Serendipity

10

Chan looked at his phone looking at the time, but when he looked up he was met with an explosion of fear, someone was carelessly walking on the street in a daze, Bangchan swerved the opposite direction of the person and stopped the car before it hit anything. Chan still trying to process everything with sharp breaths looked at the street where a terrified Hyunjin dropped, Chan ran out the car and went to Hyunjin, "What in the name of god!" Bangchan yelled at hyunjin. Hyunjin looked pale and had dry lips as he looked up at chan, Hyunjin got on his knees, "Please Chan get me out of here! Take me away from here!" He begged as he gave more worried eyes. Bangchan clearly stuck and shocked brang Hyunjin up, "What- What do you mean? What's going on?" Hyunjin's eyes now filled with tears and a shaky body he grabbed Chan's arms, "Just let me go with you! Wherever you are going! I just don't want to stay here!" Chan unconsciously nodded, then he snapped out of it, "You have to tell me what's going on Hyunjin." Hyunjin started to aggressively sobbed as his knees gave out and he dropped to the floor, he covered his face as he cried. Chan sighed and thought 'This situation must be out of hand if the quote on quote Big and mighty king cant handle it'

Chan looked at Hyunjin, "Get up or i'm not taking you with me." Hyunjin looked up with puffy eyes, his legs were still shaky as he tried to stand up, Chan couldn't take the wait so he grabbed hyunjins and gave him a piggyback ride. Hyunjin was clearly out of comfort but Chan didn't care, there was no reason for him to care. Chan quickly went to his car, opened the passenger seat and took hyunjin off his back, "Get in." Bangchan said strictly, Hyunjin sat in the car. Chan went to the driver seat and began driving again, the atmosphere was tense and awkward. "Are you going to speak or not?" Chan said it a bit colder. Hyunjin looked at him with the side of his eye and started to fiddle with his fingers. Hyunjin looked at Chan, "My dad owes a debt, and somehow I got caught up in it, my Mom defended me and told me to leave, to run, I did so and managed to lose them." Chan looked at him and did a deep breath out, "You were crying because you were scared of being beat up? That isn't like you." Hyunjin did a small scoff, "You're talking like you know me personally," Chan smirked, and looked at the road, "Even if I don't, the expression you gave showed not only fear but sadness," Hyunjin bit his lips, "It's just the cruel destiny."

Chan gave a confused face, "Are you a poetic now? What do you mean?" Hyunjin gave a small chuckle, "I woke up on my bed to the sound of a ticking clock, what time was it? Sometime passed 12 in the morning but, you know, it was a little strange.. Yesterday In a dream we were exactly right here in this exact time, then a whole thing was like I predicted the future. I saw the end of my Mom, I saw her exact death," he paused then swallowed, "Fortunately I didn't let this go and I was very cautious, I was scared she was destined to die, so when I left I was terrified. But the face she gave in that dream was mesmerizing, she smiled," Hyunjins voice was now cracking, "She died with a smile!" He shouted in pain. Chan didn't know how to reply, his mother could possibly be dead right now, such things as prophetic dreams are not fake. Even if he managed to save her from quick death it doesn't mean she escaped it, how could he even respond with having this in mind.

Hyunjins face went pale, "There is only one ending to this story isn't there? Beyond this bound to be repeated destiny, it has to exist, there has to be at least one more way." he paused, and smiled, his smile was so broken, and his eyes were so low. Suddenly Chan's world stopped.

"I shall replace her death with mine."

Chan's emotions quickly reacted with anger, "STOP TALKING NONSENSE! ARE YOU DUMB? THIS IS ALL IN YOUR FOOLISH HEAD! NO ONE IS DYING YOU MORON, AND IF SOMEONE WERE TO DIE THEN THATS NOT YOUR DEATH IT'S THEIRS! NO NEED TO TAKE THEIR DESTINY." Hyunjin broke down into tears again, what was Chan going to do with him? What was even going on? His day was just a simple day, where he went to get Jisung- "JISUNG!" Chan eyes widened. Hyunjins teary eyes looked at Chan. What was he going to do with him— should he just leave him? No, no... that's rude. Hyunjin's head swayed back and forth as he ended up fainting. Chan all panicky went faster , I guess fate's destination was truly a hospital. Chan finally made it to the hospital, he took Hyunjin out of the car and carried him into the building. Jisung laid his back on the wall and looked as Chan holding Hyunjin passed him, "Paths made from righteousness and wrong doing, what did you walk on to get here, it couldn't have been either right? There are thousands of roads, simply these two paths don't fit you." he looked down and smiled.

Jisung looked in their direction and he saw Hyunjin being put on a hospital bed, it didn't seem like an emergency. Jisung dragged his feet to Chan, his arm slowly went up to his shoulder. "Hey." Chan flinched, "Oh! Jisung! Hey, sorry for the wait, Hyunjin got tangled in a bit of stuff." Han shook his head, "It's not your fault or anyones, it's fine. Anyway.. What happened to him?"

"Oh well... It's a long story, but to sum it up, his family got into trouble, he supposably saw the future, and in the future his mom died. So he started freaking out and crying and I found him on the street, after all that he fainted."

"Well, thats crazy... Lifes gotten more unrealistic hasn't it?" Chan laughed, "I don't think so, maybe we were just too involved in our own lives, that we don't get other peoples lives, maybe for them this is normal." Jisung gaped, his words felt so awaking to him. Was he really too involved in his own life? But that isn't bad right? Jisung stared at Hyunjins face, and sighed. "I can just walk home. It's probably good for me to walk anyway." Chan looked at him, and said a No. Jisung, a bit taken back, responded, "What? I-im sorry excuse me? I don't want to burden you, and he's probably going to wake up soon." Bangchan faced Han Jisung now. He grabbed Jisungs arm and pulled him closer to him whispering in his ear. "You guys should talk while I drive you guys back, you should wait in the car. He won't know you're there." Jisung eyes narrowed and got out of his grip. He nodded and swiftly walked away, he was annoyed but it was the best choice. He went in the back seat and laid down on his back, sunbeams shot in. His hand rested behind his head, he consumed every feeling around him. He took in everything, the warmth, his life, his emotions, his thoughts.. And let it all soak into him. Suddenly he heard the door open, his body's normal reaction jumped up, he looked at the doors and saw Hyunjin sitting in the passenger's seat. Was he so light headed he didn't notice him? He held his breath as Bangchan got in too. Hyunjins head snapped up, "My mom! Drive me home! NOW!" Chan glared at him, "Calm down or you can walk you brat!" Hyunjin bit his lips. Jisung spoke, "That's a bit inconsiderate Chan, he is just worried." Hyunjins eyes widened and he quickly looked back. He tried to take off his seatbelt but was shaking too much, Chan stopped his hands. "Stop it Hyunjin." Hyunjin shook his head, "OFF!" He yelled. Jisung laid back, "What? You can't even take your OWN actions? If you were to do something take full responsibility! But you have to learn how to move on too, tomorrow will always come. Just treat it like a dream, and move on."

Hyunjins mind soothed, his words were right, and also comforting. Hyunjin didn't enjoy it though, "Shut up! I hate your voice! Close it!" He yelled while finally taking off his seatbelt and running out.

Jisung shrugged and went upfront, "So is this what you had in plan?" the colors in the sky lost its color, the world lost its color. It's actually been awhile since he saw this world as withered, he was living in a 60's tv show. . . just black and white. Quite boring. Chan sighed, "Well..lets just take you home." The warm wind touched his face, the afternoon air was soothing his mind. The drive home felt so long, and he just felt alone, despite Chan being right next to him. What suddenly happened to him, his eyes narrowed.

In the end you're left with yourself. You're too narcissistic to pick on yourself In the end you have to face yourself. You're still not good enough for yourself. Even the one who gives him the whole world, he'll still doubt it.

He gave a blank smile, his eyes, nor his heart can define what he was feeling there.