INSEPARABLE

Chapter 51

JISOO'S POV

"Jisooyah... Sooyah... Sooyah...?"

"Wakey, Sooyah! I'm scared! It's so scary here! Please, wake up! Wake up, Sooyah!"

A muffled voice, like it's coming from miles away. It's desperate, frantic.

Seul.

It has to be Seulgi.

It's our Bear.

But where is she?

I try to move, to search for her, but I'm stuck. Trapped in this suffocating, endless black. A pressure builds around me, a weight that makes it hard to breathe.

Is it the darkness that's crushing me, or something else? I can't even tell if I'm moving, or if I'm just sinking deeper into this suffocating void.

I need to find her. I need to get to Seulgi.

"Sooyah, I-Im s-scared... Please, wake up..."

Seulgi's voice is a whimper, a tiny spark of fear in the suffocating dark.

"Where are you, Bear?!" I shout, my voice echoing, but it's a hollow echo, swallowed by the endless black. It's as if my own voice can't even break through the silence.

Where am I really? Why is this darkness so heavy, so oppressive?

I try to move, to find Seulgi, but I really feel like I'm rooted to the spot. The panic starts to rise, a cold knot tightening in my chest. Seulgi's sobs are like tiny, fragile whispers, lost in the vast emptiness. My calm crumbles, replaced by a desperate fear for our Bear.

I have to find her. I have to get to her. But I'm lost, trapped, and the darkness is closing in, swallowing every sound.

" Sooyah, I-Im s-scared... Please, wake up!"

I heard Seulgi calling out again, this time more frantically. I can feel her fear through her voice.

"Where are you, Bear?!" I shout, my voice muffled and distorted, as if it's being swallowed by something thick and heavy.

My brows furrow. If I'm in a dark empty room, a vast space, yet why my shout seems to swallowed by the darkness? It's as if the very air is thick with silence, silencing even my own voice.

Where am I?

I try to move again, to push against the darkness, but it's like I'm trapped in a thick, viscous liquid. The panic starts to rise even more inside me, a cold, sharp fear that claws at my throat.

And then, I hear it. Seulgi's sobs, tiny, heartbroken cries that pierce through the silence. They're coming from somewhere close, but I can't reach her. I can't even see her. I'm trapped, and she's alone in the darkness, crying for me.

"What did you do with those annoying kids?"

"I put them where they belong! They were too annoying and almost got away!"

"I get it! You don't have to yell! Your voice is even more annoying than those brats. Where are they now?"

"There. Inside the drum."

The voices are harsh, cold, like the scrape of metal on metal.

Inside the drum?

Are... Are w-we inside the d-drum?