Title : TRICKSTER [3/?]
Author :
iluv_wonjaeminPairing : Myungsoo/Sunggyeol
Rating : PG-15 (for mature content)
Genre : Angst, Thriller
Summary : Sungjong is dead, leaving Sunggyeol in a hazy maze. But, HE hasn't stopped. HE needs more. And now, HE goes after someone from the remaining six.
“No! Tell me it’s not happening!”
Sunggyeol double-sizes his eyes as he looks at the scene before him; his nightmare is indeed happening. Sungjong isn’t here. There isn’t any sign of him here either.
As expected, Dongwoo who is magically awakened by Sunggyeol’s voice starts to open his eyes and rub them sleepily.
“What’s going on here? Sunggyeollie? Why are you here?” he asks.
But Sunggyeol is just too perplexed to answer. He only stands there, looking at the two sleepy guys with unreadable expression on his face. In the other place, Hoya is still trying to sit properly on his bed.
Sunggyeol frantically dashes out the room without words, leaving the two dumbfounded guys exchanging confuse looks before going back to sleep.
Meanwhile, Sunggyeol goes to his shared bedroom with Myungsoo. Once he’s there, as expected, Myungsoo has already woken up and is currently making his bed. His smile breaks after knowing Sunggyeol’s presence there, but it dies down straight away after seeing Sunggyeol’s pale face.
“What happened, baby?” he walks closer and cups both of his lover’s warm cheeks.
Sunggyeol doesn’t answer him; he keeps on looking Myungsoo’s eyes directly, still with his unreadable expression. Because of the -somehow- uncomfortable stare, Myungsoo initiatively breaks the strange gaze and manages to let out words.
“Come here, sit…” he drags Sunggyeol to sit on the bed while caressing his back, “What’s wrong?”
Sunggyeol obediently follows Myungsoo’s order; he sits on the bed, looking at the empty space, emotionless.
“Hey, are you okay? Yeollie-ah?” Myungsoo shakes his lover’s body softly. But, Sunggyeol still doesn’t budge, he keeps staring at nothing. Myungsoo begins to panic so he gently pats on Sunggyeol’s cheeks, trying to bring his Sunggyeol back to reality, “Yeollie?? Hey…hey…look at me.”
It is a dead silence between the two, since Sunggyeol doesn’t respond to any of Myungsoo’s light tap or his angelic voice; when suddenly, Sunggyeol speaks up his first words after a long suffocating silence, “It repeats again…”
It is so soft and barely audible that Myungsoo hardly hears it, “What?”
Sunggyeol slowly turns his head towards Myungsoo, giving a spine-chilling sensation to the latter, “It repeats again, Myung-ah…”
“Huh?” Myungsoo frowns, totally blank about every word Sunggyeol blurts out.
“He’s back…” Sunggyeol utters. And now, Myungsoo’s head is really spinning like crazy.
“Who’s he?” He asks. Deep down his heart; he doesn’t want to ask who is the HE exactly. He has this bad feeling already.
“He wants to trick us all…” Sunggyeol continues, still setting his eyes to the younger, emotionless.
“What? I…I don’t catch what-“
“He hunts us all, Myung-ah…” Sunggyeol hurriedly cut Myungsoo’s line before he finished it. But the more Sunggyeol talks, the more the truth reveals. Then, Myungsoo lets Sunggyeol speak up without interrupting him once.
“He even watches our every move…” This line gives shivers to the younger as Sunggyeol keeps blurting it out with his spooky voice. Myungsoo swallows a big lump on his throat while hearing Sunggyeol’s nonsense blabber. Though, he doesn’t understand what kind of statement his lover made but, he can feel that it’s the truth.
“But…” Sunggyeol stops for 5 seconds before continuing, somehow his expression changes. A frown appears on his face, “…I don’t know why it’s different from last time.”
Myungsoo stops breathing for a while before asking his strange-looking lover, “Different?”
“Yes. Do you happen to know where Sungjongie is, Myung-ah?”
This question brings Myungsoo the world of confusion, “What do you mean, Yeollie?”
Sunggyeol fails to see confusion in his lover’s eyes as he keeps putting his face straight, “Where’s Sungjong?” he asks again, with a demanding tone this time.
“Don’t you remember, Yeollie-ah?” Myungsoo asks back. But, before Sunggyeol could give an answer, the door slams open hard. Myungsoo jolts in shock because of the sudden loud voice, while Sunggyeol only stares at the opened door. He has expected this would happen of course.
“Wh-who’s there?” Myungsoo stutters, his heart beats faster, his mind rages.
‘This is just crazy!!’
There isn’t any answer, only the sound of the clock ticking.
“Sunggyu-hyung, Woohyun-hyung, just come out already,” Sunggyeol manages to say those words and in the next 5 seconds, the two greasy guys come out from their hiding place.
“Whooaaa, Yeollie! How do you know it was us?” Woohyun reveals himself along with Sunggyu who put a shocking-face; feeling disbelief.
“YAH! Only you two who can do such a childish thing,” Sunggyeol’s voice drastically changes from the spooky one to the cheerful one, his usual self. Myungsoo is eyeing his sudden change of his lover and wondering how can he change just in split second?
“Isn’t it, Myung ah?” Sunggyeol pats Myungsoo’s shoulder in his hyper-self. But, Myungsoo is only frowning deeper. ‘What’s wrong with this guy?’
Because Sunggyeol receives nothing, but a stare from the latter; he manages to slap his lover’s face lightly, giving a code likely. Myungsoo who gets the meaning behind the secret code Sunggyeol gives, trying to play along.
“Ah…yeah! You’re right! You two almost give me a heart attack. But, yeah…Sunggyeol has such a good instinct,” Myungsoo forces a smile as he plays along with the drama once Sunggyeol made.
“Wow, I don’t expect that to happen,” Sunggyu’s shocking-face is still visible as he speaks through his half-closed mouth.
“Yeah, Sunggyeol has known our movement, Gyu. Come on, we should arrange our change of plan,” with that the two childish yet greasy guys go out the room.
Once they disappear from the view, Sunggyeol immediately drops that cheerful face. Myungsoo is taken aback by Sunggyeol’s second sudden changes. ‘What’s he up to?’
“We need to get out of here…”
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“What’s wrong?” Dongwoo’s hoarse voice was heard. Hoya who starts to open his eyes and yawn, shaking his head; indicating he doesn’t know either. The noise outside their room totally disturbs their sleeping time.
Dongwoo only shrugs off and back to sleep, doesn’t want to think about it any further, especially he’s not in the mood of thinking anyway. Sleepiness wins all matters.
Meanwhile, Hoya is totally awake and deciding to go out; following where the noises come from. Curiosity wins all matters.
He walks up to the source of voice which leads him into the Sunggyeol-Myungsoo shared bedroom. Rumbling sounds can be heard in that small yet comfortable room. Hoya walks even faster to know what happen, of course, why would there be noisy sounds in the early morning.
In the next minute, a view of two figures facing each other comes into his view. They yell at each other’s face in some incoherent words he cannot catch.
Abruptly, Hoya walks up to the two problematic guys to stop their madness, “Hey! Stop it!”
He shoves the two to stand further as he comes in between the two, holding their chest with his two hands.
“What’s wrong with you guys?” Hoya states; hoping there would be any explanation about this unknown problem.
“I’m out of here!” Myungsoo walks out, obviously burns in fury. Hoya only frowns; he turns his head to Sunggyeol who looks terrified. He can see the fear in Sunggyeol’s eyes which is clearly visible.
“What happen?” Hoya finally asks; he can tell that Sunggyeol is trembling, “Are you okay?”
Sunggyeol shakes his head furiously, “I can’t believe this.” He speaks softly, more like a whisper. Though, Hoya can still catch the words.
“What is it?” Hoya asks once again; he tries to control his tune to be soft, since he knows Sunggyeol is kind of scared of something he even doesn’t get what it is.
“Hoya…” Sunggyeol starts and receives a soft yes from the younger, “Do you know what happened to Sungjongie?”
“Sungjongie?” Hoya eyes the older like facing a stranger. To tell the truth, Hoya feels odd towards the other, “He’s dead already, Yeo-“
“NO…NO!! This is not what I want to hear!! Tell me what happened to him??” Sunggyeol somehow raises his voice, he goes wild in a second as he grabs Hoya’s shoulder harshly, shaking them hard.
Hoya jumps in surprise as he widens his eyes; he can feel Sunggyeol’s nails press his shoulders hard, giving him a painful wave. “Let me go.”
Hoya yanks Sunggyeol’s hands off his shoulder and soon rubs them to wash away the painful feeling away. Sunggyeol’s terrified face still can be seen, it is obvious that he’s in fear of something.
“Don’t you remember Sungjong got killed a week ago?? Though the killer is still unknown but the police have done their best,” Hoya speaks; his tone changes to be the firm one. He looks at Sunggyeol, waiting for the other’s reaction. And, as he expects, Sunggyeol starts shaking his head frantically.
“NO! This is not happening! It shouldn’t be like this! It’s not supposed to be this way!” he yells his lungs out. But, of course, Hoya cannot catch the sudden outburst the other made.
“Yeollie, what’s wrong? It’s already a week ago and yes, it was our saddest time but, why are you still like this?” Hoya yells back.
“No, you don’t know anything about it, Hoya. You don’t know anything,” with that Sunggyeol goes away, passing Woohyun who is currently walking towards the source of noisiness.
“Hey wha-“ but, Sunggyeol has already walked away. ‘What’s wrong with him?’
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Sunggyeol’s POV
“We need to get out of here…” I states, only to receive Myungsoo’s confused-face. He keeps on furrowing his eyebrows. I know, I’ve made him confuse of my blabbering, but I can’t help it. That monster is really back! He’ll hunt us all. He likes to make people suffered from their worst nightmare. He likes to suck people’s happiness. And now he comes back…to me. But, there’s something strange…something off with this. I can’t find Sungjong anywhere. It’s like he’s gone into thin air. I mean, he didn’t really get killed, right? I bet that monster won’t do such a thing.
“What do you mean, Yeollie?” Myungsoo asks me; he looks really really flustered. I can see it in his eyes. He still doesn’t get my point yet. What should I do to make him understand? I’m not telling him about that monster, of course! He’s my nemesis anyway.
“I feel something strange is going to happen, Myung-ah,” I try to explain but it fails. I haven’t had courage yet.
“No, I mean, you don’t remember about Sungjong’s death?” he continues. But, wait, what did he say?
“What? Death?” I ask him once again, trying to get thing clear. My head starts to spin in dizziness.
“He’s dead already, Yeollie-ah. That’s why he isn’t here with us,” Myungsoo speaks distinctly. I can feel sympathy in his voice. But, little do I know, I can feel my cheeks wet. Am I crying?
“He’s dead?” I let out a shaky breath as I suppress my sob. This answer isn’t true, right? Sungjongie is dead and I cannot remember his death at all. Is there any connection between this matter with Sungjongie being forgetful yesterday? He’s dead already, that’s why he didn’t remember Hoya dated Dongwoo. Wait! What is actually happening exactly?
“Yes,” Myungsoo nods slowly; he stretches his hand to wipe my tears and I let him. He wipes my whole tears away. Somehow, I feel this heavy feeling in my chest. I feel like screaming my lungs out, letting this heavy load.
“NO!! He’s not!!” I mentally slap my face for shouting at my lover. Unknowingly, I push his hand aside with a little force. These words of denial easily slip out my mouth.
“Yes, he is, Yeollie-ah. Please, don’t be like this,” Myungsoo’s face changes to be the sad one. I see his eyes watered, yet I don’t know why.
“Myung-ah, Sungjong isn’t dead, okay. This is just a dream!” I shout once more, how I wish this is just a dream.
But, the next thing happen is unexpected. Myungsoo harshly grabs my collar, pulling me closer to him. I can even feel his warm breath on my face. I never saw this side of him before. He scares the hell out of me.
“Myu-myung ah…” I stutter a bit. Yes, I’m afraid now. I’m totally afraid of this Myungsoo.
“Stop it already, okay,” Myungsoo threatens me with his low yet deep voice. My fear is doubled right away. First, Sungjongie’s death freaks me out and then, Myungsoo’s frightening side, which I’ve never seen before, gives me goosebumps.
I couldn’t breathe properly for a good 10 seconds before Hoya comes into view, “Hey! Stop it!”
He shoves me and Myungsoo to stand further, holding my chest with his hands.
“What’s wrong with you guys?” Hoya states, but I ignore him. Seeing Myungsoo behaves like this brings the stiffness in my tongue, halting me from letting out the words.
I’m out of here!” Myungsoo walks out, leaving me with Hoya alone.
“What happen?” Hoya finally asks, “Are you okay?” He asks again, I guess it’s because of my trembling body. And I just know that I’m trembling after seeing my unstable hands.
“I can’t believe this.” I speak softly, intending to whisper.
“What is it?” Hoya asks once again; his voice is so soft; he catches what I said earlier I think. However, there’s still one question stuck in my head. I let my tongue deliver it out.
“Hoya…” I start and I can hear Hoya says a soft yes.
“Do you know what happened to Sungjongie?” my eyes never leave his as I say those words.
“Sungjongie?” Hoya looks straight at my eyes; the way he looks at me is somehow different. But, I hope, I can hear a comforting answer from him. Hoya opens his mouth to say, “He’s dead already, Yeo-“
WAIT!
“NO…NO!! This is not what I want to hear!! Tell me what happened to him??” I raise my voice as I grab Hoya’s shoulder harshly, shaking them hard. The anger, the heavy feeling, the burden in my body has reached to the max that I can’t control anymore.
“Let me go,” he hisses as he yanks my hands off his shoulder, then rubs his aching-shoulder continuously. But, I don’t feel bad at him for God’s sake.
“Don’t you remember Sungjong got killed a week ago??” Hoya speaks with his firm tone. But wait, got killed? Sungjongie got killed??? I start shaking my head frantically. I don’t believe this. He cannot die. How could it happen??
“NO! This is not happening! It shouldn’t be like this! It’s not supposed to be this way!” I yell. It seems Hoya is shock due to my sudden outburst.
“Yeollie, what’s wrong? It’s already a week ago and yes, it was our saddest time but, why are you still like this?” Hoya yells back. His tone changes again, into the annoying one, that’s what I hear.
“No, you don’t know anything about it, Hoya. You don’t know anything,” I say my final answer as I walk out the room, only to find Woohyun walks towards me. His worried-face is clearly visible.
I hear him say some words but leave it unfinished as I walk straight away.
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No one’s POV
Dongwoo is stirred in his sleep and slowly opens his eyes to see sunlight shines brightly outside the window. He turns his head to the right to see an empty bed. Hoya isn’t here.
“He’s awake already,” he murmurs to himself as he gets up with his eyes half-opened.
Dongwoo walks out the room and goes to the kitchen, heading to the fridge but stops abruptly after hearing a deafening sound across the entire cottage.
“AAAAHHHHHHH~~~” it’s Hoya’s voice. Dongwoo’s eyebrow furrows, ‘What happens?’
He can see Woohyun, Sunggyu and Myungsoo run towards Hoya’s direction, so Dongwoo follows behind.
They end up in his and Hoya’s shared-bedroom.
‘Wait! What’s wrong? I’ve just been there. Did I leave my underwear hanging on the wall or…?’
Woohyun is the one who stands in front suddenly gasps as he clasps his mouth. His eyes widens as well. Then Sunggyu and Myungsoo do the same after coming in the room. Their faces don’t look too good.
Dongwoo can feel his vision blurry as he walks in the room. The image before his eyes is just too much. He sees ‘himself’ lying in the bed with blood everywhere. His body seems to be in irregular shape, while his head…his head is somehow rotated 180o.
His eyes open wide at the scene, “This is…” His voice cracks at the end. His cheeks are wet of tears which are rolling down endlessly.
Dongwoo slowly moves backward, getting out the room, just by the doorway, and turns his head to find Sunggyeol’s surprised-face looking straight at him. He smiles at Sunggyeol for his last, a sad smile before total blackness engulfs him.
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A/N : OMO! Thanks a lot for my loyal reader :D and and for those who left comments as well :) I really appreciate it.
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