(4/6)
a couple of days passed and everything was calm but also weird, most of them seemed depressed and nearly no one knew what to do, chan and jeonghan had gotten very close and as much as the older hated to admit it, he had made a beginners mistake and started growing fond of his partner
it was just that chan was always gloomy and nice, he seemed to be interested in him which no one had ever been before, he also always talked about how he would love to be an idol and spent a lot of time showing him his dance skills
one morning, he stood up to put on some clothes and to wake up chan, the younger's eyes immediately shot open with a scared expression and then relaxed slightly "i was having a bad dream" he said
"we should get something to eat" jeonghan said
they went downstairs calmly and some of them were already eating, they seemed to be getting used to the environment but also empty inside
he observed that mingyu was talking to wonwoo who was one of the smartest kids there, however, they didn't seem to be doing anything serious, in fact they seemed to be flirting as they had been doing for a while now
jeonghan noticed none of them were alone anymore, they were all teamed up, including himself, everything was harder that way
he wasn't very sure of what he would do next, but with teams, any plan would be harder to execute, he needed to know how much teams there were so he started counting
there were 12 people left so he started counting them but only counted 10, he recounted several times but again, he could only count 10 people
"seungkwan and hansol" he thought and realized they were nowhere to be seen
as if he had read his mind, minghao cleared his throat and started speaking in broken korean "i have seen no vernon and seungkwan today" he said with a heavy accent
everyone turned to see him and then looked at each other feeling their hearts sink "they could still be asleep, i saw they were together last night" soonyoung said and gulped nervously
nearly everyone hoped that it was true "this big house, i look for them because i know their room" minghao suggested
they nodded their heads so minghao hurried upstairs and headed straight to their room feeling his hands trembling in fear
he opened the door and they all heard him gasp loudly and then start crying "you come up" he said while crying even harder
they all stood up quickly and ran up the stairs, everyone expecting the worse, when they got there, some of them started crying and others just sighed and looked away from the awful scene
jeonghan clicked his tongue and sighed, he turned around and saw chan was already sobbing so he put an arm around his shoulders gently and tried to soothe him
hansol and seungkwan were hugging on the bed facing each other looking extremely pale and with a few little dots over their skin, clearly dead
the younger was grabbing the other's head as if he was cuddling him and seungkwan was hiding his face in his chest
beside them was a note and several empty pill containers as well as a nearly empty jar of water, jihoon picked up the note in tears and cleared his throat before reading it
"we were unlucky in this life, born in families that loathed us from the start, only found each other until we ended up in this place, we didn't have a chance, we couldn't live the life we were supposed to live together, we were unfortunate as well as the other people reading or hearing this, we made the decision to end this life so we could meet in the next one, the next one in which we promised we will be together and cherish every single second we couldn't in this one, this one is for another chance to be together, we know we will, until then, we will be resting and hope you all will be too, if we're lucky, maybe even revenge will be served for the people watching this behind their screens, but for now, this is our unlucky goodbye."
after that, only jeonghan and mingyu weren't crying, some had to leave the room to not keep seeing the horrible sight of the two dead boys in front of them
chan didn't know why, but he suddenly hugged jeonghan tightly while crying, the older that had never been hugged before so he was taken aback at first and then did his best to hug back knowing him showing his feelings would piss off his parents
in a matter of minutes, the room was completely alone, leaving the two boys hugging each other alone, finally resting in peace
after that, no one was hungry anymore, jeonghan and chan went back to the older's room with the younger still crying
"i can't do this anymore" he sobbed as he sat down on the bed while covering his face
jeonghan stared at him and just sat beside him on the bed without knowing what to say, he had to decide what to do soon, every second he spent there would only make things harder, plus he was getting attached to the younger
"just teach me how to use a gun already, we can- no- i just- i don't even know who i am anymore" the younger said and lied down on the bed while crying hardly
jeonghan lied down beside him and finally made a decision, chan was innocent and sweet, he could never hurt a fly, and he had to go that way, if he spent anymore time in the show, he would do what the hosts wanted, lose himself
he knew he had lost a lot of time just thinking about what he should do which obviously complicated things but now that he finally knew, he needed to act as soon as possible before it was too late for chan
mingyu not killing anyone yet made jeonghan confused although he could imagined why he hadn't, maybe because he had softened, specifically, wonwoo had softened him
"i'm gonna have to kill him" he thought while looking at chan, but instead of saying his thoughts out loud, he just asked "chan, what's your favorite food?"
chan sniffed and cleared his throat "i've always enjoyed pasta, with red sauce, it tastes so good with grape juice since well, i can't drink wine" he explained
"what if i make you some for dinner? it'll be fun" he said with a slight smile
chan's eyes seemed to be a little surprised but he just nodded "that would be fun" he said
