[bxb] the forgotten promise | yeosang / ateez

[tw] • t w e n t y f o u r •

[tw for the mild gore and some twisted religious belief]

The moment that they’ve had everything that they needed, they went outside of the house that gave them comfort for a few hours before proceeding on their main goal. They’ve looked at each other for a few minutes as if they’re hesitating to split into two teams because it’s probably the last time that they’ll see each other.

Seeing all of them as seven people makes them feel sad and incomplete but they knew that Mingi wants them to continue on surviving without him.

“We should be going now,” Hongjoong stated, breaking the silence as everyone looked at him.

“Please stay safe, Sang.” Seonghwa looked at the brunette which immediately locked his gaze with his own.

“I will.”

Seonghwa smiles at how soft Yeosang's voice is despite being a deep one, “I’ll be waiting for you.”

“San, don’t do anything risky.” Hongjoong said as he crossed his arms before looking at Wooyoung, “You too.”

“I won’t.”

“We won’t!”

Yunho chuckled at Wooyoung’s exclaimed reply, “Please stay safe, guys. I-I wouldn’t know what should do if I lose an another one..”

“No, you won’t. We’ll always be here for you, Yunho-hyung.” the youngest assured him as he patted his back.

“We’ll be going to the church now,” Hongjoong announced as he looked at Jongho with a stoic expression, “I trust you that you’ll be leading the way there.”

“I will, hyung. You know how I wanted to do that!” Jongho chirped and giggled when Yunho ruffled his hair, “I want to be useful so you wouldn’t tear your attention away from me.”

“Let’s go, guys.” Hongjoong ushered to the three males that will come along with him.

Wooyoung felt like he’s about to throw up, he kept on seeing the dark mist around his friends and he wanted to stop them before he loses an another friend. He looked at everyone and he can’t help but see the dark mist everyone, his hands won’t stop shaking and he couldn’t breath properly. San and Yeosang are already a few feet away from him and before the others manages to leave to walk on a different path, he immediately held Jongho's hand— making the youngest look at him.

“Jongho.” Wooyoung's eyes widened when he suddenly saw an assuring smile on the youngest male’s lips.

“Don’t say it, Wooyoung-hyung.” he huffed, “I’m aware of what you’re about to say.”

“But—”

“We can’t cheat our deaths, Wooyoung-hyung. Just because you can see the signs of someone dying doesn’t mean that you should interfere,” Jongho stated before sighing and squeezing Wooyoung’s hand for comfort, “Despite being blessed with such a heartbreaking ability, you shouldn’t interfere. That’s the reason why you have the sin of Sloth, you’ll just be like sitting ducks and won’t interfere despite knowing that one of us will be dying soon. You would not and you wouldn’t be able to do anything at all, just being a sloth that you should be.”

“But I should do something.”

“It can’t be helped, Wooyoung-hyung.” That assuring smile on Jongho’s lips makes Wooyoung’s heart break into bits, “It can’t be helped.”

“I could've done something to save all of you but I can’t. I-I’m so sorry.”

“It’s not your fault. No one’s blaming you for that,” Jongho said, the smile’s still plastered on his face.