Chapter 18

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                                     As soon as Felix lands back in the cave he looks around, searching for the others

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                                     As soon as Felix lands back in the cave he looks around, searching for the others. Elara runs towards him and hugs him thightly. "Oh brother! I thought you didn't make it. Where is Hyunjin?" Her eyes were glowy, seeming that she cried not a long while ago. Felix gulps and looks towards the tunnel Hyunjin took. "Did Hyunjin... not come?" Felix stares into the black hole, imagining Hyunjin appearing with a cocky smile plastered over his face, bragging how easy it was for him. But the beautiful blonde man didn't appear. A whisper rolls out of Felix's mouth, his eyes still piercing through the pitch dark. "What is that fucker doing?"

                                    Hyunjin closes his eyes tightly, preparing for the deadly impact with the bottom of the void. He regrets not asking for proper forgiveness. Maybe this is the price he has to pay for all the crimes he's done. For every life he took, every tear that has fallen on the ground after he left. Hyunjin sighs deeply and talks in a broken tone. "Bonjour la mort-" Hyunjin's words are cut when his back arches, his body levitating millimeters away from the cold ground. Something wrapped around his waist holds him in place, somehow comforting, somehow concerning. As he opens his eyes he notices a purple magic thread, holding him like a spider web, balancing his muscular body in the air. But how can it be possible? This looks exactly like Felix's magic. Felix... Hyunjin's eyes open wide as he realises that he can pull himself up, using Felix's help. He grabs the magic thread thightly, the destroyed hand sending stings up his arm, pain reverberating in his whole body, but he takes it. He takes the pain gratefully, as well as he takes this chance. While he uses all his force to climb up the purple flickering thread he can't stop smiling and asking himself how could Felix send help. How did he know? Are they this closely connected? He scoffs. "Is this man even real?" Hyunjin stops climbing up the thread, his body seeming a small spot in the dark with his features lit up by the purple magic. What if the magic doesn't come from the real Felix? What if this is his tormenting abyss and he is already in hell? Maybe he shouldn't even try to climb anymore. Let go of the thread and fall back into the void. He proceeds to let go of the thread, but thoughts flood his head again. What if this is Felix for real and Hyunjin is wasting his powers? He knows how hard and tiring it is for Felix to use his magic in this type of situation. He starts climbing again, only thinking about the possibility of seeing his freckled love again. And even if he gets to the surface and that monster tosses him back, only to torture him over and over again, at least he tried. And he won't regret it. He rushes to climb up, pain spreading from his hand and his thigh also starting to hurt. But he blinks the tears away. He has to endure it no matter what. A few more meters and he almost reaches the cliff from where he fell earlier. Beads of cold sweat appear on his forehead, cooling down his burning, red face and trailing between blonde strands of his hair. He balances left and right and jumps on the hard rock, his abdomen hitting the edge he was holding on for dear life earlier. His arms tremble as he uses all the force he has left to get on solid ground. He breathes heavily, not even wanting to look at the bent fingers of his right hand. He knows he has broken bones, but he doesn't have the strength to look at it yet. It's enough he feels the pain. He looks around, noticing that the horrible creature that stole Felix's face isn't there anymore. Its presence being replaced with a shiny gap in the distance. A portal. His way out. Hyunjin forces his injured foot as he runs towards the portal. Felix must be there. Tears form in his eyes. The freckled boy found a way to help Hyunjin and he can't express in words how grateful he feels. He throws himself through the light particles and lands on something cold, the humid air filling his lungs and someone's heavy breaths filling his ears.

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