BETRAYAL <NCT OT23>

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Taeyong and the rest of the members got surprised when they heard two people screaming from outside the house, as what they remembered, Chenle and Jisung were the ones who went outside for a fresh air and short stretching. Kun, as a worried older brother ran outside to check if the two were alright. And as he stopped at where the maknaes were, he saw the exact reason why they screamed, it was Hendery. He didn't know what to do, he wants to get angry, he wants to cry too, seeing Hendery's corpse with no eyes and filled with dirt and rope marks all over his body is just so painful and blood boiling to watch, especially that he took care of him for a year. "W-What happened?!" Jisung and Chenle took a distance away from Kun, they were terrified.

"Goddamnit! Who killed him?!" The other members went outside after they heard Kun's scream, and as usual, Winwin was the last one to step outside. Kun stopped for a second, trying to remember the people Hendery interacted with. "Hendery last talked about Winwin, and he was the last person who spoke to him..." Kun then looked at where Winwin was, he kept staring at the corpse, not noticing Kun staring at him, but Lucas did noticed it, and he knows what Kun was thinking. "Oh, what happened to Hende-" Winwin then received a punch from Lucas, not just one, but five. "What did you do to Hendery?! Why did you do that?! I thought we were family!"

"Dang, you should've informed me that you're going to throw a punch, now my jaw hurts." Lucas didn't let Winwin grab the chance to stand up, he threw a punch again, and again, and again, until he got stopped by the others. "Stop it will you?! Gosh, you're making my head ache this early." Renjun pulled Lucas back with his full strength, Lucas' attention remained on Winwin, while the other did the same as well, their eyes are filled with anger. "I'm not done Sicheng." Lucas gave him a terrifying glare before leaving the scene, Winwin just rolled his eyes, not taking his actions seriously. "And you'll be next." Winwin then jokingly responded.

"Sicheng, can we talk? In private?" Kun asked Winwin in a sudden, he just nodded in response as he turned around and left the others around Hendery, Kun followed after. "Why?" Winwin then began to speak as he noticed that they were far enough for them not to hear their conversation. "Sicheng, you can just tell us the truth. Did you do it?" Those words made Winwin sigh in frustration. "Do I really have to say it again Kun? You clearly heard me last night right?" Kun tried to hold Winwin's shoulder, but he flinched. "Yeah but... As what I have observed, by your actions, I think that you are responsible for their deaths. You can just tell us the truth you know, we can just talk it out and-"

"Damn Qian Kun, do you really see me as your brother? I thought that you trust me, I thought that you believe in me! We talked this out last night remember? That I have no idea why those bullshits happened to them, to us." Kun went silent, he didn't know what to respond, he felt guilty on what he just said to Winwin, his member, his brother. "Wanna know who the killer is?" Winwin then took a step closer to Kun, a smirk was forming on his lips. "I'll give you a reward if you made a right guess. Is it me? Is it the others? Or is it you? Come on now, we still have to take care of Hendery's body." Then Winwin walked away, leaving Kun frozen from where he's standing.

"What are you guys talking about?" Ten approached Winwin along with that question, he just smiled as he stopped in front of everyone. "Nothing important." Then his eyes accidentally met Jaemin's, they accidentally made an eye contact in a very short time since Jaemin broke it immediately then holding Taeil's arm tightly, Winwin then rolled his eyes as he looked away from Jaemin, helping the other members bury Hendery's body.

After hours of silence, they began to talk to each other again, they are now a bit calm knowing that Hendery doesn't want a negative presence, they forced themselves to act like nothing happened. Doyoung cooking their brunch, Mark playing his guitar while Haechan was singing along with him, Jisung and Chenle playing those board games they found somewhere in the house, and the others doing random things. "Are you now sure that Winwin's the one who did all of this?" Jaehyun whispered loud enough to be heard by Kun, and quiet enough for them not to hear it, especially Winwin. "I don't know. But we talked earlier, he's being really defensive, like he's guilt tripping me, I don't know who's the killer here but I am sure that he's one of the suspects."