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There wasn't anything else after it. The rest of the pages were blank. "Do either of you know what he means?" They shook their heads which caused me to sigh. "Either way, it looks like we found out about his crush or whatever this feeling he had was." I picked up the first photo and quietly observed it again. "How could someone be so cruel...and to take a picture at that! This is psycho." "You would know, Changmin." He looked at me with a confused look and I can't say I was surprised. "You've taken a photo once. Of us."

"When...?" I looked away from him and at Sangyeon who sat on the window sill. "We'll talk later." "Why not now?" "Do you really want Sangyeon to know?" He quieted down then rolled onto his other side. I looked at the photo again and noticed Eric looked asleep in it. "Did he rape him then...? That wouldn't make anything better." Maybe that's why Juyeon died, but why did Younghoon and Haknyeon die? Why isn't Changmin and Sangyeon dead? "You two haven't seen another book like this, right?" They shook their heads and I felt defeated.

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I quietly ate breakfast then decided to start randomly guessing about things. "So, if Juyeon died because of what he did to Eric, then could it be the same for the other 2? Question is, what did they do? Should I ask Hyunjoon?" "Changmin." "Hm." "I wanna talk to Hyunjoon, could you ask him to come here?" He nodded in response and left. I looked at Sangyeon and noticed he was mouthing something, but I couldn't tell what he was saying. "You called?" I turned to Hyunjoon then pointed to the chair. "I just wanted to ask some things." "Go on." "Did Younghoon ever do something bad to Eric?" "I don't know. Eric always told me about things, but he became quiet two months before he passed..." I could see the sadness in his eyes and I started feeling bad for asking.

"What about Haknyeon?" "He didn't seem to have a problem with him, so I guess not." I sighed as Hyunjoon was of no help. "Thanks..." He left without me asking him to do so. "I think Younghoon did something as well. It wouldn't make sense as to why Haknyeon died as well if he didn't at all." I felt someone push me down onto the bed. "Rest, Kevin. You've been at this since late in the night yesterday." "But I feel I'm close to something. Think about it. If all three did something terrible to Eric, it would make sense that someone came after them for revenge or vengeance." Changmin stared at me and I couldn't tell what he was thinking. He muttered something under his breath, but I only caught "me to you".

Sangyeon walked over to me then nodded. "Is it really? Then you know who?" He shook his head and I should've known it wouldn't have been that easy. "Well, if it is one of those, then the most probable suspect is Hyunjoon. What does he know that I've yet to find out?" "Oh!" I looked at Changmin who seemed to have a thought. "I had totally forgotten to tell you. I did some searching and it turns out Haknyeon was the anonymous person." Hearing this made me wonder why only the four of them went, especially after what Juyeon did to him. Changmin handed me his phone then tapped play on a video. Nothing was heard for a bit then Haknyeon's voice came in.

"The trip? It was Juyeon's idea. I went along as Hyunjoon couldn't. I wish I did more then."