The Bracelet Club [EXO]

case of the midnight man 2/4

Thirty minutes after midnight. I Main Playing Grounds I Kyungsoo & Haechan

Thirty minutes passed midnight and Kyungsoo was dozing off. That's all they had to do, sit and wait until 3:33 would come and the constant yelling and people running around was enough to put him at ease. It meant that a majority of them were safe.

Haechan had fallen asleep between his legs, the kid's head lolling to the side when Kyungsoo blinked, Haechan whispering to himself.

"Sorry?" Kyungsoo asked, thinking he was awake but Haechan didn't respond to his question. "What—"

"Play a game, play a game, play a game," Haechan mumbled, Kyungsoo frowning at Haechan's soft chanting when he shivered and the candle went out, Kyungsoon shaking Haechan to wake him up when there was a rattle and sudden silence.

No. Silence was bad.

Silence wasn't good at all.

He tried to light the candle up, fumbling for the lighter but it somehow wasn't working.

"Sunbae?" Haechan whispered and Kyungsoo felt relieved that Haechan was finally awake but the fact that the candle went out meant that something was nearby. "Sunbae, I want to vomit."

"What? So suddenly?" Kyungsoo asked, Haechan gripping his stomach. He said that his stomach was churning and his heart was constricting, Kyungsoo reaching to grab the cross around Haechan's neck to pull him closer, whispering a prayer. "Is it the alcohol?"

"N-No. I was fine before."

A sensitive one. Kyungsoo wondered how unlucky he was that it was Haechan when it could have been one of the buffers. However, a part of him knew that if it was Jeno, it would take more than just explaining to convince him. That child was a skeptic.

Mark would be clueless and continue to ask him what was going on. Haechan was handling it well and Kyungsoo reached out to pat Haechan on the head.

"The candle is out," Haechan pointed out and Kyungsoo nodded. He only hoped that the salt would keep The Midnight Man out, Haechan beginning to dry heave. "I had a dream. I had a dream that I was at an orphanage and I walked down the hallway and then saw Bora Sunbae and..."

His words made Kyungsoo frown, the handler blinking at the newfound information.

"And he said to Bora that he will be back for her and me. I need to vomit; I need to vomit." Haechan rasped, a hand hitting his chest when Kyungsoo confirmed it in his head.

"You saw Bora?" He asked, Haechan nodding, a hand going to drag against his throat. "She was there with you? Could you touch her?"

"She hugged me. She asked me why I was there," he whispered, his hand tightening around Kyungsoo's arm. "Sunbae."