Seaside ✅

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Night had fallen and we all sat down to eat. None of us felt like cooking, so we opted for take out. We all got something different except Hyunjoon and Haknyeon. "Remember, keep your wits about you, especially at night. There's a killer out there." Everyone nodded and we started digging into our food. "Hey! Are you okay!?" We all looked and saw Haknyeon spitting out his food and clutching his throat. I dialed 119 then rolled Haknyeon onto his side. I told them the situation and couldn't help but feel sorry for the state he was currently in. "What are you doing?" I didn't respond as I didn't want to cause them any more worry than what's already been.

The paramedics took Haknyeon away and asked me to go with them as I may have it on myself. The others watched as I got in and was taken away.

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"You're in the clear. How did you know what it was?" "I guessed. He looked like he was in pain, so I just acted." He praised me for my quick thinking then left. I wondered how Haknyeon fit into all of this craziness and felt more confused by the minute. Two deaths, two death threats and one almost death. Juyeon's was ruled as an accident, but I still feel his death was murder. Why? Because why would he be up at 4:30 in the morning? What if that wasn't even his correct time of death and it was actually slowed down or sped up? I started considering that possibility. But who would want these four dead? And why is Changmin only being threatened and not finished off like the other 2? Is he staging them himself?

I was taken back to the house and saw that all of our food was taken away and things were marked off. Changmin ran over to me looking worried and upset. "What's going on? What's wrong with Haknyeon?" "They said it was cyanide poisoning." "WHAT!?" I sighed and walked to the room he and Jaehyun shared. Jaehyun was being questioned, so I quietly closed the door and waited. The policewoman walked out and I walked in. "What?" "Nothing. Where's Haknyeon's things?" He pointed to the other bed then closed his eyes. It amazed me yet pissed me off with how calm he is about everything that's going on. It makes me wonder if he's the cause of it all. I looked under the bed and dragged his bag out.

I found a small book full of abbreviations and short phrases. "The hell? Y > E but J? fxxa12l20l? Liar, liar...?" I kept reading, but only managed to confuse myself more. I hid the book in my jacket and left the room. "Hey." I stopped in my tracks then faced Jaehyun. "You should quit while you're ahead. Death only awaits you." "What...what do you know? You're hardly ever present and so calm when things go wrong." He chuckled then gave me a serious look. "Because I have nothing to do with any of it." I wanted to ask him what he meant, but someone had dragged me out of the room.

"Now what Changmin?" "Sangyeon..." "Huh?" He dragged me to the beach and stopped in front of an unresponsive Sangyeon. I felt for a pulse and was relieved to see that he was alive. "How did he get like this? Weren't you all here?" "We were...but, I don't know how...What if Hyunjoon is in trouble!?" "Wait-" Changmin had already started running down the shoreline while looking behind rocks. I managed to pick up Sangyeon and bring him back inside. I debated whether or not to take him to the hospital, but he had already started to stir. "Sangyeon, what happened?"

I should've kept a better
eye on everyone that night.