45 — ADVANCED INTERVAL

better prepare for the worst case scenario.

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eunsang doesn't think that he'll be getting any sleep tonight.

it's not like he's gotten any comfortable hours of sleep the last few days, but at least he remembers himself losing conscience.  that was  enough for him because he finally retrieves a moment of silence, a moment without a single thought in his head, a moment for himself.

his head was somehow split into three, and because of that reason itself his overwhelming thoughts might as well be hard to contain and that he might have to refrain from getting rest anytime soon. his new discovered power has gotten him in shambles, without forgetting the fact that he still got the junho case up in his sleeves, plus a very paranoid daniel that he hasn't heard anything from ever since this morning.

2:19am.

he lays himself on top of his mattress. his body's right there, but his thoughts are everywhere. the ceiling seems to be a more interesting figure than absolute darkness, that's why he hasn't gotten himself to close his eyes. he sighs in conflict, hoping that he could find an end to this soon.

he didn't continue his experiment with seungwoo solely because the older one wasn't 'feeling' like it. it's quite a strange reason at first, but the more he thought it the more he understood why. no matter how close you are to a person, you never want to have them explore the deepest parts of your mind that easily. eunsang offers seungyoun as the gig replacement, but even he was hesitant. that's why they did not continue the session any further.

what happened between him and seungwoo though, it troubled him a lot because though he was supposed to be new by the feeling, he feels like he has done something like that before. the connection, it feels somewhat familiar..

switching bodies, loss of conscience. different perspective.

he sprung up from his bed.

of course, it feels damn familiar!

it feels familiar because it's clearly what's been doing every time he close his eyes. clouded by thoughts, eyes closing, focusing on one particular word..

.. or person.

junho's always in his mind - that is an obvious fact - but he does not entirely occupy it at all times. eunsang can still count the time when he solely focuses his thoughts on the latter, and coincidentally every time he really does that..

he gets a vision of him.

maybe that's a part of his switching bodies power, after all? he easily receives visions from junho without any straight intentions, god knows what happens when he really does yohan's technique properly on him. perhaps he could talk freely as junho, perhaps he'll be fully controlling junho's body, perhaps junho will fully control his body..

he's still bad at this power because he has only officially tried it once (and it wasn't even a very successful attempt) but he thinks that it wouldn't hurt to try. somehow suddenly energized, eunsang straightens his posture and for the first time in hours he closes his eyes, trying to gather his emotions and to focus again. he starts his attempt.

CHA..

JUN..

HO..

he feels like a huge weight suddenly was put on top of his head. he winces in pain, but surprisingly that didn't stop him from chanting junho's name countlessly in his head. the process took longer than he expected, and though he still had his eyes shut gradually he felt his surroundings start to fade into nonexistence, changed into a new scenery he was unable to decipher. it felt harder for him breathe, he feels both of hands restrained, his body felt too weak to even move.

"eunsang,"

junho's voice was enough to caught him off guard. without any further explanation eunsang opens his eyes, and he was quite surprised because now he wasn't exactly in his room, in fact he's not himself at all. he gazes at his surroundings speechlessly.

miss kang stands next to him, unbothered. the woman beside him that he previously saw him in his visions, the one with the surname 'song' written on her name tag, stares at him with both awe and concern. eunsang tries to move both his hands and his feet but he was unable because all of them were somehow attached, chained into the wall. only then he starts to realize that he wasn't exactly in a desirable position to be in. he had his whole body pinned on a wall without anything else to secure his back, it is everything but comfortable.

"how are we supposed to move him, miss..?" the woman asks unsurely.

"call security, call anyone on shift." miss kang commands her.

"but miss-"

"now."

though hesitant, the older yet less experienced woman scurries her way out of the room, calling anyone up to help. miss kang instead trails her attention towards 'junho' who was now portrayed by eunsang. she gazes at him in delight as if to say he's the first meal she had for weeks. "and now you.. really thought you managed to get some rest there, your eyes were closed for straight two minutes."

eunsang really wanted to curse her under his breath, but he can't seem to say so. he was still adjusting with junho's body and considering his condition was still as frail as feather, there was nothing that he could do. not so long after that the other woman comes into the room bringing a man twice the height as her. the man quickly does what he's been told, which is to get junho's body off the wall and to carry him to the distinct sofa chair that was placed in the middle of the room. again, eunsang tried his best to attack but his body coordination wasn't kicking in just yet. he tries to summon electricity from his skin just like what junho use to do, but it wasn't like he knew junho's technique and his way to package his powers. instead he does what he's been told and safely was placed on the strange looking chair.

his hands are strapped unto the armrests. he looks up to his left, gags at the horrible sight of miss kang smiling at him mischievously. "thank you, sir." the other woman mentions as the guy leaves, already done with his job.

miss kang did not bare to even miss a single detail. she keeps gazing at junho intently. "mrs. song," she gestures at the ceiling, and the other woman understood her immediately.

a strange looking head piece falls out of the ceiling right on top of junho. mrs song carelessly makes her way towards him as she proceeds to put it on the boy's head, making sure it does not fall out in the process. eunsang had no idea what exactly was put on top of him, all he knew was that it's from metal and that it's heavy.

miss kang crosses her arms, grinning slightly. "i guess we're just moments away from our new discovery, mrs song."

mrs song nods innocently. "would you like me to turn this on, miss?"

"yes. and please set it on the highest percentage," she answers confidently.

"immediately?"

she nods. "i want to see how his body reacts."

eunsang gulps nervously. the headpiece on top of him was one thing, but he hates to see how confident the woman really is, it makes her look more threatening. considering this is happening inside junho's body, theoretically he won't feel the pain, but again, this is going to directly affect junho.. wherever he is.

"alright, on three." the woman says after she finish clicking on some buttons.

eunsang panics. i gotta think fast.

"three,"

miss kang gazes at him.

"two,"

she's literally right here and he hasn't heard anything from daniel. where is daniel?

"one!"

he opens his mouth. "kang daniel!"

miss kang's eyes widen. "alright wait, stop!"

but it was too late. eunsang had zapped back into his own body in a split second, and he didn't get the chance to see what happened next. the next thing he knows he's back to his bedroom, lying on his bed that feels more comfortable now after getting pinned on a wall. he scans his surroundings, disappointed by the sudden change of scenery. he gets up from the bed and turns on the lights, his head spinning because of his wild thoughts. it wasn't long for him to realize the memo pad he had on his side table isn't blank as it appeared to be a while ago. the moment he read what was written on it, he feels his whole body striking on adrenaline. without thinking twice, lee eunsang runs out from his house whilst still wearing his night outerwears, a pinch of hope and anxiety appears on his face.

what exactly was written on the paper that immediately stroke his nerves?

it was an address written in junho's handwriting.

aijewon street 12/1W
2 blocks from school

junho

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