Seaside ✅

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"Sangyeon..." He was awake, but he wouldn't respond to me at all. Was he still in shock? It could be possible, but was it that shocking to make him mute? No matter what, Sangyeon definitely was the key to solving this mess. I didn't want to leave him alone, but I needed to out and bring Changmin back. "If you can understand me, can you come outside with me to find Changmin?" He quietly followed me and it hurt to see him like this.

"Changmin! Where did you run off to!?" I didn't know how big this beach was, but I didn't want to walk too far as I didn't want to end up somewhere that I can't find my way back from. Plus, it was pretty dark out as the only light came from other houses and cars passing by. I felt something grab my arm, causing me to jump and swing. Luckily I had missed as it was only Sangyeon who seemed to be looking at something. I looked out towards the water and saw something floating. "I can't see...Are you up for a swim?" He nodded and was grateful I wouldn't have to go alone.

We got closer and saw that it was Changmin lying on a narrow board, dangerously close to falling in. I brought him close to me while keeping his head up and out of the water. He was knocked out cold, but didn't seem to have any visible injuries. As we arrived at the shoreline, I picked Changmin up then sighed. "Hey." I jumped at the sound of the voice then felt something hit my arm. "Sangyeon?" "Letters." I noticed he held the narrow board in his hand while the other pointed to letters. "YDN." It wasn't YNL this time, and I haven't even figured that out.

I dried myself off while looking out the window in our room. I thought of the abbreviations and letters that I've seen. "YNL, X, YDN and the ones in his book too..." I heard a knock on our door and saw Hyunjoon come in. "How's your ankle?" With everything that had gone on, I had completely forgotten. "I'm not sure. It hasn't kicked in yet." He moved closer to me and looked me straight in the eyes. "There's not much time left here is there..." I shook my head without breaking eye contact. "I hope we can all take trips together after all of this..." I couldn't tell what he was feeling as his expression was unreadable. He gave me a smile and briefly looked at Changmin. I saw his mouth move, but heard nothing. He walked out without another word.

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I slowly opened my eyes then quickly sat up. I felt yesterday's efforts rushing into my ankle and wondered if I'd be able to move at all today. "You're awake..." I looked over and saw Changmin standing by the window. "And so are you." "I've thought about things..." "So have I." "So, you know how I told you about what I did with Younghoon, and I'm pretty sure you want to break up." "Right." "I don't want to...I really do love you." It was cute that he decided to profess his love for me while admitting once again that he cheated.

"I still love you too, but do you really think I can be okay knowing my boyfriend fucked another guy?" "I see your point..." It became silent in the room then I heard faint footsteps on the stairs. "Can you be my eyes and see who's out there?" "Sure." He walked over to the door and opened it. "It's just Sangyeon. Do you want me to call him over?" "Yeah." He looked back out then closed the door. "Why'd you do that?"

"He disappeared."