Locked Away

The Lost Moments •Keeping Him Alive•

Hongbin's POV

It's been six months since Taekwoon died yet Hakyeon has been getting worse and worse.

He never quite got over his ex's death. I can't blame him.

Even though I told him over and over again to not blame himself, he still did. That's just who he is.

I saw Hakyeon only briefly when he recently came to collect the rest of Taekwoon's things as well as visiting him.

He has made the dreaded mistake which I made when I was in a really bad state of mind.

Hakyeon has started to cut.

But something really freaked me out when he was here last. He kept mentioning that there was only three weeks until he would see Taekwoon again.

He kept acting as Taekwoon was just on some kind of holiday and he was due to return soon.

At first I didn't understand what it meant. It took me all of five minutes to figure it out.

Hakyeon has never been one to harm himself yet he has started cutting.

3 weeks until Taekwoon returns means that there is only three weeks until Hakyeon plans to kill himself.

I couldn't believe it at first. Hakyeon would never do anything so crazy.

He always worked so hard to make sure I wouldn't do it so why would he?

His pain in a way is worse than mine ever was. He feels guilty for the death of Taekwoon. The guilt for someone's death is an awful thing to live with.

I was a bad brother. I thought he was doing fine. But he wasn't. He still isn't.

That is why I am making my way to his apartment in Europe.

I am in the taxi on the way to his building. It has been one week since he was in Korea.

I booked the first flight which wasn't booked out. It took a week but I did it.

And now I'm here. I can only hope that Hakyeon has stuck to his word and has not done anything stupid just yet.

Yuta and Jaehyun wanted to come but they couldn't as they are preparing for a new comeback.

The taxi pulls up outside and I thank the driver before getting out of the car.

I grab my bags and take a deep breath before making my way to the fourteenth floor.

I get to the front door and I don't hesitate before knocking on the door firmly.

If I waste any time preparing myself for what could be inside, I may be just too late.

The door opens and I'm instantly relieved when I see Hakyeon standing before me.

"Hongbin?" he says my name in shock and I pull him into my embrace. I hold him tightly and he just hugs me back gently.

"I'm so glad your still alive" I tell him.

We pull away from each other and he just looks at me in shock.

"Why are you here?" he asks me and I just smile sadly. "Because I wanted to be here to make sure you didn't go to see Taekwoon again."

I walk past him and enter his apartment. The place is very clean. Nothing is out of place.

I see a list on the fridge titled 'Things to get before seeing Taekwoon again'.

I rip it from under the magnet and read what is on the list.