It was quiet. The stench of blood was clinging to everyone’s clothes as Yuri lay motionless as the pool of red only grew and refused to stop engulfing the floor.
Eunhyuk made his way to Hyoyeon to make sure that she was okay. She was not at all okay. Hyoyeon kept staring at Yuri and mumbled to herself, “dead…she’s dead…”, over and over. Eunhyuk was shaken up too, but he knew that if he showed any weakness or fear it would only make Hyoyeon feel worse.
Tiffany, who was still in the hallway, stumbled into the room. She heard the screams and saw the blood the second Yuri’s body hit the floor. Her heart pounded in her head as her nerves sent wave after wave of fear through her body.
Jessica and Sunny huddled tightly together. Neither could watch as Hyoyeon plunged the knife into Yuri, yet they could hear each second pass. Every thud from Yuri falling to the ground and every breath that Hyoyeon let out reminded them that they were not in just having a bad dream, but were truly in the middle of a nightmare.
Taeyeon stood still. She had the knife behind her back, but what use would it be now? She couldn’t threaten Yuri with it. In the end, Taeyeon dropped the knife. It fell to the floor and pierced into the ground slightly. She took a step towards Yuri’s lifeless body, hoping that Yuri would stand up and hold out an empty packet of fake blood.
But that wasn’t going to happen. Taeyeon was willing to consider giving Yuri a second chance if she would talk, but fate didn’t seem to like that idea.
The weight of death started to take its toll on Hyoyeon. She vocally cried and screamed and begged for Yuri to move again. She ran to Yuri’s body and kept shaking Yuri as if every vibration would force her heart to beat again. “Get up! Get up! I know you’re faking!” She screamed. “If you don’t get up I’ll kill you!”
“Hyoyeon, stop it! Stop this already!” Eunhyuk restrained Hyoyeon’s arms as best he could. “She’s dead, Hyoyeon. Just calm down, okay?”
“I killed her! I killed someone!”
“Don't worry, everything will be okay.” Eunhyuk tried his best to believe his own words. He couldn’t guarantee nothing bad would happen – in fact he was very sure that something bad would happen if someone were to find out the truth – but telling that to Hyoyeon would do nothing but push her farther over the edge. “We’ll take care of this and nothing will happen.”
Hyoyeon’s panic was contagious. Soon, Sunny started to freak out and Jessica was having a full relapse of the Krystal incident. Taeyeon, Tiffany and Eunhyuk were still able to keep their heads straight, but who knew for how long?
“Fany, make sure Sunny and Jessica are okay. Calm the down, got it?” Taeyeon ordered. Tiffany shakily nodded her head before crawling around Yuri to get to the two panicking girls.
As Tiffany did her job, Taeyeon pulled her knife out of the floor. She put it on the table for safe keeping before grabbing her phone. “Hey, Sooyoung and Yoona? We have a bit of an issue…” She said into the phone after dialing for the ZoNE members.
“What’s up? Are you and Jessica okay?” Sooyoung asked with concern.
“Define “okay”. Because we kind of are, but kind of aren’t depending on your definition.” Taeyeon answered. “Long story short, Jessica and I are probably going to be fine, but Yuri’s dead and Jessica is having a panic attack. Just…you know how to get to my house, right? Just come here and you can see for yourself.” Taeyeon hung up.
Sunny was crying herself to sleep into Tiffany’s shoulder while Jessica curled into a ball. After Sunny fell asleep, Tiffany asked Eunhyuk to carry her to Taeyeon’s bed. Tiffany was able to tend to Jessica and Hyoyeon. “Taeyeon, what do we do about the body?” Tiffany asked as she glanced at Yuri.
