SIDE EFFECTS | skz

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"I threw myself with trust in me, but why am I just being hurt?"

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We sat at the bus stop or explored the strange place we opened ourselves up to. Everyone had mixed emotions, some feeling happy after all that stress and others feeling suspicious about the whole place. I couldn't help but stare at the two moons as they stared right back. It didn't help either that I was seeing that mysterious person again. This time they wore a light blue jean jacket and a white t-shirt, but I couldn't figure much else out of their outfit. It was clear that they had some significance to us, but I couldn't tell why. I remember feeling like this group wasn't complete. Could they be the last missing puzzle piece?

"Hey, Felix, look what I found." Hyunjin ran up to me, now sitting by my right. He showed me a ticket that read "TO NEW WORLD" on it with x8 printed on the side. Eight? We only had seven with us though. Were they coming with us? They looked only to be some hallucination in my head though, that can't be possible. I finally shook it off after Hyunjin shook my shoulder a few times.

"Hm- what?"

" I found this ticket in the tree earlier. And.. are you okay? I've been seeing you chasing things that aren't there lately."

"Oh, yeah. I think my mind has just been playing with me recently..." He looked to me like he knew what was wrong. I wouldn't be surprised if he did, because of all that he's been through before.

"Have you been seeing a guy following us?" He asked me while still looking at the ticket.

"Yeah, have you?" I rubbed my head as I looked at him.

He nodded. "Mhm. I know what's going on. I just hope we'll be able to save it in time."

"It? What's it?"

"That person that you're seeing. They're most likely got caught under the worse sin and trying to communicate with you in some way." Hyunjin looked right into my eyes. I knew he could tell how worried I've become of this.

"What's the worst sin?"

Hyunjin glanced the red moon before answering. "Pride. It must be hell for them right now." I had heard how badly of a sin pride was, so I agreed fully. All of a sudden, we could hear the sound of a bus stopping. I looked up to see an old man walk out of the bus, telling us to come on in. I felt utterly uncomfortable by his presence, but decided to agree as everyone else had gotten up. I had no idea where we were headed but it didn't feel good. I chose the seat in the far back to relax in, closing my eyes, hoping that it wasn't anything b-

"Felix?" Hyunjin shook my shoulder again.

"Huh?" I mumbled, slowly opening my eyes.

"We're going to walk around. We don't feel comfortable going on the bus anymore." He explained. I nodded, grabbing onto Hyunjin's hand that he held out for me. I could've sworn that we were on the bus a minute ago. Maybe my brain was playing tricks with me again.

Me and the other six walked down the never-ending road. I was already starting to get a bit sleepy as the sky grew darker. We were lucky though, since we found a Jeep lying around in the bright grass. Minho had agreed to be the one in charge of driving since he was the only one of us who knew how to without getting us into a wreck. We all sat in the back, a couple getting drowsy, but most of us stayed on track. I remember seeing a strange object, like an asteroid, on the ground. I couldn't resist taking a look, which for some reason upset Hyunjin. He tried pulling me down, which made something in me slap him. I didn't really even mean to, but something made me do so. I continued to stare at the object before finally sitting down. Another incident happened whenever we got stopped at a blocked off area. We explored the area, trying to find what's happening, but couldn't find much. The area honestly made me slightly uncomfortable again, feeling like there was something or someone else there. I couldn't remember much from then, but all I could remember was Hyunjin randomly pushing me, making the thing go off in my head again. I remember pushing him back, making the fight rise more. At some point, Changbin and the rest of them noticed and stopped us, breaking us apart. When we got back on the Jeep, me and Hyunjin didn't even dare look into each other's eyes. I spent the whole trip wondering what was going on. I didn't mean to do any of that, but I just did. I didn't even really feel like I was in mine's or Felix's body either when they happened too. It was like someone was controlling me.