Ineffable 𓇢𓆸 || Jakehoon

🍂 Chapter 77🍂

Sunghoon's POV

The world went silent.

Jake's hand... it fell. Slowly, like a leaf drifting from a tree, it slid from my face. His chest-so still. So cold. The rise and fall of his breath that I had clung to, that had given me hope, it was gone.

I couldn't-I couldn't-believe it.

For a moment, I didn't know where I was. My vision blurred, the noise of the camp, the cries, the shouts of people trying to save what little was left... it all faded into a dull hum. Nothing mattered. Nothing but the fact that Jake... the one person who had made my life feel real... was slipping away.

"No..." I whispered, my voice shaking. I held him tighter, feeling the blood that had soaked through my shirt, feeling his body so cold against mine. My hands were shaking so violently, I could hardly grasp him, but I couldn't let go. I refused to. "Jake, please... wake up. Please."

But there was nothing. No response. No movement.

I pressed my forehead against his, the tears coming without warning, streaming down my face.

No, no, no. Please. Please don't leave me. I can't...

I couldn't breathe. The weight in my chest was suffocating, and yet I couldn't seem to get any air. My entire body was trembling as if it might break apart from the agony. I held him so tight, my arms wrapped around him, pressing him to me as though if I just squeezed hard enough, it would make him wake up. Please, Jake... please don't leave me...

I could feel his blood soaking through my shirt. It was all over me, staining my hands, my clothes, my soul. How could it have come to this? We had just gotten our freedom. Just a glimpse of something better, a future together-and now...

My mind couldn't grasp it. I couldn't understand it.

"No..." I choked on the word, my voice breaking into a sob. "No, no, no, Jake, don't leave me..." I shook him gently, but his body felt like stone, unyielding. His face-so pale, so empty now.

He can't be gone. He can't be.

Tears streamed down my face in hot waves, my body shaking, my hands trembling as I held him even harder. "Please," I begged, my voice broken. "Wake up, Jake. Please. I need you... Please. Don't leave me. Let's go home again... Let's go back to the garden. Please, Jake... please..."

But the world was silent. The only sound was my own voice, pleading, desperate, as the tears fell faster than I could wipe them away. I could feel my heart breaking, the pieces splintering inside me, and I could hardly hold it together.

He was gone. My Jake. My love. My future.

The emptiness inside me was overwhelming. The loss-this loss-was something I never thought I could survive. How could I? How could anyone survive this? He was everything to me. Everything. He was my hope, my strength, my reason to keep fighting. He was the warmth I clung to when everything around me was darkness.

I looked at his face again. The face I loved, the one I had dreamed of every day. And now it was just... still. Empty.

"Jake..." I whispered, my voice cracking like glass, too fragile to hold. "Don't leave me. Please don't go. I can't-I can't do this without you. I was supposed to make you happy... We were supposed to be together. We were supposed to make it out. Together."

But no answer came. He didn't move. The warmth of him, the life in his eyes, it was all gone.

I held him even tighter. Don't leave me, Jake...

But I knew, deep down, that he was already gone. The warmth had left his body. The light in his eyes had dimmed forever. The man who had been my everything was just... gone.

The tears wouldn't stop. My chest felt like it was caving in. I gasped for air, but it was like I had forgotten how to breathe. I couldn't stop shaking. I can't lose him. Not like this. Not after everything.

"Jake, please..." I whispered, my voice barely a breath now, a broken plea. "Please come back. I need you. I love you. I'm so sorry... I didn't want this. I didn't want to lose you."

I reached out, trembling, and touched the necklace that had once been his gift to me, still clutched in my hand. His final words echoed in my mind: Talk to it when you miss me, Sunghoon. It'll always be with you.

I closed my eyes tightly, the image of his face burning in my mind. I'll never forget you, Jake. I'll never forget your love. Your smile. Your touch. I'll carry you with me for the rest of my life...

I placed my hand gently over his heart, as if by doing so, I could somehow bring him back, hold onto him for just a moment longer.

But there was nothing.

"I love you, Jake," I whispered, my voice hoarse with grief. "I love you so much... Please wake up! Don't do this to me!."

I held him in my arms, as tightly as I could, hoping against hope that if I held on long enough, the world would rewind, that it would all just turn back to the way it was before the explosion. Before the blood. Before the loss.

But nothing changed. The world was still and silent.

And Jake was gone?