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Eric. This had confirmed my suspicion. I quickly sent a text to Changmin then waited for his arrival. 5 minutes passed and he hadn't shown. 10 more pass and I check to see if he's seen my message. "What is he doing...?" My phone started ringing and I quickly ended the call. "There's a dead man among us..." I heard Hyunjoon moving to where I was and it was then I was sure of my death. The door opened and I couldn't tell what was happening. "Don't mind me. I'm just bringing you downstairs because the police called. They want to hear your statement again." The door closed and all was quiet. I peeked out from the side and made a dash for it.

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I sat in the police station as I waited for them to process my findings. "I'm sorry..." I sighed then was told that they'd look into more and contact me later. I quietly left and saw Changmin waiting for me. "Hey." "Hey." I got into the car and waited for him to pull off. The ride back was quiet until I noticed we had passed the turn. "Cha-" "Quiet." I didn't say anything else as my life was in his hands. He was the one behind the wheel. He parked the car and unbuckled his seatbelt. "Are you not getting out?" "I am." I unbuckled my seatbelt then followed behind Changmin. He walked on the rocks then sat down. "You can stay there." "Why did you bring me here?"

"I wanted to have at least one happy memory from this trip." "I see." I watched as he looked out towards the ocean. "Remember when we first met? When I tripped over you and fell on top of you then you got upset. But I wasn't listening as I was too busy thinking about how I met an angel." "I didn't know you felt that way then. I was upset that you didn't see me there." I assumed he had laughed as his body shook a bit. "I'm glad I met you that way. I'd do it all again if it meant I'd be dating you." I didn't know what to say. "Thank you, Kevin, for showing me what it's like to give and receive love." "This sounds like a goodbye." "It is..."

I slapped Changmin once more. "What the hell were you thinking!?" "Why..." "Why? Was anything you did so bad that you felt the need to kill yourself!?" I held Changmin close then heard his sobs. "I'm just as guilty as them..." "What do you mean?" I gently patted his back as he continued to cry. "I knew what went on between them. I...I would ask him and he'd tell me, but make me promise not to tell anyone. I wanted to tell everyone. He was too nice for his own good." "So, Juyeon and Younghoon bullied him...?" "In a way...it was more along the lines of sexual coercion...I finally cracked and told Hyunjoon a week after the party. Everything just went downhill from there..." I couldn't help, but feel pity for him.

I drove us back to the house then stopped abruptly. "The house..." I watched as firemen hosed down the fire engulfed home. "Sangyeon!" I got out of the car and ran towards the house. "Excuse me-" "Back up kid." I did as I was told then asked. "We checked everywhere and no one was inside. I'm glad because this one is massive..." I walked away then saw someone by the car. I jogged over and saw it was Sangyeon. "You're okay. Where did Hyunjoon and Jaehyun go?" It was moments like these I wished he could talk. "I know a place we could crash at."

For once I had made a good decision.