I sat on the towel as the three younger guys had gone into the water. Geonhak opted for staying with the cars and sleeping. Youngjo yawned as he watched them along with me.

"They make you feel old, don't they?" Youngjo asked as he scrolled through Dongju's music library.

"A bit, yeah. But I think it's good that they're around. Help us feel that we're not just relics who shit on the youth of today like our parents." I joked as Keonhee dunked Dongju. "So, you're close with Hwan?"

"Indeed. Why? You want to know things?" he asked before finally deciding on a song.

"Just one thing. Did he... sleep with a lot of people back in college?" I asked as I watched Hwanwoong.

"Hm, his body count outweighs the number of people he dated. Let's just leave it at that." Youngjo said as he lied down before closing his eyes.

I shouldn't have pried as it wasn't any of my business, but hearing that he slept with a lot of people wasn't exactly a good thing. Why did I even want to know? I mentally scolded myself then left to head back to the cars. I asked Geonhak for the keys to Dongju's car then locked myself in as I left a window open.

"Why'd you come back up here?" I heard Geonhak ask.

"The beach didn't seem as relaxing as I hoped." I replied flatly.

"Oh? Says the one who presented the idea." Geonhak said smugly.

"Look, just leave me alone. We're going to have to face reality after all of this anyway." I said with a somber tone.

"We may not be on the best of terms, but if you need to get something off your chest, just speak. Don't let it build up." said Geonhak as he reached in to unlock the door.

I silently mulled it over. Was it a good idea to say anything? It wasn't like he was present for either conversation.

"Would your outlook on someone you know change if you knew they fucked a lot of people?" I asked quietly.

"Mostly no. If we're like, close, then no. But if we were getting to know each other, I'd be a bit wary. But yeah, my answer is no. Who they sleep with and how many shouldn't be the make or break it. Always judge them based on character." Geonhak said.

He was right. Why was I going to let something like that keep me from seeing who Hwanwoong really was? In reality, he could be a really sweet and honest guy. I mentally scolded myself for being such a fool.

"Ah, the pipsqueak is heading this way." he said as he looked behind him.

"Who?" I said, moving to the front seats.

I spotted Hwanwoong running towards us barefoot.

"You idiot, why didn't you put on your shoes? You'll cut yourself on something." I scolded as he slowed to a stop in front of us.

"Well, I'm going back to sleep." said Geonhak as he left the passenger seat.

"Don't you want to get wet?" Hwanwoong asked as he pulled me out of the car.

"Not really." I replied, pulling away from his wet hands.

He then splashed me with water then ran away. I pushed my wet hair out of my face and ran after him.

"You're so dead Yeo Hwanwoong!" I yelled as I chased him down.

I tackled him down then sat on top of him. He wiggled underneath me as I asked for Dongju to bring over sea water.

"You wouldn't." Hwanwoong said in surprise.

"Watch me." I teased as I had Dongju hold it over his head. "Just apologize and I'll let you go."

"I'm sorry, Seoho." he said.

I accepted his apology then motioned for Dongju to do it after I got up. I laughed hysterically as I ran away.

"You liar!" Hwanwoong yelled as he came after me.

My body soon met the sand as Hwanwoong had tackled me down. I turned onto my back then felt my wrists being pinned down. I looked up and met his gaze. I started to feel weirded out as he didn't say anything and only stared. What was going through his mind? Was there sand in a weird spot?

"Hwan..." I softly called out.

He looked as if he was going to say something, but instead he let me go and ran back to the others. I sat up in confusion at his actions. Was I making a scary face? Did I smell? Was I not supposed to call his name? My mind swirled with questions as I watched him splash Youngjo who had been dragged towards the ocean by Dongju.

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Music played as we drove back to the hotel after a day at the beach. Hwanwoong and I never got a chance to talk about why he took off as he was either talking to Youngjo or avoiding me. Even now they chattered on about celebrities and who their old crushes were. I felt something touch me and saw it was Dongju. He moved his head towards the duo behind us with a questioning look.

"I wish I knew." I replied before looking out the open window.

I locked the door behind us then distributed clothes amongst the six of us to change into so the ones we wore today could be cleaned. I purposefully kept Hwanwoong's in the bag so he'd have a reason to talk to me.

"I'll shower first." Keonhee said before taking off.

"There's another one in the bedroom. You go, Youngjo." I said as pushed him into the room.

Only Geonhak, Hwanwoong, Dongju and I remained. I noticed Dongju had led Geonhak into the other bedroom and left Hwanwoong and I alone. My mouth suddenly felt dry as I didn't know how to start. I sighed and decided being straightforward was best.

"Hwan, why did you run back at the beach...?" I asked lowly.

He didn't answer me. In fact, he wasn't even looking at me. I didn't like the way he was avoiding it.

"Hwan, just tell me. It's better to talk things out. Did I do something?" I said with worry.

"It wasn't anything. Let's just forget it happened." he finally said.

"If that's what you want." I replied a bit relieved knowing it wasn't serious.

He nodded and didn't say anything else. I handed him the bag that held his clothes. Despite clearing it up, the air around us still felt awkward. Keonhee had come out of the bathroom and motioned for someone go on ahead in. Just as I was about to go, Geonhak had dashed out the room and into the bathroom in the blink of an eye. We looked at Dongju who poked his head out of the room.

"Care to... explain?" Keonhee asked slowly.

"Some things are better left unsaid." Dongju said then went into the other room as Youngjo had come out.

We looked at each other in confusion as we tried proceeding what just happened.

"Anyway... Have you showered yet, Hwan?" Youngjo asked as he slid next to Hwanwoong.

I looked at Keonhee who simply walked into the room Dongju left. I found myself heading back down to the lobby for some deep thinking.

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I rubbed my eyes and saw I had fallen asleep in the lobby. I checked my phone and confirmed that it was late into the night. The others were probably asleep. I slowly got out of the chair then stepped outside to bask in the cool night air. I stepped forward and found my face meeting the concrete. I groaned then looked to see what I tripped on. Fear took over me as I recognized the color and length. I noticed it was wrapped around the entirety of the hotel from bottom to top. Luckily it hadn't applied any pressure as it didn't look damaged.

Was heading back inside to wake them a better move than calling? I made up my mind and rushed back inside to wake them up. I felt the building shake and small pieces of the ceiling had hit the floor. It was trying to get rid of us in one swoop. I took the stairs up and hoped I'd reach them in time.

I opened the door then held onto the door frame as the building shook more violently. A window broke. I burst into the rooms, violently shaking them awake. They slowly arose then widened their eyes when the building shook. I explained what was going on as I rushed them out the room.

"We can't get any peace can we?" Keonhee said exasperated.

"We all knew that break was going to be short lived." I said as we hopped over debris on the stairs.

I heard someone yelp from behind me and sent everyone tumbling down the stairs.

"Ugh, get off! You're all so heavy!" someone complained from underneath.

We all climbed off then gasped as a chuck of the ceiling had fallen right next to us. We heard a pained cry and looked for the source. A large piece of debris had fallen onto Keonhee's foot. We lifted it off then had him lean against someone as we quickly exited the building. Just as we exited, the entire building was crushed by the tendril's strength. They sat Keonhee down as we double checked that everyone was accounted for.

"What the fucking hell..." Geonhak said out loud.

He said exactly what we were all thinking. Was the Earth upset we took a break? I frowned as I didn't think it would retaliate in response to something insignificant. However, this incident just made it clearer that there wasn't any time to play around and that helping everyone came first.

"Wait, where's...?" Dongju said as he looked around.

We all gave him a weird look then realized what he meant. I felt my heart sink and I suddenly felt unsteady. I felt Hwanwoong hug me from the side with little sobs. We all sat in silence as we felt immense remorse.