Jaehyun. Who was he? I saw an image of a person whenever I heard the name Jaehyun. I sat with my knees close to my chest as a cool breeze chilled my naked body. I had no idea where I was. I received weird looks from passerby and wondered why. I tugged at the collar on my neck then frowned when it didn't budge an inch. I looked at the bracelets again and wondered what the 12 circles meant and why 3 of them had turned black.

I felt something hit me then hissed as it had cut me. It was some kind of pointed object. I looked up and saw someone glaring at me. I didn't get what their problem was when everyone else was pretty much naked too. I checked my cut then felt a bit relieved that it wasn't that big. How long had it been since I got here? How did people tell time here? People were too afraid to approach me or to be approached for me to ask.

I moved farther down where there were less people. I needed to find Jaehyun, but I could only get so far before I was too weak to move. Whoever Jaehyun was probably knew something about me. I heard laughter and saw a man and woman splashing each other in the water. I moved closer then noticed he had some sort of collar around his neck that resembled mine.

I started to walk towards them then stopped. What if they spoke the language I couldn't understand? What if they hurt me like others have? I stopped then sat back down. I was alone and this Jaehyun person could be anywhere. It was hopeless.

I heard someone shouting then noticed the two had started coming towards me. I quickly scrambled to my feet and ran. I was tired of having things thrown at me and being looked at like a piece of trash. I started to lose stamina quick and ended up slowing down and collapsing soon after.

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"Hey. Hey! Hey!" a voice yelled.

I opened my eyes then saw the guy staring down at me. I opened my eyes wide then grabbed his arms.

"Jaehyun. Jaehyun. You're Jaehyun. Please, help me!" I said in a frenzy, speaking in my native despite not knowing if he could even understand me.

"You..." he said with a glare.

I frowned then let him go. Maybe he wasn't Jaehyun. Maybe I had the wrong guy.

"I am Jaehyun. Who are you?" he asked as he handed me a shirt and shorts.

I didn't take the clothes as I disapproved of it's color. Jaehyun placed them on my lap and waited.

"I don't like the color." I said flatly.

"Neither do I." he replied.

Soon the clothing changed color and I happily put them on. I looked at Jaehyun who seemed to be waiting for something.

"I'm Changhyun. That's all I know. How do you understand me anyway? Are you my race too?" I asked, despite not knowing what race that was.

"I guessing so. I want to ask you something." he said before I gave him a nod. "I constantly heard your voice in my head. You said 'If we die, might as well be found together'. What did you mean?"

"How are you so sure it's me? I don't know you. Though, my mind told me to seek you out. You must have answers." I said with a glare.

We bickered back and forth before deciding to just tell each other what we knew.

"I found among trash by Yeonsa, the woman who was with me. It's been 3 months since she's been caring for me. Three circles on my bracelet became white. It was strange as she pulled up a site that had our language on it. It's called Star. I don't know what that means, but there has to be more like us somewhere." he said as he had sat next to me. "What do you know?"

"I don't know what that place is called where you found me, but I was there for a long time. People hurt me and yelled at me in a language I didn't understand. No one was nice to me. I felt like dying, but I knew I had to meet you, so I held on. Three of my circles are black. I don't know what that means." I said as I showed him my bracelet. "Why do we have the same collars and bracelets but in different colors?"

"Yeonsa is researching for me. She's happy to let you stay here with us by the way." Jaehyun said then patted my back.

"I'm hungry..." I said as my stomach rumbled.

Jaehyun left the room then returned with a container of something and a spoon. I took off the lid then tried the strangely cold food. My eyes sparkled as I continued to eat. Whatever it was was delicious.

"What is this?" I asked eagerly.

"They call it ice cream. It's really good, right?" he said as he stole a bite.

"Yes! You get to enjoy this everyday?" I asked with ice cream all over my face.

"No... Yeonsa says it's expensive, so I tend to eat whatever's in the freezer." he said then produced a bag full of plants.

"May I try one?" I asked nicely.

He handed me one and I took a bite. It was surprisingly good.

"Don't eat warm food. It's gross." he said with a disgusted look.

I laughed happily as I started to feel less lonely. I was happy that I was able to find someone like me. It was relieving to know I wasn't alone. I placed the ice cream to the side then gave Jaehyun a hug. I felt a sharp pain in my heart and pulled away. He seemed to have experienced the same thing.

"Do you think we'll learn of who we are...?" I asked as I leaned in to hug him again.

"Hopefully." he said as he leaned out of my reach.