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It has been two years since the murders. Police have investigated the whole situation and the two houses, the story went world-wide as people shared it. News station after News station reported on it. Each victim was pulled out of the house and buried, Soonyoung, Seungkwan, Wonwoo, Chan, Seungcheol, Joshua, Jun, Minghao, Jihoon and Mingyu. Most of them died for the survivors. It was hard on everyone, no one wanted to imagine this, but here they were. Most of the families blamed the death on the survivors, even though they were powerless during it.

After interviews and interrogations, they finally had decided what would happen to them. First they sold their old house and the gave the families their share of the items, of course each boy took one clothing item from each of their dead friends. They packed up everything and left.

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Seokmin stayed in Seoul. He began to work in music and often visited a psychologist. The psychologist recommend Seokmin to write lyrics out of the experiences he went through and always told him to have his medications. Soon, Seokmin audition for a company and ended up winning, he started a solo career and became quite famous. Most of his songs were upbeat, but there were sad songs every now and then, all based around the murder cases and his friends. He lived by himself and nothing seemed to bother him anymore, but he was still affected and nothing would change that.

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Jeonghan left Seoul and went to Busan. He didn't exactly know what he was going to do, but after a few months he found happiness in gardening. He work at a local shop selling flowers and other plants, it was perfect for him. He found out that Seokmin became an idol, but never listened to any of his songs, he just couldn't bring himself to do so. He didn't want to be reminded of his friends. Soon, he became loney and that's where his unhealthy obsession started. He found himself going into bars and clubs, only to get himself laid. He didn't visit his house often as he spent time having sex at other people's houses. He was a slut and Jeonghan wasn’t going to deny it, he knew it was wrong, but it gave him a high that he needed. Soon, he found himself in a relationship with some guy who didn’t care about him or the relationship they had. Jeonghan couldn't blame him either, he wasn't exactly the best partner and so he let the guy walk over him, but as long as this guy was good in bed, Jeonghan wouldn’t leave him anytime soon.

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Vernon left Korea and went back to America. It wasn’t easy to start a new life there, but he quickly found himself an apartment. It wasn’t anything special and that's what he liked about it. He found that his grandparents lived somewhat close by, so he often went to their house. Vernon also ended up going to school, but everyone there felt bland and nothing like the friends he made in Korea. He completed school as fast as he could. That is when he started his first year of university. He had made friends, but he often forgot about them. The events of what happened in Korea followed him to America, every regret and feeling stayed with him, it was eating him alive. He thought he would be fine, but he wasn’t. He wouldn't get close to anyone as it would remind him of his now dead friends, has had nightmares every night and he always thought that they was a way to save the others. He was going crazy and he knew it. He tried to go to psychologists, but it never worked. He was in a battle by himself and he wished something could happen. Soon, Vernon got a girlfriend who care for him and helped him through everything, but it would never last. The girl was cheating on him, yet Vernon never wanted to admit it and the girl ended up dumping him, but she did offer to stay and help. But it wasn’t enough to fill the hole in his heart.

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Last night, one of the survivors from the murder house incident committed suicide within his own home. More details at 9.

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