𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀

song hyeongjun | hide and seek

every summer, hyeongjun would go back to his hometown in tongyeong and stayed at his grandparent's house

so everytime he is there, he would invite all his friends to play at his hous or their house. sometimes at the park or anywhere for them to spend time together

one day, they all gathered at his house in the afternoon and his grandma cooked lunch for them

she said she likes it when hyeongjun and his friends spend time there. because she missed the sounds of laughter ever since her families moved to different places or countries

that evening, they decided to play hide and seek inside an abandoned neighbor house. one of his friends, seongmin started to count and they all ran to find their hiding places

hyeongjun spotted one hiding place. it was a small vent inside the kitchen, blocked by the big boxes

he crawled inside the vent and waited for seongmin to find him. he turned around when he felt a pair of hands on his shoulders

"who are you?" he asked, looking at a woman sitting behind him

"im haneul. i guess you're playing hide and seek?"

"yes. i hope they don't find me" he whispered

"i can help you. so your friends won't be able to find you" she flicked her fingers

haneul moved forward and kicked the stack of boxes, causing one of it to fall. hyeongjun watched as seongmin approach to his hiding spot and was standing in front of him

but surprisingly, he didn't see hyeongjun. as if he wasn't there. and hyeongjun widened his eyes while looking at haneul

she gave a smile and pulled him closer to her embrace. he sat quietly and softly giggled as he watched seongmin find the others

finally he was the last one to be found and he decided to get out of the vent. he said thanks to haneul and exited the kitchen

"haha i win!" he shrieked. but none of them seem to notice him

"wow hyeongjun is really great at hiding this time. you can come out hyeongjun! you win!" seongmin shouted

that's when hyeongjun realized something isn't right. he was standing next to seongmin but he couldn't see him

he ran back to the vent to ask help from haneul but she wasn't there. he tried to talk with his friends, and even touched them, but it didn't work

"haneul! haneul!" he called for her

"yes?" she showed up in front of him

"where am i? why can't they see me?"

"you are in my world"

"i don't wanna be in your world. let me go!"

"no! you must stay!"

"why?!"

"so i can have a friend to play with" she smirked

"i don't wanna play with you! i only play with my friends! you're not a friend. you're a monster!" he shouted, clenching his fist

haneul who was upset ran towards him and pushed him harshly to the floor. his head hit the corner of the chair and he passed out

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hyeongjun slowly opened his eyes and saw his mom and sisters in his room

"jjunie!" his mom shouted and hugged her youngest child

"mom! im scared!" he cried

"it's okay. you're safe now" she stroked his hair and pinched his squishy cheeks

"who was that girl?" he asked, looking at them

"haneul? she's the daughter of the house owner. when she was little she had no friends and was murdered in that house"

"her spirit still haunts the house, looking for a friend. and the place where you were hiding, she died in there. her body was found in the vent"

and again, he cried. he felt sorry for her. she just wanted to have a friend. but he also prayed to never see her again. he couldn't imagine what will happen if he was stuck in her world forever