twenty-two

When Jisung woke up the next morning, his eyes were drawn to a strange creature that was sitting on his bed, scaring the shit out of him. It was translucent, seemed to be made of light, and had a similar shape to a cat.

Its glowing eyes focused on Jisung and his fear rose instantly. He screamed, moving back until he hit the headboard of the bed. The creature flinched, but it didn't go away.

Seconds after, Minho ripped open the door to Jisung's bedroom and glared at him, expecting him to be close to dying or something. But his shoulders relaxed when he saw the scene.

"Wait, what the fuck?! How do you think am I gonna pay the realtor for that? Doors are expensive!" He groaned, looking at the broken door that Minho had just ripped apart.

Minho shrugged his shoulders. Walking into his bedroom, he smirked at Jisung's visible fear. "Get that thing away from me!" He screeched, pointing at the weird creature which was now slowly walking towards him.

"No," Minho retorted cockily, enjoying the human's torment.

"Please, I beg you!" he whined, not taking his eyes off the weird creature. It kept moving closer to him, perking its ears up.

"Don't be ridiculous, it won't hurt you," Minho reassured him, rolling his eyes. And he was right, the strange cat sat down next to Jisung and put a paw on his thigh without harming him.

"What is this?" He asked curiously.

"It's a lower-class demon," Minho explained. "All lower-class demons belong to certain higher-class demons. They're basically like pets, and this one belongs to me." He hummed to himself.

"I'm guessing it's attracted to you because it sensed the bond. Usually, demons like this one would hurt humans," he added with an evil smirk, and Jisung cringed.

"Why did it appear suddenly?"

"Oh, it didn't appear suddenly. It has been lingering in this house for days, following you around."

"What?!" Jisung yelled in disbelief. "Why didn't you say something? And why haven't I seen it before?"

Minho shrugged. "You didn't ask me in the first place. And the reason why you were only able to see it today is because the longer you're around me, the more your body will get accustomed to seeing supernatural beings."

Jisung beamed in excitement. "That's so cool! Does that mean that I'll get to see ghosts too?"

"Um, yeah. And speaking of ghosts... there's one right behind you now."

Jisung turned his head slowly, heart racing fast, not out of excitement, but fear. He jumped back and fell off the bed as he made short contact with a gory-looking young  girl, floating right behind him, her eyes only having holes instead of pupils.

"I take it back! This isn't cool at all!" He screamed agitatedly and ran out of the bedroom, creating loud thuds for every step he took down the stairs.

To be continued...

Minho: rips open Jisung's door.

Door knob: