Alone (hyungwonho)

17.

Kihyun, Changkyun, Jooheon, Hyunwoo and Minhyuk were gathered in the downstairs of the abandoned house. They were searching for Hyungwon. Kihyun looked in the kitchen, Changkyun in the living room.

"He's probably upstairs then." Jooheon said quietly.

"Yeah, but did you see how badly it's broken? The floor is giving up." Minhyuk pointed out.

"But we did see him walking in here, so he must be here." Jooheon said.

Hyunwoo nodded. "Let's check the upstairs. I'll go first."

"Wow, heroic." Changkyun snorted.

"Shut up." Kihyun hissed.

They walked up the stairs, which creaked a lot, when they set their foot on them. Dirty wallpaper was torn off throughout the upstairs hallway. Hyunwoo walked further and he spotted a door, that was wide open.

"Shh." He notified the others and walked up to the door.

He peeked in and saw the roof. There was something on it. Hyunwoo walked through the door and he noticed that something, being a telescope.

"Here's a telescope..." He muttered as others got to the roof too.

"I don't think it's safe here. Let's check quickly and then leave, okay?" Kihyun said.

Hyunwoo nodded. He started scanning the roof but saw nothing. He then looked down to the yard, but again, nothing. Changkyun, Jooheon and Minhyuk already went back in, so it was just Hyunwoo and Kihyun searching for Hyungwon on the roof.

"I don't see him anywhere." Kihyun sighed.

"Yeah, me neither... Where could he have gone to?"

"Don't know, let's go back in, okay?"

Hyunwoo nodded. He turned around to get it.

"HOSEOK!!!"

Kihyun and Hyunwoo turned to look back to the roof.

"What the fuck was that?" Kihyun asked, seeming almost scared.

"It was Hyungwon..." Hyunwoo said and walked back out.

He scanned the roof again, noticing a person sitting on the edge of the far corner of the roof. It was Hyungwon. Hyunwoo began rushing toward him but stopped.

Hyungwon was looking at something, which seemed to be inside one window. Who was it?

"Hoseok! Get back here! You didn't explain this to me! I don't understand it!" Hyungwon screamed at the window.

Hyunwoo quickly backed up, accidentally bumping onto Kihyun.

"Shh... he's talking to someone. It seems like someone is inside and named Hoseok." Hyunwoo whispered to Kihyun, who nodded.

"Should we go talk to him?" Kihyun asked.

"No, let's see who he's talking to. I think he's in that room over there." Hyunwoo pointed at a room, that was in the end of the hallway.

They walked toward it, quietly. Kihyun was behind Hyunwoo, who grabbed the door handle. He turned it and opened the door slightly. He looked in.

Kihyun tried to peek in too, but Hyunwoo closed the door immediately.

"What? Who's in there?" Kihyun asked, irritated.

"Kihyun... there's..."

"What?"

"There's no one."

"... W-what? But you said he was talking to someone... I heard him talking too." Kihyun asked, confused of the situation.

Hyunwoo nodded. "He was talking, that's for sure... but I, there was no one in that room. It was a storage room. It was full of old boxes and stuff."

Suddenly there was steps coming closer. Hyunwoo tugged Kihyun into one of the rooms and they hid in there. They peeked out and saw Hyungwon walking back in.

"Hoseok, where are you going!? What do you mean by not being alive?" He yelled into the hallway.

As Kihyun and Hyunwoo took a better look... there really was no one in the hallway.

"Hoseok! Come back! I want to know the truth!" Hyungwon kept going.

Kihyun looked at Hyunwoo. "I... what is he...?"

"I think... he's... I don't know." Hyunwoo sighed. "Literally I have no idea."

"We need to do something... he's just yelling at no one!" Kihyun whisper yelled.

Hyunwoo nodded. "I know. We need to figure this out.

Downstairs, Jooheon heard yelling. He turned to look at the stairs but saw no one.

"Was that... Hyungwon?" He asked.

Minhyuk nodded. "That was him, definitely."

"He's yelling... " Changkyun hummed.

"I think I heard him call out a Hoseok...?" Jooheon said.

"Hoseok? The only Hoseok I know is that dancer dude... Jung was it?" Minhyuk pondered.

The three wandered to the kitchen, where they could hear better, what was going on upstairs. Minhyuk tugged Jooheon's sleeve.

"Where's Hyunwoo and Kihyun?" He asked.

Jooheon shrugged. "I guess they're up there... with him."

"But who is he yelling at?" Changkyun asked.

"Them? No... I don't think so." Minhyuk hummed.

Suddenly someone ran down the stairs, almost falling down them. Steps headed straight outside. Minhyuk, Jooheon and Changkyun quickly followed them. They ran into Kihyun and Hyunwoo on their way.

"What was that?" Minhyuk asked them.

"It was Hyungwon running down." Kihyun answered. "Where did he go?"

"Outside." Changkyun said.

All of them ran out the door and noticed Hyungwon kneeling on the grass.

"Hoseok! Don't leave me! I'm sorry!! I know I did wrong, but can you forgive me? I..." Hyungwon started crying. "I need you! No one else will understand me! I don't understand what you mean!!!"

Kihyun looked at the others and approached Hyungwon.

"H-hyungwon?" He asked gently.

The younger didn't respond. He stared ahead of him.

Kihyun moved closer and touched Hyungwon's shoulder, which made him flinch. He turned to look at Kihyun, his eyes wide open.