Namjoon's POV:

I woke up and everything had vanished.

The forest had lost its magic, the mansion we had slept in had turned into nothing but dust. And that beautiful gate entrance was the only thing that was standing. It was once beautiful, at least.

In my eyes now, it was nothing but a rusty old gate, squeaking back and forth, loud enough to wake me up.

Memories of last night replayed in my head like a movie, vividly reminding me of everything. Every detail, bit by bit.

"A lab coat?" The lab coat from Seokjin's costume was over my body. I still had my vampire costume on. My hands and face were covered in dirt.

As my mind started to function again, fully awake now, I got up from where I was, wondering two things: Where am I and where is Seokjin.

"Seokjin?" I rub my eyes, looking around. My surroundings were empty, there was nothing but dead leaves and roses scattered on the ground.

I remember those roses...

The shadow of where my body once rested was imprinted onto the ground. The place Seokjin had placed me in when he thought I was dead.

"Seokjin... Where are you..." I crumbled up the dead leaves in my hands, standing back up
to search for the man.

"Seokjin!" I repeatedly shouted out his name, my state of mind sinking further and further as well as my heart, due to my anxiety acting up.

"Answer me!! Seokjin, please!" I stared into a lake and saw my own reflection.

My appearance was the same way it was yesterday before the incident of the Halloween Party.

"This never happened... Everything was all an illusion. But where am I? Where is my car, and where is Seokjin?" I was losing my mind again.

"Namjoon! Namjoon, oh thank God!!" Hoseok and Yoongi found me. They rushed over to where I was standing and hugged me.

"Guys... What's going on? Why are you here, how did you find me?" My friends released me from their embrace, I could notice how tired they looked and how sad they were.

"We were looking everywhere for you, especially after what happened last night. Namjoon, you scared us so much when you disappeared out of nowhere." Hoseok spoke, folding his arms.

"Are you hurt? Don't do this to us ever again! We thought you had died!"

"Died? Hurt? Explain this to me step by step, because I don't understand." Their facial expressions changed. Their surprised look was now a face full of sorrow.

"Your friend Seokjin and you had gotten into a car accident last night. It was all over the news." My eyes widened.

"Accident!?" I stumbled backwards as they continued talking.

"We were worried sick thinking something worse had happened to you, just like him." Yoongi left me confused.

"Worse? What happened to him?" I grabbed Yoongi's collar.

"What happened to Seokjin!" Hoseok told me to calm down, but hearing Seokjin's name along with the word "Worse" increased my stress.

The two looked at each other, sensing that I had no idea of what had happened.

"Come on, we need to take you to the hospital right away." Hospital?

"Is Seokjin there? What is he doing there?" I was unwillingly walking forward, following their footsteps. There were people everywhere.

From police cars to news reporters. Yellow cross tape was strapped onto every tree in the forest, everything looked like a crime scene and I still didn't know where Seokjin was.

"Sir! What happened the night of the accident?

Were you drunk?

Were you fighting with the other person within this car, causing the car crash?" All of the news reporters were spamming me with questions, when I myself had no clue of anything.

"I don't know. I don't know!" I ran away from them. My friends followed behind me.

We retreated to Yoongi's car, sighing.

"Hurry, drive drive!" Hoseok shouted at his partner. We drove off, leaving the forest that was crowded by people, behind us.

"Why were they there? Why was my car crashed?"

"You tell us. We just found you this morning after searching everywhere last night! We were worried sick!" Their shouting wasn't helping me concentrate and understand anything.

I remained dumbfounded.

"Who took Seokjin to the hospital? Was he injured badly?" My own question made me feel upset.

"Namjoon, Seokjin isn't in the hospital. We're going to take you so they could help you!" I opened the door and ran out of the car.

"NAMJOON WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! Namjoon!!" I ran away from them, trying to find the forest again.

"Seokjin!! Seokjin! SEOK-" I stopped moving when Yoongi tackled me to the ground.

"Are you crazy!? Namjoon stop running!" I couldn't reason with him at the moment. I wasn't even thinking when I violently slapped the man across his face, leaving a burning sensation in my palm.

"I have to search for him! Let go of me- ah! S-seokjin!! Seokjin answer me!" I wiggled my body out of Yoongi's grip.

But I didn't free myself from him completely.

He gained speed within his tracks and caught up to me again, this time both he and Hoseok held me back.

"Seokjin, where are you?! Please, just answer me!!" I started crying out of frustration. I've never felt more confused in my life.

"SEOKJIN IS DEAD!" Hoseok shouted, mindlessly.

"No... That can't be.. He was with me! We spent the night together in a mansion!"

"Namjoon, you probably dreamt that when you were knocked out unconscious from the same accident. It was just an illusion." Yoongi let go of me.

"Shut up! You're both lying." I couldn't bare to listen anymore, so I left. They didn't follow behind me this time, my stubbornness defeated their persistence against me.

I made my way back to the forest, retracing my steps, but avoiding the commotion of people.

When I was running through the forest, I found a round, silver ring. I picked it up and looked down at my own hand. I had the same ring on my finger.

This ring belonged to someone else...

"Seokjin..."