They all stayed in silence, waiting for him to continue.
'We've been told he died of a heart attack, however, we have reasons to suspect that isn't the cause of his death.'
Fuck.
That what they all thought.
Kun's father was the one economically supporting them, he was the reason they could easily pay for people's silence. He was the CEO of an important perfume company which had a lot of contacts in the government, losing the company meant becoming practically insignificant.
'We weren't expecting him to die that soon, since he wasn't that old and he was a healthy man. However, our options now are either leave it to the company's vice-chairman or having Kun inherit the company.'
Chittaphon stopped talking and Kun stood up.
'The problem with the vice-chairman is that she's the main suspect of Mr. Qian's murder. She found out that we aren't working as a perfume making lab, despite the official documents stating so. She knew Qian was aware of that and still subsidized our actions. We have evidence of her having contact with vampires regularly. She has already started playing her cards to be in charge of the company.'
'We'll have to get rid of her.' Yukhei spoke. He said those words calmly, making him appear intimidating.
'But she's a human, isn't she?' Renjun argued. As far as he knew, they only went for vampires.
'And she killed Kun's father.' Yukhei spat back making Renjun flinch slightly.
'Not all our enemies are vampires, Renjun.' Kun intervened.
'I miss him...' Said Jaemin as he drew circles with his finger on Jeno's chest.
'Nana... please, don't worry. I'm sure he's fine.'
'I want him back... What if..?'
A tear rolled down Jaemin's cheek as Jeno shushed him and wiped it with his thumb.
That night the vice-chairman was sent a message that there was a problem with one of the factories. It was one of the oldest ones, which meant the machines were old and would probably need to be changed. She went there to see what the problem was to decide whether she should send someone to repair it or it should be changed instead.
Once she got there, she saw one of the workers waiting for her.
'We were about to close when we realised there was a problem with the bottling machine... You see, this is supposed to-'
Thud.
The vice-chairman's body fell unconscious right after a glass bottle crashed against the nape of her neck.
Yukhei dragged the woman's body to another room. Chenle helped him breaking a few pipes with a hammer and they closed the door, making sure to turn off the lights.
As soon as they got out of there, Yangyang switched on a key from teh control room and the three guys hopped on a car that would drive them back home.
The vice-chairman woke up after a while. Her head hurt, and she could feel a few drops of blood rolling down her neck. She was in the dark, in a room that smelled weird. She tried to hold her breath, as she couldn't identify where the smell came from. She followed the wall until she found a switch and turned it on.
Boom.
'Today at about 5 am, a perfume factory owned by the Qian company caught fire due to an explosion caused by a gas leak. There were two victims, being the chairman and the vice-chairman of the Qian company. The workers of the factory confirmed...'
Seonghwa's eyes were glued to the TV. Some things didn't make sense. He knew the Chairman definitely didn't die in fire.
'Father, I'm going to school.' Said Jisung already in front of the door. He waved goodbye to his father and left the house.
Jisung was waiting for Chenle to arrive, however, he was nowhere to be seen. He didn't show up for a couple of classes and it wasn't until an exhausted looking Chenle appeared.
He looked quite pale and he had noticeable eyebags. He walked calmly to his seat, yawning.
Later, when classes were over, the younger approached him. They started heading to the library silently so Jisung decided to break the silence.
'What happened?'
'Mmhm?'
'Why were you so late?'
'Oh... I fell asleep.'
'Why did you fall asleep?'
'I went to sleep late.'
'Why did you go to sleep late?'
'Uhm... My father had some things to do and I helped him.'
'Oh... What's your father's name? You've never talked about him.'
'Eh... Kun.'
'Is he as pretty as you?'
Chenle choked on his saliva.
'W-what?'
Jisung's tongue had slipped.
Shit.
He thought of a way to save his ass fast.
'Uhh, hehe... I was saying that because... because they say Chinese men are really pretty!'
'So you're saying you're interested in my father..?'
'nO-'
'Ahh didn't know you were into older men, Jisungie~'
'Does baby Sung have daddy issues?'
Jisung blushed madly as Chenle squeezed his butt playfully.
'Stop Le, I'm a top!'
'Prove it.'
Chenle got awfully close to his face, making Jisung flinch.
'Sungie is a bottom~'
Chenle kept teasing the younger. If it wasn't him Jisung would have been bothered, but in that case he felt glad he could wipe that 'i want to die' expression off the older's pretty face.
'Sung, sweetie... How did you manage to get ALL OF THEM wrong?!'
The younger pouted as Chenle held the paper sheet in which his homework was written.
'Photosynthesis: it means a plant creates light by burning proteins.
How many plants have you seen shining?'
Jisung whined as he snatched the paper from Chenle's hands and crossed the answer.
'What is this photosynthesis thing, then?'
'Didn't you study this like, five years ago?'
'But I forgot...'
'...'
'Tell mee!'
'It's the process-'
Their conversation was interrupted by Chenle's ringtone. He quickly picked up and answered the call.
'Who is it?'
'Chenle, you're late.'
'Uhm... Okay sorry. I'm coming.'
He hung up. Yangyang sounded really annoyed.
'Sorry, Sung... I forgot I had something to do...'
'Oh... It's okay...'
Chenle left the place hurriedly, putting all his stuff in his backpack messily. Jisung watched the older walk out the library and sighed dreamily.
He then took his pen to write down the answers of his homework.
'Photosynthesis: process through which certain organisms use carbon dioxide, water and solar energy to synthesize glucose and oxygen.'
He finished his homework was fast as he could. He instinctively went to the librarian, only to realise it wasn't Johnny. So he turned around like nothing happened and left.
'Why are you so late?' Chittaphon intercepted him as he walked through the door. He looked pissed.
'Uhm... I was doing homework in the library... Why? Are we going somewhere?' He said as he saw the older dressed in a formal way.
'You forgot? We have a funeral to attend, Chenle.' The younger gulped. He ran upstairs to get into his room, changed fast and fixed his hair a little bit. As he was walking through the corridor Yangyang saw him.
'So... Kun is your dad now?'
'Huh?'
'You said Kun was your dad earlier.'
'You- Stop spying on me!'
'hEY I saved your ass multiple times thanks to that!'
'B-but-'
'STFU WHY DO YOU THINK NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT NAKAMOTO?'
'I... Wait what?'
'Your vampire boyfriend who you stabbed. I heard everything and-'
'yOU HEARD ME MAKING OUT WITH YUTA?! YOU FUCKING PERV!'
'i sTILL SAVED YOUR ASS. You should thank Chittaphon and I for covering up the murder!'