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seokjin used to live with his parents and siblings. and in that family they had a cat and a dog. a munchkin and a eskimo. they both got along and lived for a decent time until the munchkins death. he lived to six human years. later on the eskimo died five human years later. they were only three years apart.

seokjin moved after the death of the eskimo and from graduating high school. he went to a nice university in the city and lived alone. he visits his family a few times every month.

he want to become a engineer.

one day while his was in his room in his parent's house, up staying late and finishing his assignment. he heard scratching at the door. he looked at the door. it was his cat, jjongeun.

jjongeun was dead eight years ago.

he gazed at the door for a while before returning back to his work. the noise disappeared. he finish a few hours, and filed everything into his bag.

he took off his shirt off and laid onto the thin mattress on the floor. he cover himself with a blanket. he cuddle into the coldness and tried to make it warm by wiggling into the softness.

he closed his eyes, and went to sleep. it is as time moved back, seokjin was awake. he listen to the hush of the room. until the scratching started again. this time it was deeper. he listen in fear.

it was mongbae, his dog. she was dead, too.

he treble as the sound got louder. this time he could hear jjongeun and mongbae clawing at the door. he laid on the mattress without making any sound. he covered his ears, and slowly rocked himself back and forth. he was afraid. the moon was bright, but the night was dark.

seokjin's tears started to fall in his quietness. he couldn't see anything, but his monsters in his eyelids playing. he sat up, the clock was ticking.

the clock was ticking backwards.

the noise at the door stopped until seokjin froze as the door knob turned.

"you can't run away;
i'll still find you."

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