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Choi Hyun Suk

"And I guess you already know what happened next," he sighed, "she died. Like everyone else did." He stated with a tone as if he didn't want any pity.

"This relates to spirit possession— how?" I asked trying to change the topic to ease the tension and for genuine curiosity.

"I know it's not easy to believe, even I think it's impossible. But given the history of my parents with paranormality and the things I learned and picked up from then when they were still alive... it just made me think of what happened to my sister."

The mention of Soyoung had me nervous. It felt like I was finally going somewhere with her case.

"The night before she died, she was going to tell me. She was going to tell me what the family secret was."

Family secret. I guess this is what she means by how she left him waiting.

"The same night... she killed herself, right?"

He nodded.

"I know she was stressed. School, home, everything was tough for her. But why would she suddenly tell me that she'll say the family secret the same night she ended herself? It didn't feel right."

"So are you telling me that," he cut me off. "Yes. That's exactly what i'm saying."

"What if she was— possessed?"

My chest began to feel a heavy weight and I could feel the sweat buds going down my head. Something about the mentioning of Soyoung and possession just gave me chills.

We talked about this before. Evil spirits like she said. I know possession is possible and it could happen— but to her? She knew what caused her death. She was the cause. It wasn't like she forgot.

The only reason why she's still in this world is because of Doyoung and how she kept him waiting. That's what she said and remembered. That's her memories.

You can't change someone's memories.

Right?

"Maybe i'm just jumping to conclusions but something is just telling me it wasn't anything normal. It was just the way that she acted months before she committed suicide, it didn't feel right and it didn't feel like her."

After a short while, I felt Doyoung's gaze shift to me. "Hyung, if you don't mind me asking, how do you know my sister?"

"I mean, you obviously know her but— how? When did you guys talk? I- I just wanna know."

Ah, crap. Doyoung's familiar with all these paranormality but, should I tell him about my ability? It would certainly make things easier but a part of me— just keeps saying to shut my mouth.

"It's complicated." I stated. Looking disappointed, he didn't push the topic further.

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It's the next school day. Doyoung slept in my house that night and we talked about our agenda.

I pushed him to figure out this so called family secret of theirs. Documentaries, files, notes, anything. Meanwhile, i'd figure out more about Soyoung's activites back when she was still a student. I asked Yedam, since he was actually part of the student council, to ask if there was any records of a student named Kim Soyoung.