I glance at the two guys being dragged by other bulky, huge men. I run towards them, immediately recognizing who the taller guy is. The same defenseless male and a strong, taller male who tries to do his best to fight.

Joshua and Mingyu.

I halt in my steps, as I see Joshua being beaten to the floor. He coughs excessively, with blood pouring out of his mouth. What the fuck is going on?!

I look to see Mingyu getting on his knees, groaning in pain as he whimpers, "I don't know who you are talking about?"

The other guys smirk and mock Mingyu, as I bite my inner lip angrily. If I interfere, I'm causing more trouble to myself. The dark, fluffy clouds are still covering the morning sun, as the cold hair messes my hair up. I look over at Joshua, whose lying on the floor as Mingyu looks helpless.

I clench my hands before I hear Seokmin calling my name,running up behind me. He looks at me, then at the men who are near by the shore. Seokmin rubs his eyes, trying to see if he's seeing things correctly and gasps loudly. He whispers behind me, "Shouldn't we call for help?!"

I look over at him and reply back, "Then I'm going to be caught-"

"WHERE IS HE?!"

My statement is interrupting as the men punch Mingyu down as well, as he lays next to Joshua, both coughing and clutching their sides. They both groan at the pain, being lifted up again. I could see Joshua's face all marked up with bruises and bright red blood spouting all over his face. Seokmin almost throws up at the site, as he bends over to not see the horrid image.

"We need to stop them from hurting Joshua and Mingyu.."
"You know them?"
"You know them as well."
"I do?"

Seokmin looks confusingly as me, as I ruffle his brown bangs to ensure him that it is okay that he lost memory of them. I ask with full worry, "Where's Seungkwan?"

"He is about to leave to go for his next schedule."

I can't let my friends be beaten, so I turn to Seokmin and quickly reply, "I need to stop them from hurting my friends. If I don't make it back.....it was nice meeting you once again Seokmin.. where you wouldn't get hurt."

Seokmin looks confusingly at me, as I push him towards the ground, so that he wouldn't chase after. He yells my name loudly, so that I could maybe look back at him. But I know that I can't go back now, it's my only way to meet Mingyu and Joshua once again. I grab the knife from my backpack, running towards the gang members. I then kick one of the men on the back, as the latter shouts, "What the fucking hell?!"

Joshua and Mingyu look up in fear at me, as they couldn't even look at me properly. I toss my cap aside, standing in front of them, saying, "This is excessive violence."

I glare my eyes angrily at the men, as one of them shout, "He's the culprit! We found him! I didn't expect this at all!"

I angrily and furiously swing the knife in front of me, as they take a step back. Joshua and Mingyu look up confusingly at me, as they didn't understand what was going on. I sigh to myself, as Joshua spit out, "W-who are you...?"

I gulp down the words of "I'm your friend" and reply instead, "I'm here to help you guys."

Mingyu restlessly tries to stand up, replying with confidence, "I can fight for myself."

But he's immediately hit back down, as he gets hit on the back with a huge baseball bat. He shrieks with pain, as he falls on top of Joshua's legs, as Joshua groans with pain as his legs are numb now, unable to move. I shout angrily, "Don't hurt them!"

The men all sneer and laugh bitterly at me, as I start to attack each of them. I guess I learned some fighting skills as I am able to dodge easily and fight back, as slowly Joshua and Mingyu crawl to the beach waters. I could hear Mingyu getting up and trying to attack the men from the top, as Joshua aims for the legs as he couldn't get up easily. I manage to stab some of them, but they were able to fight me as I was being hit and attacked as well.

After a few hits, I get pushed to the ground, rolling near next to Joshua and Mingyu. Mingyu angrily spits out, "Who the hell are you? And you think you're so confident in fighting them and winning."

I roll my eyes, as I know that the same Mingyu that bickers with me is still within this Mingyu. Joshua is quiet and still like rock, with his face being buried into the sand. Mingyu weakly taps the latter's shoulder, "Hyung..."

Joshua didn't seem to reply, as I see that his back isn't moving. Oh please don't tell me...

I look up to see the men crowding us, as I know that we have reached our ends. But I know Seokmin would never listen to me, as I hear police sirens from afar. I look at Mingyu, who is barely crying as his face is all bloodied up, but he keeps trying to get Joshua awake, who isn't responding anymore. I look at Mingyu, and say, "I'm Jeon Wonwoo, and I guess this is the end."

Mingyu scoffs weakly at me, as the shallow shore crashes onto Joshua's body, slowly his dead corpse starts moving towards the water. Mingyu turns around, and tries to follow after, but he couldn't move because of his given up legs, I start following Joshua inside the water, as I pull Mingyu along with me.

He weakly says, "What are you doing?!"

Knowing that the end is near for me anyways, I ask with no hope, "You want to be caught by the police or not?"

Mingyu seems to be deep in thought, as the body of Joshua still slowly drifts into the water even more. Without a word, he has left the earth. And I get more patient as I see the officers coming near.

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