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"What's wrong?" Lucas had pushed in front of the girl, supposedly shielding her. "Woahhh. Food!"
Curious, the rest of the group entered the room, gaping in awe at the wide variety of foods.
"I see that you've found the cafeteria! You didn't think I'd let you starve, did you?" A shrill voice echoed through the room, forcing everyone to cover their ears. Hyunjin looked for the source of the voice, but was merely greeted with a speaker in the middle of the table. "Just make sure nothing's been tampered with, if you know what I mean!"
The group waited in silence for a few moments, but the voice did not come back.
"Oh! This is all new!" Turning to find Somi messing with the coffee machine, Hyunjin nearly tripped over a chair. Shit.
"Eek!" Coming back to his senses, Hyunjin found Somi frantically wiping up spilled coffee. "Sorry! I'm kind of a ditz..."
"Why do you need coffee right now?" Sookyung piped up, mouth full of chips.
"I think doll face might be onto something." Hyuna had strolled over, chugging a bottle of who knows what, several other bottles in her arms. "What? Dawnie is probably stressed out right now. A little drink couldn't hurt him."
"Oh! It's my favorite-" Lucas had wandered back with a bag of jellies, "How do you say small meal?"
"A snack?"
"That."
"Okay let's move on, we can bring some snacks back to everyone else, but we haven't finished looking around."
"Whatever."
As they exited the room, Hyunjin noticed a small switch by the door flipped on. It must be the light switch.
"Hyunnie! You want a sip?" Somi had materialized by his side, mug held out. Shaking his head, he spotted another small spill on her shirt. The brown color was a similar shade to the pink fabric, but he was still surprised she hadn't noticed. Not my issue.
They followed the hallway, about to enter through yet another door when it swung open on it's own. At least that's what Hyunjin initially thought. Rather, a familiar muscled man all but jumped through.
"Holy shit! It's you guys! Come on, we gotta go back!"
"What's got your knickers in a twist?" Hyuna had left an empty bottle on the table, waltzing over to the door.
"Someone's already dead!" Something seemed to grab hold of Hyunjin's heart. Is it Yeji? The back of his mind seemed to burn as he ran after BM. Panic filled his every step as the situation they were in began to sink in. Oh my god. By the time they got where they had started, the rest of the groups had gathered around the counter. What was once a snack bar had become a crime scene. A girl was sprawled across the floor, green hair soaking in the red liquid oozing from her side. He heard Somi gag behind him, throwing up on the spot. San raised an eyebrow before turning away in disgust.
"I told you it was her!" Having recovered from her retching, Somi pointed to Momo, a few feet from the body.
"You're right! They were in the same group!" Jackson butted in.
"So were you!"
"Hold on. We were supposed to stay together. How did this happen?" Hyunjin pushed his way back to the center. Did they not understand the instructions?
"The chick had to pee so Momo was supposed to go with her to find the bathroom." San stepped forward, running a hand through his hair.
"See?" Somi's voice had risen in pitch.
"No, but I lost her part way through. This is how I found her."
"How do we know you're telling the truth?" Jackson approached the woman, towering over her.
"I don't know, you'll just have to trust me."
"Did you four stay together?" Yeji turned to the boys, with familiar furrowed brows.
"Yeah, pretty much." She raised her eyebrow at Jae's lackluster response.
"Well, San said he heard a scream so he ran off first before running into Momo."
"Wait a sec. You said you heard a scream, but Momo didn't mention one."
"Come to think of it, none of us heard one either." Jae stepped forward, adjusting his glasses.
"I thought I heard one." San's eyes shifted nervously, "What a shame, she was pretty cute."
Hyunjin squinted at the man's comment. Now is not the time. Instead, he questioned the other group, only to find that they also had split up. BM reasoned that Dawn couldn't handle the situation, and a quick glance in the less-than-sober man's direction confirmed it. Orange tinted bangs did very little to hide the dark circles as the man muttered to himself before slumping over onto the woman beside him.
"Aww, Dawnie." Hyuna put the man's head in her lap, treating it like a dog. He could hear Yeji mumbling behind him before practically shoving him out of the way.
"I don't think it's Momo."
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