What's Broken Can't Be Fixed

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     "Intak?" Yeonjun mumbles under his breath. It was a peculiar name. Chaeryeong helps lift Hannah onto Taehyun's back. They walk further into the room, Intak watching them as they do so.

     There was nothing more in the room than bodies, blood, pictures, and cars. How was that supposed to help them? "I reckon all of you are infected." He says. No one answers.

     But the truth was, everyone was infected except the girls. Hannah being the exception. "I bet you all want some answers... well... what do you think-" The man's words are cut off with a loud bang. The whizz of a bullet flying through the air and hitting the man straight in the head. He drops to the ground, blood spurting out of his wound.

     Everyone turns wide eyed to Minho who still has his gun raised. Kai swallows. "Why... why did you-"

     "He talked too much. You know yourself that he wasn't going to tell us anything." Minho lowers his gun, looking over at Kai. "This was a waste of time." Minho walks out of the room, everyone mindlessly following. However, Felix stays back.

     He takes a good look at the pictures on the walls. The men in the hazmat suits, the white vans parked behind the trees. Everything about it was... odd. Suddenly he feels a tap on his shoulder, snapping him out of his thoughts. He looks over and sees Jeongin standing next to him. "Are you okay Hyung?" He asks, and Felix nods.

     "Yeah, let's just go." Before they leave, Jeongin takes one more look over his shoulder and at the man lying on the ground. The drive back to their house was quiet. Yeonjun drops them off, and they walk inside. Taehyun walks inside with them, setting Hannah down on the couch, then he leaves. Each of them walk up to their respective rooms. But before Felix goes to his room he walks into Chris and Seungmin's. He didn't know what he was going to see. Whether it be Seungmin wasn't there, or he was. And oh god was he hoping for the second one. When he opens the door, he stops in his tracks.

     Seungmin and Chris were quietly sleeping, Seungmin lying on top of Chris' chest. Nothing could describe the amount of relief that washed over Felix in that moment. However, he didn't want to wake them up, so he walks out and closes the door behind him.

     Finally, he walks into his own room. But instead of Hyunjin being asleep, he was sitting up on the bed, the light from the TV reflecting off of his face. He didn't react to Felix walking inside; he just keeps his eyes glued to the screen "Hyunjin." No answer. He walks closer to the boy. And that's when he sees it.

     There was a cut across Hyunjin's left wrist, and in his right hand was a razor, blood dripping off of the tip of it. Felix quickly snatches the razor from his hand and throws it on the ground. Then he grabs Hyunjin and pulls him into a hug. Immediately, tears begin to fall down Felix's face. Hyunjin just seemed... gone. Like he wasn't there. He didn't move an inch; it didn't matter that Felix was holding him.

     Felix cups Hyunjin's face in his hands, staring into his eyes. He looked so lifeless. "Hyunjin? Hyunjin, can you look at me?" Nothing. His eyes were tired, but they were wide open. Felix checks his pulse. He was fine. His pulse was strong so why the hell wasn't he answering?! Everyone around him... was slowly losing their will to live.

     Hyunjin, Seungmin, himself. They've all died in one way or another. Suddenly, he feels a hand on his face. He sees Hyunjin smiling at him. "...I'm sorry." He whispers. His voice hoarse. "I just wanted to make sure..."

     "Make sure what?!" Felix yells. He was losing his temper. Angry. Sad. He felt like he was being tortured.

     "...That I couldn't die." Felix's grip on Hyunjin's shoulders was tight. Hyunjin could feel Felix drawing blood through his shirt, but he didn't mind. He shouldn't have done this he knew that but... he just had to.

     Hyunjin licks his thumb and rubs on his wrist where the blood is. Under it, reveals a scar. "Just a little bit of dried blood." Felix looks at his wrist, and then up at him. His eyes full of rage. "Felix-"

     "Fuck you Hyunjin." His voice was as quiet as a whisper. "Fuck you!" He yells. Felix was sobbing at this point. He was so tired of living like this. So tired of everything. Hyunjin takes Felix's hands off of him and stands up.

     "Go on. Hit me." He takes his glasses off and tosses them on the bed. "Hit me until you feel better."

     "That would hurt you."

     "That's the point." Felix gets off the bed and wipes his tears, walking over to Hyunjin. He grabs the collar of Hyunjin's shirt and pushes him onto the ground. Then he kneels next to him, straddles Hyunjin's waist and raises his fist.

     This wasn't right. The way Hyunjin was looking at him. Expressionless. Felix's lips begin to tremble, and he breaks down in tears. "I can't do this..." Hyunjin sighs, sitting up with Felix still in his lap.

     "I know you can't." Hyunjin pulls the boy into a hug. He knew Felix wouldn't be able to do something like that. So that's why he told Felix to hit him. So, he could make the boy understand that they didn't want to hurt each other. They couldn't.

     The following morning, Changbin tells Chris about what was at the car company. About the pictures with the vans and the people in hazmat suits. A couple hours later, Chris suggests that they all go out and search the forest. If they don't find anything, it could just be a quick walk outside, not a big deal. So, they all get dressed and head to the forest. "Let's split up so we can search and get home faster." Changbin suggests, and they all shrug, agreeing.

     Hannah, Jisung, and Felix go to the right, Changbin, Seungmin, Minho, and Jeongin go to the left, and Chris and Hyunjin walk down the middle. It was a good 10 minutes, and they were ready to go home. But then, Seungmin hears a car. Surely it was just driving by on the road... right? It sounded too close though...

     He runs back towards where Hyunjin and Chris were, despite everyone yelling at him to stop. And there they were. On their knees being held down by people in white hazmat suits. They were sticking needles into their necks. Seungmin's eyes were wide, the scream that he wanted to let out didn't come.

     Jisung grabs him and they start running back to the house. The last thing he saw was Chris and Hyunjin being dragged into those white vans.