L I G H T S O U T

Chapter-3

WHAT IS THAT. said Baekhyun

A huge cloud of smoke was rising just around the corner. Very close to my house....
we started running as fast as we could
Baekhyun left his luggage close to a house. Which he never got back once this fresco was over.

I slipped near the post office, but stood back on my feet pretty fast.
As we reached closer.
We saw no one was panicking
Everything seemed normal but the fire going just 5 meters away from them
I saw people laughing,
talking to each other.
Talking about local recipes, some about my sister's wedding.

It seemed so strange.
I glanced over at Baekhyun.
and with a strange worry and confusion in his eyes
once again he pointed to where the smoke had started to rise.

Nothing, there was nothing at all.

Not even a pinch of dust.
Just a second ago there was this huge mushroom of fire and smoke rising from the exact spot. Baekhyun and I were horrified of what we had just witnessed.

My- my luggage, we need to get it back.
Yeah, I replied clearly stunned at what we just saw.

As we reached past the street where I had fallen I saw the luggage quite clearly
Burning in flames people surrounding it.

Baekhyun was now sobbing and running towards it.

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Even though I wasn't quite sure of it. But with the stories I heard.
I knew it had to do something with that place.
The one everyone was looking for.
As if we were getting hints.
But it was strange how all this while it had never happened.

Until Baekhyun arrived. Was he somehow related to this?

Here you go. Said grandma while handing Baekhyun the stew she had been making all this while.
Baekhyun was still sobbing.

Can you stop that? I said
Can't you see I'm upset? Replied Baekhyun.
Yeah sure.

I went back to my room.
It was so noisy outside with all the wedding, people all across the village invited. I had always wondered what life would be like beyond this town.

I went to the terrace.