Chapter 13

Felix noticed that Changbin wore black nail polish on his fingernails. He noticed even more specifically that the polish on his nails were chipped, probably needing a repaint. And this gave Felix an idea.

“Hey Changbin, don’t you want to repaint your nails?” Felix asked from the kitchen.

Changbin looked up from the book he was reading and turned to the other. “I mean I guess I could. I didn’t even notice how chipped they were until now.”

Felix held in a giggle and continued back to cooking. Earlier that day, Felix and Jisung left the house to go explore the dark forest a little bit. Since there was daylight outside, they felt way more safe. Felix of course was going around and looking for materials that were unique to the area. He found various berries, rocks, and herbs that he stuffed in his bag for experimenting with later on. Jisung would greet all of the creatures that they would pass by. He could tell his bright aura threw quite a few of them off, but they were polite to Jisung nevertheless before walking away and carrying on with their own lives. Once the sun started to set, they went back to the cottage. Jisung passed out on the sofa again while Felix went straight to the kitchen, examining the ingredients in the fridge to see what he could make. Changbin had walked into the room with his nose in a book, completely unfazed that the kitchen witch was raiding his fridge.

Felix was finished cooking and made three bowls of bibimbap with different seasonal vegetables, beef, and some herbs for garnish. Minho came downstairs and his jaw dropped at the food.

“Dang Felix, that looks good,” He complimented.

“Thank you!” He beamed.

They all grabbed their bowls, but then Minho frowned. “What about Jisung? Isn’t he gonna eat?”

Felix pointed to the diurnal witch sleeping on the couch. “I’m not gonna wake him up and force him to eat. That dude is out cold. Plus he already ate something earlier.”

Minho walked away going to sit on the other couch Jisung wasn’t on, mumbling something about it not being fair that Jisung has to skip out on a meal.

Once everyone finished their food, Minho left to go out. While Felix cleaned up everything, Changbin went upstairs and then shortly came back to sit at the kitchen table again, actually repainting his nails black. Felix looked over his shoulder from at the sink and snorted, everything of his going to plan.

Felix sat down at the kitchen table across from Changbin, stealing the book he was previously reading. The lunar witch gave Felix an annoyed look but didn’t say anything, just waiting there for his nails to dry. Felix made a few snarky comments at the pages he read and Changbin would either agree or argue with his statements. After a while Felix put the book down, flashing a mischievous to the other.

“Changbin, can you get me an apple from the fridge please?” The kitchen witch asked.

The lunar witch sighed and got up, fulfilling his request. He walked over to Felix and the freckled boy pouted.

“Can you wash it for me?” He blinked innocently.

Changbin scowled. “Can’t you wash your own damn apple?”

“Hey I’m your guest, you should be nicer to me. Also, I already cleaned up the whole kitchen after cooking. So the least you could do is wash it,” Felix whined.

The older reluctantly went over to the sink and ran the apple under cold water. Only, something was off. Under the running water Changbin’s black nails lightened up, turning into a bright orange color. He shut off the tap and snapped his head back at Felix.

“What did you do?” Changbin shouted, immediately knowing that this had to be the kitchen witch’s doing.

Felix burst out laughing, banging his fist against the table. “Color changing polish, isn’t it cool? It activates when you run it under water. And orange matches your midnight blue hair. As my art witch friend would say, they’re complimentary colors on the color wheel.”

Changbin gritted his teeth and threw the apple at Felix, the younger dodging it with ease.

“Why would you even mess with my stuff like that? I’m taking this off,” Changbin grumbled, staring at his orange nails in distaste.

“No, don’t take it off!” Felix protested. “Do you know how hard it was to change your nail polish without waking you up?”

The lunar witch’s eyes narrowed at him. “You went into my room while I was sleeping?!”

Felix got up from the table and stepped to the side a bit. “I said too much,” He nervously laughed. Felix ran away and booked it out the door. Changbin scoffed at the audacity of him, soon chasing after the witch.

Seungmin stretched out his arms while sitting up on the bed. His light brown haired was tousled while he tried to blink the sleepiness out of his eyes. He turned to the side, Jeongin still sleeping on the other hotel bed.

Seungmin got ready by washing his face, fixing his hair, and doing anything he could to look presentable. Once he got out the bathroom, Jeongin was sitting down on his bed criss-crossed, smiling at the art witch.

“Getting ready to see Hyunjin?” Jeongin chuckled.

The other witch just crossed his arms, trying to brush his words off.

“I’m just going to spend the day with him, that’s all. We’re going to regroup with you and Chan later,” He spoke.

“Okay, have fun~” The divination witch sang.

Going to the beach during the day was a real contrast to what it was like at night. Seungmin didn’t have to sneak by security like he had in previous times, freely going to the beach after he walked down the boardwalk. The sky was a clear blue without a cloud in the sky. The sun shone warmly on the beach, brightening up the sea water. Unlike the usual white color of the sand at night, the sand at that moment was more yellow.

Seungmin walked past a few humans while going over to the rocks. There weren’t many of those creatures there in the morning, but some were relaxing by the water fairly spaced apart. From the other day, Hyunjin had suggested to show Seungmin the underwater civilization he lived in half of the time. Seungmin didn’t understand why specifically him, but it was late at night so the art witch didn’t question him that much nor rejected the idea.

After making sure the coast was clear and no humans were watching him, Seungmin started to walk on the rocks, going to the area that Hyunjin asked him to meet him at.

“Hey Seungminnie! You actually came,” He heard a voice say.

His eyes met with Hyunjin’s, the sea witch resting his arms on a rock with half of his body still in the water.

“Um, why wouldn’t I?” Seungmin questioned.

A bright smile spread across Hyunjin’s face. “Well I was worried that I wouldn’t see you until later. I thought maybe you would’ve been occupied with something right now.”

The art witch shrugged and sat down on a rock right next to the one Hyunjin was resting on. “Well I’m here now, aren’t I?”

“Yup! So, is it okay if I cast a water breathing spell on you?” The sea witch asked.

Seungmin bit the inside of his cheek, worried about something. “If I’m going into the water, what about my art bag? Can I carry that there without my supplies getting ruined?”

“Well sure you can. I’m just gonna try a water resistance spell on it. I haven’t done that before with any objects, but I think I might have a good idea.”

The art witch handed him his most valuable possession and Hyunjin set it down in front of himself. The older held his hand on the bag and his eyes fluttered shut. After a few moments, the bag emitted a light that was the same color as the sea. Hyunjin retracted his hand and his eyes opened.

“Can I test it?” He asked Seungmin.

“Sure, just be careful,” The other said warily.

The sea witch took the bag and lowered it into the water. The bag had tiny little air bubbles around the sides of it when submerged. He took it back out and the water immediately dripped off of it, leaving the bag and all of the items inside dry. He handed it back to the other.

“Alright, now it’s your turn,” Hyunjin said while holding out his hand to Seungmin.

The art witch hesitated a little before grabbing the other’s hand, Hyunjin pulling him into the water. Seungmin yelped and grabbed on the rock to stay afloat as water splashed up to his face. Hyunjin giggled.

“Sorry, I’m just excited,” He apologized.

The art witch was startled when Hyunjin put his right hand on Seungmin’s chest directly on his heart, the sea witch also putting his left hand on his own heart. Seungmin bit his lip, trying but failing desperately to slow down his quickening heartbeat. Both of their bodies emitted a soft blue light when Hyunjin closed his eyes and focused all he could in the spell.

“I’ve never done this spell on anyone else before. So if you can’t breathe, just go back up for air okay?” He breathed, his eyes opening to look into Seungmin‘s.

The art witch nodded. Hyunjin then smiled subtlety before putting his head under the water and sinking down. Seungmin took a deep breath above the water before doing the same.

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