Here I Lie // ATEEZ ✔

- author's note -

Hello guys! <----- crows cawing, me greeted with an awkward silence....

Anyway,,,,,,,,

We have finally reached the end of the book and this was probably the shortest time (~3 months) I've used to write a complete story. This is also the first time I wrote a story that had to be rated as mature; I sometimes get scared myself when I was writing lol. This book was written based on real life events + crime books and dramas I've read and watched.

Somehow I wanted to convey the message (if it could reach) to anyone out there that yes, these creepy things do happen in real life and it's honestly sad. It's even sadder because there are innocent people out there that have never gotten the justice they deserved, and so I wrote this story with victims like them in mind. I do sincerely apologize if there are some of you who are unsettled with what I've written and described in this book.

To anyone wondering about what happened at the ending in the epilogue and what happened after; it's up to you to decide. To put things into context, the point of view in the prologue is San's, while the point of view in the epilogue is Wooyoung's.

If you've noticed I never really put down any specified names for the places they're at; it's all generally written (hospital, villa, etc.) because I suck at geography lmao and I'm scared I would write what could become inaccurate. I hope that it didn't make you confused; I tried to limit the places they're at and make it as clear as possible. If anyone is confused about the plot or timeline, you can hit me up and I can try to explain it to you (there were a lot of flashbacks I know and I'm sorry TT).

Extra characters:
1. Detective Yoon Dowoon - Dowoon of DAY6

(he's a cutie pie y'all but his voice is so freaking deep)

2. Detective Kang Younghyun - Young K of DAY6

(now this is a whole man right here)

3. The bully Lee Keonhee - Keonhee of ONEUS

(he's an actual cinnamon roll)

STAN DAY6 AND ONEUS!!!!

4. Kang Yoochan, Choi Jinhan, Park Seongjin
How they look like is entirely up to your imagination >.> Well not to mention that Seongjin looks exactly like Seonghwa so yeah...

I apologize for any discrepancies found in this story. Do note that the characters are all based on my imagination and there is no relation with how ATEEZ act in real life :)

This story ended somehow on a melancholic note, so to make you even sadder, here are some predebut ATEEZ group pictures ^^

(let's cry together because look at how far they've come - these were the moments I knew I stanned the right group, I knew they were going big)

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank my best friends (they don't have wattpad accounts unfortunately) because they helped me a lot in crafting out this story. We really sat down in the lab, took out my notebook and jotted every single detail we wanted to put into the story. Without them, I wouldn't even get past the first chapter. Not to forget, thank you to those who took your time to read, vote and comment!

These are the MVPs that have been with me throughout this journey of writing this story:
HakunaMatataYUh
elfinlia1661
diabolicdeceiver
Atiny127
atinymatata
InBrilliantViolet

Thank you for interacting with me throughout the whole story, and I can never thank all of you guys enough (check out their works too guys <3)

Also to anyone I didn't mention here, I'm always grateful for every single one of you! I hope that you have/had/are having a good day :) I would like to interact more with you guys so feel free to hit me up anytime ^^

Thank you again. I look forward to writing and exploring more themes! (I lowkey want to write an ateez spy au...)
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