Keonhee burst into the room in hysterics. Sangyeon managed to calm him down and get him to speak legibly. "Its an emergency..."

Soon the room filled with people. "Another fake emergency?" Keonhee glared at Hwanwoong, but kept his cool. "Kevin didn't come back last night." Everyone started whispering amongst themselves. "Quiet. Let him finish." Everyone gave Keonhee their attention. "I got a weird message too..." He held up his phone.

Keonhee looked close to tears again. "Kevin not a coward? That's laughable." Chanhee had struck. If it wasn't one it was another. "Someone is just pranking us. Those two are jokesters anyway." Everyone nodded in agreement with Geonhak. I looked at Youngjo who had his eyes closed. In both meetings, not once has he spoken. That could ring true for others, but I pointed him out as he had his eyes closed the last time as well. "This is not just a prank! I know Kevin!" We all heard someone sneer and another chuckle quietly. It belonged to Jaehyun and Younghoon.

Jaehyun spoke up first. "You said you know him, right?" "Yeah. I do." "Then I guess you know that he stole your girlfriend then broke up with her an hour later?" Keonhee's face began to fill with doubt. "And remember when you told me that you came back late drenched in rain water because Kevin was too far and too busy to get you? It was such a cruel lie. He was able to get you in fact." Keonhee had ran out the room filled with mixed emotions. We talked amongst ourselves and I took the opportunity to approach them.

"Hey Chang." "Did he really?" "The latter, yes. The former, no. Keon's girl was just trash." I sat down then asked why did they lie. "To see if he did know him best. And judging from how he reacted, I'd say Keon's been doubting him." They could've been nicer with it. "Did Kevin go out with everyone yesterday?" "Yeah." "Could you take me there?" They nodded.

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"Then he said he wanted to stay a bit longer. No one had stayed with him." I looked around, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. "It's just like Eric's. Hardly anything to go off of." I frowned as Younghoon had a point. Whoever it was cleaned up well. No one was perfect and should leave behind some evidence, but this person was a different breed. "Ready to head back?" "Yeah. I'm going to need everyone to start speaking up or else we might have another victim." They shook their heads then led the way back to the motel. Who was targeting our group and for what reason? There was hardly anyone around here. I doubt anyone knew us.

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I woke up from my slumber then checked the time. It was past 1:40 in the morning. I was about to go back to sleep when I heard small creaks out in the hall. Common sense told me to stay put, but I still ended up going anyway. "Keonhee...?" His face looked tired as if he hadn't been able to sleep. "You're up?" I nodded then followed him down the stairs. He exited the building then sat on one of the benches. I followed suit. "Kevin means a lot to you doesn't he?" "Yeah..." I slowly reached out to pat his head. I drew back as he didn't seem like he wanted to be touched. "Thought we knew each other...I guess I was the dumb fool." "I'm sure there was a reason why, Keon..."

He looked at me then laughed quietly. He kept laughing then shook. "What reason could he possibly give that would make sense? I nearly died that day. Until now, no one knew that." His body continued to shake. I didn't know how to comfort him. So I just hugged him. That caused him to sob. There was more to this than what he let on. "You can let go now." I let him go then watched him sit forward. "This probably isn't a prank. And they might be in danger. But no one takes us seriously, Jaehyun and I. And you too. I've heard it. Then laughing at how you want to play detective for an obvious prank. They even imitated you. I hope one of them ends up missing too so they could see it's not just a prank."

Keonhee's tone of voice was firm. He really did mean for it to happen. "I'm sorry to have dragged you out. You must be tired." "It's fine. I followed you anyway." He stood up then looked at me. "Be careful though. You might end up in trouble yourself. And we, Jae and I, might not be there to help." "Understood." He patted my head then smiled. "He'd be proud." "He who?" Keonhee quietly left his seat and went back inside. Who was he referring to? Little did we know someone was watching us from afar.