Seaside ✅

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We quietly sat in our room as whoever it was walked around outside. "I'm coming in." We watched Jaehyun enter holding a bag. "This is new. What are you planning?" "Nothing." He left the bag on the table then left the room. Changmin got up to check inside then quickly backed away. "Now what..." "It's full of things we're allergic too...mostly me." "How does he know your allergies..." I wanted to get up and badger him with questions, but my ankle prevented me from doing so. "I'll go ask." "No. He could be dangerous." The door had opened revealing Hyunjoon. "That's where it went..." He switched bags then left.

Changmin slowly inched over and broke into a smile. "It's full of our favorite sweets..." I found it strange that two extremes were brought into our room. "Do you want one?" "Don't touch anything. We don't know if it's been laced with poison or something." I couldn't have another death on my hands. Even if things with Changmin are rocky, his life is still precious. The door opened again and Sangyeon had ran over to me. "Sangyeon...?" It was strange to see him being so clingy, but I figured something had happened and he sought me out for safety. "Hey, don't get comfortable, Sangyeon." "Now isn't the time for jealously..."

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Changmin brought back food as I continued to decipher YNL. "If we were to assume it's related to YDN...then y is probably you..." "Liar." I noticed Sangyeon had pointed to the L and it made me wonder what he knew. "YNL...y - you; n - ?; l - liar...'you're next liar? Or 'you now liar'." I looked at Changmin who looked panicked. "Liar? Sure, I lied to you about what happened..." He seriously looked worried for his life. "Well, the last thing left would be X. There's not much to go off of with this..." I sighed then lied back on the bed. I'm starting to get a grasp of things, but more questions arise than answers. We heard the door starting to open and quickly moved to hide everything.

"Jaehyun..." "Did you eat the desserts?" "How do you know if this isn't the bag you brought in?" I held the bag while looking him in the eyes. "Hyunjoon bought them for you and told me to bring them to you." Hyunjoon? But the first bag...Was it on purpose? "When he gave you the bag, did he just hand it to you or was there a delay?" "Dunno. I was too busy reading. Anyway, don't let them go to waste." He took one out of the bag then left the room. "Well, hopefully he'll be okay, but..." Did Hyunjoon really intend for us to have that bag? "Treasure." I looked at Sangyeon who was looking at my notes that I hid. "I don't think there's anything there, but it wouldn't hurt to check. When I can move..."

"We can go in your stead. I won't pull anything." And so they left to go investigate where I saw the X. If something is buried there, what could it be? Something else of Younghoon's? I wanted to close my eyes, but I couldn't trust the other two. I slid myself over to the door and locked it, hoping it would keep them out. I lied back down on the bed and closed my eyes. I hoped that nothing would happen as I slept.

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I slowly opened my eyes as I felt incredibly hot. "What the..." I looked around me and a good portion of the room was on fire. I quickly got up then felt pain as I put weight on my ankle. I unlocked the door and turned the knob. "..." I tried turning the knob a few more times. "It's blocked off..." I looked towards the window the noticed it was broken in a certain spot. The fire was denser by the window which was my only other means of escape. "Where's Hyunjoon and Jaehyun...? Did they leave!?" I called the both of them, but only Hyunjoon picked up. "Where are you?" "Town." He hung up and I had started coughing. I decided to risk it all.

"Die."