Just Like Magic

98

Changbin and Jisung came out of the room after an hour. Jisung was still in a daze. Changbin was silent too. He had put both of the siblings to sleep after calming Felix down and apologizing to him and drying Minho thoroughly. Everyone was waiting patiently outside and frowned when they saw the state of Changbin and Jisung

"Ji?"

Seungmin asked worriedly as Jisung pushed him away, trying his best to walk stably. Changbin clenched his fists tightly and looked down as he held himself back from crying. Jisung pushed everyone out of the way as he continued walking in a wobbly way before he fell on his knees and let out a scream. They felt Jisung's pain and sorrow in the scream as Jisung sobbed loudly. He couldn't accept it but accepted it somehow. No one dared to go near Jisung as Changbin punched the wall and started crying too. Seungmin decided to call Yeonjun there to help them find out what happened while Wonwoo read Changbin's mind to see what was wrong with him. He froze after reading Changbin's mind and then gulped before reading Jisung's mind. Wonwoo didn't know how to feel or react after he read Jisung's mind. He stayed frozen in his spot. Mingyu noticed it and nudged him gently but Wonwoo didn't move. Yeonjun arrived shortly and kept his hand on Changbin's head, copying the memories that happened in the past hour as it brought him a weird sensation of pain. He then walked over to Jisung slowly before touching his head to copy the memories as he felt another wave of the same pain. He closed his eyes and touched Seungmin, who helped him share the memories as they had combined their powers. Once they were done, Bang Chan was the first one to snap out of it. He leaned on the wall for support as he turned pale. He was going to lose a strong pillar which prevented him from collapsing, way too soon. Yoongi fell on his knees as he felt stupid. He felt stupid for not realizing things soon but it was late. Too late

"W-What?"

Seokjin whispered underneath his breath as he was about to collapse on his knees but Namjoon held him from falling down. Yunho held onto Wooyoung as the two of them tried not to cry. Seungmin couldn't help it. He walked towards the door with tears in his eyes as he peeked in. He saw Minho and Felix sleeping peacefully but he was afraid of losing them both. He started tearing up followed by Jeongin. Hyunjin tried to comfort them even though he himself was dying deep down. Gyuri could feel tears streaming down her cheeks as she turned to Danbi and cried her heart out. Seungkwan felt like he was the bad luck. First his best friend died and now it was Minho who was going to die way too sooner than they thought. Seonghwa was crying in Joshua and Jeonghan's embrace, who were crying too

"He won't die."

Wonwoo stated as Mingyu wiped his tears away and looked at his soulmate in confusion. Everyone snapped their head to Wonwoo, who smiled a little

"Not under my watch. As long as I am alive, he won't die."

Wonwoo stated as Jungkook's eyes widened. He knew what Wonwoo had done and he was scared that the outcome will not be good but he trusted his cousin with this

"What do you-"

"Just trust me."

Wonwoo stated as Jisung figured out what Wonwoo had done and he couldn't turn back time to stop him

"B-Basically, you used all your 3 chances of saving lives."

Jisung stated as he looked at Wonwoo with wide eyes and Wonwoo smiled faintly

"Correct. I used one on Jungkook, one on Mingyu and now one on Minho. The only difference is that I bound them alive with other people. I bounded Minho with me because I won't die anytime soon."

Wonwoo stated but that was half the truth. He had to bound someone with himself and Minho was the only one left so he had no choice but to do it in order to give him a longer time to live

"W-Why would you take such a big step?"

Bang Chan asked as Wonwoo chuckled lightly before sighing

"I don't want someone to be unhappy because of death."

Wonwoo replied as they stayed silent because they knew that he had more to say

"Death is something we need to embrace with happiness and pride, not with sorrow and pain. That's what my mother said before she left me. I let her go without a single complaint but I miss her a lot."

Wonwoo finished as he took a deep breath to calm himself down. Jungkook and Mingyu looked away as it was painful for them

"So you guys still have time with him. Enjoy every moment with him because I don't know when I will die."

Wonwoo stated while looking up at the ceiling before grabbing Mingyu's hand gently with a small smile

"Let's call it a night. Everyone needs rest for today. Good night."

Wonwoo stated as he took Mingyu with him. Everyone dispersed, leaving only Jihoon, Soonyoung and Junhui behind

"He sacrificed too much. We can't let him sacrifice more than this otherwise he will-"

"He will lose himself."

Soonyoung completed Jihoon's words, who helplessly sighed as Junhui looked away

"Let's head to our room and sleep."

Junhui stated while dragging the couple away as he couldn't afford his little self coming out at the moment and stress everyone out