulgi interpreted the word 'nasty' that came from the vampire. She refrained from elaborating, thinking that maybe the Kangs weren't /that/ bad. But she'd still going to keep her guard up whenever they were around.

"Yes, and the three billion seven hundred women in the world, Kang." She blinked at Seulgi, putting her glasses back into its case, and wondered what prompted the younger to think that way. Probably the heat. She snorted at that, shaking her head slightly.

@(❅) bae joohyun Suddenly Seulgi randomly noticed how cute Irene looked when she crinkled her nose like that but quickly shook her head out of it. Damn that heat.

„I can try it, for the sake of our pack, but I cannot guarantee that they will back off for sure..“,she trailed off, a faint, amused smile appearing on her tiers. „Yea.. it can get quite messy when my kind is in heat but somehow I manage to hold myself back, sometimes.“ Seulgi snorted at her words, deciding to finish the last question quickly while the other was busy with stuffing her books into her bag. The following words slipping out of her without thinking, realizing it way too late, „Pfft, you’re like describing me, Bae.“

@(☾) kang seulgi Irene's nose crinkled in distaste though the action fell more onto the adorable scale, her ponytail and round glasses accentuating it.

"That explains it then. Please, tell your brothers to back off before I snap and rip their throats out for harassing me. I've witnessed how nasty werewolves can be when they are in heat." She nodded, tapping her fingers against her temple twice. "I would never ever be interested in them unless they magically grow a longer hair, a pair of s, and a in one night. but even then I still won't be interested." The vampire finished with a nod as she pushed her books back into her bag.

@(❅) bae joohyun The werewolf rose an eyebrow, sensing the way Irene‘s stiffened and crossed her arms over her chest, leaning back again. „Yes, in heat. And yes, it is that time for us..“,she chuckled once more as she casually shrugged her shoulders,“So what if I am? I will just randomly find someone, have a short fling till its over and done. Why does it bother you, Bae?“ Seulgi was curious upon why the vampire was reacting that way when she mentioned it.

@(☾) kang seulgi Irene stiffened at the word 'heat' and her gaze hardened just as her jaw tightened and hues darkened, ignoring the jab thrown her way.

"Heat? It's that time for all of you already? Are you in your heat too, Kang?" Her tone was sharp, and accusing too for some reason

@(❅) bae joohyun „How typical of them.. they are the worst these days since they are in heat too“,the ash-blonde female rolled her eyes, a dry chuckle slipping from her tiers,“I don’t know why they would even go after someone like you.. or perhaps it‘s just your pretty face that they find attractive.“

It was known that her brothers were quite the players and „collectors“ of chasing the female population but Seulgi was the opposite, known to be quite hard to get and often rejecting others.

@(☾) kang seulgi The older's orbs sparkled in amusement at how worked up Seulgi was over her brothers. She had heard rumors about the Kangs relationship but never paid much attention to it, why should she?

"They didn't say anything about you, only boasting themselves. But you know what? Your brothers are stupid mutts if they don't get the hint that I'm not interested after rejecting them countless times." She sighed heavily, absentmindedly caressing the wooden desk as she hummed non-committally, not letting the younger see how her words affected her.

Yes, Irene was doomed. For how many more centuries that she didn't know. She didn't have the courage to end it all by herself. She just wished her y persona somehow would get her into a trouble someday. One could only hope.

@(❅) bae joohyun Her hues narrowed at the vampire‘s words as her teeth lightly clenched together. „What did those three airheads say about me. Ugh, I‘ll kick their asses again„ ,she huffed in annoyance, watching the other’s moves and took a deep breath, calming herself down to avoid any unnecessary outburst. „Right, you /are/ undead. Doomed to live your life over and over again. So it‘s no wonder you are so good in school.“

@(☾) kang seulgi "Stupid, huh? That's not what they said to me..." She trailed off as she reached behind and played with her ponytail, lips pursed while her brain playing the memory in her head. The vampire's eyes narrowed slightly before a huff sneaked past her tiers.

"I'm not a nerd, I'm a vampire. I've done this twice already. Unlike social studies, math has always stayed the same."

@(❅) bae joohyun As silence fell between them, she managed to finish almost all of her homework, praying that it would at least be okay-ish than a total disaster. Just as the other spoke suddenly spoke up, she had started on the last question. „My brothers are stupid dogs.. and I am not on good terms with them, again“,Seulgi huffed, sitting up and brushed a few strands of her hair away from her face. „They‘re busy with their own homework.. and I knew you were a nerd in math so..“ At this, she casually shrugged her shoulder.