Separated ('Dread' Series Book 1)

The Painful Truth

(Minnie's POV)

I laid on the floor, resting. There really wasn't anything to do in the moon, so I basically day-dreamed all day. I wonder what the other members are doing right now. Are they even alive? Then a name came to my mind. Miyeon. 

We used to be so close, and it was so nice. We were so energetic and happy together. She was the caring older sister, and we had a lot in common. But I guess things changed. My love for her slowly started to fade, and the same thing happened to her. Eventually, we didn't love each other anymore.

 I admit I teased her a lot. But it was in a playful way, and I never knew she would be so hurt from it. I thought she was just joking around when she started sulking, so I kept doing it for her funny reaction. Ever since then, things were different.  I should have known better. Now I feel terrible, but it's too late. Miyeon already told me she no longer loved me. I was now only her partner in work. There was no more "best friend" or "sister". I meant almost nothing to her now. At first, I yearned for her love back. "She's just in a phase," I told myself. But now I know. After months of ignoring and no interactions, I realized. I realized there was no more hope in her loving me anymore. Once she comforted me and said that it wasn't my fault. She told me that time changed our love. I still don't understand what she meant by that. In books and movies, everyone says true love is eternal. Why did ours end so early?

 After our "break up", I became extremely jealous when I saw her trying to get attention from Shuhua. She also started to become really close with Yuqi, and I just felt left out. It felt like she loved everyone on the planet besides me. 

So, I began faking to be really close with the other members. Since she spent time with Shuhua, I spent time with Shuhua. Since she played with Yuqi, I played with Yuqi. I loved both Shuhua and Yuqi, but I acted like it loved them more than anyone, just to make Miyeon jealous as well. I rarely talked to Miyeon anymore, and if I did, it was forced to make sure Neverland not see the reality of our relationship. Maybe it was me who was going through a phase, but it didn't seem like it. To this day, I'm still not sure what caused Miyeon's connection with me to shatter apart. All I know is my heart won't be healed by what Miyeon did to me. Now I refuse to talk to people about my unhealthy relationship with Miyeon. 

Thinking about our past situation, I started to tear up without noticing. I quickly wiped my tears away. 

"I shouldn't care about Miyeon. I don't love her,"  I thought to myself. But I couldn't disregard reality. I knew I did; I was just mad. I stood up and started to wander around. I had nothing to do anyway. After a few minutes passed, I saw a figure in the dark. It was so familiar. 

"Minnie? Is that you?" For the first time ever, Soyeon's voice was small and timid. 

"What's wrong?" I asked, walking to her side.

"Look." On the ground, was a large, red snake. It was swarming over towards us, and it hissed loudly.

"Run."