until death | junhao ✔

epilogue

" I am so sorry for your loss " was the most common thing the divorced couple heard that day.

The medicals and police notified them on a Friday afternoon about their only son's case. They were shocked to say the least. They didn't expect any of this to happen, they both thought their son was getting better. The father thought he already went to school, when he opened the bedroom door of the young boy, but after getting a call from the angry, worried and disappointed ex-wife of his, saying their son hadn't showed up to school all day today, he contacted the concerned friends of Minghao, but they didn't know anything about him, so with the police getting involved, they soon found him.

They were devastated, not to mention the 11 boys who got update from the situation too. They were probably in the worst condition they have ever been. Blaming themselves, as they now lost two precious members of their group, only within 2 painful months.

" We are still trying to figure out the cause of death, but from the autopsy, it seems like he died in a heart attack or such. " the police officer showing up at the father's house said carelessly, while the mother was pacing around the living room, cursing that man to death as he didn't seem to care that a person just died. Her son at that.

" Do you perhaps know who was the last person he talked to? " he looked around the room, the friends of the boy sitting on the couch, all of them trying to think about the question just to distract themselves from the pain in their hearts. They all loved the boy. He was the friend everyone could ever ask for. He had a sarcastic humor, but was intelligent and gave good advices, and was there whenever needed. They were praying that he would get better, and were trying to overcome in a way over Jun's death, but they couldn't, and when he closed all of them off, they were trying to give him space in hopes of him opening up later on so they could be there for him. They didn't know things will get out of hand, and even if it seems as if he passed away naturally, they knew something needed to cause it. They were fighting their tears and shock, but someone needed to answer the question, so as the oldest, Seungcheol, whose heart broke hearing about the news, took a big breath and told what he knew.

" It was a girl from his class I think? He told me at lunch that day. Her name is Lisa, though I have never seen her. " He told, his friends looking at him surprised, but letting it slide, as they were sadder than to question how he knew something like this, when they never heard of their friend ever being associated with any girl named Lisa before, especially not from their school.

" Alright " the officer wrote down the information in his notes, nodding. He then left shortly after with a bow and a " sorry for your loss again "

A week passed away after that.

The family didn't take the news well, and everything seemed to be even more messed up than before. The parents of the boy were putting the blame on each other, his friends blaming themselves and each other, and also some of them trying to get them to stop arguing, whilst all of their lives seemed to be falling apart.

The students of the school were shocked, gossips went all around the place and the town was quieter than before.

After the funeral had taken place, everything slowed down, and the people who were present in Minghao's life were suffering, trying to put up with the loss of their loved one. The house of his parents was now even more emptier than usual, even if there were people inside. The atmosphere was cold, the feeling of someone missing took over the place.

A sudden phone call rang though the empty walls and quiet air. The middle aged man answered it with lazy movements, not being able to fully function for a while now.

" Sorry to disturb you, sir, but we searched for the person your son probably had the last contact with...but the thing is, there is no Lisa named girl in the school, and no one has seen him with anyone. The last place he went to was a café, but he didn't have a companion. "

Now, the gently night breeze that once embraced the train wreck of a boy he became, was now embracing the two graves, standing next to each other closely.

Two names beside each other until the end of time now, both what meant so much to one another, and they didn't even know.

Xu Minghao and Wen Junhui. Now together until the end of the time, just like they always wanted. Together even after death.

The end.