Day Eight

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Soonyoung hands me a cup of warm water, and the silence between us is strong. I don't know what else to talk to him about. He also hands me some clean pair of clothes, telling me to change out of them. I nod sadly, changing out of the clothes I was wearing in the corner of the cave.

He takes the dirtied clothes from my shivering hands and throws it with no hesitation into the fire. I watch as the darkly blood stained clothes burn slowly away.  He looks away towards the brightness of the sun, and says, "The creator only cares for wanting to end the game. Making time go fast is pretty interesting."

Soonyoung sits down next to me, watching the fire continue on. I look at him desperately and ask, "How do you restore..."

Soonyoung interrupts carefully, "Look at me.......the creator of the game just wants to destroy the mind that you carry in your heart. I'm only few survivors from the game..."

He looks up at the sun, and adds, "It's hard to get over..... the nightmares are so vivid, that I can't imagine more about them. This is why I escaped here."

I look at the floor of the cave, swallowing the dry lump of my throat. As I know if I kill Soonyoung, how will I survive more in this game? Soonyoung hands me a small plate, full of vegetables and dried fish.

I eat as fast as I could, not leaving a single crumb behind. I close my eyes heavily as I feel sleep finally seeping into my body, I haven't fully rested ever since I have robbed that bank. At least, Soonyoung is here to protect us from the society that is now after me. After finally getting some sleep, maybe about 5 hours, I wake up to the chirping of the birds that is echoing around the cave. I see Soonyoung resting against the opening of the cave, as I sit up, realizing that Soonyoung had covered my body with blankets and also grass, along with his clothes.

I confusingly stand up, rubbing my eyes as I yawn. I greet Soonyoung as his back is facing me, and say, "Morning Soonyoung."

But there isn't a response from Soonyoung, so I figure that he's probably dozing off. After 20 minutes, I finish the small meat and salad that he has left for me. I decide to see if Soonyoung is really sleeping, as I tap his shoulder, "Hey, Soonyoung?"

His body falls backwards onto the ground of the cave, and I jump in surprise. My hands tremble as I look at the shocking disfiguration of Soonyoung's dead face. I gasp in horror, shivering tremendously. He is clutching onto a piece of paper, and I grip it out of his hand, opening the crisp paper. It read:

You are killing all of your friends. Let's see, who will survive.

I know exactly the person behind this, as I bite the inner part of my lip, causing it to bleed. The huge knife mark that is struck on his forehead with the blood slowly drying up. His eyes are shut tight, as if he didn't want me to experience his dead body with more terror. I stand from the cave, stumbling backwards as I see the havoc in front of me. I realize how Soonyoung has cuts and wounds on his body now, with a knife thrown next to him.

There must be at least 10 dead bodies that are lying in front of the cave. I swallow the dry lump; my mind is filled with a tornado. Soonyoung must have fought all of them, before finally being defeated. I look up to the bright sun, as the sun mocks me for my stupidity. I need to find my parents now, my friends' lives are all gone. I only have Joshua, Mingyu, Seungkwan, and Seokmin left....but I need to know if my parents can recognize their son. I dash out of the cave after placing Soonyoung's body under the rocks and dirt to cover him.

I hold onto the knife, as I continue to run down the woods. Nothing scares me more now, I just need to find everyone and need to make sure of their existence. I find my way towards city, being cautious as now I am a wanted culprit of the death of Seungcheol, and for escaping jail. I run towards the direction of the city where my family resides at. I steal a black cap, changing into a red shirt and black jeans. I grab a small backpack from the same store, placing my dirty clothes and my knife in there. I hurry out of the store before the owners realize it's me.

Finding a lost wallet, I am able to get a cheap bus ticket with the few crisp dollars inside. All the theft that I am taking place with, I bite my own lips as I know this is going against my own morals. Arriving to the bus stop that is nearing my city, I run out of the bus as I realize a lot of people are staring at me, wondering why I keep hiding my eyes with the long bangs that are growing down my face.

Hesitating to ask others for the exact location, I try my best to guess where my house could be. Running towards the small, white apartment complex that I recognize as my home, I do my best to be careful of the cameras around the elevators. Finding the apartment number that my family would live in, I knock on the door that says, "17-3".

I pray inside the my head, as the door opens to reveal someone that I didn't expect to be there. The bitter tears that have been holding in my eyes for so long, finally falls down my dry cheeks as I try not to make too much noise. Causing noise, can get me caught, which I didn't want to be caught the most in this moment. The loving hands pull me inside the house, as the tender, wrinkled hand touches my cheek to wipe the tear stain away. The hand brushes the long bangs on my forehead, removing my hat to make sure my eyes can be seen more properly.

"W-Wonwoo...?"

"G-grandma..."

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A-N: Is this too confusing ? I'm sorry for another death ;-;
Give me time to breatheeeeee as I'm very angst these days but I don't know how to express it with words or language -.-

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