7 | when the fire's burning

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"guys!!" beomgyu screams, trying to shake each of them. they sat with their tired eyes, as tears rolled down their faces. they looked solemn, and scared, almost as if they're

regretful?

"d-dont read the last letter... it's for your own good" taehyun says, trying his best to talk as he feels himself fading away, frowning

"taehyun... what are you talking about?" beomgyu asks, as he starts to take the letter out of the envelope

"p-please beomgyu" soobin says, trying to reach out to beomgyu from across the other side, but his weak little to no energy didn't permit him

"don't read that letter"...

"what's going on? why can't i read this?" beomgyu asks, looking at the four of their hopeless faces

"b-beomgyu.. itll only hurt you" hueningkai says, as the rain outside becomes more intense, louder. beomgyu slowly stands up from his place from the ground and closes the glass windows shut. still looking outside the window, he says

"i need to know the truth"

beomgyu turns around, to his surprise...

the four were gone.

"they must have been upset with me..." beomgyu says, sitting in his spot on the ground, hoping one of the four would come back

he opens the flap of the envelope and begins to read. it was the burned envelope with burn marks and grey ashes on the corners of the envelope

dear future beomgyu

       i picked up some really beautiful flowers

   they make me so happy, they're really beautiful

    the doctors took me outside and i saw them

                    the beautiful flowers

                i felt so comforted by them

                   they gave me happiness

                     i didn't write for a while,

                   my heart hurts too much

                         the four of them...

                               they left..

        something went wrong at the hospital

                    a-and it went into flames

               the four of them heard about it

                         on the television

          the patients were the first ones to be

                              evacuated

                      without knowing this..

                           they ran inside

                       i screamed, so loud

                          i was silenced.


                       i couldn't be heard

                  "i have to save beomgyu"

          was the last thing i heard yeonjun say

               as the rest of them followed


                      and they were gone

                 but they never came back

                           out of the fire.

              
         beomgyu i know you won't believe me

             i know you still think they're alive
  
 
                         don't forget them.

     
                 but they're not here with you

              you're imagining they're with you

                               for comfort,

           getting closer and imagining they're

                 with you, will hurt you more.

                        it'll get better soon

                                        sincerely, past beomgyu

beomgyu clutches the flower petals attached inside of the envelope

"no... no.. they can't be gone" beomgyu says, unable to control the tears running down his face over and over again

"PLEASE, NO!!" beomgyu screams, this time

            knowing that the four won't hear him

they can't be gone..

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