Dark Side | Sweet Home

The Loss of a Good Man

Youngji's POV

Eunhyuck and Mimi walk into the store storage room to meet with me, the solider and Yikyung when we hear someone trying to reach the solider on the walkie talkie, the person on the other end starts off in a teasing tone before getting angry and we hear gunfire. After hearing the other guy and seeing the terror on the solider's face Yikyung orders for our S.O.S sign on the side of the building to be cut down and I runout to gather Sangwook and Hyunsu as we go up to the roof to cut it down using the elevator.

"For a sweet brief moment I forgot we had to fear humans too, how foolish" I sigh as we walk up to the sign

"Even with monsters human's don't change" Sangwook passes me my switchblade for me and Hyunsu to start cutting as he keeps watch.

We watch as the S.O.S sign floats down before heading back down. Walking down the stairs to the elevator we see the building's security guard stumble into the elevator but from behind he looked human and I thought maybe he's just been hiding somewhere all this time but as the elevator doors closed behind him we knew he wasn't human anymore. The three of us start running down the many flights of stairs, ringing all of the alarms on the way to warn the other residents, on the way a monster pushes itself out of a doorway grabbing Sangwook making me and Hyunsu stop.

"Go first" Sangwook looks at us

"Hyunsu go!" I yell pulling at the monsters arm as I hear Hyunsu continue running down the stairs.

"Yah! Han Youngji! Go!" Sangwook snaps

"I'll go with you" I stab the monster, I push it back as it lunges at me with it's razor sharp teeth, biting into my shoulder. I scream out in pain and the monsters backs anyway, feeling my arm go numb I scream again charging at the monster stabbing it in the chest but I feel my hand go further inside than I was expecting and when I pull my arm back it looks like a mental blade as I see my knife on the floor. My vision blurs, going reddish as my arm goes back to normal before and as I start to black out hearing Sangwook call my name, catching me before I hit the ground.

When I wake, I'm in the med bay to see Sangwook and my sister. Sangwook's face is vacant but not in his stoic way but like a part of him was gone and Youngmi was in tears, both were too distracted to notice I had woken until Eunhyuck walks in to check my shoulder but his face seemed off too.

"Normally you heal faster than Hyunsu but you've barely healed from this and it's been hours" Eunhyuck says with a sadness in his normally monotone voice. "And your arm compared to the rest of you if very cold, I'd like to keep an eye on it"

"Jaeheon once said God gave me my healing ability but I shouldn't abuse it as it might not last forever. You should get him in here to gloat about being right" I laugh and wince in pain but somehow everyone's faces become even sadder. "What?"

"Youngji" Sangwook starts

"No, I should" Mimi takes a deep breath in.

"Did something happen?" I worry "is Jaeheon showing symptoms cause he's strong willed I'm sure he'll be like me and Hyunsu, he'll be fine. It's Jaeheon, he's saved my ass more than anyone here. He'll be fine, he'll be"

"Youngji" Youngmi's voices breaks "the monster that came down, it hurt Jaeheon in a way I don't think he'd come back from and he knew so he sacrificed himself for us"

"no..." I feel the tears fall down my face and my breath becomes short and fastened as Mimi goes into more detail about what happened.

"I was the one who threw the Molotov, I'm so sorry I didn't see another way" Youngmi cries

"There was no other way" Eunhyuck reassures

"Can I see him?" I try to catch my breath looking at the ground

"Ji-ah I'm sorry" Youngmi holds my hand

"There was nothing you could have done, right?" I try to stand "I want to see him"

"We already buried him" Eunhyuck states

"Yeah I would have hoped so. I need to give him something, Sangwook grab his bottle from the store" I snap as I fall getting up but Sangwook catches me.

"I'll take you" Sangwook carries me out

"Ji-ah" Youngmi calls out

"Unnie, stop it. I don't think I can comfort you right now" more tears fall down my face. Sangwook and I grab Jaeheon's soju bottle and head to his grave, sitting beside it in silence. Suddenly Sangwook picks up the bottle and starts opening it.

"Jung Jaeheon." He says weakly as he starts to pour the rest of the soju over Jaeheon's grave "Drink as much as you want."

The both of us continue to sit quietly, tears filling our eyes as I rest my head on Sangwook's shoulder, breathing heavily through my tears.

"It's not Youngmi's fault" Sangwook let's out

"I know. I want to blame everyone and no one at the same time" I sigh "If we stopped the monster going down or if we somehow got downstairs faster, if one of the three of us stayed downstairs to better protect everyone or if the others just knew how to protect themselves or"

"Or if you left me in the stairwell" he says quietly

"That would never be an option" I responded without a second hesitation, leaving us in silence once again

"Do you remember what happened up there?" He asks

"Vaguely" I sniff, unable to cry anymore.

"Your eyes where pure black, your whole forearm looked like Jaeheon's sword and when you screamed" Sangwook stops "when you screamed everyone heard it and it felt like it could shake the entire floor and I think the scream alone was enough to scare off the monster before you attacked"

"All I knew was that I had to keep you safe" I state

"Not if it means you lose yourself" Sangwook replies holding my hand.

"I don't think I get a choice in the matter" I chuckle weakly "help me up, I need you to do me a favour"

"What?" He asks as we start to stand

"No matter how justified, my sister just killed Jaeheon and that will destroy her" I sniff "I assume you've killed more than the creep so you'll need to help her through it"

"What about you?" He asks

"I'm going back to join Mrs Ahn in quarantine" I groan in pain from my shoulder

"What?" Sangwook snaps

"If I'm becoming more monstrous I should be on 42 hour watch just to make sure. I'm saying 42 hours because quarantine is really boring" I laugh stumbling forward

Sangwook helps me walk into the arcade, Eunhyuck seeing me and following us as he voices his concerns but I reassure him that this is best for everyone right now. Once we reach the arcade and I open the door and Sangwook helps me sit beside a concerned Seonyeon, he walks back to the door.

"I'll be back to let you out as soon as it's been 42 hours okay?" Sangwook closes the door