Then I Wake

Chapter 1

Yeosang

Seonghwa hasn't left his room for a week.

Not since Taeyang died.

Every time we try to go in and check on him, he stops whatever he's doing and waves us away. It's odd, particularly for Seonghwa.

Wooyoung's cooking for us, thank goodness. Couldn't stomach anyone else's food apart from Wooyoung or Seonghwa's. Not even my own.

Lying in bed, I hear the creak of a door from across the corridor.

Seonghwa?

He's going to the bathroom. Perfect time for me to see what he's doing.

I wake Yunho up and we start looking, quietly, but as quickly as we can.

His room is perfectly clean. What's he hiding?

Yunho takes the initiative and looks under Seonghwa's bed.

"Uh, Yeosang?" Yunho calls me over, "We have a problem."

Yunho pulls out a knife, and a few boxes of pills.

"Oh god... Keep them there, we'll talk to the others. He'll be suspicious if they disappear." I start, "Actually, take one pill with us. San should know what it is."

He slips the pill into his pocket and we get back to our room before Seonghwa leaves the bathroom.

"Yeosang!" Yunho whispers, "What do we do about Seonghwa?"

"Sleep for now. Wait until morning. Then we'll talk to the others."

I'm really worried about Seonghwa. I don't know what those pills are, or how he got them, but I don't think they can be good for him.

And the knife? Sure, we have weapons, but we keep those in the same room, locked all the time. He's doing something, something dangerous.

I can't sleep knowing he's like this.

It feels wrong to leave him alone to do this now. What if he goes to far?

"Go to sleep, Yeosang. Nothing's going to happen in one night."

I hope he's right.