Bound To Break (Hyunlix)

Chapter 5

Felix P.O.V

The bell rang. Finally, the class ended. Hyunjin bid goodbye, I was going to tell him something but I couldn't. I stayed at the now empty classroom. Regret hits me always when I'm alone.

I unlocked my phone, a form to distract myself. Scrolling through instagram, it was full of parties invitations, DMs from people who wants nothing but sex, or people getting high or drunk. The reality hit me. This is who I am. Or Who I've become.

*ding*

A notification brought me back to reality. Seeing the name, my blood ran cold.

Soyoung:
Playing the game, again?

What? How did I get a text from someone who is dead?

*Ding*

Soyoung:
Don't play with fire when you could get burn ❤️

She couldn't be texting right now. I saw her, heck I still see her. The puddle of blood around her body. Her face losing color. Her usually warm body turning colder by the second. Her eyes once soft was hatred and fear. Her last words like a echo:

"I hate you, Monster."

I forced myself to reply.

Me:
Who are you? A fan or a hater?

The typing dots appeared. The person completely ignore the question.

Soyoung:
The hwang boy is surely familiar. Don't you think? One wasn't enough, huh? Or better yet he doesn't know the type of person you are.

The type of person you are...

Those words lingered longer in my mind. How did they know? Whoever they are they have no right to bring him up.

Me:
You're well-informed, stalker. Leave him out of this.

Immediately there was a reply.

Soyoung:
Aww, that's so cute. Don't tell me you have fallen for this one. Can a monster have feelings?

Monster.

It was a consistent reminder of that night. She muttered it with venom. I was used to it, but it didn't hurt any less. What did pissed me off was that they brought him up. Hyunjin shouldn't be mix with people like me.

Not in this situation.
Not like Soyoung.

Whoever this imposter is, I know that it's not Soyoung. She wouldn't drag her brother in this situation. Every message was typed like hers.

Soyoung is gone. And there is no changing that.

The what's if? Suffocated me. My breathing got heavier and I was getting hot. I ran to my room.

(At night)

Hours had passed, but the feeling stayed.

I paced back and forward. My phone displaying her contact number. Yet, I didn't dare to touch it.

There was no way she could be alive.
No one survives a slit throat and fall from hundred of ft. This has to be an imposter.

I took a deep breath and looked at the contact info again and again. I jolted up as if water had been thrown at me. A small mistake from the imposter. The email address lee.charin@gmail.com.

Lee Charin

Of course. Soyoung's best friend. The other one who knew the truth. She was there at that night. After, Soyoung's death, she had vanished.

Charin has a motive and she has come back.

I underestimated how dangerous she could be. And that would cost me everything.

Date: April 24,2025

I had rewritten the other chapters. A bit short but hope you liked it.