(NBin) unWRITTEN

[CHAPTER 45]

"You and I"

Hakyeon looked out beyond the cityscape from Sanghyuk's apartment balcony and watched the sun disappearing slowly into the horizon. So many things have happened in just a single day that it was most impossible to believe.

"Either you sacrifice your memories all together or you lose Han Sanghyuk," Sungjae said once more as he watched the sun go down with Hakyeon.

"I know that. You don't have to keep repeating yourself," Hakyeon replies irritatingly.

"I just wanted to remind you that there's no time left. You have to make your decision soon."

"Me? Why me? What about everyone else? Why do I have to be put in this kind of position, shouldn't we have everyone's consent as well?"

"Because this is your story," Sungjae reminded him. "They're only here because of you and they were able to enter this world through your book. Also, they broke the law of Moirae so none of them are in the position to make any decision."

Hakyeon went silent. He's been so annoyed at the others this entire time that suddenly, he began to realize something. Everything really did start out from his fate. His book was the one that stood out from the rest of it all and he was unfortunately chosen as the Goddesses' final attempt to fixing the unpredictable. That's how he ended up meeting Taekwoon, another being from another dimension. But he didn't die like how the facility wanted him to and came back to life miraculously even though he continued to live while dreading on about his past. His book that wasn't on any shelf of the Library of Fates was eventually found and read by Hongbin who got curious about why so many things were happening to Hakyeon's fate. Eventually, one thing led to another and both Jaehwan and Wonshik got involved as well. He fell in love with Hongbin and even after they tried to erase his memories of the younger, he was still able to remember despite everyone else forgetting. Their strong bonds and love for one another defied every law of the universe. Hakyeon never expected that Hongbin would come back because of his desperate calls but at the same time, brought Jung Taekwoon along as well.

Everything really did start from a single book.

"Can you... give us a little time," Hakyeon asked Sungjae. "Please."

Sungjae let out a deep sigh," I knew you were going to ask that. It's fine but this will be the last time."

"I know."

"Hakyeon-ah."

"Hmm?"

"I'm sorry for putting you through this and if I could, I would do anything to not have you go through this kind of pain again but... there's no other way. Don't blame yourself for what's happening. If anything, you can blame us for being so powerless," Sungjae's usual smile disappeared along with the last bit of light from the sky.

"Sungjae..."

Hakyeon could see that Sungjae was also having a difficult time, just like the rest of them. He couldn't find it in his heart to resent Sungjae as much as he wanted because no one wanted any of this to happen.

Hakyeon turned around and saw Hongbin sitting in the living room with the rest. The part of him that was angry in the beginning disappeared entirely because soon, Hakyeon wouldn't even be able to remember why he was angry in the first place.

"Sungjae-ah," Hakyeon called out.

"Yeah?"

"Thanks."