Left Out - Heehoon

See you on the other side

Heeseung's hand was hurt, but he didn't even worry about it.

He was in the dark, on the ground. The floor below him was extremely cold.

I need to get out of here, now.

He tried standing up, putting his weight on his hands. He felt a sting of pain run up his right hand, reminding him of his wound.
He ignored it and got up anyway. His eyes were slowly getting used to the darkness surrounding him, but he still couldn't see well. He put his hands in front of him, trying to find a wall.
Suddenly, he heard something he hadn't noticed before: someone was breathing somewhere near him.

"Is someone here?" he whispered, instantly regretting it.
What is it's the evil Prince?

"Who are you?" replied a voice of his left.
"I'm Heeseung. The evil Prince got me" he explained.
"That's funny. The same happened to me" said the voice. "But you know it's actually a woman right?"
"What do you mean?" asked Heeseung, intrigued.
"I was trapped here by a beautiful guy too, but it turns out it's a woman who did it. She usurped his face and got me through the mirror. I don't even know for how long I've been here" said the voice.

Heeseung stopped to think. This person was trapped in here for a long time. Suddenly he remembered his mother.

"Are you Sim Jaeyun?" he asked, sure it was him.
"No" said the voice. "My name's Kim Sunoo."
"Ah!" replied Heeseung, even more intrigued.
"So what does your Prince look like?" asked Sunoo.
"Well, he's tall, dark hair and eyes, killer smile, and he has a mole on his nose" said Heeseung, imagining the Prince's face smiling for him one more time.
"Oh that's a relief!" said Sunoo.
"Why?" asked Heeseung.
"Cause he's not the same person as my prince. Mine is blond" explained Sunoo.
"I see. Well, how about we try getting out of here?" suggested Heeseung.
"You're funny. It's impossible. She won't allow it" explained Sunoo.

His voice echoed through the dark. Heeseung felt that Sunoo had already tried to escape, and he hadn't succeeded.

"Look, we have to go through the mirror, then it'll be over" said Heeseung, trying to sound as convincing as he could.
"Don't you listen? She won't allow it. She has already taken the other boy away, when he tried to escape" replied Sunoo.
"Do what you want, but I'm getting out of here. If you want to, you can come too" said Heeseung, finally moving.

He walked around and found a wall. He felt cold under his palms.

This feels like stone. Now let's try to find a door.

He continued exploring the room, and soon felt his feet touch something.

"OH MY GOD" said Sunoo.
"Oh it's you" said Heeseung, reaching for the boy with his hand.
"You scared me" said Sunoo. "What are you doing in my cell? It's weird. She must have mistaken the doors when she threw you in here."
"Well, that's good for us. Do you know where the door is?" asked Heeseung.
"It should be here" said Sunoo, taking Heeseung arm and guiding him.

Sunoo found the handle, and put Heeseung's hand on it.
"There you go. I should warn you though. She's powerful. I wouldn't advise you to fight her" he said.
"So you're staying? Don't you want to find your blond guy?" asked Heeseung.

He knew Sunoo was hesitating.

"Look, I know you're scared, but you can't stay here forever. We have more chances if we try together" whispered Heeseung.
"Okay. I'll go with you" replied Sunoo, after thinking about it.
"We should hold hands so we don't loose each other. I don't know if it's going to be dark outside too" suggested Heeseung.

He still had one hand on the door handle. He felt Sunoo taking his other hand and squeeze it, to signal he was ready.
Heeseung tried opening the door, and it worked.
He was surprised, but didn't stop to think about it.

"She forgot to lock it back?" whispered Sunoo. "I didn't think it'll work, but no time to think. Let's go now."

They walked outside the room carefully. The were in a hallway. On their left, they could see other doors in the dark, whereas a well lit pathway seemed to continue on their right . Heeseung started walking to the right, but Sunoo blocked him.

"It's an illusion, we have to go through the wall on the left" he whispered. "She wants us to follow the light, but it's a trap."
Heeseung looked at him quite confused, but didn't contradict him.
He's been here for a long time, I should trust him.

Sunoo didn't wait any longer either. He guided Heeseung to the left, walking close to the wall and looking around nervously. They soon were in the dark again. Sunoo reached the wall that ended the hallway.

"Now we have to look for the passage" he whispered. "I think it's somewhere on the wall."

They started passing their hand on the rocks, looking for something to open the passage, when they heard a noise behind them.

"Hurry" whispered Sunoo with a trembling voice.

Heeseung continued searching, trying to ignore the wound he had on his hand. He passed his palm on the edge of one of the rocks and his wound opened again. He closed his mouth not to swear when the wall faded in front of them.

"How?" said Sunoo. "Nevermind, let's go"

He grabbed Heeseung and ran. The sudden bright light blinded them instantly. They were in an empty room, but there was something in the center.
The dressing table.

"Quick Sunoo, let's go through it" said Heeseung.

Sunoo looked at him, took his hand and nodded. The walked to the table, facing the mirror. They were only a few centimeters away from the mirror when they felt a cold shiver down their spine.

"Would you really think it'd be so easy?" said a feminine voice behind them.