My Downfall | Killers List #3

The Search

"Shouldn't Sowon be home by now?" Eunha asked as she looked at the time on her phone.

"Well her cooking class last for two hours and I don't think she has any other classes besides that" Umji shrugged.

"Then she should've gotten out of school at 9:00am so where the hell is she?" Yerin didn't want to show that she was worried but after what happened yesterday she didn't want to let any of them out of her sight.

"What? 9:00am? It's already 10:00pm" Eunha widened her eyes. Where could she be?

"Well let's go look around for her then. Eunha you stay here just in case if she comes back" Umji grabbed the car keys on the countertop.

"Hell no! I'm not going out there when it's that dark, cold, and raining cats and dogs. Plus, it's so windy out there which is making it even colder outside. You can go but I'm not" Yerin immediately complained. She had to decide between Sowon or staying warm inside which was an easy decision for her.

"We'll be in the car you dumbass" Umji rolled her eyes.

"Sh. Eunwoo is right upstairs sleeping" Eunha shushed them with her index finger over her lips.

"I don't care about him. Come on guys let's go" Umji rushed them out the door and into the car.

"Where were you today, Umji?" Yerin questioned. She was suddenly suspicious.

"It's a surprise" Umji shrugged and looked out the window.

"Wait why is Yerin driving? I thought you had the keys" Yuju leaned forward to turn the volume down on the music.

"Because I already drove for awhile today and I don't want to do it again" Umji replied.

"Wait guys I think that's Sowon!" Yuju rolled the window down and pointed at the figure walking down the street.

"Stop the car!" Umji grabbed the steering wheel and Yerin stomped on the brakes.

"Sowon come home! Your mother died!" Yuju stuck her head out the window so she could see her face.

When the girl got closer and Yuju could she her face it sadly was not the girl they were searching for. Yuju sat there for a moment, her head still sticking out of the window.

"Who are you?" the woman had a very deep voice. Yuju wondered if it even was a woman.

"Oh, wrong person. Drive!" Yuju awkwardly laughed while she rolled up the window.

"Yuju you idiot! Sowon is way more taller and skinnier than that! How could you think that's her?" Yerin facepalmed. Yuju gave all their hopes up.

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"We've been gone for hours looking for her and we couldn't find her. You expect us to go back out there and continue searching? If you're really that concerned then why don't you go look for her?" Yerin threw the keys on the table as soon as Eunha opened the door. The others didn't even get to say a word before Eunha was already asking them all these questions.

"We're all going to bed, you should too. I'm sure she'll be here in the morning" Umji placed her hand on Eunha's shoulder for a moment. She gave a sympathetic smile before going up the stairs behind Yerin and Eunbi.

"I'm tired too, sorry" Yuju frowned. She felt bad for not helping her and for giving up so soon. "It's 11:00pm, get some rest" Yuju then went to her shared room with Umji.

Eunha sat in the kitchen for at least an hour while waiting for Sowon to return. The time went by slower than usual, she figured it was because she kept her eyes glued to the clock. She was growing very anxious. What if something bad happened to her again? What if Kyung had planted another bomb?

Soon 12:00am became 1:00am and Eunha found herself slowly falling asleep. She laid her head on her arms and closed her eyes. She tried not to fall asleep but she couldn't. Soon all the noises and lights faded away. Her mind went completely blank.

Sowon weakly put her foot on the last step. She almost stumbled to the floor but she grabbed onto the door knob. Her wet fingers slipped and she fell on her knees, luckily it wasn't her face. She was utterly exhausted and felt like she could no longer make any movement.

She quietly knocked on the door, trying to only wake up one person instead of every one else. They'd be angry if she woke up everyone. Sowon leaned against the door and rested her head on it. No one was answering so she sat on the floor and waited for awhile before knocking again.

Eunha, startled for some reason, woke up. She felt like she was asleep for two days but it was only ten minutes. She looked over at the clock and frowned. It was 1:17am already. She finally got up from the seat and turned the light off. She then walked towards the stairs, and that's when Sowon coincidentally knocked again after a few minutes.

Eunha quickly but quietly opened the door only to find Sowon laying on the floor in drenched clothing. She looked so worn out and weak. Eunha felt bad and quickly picked her up and helped her inside.