❀ Ending ✿

With an emotionless look, Beomgyu pushed some of his friends aside to reach Taehyun.

After they checked his heartbeat, his body temperature, and his breathing, they concluded that... The blonde had all characteristics of someone who is completely lifeless.

Beomgyu placed one arm around Taehyun's back and the other arm around the bend in his knees. And he lifted him up, carrying his love like a bride. Going well with the fact that the blonde was in an all white outfit, with his head and arms just hanging.

Yeonjun wanted to say something "Gyu are you o—"

"I'm okay."

The group was kind of surprised that the dark haired looked so calm, unlike themselves who were devastated. He wasn't crying, didn't look sad or anything. Just had a blank expression.

Minhee felt terrible 'I didn't know this was what Taehyun wanted to do... murder-su*cide..? Why..? If I didn't listen to his request, maybe he'll...'

The oldest insisted "Are you sure you're—"

"I'm okay."

But Beomgyu's blank facade broke and despair swallowed him, he couldn't retain the tears in anymore, he was truly and absolutely heartbroken.

"I... I give up.. I'll stop pushing.

The world doesn't want Taehyun to live and I'm finally accepting this fact because no matter what I do..

It. keeps. on. happening.

I give up.

I need to let him go."

"He wanted this..." While still carrying Taehyun with the teddy tiger now on him, Beomgyu trudged away.

"W-wait where are you going?" Sunghoon asked.

"Up the hill" He simply replied, not turning back.

"But Gyu" Yeonjun briefly ran ahead and pulled his shirt from behind "We can't just leave you with Taehyun like that... We need to hand him and the other corpses to the authorities"

Beomgyu turned to his cousin and said in a desperate voice "Please... I just want to stay with him a little bit.. just a little longer"

Yeonjun didn't push any further and let the younger

climb up the hill with Taehyun in his arms. Beomgyu would never forgive himself if he ever dropped him.

Nari huffed while stomping towards Beomgyu then hit his head "Hey who do you think you are?! You ugly prig! Leave my Taehyun to me!!"

The male slowly turned around to face the girl and gave her the deadliest glare.

If eyes could kill, Nari would already be in her coffin right now. "Get f*ckin' lost." Beomgyu coldly whispered.

Nari took a step back with her eyes all shifty "I-I..."

But then her eyes landed on Taehyun, the boy who she's had this unhealthy crush on. But she knew all along that the latter had feelings for Beomgyu, not her. So what do you do in a situation like this when you have the mind manipulation ebys and your name is Nari?

Follow Taehyun around, make him dislike Beomgyu, make him reject Beomgyu, make him break up with Beomgyu, and make him love you instead.

But she realised too late that she was in the wrong. Every nice thing the blonde said and did to her was all fake, and it was all against his will. What would have had happen if she never controlled Taehyun?

'This is all my fault'

As she looked at Taehyun in his evidently eternal slumber, she couldn't help but feel something.. odd.

His mind was..odd.

~

Beomgyu turned back around and made his way up the hill.

One step 'Why'

Second step 'did'

Third step 'you'

Every step was getting heavier and heavier, it wasn't because of Taehyun since he was actually light. He just felt like the world was drawing him down, this paranormal world that seems to be against his happiness.

Last step 'do this?'

He was now at the top of the hill "Wow.." He quietly exclaimed while clearly lacking enthusiasm at the view from up here and at the beautiful sunset.

He looked down at Taehyun who was peacefully resting in his arms 'How can he still look so pretty in this condition?'

Beomgyu sat down on the grass crossing his legs,

He positioned the younger across his lap in a lying/sitting position and he was carefully supporting his head so it doesn't just hover above the grass.

"You wanted to protect other ebysers didn't you?

Killing yourself in order for other people to live? No one should be this selfless."

Beomgyu was muttering out loud. He wasn't talking to himself nor talking to Taehyun. Just, talking.

Tears started rolling down his cheeks "I thought we were soulmates... I thought if we stayed together, you'll be safe. But I guess it was just my imagination, I was wrong. Utterly wrong."

He felt miserable, there's nothing he can do, all that should be done is accept the fact that... Taehyun is no more.

The light coming from his red string kept on flickering and it started to get on his nerves "What the heck even is this thing?"

A little after him and Taehyun got separated, where the latter committed the biggest murder of his life. A mysterious red string encircled around his pinky. It was glowing at first, then turned off and now has been flickering

But weirdly enough he didn't notice that it was connecting to Taehyun pinky as well.

Beomgyu looked up at the sky "Before they take you away from me, there are a few things left to do"

"There's this song that I wrote... for music class. It's not perfect and practically nothing rhymes. But I want to sing it to you"

With his arms still wrapped around the blonde, Beomgyu started,

"Do you remember when I said I'd always be there..

Ever since we were twelve, Baby♫

When we were out on the playground and I fell off a swing...♫

Didn't know it back then.♫

But now I realise, you were the only one...

But I guess it's too late to show it.

Grow old together,

Have feelings we had before.

When we were so innocent...♫

But now that we're grown up,

I wanted to, touch you, kiss you, somebody pinch me..

This is something like a movie

And now I know how it ends, boy...♫

Beomgyu sighed "I still need to work on it... But I indeed know how it ends." he looked down at the blonde who had his eyes closed with all his facial muscles relaxed 'He would make fun of me if he actually heard it'

'Taehyung hyung was right, he had told me that I should think of someone that I really like, then ideas will come easily for my love song.' Beomgyu let out a pained chuckled

'I'm glad that I made so many memories with him, positive or negative, I loved them all nonetheless. And I will always cherish them near and dear to my heart because looks like I won't be able to make new ones.'

Beomgyu's teardrops fell on the younger's face "I love you... I really love you.. you've always meant the most me, it's always only been you..." he hugged the body "But I didn't know loving you would be this painful... I know it's too late, I know my voice can't reach you, but I love you Taehyun"

But then something caught Beomgyu's attention, it was a sound to be exact. And it was coming from..

Behind him. Police, fire truck and ambulance sirens.

'I guess they really did call the authorities'

After a few minutes, he felt pats on his shoulders,

"We'll take the boy" said a few men who were now now behind him.

'I guess this is it' Beomgyu thought as he got up with Taehyun in his arms and reluctantly confided him to them.

The men couldn't help but notice how freezing cold Taehyun was all of a sudden after he was handed to them. But not much was thought of it.

"Wait!" Beomgyu yelled as they were about to turn around with Taehyun. He advanced towards the younger while bringing something out of his pocket.

He put the precious necklace around Taehyun's neck then planted a peck on his forehead "Goodnight.."

"Please support his head carefully.." Beomgyu requested in tiny.

Without saying a word the group of men walked away, leaving Beomgyu behind but Yeonjun soon reappeared before him. The dark-haired instantly laced his arms around him.

He gave the blonde away so easily but yet his heart shattered while doing so.

"H-Hyung.. T-Taehyun I-" he cried with hiccups.

Yeonjun hugged his cousin and stroked his hair "Shhh.. I know I know... it'll be okay Gyu..."

But that didn't calm the younger as he continued shedding mournful tears in the other's neck.

~~~

Later

"How's Beomgyu hyung?" Huening Kai immediately asked as Yeonjun came back from the top of the hill

"He's better but he still wishes to stay up there a little..." He soon remarked the absence of the two youngest "Where are Hikari and Maya?"

"They're now homeless kids so the authorities took them away as well."

The ebysers were now left alone in the middle of nowhere, but at least a train station was nearby where they could finally go home. And it was about time they did.

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Pain.

Someone felt pain.

He felt pain.

Taehyun...

Taehyun felt pain in his finger and in his heart.

While taking the biggest gasp of air, as if he hasn't breathed in years. Taehyun abruptly sat up from his lying position.

He clutched his heart and started panting uncontrollably 'Where am I?' He scanned the place and concluded that he was inside an ambulance.

He internally screamed in anguish, the pain he felt in his finger was unreal. But after taking a closer look at it, his eyes widened 'The Red Thread of Fate? Jessica... she was right..'

But something was off, it was black instead of red...

And then, everything that happened priorly flashed through Taehyun's mind 'BEOMGYU!'

Taehyun had to get out of here, to join the person who was now basically his other half. The drivers weren't looking, and didn't notice the miracle that just occurred.

Well it wasn't really a miracle since Taehyun's soul never actually left his body.

He decided to discreetly use his ebys to completely melt the metal of the back doors. With a small opening created, Taehyun could now jump off the vehicle but the thing is. It was moving.. at a speed that is higher than average... 'I'll make a fire bridge'

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Beomgyu stood at the edge of the hill, staring at the stars who now appeared since night took over.

With his eyes on the verge of welling up some more, and ignoring the pain in his finger, Beomgyu started muttering to himself.

"I'm supposed to be strong

I'm supposed to find a way to carry on

I don't wanna feel better"

Taehyun was running and running in the opposite direction, he had jumped of the vehicule unscratched thanks to his ebys. He was speeding to wherever his red string was guiding him, since he knows that happiness is at the end of it.

"I don't wanna 'not remember'

I will always see your face

In the shadows of this haunted place"

'Beomgyu... I'm coming' Taehyun assured as he ran this long path back to the destructed EFN building, where he is situated.

"If I can keep on holding on

Maybe I can keep my heart from knowing that you're gone"

'Beomgyu I'm still here, don't let me go'

"I will laugh"

'Let's laugh together like we used to'

"I will cry"

'Let's cry like wimps as soon as we reunite'

"Shake my fist at the sky

But I will not say goodbye"

Beomgyu repeated the last thing he muttered. "I will not say goodbye.."

.

"I won't say goodbye!" Beomgyu hastily grabbed the teddy and ran down the hill

"Beo—"

"Take care of Jess!" Beomgyu handed the teddy to Yeonjun and speeded off, leaving the others in confusion.

'No...' Beomgyu thought 'I can't let him go'

He didn't know where he was going, he just let his red string guide him, it was gradually turning back to red. And the more he ran ahead the less the pain in his finger became.

And then, it felt like an angel appeared before him. Someone who he never thought he would ever see again. "HUH?!!! T-Tae—"

The blonde jumped into Beomgyu's arms and held him tight as if he won't ever let go. "Hyung.."

A wave made out of thousands of emotions splashed on Beomgyu, no words, zero words could express those emotions. What the hell is this? He wants someone to pinch him as soon as possible. But he pushed half of those emotions aside as he deeply embraced the younger, the string glimmering a pretty red colour.

They stayed like this for a good minute before Beomgyu started shaking him by the arms as he whined. "But Taehyuuuun what the f*ck I thought you were—"

"Shh! I want a kiss!"

"Yah!!! Kisses later, explications first."He showed the red thread that he now realised was connecting their fingers.

Taehyun cupped his cheeks. "They're the result of our kiss from earlier"

"Ehh?"

"All along, That's all we had to do for our string of fate to appear. And as long as we are ebysers, that we have this symbol showing that we're soulmates, and that we stay together, Nothing will happen to us."

"Don't dwell on what's going to happen. After what we did, I know it'll be fine"  those last words that Taehyun told him after they kissed that time echoed in Beomgyu's head 'That's what it was about?!'

They're now basically immortals for the rest of their ebys years. If that thread hadn't appeared, Taehyun would've died. If the two didn't briefly separate, disrupting the thread as a process, Taehyun wouldn't have woken up. Since his body was close to Beomgyu, the thread thought that everything was fine, so he didn't wake up. It's when Taehyun was taken away from him that something triggered.

"So you didn't recklessly sacrifice yourself?"

"Of course not, I'm not dumb. Me and Jessica planned and calculated this very carefully during the period that I time travelled with her. But I was nervous because things can always go wrong"

"But still..." Taehyun sneaked his arms around the older then just buried his face in his neck, he likes to do this, since it makes him feel safe "Hyung... I'm so sorry if I scared you.. I'm so sorry"

The older could perceive his soft sobs, Taehyun had started crying, something he does really rarely "Aw Tyunie.." Beomgyu hugged him tighter "It's okay.. I'm just glad you're here"

"Thank you for everything.. I truly am so grateful. What have I done to deserve you?"

Beomgyu raised the other's chin up as he gazed into his glassy eyes.

"What you've done is being you" 'Being the person I fell in love with'

"Now~" Taehyun giggled and held the half heart pendant that was around his neck, mainly trying to distract the fact that what the older said made him blush "Would you explain this?"

Beomgyu shyly looked away but couldn't hide that a hue of red spread through his cheeks. "O-oh um.. it's.."

"It's so pretty" he smiled brightly at him

'I finally gave it to him and he likes it!! I can live in peace now!'

Their foreheads touched as Taehyun giggled again "You better have a matching one!"

"I do" Beomgyu interlocked their pinkies and leaned in until their lips met,

The planet rotating beneath them seemed to stop its endless cycle, and the infinite universe of worlds clashed as the space between them suddenly ceased to exist. Time stopped in its tracks, the stars imploded and the moon shone brighter than ever.

Except for the two of them, nothing else mattered anymore.

Beomgyu smiled against Taehyun's lips after having a glance at the future,

The future ahead of them is absolutely beautiful, and it is a future that they will experience together.

The end

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