And so T.K. cooked lunch for twelve. They were having company. Yo Seob's parents and grandparents were here to inspect Doo Joon, or rather, his grandparents were going to inspect Doo Joon, as his parents already approved. She brought the food that she cooked for her family next door. She put everything in place at the table.
"Annyeong hasimnikka," said T.K. She bowed before ushering them into the living room. "Yo Seob will be here in a minute. My name is Park Taika*. I am B2st's caretaker. I prefer to be called T.K."
"Annyeong hasimnikka," said Yo Seob's parents and grandparents.
Yo Seob's grandparents glared at T.K.
"We had been hoping to hire you to help us,
Princess Taika."
"I refused on good grounds. I do not agree with the old customs. I do not mind that people still follow them, but it is absurd to force them onto the unwilling, Yang shii."
"You are an outspoken young woman," said the old woman offended.
"I am what I am," T.K said.
"You're not making my case any better," said Yo Seob. "I couldn't do it."
"Boy, the deadline was yesterday," said his grandfather. "Beware the consequences."
"Come what be, I will not hurt Doojoon."
"Then you have sealed his fate," said his grandfather.
"Won't you stay for lunch?" asked T.K.
"Don't bother," said Yo Seob. "And I did not seal Doo Joon's fate. I'm glad he's not awake yet."
Yo Seob returned to the room where he left Doojoon. The window was open. The curtains were blowing. There was no sign of the older man. Yo Seob's heart jumped into his throat. Doojoon was gone.
"Yo Seob? Doo Joon? Oh my god! Doo Joon's gone!" T.K. cried frozen.
Yo Seob was staring out the window.
"He's gone...WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" There was a swirl of self-loathing, anger and fear in his eyes. He seemed utterly insane. "WHERE IS HE?!" He jumped out the window. His nostrils dilated. He couldn't find his beloved's scent. Yo Seob snarled. The fans that had gathered around him backed away.
"Dreamspeaker..." gasped T.K. "Yo Seob! Yo Seob! Get back up here."
Yo Seob managed to leave the crowd, leaving them unharmed and dragged himself up, back to the dorm unit.
"What?" He was absolutely deadened and depressed.
"Your grandparent's...one of them is a Dream Speaker and the other is Wind Caller, that is why Doo Joon disappeared. We need all the help we can get to find him. That includes canceling all B2st's activities, and maybe 2 PM's, plus others...who else are vampires?"
"Don't know. Heart hurts," said Yo Seob staring blankly.
The others just stared horrified.
"You guys start calling the manager and 2PM's manager. Call JYP and call other groups to find out whether they are vampires. I'm going next door."
"Jay! Help!"
"Taika, is anything everything alright? What happened with Yo Seob?"
"How did you know?" She was suspicious.
"I saw him out the window," said Jay.
"Did you see anything else? And where is my sister?"
"She went out."
"You're lying. The door to her room is closed and her soul signature is in the house. What did you do? And what is that sticking out of your pocket?"
"Last night, I dreamed...she came to me. You...She showed me what would happen if Doojoon wasn't turned...She had you...She was going to kill you...It was horrible and then, when they came by, she slipped the money. She had to make sure that I kept my side of the bargain. I wouldn't speak. I wouldn't let your sister know what was going on. She saw him flying out the window. God, I didn't know what to do."
"You bastard! How could you! Do you know how important Doo Joon is to Yo Seob? You should know because you feel the same for me!" She screamed. She grabbed him by the collar. "Release my sister. We're going after them."
She stormed out of the unit, down the hall into B2st's. "You heard that didn't you. We ready? We'll take two vans. 2pm with me and Jay. You guys with my sister. Yo Seob I don't want you to kill Jay. You can kill him if we don't find Doo Joon but right now he may have information. One of you keep your cellphone on. We'll contact each other with one cellphone per van. If it runs out, use another one, understand?"
"Yeah."
"Let's go."
They rushed down the stairs, into the garage.
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* The name's Finnish for magic and spell. Sounds a bit like my real name...or at least I think it does.