Trails Of Time (changlix)

20. Like a crime scene

"I am so sorry for your loss"

Felix scrunched his nose. "Not really a loss for us..." he mumbled into his collar.

Chan hit his shoulder gently, still giving him a small smile.

"This has been hard for all of us, but especially for them... So let's try not to be too harsh, okay?" Woojin said to his friends, pointing down the hallway.

Backs against the white walls of the hospital, there was an old couple, crying their eyes out.

"Don't they deserve to know the truth about their son?" Hyunjin hissed. "That piece of shit is better off dead."

"that's too much!" Jisung huffed. "do not say that kinda stuff ever again."

"yes, no one is better off dead," Chan whispered. "Let's just calm down and wait for results, okay guys?"

After a minute of eyeing the old couple, the group decided to finally sit down in another room. Silence fell upon them, as they waited.

I feel cold, but still somewhat warm. I think I am somewhere inside... But where.

Legs twitched, eyes fluttered. Hands clenched the sheets of the hospital bed.

What have I done?

Eyes fluttered again. Legs moved more, shifting the heavy blanket off them. Head turned, eyes fluttered.

"How are you feeling?"

Eyes opened wide. They stared ahead, at the older woman standing there.

"Um... I feel fine."

"great. Do you have any pain anywhere?"

"No... Or... I don't know."

Why is this lady asking me these questions? Why am I here? Where is here...?

"alright Mr. Seo." the lady smiled, tapping her heels on the floor. "I'll go now, but if you have anything that's bugging you, right that bell right there." she pointed at a button next to the bed. "rest well now."

She left, leaving the lights dimmed.

I... I want to sleep. I can't! I have to get out of here... I have to find him!

With hesitant movements, he grabbed the edge of the bed and lifted his body up, but unfortunately, he fell right back down once he noticed the twisting and burning pain on his hip.

He tried again, only to fail quicker. Now Changbin was getting impatient, so he decided to do something he would likely regret later on. His hands grabbing the edge once again, he shifted his body quickly, falling to the floor.

"Ah fucking shit this hurts..." he hissed, looking around.

The pure panic he was feeling was driving him further. Changbin's legs didn't respond, so he had to drag his body along the cold floor.

There was a noise, right outside the room. Someone was talking.

"Are you sure about this? Mr Seo seemed to be quite panicked."

"Yes, we have to get answers. This accident was horrific, but there are some pieces that just don't make sense to us."

"Alright, I'll go in first and come get you after I have explained the situation to him."

Changbin's eyes filled with tears as he rolled his body back to the bed, sliding under it. The door opened, letting in the bright blue light from the hallway.

"Mr Seo?"

Changbin held his breath, hoping this man wouldn't look under the bed. He closed his eyes tightly.

"oh my God, how..." the man sighed. "hey! He has escaped! Everyone go look for him, he can't have gotten far."

The door closed, the voices were gone. Changbin let out a shaky breath, sliding himself out. He looked around, hoping to find something he could use. His eyes locked onto his jacket, which was ripped and bloody. He reached for it and it dropped to the floor.

Do I still have it?

His hands explored the pockets, not finding anything. He sighed, thinking of giving up. Then he noticed his phone on the table.

Once he had fought to grab it without making too much noise, he opened it. His finger lingered over the call button.

What if he doesn't answer me? If he's... Dead?

Changbin still gathered all of his courage to press it. Then he waited.

"Okay, whose phone has that song as the fucking ring tone?" Minho asked, sighing at the annoying tune of ppap.

"Lix go get your phone. That is hella annoying." Seungmin added.

Felix shrugged and went to grab his phone. He picked it up, but almost dropped it as he saw the name on the screen. He answered.

"Lixie?"

"omg, how are you calling me??"

"Listen lixie, go somewhere so that no one can hear you, okay?"

Felix was bamboozled, but he obeyed, going into a janitor's closet near the lobby.

"Okay, binnie... You are supposed to be out cold... Or that's what the doctor told us about fifteen minutes ago."

"that is... A lie... But okay, lixie... They think I escaped, but I'm hiding in my room."

"why? Binnie why would you do that??"

"they were going to ask me questions... A man said something about a crash and..."

"Binnie?"

"oh wait... I was in that crash..."

"yes! And Jongwoo died... You tried to save his ass but he couldn't make it."

"oh... But... Why am I... Am I hurt?"

"oh my goodness... I am coming there. Can you tell me what number the room is?"

Changbin gazed around the room, not seeing any sight of a number.

"no..."

"that's okay, I'll just... Um..."

"lixie. I can throw um... A shoe there. My shoe."

"Okay, I'll go searching around. At least I know what floor you're on."

"Please hurry lixie, I don't want them to find me..."

"I don't fully understand your logic right now binnie, but that's fine. Go hide somewhere."

"I'll go under the bed... Again..."

"you do that."

"oh right... The shoe."

Changbin grabbed his bloody shoe, throwing it at the door. It hit the wall, smearing dirt all over it. Then it fell to the floor, right in front of the door, the shoelace going under it.

"lixie, the shoelace is showing from under it."

"great job binnie, go hide now."

Felix sighed, feeling so confused. He still kept going, taking a quick look at every door he saw.

"binnie, I have almost seen all the doors of this floor, but I still haven't seen a shoelace... Are you sure it's showing?"

"yes."

Felix hummed in response, going down the hallway. Then he saw it. A black and dirty shoelace peaking from under a door, that said 453.

He hurried to open the door. What he saw was horrific. There was blood everywhere.

Like a crime scene...