Hwa Yeon keeps meeting me secretly at night every few days and after a while I find myself looking forward to those meetings. We never leave the room anymore but we do all sorts of things inside, in silence.
Hwa Yeon always comes up with interesting things: we pretend we are outside and she shows me what trees and flowers are for the first time like I am a little child; or she does pantomime performances for me but sometimes we just sit in silence trying to make each other laugh all night and the one who talks or laughs first loses. Other times we just talk whispering to each other in the dark. We talk about everything but whatever the topic it all seems so sacred.
Then one day I start hearing her screams again. It's more painful than ever now. She has the most heart breaking screams ever and I find my heart beating fast, my palms sweating. I put my hands on my ears trying to shut the sounds out but I felt like they just get louder.
It feels like forever but the house finally falls into silence. The beating of my heart doesn't slow though. I have a feeling something more will happen this night.
I was right, because as the moonlight shines into the room through the small window, I hear Hwa Yeon's light steps and jump up, running to the door.
I am standing right in front of her when she opens the door, asking if she is okay, but she doesn't even stop to look at me or close the door or anything just grabs my arm and pulls me after her.
"We are going outside again" is my first thought, but it doesn't felt right. We aren't supposed to go out now, we will get caught, what is she trying to do?
It's so dark that I barely see anything but one thing is for sure: we aren't going in the garden this time. But I trusther and don't ask anything because I know talking would just give us away even though I feel like I was walking so loudly I woke the whole house already.
We finally end up outside but she still doesn't stop. She is opening the gates which keep making the loudest sound I ever heard and I am trembling from the cold and fear and confusion yet I am sweating all over.
When the gate opens, she turns to me
"Go!" she says but I just keep looking at her confused.
"Can't you hear me, I'm letting you go!" she says louder over the wind. A storm was coming.
I look outside then at the huge house then at her.
The road outside of the house looks so long and goes into the unknown... where? I feel like I only know this house, always lived here. Where would I go? Why would I go? My head starts to spin around and I can't decide what feeling I feel.
"What about you?" I ask.
If she let me go... what would happen to her? What would they do to her?
She doesn't say anything but throws her small arms around my neck pull me in tight, then kisses me in the lips. She is holding me so tightly I feel like we are suddenly one person. I can smell her nice scent and I feel like I will always remember it. Before I could start thinking about what the kiss feels like, she let's go and pulls away from me.
"Go! Now! Quickly!" she rushes me but I'm still just standing there.
"Run!" she shouts and I finally start going.
At first I'm just walking along, my legs getting used to the muddy ground, then I start walking faster and faster until I'm running. I am running faster than I ever ran before and I never look back. The sun comes up but I am still running and running, never stopping, not even when I feel like my lungs will explode and my throat is swollen, letting through no more air, and my legs trip over each other. But I still stand up, no matter how many times I fell and keep going on for hours, until I look up at the sky but instead of seeing the blue sky I see darkness and faint on the street.
I am free.
6 months later
Reporter: D.O. of the famous korean idol group EXO was found 6 months ago in a village. People living there say he was in such a bad condition they didn't even realize he was the lost idol at first - especially because many people thought him dead. they tended him there and one of the local nurses identified him. He has been recovering since then but is finally back in the entertainment industry. *turns to D.O.* What does it feel like coming back after one and a half year? Do you really not remember anything from the year you were lost?
Kyungsoo: I've been trying really hard but I'm afraid I have no idea what might've happened to me. I just really hope it won't happen to anyone else. Everyone should be really careful walking the streets alone at night. I hope our safety will be improved soon... *looks into the camera* But there is one thing that keeps coming into my mind since I woke up 6 months ago. It's a face of a girl. I don't remember her name or anything about her. Just a beautiful face with long, black hair, and a nice scent she carried with her everywhere. I think... she was the one who kept me alive through that year.
The end
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I'm Your Girl - EXO
Hayran KurguI reach out with my hand. She doesn't move but I see her catch her breath. She probably thinks I will hit her. That's what I want to do. Every inch of my body wants to hurt her. But I don't. I end up slowly touching her face with my fingertips inste...
