Kim soleum had woken up late for school! Oh no! He change in a  rush and threw everything he needed in his backpack before bolting put the door. Ah he forgot something.

“Bye Mom! Bye Dad!”

“ █ye█d██r!”

“B██.”

He opened the door of his home and left.

Luckily his school wasn’t too far from where he lived. He ran and ran until he reached his destination. He was just in front of his school gate and decided taking some time regaining his breath. After a few moments of break he ran once to his classroom.

He opened the door to his classroom luckily he wasn’t super late to the point the teacher  started the lecture. There were still some empty chair, his included. He took his usual sets near the window and back of the classroom.

“Soleum are you okay you came a bit later then usual?” The voice belonged to one of his classmates and a close friend of his. Their name was ██████.

“I’m okay…Just got done...running...sorry...can't speak...right now…” Running three stories wasn’t really the best thing to do for his body.

“Haha. Make sure to take the time to rest then, we have P.E right after…” she laughed quietly.

They both converse in various topics as they waited for the teacher to arrive. When the bell ranged and the door opened, their home room teacher entered along side a new man, but the man face was ████. Weird why can’t I see it?

“Wow he’s so handsome…”

“What a looker…”

…

His classmates were chatting on the man looks.

“Everyone! This is your new gym teacher! His name is ███████.”

After the short introduction, the teacher started on the lesson.

——

“Waaah finally it’s the end… I thought class would never end…”

“Yeah same, thought the teacher would never end his yapping…”

Kim Soleum and his friends headed to the gym.

“Hey, what are we doing in P.E. today?” he asked.

“Mmm. I think volleyball?”

They went to volleyball and played.

His monotonous school continues as such. 

——

“Hey K█m█S██eum, can you hold this?” A classmate handed him a stopwatch during running class.

“Sure.” He slipped it into his pocket.

…?

He felt something soft and plush inside. Pulling it out, he found a small pink bunny plushie, no bigger than his hand.

Huh. Since when did I have this?

——

When he walked back home he put his hand onto his pocket once again  and took  out the plush pink bunny.

It’s really cute…

——

The teacher introduced a new transfer student, he looked quite different his face was whycantiseeineedtowakeuprightnowrightnow — and he was quite tall compare to his classmates, was he a foreigner?

“Ah Br█n you can sit… behind K█m█S██eum.

Kim Soleum looked up from his notebook to take a good look at this guys face. Huh he was actually handsome. Wait no! Kim Soleum mind your own business…

The boy sat right behind him. 

——

Over the following weeks, Br█n quickly became part of their friend group. He was charming, attentive, and always seemed to know exactly what to say. They started talking more. During lunch, after school, even walking home together sometimes. Br█n listened patiently when K█m█S██eum complained about waking up late or being scared of the dark. He brought extra snacks “by accident” and remembered his favorite drinks.

They were so close that K█m█S██eum even invited him to his house to hang out and have some fun. Maybe they could watch a movie…

——

That weekend, they sat on the floor of K█m█S██eum’s room, snacks scattered around them, a movie playing on the screen.Br█n was unusually close. Their shoulders brushed every time one of them reached for popcorn

“I like you.”

“…what?”

Br█nleaned in, gently taking K█m█S██eum’s hand and pressing a kiss to the back of it, then held it to his cheek —waitisthattrulyafaceicantseemtovisualiseitineedtowakeupineedtowakeupineedtowakeupineedtowakeup.

“Accept me as I accept you. Let’s live in sorrow and in joy together.”

Br█n’s face drew closer. K█m S██eum’s vision began to distort. For a split second, he saw something wrong — a TV screen where a face should be, static flickering violently.
MyeyescantcomprehendMyeyescantcomprehendMyeyescantcomprehend —

“Mr. Roedeer?”

Huh? Where have I heard that name?

“Hmm. Are you finally beginning to wake up?”

What’s happening. My head hurts so much…

“ it was quite painful to watch you in that condition. I had to come help you like a good friend. Though I’m surprised that actually worked…”

The head got closer.

Good friend? Why does that sound so —wakeupwakeupwakeupwakeupwakeupwakeup wakeupwakeupwakeu —

And Closer.

“So, do you accept me?” 

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And with that he was sucked into Braun’s TV head.

——

He woke up in a familiar studio set.

[The exit’s right there, my good friend!]

Ah. I remember now.

He had fallen into that darkness and must have gotten contaminated fast. His memories had deteriorated almost immediately. Section Chief will probably  throw him back into counseling room again…

The hallway stretched out and at the end was an exit door. He remembered in the < Darkness Exploration Records > some darkness had an exit door and lead to a safe way out.

[ But. ]

 [ You’re not leaving me. ] 

….What?

Ah. Shit. He escape a darkness just to find himself trapped in another one…

—— Extra ——

“Hey…”

[ Yes! Are you in need of something? ]

“That gym teacher that was… Lee jaheon right? But how come he disappeared after some days?”

[ I kicked him out of course !]