Johnny carried the human back to his mansion, the servants greeting him. He instructed 2 servants to prepare Ten a room, and bring him some clothes. Hendery walked in, heading straight to the medicine cabinet. "Honestly, Guan Heng, sometimes I feel like you're trying to turn yourself into a mummy." "Right back at you, hyung." 

Hendery shrugged off his shirt, and splashed his face with water, staring at the ugly purple bruises that littered his body, and he finally seemed to notice the human lying on the couch.

"Is that- Ten?" Johnny nodded. "Some guy tried to rape and rob him, brought him back here." "Seems like you're not that heartless." Johnny scoffed, rolling his eyes. "As if." Hendery smirked, and grabbed the bandages, and started to wrap his arm up. "Well who's the one who just brought someone you hardly knew back to his mansion?"

The werewolf growled, his eyes glowing red. Hendery laughed, grabbing the bottle next to him. "Calm down, hyung. Just saying, you might have a heart, unlike me."

"And here you are, working your ass off and trashing your life for 2 humans when you claim you don't have a heart. Ever thought about the possibility that they might rub off you and make you more humane?" Hendery shrugged. "I know they do. Love is quite nice, hyung. You should try it to, come on, it's just caring more."

"Nope. Not happening." Hendery shrugged, taking a swig of the strong vodka he was holding. "Are you even of drinking age-" "I am, hyung. Not exactly 19, you know? And oh look, your human's awake." 

Ten sat up, rubbing his eyes. "Where am I-?" he glanced around, and saw Hendery, not even bothering to stifle his gasp. The vampire prince went from looking like a prince that came out of a disney movie to someone who looked like a ripped mafia member covered in bruises. 

"Hi Ten Hyung." Hendery waved, still not putting a shirt on. "What the fuck is going on!" Ten yelled. "YOU HAVEN'T EVER BEEN TO SEE DEJUN, YOU HAVEN'T WENT TO VISIT XUXI EITHER, AND YOU'RE HERE COVERED IN MUSCLES AND STANDING SHIRTLESS IN FRONT OF ME WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HENDERY YOU BETTER BLOODY EXPLAIN YOURSELF-"

Johnny, unable to stop the english teacher part inside of him, muttered something. "Language." Ten glared at him, and Hendery sighed, sitting down in front of his computer, and switched it on. It was security footage, and Ten recognized where it was.

"I watch them every single minute I'm not fighting, Ten. I stare at Dejun's face, begging him to wake up, and I think of Lucas, crying and hoping he'll understand why I can't go see him. When I go back, I have to be stronger, do you understand? When I go back I have to be strong enough to save the both of them, I have to be strong enough to completely defeat the royals once and for all, and what kills the monsters isn't a knight in shining armor, it's just an even worse monster. So- tell them I'm sorry..." 

Hendery grabbed the bottle of makeup remover, and Ten's eyes widened as Hendery whipped off all the concealer on his face, making him realize how badly hurt the vampire actually was.

The prince's eyes had puffed up because of being punched, his cheekbones with scars on them, and his entire face covered in bruises. "You'll be surprised how much people like aiming for the head." Hendery smiled a little, touching his nose. "This is better, you should've seen me with a broken nose."

Ten swallowed nervously, realizing that although Lucas was slowly breaking every day Hendery didn't go visit, Hendery was downright going through hell. His physical condition was already worrying Ten, and it didn't help that Hendery was drinking. If he remembered correctly, the vampire used to be quite against it, but now the alcohol in his right hand said otherwise. "Alright give me that and go to sleep, I'll tell Lucas for you." 

Hendery handed the bottle over, and then teleported back upstairs, leaving Ten and Johnny in the room. "Um- Mr Suh, thank you for- um- saving me.." Ten muttered, thinking of how he insulted Johnny earlier. "Oh it's fine, and you don't have to call me Mr Suh anymore, I quit my job." 

Ten stared at his former english teacher for a while. "Mind if I ask why?" Johnny smiled, a hint of wickedness seeping into his grin. "If I told you, I'd have to kill you." Ten gulped nervously, and actually looked at Johnny for once. Not as one of his teachers who he'd never see again after he graduated, but now looked at him as a man, a man who had just saved him.

"You're staring, Ten." Johnny teased, pushing his hair back. "Oh- um- I'm sorry- yeah- and I'm sorry about what I just- screamed at you before." Johnny raised an eyebrow, and got up from his seat, walking towards the younger until he had the human pinned onto the couch. 

"Ugly? Jerkass? Dickless? Ten, do you honestly find me ugly?" fuck. This man knew he was fucking attractive and he was teasing Ten on purpose. "Am I?" Ten bit his lip for a while, and decided to go all in since he was already stuck in this mess. "Ugly and dickless." Johnny growled, his eyes turning red as he picked Ten up, taking the younger upstairs. 

"Well then, seems like I have to show you in order to prove what you say is false, right?"

With that, he threw Ten onto the bed, and locked the door behind him.