In the next month, Hendery went back to school, and he was basically ignored by everyone. Jungwoo still wouldn't even look him in the eye, Ten glared at him whenever he got close and he didn't even bother to look for Xuxi and Dejun. Until the drama club captain grabbed him during lunch and pulled him into the theatre hall.

Every Thursday, he'd be dragged here and practice his lines for the drama. Dejun and Lucas didn't even talk to him except for when they had lines with him, and it was 2 weeks before the performance, when the captain told them the final scene.

"Okay, basically the monster, as in lucas gets stabbed, dies and the knight, as in Dejun will save the princess, and they'll get married, and the final scene will be a kiss, get it?" Hendery sighed, and nodded, not even bothering to look up at Dejun's face full of disgust.

"I'll get to it." Hendery muttered, then went to talk to the makeup and clothes artists about his outfit that day. Hendery remembered the fact that today it was also Lucas's last basketball competition in NCT, and he decided to go. He sat down in the VIP box, in the seat the coach had saved for him, and stared at the court, where Dejun was smiling as he ruffled the giant's hair.

Hendery shrugged, then went back to staring at the giant timer. The MC walked out, and started talking, the first half Hendery didn't manage to hear. "Anyways, it's our tradition to have one of the audience wish the basketball team members luck, the random pick camera starts now!"

And the camera just hated Hendery enough to land on him, and Hendery stared as his face was projected onto the big screen. Lucas stared, along with Dejun, as if they both didn't expect Hendery to be there.

"Oh wow, look, it's our school prince Hendery! Hendery, Lucas is your childhood best friend, do you have any words of encouragement for him?" the vampire prince glanced at the mic handed to him. "Good luck." he muttered. "Anything else?" the mc asked, clearly expecting more.

"..."

"Enjoy the game and don't get hurt." The MC furrowed his eyebrows, clearly expecting more, and just as he was going to finish his speech and start the competition, someone showed up. Yangyang showed up, and sat down next to Hendery, kissing his cheek. "Missed me, mann?" The sentence was picked up clearly by the mic, and Hendery knew if Yangyang was here, so were the royals. "I did." he replied, wrapping an arm around the werewolf, putting on the show he always was forced to.

"Well then, let's start our game with the kiss camera, and since we already have a happy couple on the screen, would you do the honors, Hendery?" Right when Hendery was about to reply, Yangyang had already leaned forward and kissed him on the lips, leaving Hendery no choice but to let him do it.

He was fully aware of Dejun and Lucas watching below, and the game bell rang just as the camera was pulled away from them. Hendery didn't even know how, but somehow, they were playing against the same team as last time, and the boy Hendery scared half to death was standing right there, grinning as he snatched the ball from Xuxi, and scored. The basketball captain wasn't even into the game, and Hendery growled, knowing it was because of him, and growled in frustration, making a decision.

He jumped out of the VIP box, and stormed towards the poor cheerleading captain, who just handed the megaphone over after seeing Hendery boiling mad. The prince turned towards the cheerleading team. "After I finish yelling what I do, I want you guys to start yelling NCT basketball member names in order, alright?" The cheerleading members nodded, and Hendery thought for a while.

"Actually, yell Go Huang Xuxi three times before that." he could see the royals looking alarmed, but he wasn't going to let Lucas graduate with his record broken because of him.

And he started yelling in Cantonese. "WONG YUKHEI GET YOUR BRAIN BACK IN THE GAME YOU GIANT PUPPY AND FUCKING FOCUS!" he roared into the microphone, terrifying half of the people sitting there and watching the competition.

"I WILL GO DOWN THERE AND BEAT YOUR ASS UP IF YOU DON'T FOCUS ON THE GAME, SO BLOODY GET INTO IT, 我愛你!"

He had yelled that in cantonese on purpose because none of the royals in Seoul knew any cantonese, and he knew Lucas and Dejun could understand him perfectly. Their eyes met for a second, and Lucas nodded, and started actually being in the game, and scored multiple times, pulling the game into a tie.

The second round started after the break, and Hendery smiled to himself as he saw Lucas score again, and he cheered silently when the time was up, and Lucas won, fair and square. He frowned, when he saw the boy from Westblood yelling at Lucas, and punched him.

He quickly looked away, deciding to deal with the boy later, but when Lucas and Dejun looked up at him, they both saw him looking at Yangyang instead of Lucas, who just got punched in the face, and even with that message Hendery had just yelled, they felt their hearts being shattered to pieces again.

Lucas got his prize, but he didn't care enough to go to the party at this point, he just wanted to go home with Dejun. Yet things would never go the way he planned. The same boy walked out, with a few more boys from their team, backing them into an alley.

Hendery felt his chest pull, and ran into the bathroom, teleporting outside and ran towards where the feeling was leading him.

Because now, he knew what the feeling meant. Danger. His loved ones were facing danger.

"So, how'd you cheat this time, Huang Xuxi? You weren't in the game in the first round, was it that boy in the audience yelling?" the boy laughed, brandishing his knife, and Lucas quickly shielded Dejun behind him. "Oh, you're a faggot. No wonder you repulse me so much, and that friend of yours in the audience, I'd like to stab this knife into him, see it hurt him and the feeling scare him. But now I'll settle for hurting you."

The boy charged towards Lucas, and there was a flash. Xuxi squeezed his eyes shut, but no pain came, and instead he felt a substance drip onto him. Hendery. Hendery had run in front of him, and blocked the knife with his own body, getting stabbed.

"You wanted to see me?" Hendery asked, his eyes flashing dangerously. "Well here I am, bitch. Let's see who's the scared one." And with that, he pulled the knife out of his chest, the wound already knitting together, throwing the knife behind him, and pounced towards the boy, the other two running off and screaming in fear. Hendery slammed a fist onto the boy's head, knocking him out cold. "I'll report him to Taeil." And with that Hendery disappeared with the boy, and he reappeared a second later.

"Are any of you two hurt?" he asked, quickly glancing at Xuxi and Dejun, pulling them back up. "Honestly, the next time someone tries to hurt you like that with a knife you run or scream for help, what if I'm not there and honestly go take some self-defense classes and-"

Lucas finally let out his tears, because the truth was, he was scared. He was terrified when that boy went to him with a knife, and he thought he was going to die. And Hendery had come, that vampire prince, his best friend who he avoided for an entire month came and took the knife for him. Xiaojun was trembling as well, and so was he crying. "If one day I don't get here quickly enough what would you do, huh? Get stabbed? Get killed? Defend yourself for god's sa-"

Dejun pulled the other two into a tight hug, letting out ugly sobs. "Hendery- how do you not hate us- we avoided you for an entire month and you just got stabbed for us-" "Won't even hurt me, the wound's already healing. I still can't remember you, but I love you, I remember that much. I remember loving you more than anyone else, and then I know I love Xuxi, I must be weird, loving both of you at once. I don't love the werewolf I'm being forced to marry, okay?"

Lucas pulled Hendery even closer. "I wouldn't have it any other way..." Xiaojun smiled a little. "Neither would I." Hendery smiled a little, pulling away from the hug, missing the other two's warmth immediately. "I'll find a way out of my situation, I swear. Goodbye.. For now."

And with that, the vampire disappeared, leaving the two standing there, happier than they had ever been in the past month.

AND THAT'S THE END OF THE STORY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING!!

HAH YOU THOUGHT? IF YOU FELL FOR THIS IMMA DIE LAUGHING- anyways i hope ya all enjoyed this, i finally wrote a wholesome chapter.