𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗩𝗲𝗶𝗹 | 𝗧𝗫𝗧 & 𝗘𝗡-

「 ✦ EPISODE 5 ✦ 」

His voice cracked, and he hated it.

She only shook her head. "I don't want to get involved. You're not... the person I thought you were."

A final blow.

Jungwon felt the ground shift beneath him, his breath coming too fast, too shallow. He opened his mouth—to argue, to beg—but no words came.

Sora turned away.

And just like that, the last thread of familiarity snapped.

Jungwon stood frozen as the classroom continued around him, oblivious to the storm unraveling inside him. His hands trembled at his sides, his mind a cacophony of questions with no answers.

He didn't know who to trust anymore.

Didn't know who he was anymore.

The walls of the school had never felt so suffocating.

And for the first time, Jungwon wondered if they ever would again.

The past two days had unraveled like a fever dream—hazy, disjointed, but soaked in an undeniable tension that refused to fade. The whispers clung to Jungwon like a second skin, the stares sharp enough to cut.

He wasn't imagining it.

The same people who used to greet him in the hallways, who laughed at his jokes and treated him like one of their own, now acted as if he were a ghost. A pariah.

And all because of Rina.

Her death loomed over everything, stretching its cold shadow across the school, warping friendships into something brittle and unrecognizable.

But Jungwon wasn't the type to sit back and let the truth remain buried.

He needed answers.

With a frustrated exhale, he pulled his phone from his pocket, his fingers tightening around it like a lifeline. The weight of the silence around him was suffocating, pressing in from all sides. He knew the others felt it too, even if they refused to say it out loud.

They were running, pretending nothing had changed.

But it had.

And Jungwon refused to keep playing along.

His fingers hovered over the screen, pulse thrumming in his ears as he typed.

Jungwon: We need to talk about this. Meet me at the park tomorrow at 7 pm.

He hesitated for only a second before hitting send, watching the message vanish into the void.

Then, he waited.

The seconds stretched, the silence growing heavier. He could almost hear his own heartbeat.

Then—

Ni-Ki: I'm in. This whole thing is shady af.

Jungwon let out a breath, tension easing slightly. At least one person wasn't going to hide.

Bella: Okay... but only if it's quick.

Aecha: I really don't think this is a good idea.

Keira: Why should we? This could get worse.

And then—

Kai: No thanks.

Jungwon clenched his jaw. Of course. Kai had always been the type to detach, to pretend like nothing mattered. But this? This wasn't something they could brush off.