Deja Vu // Ateez

Eight

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Hongjoong let out a groan as the sun broke through the windows. He and San had made their way back into the house that night and decided to share a room instead of bothering Yunho and Mingi. He sunk back into the comfort of the bed and pulled the blanket over him.

Hongjoong turned on his side. "Good morning." He mumbled into his pillow. Hongjoong waited for the older to respond, and when he didn't his eyes slowly opened to see fast asleep San laying next to him.

Only he didn't.

His spot was empty.

Hongjoong sat up and snapped his head around to look for the pinklette, but saw no sign of him. Hongjoong threw the blanket off of him and got up and started to look around the house frantically, calling out his name only to be answered with silence.

San was nowhere to be found.

He left with them.

Hongjoong cursed under his breath and ran to Yunho's room, pounding on the door repeatedly.

"What?!" A grumpy Yunho swung the door open. His brown hair all over the place and some dried drool on the side of his mouth.

"He's gone."

"Please tell me you're joking." Yunhos voice was stern and raspy, even though he just woke up, his face became cold and angry.

"No. I woke up this morning and he was gone."

"Aish-I'm going to kill him." Yunho made his way to Wooyoung and Jongho's room, not even bothering to knock.

"He left." Yunho said.

"What- first of all knock." Jongho rolled off the bed and sat up, Wooyoung following his actions. "And two, who left?"

"San did and this morning." Hongjoong leaned against the door frame and crossed his arms.

Mingi made his way out of the room, actually came out of Yunho's room, and joined them. Hongjoong gave him a confused look. "Well we don't know where they went so there's no point in following."

"I hate to say it but he's right." Jongho said. "He made his choice."

"Are you serious right now?!" Yunho was now furious at the responses he was getting from the others.

"Yunho, calm down." Jongho said, annoyed that he was being this loud in the morning.

"Calm down? CALM DOWN!? My best friend went off with people who we just met to a place that think they can bring the WORLD AT PEACE! HE LEFT WITH THOSE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE!!" Yunho yelled at the younger, his face turning red from how mad he was getting.

Mingi held his hand up. "Hongjoong and I left with you and we didn't know you at the time."

"Okay-." Yunho pointed his finger and Mingi. "that's not the point. We saved you from dying, San literally gave into his death sentence!"

"He made that choice!" The youngest screamed. "I'm not going to put us in any sort of danger! San decided that on his own, he put himself in that danger!" Jongho said.