𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ 𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 - 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮

⇛ 𝐂𝐇. 𝟔𝟗

"chenle, you have to get up." jihyun said, her voice hoarse from crying for hours.

"i feel like death." he whispered, sprawled on the floor of a random hallway. he had collapsed there and refused to move so the others had to stay with him for an hour on the floor.

"they'll be fine..." renjun said. he still had lots of hope that their friends were safe. if he let himself believe they had died, he wouldn't be able to recover.

"it's been hours and we haven't heard a word from them. they're gone." jaemin mumbled.

"you don't know that. they could still be out there."

"did you not see that explosion? there's no way they survived." he argued.

"be positive. there's still a chance..."

"aren't you the smart one out of us? don't be a fool. they're gone and you know it. how can i be positive at a time like this? they're dead, renjun! open your eyes. they're dead and they're not coming back! it's over!"

"jaemin! stop it!" jihyun yelled when she saw renjun's eyes swelling with tears. he realised quickly that he was wrong for acting like that and hugged the older.

"shit. i'm sorry. this is just killing me."

"it's killing all of us..." chenle whispered. "i can't take not knowing what happened to them. how bad was the explosion? are they really gone or are they out there badly injured and waiting for us to save them? i'm going insane."

"i want to go out there to help them or see for myself that they're really gone, but i know there's no way i could get past all the security." jihyun sighed.

"if they're dead, i'll personally break into the capitol and kill snow myself." jaemin said.

"the last thing i told them was that i'd never forgive them for knocking me out... i don't want those to be the last words i ever said to them because i forgive them and love them. i really do." jihyun muttered then covered her mouth with her hand. "i feel sick."

"let's go to your room so we can rest." renjun suggested, getting up and pulling chenle with him. he held a hand out for jihyun to take and shakily, she placed her hand in his. he helped her stand up on wobbly legs.

"hey!" someone yelled from down the hallway. the four glanced over at taeyong who had his hands on his knees, panting as if he had been running for a while. "i've been looking all over for you lot."

"what's the matter?" jaemin asked.

"we don't know the exact situation about your friends but an aircraft just landed here."

without a moment of hesitation, the friends took off running to the aircraft station. they bumped into people, even knocked someone over and created a mess on their way. they were full of so much hope, their hearts were going crazy.

alas, when they made it to the station, the aircraft their friends had left in was there. the doors had opened and jeno and haechan were first to step out.

jihyun threw herself at them, bringing them into her arms and they returned the hug. jaemin, chenle and renjun joined them, brought to tears of joy, but there were two people missing and they were concerned.

jisung was next to exit the aircraft, but his left arm was bloody and one of his eyes were squeezed shut. he looked like he was in pain. chenle rushed towards him, hugging him and almost letting out a relieved sob.

"jisung, what happened?!" jihyun exclaimed.

"i'm fine." he replied, wrapping his uninjured arm around chenle.