Mystery Game

Just the Past

Everyone went straight to their rooms when we got to our dorm. I didn't let any of them have a hold of May. Her breathing was normal and she looked fine but I was still worried. I never intended for her to get hurt. I put her down on my bed and then start to clear my room from anything she could recognize.

"Pst...." I hear someone call and I turn around.

L walks in and I sigh. We stand there silently, staring at the immobile girl. After a while L breaks the silence and I look at him.

"I'm sorry about the situation, I..... I should have told you...." He looks down and I pat his shoulder.

"Are you gonna tell me now?"

He stays quiet for some time but instead of his lips moving, Maylie starts to wake up slowly. Our eyes widen and I go put my mask on while L leaves the room.

"W-what's going on?" She opens her eyes slowly and just look at her quietly.

Her eyes start to water and I just feel the urge to take off my mask and hug her and tell her it's all gonna be okay but I don't. I only stay still while I hear her cry her eyes out and move towards the wall. I put my hand up and put a finger in front of my lips and she tries to calm herself and lower her voice but it's basically impossible. Sunggyu walks in and nods his head towards me to leave so I do.

"We need to take her back." Sungjong says a bit mad. "I don't understand why we took her away."

"No witnesses bro, come on." Woohyun says.

"We had masks...." L appears with a coffee on his hand.

"Out of panic...." Sungyeol says a bit scared. "I AM FREAKING OUT!!!!" He starts shaking and Sungjong takes him away.

After a while of waiting Sunggyun comes out of my room and he's not wearing his mask. I go to him and he sighs.

"She's..... She's fine while we don't use the masks around her and I told her we wouldn't hurt her but..... We need to keep her here until I find a way to fix this...." he sighs and walks past me.

I can't take my mask off..... She'll hate me forever. I won't be able to look at her either, this is gonna be hell.... Sungjong walks into my room with a tray of food and some stuff of his. I walk to the door and stand there just to hear.

"Hey.... I'm not gonna hurt you, relax." He says all sassy and I hear her sob a bit.

"You don't wanna eat? Okay fine I'll leave it here. Oh I brought this for you."

I look inside and I see him giving her some clothes and she stares at him in shock.

"What? They are my girlfriend's clothes, she's away in Busan so relax I'll get other ones for her." He pushes them forward and she just takes them slowly.

"Okay so just call me Sung, if you need anything I'll be outside but you need to stay in here, no moving, we clear?" He asks and she nods slowly.

"Good." He stands up and walks out.

"What girlfriend?" I look at him weirdly and he just chuckles and smirks.

"I wasn't gonna tell her that they are from a one night stand Hoya, she's too innocent for that...." He walks away and I roll my eyes.

"Hoya...." L calls out to me and I go to him.

"Let's go take a walk."

I nod and make my way to the door with L behind me. I really hope he tells me what's going on because I truly don't understand. I try to put the pieces together but nothing makes sense.

"Hoya ...... Hoya are you listening to me?" L pushes me a bit.

"Oh.... No.... Sorry... What did you say?" I look at him apologetically.

He sighs and shakes his head. I can see him tense up and rub his hands on his face. He opens his mouth slightly to talk but no words come out.

"I can't...  I can't do this...... We need to go to the police and tell them we did it....." L says softly but firmly.

"What the hell man?" I stop him. "Why would we do that?"

"Because...... Because I can't do this to Jay..... That girl has been my life since I've met her.... I'll tell you but..... Swear to me that you won't say anything, swear it!" He grabs my shoulders and shakes me a bit.

"Calm down okay, I swear I won't...." I put a hand on his shoulder and he nods.

~Flashback~

"Myungsoo, let's run away together..." Jay smiles at him.

He just chuckles and kisses her head.

"Aren't you gonna say anything...?"

"It's not like it's something possible." He laughs and her smile drops a bit.

"Why not?" Jay pulls back a bit and crosses arms.

"Awww come on baby don't get mad..... You know you love your dad and your sister and you wouldn't leave them just for a boy from the street that doesn't have anything to offer you...."

"Myungsoo I don't care about that and you know it..... Dad will take you in as a son and there won't be a problem..... But since you don't wanna meet them then let's just leave.... Anywhere....." She takes his hands and he sighs.

"No Jay.... I'll make myself someone worthy of you and one day I'll come to you, your dad and sister and we'll be able to be together with their blessing.   "

~End of flashback~

"After that day, they sent her away.... I never saw her again and I regret all the time not leaving with her when she asked....." L looks down and eyes water.

"But why are you doing this to her family?"

"It's not like I knew from the beginning, I just got a phone call and someone came and gave us all that money and Sunggyu and I couldn't refuse.... Then a week after that they sent the targets and it was them..... And know one knows about my past besides you... So it was gonna be weird if we said no and just...." He groans and I just sigh.

"I can't do this to her but I feel like it's too late to change this...." I say and scratch my head a bit.

"It is.... Sunggyu already has everything planned for us on the States...... A whole new life..... But.... It's for our own good, I mean what can we offer those girls? We are just these poor boys from an orphanage and that's it." L says without hope and it brings me down.

"I..... Can we go back.... I.... I wanna see how she is....." I look at him sadly.

He just nods and starts walking back. I walk a bit slower than him and watch his body language. He seems guilty and just tired of everything. I have many more questions and I'd talk to him more but I feel like I'm poking a wound that will never heal. I feel grateful for the trust but I don't know how to help. Life is like a game, a very strict one and when you make a move you can't undo or redo it, you just gotta keep going and hope to win. The past it's just the past and we can't change it, we learn from it.