He told me to me in the pale moonlight. So I did.

To be honest I don't know who he was. Or what he was doing in my dreams. But something about him reeled me in like a helpless fish.

I couldn't see his face, but I was drawn to his beauty either way.

The memory of it is blurry. All I remember was chasing a small glowing orb until it led me to a cliffside. The sun was setting and the orb transformed into something much more detailed. It turned into something of a human. But much much more beautiful.

They said being turned to me, face blurred. "Come find me, Gyu. Meet me in the pale moonlight." I could only nod. No words came out of my throat. Next thing I knew, I didn't feel anything below my feet and I was falling.

"HOLY SHIT." That interaction was too surreal to be called a 'dream'. It's been years since I've seen the figure, nor the orb. I keep seeing it in my dreams. Everywhere i go reminds me of it. And i just can't shake the feeling nor let go of it.

"Hey Min! Did you dream about the mysterious figure again?" That was my best friend, Seokmin.

"Yeah you seem shaken up, here take some fruit." And that was my other best friend, Minghao. They were the friends I was closest to. I have known them since we were kids. They also knew about the dreams and memories. Apparently after the memory, they found me in the remote woods near the playground. They said I had gone missing, and us being kids, that shook them up quite a lot.

"It's fine, we're all used to it, so stop acting like it's a rare occurrence" I tried to shake off the tired paranoid feeling and focus on lunch. Seokmin only sighs to that. Suddenly someone sat next to him.

"There's gonna be new kids you know?" Seungkwan, a popular kid who's all in it for gossip, is one of our other friends.

"Where did you hear that from? How many?" Seokmin, curious, asked.

"Mr. Jin told me, he wanted our group to tour them. Also there are 4? One of them is Chinese like Ming Ming, and two of them are American" he nudged Minghaos shoulder.

"I told you to stop calling me that! I'm older than you." Seungkwan only laughs and hugs Minghao even further. Suddenly I feel a sudden wave of calmness wash over me. The room feels slightly colder too.

It was the next day already and I dreaded school. The memory came back in the form of dreams, again. This time it hit me harder. Why? Why was the dream suddenly more clear than usual? I almost got to see the figure's face.

No time to think about it, Seokmin and I had just called me over to the front office.

"The new kids are entering soon, so we're all gathering to tour them." Seungkwan explained, "Aight bet" I shrugged and changed the course of my attention to the principal's office, where the said kids are.

As the door opened, the cold air arrived again. It hit me like a heat wave in summer but right now it was spring and the wave was cold. The first few guys that had stepped out didn't seem familiar but the last one..

I talked to the new kids and got to know them. The Chinese one was named Jun and he had blonde hair, i think Minghaos likes him because he kept staring. For the Americans, there was this Joshua guy who was a whole 2 years above us. That didn't stop Seokmin from trying to flirt with him. It didn't seem like it but i think they'll be more than friends in the future. The other American was names Hansol, but he told us to call him Vernon. When Seungkwan saw him, there was this look in his eyes... Was he shocked? I don't think so... Whatever it was, ill squeeze the secrets out of him later.

The last guy though... His name was Wonwoo and he was a full blood Korean. Whenever he talked, it felt like the cold wind was tickling my neck. But it was comforting, and I felt really... Familiar and drawn to him.

The group eventually split throughout the day because of the classes, but not me and Wonwoo. Somehow our schedules were exactly the same. I didn't think too much of it, that's for sure.

The day flashed by and next thing I knew, me and Wonwoo were the only ones from our group who were going home. The rest had lessons or were helping the new kids. I was talking to Wonwoo while walking and showing him around the neighbourhood when he stopped walking and looked at me.

"Wonwoo? Is there something wrong?" I stopped walking too. Is he okay? He seemed... Blank.

"I told you to come look for me under the pale moonlight. Where were you?" He spoke, and I shivered.

"How did you-" before I could continue, he dashed off in the direction of the remote woods. Without thinking, I ran after him. How was he so fast? He didn't seem like a runner.

He was so fast, I lost track of him. I was calling his name out in the woods. "WONWOO? COME ON THIS ISNT FUNNY!" I yelled my lungs out and searched frantically. Then in the corner of my eye, I saw it. The orb.

"Huh? Figure? Is that you? WAIT UP!" I yelled as the orb ran away. It led me to the familiar cliff, then it happened. It transformed into the figure. The figure ive been searching for in my dreams. In my memories.

The figure was dressed the same way I remembered. White blouse, with flowy white dress pants. There was fabric draped all over the figure's body, and it was flowing everywhere. The figure turned around and...

"Wonwoo?" The face wasn't blurry anymore. "Gyu... You finally found me. I waited so long..." I saw a tear roll down his face and took a step closer, trying to reach out.

"I tried looking, I swear! But every time I did, I got lost and ended up in my bedroom!" I gasped. The air was eerily colder and I felt my eyes threaten to water.

"It's alright. I forgive you, Gyu. But now you have to wake up, and meet me under the pale moonlight."

I woke up. But it wasn't my room. Nor the cliffside. In fact... It was a hospital? And Wonwoo was crying?

"Gyu! You finally woke up! You've been in a coma for so long! We were 7 and now we're 17! 10 Years you've been asleep!" What? That whole thing was a dream? My whole life was... a dream? Just like that?

Suddenly Minghao, Seokmin and the rest of my friends came into the room. My body didn't even feel weak anymore. Even if everyone was panicking, I felt... Relieved. The coldness washed over me for the last time and I looked at Wonwoo. He was beside me, holding my hand.

Then I looked at the moon. It seems like the moon tonight was pale. Just like he told me it would be.