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/lengthy chapter.../

"JAYS PARTY COMING SOON! DONT MISS IT! FRIDAY NIGHT! BRING YOUR FRIENDS! EVERYONE!"

jina and heeseung were harshly given invitations by the random jocks who were handing them out in the halls during lunch.

JAYS BIRTHDAY PARTY
BASH

DATE: November 4th
TIME: 9:00 pm!
LOCATION: Crystal Ballroom, Fallen Angel Academy.

"wow, he's seriously celebrating his party here? lame." said jina as she made it to her locker and began to put her stuff away.

"no literally, like why here? i mean yes, he's rich enough, and it is a great ballroom and party spot but come on...it's kind of embarrassing." said heeseung with a small chuckle as he began to put away the invitation into his back pack.

jina finished putting away her things and began to walk out of the school while heeseung followed. they made their way towards the greenhouse and there stood the others.

"there they are!" exclaimed niki in a relief.

"hey, did you guys get the invitation?" questioned sunoo as they all began to enter the green house.

"yeah." both jina and heeseung said in sync.

"we should go! we haven't been to a party in a while." said jungwon with a wide smile.

"yeah! i think it'll be so much fun! what do you guys think?" questioned bahiyyih while smiling widely.

"um...i-i think..maybe it'll be fun.." stuttered heeseung as he looked at jina. she sent heeseung a soft look and nodded with him.

"cool! maybe like we can all gather at either one of our dorms, get ready, then go to the party, and if either of us do get you know...drunk...we can go back to the dorms and have a sleepover!" planned bahiyyih with excitement.

"that sound so cool! let's do it guys!" exclaimed niki with excitement.

"let's do it then.." sighed jina as a small smile formed on her face.

jina's pov...

"sim jina, please report to the office!"

i get up and grab the slip out of the teachers hand and make my way out of the classroom. lately, i haven't been to professor minhyuks office and i haven't really seen soobin around.

i make it to the office and there i see professor minhyuk on his computer, "ah! good afternoon jina!" greeted the professor.

"good afternoon," i reply as i sit myself down on the chair in front of his desk, "wanted to see me?" i question.

"yes, tomorrow is my birthday and i wanted to know if you would like to come to my birthday dinner and bring your siblings along?"

my eyes wander off remembering how jake and i haven't spoken to each other after what had happened. he ignores me and always sends me mean looks when i'm with heeseung along with his friends. they also like to make fun of heeseung and say really mean things about him just to make me mad.

"maybe just...yoon and i can come along. im not really talking to jake at the moment." i say with a nervous chuckle not knowing how my uncle would respond.

"oh..sorry about that.." said professor minhyuk with a sorry look, "well it will be nothing serious. just some food, maybe i can give you a tour of my home, show you stuff i did with your dad, also you can..get closer to soobin. i did notice you two started talking more."

"oh yeah, soobins very sweet. glad to have him as a cousin. he gets along with my siblings as well." i explain with a small smile on my face.

it took a while to convince my siblings that professor minhyuks is actually a really sweet person. yes, him and my dad didn't agree with things, but he does care and love our dad. he showed me how much he cared.

"good good, something i've been wanting to see, well, yeah just..think about it. you have time." said professor minhyuk as he sent me a small smile and nod.

"alright, sounds cool. i'll let you know. thanks for the invite." i say as i get up and say my goodbyes.

i make my way out of his office and make my way back to class. for the past days, my dream about dad hasn't left me alone. it's all i've been thinking about each and every second of the day.

i couldn't understand why i dreamt of him and what he said. maybe it's cause i've been missing him. but i just thought about that dream of him and realize how random it is. i still have many questions and i need them to be answered.

but i don't know what to ask, who to ask, and where to ask. i've tried many times asking if there have been any murders here and 'no' was always the response. i even tried looking through the library and news and there was nothing about fallen angel academy having murders.

then, i tried thinking if i was seeing things wrong. maybe my dreams have been having secret hidden messages? i don't know...but i need to at least figure something out.

the next day rolled by quickly, school came to an end and i met up with soobin after classes, "how was your day today jina?" he questioned as we walked down the hall together.

"it was alright...pretty boring honestly, yours?" i question back.

"it's been okay...just really tired." chuckled soobin.

soobin and i make our way to professor minhyuks office and there we entered an office full of balloons, flowers, birthday cards, and gifts.

"siblings didn't join you?" questioned professor minhyuk as he was putting away some of the gifts he received.

i slowly shook my head, "no..sorry."

"it's okay don't worry! let me just put away some things and off we'll go." said professor minhyuk as he sent soobin and i a nod.

soobin and i both sat on an empty chair and waited for him to put away his things. my eyes wandered off and i always felt like i would keep seeing something new in his office. it was so spacious and full of pictures, paintings, artifacts, and just so much more.

my eyes wandered and i couldn't help but also look at soobin through the corner of my eye. sometjing seemed off. he kept fidgeting with his fingers as if he were uncomfortable with something. his chest was slowly going up and down as if he was trying to catch a breath.

i was about to say something when suddenly professor minhyuk interrupted the silence, "alright kids, let's go!"

soobin, professor minhyuk, and i made our way out of the school and i followed them to the back where there was a fancy black car.

we got in the car and i was pretty confused since i thought that the only transportation to get in and out of this school were the trains. but i did notice a dirt path that led deep into the woods.

minhyuk began to drive and the car ride was pretty silent and the only sound that could be heard were the raindrops that were falling onto the car.

"i didn't know this road existed...i thought the only transport were the trains." i say as i look out the window with wide eyes.

"i made this road. it leads to my home since it isn't far from the school." explained professor minhyuk not taking his eyes off the dirt road.

"hm.." i hum looking back out the window.

we make it to a gated home and once we entered the drive way my eyes widened seeing a large gorgeous home. wasn't bigger than mine but it was still beautiful.

"woah...you have an amazing home.." i say with amazement.

professor minhyuk chuckled, "i am one hundred percent sure yours is more impressive than this."

later that night, i sat at the dinner table alone with soobin.

"do you know who's coming?" i question.

soobin leaned towards me, "some of dads friends and that's about it." he explained.

"not family?" i say as i raise an eyebrow.

soobin shook his head, "no...dad never really...got along with family. he doesn't...trust them with me around."

"hm..you know...my parents were the same. that's why i didn't know about you til now." i say with a small chuckle. soobin chuckled as well as his dimples became visible.

"yeah..that too...i didn't really know about you and your family.." said soobin as he raised his eyebrows.

suddenly the dining room door opened and there entered professor minhyuk with other men and a couple of women, "children! these my fellow friends! they also work in the fallen angel academy system! i'm sure you guys know my son, soobin! and this is..uh...jina...sim jina."

some peoples eyes widened as their eyes darted towards me, "s-sim jina? it's a pleasure meeting you!"

i greeted some people and shook hands. turns out my family is well known in this kind of field.

after the whole dinner, soobin and i we're hanging out outside playing catch.

"you know, i had barely found out that my dad used to work at our school." i say as i throw the ball, "your dad showed me pictures, told me about how they had a plan of working together with the school."

soobin caught the ball and he slowly nodded, "yeah...i- i remember hearing about something like that."

i caught the ball and threw it back, "hey! speaking of school, are you going to jays party?"

soobin caught it, "yeah..i guess. i dont know. i want to but i don't. but also i have to because he's a really good friend of mine," he explained and threw back the ball, "are you going?"

i caught the ball, "yeah, my friends really want to go, you should come along with us if you want."

soobin sent me a soft smile, "if i go..i'll let you know."

"alright.." i such as i throw the ball to the ground and sit down on the grass. soobin slowly made his way towards me and sat himself down next to me. silence filled the atmosphere. but it was a comfortable type of silence.

"you know...through out my whole life...i never really had a best friend. or any close friends. just friends here and there. but...now knowing i have a cool cousin like you..i feel like i finally found my new best friend." said soobin as he sent me a genuine smile.

i feel a wide smile form on my lips, "aww..soobin...im glad we became friends...and well...i'm happy we're cousins..that's what makes things better."

later that night, i laid in bed with tears falling out of my eyes. i didn't know what to think about soobin. those occurring dreams i had of him being all bloody and asking for help makes me feel like something isn't right.

i wish i had told soobin, but i can't. he's probably going to think that i'm crazy. and i don't want to scare him. and what if he tells professor minhyuk. he'd probably send me to therapy or something.

and then, my dream about dad. i cant stop thinking about it. i cant stop thinking about dad either. why did i need to have a dream about him? is he trying to tell me something?

i sound crazy.

he's gone.

Friday came quickly, jays party has been the hot topic for the past days.

"what are you going to wear?" questioned heeseung as he sketched into his notebook.

"i don't know...why? is there a dress code?" i question not remembering if there's a dress code or not for the party.

"no there's no dress code.." said heeseung as he put his pencil down, "i have no idea what i'm going to wear." he sighed.

"you should wear like...i don't know..hmm...like..something...dark.." i say observing heeseung up and down. a smile creeps up on his face.

"jina...how about we match?" requested heeseung.

my eyes widen, "you know heeseung...that's a great idea!"

being with heeseung really takes me away from all the negativity in his life. i wish people knew what type of person he is. the way people look at him and talk about him really breaks my heart.

i get it, heeseung can be really mean and he has done some things that not everyone likes. but once you get to know heeseung, it's like meeting a whole new person. he's so sweet and funny. you get some sort of warm feeling around him.

heeseung is my best friend. i can say so much about him.

"are you guys a couple though?" questioned bahiyyih taking me out of my thoughts.

my eyes widen and i feel my face become hot, "no! why are you asking such a question?" i say as i turn to heeseung who also has wide eyes and flushed cheeks.

"cause...couples match.." said niki.

"duh.." added sunoo.

"we're not a couple!" both heeseung and i say in sync.

"are best friends not allowed to match?" questioned heeseung as he raised an eyebrow.

"well...you don't really hear best friends...boy and girl...you know...that they wanna match. it's mostly people in relationships.." said jungwon as he eyed heeseung and i.

"well...heeseung and i are..close and comfortable enough to..match clothes." i say while squinting my eyes. the others smirked and sent each other grins.

"okay so...you'll wear those black pants...and i'll wear this black shirt...over my white long sleeve.." said heeseung as he showed me his black shirt.

"okay cool...and i'll wear this white shirt...like the butterfly designs?" i question with a small smile showing him my baggy shirt.

"it's cool," replied heeseung with a chuckle.

"okay i'll go get dressed in the bathroom...i'll be right back." i say as i grab my clothes and make my way to my bathroom.

after getting dressed and fixing my hair, i make my way out of the room and see that heeseung is dressed  up as well.

"so, after the party we're all coming to your dorm for a sleepover?" questioned heeseung as he looked up from his phone.

"yup," i reply, "also, soobin might join us. if you're fine with that.."

heeseung nodded, "no yeah that's cool."

"cool, okay let's go down, party's about to start." i say.

heeseung and i make our way out of my dorm and head down stairs to the lobby to meet up with the others. once we all meet up we all make our way towards the ballroom.

there were lots of people waiting to enter the ballroom for the party. some people dressed up nicely, while others just dressed up like whatever.

i turn to heeseung who looked anxious. he was tugging on the sleeves of his long sleeve shirt. i slightly frown, "heeseung, are you okay?" i question as i place my hand on his arm.

heeseung looked down at me and slowly nodded, "i'm fine..just kind of overwhelmed." he responded.

"hey if you don't want to be here it's fine, we can go do something if you want." i say giving his arm a light squeeze.

"i think i'll be fine. maybe later i'll probably go." said heeseung.

"okay, well, just let me know...cause i don't think i'd want to stay for a long time as well." i say with a small chuckle.

"hey jin, is soobin coming?" questioned niki as he raised an eyebrow.

"oh! let me message him just in case." i say as i take out my phone and send soobin a text message,
"hey soob! still planning on coming to the party? my friends and i will be here! lmk!!"

"how's soobin doing?" questioned heeseung.

"he's...doing good, he just feels stressed because he's going to graduate college soon." i explain with a small sigh.

"yeah i saw him this morning, he looked really tired." added heeseung.

"yeahh, i asked him if he was okay n stuff and he has to do like some five page essay." i say while wincing thinking about the fact that soobin has to do a five page essay plus the other homework that's given to him.

as we got closer and closer to the entrance of the ballroom we can hear the loud music blasting from the inside and people cheering loudly. there were already kids sitting out in the front drinking away all drunk while making out with their partners.

"jesus..this looks like a club." said jungwon in disgust as he looked around.

"damn...whoever brought weed is definetly going to get suspended." said niki as he scrunched up his face due to the aroma.

"only if they get caught." added sunoo as he shook his head in disappointment.

all of the sudden i feel a hand grab my arm softly. i turn and it's heeseung, "hey jina, if you're gonna drink please be careful." he said.

"thanks heeseung, just letting you know though, i'm not a big fan of drinking so i'll be fine." i say sending him a soft smile.

heeseung nodded and smiled, "ready for this...party?"

i nod. heeseung and i interlock arms so while going in we don't get pulled apart or lost. heeseung and i entered and the smell of alcohol, weed, and teen spirit was in the air. people were all over the place laughing, drinking, smoking, dancing, singing, cheering, i mean...everyone was doing something.

"ah! you're here!" exclaimed a girls voice and tackle me into a hug.

i look and see yoon...and she's drunk.

"oh! hi yoon!" i say loudly so she can hear me since the music is blasting through out the whole ballroom.

"jina! oh my god! is this heeseung! i always see you two together! you know heeseung! i like you for her! like im so sorry jake doesn't like you but i do! you know you made her so happy! you like-"

"okay yoon that's enough please and thank you. go enjoy the party! please be careful!" i say sending yoon a 'please get out of here' face.

yoon grabs my face and kisses my cheek, "I LOVE YOU SIM JINA!" she exclaimed and left with her friends.

"oh my god..." i whisper to myself in embarrassment while heeseung is laughing.

the group and i make it to a table where we can all sit. i look around and i see jake drunk with his friends laughing away. a small frown forms on my face remembering that him and i aren't on good terms right now.

"anyone want anything? bahiyyih and i are gonna go get snacks and drinks." said niki as he looked at us.

"bring me a sprite please!" i exclaim.

"i'll have a water!" said heeseung.

i take my phone out of my pocket and check my messages. i frown seeing that soobin hadn't responded to my message yet. maybe he's really busy. he did tell me that he was going to make it but maybe not anymore. he did receive a lot of work today though.

poor soobin, i know he wants to make his dad proud.

hours passed, and everyone was out on the dance floor.

and yes...i had a couple of drinks.

BUT so did heeseung.

tonight felt like pure freedom. all of my negativity went away and the only things that were important to me at the moment were my friends and heeseung. seeing heeseung drunk is honestly the funniest thing ever.

he's so talkative and full of energy.

but he can still be awkward when some girl tries to dance with him.

"hee, y-you! need to dance with a girl! come on! you literally rejected like four girls!" i laugh.

heeseung laughs, "b-but all these other girls i- i don't want to dance w-with! th-they're a waste of my time!" exclaimed heeseung while dancing.

"w-well youuu! need to dance with someone lee heeseung!" i exclaim while laughing while almost tripping.

"hm...can i...dance...w-with you?" questioned heeseung with a smirk forming on his drunk face.

"we are already danced together!" i reply laughing loudly.

"no but...like youre the only girl...i'd dance with...the only one.." said heeseung in his tipsy voice as he grabbed a hold of my waist to keep himself up. i hold onto his arm to keep balance and i can feel my numb face becoming red.

"wanna go somewhere quiet?" i question while chuckling. heeseung nods.

both heeseung and i run out of the ballroom laughing while holding hands. we turn the corner and run down a small path and there i see the green house.

heeseung and i enter the greenhouse and we lay on the blankets that are on the floor. heeseung let's out a deep and loud dramatic sigh.

"this night has been unreal..." i say with a chuckle, "unreal."

heeseung nodded and laughed, "you're so funny when you're drunk...you almost tripped like three times."

"you too! you laugh a lot." i say while laughing.

silence filled the air and the only sound that could be heard were the trees dancing in the wind and the crickets chirping.

"hey jin.." said heeseung breaking the silence.

i turn to him and his doe eyes are staring into mine, "yes?"

"i mean it when i say you're the only one.." said heeseung as he scooted a bit closer to me. i can feel my face burn up a nervous chuckle erupts out of me.

"r-really?"

heeseung nods, "mhm.." he hums, "you're an amazing person jina...i am so glad..i met you,."

i can feel myself getting closer and closer to heeseung. a smile spreads on my lips, "thank you hee...i-i'm glad i met you too..and you do make me happy...you were there for me when no wasn't.."

suddenly i feel heeseungs hand on my face. his thumb caresses my cheek and he has the softest look on his face. god, he's so mesmerizing. he's always been so beautiful.

i can feel our faces getting closer and closer...

"HELP!"

both heesueng and i quickly sit up, "d-did you hear that?" i question in pure confusion and fear.

"sh sh sh.." quickly shushed heeseung as he placed a finger over my lips.

we look around the green house to see if anyone was trying to pull a prank. even though the scream sounded like it was coming from far away, we felt like it will come closer any second.

"HELP!" exclaimed the voice again. heeseung and i jump and look at each other.

"heeseung...we have to go help!" i say as i get up.

"w-wait! are you sure someone really needs help or is it prank?!" questioned heeseung in a panic.

"i-i don't know but we have to go and see!" i say while exiting out of the green house. heeseung followed behind and we both looked around. but there was no one in sight.

"do you think it's-"

"AHHH HELP!!!"

heeseung and i turned towards the woods. my eyes widened and i feel my heart quickly beating. i turn to heeseung and he looks terrified, "h-heeseung...whoever or whatever that was...we have to go help."

heeseung let out a shaky breath. he stayed quiet contemplating wether we should go or not. when suddenly he grabbed a hold of my hand, "let's go check what's going on.."

heeseung and i walk down the dirt path into the woods. he held me close to him not letting go. the adrenaline that rushed in my body made me forget that i was even drunk.

"jesus...i think i'm sober now..." i whisper to heeseung with a shaky breath escaping my lips.

heeseung nodded, "same..." he replied quietly.

after a couple of minutes of walking down the dirt path we couldn't hear or find anyone, "jina...sh-should we just go?"

3rd person pov
(tw/ violence, blood)

jina was about to speak up when suddenly she gasped and stopped in her tracks. heeseung looked at jina and saw her looking at the ground. the boy slowly looked down and his eyes widened seeing a track of blood.

"i-it leads down over there..." whispered jina pointing to the right off the path.

"j-jina...th-there's no more path...w-what if we get lost?" said heeseung with pure worry in his voice.

"w-we wont..." replied jina as she began following the trail of blood.

the two walked off the path and into the woody and grassy woods. the trees were all tall and their leaves were moving along with the wind. jina and heeseung pushed away the bushes and random branches that were in their way.

all of the sudden heeseung and jina stopped in their tracks hearing some sort of breathing and muffled crying. the two shared looks of fear and worry. heeseung slowly lowered the bush that was blocking their view and the two couldn't believe what they were seeing.

there laid a large flat stone..and soobin was tied down to it. he had no shirt on and he was full of bruises and a few scars. there was tape covering his mouth. tears streamed down his eyes as he tried screaming but they were muffled.

"s-soobin!" exclaimed jina as she emerged out of the bushes. soobins eyes widened and he began shaking his head.

"s-soobin! what the fuck?! what happened! we need to get you out of here!" said jina as she tried untying soobin. she first took off the tape off his mouth.

"j-JINA! L-LISTEN TO ME! y-you need to go now!" said soobin in a panic as tears streamed down his face.

"s-SOOBIN! i- i cant leave you! i-im getting you out!"

"jina...y-you and heeseung need to go...n-now"

jina turned to her right and saw bushes moving meaning that someone was approaching the scene.

"heeseung..take her! go!" commanded soobin as fear rose in him.

"soobin! im gonna get help!" said jina as a tear slipped out of her eye. suddenly she felt heeseung grabbing a hold of her and pulling her back behind a tree.

heeseung and jina peaked from behind the tree and saw a faceless cloaked figure approaching soobin, "maybe they're here to help..." whispered jina.

as jina was about to walk out to greet the cloak figure everything flashed before her eyes.

the cloak figure took out a large knife and stabbed it right through soobins chest. jina's breath hitched and her eyes widened. before she could let out a scream heeseung quickly covered the girls mouth and snaked his left arm around her waist and began to slowly walk backwards.

soobins screams of agony filled the air and it sent chills down heesueng and jinas spines. then the cloaked figure began to drag the knife down soobins chest to his stomach. blood squirted everywhere.

jina felt the warm thick substance splatter on her face and clothes. tears streamed down her face while heeseungs left arm was wrapped around jina's waist tightly trying to pull her away from the situation.

as the two were walking backwards slowly, suddenly the sound of a branch snapping caused heeseung and jina to pause. jina was shaking violently under heeseung who was trying to stay calm and still for jina.

their eyes widened seeing the cloaked figure suddenly look at them.

without thinking heeseung tightly grabbed jina's wrist and began to run.

the two ran down the woods. both heavy breathing and tears running down their faces. jina turned back and she noticed a ball of orange raising in the air where soobin was. but her eyes landed on the cloaked figure that was chasing them.

"SHIT SHIT SHIT! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!" cried jina as more and more tears spilled out of her eyes.

"W-WE NEED TO GET HELP...a-AND HIDE!"

heeseung and jina's legs were burning but they couldn't stop running. not after what they just saw. right now all they thought about was getting to safety.

the two finally began to get closer and closer to the school. suddenly jina felt a sharp slicing pain on her arm. jina yelped in pain and fell. heeseung immediately stopped and quickly picked her up,

"COME ON JINA! GET UP!" he exclaimed as he slowly picked her up onto her feet.

"THAT BITCH THREW A KNIFE AND SLICED MY FUCKING ARM!" exclaimed jina in frustration as she held her arm.

"LOOK! A WINDOW! GO GO!" exclaimed heeseung running quicker.

the two made it to a building and stopped at the open window. heeseung pushed jina up so she could go through. once the girl harshly fell in heeseung got himself up and fell through.

heeseung shut the window and sat back down onto the ground pushing himself and jina to the wall that was under the window. the brightness of the moonlight shined through the window causing a squared light to reflect on the floor.

heeseung and jina looked around the room they were in and it looked like they were in a classroom. suddenly a shadow that looked like the cloaked figure appeared walking slowly past the window.

heeseung covered jina's mouth and held her close to him. their heavy breathing was shaky and they tried to slow it down so they couldn't be heard. sweat dripped off their hair, forehead, and necks.

their hearts were beating loudly and rapidly they felt like they were going to die any second. more and more fear rose in them seeing the shadow of the cloaked figure getting closer and closer to the window.

heeseung and jina held their breaths and closed their eyes. jina dug her face into heeseungs chest while he placed his lips on the girls head. the tension was strong. they felt like one wrong move would lead to a tragic death.

suddenly muffled cheering and laughing coming from outside caused the tension to loosen. the cloaked figure turned and suddenly ran away from the window.

heeseung removed his hand from jina's mouth and the two let out loud and deep sighs. they tried catching their breath but the two couldn't help but began to cry.

"s-soobin! w-we just left him there heeseung!" cried jina.

tears spilled out of heeseungs eyes as he pulled the girl in for a hug. all of the sudden the classroom door bursted open and there stood professor minhyuk with another teacher.

the lights turned on and there sat a bloody and sweaty heeseung and jina in the classroom...