written • mingyu

022

X U。

I texted Jin as soon as we arrived at the parking lot. It was tiresome but I love to perform infront of those people, who weren't giving up on supporting us, Carats.

Medyo inis nga lang ako kanina bago kami magperform dahil hindi ko man lang nakausap si Jin. Naghiwalay pa kami ng sasakyan kanina at bawal din ang outsiders sa loob ng dressing room namin. Napapasok lang sila Sehyeon noona pagkatapos ng performance namin.

"Hyung, bakit ang tagal ni Noona? Ten minutes na oh." Tanong ni Chan sa akin. I glanced at my phone again checking if there are messages from her pero wala.

"Sige. Puntahan ko nalang siya doon sa cafe. Jun, tara." Niyaya ko ni Jun hyung para sumama sa akin.

Dahil sa tapat lang naman ng Stadium yung cafe na sinasabi ni Jin, ilang lakad lang ay nakarating kami doon.

But there were no traces of her.

Nagsimula na akong kabahan dahil sa nangyayari. Jun hyung contacted her for many times, but she isn't answering the calls.

"The number you have dialed is either unattended or out of coverage area. ."

Lumabas kami ng cafe at doon sa labas tumawag kay Jin.

"Oh my pretty pretty boy I love you like I never ever loved no one before you-"

I took a glimpse of a phone, on the sidewalk, and my instinct is fucking true. Her favorite ringtone. Her phone.

Putangina. Nawawala si Jin.

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3 R D。

Lutang na bumalik si Minghao at Junhui sa parking lot without Jin. Nagulat naman ang lahat nang makita ang itsura ng dalawa.

"Hyung, anong nangyari? Nasaan si Jin?" Tanong ni Seungkwan sa kaniya. After what happened to Jihyeon, nagkaroon na sila ng trauma if someone from their circle of friends went missing, kaya naman nag-aalala na sila agad ngayon.

Well, they should be. Nasa masamang kamay ngayon si Jin. And who knows, baka may kasama pa ito.

"Jin's missing. Y-yung phone niya, nakita lang namin sa damuhan." Namutla kaagad si Mingyu nang marinig ang paliwanag ni Jun. As of Minghao, tulala pa rin siya at hindi makausap. It was like his mind was off somewhere.

"Sumakay na kayo agad. Some of you will directly go back to the hotel, 'yung iba naman sasama sa akin sa police station." Ilan lang sa kanila ang gustong sumama kaya hindi na sila nahirapan magsettle sa sasakyan. Tanging si Seungcheol, Chaejin, Sehyeon, Mingyu, Wonwoo, Minghao at Junhui ang sumama.

Though gusto pang sumama ng iba, tinutulan na ito kaagad ni Seungcheol para makapagpahinga sila ng maaga.

Jin, wherever you are, please be well.