I gave Inspiria two days without me, although I really missed the boys.

The next morning, I decided to visit them.

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I tumbled onto the floor again. Woohyun was sitting on the table with L. Woohyun gasped when he saw me.

"____ !" He had grown a small moustache, but it had only been days since I've last seen him.

"Woohyun oppa ! L oppa !" I got up smiling.

"Why didn't you come in SOOOOO LONG ?!" Woohyun pouted.

"Huh? Really? It wasn't that long!"

"Yeah, it was like a week !" He said.

Sungyeol came out of the kitchen. "Oh, hey ____..." He still seemed down.

"Sungyeol... how are you ?" I asked.

His smile was small. "Not bad."

I sat down with all of them. They were quiet.

I sighed. "Sungyeol-ah, I hate seeing you like this. Would you guys tell me what's the problem ? Please ?"

L's eyes were sad. Woohyun looked troubled.

Sungyeol looked at me. "Our time here is running out, ____."

"Why? Why is it running out?"

"Inspiria has a mind of its own. It doesn't allow humans to live here." He continued. "If it finds out an earthling has made a home here, it will self-destruct."

"When does it find out ?"

"If we're lucky, never. But we're not..." Sungyeol took in a breath. "In a matter of months."

I thought about who we had met a few days ago. "Sungkyu oppa..."

"That's right. It knows that Sungkyu hyung has been here for quite a while. And now, all of Inspiria will vanish."

"W... What ?"

"I had a vision that Inspiria would be destroyed. Because of us. Because we allowed Sungkyu hyung to have a home here."

"Why doesn't Inspiria allow humans to live here ?"

Woohyun shrugged. "It just doesn't. But I've heard a rumour that if a human lives here for a year or longer, they'll start to go crazy."

I bit my lip. "That sounds... scary."

"And I know this is going to happen soon." Sungyeol looked at me. "When was the last time you came here ?"

"Uh... two or three days ago."

"Well, to us in Inspiria, it felt like seven to eight days."

I gasped. Woohyun and L looked at each other. No wonder Woohyun said it felt like a week since he last saw me.

"Time is speeding up here, too... right ?" I asked.

Sungyeol nodded.

"What are we gonna do ?" L asked.

"We should talk to the rest of the guys about this." Sungyeol said, getting up. "It's about time I got this off my chest."

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