Midnight Game [EDITING]

seven - escape

this isn't like the other chapters.

this death has no hesitation, there is no avoiding it.

after all, what would Hoseok do after seeing his beloved leader fall apart? the man he admired so much for being so strong just lost the battle, so how could Hoseok win? hearing Namjoon cry out was the last straw.

him and Jin looked at each other. Jin could see the dark flashes in Hoseok's eyes, he could feel a thickness in the room that wasn't caused by the Midnight Man but rather Hoseok's terrible thoughts.

He shook his head frantically, still too destroyed to let words fall from his lips, but by that point it was already happening.

with a quick motion, Hoseok turned to the door and bolted. he never looked back, he just ran as quickly as possible.

he needed to get out.

he thought to himself as his bare feet pounded against the swampy mud below him. at this point he realized that death would be better than having to suffer in that house, having to smell the death that lingered in it, having to live to tell the story. so instead he just ran and ran until he couldn't any more. until his knees gave out and he fell limply to the ground and the darkness conquered him. but again, this isn't like the other chapters...

Hoseok's POV

I was expecting to see the Midnight Man hovering over me, but i didn't. In fact he was nowhere to be seen, maybe he was finally gone! Maybe it was 3 o clock, maybe I won the game, but is that really what i want? to win this terrible game? to go back home and see the faces of my family and live with myself after watching 5 of my dearest friends die?

no, that isn't what i wanted.

a hand reached out to me. i furrowed my eyebrows and reached out for it. the lean fingers wrapped around my wrist and helped me up.

"oh my gosh Hoseok what's going on here?" It was my sister. My breathing became frantic and I looked at her. "What time is it?!" I looked all around me, at my feet, my hands, everything. This wasn't a dream, this was real.

"It's 3:30! cmon we're going home..." She starts pulling me and my feet drag across the mud as realization hits me. "No! n-no this isn't supposed to be happening!" I started to scream. "I don't want to go back! I don't wanna be alive!" At this point i was crying hysterically and my sister's face was drowned by fear, her own eyes tearing up. "Hobi shhh.." She placed me in the car and strapped me in. I was too weak to resist. She got in quickly and drove off, my eyes fluttering closed yet again. I dreamed of never waking up. That would be a miracle.

and that's the end of this very short chapter! it's a cliffhanger for sure... hope you guys like it!

to anyone still reading (since it's been about a year), you mean the world to me! thank you so much for keeping up with this even when i haven't. i'll be finishing it shortly, either 1 or 2 more chapters to go! so please hang in there, i purple you guys 💜