Horizon | ATEEZ - Omegaverse

Chapter Thirty Eight

"Are you sure that we will be okay alone?" Eunji asks Areum and Seonghwa through their newly-formed three-person mindlink so no one else can invade their conversations or thoughts.

"Dohyon is the eldest, he will be fine to carry on the Park name in Chrysalis. Seonghwa and I aren't as much of a priority to stay due to familial duties like Dohyon would be," Areum answers simply, having thought about this a lot ever since she and Seonghwa discussed leaving.

"Won't they come looking for us...?" Both Areum and Seonghwa can hear the worry in Eunji's voice, and Seonghwa stays quiet.

That's the one thing that neither of them considered too heavily when they planned their escape. Seonghwa's imagination was clouded by the dreamlike thoughts of him immediately going to Eclipse to see and be with San, but now that Eunji has brought up the question he's been trying so hard to not think of, he has to look at the big picture.

His and Areum's parents will surely send people to find the three of them, and of course the Han's will demand their daughter return as well.

The three of them stay quiet for a long time as they each think of the possible outcomes and Seonghwa's chest tightens as his mind goes wild. He knows that the first place they will look will be Eclipse, and Areum and Eunji are probably thinking the same thing right now.

Seonghwa knows that's why they're not saying anything.

They're going to tell him that they're not able to go to Eclipse.

"Seonghwa..."

Seonghwa's mind checks out after he hears his sister echo his name, still running at the same pace as Areum and Eunji, but it's only the muscle memory of running keeping him going. He doesn't want to accept that he's going to have to wait even longer to see San, and he clenches his teeth, whispering apologies to San through his head.

"I'm sorry it's going to take longer than I wanted to, San... I promise you that I'm still coming. I'm coming back to you, San, I promise..." Seonghwa repeats in his head, wishing that his pleads would somehow reach San.

For the next few months, the three of them travel around, making sure not to step foot in any of the various pack grounds. The last thing they need is to get caught when word is being spread about the missing Chrysalis children through all the surrounding packs.

Seonghwa can only hope that San heard about the news, and he knows that he's finally on his way to him.

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San is abruptly woken up that morning by Yeosang and Wooyoung shaking his shoulders, "San, wake up!"

San sits up and rubs his eyes, looking around to see his other friends by the doorway. He thought they all agreed to sleep in for a while before they went on their hike, so why is everyone here in his room?