SINFUL

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jeno and renjun left their place to search for jaemin. not so far, they so a crowd on the sidewalk. renjun and jeno ran to where the crowd is. expecting some good news.

they asked, "excuse me, can i ask you something?" jeno asked to a mid-aged lady who was in the crowd.

"sure, honey. what is it?"

"what's with all the fuss here?"

"oh some guy lost his consciousness—"

renjun suddenly pushed the crowd away, leaving his umbrella behind. until he saw what they were looking at.

there lies a unconscious jaemin on the ground. nobody even tried to call an ambulance.

renjun tried to wake jaemin up. no response. he was shaking jaemin violently. he's not waking up.

"WHAT HAPPENED?!" renjun screamed. jeno tried to calm him down but nobody could calm him down.

one of them said, "I saw him running in the rain and pushing everybody away while sobbing. and he slipped, badly. as far as a i can remember, he slipped and bumped his head, hard."

renjun clenched his fists and closed his eyes, to prevent tears from falling. but no matter how much he tries to stop, tears still started falling across his face.

the ambulance came minutes after and put him on a stretcher, jeno and renjun came with them.

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jaemin ran and ran until he finally saw some building, he's suddenly in their city. he saw a crowd. he ran to it, hoping he'd see jeno and renjun. he's right. they were there.

the peeked in a small hole between the crowd. he saw renjun on the floor, sobbing and jeno trying to calm him down who was also crying.

he was going to tap the old man's shoulder, but something's off. he couldn't touch the man's shoulder. he tried to grab him, it passed through him. he was scared. he was shaking, not knowing what to do.

he went to renjun only to make him shiver even more. he saw his own body, pale and weak. he screamed at renjun and jeno, but they never heard him.

he tried to touch both of them, but he couldn't. he couldn't believe his own eyes. his own body before him, is not moving.

he thought, "am i... dead?"

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