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I woke up and noticed Changmin was still asleep. I looked at the time and saw that it was 7:03 in the morning. "Should I wake him up...Maybe I'll make us some coffee." I got out of bed and left the room to head towards the kitchen. All was quiet in the house and I'd be lying if I said I hated it. I picked up the two mugs then nearly dropped them at the sight of Sangyeon. "Can you warn a person next time?" "Sorry." I walked past him and headed back to our room. Changmin was now sitting upright in bed looking as groggy as ever.

"Thank you, Kevin." I sat next to him and like an automatic response, he leaned against me. "I don't want to cook this morning..." "Then don't. They know how to cook themselves." I placed my mug on the chair then sighed. I didn't think the morning would be so peaceful.

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We all had separated and Changmin and I ended up visiting a neighbor who lived a little ways down the road. "She's a really nice lady. She also owns two dogs." I had perked up at the mentioning of dogs and felt a bit more eager. "Ah, so this is the wonderful man you've been talking about." I pointed at myself and she nodded in response. "He looks like a good one, Changmin. Don't ever give him up." "Oh, don't worry about that. I never plan to." The look on Changmin's face didn't quite match his tone of voice and it kind of spooked me. My phone started ringing and I was quick to answer it. "You're not going to believe this..." I walked away from the both of them then asked him to explain. "What!?"

I sprinted back to the house, leaving Changmin behind. I quickly entered and made my way to the back that led to the beach. "It has to be a joke." I saw Haknyeon and Hyunjoon standing by a body lying on the sand. I slowed to a stop and looked down. "Juyeon..." "Did you check his pulse? Call an ambulance?" Haknyeon nodded but his somber look never left his face. "So, he drowned..." "That's what it appears to be." I walked a bit away from them then called Sangyeon. "Hey, what's up?" "Was Juyeon a good swimmer?" "I wouldn't know, but he could at least float. Why do you ask?" I was reluctant to tell him as he gets very emotional over things. "We wanted to invite him to play with us, but we couldn't reach him to ask." I quickly hung up so he couldn't ask more questions.

The paramedics and police showed up and started investigating. I couldn't see anything as odd as he was dressed like someone would be if they were going for a swim. His clothes didn't look like they were put on by someone else either. Was this whole thing an accident? "Excuse me, miss. If you don't mind me asking, how long has it been since he died?" She looked through her paperwork then stopped on a certain page. "It's been quite a few hours, but I'm guessing you want a specific time. 4:28am." I thanked her then wondered what Juyeon was doing up at such a time.

As I walked back towards the house, I saw Changmin running over to me with a worried face. "Why are there cops and paramedics here?" "Well...someone died..." He grabbed my shoulders and started shaking me. I grabbed his arms and rendered him still. "Who? When? Why?" "It..." I took a deep breath then started again. "Please, don't freak out anymore than you already have." "Just tell me!" "Juyeon...passed on. Early this morning." I could see the horror and shock present in his face. I held him close as I could also see tears forming in his eyes from the news.

I didn't expect anything to
go smoothly after this incident.