many months after the murders and Hyunjoon's trial...

Things were normal. Things were boring. The buzz had died down a few months ago. It's like none of them ever attended this school. But we knew, we remembered. We had lived through a murderous nightmare that was our friend, Hyunjoon. I had questions that could never be answered. All of them, all 5 of them are dead. Jaehyun only knew so much. Even then, I couldn't contact him. I decided to visit their families and hopefully get to keep a few of their belongings I deemed were worth a look.

"Ah, so you're Kevin." I nodded as Mrs. Sohn let me in. "We already sold the things that were no longer needed and donated his clothes." "Ah, thanks for the heads up." I walked up the stairs then walked down the hall to the last door. I had only been in his room once, and it was short lived as well. I turned the knob and entered. It looked the same as before, except his open closet was now barren and quite a few things around the room were gone. I searched through drawers and shelves for anything that sparked interest. I pulled one book out and another fell to the floor. I picked it up and noticed it wasn't a book he usually read. "Loveless..." I opened it up and saw writing in it. "They really seem to like writing in books..." I flipped through pages then opened up to a bookmarked page. A folded piece of paper was cleverly placed in and I was quick to unfold it.

"If you found this, then you must've figured out my puzzle. Hopefully you could stop me from making a foolish choice. I love...I love who? I don't know who I love anymore." I momentarily stopped reading as I felt confused. There was no date, so who knew when he wrote this. Who were his other options? "I knew it was Hyunjoon. I felt it was Juyeon. I had endured Younghoon. I had desired Haknyeon. I had wanted Changmin. My 5 friends, each gave me a taste of the devil's fruit. I no longer have control of my own life, I'm their puppet now. Could you, possibly stop me from selling my soul to one of these devils? Please...I'm scared." That was it. I flipped it around, held it up to the light, everything. That was it.

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I ended up at Juyeon's home and was let in by his dad. "Didn't think my son had friends. Never brought any home..." I nodded then was directed to his bedroom. "Hope you find whatever you need." I started searching his drawers then ended up in his closet. I found a box and pulled it out. It was filled with pictures of Eric and other random photos. The photos of Eric were either him smiling or him looking up at the camera. I couldn't make heads or tails of the ones of him looking up, but a trend I saw was he had doe-like eyes. "He certainly was whipped, but it's safe to call this an obsession." I dug through and saw folded pieces of paper at the bottom. I took one out and unfolded it.

"I love you Eric. Everyone could see how I drool over you. **** **** **** * **** **** ***** * Your height is adorable, your lips so delectable. **** ********** **** * ** ******** * You excite me in ways I couldn't imagine. Shit." I unfolded the other, but it was just explaining the kind of date they went on one day. I shook my head as I looked once more at his collection. The photos of Eric smiling were pleasing to look at as he seemed genuinely happy. Or was it all a facade?

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I stopped by Hyunjoon's home, but his mom refused to let me in. No matter how hard I begged, she wouldn't budge.

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I sighed as I eventually arrived at Younghoon's. "Huh. He never mentioned you. Oh, he has. Never mind." I mentally face palmed as I finally saw where he got his personality from. I was led to his room upstairs then checked out the room. I found a familiar looking book and realized it resembled Juyeon's. I pulled out the key and felt it unlock. I took off the lock and flipped to the first page.

"He first appeared in my line of sight. I decided then he'd be my friend. He was small, but he had a lot of ambition and determination. Cute lil guy." I skipped ahead a bit and saw that his transition with whoever it was worsened. "He was annoying again today. I wish he'd buzz off, yet he hangs around like an annoying fly. Can't he see I'm cool now? The little shit still lives in past." I skipped more and hoped things got better. "I guess he's useful. Fun to play around with. The fact that he never complains makes it worthwhile. Maybe I should've asked him out. Whatever." I started becoming more confused by the second. What kind of relationship did Eric have with him? From what I've gathered, it seemed like he was a plaything. What happened that Younghoon saw the need to get physical and kill him?

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I knocked on the Ju household door and was shooed away by his mother and older sister. I tried explaining to them without revealing my true intentions and almost ended up in the hospital with a bad concussion.

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I didn't want to, but I had to. Changmin was the last person of the group. Surprisingly, his parents had let me in despite knowing about our break up. "Actually, Chang is upstairs, so you'll have to get through him." "Ah, thanks for the heads up Mr. Ji." "Oh, you're still family Kev, so you can still call me Changgu." I nodded then headed up to Changmin's room.

I knocked on the door and heard him beckon me in. "Oh, this is..." He was sitting on the floor with a book open with a photo and scissors in hand. "Did you...?" "No, I haven't. What's up?" I sat down opposite of him and looked at the book. It was a photo album full of pictures of everyone, even Mr. Jo. "Mind if I...?" "By all means." I flipped to the beginning and didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Just 6 friends smiling and posing. "Hey, when did you notice a change in Eric? Was it just after the party or...?" "Well, he was weird for a while before then. He'd be clinging to Hyunjoon sometimes like his life depended on it. Or he'd be all over someone else and naturally it'd upset Hyunjoon." I nodded as I continued to flip through. The poses had long since disappeared and were replaced with a few of them pretending to give cheek kisses.

"Do you think...Eric possibly wasn't in his right mind?" "That's a possibility. Though, it'd be hard to pinpoint when it could've started." "Why do you think he chose Hyunjoon, despite knowing about his short fuse and jealously?" "If you ask me, Haknyeon would've been the better choice. He was the saint within our group of devils." I nodded then noticed that the pictures had lost their joy. There would be one rare one where they all smiled. I couldn't help but wonder what happened. "Why do you have these photos?" "Even if they're sad memories, they're still memories." "I've been wondering, but, have you ever thought that just maybe Eric provoked Younghoon? Like, they just so happened to be passing by that cliff and-" "Are you suggesting that he wanted to die? Then he would've just jumped off himself."

"I guess..." "There's no real way to know as the 4 people who were there are dead. Whatever happened will forever remain a mystery." "You don't think any of them took a video?" Changmin shook his head then took the book from me. "I'm throwing this out. Is there anything else?" "Yeah. I know, it's been months but...We should talk." He paused mid way in closing his drawer then looked at me. "Alright." He sat back down then crossed his arms. "Have you...found anyone new?" "Possibly." It was expected, but what could I do? We're no longer an item. "Hope it works out." "Mhm." I knew I had made things awkward, but I still wanted him back this whole time. Ever since his last phone call.

"Um, yeah. I really hope he or she treats you right. And, don't cheat on them." "Yep." I proceeded to stand up and leave his room. I closed the door behind then sighed. I must've been crazy enough to think he wouldn't have moved on all this time. "I'm an idiot." I quickly walked downstairs and didn't bother to stop and tell Mr. Ji I was leaving.

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I kicked a rock then thought back to everything I had learned today. The possibility of Eric being their boy toy was high and him slowly losing his sanity was high as well. What started it all? Did his parents know what he was really going through? Why would Hak's and Joon's family refuse to let me in? What did they know? My ringtone had started blaring and I checked the caller ID. "Huh...Hello?" "That's all you had to say?" "Yeah. You looked busy...Do you mind apologizing to your dad for me? I kinda left without saying goodbye." "Why don't you just come back and do it yourself?" "Because..." "Because what? Because I'm here? Because you can't stomach the idea that I'm doing just fine without you?" I was hurt, I was speechless. I hung up. Was that the whole reason he even called me? Just to put me down and make a jab at me? It was obvious that I had started crying and in public at that.

"And now you're crying." "Huh?" I felt someone turn me around then slap me. "You can't just-" He kissed me. I missed the softness of his lips, the way he pulled me closer to deepen the kiss. He pulled away with tears in his eyes. "I couldn't move on even if I wanted to. I'm so fucking in love with you Kevin Moon, ever since I fell on top of you." "Really...?" "Yes really." I held him tight. I never wanted to let go ever again. "I promise, I won't cheat ever again. I'll be more responsible." I gently stroked his hair as we both hid our tear stained faces from the world.

ya! i'm sure you're now wondering what the hell happened between them. weeeelllll, if this story gets to 350 views, i think i'll write that story out.