2. It's back...?

       Jeno comes home in a bad mood. Today's class was really chaotic and horrible, Semin has now been taken to the hospital, according to Mark, he has stopped screaming, but now is silent, like a mute, Chenle and Haechan found Jisung crying under a tree at the end of the schoolyard and his mother also came to pick him up. About Renjun, Jeno only know he fainted, apparently Hendery from the WayV class next door brought him home. And Jaemin... when he went back to class to get his books, Jaemin was crouching in the corner of the room where his friends were playing Ouija, seeing Jeno, he rushed to hug him and sobbed.... what a surprise. , but Jeno didn't expect Jaemin to hug him when he burst into tears of such agitation. At least that's when he's happy, right..?


        Jeno suddenly shivered from the wind blowing through his shirt that was wet from the rain while looking for Jisung. This bone-chilling cold reminded him of the chill down his spine when he entered the classroom. He had a feeling that something wasn't quite right, starting this strange afternoon.


        He suddenly heard a crash upstairs, a slamming door, a cry of agony and the sound of hurried footsteps.


         _ Sister... what happened to you? - Jeno lives with his sister Lee Sooya, at this moment is rushing down from the stairs, approaching Jeno, tripping but still desperately crawling to hide behind his feet, calling for help.


         _ Sister, what happened? Calm down, stand up! - Jeno pulled Sooya, who was limp on the ground, stood up, her whole body seemed to have no bones, her eyes were red from crying, her hair was drooping, her clothes were messy, her mind was not awake, she kept babbling sentences. hard to understand. At this time, he noticed that there were cuts on his sister's biceps that were bleeding very deeply, and hurriedly used all his strength to pick her up and take her straight to the hospital.


         _ You're back, Jaemin, how is Semin? - Jaehyun put the food on the table, reached for the box to put the food in to bring it to Semin who was in the hospital. Na Jaehyun has two twin brothers, although their faces are identical but their personalities are not the same, a quiet Na Semin, a cheerful and sociable Na Jaemin. Today was the first day of school for the two of them at the new school, but in the afternoon he received news that Semin was acting abnormally, and was taken to the hospital.


         _ He's getting better, you must bring rice for Semin before it's too late. - Jaehyun nodded, immediately left, leaving Jaemin alone to sigh.


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        Jeno tiredly enter the class, last night he brought his dear sister home from the hospital, he couldn't sleep all night because he sometimes heard his sister scream and then turned off, he had to visit often, but it seemed due to being too tired, Sooya woke up and fell asleep. Today's class is not as lively as usual, Jisung takes a break, Chenle also takes a break to visit Jisung's house, Haechan sits quietly in his place, not dancing as loudly as usual.


         _ You are coming, Renjun? Are you OK? - Haechan sees Renjun drowsily sitting in his seat and ask quietly. Yesterday he fainted, his body as soft as noodles scared him to death. His face is still pale, looking at Semin's seat, he shivers a little.


         _ Can't sleep,... Last night I dreamed... a horrible scene... It has...


        Jaemin comes out in the middle of Renjun's story and announce that Semin is absent from school today to see a psychiatrist.


         _ How do you know Semin takes a break to see a psychiatrist? Are you close to him, I didn't see you two talking to each other yesterday. - Jeno looks over, suddenly narrows his eyes due to severe nearsightedness and stares at Jaemin's face, then as if realizing something, he exclaims - Wait! Maybe...?


        Jaemin knows what Jeno is thinking, nod: "Yes, we are twins. Na Semin and Na Jaemin. The teacher forgot to introduce our first name yesterday, so everyone probably didn't notice." Everyone in the class is surprised by that statement, that's right, yesterday Semin wore a hat, Jaemin had long bangs so no one noticed, now that looks at his face, there are similarities. Renjun lowers his head and shivers again. The scene from last night's dream came rushing back, he looks at Jaemin equally in horror, both hands covering his head.


         _ Was he at home on April 15, two years ago? - Sayeon suddenly approaches to ask, and receives a shake of Jaemin's head after a few minutes of hesitation.


         _ I don't remember very well but two years ago there was a time when he studied in Seoul then disappeared without a word, about three months or more, and then he returned, but from that time he was strange - Jaemin points to two arms - his body was full of long scars, short scars, but his face was not damaged. Last night he snuck out of the hospital to go to school, i didn't know what he planned to do.


       Everyone heard it as if thinking of something, they all shiver, Renjun trembles even more, just at that moment the storm comes again, scarier than yesterday when the wind blows so hard that the glass on the door sway like it wants to explode. The sky is black, and the wind howls through the branches of the trees near their classroom.


        "Phew!" The electric lights suddenly go out, causing the whole class to fall into a quiet night, no one dares to say anything, only a few soft screams and some noise from the next or below class. Everyone is affected by the sentence Jaemin had said, they stand still for a while and then continuously pull each other to sit against the walls in large groups, leaving that corner of the room open. Because according to them, the more crowded it is, the more difficult you can die, but if there is anything, someone will find out and help. Everyone is as afraid of Jaemin as he is of Semin so they stay away from him as much as possible, only Jeno pulls him to sit next to him. Jeno's group, consisting of him, Jaemin, Renjun, Haechan, Sayun - Sayeon's younger brother and Mark, sit on the edge of the wall next to the noisy classroom door. Mark notices that Renjun's face is very bad, he crouches, Haechan was looking for Jisung who had a mild cold yesterday that why he tiredly leans on Mark's shoulder, eyes close and his forehead seemed to be a little hot.


         _ Renjun, how are you? - Mark raises his voice just enough for six people to hear.


         _ I... My dream yesterday... Scary... I... - Renjun grabs Jaemin's and Sayun's hand sit next to him, Jaemin can feel his cold body trembling - I saw a person holding a knife stabbed many times... Another person lying in the other corner of the classroom, his whole body was covered in blood... I can't remember his face clearly but... I saw that I had a bloody person chased after me, very quickly, he even said something that I didn't understand... His voice was like someone muffled it, it was very uncomfortable... And I saw you, Mark, you and Chenle being squeezed by him... in the instrument room, I saw Jeno being hit by a car, I saw Haechan and Jisung lying in the morgue... I saw everyone lying on the ground... - Renjun almost cries up, he looks at Jaemin with worried and scared eyes - ...i see Jaemin holding the bloody man's hand and smiling... You two look so similar.. Jaemin, then I saw you and that person disappeared... I saw your body...


        Before Renjun finishes the story, Jaemin wraps his arms around him, rubs his back, pats his head so that he can cry softly wet the shoulder of Jaemin's shirt, and then gradually falls asleep after a sleepless night.


        The four people who are awake said nothing, silently sinking into the eerie darkness. Jeno feel a cold hand grab his hand, sitting next to him is Jaemin, so he hesitates but gently grasps it. Moments later he feels soft hair brushing against his cheek, Jaemin resting his head on Jeno's shoulder, the peach scent making his heart skip a beat. About an hour later, the storm clears, the class also has power back on but everyone is almost asleep, the space is still strangely quiet, Jeno doesn't intend to wake everyone up, today is a self-study session, no teacher, so he should still let them rest a bit.


        But Jeno's calculation is not equal to heaven when the next class resounds with high-pitched screams that startle everyone up. The next class is WayV class, with Sooya - Jeno's older sister studying, he hears her scream clearly, and rushs over.


        At the door of the next class, he is stunned to see in the corner of the next room, where the position corresponds to the corner of his class's 'haunted rumor' room, is a slick pool of dark blood, running to the hallway. and then lost track. Lee Sooya sits on the floor, tears running down her nose, her mouth keeps screaming: "It's back, it's really back.."

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