Mystery of the Eighteen

The Exchange
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"Ohohoho this is exciting," the grin split through her lips before she could stop herself. Well, it wasn't everyday when Sora gets happy like this, and the fact she’s happy for evil reasons worries her really. She wonders if her sanity is still intact.

 

Who could blame her though? Living in a place you don't want to live in, interacting with people you hate, studying things not related to you whatsoever, who could blame her?

 

The video she had taken of Kai's dancing was both fascinating and shameful. Fascinating, because he was really good at moving his body to the beat; the hip ing and curving movements was making her go insane. Shameful, because dancing is illegal in here, in their world. He is a legendary person with a demon. And, the fact that he is a royal makes it more preposterous than if he was a normal boy.

 

This would be a very good blackmail right? She could threaten to spread this video to the other royals. It would be awesome to see him begging for mercy.

 

She giggled evilly again and stuck her iPod back to her pocket, biting back another evil grin.

 

Sora suddenly halted her movements when she saw the entire student body march inside the gym, already in their atheletic attire. Each one of them was walking the opposite direction of Sora, and she paled when she remembered what the next class was.

 

"Demon shifting class…!" she mumbled under her breath and immediately ducked her head down. She covered her face with her hands and tried tiptoeing away, hoping she could miss this class.

 

'No one would notice me anyway…'

 

She was happy no one paid attention to her and walked smoothly to their respective class. She hoped it would stay like this and have them just leave her be.

 

Sora’s thoughts were interrupted by a pair of arms sneaking around her waist, lifting her up in an attempt to take her way.

 

She screamed right away and banged her fists in the muscular arms. Right away, she knew whom they belonged to.

 

"You think no one would notice you sneaking away? Well, think again!" The taunting voice of Sehun annoyed her, and she wiggled in his grip. He gripped harder and swiftly hoisted her off her feet, dangling Sora on his shoulder.

 

"Yah yah yah! Let me go you ! I don't wanna go in there!" Sora yelled loudly, catching everyone's attention. To her dismay, she realized that every royal was with Sehun at the moment. Sehun was heading towards the gym with his friends when he caught her trying to sneak out.

 

"Nope! I'm not letting you go! You are coming to the class whether you like it or not!" Sehun argued and slapped her , making Sora stop squirming and blush madly at the interaction.

 

She felt her iPod wiggle out from her pocket, threatening to fall out. She opened her eyes wide and shoved her dangling hands inside her pocket, locking the piece of metal inside.

 

"How dare you touch me?! Let me go! Yah let me go!" She shouted once again when she felt him walking, probably heading for the gym.

 

"I said no! You are attending this class like us, okay? You are not special enough to skip the class while we can't!" said Sehun with a roll of his eyes, and Sora felt like punching him on his head.

 

"Well guess what? I'm not special! I have a reason to not attend the boring class, what’s yours?"

 

"Nobody has a reason to hate this class,"

 

"Of course they do, you !" 

 

"In that case I'm not telling you."

 

"In that case i'm not telling you," Sora mocked and hit his back. Unfortunately for her, his back was as solid as a rock and it actually hurt herself more than it hurt him.

 

Her blood started to rush to her head and she felt pressured right away. Sehun dangling her like that while walking wasn't the smartest idea. She didn’t really expect a smart idea anyway; he was plain dumb.

 

"Can you put me down now? I'm starting to see three of your feet…” Sora mumbled like a sick person, and Sehun rolled his eyes. She couldn’t see him, but she could tell by his silence.

 

Seeing how Sehun didn't plan to put her down, Sora lifted her hanging body up and tried to glance at whoever was walking behind them. She saw three of the royals, and one of them was Kai. He was chatting with Baekhyun and his hair was wet, a clue that he just showered. She doesn't know for how long he kept dancing after she left, but noticing that three classes and lunch has passed while he seemed to have just showered, she assumed that Kai skipped some classes. 

 

Kai noticed a heated gaze directed toward him and glanced ahead to see Sora giving him an obvious smirk, which alerted him.

 

"What? I didn't say anything," she immediately defended herself when he glared at her.

 

"Why are you glancing at him like that?" Even Baekhyun seemed suspicious of her behavior.

 

"Oh nothing, just wondering why his hair is so wet, who would shower in school? He has enough time in his house for that, Unless he is hiding something…" Sora sneakily replied, not taking her eyes off of Kai, who visibly paled at her words.

 

"Us royals have special training to do every Monday after lunch, we shower every time after it," Baekhyun replied with a roll of his eyes.

 

It’s true, all of them have wet hair. But Sora knows that Kai does some secret things before that session; does that mean he showers before the training session and after?

 

Kai sighed in relief at his friend's words, but Sora's smirk didn't leave her face. She knew his secret, and she also knew that she is the only one who knows.

 

Sehun finally placed her down, and Sora immediately took action by kicking his groin, making Sehun wince and double over in pain.

 

She blew her bangs away from her face and smiled innocently at him, acting like she didn't just crush his balls. 

 

"Touch me again and you'll get something far more worse than this. Bye!" She waved and walked inside towards the bleachers. If Sehun had dragged her all the way here, then she might as well attend.

 

Before she left, she heard Baekhyun's whispering voice saying, "I told you not to mess with her…"

 

Thats right, no one should mess with her.

 

 

"Try harder Sehun! Make it bigger, call out your ultimate power!" The instructor yelled furiously at Sehun again, and everyone in the gymnasium flinched. 

 

Sora snorted at the scene. She could say it’s karma biting him in the for all the things he did to her. Of course, he wouldn't be able to control his demon shifting to shift properly like the other royals. For a normal person, not knowing how to shift their demons is okay, but for a royal. It’s a disgrace.

 

It’s a problem for Sehun. He was a learner after all, as long as his powers are unstable, his demon shifting is also unstable.

 

Demons can shift into any creature the master wants, but the form must be within the master’s power. For example, if you have a huge amount of power, you can even make your demon shift into mythological creatures, like the royals, the only ones with that huge amount of power.

 

Sehun supposed to have an amazing amount of power because he is a royal, but since he is a late bloomer, he has trouble calling out his powers, which makes him unable to know what his mythological creature is.

 

The thing is, the royal’s creatures only have one mythical form. Each royal has only one, and they cannot choose which mythical form they want. The creature would appear when they release their ultimate power.

 

Sora hasn't seen the mythical forms of their creatures, besides Chanyeol's phoenix and Luhan's purple cheetah. It may be because they weren't angry enough to let it loose; she knows Suho and Xiumin are quite collected, and they weren't easy to anger, but she was surprised that even though she knew them her entire life, they haven't let their mythical forms out yet.

 

"I don't want you to release your entire power Sehun, just a small amount…" The teacher once again commanded. 

 

"I can't do it…" Sehun hissed as another tornado disappeared around him.

 

The teacher sighed at him and shook his head, writing something in his notebook with disappointment.

 

"I guess I have to tell your parents about this. They wont be very happy…" The teacher sent a disappointed look to Sehun, who seemed to stiffen at the mention of his parents, but didn't speak out.

 

The teacher trudged his way in front of another student and told him the same thing as he told Sehun, which was to call out a bigger amount of power to shift his demon. 

 

As soon as the teacher walked away from Sehun, his friends strolled toward him and tried to comfort him by patting his shoulder and telling him a joke. The royals were trying to keep his thoughts away from the whole situation, and Sora found that really adorable.

 

No matter how cruel or stupid they were, they truly care for each other like real brothers -well also a sister.

Yoora, who was sitting next to Luhan, giggled and stood up as well. She hugged the boy with an apologetic pout that caused the youngest to blush at the gesture.

 

Sora rolled her eyes at him and looked back at her iPod. She took her earbuds out and stuck them inside her ears. Sora immediately pulled up the video of Kai's dancing.

 

She unconsciously let out a smile while watching it, a surprisingly genuine one, something she hasn’t done in a long time. It really amazed her how well he danced; she noticed a smile on his lips reflected back from one of the mirrors, and she knew right away that dancing really makes him happy.

 

Sora realized that the reason why she recorded this wasn't only because she wanted to blackmail him, but also because she loves how he looks while dancing.

 

He almost looked like someone else. 

 

Suddenly, her iPod was roughly snatched away from her hands and the earbuds were ripped out of her ears. Sora snapped her head up in alarm and was surprised to see Luhan eyeing her iPod with malice.

 

She stood up immediately to snatch it back from him, but Luhan raised his arm up and eyed her instead.

 

"What is this?" He asked her with a dark tone. Sora realized too late that Luhan was much taller than her, and it was pointless to try and fetch the iPod back.

 

"Oh, I don't know. Why don't you ask your friend?" She replied back, using the same scary tone as Luhan.

 

With a scowl, he threw the iPod on the floor and crushed it with his foot, turning his feet right and left to make sure it’s completely ruined.

 

The royals all rushed to Luhan right away, staring with wide eyes like Sora at the scene.

 

"There! No more video footage. You think I don't know what your intentions are? Go and tell them now, I dare you! You no longer have proof!" Luhan spoke with a  hard glare and shoved her back. Sora stumbled, and although she didn't fall, her heart had fallen to her feet from the sight of the last thing her father gave being crushed into little pieces.

 

Could a simple stomp of his foot break a device as old as her iPod? 

 

"Y-yah…" she whimpered, watching the pieces of metal and glass under Luhan’s sneakers screech as he walked forward.

 

"I swear Lee Sora, I'm this close to ruining your life forever. Stay away from Kai or I'm going to crush way more than just a stupid device," Luhan threatened with a low dark tone as he shoved

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i cannot describe how much i love this story! the character developments were insanely good and just the way you wrote this story is *chefs kiss* I always come back here to read it again T.T
aonani_k
#3
Chapter 98: Missed the story so I re-read it again. Hope all is well. :)
preciousloey61
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Chapter 98: Woah... finally finished reading this amazing story... really enjoyed reading the whole story from beginning till end... really loved sora's bold, cold and amazing unique character... also the boys... hehe.. in their starting point, it really hurt and broke my heart the way they treated her but she coolly handled them all perfectly... at some point couldn't stop laughing... amazingly well written with plot, plot twist and all the characters here... after getting her power, the way all of their relationship developed drastically, it was quite impressive and also surprising but lovable... specially loved kai and baekhyun's confession part ...also suho's underwater moment with her.. Lay was unexpectedly outstand... hehe...sehunnie..cutie pie but his mom's incident part was really heartbreaking with luhan's part... baekhyun's secret was one of the amazing plot twist... but felt really bad for him... chanyeollie...awww..tough, cold and bold but hidden lover ...hehe... xiumin's first human wild Visit with her and that moment..one of my favorite... Kay's dancing and confession moment ... kyungsoo's past experience and trauma really broke my heart.. but the way she supported and understood then approached him, that was appreciable... chen's whole part with sora was too amazing... wanted to give him hug.. aww... suga's real secret really shocked me... amazing plot twist... with or without power , love the way all of them accepted her and loved the way they did it just like before ... even though their starting wasn't that good but the ending was satisfying with another plot twist...chen's aunt's part made me so emotional... aww... really really loved this story.. worth reading...thank you authornim for writing such an amazing story..:)
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#5
Chapter 69: Lol baekhyun if you are nicer to her she might fall for u first. Eyy stoopid
Baekhyunsoul
#6
Chapter 98: Finally finished this! I really liked it and I’m not one for harem thingys usually but this sort of innocent kind works for me and I enjoyed the story.
Baekhyunsoul
#7
Chapter 84: Ooh poor Kyungsoo!
Baekhyunsoul
#8
Chapter 80: Honestly- I can’t fault Tao’s methods of getting things done 😂😂