When You Were Here ✅

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We sat in Sangyeon's room and I noticed it didn't feel as cramped anymore. "So, we've lost 4 of our friends to this kidnapper." We quietly waited for Sangyeon to continue. "Jaehyun, Geonhak. If you please." They stepped forward then showed us their phones.

This was getting ridiculous. What did this person know about them? "Okay, I'm sure everyone notices the trend here. It starts off with 'when you were here' then goes on to say something about the missing person." Everyone nodded at Juyeon's observation. "We don't know who's next or if this is the end. Everyone, please, stay alert. I don't want to lose more of you." Sangyeon had broken down in tears. Jaehyun patted his back as he sobbed into his own arms. The mood was terribly low.

"Youngjo, should we cancel the last activity?" "No. We'll be together for this one, so there's no need to cancel. We can take on whoever it is, as long as we don't separate. I'm not going to let them scare us into submission." I admired Youngjo's bravery, but we needed a plan more than bravery at this time. It did pump everyone up, so it did have some use.

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"Hwanwoong." "Yep?" "Are you scared?" "Yeah, but unlike everyone else, I'm smart enough to hide it." He really did look composed. I thought about tonight's activity then wondered if someone was going to be kidnapped again. It'd be impossible to get in and impossible to make a clean getaway. Which meant yesterday had to be the last of them. But we couldn't just leave our friends. The police haven't done anything to help us, so leaving it to them was too risky. "Chang, take a nap. Your brain will overheat." "Oh." He slid out of bed then pushed me back into the bed. "Close your eyes and think of nothing but sleep."

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My mind and body had started to awaken. It was starting to get dark out. I tried sitting up then noticed Hwanwoong had fallen asleep on top of me. He was probably the reason why I was able to fall asleep quicker and slept better. I poked his body then noticed he wiggled with each poke. I had had my fun and rolled him off of me. I quickly sat up at the sound of someone howling in pain. I scrambled out the room then noticed a few had gathered by Sangyeon's room. I looked over their shoulders then noticed Chanhee leaning over the bathtub holding his head. I pushed my way in as no one seemed intent on moving.

"Chanhee-" "Go away!" He curled into himself more as yelling had probably hurt him. "We may not get along at all, but I'm the only one giving a shit about you right now." He sighed then faced me. "I'll be fine. So just go." I turned him back around then moved his hand away from his head. "Chanhee...you're bleeding." "I'm fine okay?" His voice was cracking as he said it. "Can someone drive him to the nearest hospital?" "I'll do it." I handed Chanhee off to Sangyeon then stopped them. "Sangyeon." "Huh?" "You left Chanhee alone in the room?" "Yeah...I didn't think things would turn out like this..." "So, any one of you could've done it." All 4 of them looked at each other. "What makes you and Hwanwoong exceptions?" "You can't be serious, Geonhak. He literally came over after we did. And Hwanwoong didn't come out with him." "You never know."

"But, it's possible Sangyeon did it or Chanhee did it to himself." I decided to throw in Chanhee hurting himself as it would probably make the culprit more confident that they wouldn't be caught. "Those are possibilities too." I rounded them up into my room so we could further discuss things. "Putting Chanhee aside for now, does anyone have any idea who is kidnapping our friends?" Everyone shook their heads. "It's getting darker. I'm not sure if I want to continue with tonight's activity..."

I looked at Youngjo who had an unreadable expression. "Then let's not." Juyeon looked relieved. "Instead, we'll all stay in here and play cards until they get back from the hospital. If they have to stay overnight, then we'll all sleep in this room." Everyone seemed on board with the new plan.

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Youngjo checked his phone then put it away. "We're sleeping in here tonight." "No one is going to be sleeping with me nor with Changmin. Enjoy the floor." "Hwan..." "If it'll make him happy, then we'll occupy the floor." They left the room to go prepare for bed. "Let's get ready to sleep too." I nodded then headed into the bathroom with him. It felt a bit strange, but it was also safer this way.