fear ↜ hjs

ꕥ nineteen

The next thing she remembered was Hyunjin throwing a weapon at her. She caught it in her hands, her eyes scanning it briefly as she glanced back at the chained werewolf.

She knew that outfit so well, she had seen it before in the wardrobe. She knew those eyes, they were pleading for her to not be afraid of him. Joohyun stared at the firearm in her hands, wondering what was she supposed to do with it. Her mind and body seemed to process things differently.

"Hyunjin, what the hell—"

"Joohyun, take a look at him. You know him." His words were true but she dared not to look into his eyes. Moreover, she was far more curious of how Hyunjin knew him. Why was he acting this way? Deep inside, Joohyun knew she was probably caught in a sick plan but she decided to play along first.

"I— I don't know what that is. Please, can't we just leave?" It sounded harsh, but she was scared to harm him. "You don't?" Hyunjin asked, he raised an eyebrow as he moved closer to the werewolf. The wolf growled at his touch, but there was nothing it could do as it was chained with silver. Werewolves' weakness.

"How about I now?" Before Joohyun could even process what he was about to do, Hyunjin took out a knife, what she assumed to be silver as well and stabbed the werewolf right in the thigh. The wolf howled in pain as the thick fur from its body started to disappear, revealing the look of a boy. One, she didn't want to admit.

Joohyun fought back her tears as she watched Hyunjin pulled out the knife which was silver, now drenched in red blood. "I do! I— Just stop this!" She yelled. Jisung looked at her, he said nothing, his eyes were still yellow but other than that, he looked like himself. He, the one she loved so well.

"Here's the thing," Hyunjin said, standing up as he played with the knife in his hand. "A few years back, before we became classmates. I had a girl." He started, walking slowly to create tension. "She was the most beautiful girl I had ever met, she was kind, smart, everything I ever loved." He added.

"We were together for two years, until he found out about this. Everything was going so well for us, but we couldn't be together because she was human. You see Joohyun, we are cursed. Loving a mortal would only bring harm to them as others see them as prey." He said, pointing the knife from Jisung to her.

"They didn't prevent me from dating her, they stopped her." Hyunjin said, eyeing her right in the eyes. Joohyun could see pain, hatred and anger flashed through him. "He killed her without mercy and pretended it was an accident, now look who fell in love with the wrong kind." Hyunjin placed his knife under Jisung's neck, ready to slash it.

"S-stop!" Joohyun raised the pistol in her hand and aimed it at her friend. She was shaking, it was obvious. But she had to do something in order for Hyunjin to not kill him. "I don't want to shoot you, just let him go." Joohyun said, trying to sound brave. This attempt only made him laugh.

Hyunjin was enjoying the fear emitting from the girl. "You're willing to have a murderer on the loose, rather than killing it? He killed Jaewon too." Hyunjin said, his words sounded like whispers in her head. It was hypnotising her.

Joohyun took a look at Jisung's figure on the floor. He was weak, she didn't know what more Hyunjin did to him before she came but he could barely talk. Her heart was breaking seeing him in this state, she had to get him out of there. But then, Hyunjin's words starting to take effect on her. Was she willing to let a murderer out on the loose?

"Don't be so foolish Joohyun, you think he loves you?" Hyunjin laughed. "Let me tell you, did you honestly thought those sleeping pills were for your amnesia?" He asked, Joohyun stared at him. She took them, and that was almost when everything seemed crazy for her.

"Those pills were to wipe off his scent from you, so that werewolves like me, couldn't pick that up." He said and laughed again. She stopped taking them two years ago, the same time Hyunjin and her became classmates. It was a mistake.

"Ever wondered why I was always so detailed in every body we dissected? It's the nose." He said, tapping his nose a few times. "Those hallucinations were all my games, I made you see them. Remember what I told you, werewolves have supernatural abilities." He said and everything started to make sense. It was never a coincidence, he planned everything.

He laughed again, shaking his head a little. "Ah, Joohyun. You must feel so pathetic now, and don't bother try shooting me with that single bullet. I am immune." He added, she stared at the gun in her hand. The silver bullet wouldn't work for him, it was meant for one person only. Jisung.

"Now, what I want you to do is just kill him. Then, we can both walk out of here as if nothing happened, our nightmares would be chased away." He said, as he slung an arm around her shoulders. Joohyun raised her pistol and aimed it at Jisung, it was true, he did a lot of things. He was a vicious killer, he couldn't be trusted at all.

He lied to her each and every moment they spent together. She couldn't tell if any of them was real, he had a motive. And maybe dating her was one of his plans too. Her eyes met with his, it changed from yellow to brown. He wasn't begging her to spare his life at all, he was apologising.

"Kill him, or I'll kill both of you."

Hyunjin said, his knife was close to piercing Jisung's cheek as he looked at Joohyun. The girl was trembling, she hated him for being a killer but she didn't want to become one. She walked closer towards Jisung, the aim was secure, one pull of the trigger would end everything.

"Do it Joohyun, end your misery. What I did was unforgivable. I'm a beast, you know it."

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🐾so... who cried bcs of the teasers and mcountdown preview?? BECAUSE THEYRE DEBUTING AND IM DYING