𝖗 𝖊 𝖉 • seongjoong ✔️

𝕰𝖕𝖎𝖑𝖔𝖌𝖚𝖊

A week had passed since the incident and many scars are yet to be healed from the tragic event.

The scars of those survivors who managed to live after the intense clash in Venom's territory.

The scars of those who mourn for their comrades' deaths on that incident.

And the scars of the gang who had lost their greatest leader and their dearest friend.

A week had passed. A week had already passed since Hongjoong disappeared from their lives, leaving them all with broken hearts and grief after learning that he didn't make it out of the burning building.

The news didn't sink well in each and everyone close to this boy.

Mingi has not moved on from his best friend's death for he blamed himself many times about it. Mingi should've found him and got him out before everything would've gotten down so bad. He could've prevented Hongjoong from plunging the knife on his body, and he should've brought back his body out of that building but he couldn't. Mostly he should've not let his guard off after that encounter with those suspicious individuals that visited their homes.

But the damage had been done. There is nothing Mingi could do but accept the fact that his closest buddy is now gone.

Yunho couldn't bear seeing his boyfriend deeply in thought over their leader's death. Whenever Yunho would wake up from his sleep in the middle of the night, Mingi would be up and slumped on the edge of the bed, blaming himself in silence for Hongjoong's loss. It is not Mingi's fault, the male always reminds, yet it breaks him more to know that Mingi couldn't help but blame himself for that incident. He did nothing wrong. Mingi did the best he could to save him from Venom but it ended tragically, losing Hongjoong, and now grieving over his death.

Yunho had times where he locked himself inside their bathroom, thinking deeply over Hongjoong's death as well. He considered the male as his family, a big brother, after losing his own so it hurts him thinking about the older male.

Wooyoung is still in a steady healing process after receiving severe injuries from the incident, yet the sadness he felt after learning about Hongjoong's death couldn't be healed that easily. Mingi was the one who told him about the older male after knowing he could finally be able to go home and when he told him, Wooyoung's instant regret kicked inside him. In an instant, he thought and blamed himself for not saving Hongjoong in time.

Same thoughts as Mingi. But the male wasn't able to apologize to Hongjoong for bringing danger to their home, bringing San and Sean into their territory even if he warned them not to bring anyone in no matter what. He broke the warning and it caused Hongjoong to get mad at him, but he understood because Hongjoong wants to protect and keep them away from danger especially from Venom. But because of it, Hongjoong got kidnapped and died. It's all mainly because of him, although Mingi had already told him it is not.1

If only he behaved, this wouldn't have happened.

San is not only sad about Hongjoong's death but also for his best friend that he just met again after many years. He, once again, disappeared from San's life. But this time he will never see him again. Seonghwa is dead, so he can only hope he rests in peace and live peacefully in the afterlife. Same to Hongjoong, even if he was the cause for his trauma he hoped that he meets with Seonghwa in the afterlife.

The things that Sean and Seonghwa kept from him were also revealed to him, which made him feel a lot of emotions but he is most glad that he gets to understand everything now. He is helping Wooyoung recover from the grief and guilt he feels for Hongjoong's death, but also couldn't help but blame himself as well. He was the reason everything turned out bad between the gangs.