Dreams of Arcadia

11

Felix Pov

Being dead wasn't as bad as I thought it would be... A lot of things here in the afterlife were really fun, but after days alone, I got a little bored. All day I wandered aimlessly through the empty streets of Seoul, looking for someone to spend my time with. Before I died, I saw Hannie get crushed, he couldn't have survived that, so he had to be here too. Chan had pushed IN and Minoh under the stage, but was hit in the back by a piece of debris himself, maybe he had survived, I wasn't sure, but the stage had held up, the last thing I had seen before I died was Minoh's horrified look. Seungmin had gone to the restroom with the manager earlier, I was sure he wasn't here either. Changbin and Hyunjin were standing next to me, but I hadn't seen what had happened to them. Then there were all the other bands... BTS had been on the other side of the stage, all together, and that part had been the first to be destroyed, so they all had to be here... but who else? There must have been more... and I wanted to find them all, I was starting to feel lonely.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw a movement and then someone ran past me... naked... in that brief moment, I saw his face and my mouth dropped open... had he gone crazy?

"Hyung...." I shouted, but he just kept running, so I sprinted after him.

"Hyung... what are you doing?" I wanted to know as I jogged alongside him.

"Oh, Felix... I'm sorry to see you here..." he said regretfully, but didn't stop.

"Yeah never mind, you better tell me why you're running around here naked?" I asked with burning curiosity.

"I enjoy the freedom... we could never do anything like this alive... I've never felt so good... so unencumbered and light." he smiled as he answered.

"Oh wow... we don't get out of breath..." I noticed and he nodded.

"And we don't get tired either if we don't want to... I've been running for three days and I haven't felt the need to stop yet." he explained and I shook my head in disbelief.

"But hyung... I don't want to stay alone anymore, let's find somewhere to stay, shall we?" I suggested, but he shook his head.

"You're welcome to stay with me, but then you have to run with me until I'm done... then we'll go find the others." he said and since it really wasn't very tiring to run around, I thought it was a good idea... at least I wasn't alone anymore.

"Aren't you actually afraid that someone will see you naked?" I asked.

"I don't care, what are they going to do? Call my management? The agency? My band members? The police? This is pure freedom..." he grinned.

"Can you wait a minute or slow down?" I asked and he looked at me questioningly.

"Why?"

"Because I want to take my clothes off too, why should you have all the fun here to yourself?" I replied with a grin as I pulled my shirt over my head and let it fall to the floor. Taking my pants off while running wasn't that easy and if my companion hadn't caught me, I would have fallen flat on my face. But somehow I managed and all I had left were my socks and sneakers, just like Hyung...

"You're right... this feels incredibly good... so liberated... and the wind tickles my b..."

"Yah... shut up and let's enjoy the silence here..." he interrupted me and we ran on in silence...