Chen's POV
"Higher! Higher!" I go higher and higher, belting out notes that I have never tried before.
"Higher!" I end with the final note that sounds like a wheeze mixed with a cough.
"Oppa! Are you okay?" I bend over and cough my heart out, my throat sore.
Heather races to my side and slaps my back.
"I-I'm *cough* f-fine." I choke out, stretching out my back and rolling out my throat.
"Really? I'm so sorry!" Heather buries her face in her hands and cries, making me sigh and wrap my arms around her.
"It's okay, I'm fine." I say, reassuring her.
"O-Okay." she slowly stops crying, raising her head and wiping her tears.
"Maybe you won't be an opera singer oppa, but someday, promise me you'll become a famous singer!" she exclaims, wrapping her arms around my neck.
"I promise." I say, picking my little, 7-year old sister up and spinning her around.
No way I am going to remember the next part.
Chen, get a hold of yourself.
I exhale and willingly exit my memories.
It's the only thing I've learned at years of grief therapy.
How to move fluently in and out of my memories.
"Chen, you okay there?" asks Suho, patting my back gently.
"Yeah, just zoned out for a few minutes." I say.
The only person who knows about my ability to move through my memories is Suho, so he nods in understanding.
"Good or bad?" he asks, and I sigh.
"Good, but right before the day of the accident." I reply.
"Oh. Well, Chen, come on, do you want to eat pizza?" Suho asks lamely.
"Um, sure, let me just grab my phone off it's charger and get dressed. Meet you at the door in 5." I answer, getting up.
"Sure, should we have others come?" he asks.
"I- um, maybe Chanyeol or Lay. And D.O." I answer, picking each name for a certain reason.
Chanyeol is so happy all the time, I know he can cheer me up.
Lay is sympathetic and doesn't ask too many questions yet knows if someone is upset.
And lastly, D.O has felt similar pain as me.
Suho and the other requested people are waiting at the door for me.
"Hey everybody!" I say, patting D.O and Chanyeol's heads and fist bumping Suho and Lay.
D.O smacks me on the arm while Chanyeol pats my head.
"Ow!" I yelp. D.O really can hit.
We walk to the pizza place, sitting in a colorful booth and ordering pizza.
"So, why exactly are you treating us to pizza?" asks Lay.
"I just feel like eating pizza and I chose my favorite people to come eat with me!" Suho says, wrapping his arms around Lay and me.
"Yeah." I say weakly.
"So, we should go somewhere fun! Like, all of us, since we are technically tourists." says Chanyeol, propping his head on his hand and leaning on the table.
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