Talking to myself- YeonBin

Chapter 78- Why help a monster like me

YEONJUN POV

"Yeonjun?" a weary voice said

"Beomgyu" I said breathily in disbelief.

Sat before me were the withered bodies of my friends. They all looked emaciated. Bones poking from their bodies and blood splattered over their skin and the floor surrounding them. It was as if they had been to hell and back.

The more I looked at their dull eyes and scarred skin I felt as if I could feel how much they were hurting. It was life every cut and wound on their bodys pained me alongside them. My eyes welled with tears, my heart hurting for them but equally distracted by anger for Soobin.

"Yeonjun Hyung, how did you get here? Did he lead you here?" Kai asked, his tone concerned.

I had so many questions. How did they get here? How long has it been? Have they eaten? Why are they covered in blood?

But most importantly

What had Soobin done to them?

Clearly Kai knew I shouldn't be down here. Logically to them, without the context of what just happened in the house they would worry that I'd just led myself to the same position as them.

"I found out about what Soobin did to you while he was having an episode but ignore that. Are you guys ok? Are you hurt? How can I help you?" I asked, more concerned for them than myself.

It made much more sense to care for the people that looked dead over me who was standing perfectly fine other than the shock and horror.

"Yeonjun please get us out of here please. We've been here for what feels like forever. He's seriously going to kill us. He really will. He's done it before, he'll do it again. Yeonjun, please get me out of here. Please get us out before Soobin comes back" Taehyun pleaded, pulling at his leg that jangled a chain on the wall.

"How do I get them off? Tell me how to get them off" I asked, horror evident in my voice at the sight of the thick silver chains that bruised and marked their wrists and ankles.

I felt frantic. As if my head were in six places at once. Looking at the three was a terrifying sight. It was like I had stepped into a horror movie. Taehyun's neck looked burnt and on all three of them the shape of a heart carved somewhere on their bodies.

"In the drawers" Beomgyu answered, his voice weak.

Even with just a second of my attention drawn to Beomgyu I noticed a massive gash on his leg lying limp beside him. He was hurt, hurt badly. That wasn't just a slash, from a single glance I could see that it was deep and thick, shivers running down my spine as I imagined the cause.

In fact, all of them were. Taehyun had blood dried to his face where a heart shape was carved. Looking closer at the others, Beomgyu had one adorned on his wrist and Kai, one placed on his chest that stuck out from the looseness of his shirt.

"Key is in the middle drawer," a voice suddenly said.

I turned around and there sat Hongjoong, his eyes sunken in and skin thin enough to expose his entire body's structure.

"Oh my god Hongjoong, How long have you been here?!" I asked in panic. He looked 100% more damaged than the others and that was an undeniable fact.

"Months and months. The drawers will be locked, I'm sure if you pull hard enough they'll just burst open" Hongjoong explained, his voice hoarse.

"Please, sit up" I instructed, holding him to pull him up from the floor.

"You're touching a killer" Beomgyu suddenly said with a harsh note at the end of his sentence.