there was not a single sound coming from the seven boys who were staring at the lifeless body on the floor in horror. in fear of their lives, they one after one began sobbing quietly. they had no escape from whoever it was that had just killed a man...
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hanse was taking a stroll outside to calm down his thoughts. he just had a terrible overthinking day and needed to get his mind off of things.
as he got closer to the water he noticed the memories creeping up inside his head. he saw them all happily play in the water after subin gave them that begging glance. the sudden rain.
the short but undoubtedly happy time before all hell broke loose.
hanse sighed. he walked over to the rocks right by the water and took a seat. there was only a slight breeze outside accompanied by a beautiful sunset, but it was enough to make hanse feel a lot calmer.
it almost felt like the wind was trying to make him feel better. it sounded stupid, but it was the only way he could describe it.
hanse let another sigh escape his lips. he felt so alone that even the wind was comforting. he almost laughed at himself. he was so stupid.
he looked out at the ocean. it was empty. like always. there didn't seem to be any boats or airplanes ever. they were completely alone.
with a fucking crazy murderer.
hanse closed his eyes to keep his tears from falling. he hated crying, which was why he kept avoiding doing so in front of the others. he didn't want to seem weak.
but to say he flinched when he heard a voice behind him was far from an understatement. he practically flew up from the rock and turned around, almost falling into the water in the process. he glared at chan as he tried to catch his breath.
"sorry for scaring you," chan laughed. "i just wanted to check if you were alright" hanse rolled his eyes. his foot was buried in the sand under the water surface. and it was cold.
"i'm fine. but now i have to go and change my sock" hanse complained quietly as he walked past chan and into the small woods.
"i'm sorry sese! i didn't want to scare you!" chan yelled behind him. hanse decided to just ignore it. though he was questioning how chan knew where he was. was chan just creepily watching his every move?
was it chan? was chan the murderer?
hanse shook his head. no. no more accusations.
when he entered the house he was met with laughter. subin and byungchan were talking and laughing in the kitchen. it looked like they were drinking some alcoholic drinks. they both noticed hanse at the same time. both of them highered a hand into a wave.
hanse smiled back. he was glad they could enjoy themselves for a bit even though the house was filled with such an amount of despair. he walked over to the two and sat down with them.
"what happened to your shoe?" subin asked as he glanced down on hanse's soaking wet foot. "chan scared me so i accidentally stepped in the water" hanse said with a side smile. it felt like his foot was going to freeze.
subin and byungchan laughed again. "chan is scary sometimes" byungchan said. "not as scary as hanse tho. he's terrifying" subin added, making hanse chuckle.
"where is sejun by the way?" he said when he realized that sejun was the only one he hadn't seen around for a little while.
"i don't know. i went to the bathroom for a few minutes and when i come back he was gone" byungchan shrugged. though hanse could tell he looked nervous.
"i don't know either, he just said that he felt sick and left. he's probably trying to sleep or on the bathroom" subin took a sip from his drink. hanse glanced at the third glass on the table suspiciously.
"i'll check up on him" he said. byungchan nodded quickly. hanse took his shoe off before walking over to the bathroom on the first floor. the door was closed, so he decided to knock.
"sejun? are you here?" he asked, knocking again. the room was silent. hanse checked the door, and luckily for him it was unlocked. or maybe it was unlucky, as he had to witness the sight of sejun on the floor looking absolutely horrible.
it looked like his lips had chemical burns on them, and his chest was heaving up and down at a rapid pace. when hanse hurried closer he noticed that the older's pupils were dilated a strange amount, and that the air leaving his mouth had a terrible smell of what hanse could only assume was chemicals.
sejun had been poisoned.
his eyes were flying back and forth to different objects in the room, though he seemed unable to actually rest his eyes and focus on something. "sejun? can you hear me?" hanse asked, waving his hand in front of sejun's face.
"hanse?" even though sejun only spoke one word, hanse could hear how slurred it was. "yes, it's me, what happened?" hanse tapped sejun's cheek, but he still didn't seem to know where exactly in the room hanse was located. "i don't..." sejun's voice faltered.
there was a concerning amount of drool coming out of his mouth, and it got even more concerning when it began to turn red. there was blood coming from his mouth. that's when hanse finally got some sense in himself and screamed for help.
subin and byungchan were there in seconds. they stared at sejun's almost limp body, and then at hanse's panicked face. "what's wrong with him?!" byungchan asked as he ran up to sejun, shaking him carefully.
but there was no longer a response.
sejun was dead.
byungchan shook him again. continued to scream his name, louder each time. he clung onto the dead body so hard that hanse and subin both had to prey him away.
it wasn't until they got out from the bathroom that byungchan began to cry. he collapsed to the floor, pulling hanse down with him as he fell, and then he just sobbed into hanse's chest.
hanse could only play with his hair and try his best to be as comforting as possible. subin was just in a state of shock. he wasn't crying, he just looked absolutely numb. hanse grabbed his hand and pulled him into the hug as well.
"hey guys! guess what i found- wait what's going on?" chan suddenly interrupted the moment when he made his way inside the house again.
"sejun," byungchan choked out. "he's dead!" chan dropped whatever it was he was holding, and it fell onto the floor with a loud thud. his hand flew to his mouth.
"why didn't you get us quicker? we could have saved him! it's all your fault! you wanted him to die! i hate you! i hate you so much!" byungchan screamed, punching hanse's chest with a great amount of power after every sentence.
subin grabbed byungchan and held him back as chan helped hanse up on his feet. only then could hanse let his tears fall. "i am so, so sorry." he said. that was all he could say. but he truly was sorry.
hanse couldn't stand seeing them all so sad, confused and angry, so he hurried away from the small group and over to the living room on the second floor. there, he curled up into a ball in the couch and sobbed, knowing that no one could hear his cries from there.
