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“Classes suspended due to some circumstances”
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-Hyunjin-
“Dude, I heard another student went missing”
I can hear the nervous breathes from Jisung, as he speaks with me through the phone.
But- not gonna lie, I’m a bit nervous too.
“Yeah I heard”
I say whispering to the phone.
“This shit is creepy Hyunjin”
“Yeah I know, stop stating the obvious”
“I’m sorry, I’m panicking ok ?!?”
“Just don’t go out of your house so much”
I end the call a little while after saying that, I was trying not to panic but how could I not? Jisung is making it worse… It’s scary… 3 students missing just within a week counting the one today.
The first student to go missing was Hwang Yeiji, a girl from my class… who admitted to liking me during lunch.
The second student to go missing is a boy this time. Kim Seungmin. Same grade but different class, it’s scary because he as well talked to me before going missing, he was giving me chocolates during dismissal and told me about his feelings for me...
The third student is still to be known. I’ll just wait for the announcement.
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“Hyunjin!” I hear my mom calling me from downstairs, I quickly head down to see my mom watching the news.
“This just in! Another student from The Seoul Miroh Institution for Science and Technology High who goes by the name Jang Won-young goes missing. This has been the third student to go missing in this school, and up until now authorities are still trying to figure this situation out…”
Fuck.
That’s the girl who confessed to me yesterday.
All 3 students … confessed to me and went missing a moment after, wait- it could be a coincidence… but what if it’s not?
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“C’mon Jisung pick up” I whisper under my breath, as I pace around my room while trying to contact my friend.
After a long time of waiting, he finally picks up.
“Wassup”
“I’m panicking”
“Is it about the missing students?”
“Yeah…”
“I mean I think everyone’s panicking Hyunjin”
“No- mine’s different”
“Different?”
I take a deep breath trying to calm myself down as I talk to Jisung.
“Those 3 students”
“What about them? I mean aside from the fact that they’re missing”
“T-the day they went missing…they all had confessed to me not long before”
“Uhm- oh no?”
“I’m freaking out Jisung!”
“I don’t see the problem here”
“Jisung what if- what if I’m the next target” I say with a shaky breath.
“Hyunjin- why would you be the next target??”
“I don’t know! Who knows it might be a psycho who’s jealous of me because those people rejected them??”
“Hyunjin that’s dumb- go to sleep… it’s Monday tomorrow, you’re gonna need energy to go to school.”
I was about to say something more when Jisung ended the call. Maybe he’s right, maybe it is dumb… but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen. I’m gonna get to the bottom of this before something worse happens.
Someone has to confess to me tomorrow.
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I wake up to my alarm and I quickly turn it off getting up off my bed.
Heading downstairs I hear the familiar sound of the Town news’ intro.
“Morning mom” I say as I sit down at the table to eat breakfast. She smiles at me greeting me a good morning as well.
“Why are you watching the news again?” I ask her, munching down my cereal.
“I want to see if there are any updates about your schoolmates who went missing”
I nod my head slowly, nervously watching the news.
“You better get home early Jinnie, it’s dangerous out there these days”
“Yes mom”
And finally, the moment we’ve been waiting for….
“This just in, 3 bodies were found chopped up floating by the town river and were soon identified as bodies of the 3 students of The Seoul Miroh Institution for Science and Technology High who recently went missing this week. Authorities still have yet to solve this mystery.”
“Oh my-” I hear my mom gasp covering her mouth, I feel my body tense up, they’re dead….?
It’s not like I was close with them, but I still saw them every day. What were the killer’s intentions?? Did they have a specific reason as to why they killed those students? Or are they just messed up?
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-Jeongin-
Blood, violence, laughing.
“If I can’t have him… no one can”
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-Hyunjin-
Apparently, after seeing the news, a lot of the students decided to not go to school, including Jisung, but- I can’t just sit at home, waiting for the authorities to figure this out. I have to find the killer myself.
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A lot of students were absent, but a fair amount of students still decided to show up. I sat down my seat and waited for class to start.
There were about 15 students in the classroom, and it was just dead silent until the doors swing open revealing a worn-out-looking student who goes by the name Jeongin, he looks like he ran here, he was sweating all over.
He looked flustered, seeing that everyone was now staring at him. He gives a shy smile bowing down and saying sorry.
“Cute” I thought
He goes to the back of the class and sits on the corner of the classroom. I stood up from my own seat and headed in his direction with a roll of tissue paper in my hands.
“Hey Jeongin,” I say smiling at him.
He blushes.
“Ah- hi Hyung”
“Here I have tissues” I handed them to him and took the empty seat beside him.
“Did you run here?”
“Yeah haha, I thought I was late- turns out my clock was just acting up,” He says giggling
Jeongin and I aren’t really close, but we talk here and there because our moms are friends. But most of the time our conversations last for a minute.
“Hey um, I don’t really have anyone to hang out with today, wanna hang later lunch?”
I asked him. He looked surprised, I mean I would be too- because I don’t normally invite him over to lunch.
“Uh- yeah sure”
Just then the doors open once again, but this time it reveals our homeroom teacher. I smile at Jeongin before going back to my seat.
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The fourth school bell of the day rings, meaning it’s time for lunch. I grab my wallet and head over to Jeongin’s desk.
“You ready to go Innie?”
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-Jeongin-
That nickname-
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-Hyunjin-
“Yes let’s go,” He says, grabbing his lunch box.
We walk down the halls, and it was pretty empty. I guess everyone decided to eat lunch in their classroom.
“Let’s go to my locker first I need to put my books down,” I say, changing directions.
Once arriving to my locker I open it to see a letter fall down. I bend down to get it from the floor.
“What is it?” Jeongin asks curiously about the letter
“It’s a letter”
“Is it a love letter?”
“I don’t know… were about to find out”
I open the letter nervously, remembering those missing students.
And it was another confession letter.
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-The letter-
Dear Hyunjin,
Hello~ haha it’s a bit weird to write this kind of letter, but uhm if you don’t mind, could you meet up with me in the school’s sanctuary during lunch? I just have a lot to say.
-Felix
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-Hyunjin-
“You wanna come with me?” I ask him
“Oh uhm- are you sure I-”
“You should come,” I say cutting him off, he nods his head and I grab his wrist dragging him with me to the sanctuary.
We arrive at the sanctuary and there Felix was, waiting for us, he kind of looked upset to see that I brought someone with me.
“Hey Lix”
“Uhm- hi”
Felix and I met when we were in 4th grade so you could say that we were friends. Which is why I was kind of nervous- he might be the next to go missing.
“What did you want to tell me?”
“It’s- it’s kind of private so if you don’t mind could we talk alone?” He said glaring at Jeongin.
“Oh but-”
“It’s ok hyung, I’ll wait for you there behind the pillars,” Jeongin said cutting me off.
Once Jeongin was gone, I turn my head to face Felix again.
“Now can you tell me what the matter is?”
“Yeah- well recently I have uh… been seeing you differently”
“What do you mean by differently?”
Felix pauses for a bit
“Felix if you aren’t gonna tell me, I’m just gonna go,” I say turning around
“I like you!”
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-Jeongin-
“Looks like I found my next victim”
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-Hyunjin-
“Lix what-”
“I’ve liked you for a long time now...I was lying when I said recently”
“Felix, I don’t- I don’t really know what to say”
“You don’t have to say anything! Just- give me a chance?”
If this were anyone else I would’ve rejected them already, but Felix is my friend, and even though I don’t any have romantic feelings for him, I still wouldn’t wanna see him upset. Which is the only reason why I said.
“Ok fine”
I turned my back and looked for Jeongin, and like he said he was behind the pillars, I run to him and smile at him, he smiles back, but his eyes- his eyes they-… I don’t know...they look evil… and yet so pretty.
“What did you guys talk about? If you don’t mind me asking haha” He asked as we walk to the cafeteria together.
“It’s uh- he confessed to me”
“Oh. What did you say?”
“I said things that I’ll probably regret” Jeongin looked confused, and the conversation stopped from there.
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Lunch finally ends and Jeongin and I walk back to our classroom proceeding with our day.
In the middle of last period, I get two texts, one from my mom, and one from Jisung.
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-Hyunjin make sure to come home as soon as class ends ok?- mom
- Yes mom
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-Bro, you actually went to school today??? Are you crazy?”
-Yeah I decided to find the killer myself
-WHAT???-
-HYUNJIN DONT.-
-HYUNJIN??? YOU THERE??-
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I sigh as I turn my phone off putting it in my pocket, I didn’t want anyone stopping me from doing my plans because I was already set on finding the killer myself.
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A minute has passed and the bell finally rang. I grab my bag and immediately went out before anyone else could, I stood behind the pillars me and Jeongin were at earlier and hid there waiting for Felix.
What’s my plan? My plan is to secretly follow Felix and hope to see the killer.
If my plan goes well I would not only catch the killer, but I could also try and keep my friend alive.
And so I stood there behind the pillars, as students start pouring out the school entrance, not much time has passed when finally I spot Felix heading to the school gates, I waited ‘till he got out of the school to start moving, but he was stopped by Jeongin running to him and calling out for his name.
“Felix Hyung!”
I see Jeongin saying something to him and Felix talking back with a smile on his face.
Why are they together? Are they close? They must be...
They both start walking out the gates, and I subtly follow behind them.
They stop at a cafe near the school and they head in as the doors bell chimes. I hide outside behind the bushes not wanting to get caught since the cafe was surrounded by windows, I see them go to the counter and each order a drink, they didn’t stay to drink, which I for one am thankful for, right after they got the drinks they went out, and Jeongin pointed to somewhere and Felix nodded, and soon they were walking to the direction where Jeongin pointed.
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I’m a bit confused- Jeongin had brought Felix somewhere in the middle of the town woods. They shouldn’t be here, especially with the current situation- they could be in danger-
They talked for about 5 minutes as I hid behind the tree, getting more anxious every second, It’s dangerous for the 3 of us to be in the middle of the woods with a killer on the loose. I kept tapping the tree I was hiding behind with my fingers.
Can’t they talk faster? The killer could be here any second.
I waited and waited for them to finish their conversation but they never did. Finally, I had enough, I was about to step in to tell them to go home when suddenly I see Jeongin slowly pull out a knife from his back pocket.
…..
Fuck- is he… Is Jeongin the killer?
I can’t be. It.. it just can’t- He doesn’t have a reason to!
But then why… why does he have a knife… why is he stabbing Felix in front of my eyes.
More importantly. Why am I not stopping him?
I mean how could I- he looks so beautiful right now… blood all over his face with a sinister smile. For every stab- blood spew out, and he was laughing… ever so beautifully.
At this point, Felix is gone- he’s dead, but as much as I want to call an ambulance, I can’t. I’m too busy appreciating how Jeongins eyes widen as he murders my friend.
Suddenly Jeongin stopped. He stood up from the ground and without moving, he spoke.
“Hyung. You can come out now”
My stomach starts to churn. How did he know I was here? Did he know the whole time?
I slowly walk away from the tree I was hiding in.
“Innie... “
Finally, he faces me. With a huge smile on face, the smile he always wears whenever I would see him in school, he looks like he didn’t just murder someone.
“What are you doing here hyung? Are you stalking me?” He says with a teasing voice as he walks closer to me.
“You knew… you knew all along that I was following you?” I say shaking.
“C’mon Hyunjin, you made it very obvious” He winks at me and proceeds to pick up the knife from the ground.
“Innie why- were you the same person who killed those other 3 students?”
….
“Bingo” His eyes have that look again, that sinister yet awfully pretty look.
“Why..?” I say trembling, my whole body stood frozen. He starts playing with the knife in his hands while giggling.
“Because I love you”
“And I would kill anyone who stops you from being mine”
My body calms down. I’m no longer shaking… why am I not shaking? I should be shaking, I’m feeling nervous all over my body, but not the bad kind-
Jeongin had killed people… he killed my friend. And he did it while smiling. Any normal person in this situation would be filled with anger and fear, so tell me… why am I not feeling those? Instead, I feel- happy, loved… and- in love.
Why am I falling in love with Jeongin after everything he’s done?
Maybe it’s the way he’s determined, the way he’d kill anyone just to have me… because from there- I can really feel how much he loves me.
“Innie… I think I’m falling for you too” I say, looking up to his face. For a second he looks surprised, but it was soon replaced with psychotic laughter.
“I killed someone in front of your eyes, and yet you still say that you’re falling for me?”
“Yeah… I- I guess so”
“Hyunjin I’m a monster, I should be in jail.”
I could feel how much he regrets killing those innocent people, I know deep inside that he’s not actually a monster. He just wants the boy he loves to love him back.
Instead of saying anything else, I approach Jeongin, cupping his face, and closing the distance between our lips.
It was perfect.
His lips tasted like metal from Felix’s blood, but I felt so much love as I kissed him. I could feel his hands tangle themselves on my hair, and I inhaled a breath of happiness.
Everything feels right.
“So what do you say we dispose of Lix’s body and head to your house?” I say after we pull apart from the kiss. Jeongin laughs a bit and says
“Did you just invite yourself over to my house?”
“Yes. Yes I did”
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We cut Felix’s body into pieces and burned them with Jeongin’s lighter. We head to his empty house right after, and now I’m sitting down on Jeongin’s couch as he sits on my lap facing me still both covered in blood.
“Hyung are you sure you want to be with me?”
“Innie… how many times do I have to tell you? I don’t care how you are- or how many people you’ve killed. I’m in love with you and you can’t do anything about it.
I hear him sigh a relief as he buries his head on the crook of my neck, I rub his back to reassure him that everything’s fine, suddenly his head goes up again, and he looks into my eyes with so much love.
“Hyung?”
“Hmm?”
“I love you too”
I smile and grabbed his chin, pulling him closer to kiss me.
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-Jeongin-
He finally loves me back...