ROOM OF MIRRORS° h.sj

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CAMPGROUNDS
MIDDAY
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✧──────✦ the night went by as soon as it had come, and now sumin and the others sat in a circle around a lie detector. she was regretting not putting on a heavier jacket and the fall wind blew up and down her sleeves.

"hyunkyu, have you ever shit your pants before?"

"of course not!" he placed his hand on the detector confidently until he suddenly pulled back with a yelp. the group hit him with the toy hammers until someone asked the next question.

"suho, have you ever kissed anyone?" hyunkyu pointed at him. suho didn't answer within the time limit and it was his turn to be hit.

he turned to seojun, "love or friendship?"

seojun placed his hand on the detector, "love." sumin was glad she didn't miss the momentary glance he gave her after a ding came from the machine signaling truth.

he pushed it towards sujin, "would you trade sumin for perfect grades?"

"yes!" the buzzer zapped her and sumin hit her with the toy hammer harder than anyone else. she now had the detector beside her knee. "do you like someone?"

sumin would have a stern talking to with her later in the day. she put her hand on it and whispered 'yes.' of course it was the truth, but everyone still hit her because they didn't hear the answer. since taehoon was right next to her, she pushed the machine to him.

"have you ever wanted to break up with sooah?" the answer was obviously no, right?

before she knew it, sooah was running away and taehoon was holding his burnt hand in pain. her jaw dropped as the entire circle glared at her, excluding some. sumin tried to talk the awkwardness away, "everyone makes mistakes! am i right?" she even lightly elbowed suho and laughed.

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"where are you going?" seojun asked chorong and the group while sumin tagged along.

"he's trying to find the ghost!" one of the boys whined, not wanting to go ghost hunting after dark.

"the old man said that a ghost is said to appear at the well. a video of us searching for it will go viral!" chorong held up his camera and flashed his headlight at the two. "you guys should come with us!"

sumin nodded while seojun shook his head side to side. "are you scared of ghosts?" she teased. seojun threw his head back in laughter, "so where's the well?"

"actually, i don't think sumin should come." chorong said.

she frowned, "what? why not?"

"he said the ghost steals pretty faces!" the group nodded and hummed in agreement.

"then why aren't you against me going?" seojun asked, only half offended. he didn't receive an answer before they pushed him along, sumin following close after.

a short hike later, and they found the haunted well. while chorong was giving commentary to his video, sumin looked around. although there wasn't much to see at night, she turned to just crushing dry leaves beneath her feet.

sumin flinched as all the boys began to scream and yell. she turned around to see the commotion and everyone had already run away.