Aegyo Bites Back / Chapter 3 / Minwook

Ryeowook yawned and snuggled closer. He had never felt so warm or so comfortable in his life, the fox's silky black hair bunched in his grip while he nuzzled in it. Breathing in its warm earthy scent, feeling the-

Wait...BLACK HAIR!?!?!?!

Ryeowook opened his eyes and looked down in horror. The fox was gone; in his place was a man. A man with loose black hair that fell adorably over his face, a man with innocent round cheeks and small foxy eyes...a man that he instantly recognized was also a kumiho.

  Ryeowook screamed and back pedaled quickly, falling backwards off of the bed and onto ground with a heavy thud. The noise woke up the kumiho, who sat straight up and peered warily over the edge of the bed. Unfortunately, it also woke up someone else.

"Wookie-ah!? Are you alright!?"

Eunhyuk burst into his room, looking down his brother on the floor. Ryeowook was about to say something until he saw the man was nowhere to be found. He had disappeared from the bed, and there was no sign of where he had gone to; well almost no sign. He had failed to hide his bushy red tail, the creamy tip poking out from under the dust ruffle. Forcing a small chuckle despite how confused and afraid he was Ryeowook let Eunhyuk help him off the floor.

"Yeah, hyung, I'm fine. I-I saw a spider and I tripped. Im okay."

"Wookie, please be more careful!"

"I will. Thanks..."

Ryeowook looked his elder up and down, smirking at the new outfit and clean look Eunhyuk was proudly displaying. "Well well; you don't look like the sick puppy that was sprawled on my couch yesterday! Feeling better, hyung?"

"Ah, Wookie-ah, you wouldn't believe how fast that tea works! It was amazing, better than any medicine I've ever had. I'm ready to get back to work today, and you'd better hurry up or we'll be late."

"Okay. Oh, and look at that! I didnt notice your outfit. Is it new?"

"Maknae, it happened again! Someone knocked on the door but no one was there when I answered. Instead, this box was there and this was inside the box."

"Your secret admirer strikes again?"

Eunhyuk stood admiring himself and flexing in Ryeowook's mirror. "I'm hoping that if they, whoever they are, see me wearing it they'll confront me. I can't wait to meet them!"

Ryeowook glanced warily at the quivering tail tip still poking out from under his bed, and he began pulling an outfit out from his dresser drawers. "Well hyung I'm going to get ready now." he said as he began removing his shirt. Eunhyuk gagged.

"Wookie-ah! Wait until I get of the room first! I'll meet you downstairs, okay? Good God my eyes..."

"Shut up, hyung!"

Playfully tossing his pillow at the door Eunhyuk was retreating from, he waited until the door closed and the footsteps grew more faint before he spoke to the kumiho. Now the man was lounging on his bed, tail drawing arcs in the air as it flicked back and forth while he stared at Ryeowook with piercing brown eyes. Realizing that he still was topless Ryeowook covered himself with a pillow. The kumiho smirked.

"Hmph! The one who just had me in his arms a minute ago is shy of his body..."

"T-That was an accident! And what the heck are you doing in my bed!?"

"You put me here, genious. Remember?"

"No...no, I put a FOX in my bed. You're a human! A weird, perverted, cosplaying human."

"What the hell is cosplay?"

Ryeowook cautiously crept over to the stranger and grabbed his tail, tugging it experimentally. The kumiho just stared at him, unamused.

"I have 8 more if you feel like grooming me...Hey! OW!" Ryeowook had moved to tug at the large black protruding ears, retreating in horror when they didn't come off like he expected.

"Wookie...that really hurt..." the man stuck out his lower lip, letting it quiver a bit as he dropped his ears submissively.Ryeowook inhaled deeply, trying not to fall for the aegyo of this weird creature as his grandmother had instructed. It could prove very, very dangerous.

"Alright...I'm sorry...um...?"

The fox-man immediately stopped pouting to grin mischeviously at Ryeowook. "Huh, should've thought of that BEFORE you slept with me, eh Wookie-ah?"

"But I-I DIDNT!! You were, and I was...ARGH!" Ryeowook collapsed face first onto the bed, not moving except to bunch the covers in frustration. He was growling to himself. Meanwhile the kumiho sat cross legged, looking down at him and using one of his many bushy tails to stroke his bare back.

"Ha ha ha! I like messing with you; you're so cute when your frustrated."

"Don't touch me..." Ryeowook snarled, muffled by the thick blanket.

"Whatever. Hey, I have something to say. Sit up."

"I said don't-AH!" Ryeowook jumped at the other mans touch as he tried to help him sit up by slipping his hands under his bare stomach. The fox grinned evilly, exposing his long pointed fangs. Immediately he pounced and began tickling Ryeowook, who kept desperately trying to stay angry but unable to surpress his laughter.

  A sudden knock on the door startled both people, but neither moved an inch as they recognized the voice.

"Ryeowook, come on! We're going to be late."

"Sorry hyung, I'll be out in 5 minutes."

When Eunhyuk left for the second time, Sungmin sat down on the bed with a heavy thud. "I remember him. I tricked him once by putting wasabi in his cream puffs a few years ago."

"That was YOU!? He was mad at me for WEEKS because of that!!!" Ryeowook lunged, wrestling with the stranger. First he pinned him on his back with his hands above his head. The stranger smirked, bucking to peck Ryeowook's lips, who then pulled away and rubbed them furiously and spitting.

"I probably just stole your first kiss. Sucks to be you, eh?"

Angrily Ryeowook grabbed him again and finally pinned down the fox-man with both hands held behind his back.

"Now tell me WHO you are and what do you want with me."

"Ow! Hey tough guy, I need those arms!"

"Tell me!"

"Alright alright! OUCH!" He sighed in defeat, angrily mumbling. "My name is Lee Sungmin, and I'm a kumiho. I'm here because I was trying to find you and...I don't remember how I ended up on that road. But I DO know that you can help me. I don't...I don't know whether I want to be a kumiho anymore. I'm always hungry, always cold, and I don't want to die not knowing about love or joy. So many humans seem so happy and I'm jealous; I want to know what happiness is. Can you help me please?"

Ryeowook released him, letting Sungmin sit up and look him deep in the eyes. Ryeowook swallowed hard and tried not to get lost in their entrancing deep tranquility. Wow, they are really pretty...and they're cute like when he was a fox.

"...Fine. I will, just promise me something."

"Yay!!! Anything, anything! I'll promise to it."

"Don't touch me anymore, alright? My grandmother said a kumiho's touch was one of its biggest bait tactics. I still don't trust you, but if you don't touch me I'll be okay. Deal?"

Sungmin's ears drooped a little, but he nodded. "You...you'll still pet me right?"

"STOP BEING WEIRD!!!"

"I'm not!"

"Are so!"

"AM NOT!"