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Saeran is missing.
It's been four hours since he last messaged you, and you haven't experienced your love being out of touch for so long since you left Magenta. You are used to and attached to being with each other for long periods of time, you like to stay together and breathe the same air of space even though you are doing different things.The presence of each other in your sight always makes you feel at ease and happy. You often look up and see him looking at you, and you happen to be looking at him too - this little moment of happiness fills your time and makes you more content to be attached to each other.
Phone calls, which don't work, even when you run to the corner of the island, closest to the mainland - the signal on the island is poor, which is one of the reasons you are never far from each other. "Where the signal can't reach, I can easily reach you." You remember Saeran saying this, looking at you with tenderness and touching your cheek with his hand. You reached each other in loving touches and kisses, reached the deepest part of each other, and stayed forever, you were sure of that, and so was Saeran. But when you do lose contact with him, you feel so panicked for the first time.
You try to contact him on the radio, and the only sound you hear is a cacophony of electricity, making you even more anxious and distracted. You long for his embrace at this moment, for the tenderness that he can look at you with those mint-colored eyes. You begin to regret beyond words your decision to agree to let him go out alone this morning.
"MC, you're too tired, just leave the work to me today." That's what you remember him saying to you, when you were still lying in bed, sleepy-eyed, while his arms were propped on either side of your body, planting several soft kisses on your forehead. You had just spent an infinitely lingering night the night before, and although your memory was still a little fuzzy from sleepiness, your body remembered the marks he had left.
"Well... Saeran... then you have to come back early."
The thoughtful and passionate lover takes care of everything for you and leaves you a sumptuous breakfast table. But... the feeling of happiness needs the presence of the other person to continue, and as time goes by, you have grown to regret and blame yourself. Why did not go with him today?! You used to be with him all the time... Today the sun's light outside is very hot and Saeran's body is a bit fragile and sensitive, what if he gets hurt? What if he gets heatstroke and faints? Countless bad thoughts come to your mind, you fear what happened in Magenta - when you suddenly can not reach him, he is experiencing inhuman pain and suffering, and you can not get to him in time to give him comfort, soothe his wounds.
In addition to you and him, there are only a few households and a small clinic on the whole island. But you still can't be content to stay where you are, you searched the island for everyone except you, asking them as soon as you met them, "Where is Saeran?" But everyone first looks at you with astonishment, then shakes their heads regretfully, and no one has even seen where he is.
It's even getting dark, but Saeran is still missing. You connect to the Internet with your network card and contact your friends at RFA, knowing that they are far away and that it's a weekday and may not be able to help immediately, but you are in a state of extreme helplessness and need their comfort very, very much.
While you were able to remain calm when talking to the others, you finally burst into tears when talking to Jaehee.
"I hate myself for not being with him, Jaehee, I really... "
If he didn't show up, you would really hate yourself for the rest of your life.
"Saeran!"
When you saw the figure coming towards you in the shimmering light under the dark starry sky on the same road you often walked together, you ran towards him against all odds, almost slamming your body into his arms and howling.
"Where did you go... I couldn't find you, I thought I'd never see you again... "
"MC!"
He was startled by your sudden sobbing and breakdown, and hastily patted you on the back, trying to settle you down quickly
"My radio comm is broken... I tried to fix it, but it seems to have burned out parts."
"Why don't you go home!"
You can't care about your own crying some wretched cheeks, half worried, half reproachful asked him.
"I've been looking for you for 4 hours... no, it's almost 5 hours now!"
A gesture of holding you close puts you into a great relief, as if something is slowly healing, as if it's that comforting itch when a wound scars, as if a kitten is gently licking your palm with the tongue of its rough little tongue.
Saeran leaned into your ear and said to you in an apologetic tone, "I thought I'd finish my work and go back, I'm sorry... I must have worried you, I made you suffer, didn't I? My MC, I'm sorry..."
It reminds you that you're the one who should be blaming himself - you spent the day in guilt and released that guilt on him the moment you saw him again.You bury your head, rubbing your arm against his, and whispering your apologies to him as well:
"No, it's my fault... I should have been with you, Saeran, I couldn't let you act alone. We are on the island and not in the city, there is not much people here, if something happens to you, no one will know, I have to stay with you is right. It's my fault..."
"MC..."
He also lowered his head, you couldn't see his face in the dim light, but his silhouette was exactly the way you loved so much, and the color in those twinkling, beautiful eyes that
"You are so worried about me, you really love me so much... I am so happy and blessed. You know, I grew up, even my mother, even Rika never worried about me because I disappeared out of thin air... but you care so much about me... ah, I must be the happiest person in the world because you love me so much. "
"Stupid..."
You didn't expect him to start gloating about your concern for him at this point, but on second thought, that really is the way Saeran thinks. He loves it when you value him, when you care so much about him, when you treat him like he's the most important person in the world.
"Of course I love you, you are the one I love most..."
"I won't let you worry anymore, I promise, my princess."
He gave you a quick kiss on the forehead, then took your hand and shook it mischievously, smiling like a child,
"Let's go back, as compensation, it will be a very nice and pleasant night."
"What will it be?"
You cast him an expectant look. Your lover is always good at creating all sorts of romantic surprises, he was born for it, wasn't he?
Saeran blinks as the moon slowly creeps up into the treetops, shining on the side of his pretty face, and you immediately know that he himself is back with you unharmed - the perfect gift to make up for it.
"Stay tuned, Princess."