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"HIIIIIIIIIIIII!"

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"WOOZI-CHAN! NAGLALARO KA NG POKEMON GO?"

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"Woozi?"

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"Chan?"

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"Woozi-chan?"

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"Ano ba 'yun tatawag-tawag ka ta's hindi ka naman magsasalita?!"

"...Ano ba talagang meron sa'yo?"

"Eh?"

"Coups, you can tell me."

"Hindi ko alam kung anong ibig mong sabihin, Woozi-chan."

"Alam mo."

"Peksman! Hindi nga haha."

"Coups."

"Woozi."

"Tsk."

"Hehe."

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"Have...Have you ever tried to harm yourself?"

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"Coups, please answer me."

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"...Haha."

"Shit."

"Konti lang naman eh. Haha."

"KONTI LANG?! KONTI LANG?! PUTANGINA. Coups, hindi mo alam kung saan mapupunta 'yang paunti-unti mo!"

"...Ni hindi ko nga naramdaman eh. I should've used a bigger b-"

"Tumigil ka."

"I can't. Haha."

"Coups."

"Haha. Alam mo ba kung anong nararamdaman ko?"

"...Hindi."

"Then don't tell me what to do with my life. Hell, I don't even know you."

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"Sino ka ba, ha?"

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"Isa ka lang naman sa mga ginagamit ni Yongguk hyung, diba?"

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"You are nothing to me. Nor I am to you."

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"Kilala mo ba ako?"

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"Kilala ba kita?"

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"Hindi naman, diba?"

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"Jihoon."

"Ano?"

"My name is Jihoon."

"Jihoon?"

"Palayaw ko lang ang Woozi. Jihoon is my real name."

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"Don't forget, okay?"

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"Oh ngayon, kilala mo na ako. Ikaw naman."

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"Tsk. Coups, stop hiding inside your bubble. I'm not one of those people. Please, let me in."

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"Earlier, you asked me if I know Pokemon Go. Does that mean nilalaro mo 'yun? Lol. Paano mo 'yun malalaro kung nandiyan ka lang sa isang lugar? You need to free yourself, Coups."

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"Bakit ka tumatawa?"

"...H-how can I free myself if I don't even know myself? How can I free myself if I can't even find my fucking self? Hm?"

"Ano?"

"There. I fucking said it. You wanna know what my secret is?"

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"I'm as empty as a blackhole. As hollow as space. I'm a fucking void, Jihoon. And voids are epitome of nothingness. I can't free myself from my cage because I am THE fucking cage, okay? I am."

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"And the only person who really did know me is already gone. Now, how can I live like this? I don't even know if you can still call it 'living'."

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"Haha. Tell me. How can you fix someone...as empty as me?"

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"You can't, Jihoon. You can't."

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