𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬

Twenty-Six

3 weeks later

"Who are those flowers for?" Shinzi asked Sanha as he paid the lady at the shop.

"For Bin-hyung, I haven't visited him in a while so I'm going to see him now,"

"Are you close with him?"

Sanha nodded as they walked, "He's the best brother I never had! I just wish this didn't happen to him, though."

"Is he that important?"

"Well, he's important to my sister," Sanha answered. "She likes him and he likes her,"

"But why didn't they end up together?"

"It's a complicated story, I'll tell you next time,"

Shinzi stopped in her tracks, looking at the old married couple crossing the street, "How can couples like that stay together for long?"

Sanha followed her gaze, "They just loved each other so much that they can't let the other one go,"

"But some showed signs of true love, yet they still got separated,"

"Maybe something came between them, that's why."

"Is there really such a thing as forever?" Shinzi asked, looking at the sky.

"I'll prove to you there is," Sanha whispered, but luckily, she didn't hear it.

Shinzi looked at him, "Hm? Did you say anything?"

Sanha shook his head, "Come on. Bin-hyung's waiting,"

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"Checkmate," Aera said, moving the bishop towards the king. "I win,"

Minhyuk raised an eyebrow at her, "You're damn crazy yet you're still good at chess."

Aera looked up to him, "Why are you here?"

"I just came by to tell you something,"

She stood up walking to the water dispenser, "If you came here to scream at me for what I've done, go on, scream."

"I'm not going to scream at you. You're not a baby anymore, you know what mistakes you did."

Aera drank the water and gulped, "How is Hyemi holding up?"

"She's trying to stay strong," He answered. "You're lucky she hasn't come running here to kill you,"

"Actually, she came to visit me, that one time," Aera explained, remembering the details quite vividly.

"I'm sorry," Aera whispered, playing with her hair.

"That's all that you have to say?" Hyemi asked, balling her fists.

"What do you expect me to do?" She countered. "Work my magic and help Bin?"

"You shouldn't have shot that bullet!"

"I was mad! And afraid,"

Hyemi stepped back, "Afraid of what?"

"Of what you'll think of me if I calmly told the truth," Aera released her thoughts. "You might think I'm insane,"

"We already think you're insane! If you told us calmly without the threats and the guns, we would've forgiven you,"

Aera's eyes brightened up, "You would?"

"Yeah," Hyemi turned her back, "But right now, I can't seem to talk to you without wanting to strangle you."

"Wow, that went south way too fast,"

"Don't ever show up in front of me again."

"Tell her I said hi," Aera said, collecting the chess pieces and putting them back in the box.

Minhyuk raised an eyebrow at her, "You expect me to say that the person who took him away from her, says hello?"

Aera didn't answer, but left Minhyuk standing in the middle of an Asylum.

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You haven't visited him," MJ said as he threw rocks on the pound.

"I can't bear to look," Hyemi said, sitting on the bench.

"It's been almost 4 days, I think you should go over there," MJ looked at her. "You never missed a day after what happened,"

"I just can't."

MJ sat down beside her, "You like him, am I right?" He asked to which she quickly nodded.

"I remembered when he confessed to me," Hyemi whispered. "I was speechless and I couldn't do anything. So I stood there, frozen. I mean, he was the most popular guy in school, and I'm just me."

"So you thought it wouldn't happen? But we were friends,"

"We were, but knowing Bin – I thought I was way out of his league. Until that night. Which apparently, got ruined."

MJ heard his phone beeped and read the text.

"Who is it?" Hyemi asked, trying to take a look.

MJ quickly hid it behind his back, "I think we should go there."

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"Who's going to tell her?" Minhyuk asked, looking around.

Eunji quickly shook her head, "I'm her bestfriend and the last thing I can do is make her sad even more,"

"Jinjin?"

Jinjin also shook his head, "I have the same reason as Eunji."

"Why don't we just tell her together?" Eunwoo suggested. "I mean, that's the easiest way, right?"

"Don't." A faint voice muttered from behind them. They all turned their heads toward the person who was sitting down on the bed.

"Look, I texted MJ to bring Hyemi," Minhyuk said. "They'll be here in a few minutes,"

The person who was on the hospital bed was smirking, which made Eunwoo confuse, "What's going on inside your head, Bin?"