A TASTE OF BAD( MXM)

2. Ex-boyfriend

CHAPTER TWO

My heart beat so fast against my ribcage as I desperately cleaned the last of Anton’s wounds. My hand was shaky, my entire body filled with an incredible amount of panic. I was trying to keep it together but seeing Anton covered in blood like that had sent me into a whirl of mess. This was the boy I liked and this was not how tonight was supposed to turn out. I had it all in my head and it included us meeting at the football field, recreate our first kiss, confess my feeling to him and then ask him to officially be my boyfriend.

“Hey,” he grabbed my hand, drawing me to a halt.

“Y-You should just let me finish up first,” I muttered, my lower lip trembling. I was a mess, trying to control my emotions from being all over the place.

“I’ll be fine, Beck,” he muttered weakly, attempting to smile despite being in obvious pain. Considering how deep those marks were, it was a miracle he was actually talking.

“No, you are not fine and why don’t you even want to go to the hospital? You know what? I’m taking you to the hospital whether you want it or not. This is not-“I was cut short by Niran’s hand settling on my shoulder.

“He is going to be fine, Beck. Calm down,”

I stood up, snapping at my best friend,” Don’t you tell me to f*****g calm down, okay? Anton is lying on our couch wounded and the best you can all do is tell me he is going to be fine? What the hell is wrong with you? He is wounded really bad and the one thing I need is to take him to the hospital,” I snapped.

“Anton is going to be fine and trust me, I’m worried but not about that. Right now, we’ve got an even more pressing matter at hand,” he said. What could possibly be more pressing than Anton critically wounded? What bugged me though was how everyone sided with Anton not wanting to step in a hospital. Was there something everyone knew and I didn’t?

“Fine. Then how about you enlighten me on what the hell is going on? What was that s**t he was spitting about some people finding us or something? Why does he even have claw on marks on his body? Did some huge dog do that to him? Why is everyone acting like we don’t have a badly hurt man on our couch?” I demanded, my nerves still on edge as I placed everything on the first aid kit while discarding the used ones.

A dark cloud for a split of a second closed over Niran’s brown eyes as he let out a sigh.  Judging from how everyone else in the house had grown quiet, all of them wearing some distant guilty looks, confirmed to me they all knew something that I didn’t. My panic level peaked, fear creeping up on me. I always hated being blindsided. Just like how everyone knew Ken was cheating on back in high school except me, I didn’t want a repeat of history.

“What is going on here?” I demanded in a softer voice before adding,” Are you in trouble? f**k! Don’t tell me you made out with someone’s girlfriend again Niran. Because I swear if that is the reason Anton is hurt, I will- “

“I’m not human, Beck,” he cut me off in a soft tone,” At least, not fully,”

For a few seconds I look at him blankly before snapping right back,” And I’m an alien,”

“I’m f*****g serious, dude,” his eyes stared intently into mine,” You know all the stories you’ve heard about this campus being inhabited by supernaturals? Well, they are all true except it’s not just the vampires. There are all kinds of creatures and this college is supposed to be a safe haven for all of us though I have no idea why my parents firmly believed that,”

“Come on. Quit with the jokes. There is someone on our couch, someone I care about so much and you are still trying to make silly jokes. Just say the truth if you f****d some other Dude’s chick and now he is coming after you!” My lower lip trembled. It had happened before and so I wouldn’t really put it past him.

He grabbed my arms, probably in an attempt to keep me still but then his eyes changed color, morphing into a flame kind of red engorging a circle of sapphire blue. When he opened his lips to speak, a pair of elongated canines met me, making instantly go frozen, my brain completely numb from shock.

“W-What is going on?” I stuttered when I eventually found my voice.

“Seriously Niran?” Tiara intervened, looking completely relaxed as she nudged Niran to the side before she met my gaze,” Look buddy. I always knew one day you were bound to find out about all this and honestly, I really thought it would have been in a much better time but that is the hard truth. Supernatural creatures exists. Vampires, faeries, hybrids, werewolves, demons, witches, name them. They are all f*****g real. Your best friend is a hybrid of a wolf and a fire fairy, something that is admittedly unheard of. Angelica is a witch, Rania is a water fairy and I’m a werewolf. Your boyfriend here,” she paused, casting a glance at Anton lying quietly on the couch,” Is a werewolf too. I know its hard to accept it but that the f*****g truth. Deal with it because as much as we would love to give you time to absorb all this new information, we really don’t have that luxury,”

“Its not Halloween yet,” I muttered after a few seconds of hesitation, my voice softened. They all had to be kidding. There was no way supernatural creatures were even real. Maybe they were just trying to mess around with me and that thing Niran did with his eyes had to be some light trick he learned. There is no way that was even remotely real. Either this was my pre-birthday prank or they just watched to many movies.

Suddenly the door was kicked down and much to my disbelief, Ken, my former flame was standing at the door, blood dripping on the corner of his lips. Did everyone just gang up to ruin my night? Because if there was one man in this world, I’d want to hurt so damn bad, then it was Kennedy Murphy, the asshole that broke my heart without hesitation.

“Ken?” I muttered in a mixture of shock and pain. What the hell was he doing here when he should have been in UCLA doing a business major and probably w*****g around?

His eyes fell on me, a smirk consequently working its way up his lips to reveal his blood-stained teeth.

“Well, hello Baby. Its been a while,” Not long enough, apparently. Painful memories scattered in my brain as I fought for control, trying to hold down the hurt I’d felt. I needed to remind myself that I now had a boy that liked me as much as I liked him.

“W-What the f**k are you doing here?” I questioned, filling my lips trembled. All this was just too much for a single night. First the boy I actually like got extremely hurt, then my friends made up all these weird tales of supernaturals to try and scare the s**t out of me and now my ex had to show up at my door looking like he just murdered someone. Wait, why the hell did he have so much blood on his clothes?

He inched closer but before he could take a step towards me, Niran stepped forward.

“That’s close enough. Why are you here Ken? Are you trying to die so early?”

“Ah! You are still a prick Niran. I can see you are still trying to protect your little boyfriend. Does he know what exactly happened or did you make him believe I’m the asshole who hurt him? But judging from how he has that look of loath in his eyes, I’d say you’ve never gotten the balls to actually tell him the truth,” what the hell was he talking about?

“Get the hell out of my house before I make mincemeat out of you,” Niran threatened in a low voice.

“What the f**k are you talking about Ken?” I questioned.

“Don’t believe a word he says, Beck. He is a vampire and he would spin just anything to bring controversy between us,” Niran turned to me. A vampire? No, he wasn’t. Just what the hell was going

“Controversy? Right,” the smirk slipped off his lips as he suddenly glared at Niran,” You left me for the dead, Niran and as much as I badly want to snap you into two right now, I’m here for my job. So listen carefully, fairy boy. They finally know you are here and so I don’t know if you would be nice enough to come along or do I have to make your face prettier?”

“Well, you can tell them that I said they can go f**k themselves for all I care,” Niran snapped back.