Pied Piper | {K.NJ}

Chapter 23

'Remember that I love you'

You sat up and found yourself back in your room again. You wanted to believe it so much but it was still hard to bear. Everything just felt too real. You checked your phone and just as you predicted, it was a Tuesday.

You groaned and stuffed your face into the pillow in frustration. You were pretty sure everything was going to be repeated again when your phone rang. You didn't need to look at the caller, it was Minji.

When you picked up, she was about to say something when you beat her to it.

[I know. You are not free since you have to accompany your parents. It's okay. We can hang out next time.]

The other line went silent for a while, probably because she was surprised.

[Wow. You can read minds now. Okays then. Really sorry though. Next time then.]

You rolled your eyes and hanged up. You sat on your bed, just blankly staring into space for a while. You let out a sigh and ruffled your hair.

You decided to stay in the house for the day. You knew that if you went out, everything will repeat again and you will end up fainting and Tuesday will never end. You needed it to progress.

That was what you planned but you realised that you couldn't lock yourself in. Somehow, it was fated for you to leave the house on Tuesday.

And thus, this time, your parents stated that you should head out to eat since they will need to leave for some business trip. There wasn't any food or groceries at home for you to cook up a meal so you had no choice but to step out of the house.

Turned out that whenever you head off, you will meet the brown haired boy.

••••••••••••••••••<>••••••••••••••••••

Tuesday went on repeatedly every time you fainted. You learnt that you will meet the brown haired boy once you step out of your house who will leave due to urgent matter and you will meet Namjoon next. Then, the day will end off with you fainting.

When you wake up, you will end up in your room again.

It had been repeating too many times that it was messing your brain up as well as your heart which kept clenching in every situation. You felt weaker and weaker as time passed. It was as if your life was slowly being sucked away.

The only reason why you were able to withstand was because you were holding on to Namjoon's voice. You had been reminding yourself that this was just an illusion but it felt too real that you woke up crying each time you thought of the previous scene.

Each day it got worse. The vision was much clearer and Namjoon was much colder.

His eyes only saw you as a stranger and the way he looked at you tore your heart bit by bit. The fact that you didn't exist in his world totally crashed yours.

••••••••••••••••••<>••••••••••••••••••

You stood at the end of the road, waiting to cross the other side. The boy with big round eyes was with you and till now you didn't even know his name. Every time you were about to ask, something else had to pop up.

And as if on signal, he left and Namjoon appeared at the other end. You realised that there must be a connection between the two. You stood still while the other crossed over. He walked past you, without even realising your presence.