𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐀𝐋 ─ all of us are dead

𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯

Gyeong-su stirred in his sleep, groaning as he did so. Not feeling another warm body beside him, he patted the place next to him. Not finding something – or rather someone – next to him, he opened his eyes slowly, blinking harshly when the sunlight hit his eyes. He looked around the room sleepily, hoping to find the person he was looking was. When he couldn't spot her, he stood up abruptly, his sleepy mind completely awake now.

Cheongsan and On-jo stared at him in confusion as he kept on looking everywhere, turning in circles, a look of panic spread across his face. Cheongsan shared a look with On-jo. He sighed loudly as he neared his best friend.

"Yah, Gyeong-su," Cheongsan put his hands on his shoulder, forcing him to stop moving. "What are you looking for?"

"Rose!" he exclaimed, "Where is she?"

"I didn't see her when I woke up too," On-jo spoke up, "Maybe she's inside the Recording Room?"

"Couldn't be," Gyeong-su shook his head. "Why would she go in?"

"To, er –" Cheongsan looked at On-jo awkwardly, shuffling his feet.

"No, no," Gyeong-su scrunched up his nose, hitting the back of Cheongsan's head. "And even if she was inside, she should've been out by now."

"Maybe she slept in there?" Joon-young suggested after he overheard them talking about Rosie.

"With that smell in there?" Woo-jin made a look of disgust. "I doubt she'd last even a minute in there."

"Yah, why do you have to be so mean?" Dae-su said offended. "I don't smell that bad."

"Yeah, sure," Woo-jin rolled his eyes at him. They heard a knock on the door, watching as Bare-su hit his knuckles on the door that led to the Recording Room.

"Rose?" Bare-su called, "Are you in there?"

Gyeong-su joined Bare-su. He knocked louder than Bare-su. When they heard no reply, Gyeong-su said, "We're coming in."

Without wasting a second, Gyeong-su opened the door, walking in hurriedly. He looked around, hoping to find Rosie. No avail. She wasn't there.

"Where did she go?" Gyeong-su asked, panicked. The others shared looks. They knew just how much Gyeong-su loved and adored Rosie.

"We can go out –"

"– No!" On-jo quickly shut it down. She liked Rosie, she did, but she didn't want her other friends to put themselves in danger.

"She's strong and intelligent," Nam-ra spoke up sensing that it if she didn't say something logical, an argument or fight will break out. "I'm sure she's safe. She must've had something on her mind to leave us here and go on her own. Don't worry too much, Gyeong-su. You trust her, don't you? She'll be fine."

"But –" Gyeong-su tried to argue.

"No buts!" Bare-su cut him off. "I know Rose better than anyone – no offense Gyeong-su – and I'm more than sure that she's fine. That girl doesn't do anything unless there's a good outcome. She'll come back."

Gyeong-su scoffed, sitting on the chair grumpily as he muttered, "I know her the best."

yeah some chapters might be absolute trash bc i don't get time. i'm not making any excuses, i swear. i'm in 11th rn, and i have my finals next month, and i want to do private for my 12th – which means i NEED to have the best marks! i'm really very sorry, and idek what i'm apologizing for, but ykw yeah that's it