Secret Clues
The Golden Hotel 3 (골든 호텔 3)
To make sure he won't wake up,
Next to the alarm clock was the plastic bottle and the pen Sehun gave to her.
"There should be another notepad here."
Leaning on the side of the bed, she pulled her knees up to her chest and flicked the pages. As she flicked them halfway, something caught her attention. There was a torn page at the lower right, so she went back to that page and stared at it curiously.
"Why does it look like this was. . . .from-" gasping softly,
"Suho's dead and so is Lay. D.O is still alive and we're suspecting Kai. But what if the killer is trying to frame Kai? Surely that's possible."
By that one word,
"I feel dumb. We have a pen like this in stores? And all the money I spent in liquid erasers and correction tapes. . . ."
She went out of Room 1235 and quickly went back to Room 1237.
Tao held her shoulders, looking at her in confusion. "Whoa! Steady. Why are you quivering?"
"I just went out to get my notepad. I was. . . .scared to go out." she gulped down.
"Then why didn't you wake me up to accompany you?"
"It's because you were sleeping soundly. I didn't want to disturb you and. . . .you look tired."
He softly smiled. "Next time, you should wake me up. I'm more than happy to assist you." Tao then ruffled her hair. "I am guessing. . . .you're trying to crack the code again?"
She nodded. "Yeah, and I just found out something. I will show you."
"The pen that Sehun gave me is actually a Frixion pen. It can erase its own ink." she sat down on the floor, near the side of the bed to where she left the other notepad with the papers and the bottle and pen.
Tao sat beside
Her cheeks flushed. "Save your cheesy lines later~"
"Whoa." Tao lifted his head up. "It's the first time I saw that kind of pen."
"I know right? And I think Sehun is trying to tell us to erase something."
"I guess the ink on that letter wasn't from. . . .that pen."
"Frixion pen."
"Frixion pen, right." Tao repeated what she said then he cleared his throat. "About the notes from the maze, do you think the ink could be erased?"
"That's what I was about to do. Worth the shot."
JUPITEL Luhan the traitor
THUNDER Chen the traitor
INSIDE THE Lay the traitor
GOLDEN HOTEL Kai the traitor
THE SAND D.O the traitaor
OF TIME Tao the traitor
AIR's Kris the traitor
ROCK Chanyeol the traitor
"Let's try."
"Bingo. Secret Clues." Tao went nervous along with
She shrugged. "We don't have any idea for that. Surely, it was meant for him to have the pen and for us to keep on finding clues."
He paused to think for awhile, while she continued erasing the rest of the letters from the notes. "Did you ever think of the reason why the killer is leaving clues for us to solve? Given the fact that because this is a game, don't you think that if it's Kai, it's obvious now?"
"Sehun's letter?"
"K.A.I and J? It's just one clear clue, if ever, but we don't have a strong evidence yet. I don't want to blame the members."
Tao sighed deeply then thought of another one. "Who could you possibly think that would be jealous of you?"
"Well, there is." he stared at her.
She stared at him back. "No, Tao."
"We won't know,
"I don't want to lose you either." she whispered softly, closing her eyes to feel his touch.
Tao smiled then leans in to whisper. "You better finish what you're doing before I tell you something." he pulled away.
He hid his blush away. "Ah~ it's something I've always wanted to say."
"Why don't you tell me now?"
"You won't finish it if I do." Tao smirked as she looked at her.
His smirk made her blush even more. "Why do I get the feeling like I know what 'History' Chen oppa and Kai were talking about."
"Oh it's related."
"I need you and you want me- frackin' sheeeeeeep."
Tao held his chuckle. "You're stuttering now."
"Shut your mouth, Huang Zi Tao." she glared at him, but obviously she was trying to hide her blush away and it amused Tao.
"You never call my whole name, not until now." Tao grinned. "I'll make you call my whole name soon."
Tao looked at her lips. "Stop biting your lips,
She suddenly dropped the pen to punch Tao's face but with fast reflexes, he blocked her punch, holding her knuckled fist. "It's very early in the morning and you already annoy me." she mumbled harshly.
"Annoy you or make you blush?" Tao smirked at her like a badass. He keeps on teasing her.
"I will not be able to finish this if you keep on teasing me."
"Alright, alright. . . ." Tao released her hand then rested his back to lean against the bed.
She stared at Tao then back at her notepad, shivering at the thought of him doing something. ". . . .Oh you know I wll agree." she mumbled, hiding a grin.
"What?" Tao arches an eyebrow. "Did you say something?"
"Oh no, nothing, Huang Zi Tao."
He pouted. "Not fair, Park
After finishing writing the letters down, she took the other notepad and handed it over to Tao along with Sehun's paper. "You should check it out. The piece of paper Sehun gave to me is from a torn page of that notepad."
"Really now?" he tried flicking the pages and to his surprise, there was a torn page. Tao tried comparing the paper and it did fit pefectly. He began questioning the people who once occupied the room. "Suho hyung, Lay gege, D.O hyung and Kai reside here, but Suho and Lay are dead, except for D.O and Kai."
"Mhmm~ and that makes us think it's either D.O and Kai, if we stick to that clue of him being younger, right?"
On another page, she wrote down which members once reside in each Room number. "Room 1235 would be me, Sehun, Chanyeol, Baekhyun, and Luhan. Room 1236 would be you, Chen, Xiumin and Kris. Room 1237 would be Kai, D.O, Lay and Suho."
Looking at her writing the numbers, Tao recalled about telling them something. "I almost forgot! About the adding of numbers. . . ." he placed Sehun's note in front of her. "12:15. You mentioned about 12:3, 3 is 15 minutes."
"Why don't we add them up to come up with. . . .a number?" Tao guessed to help her with some clues.
"Like. . .from 12:15 we do it like this?"
Tao nodded as he moved closer to
"12:60 minutes? 1 + 2 = 3 + 6 = 9" her eyes widened more. "I keep getting 9. What if we try to look at the clock from 1 until 3-"
After a period of long silence, Tao broke it. "Wo ai ni,
Tao knelt down on the floor to look at her on bed, smirking. "Maybe next time is never, if you're copying duizhang." he stood up then reached for her arms to pull
"T-T-Tao. . . "
He then sighed, pulling her into a tight hug. "I'm really afraid to lose you." he began tearing up. "There's no guarantee both of us will survive in the end. I dreamt of us having a family. We had two kids in a nice house near the beach. Far from any danger. Far from this wicked hotel."
"I also have my needs and wants,
Tao pulled an arms length away to look at her. He then caressed her left cheek down to her lips, cupping his index finger below her chin then his thumb touching her bottom lip. Tilting her chin up, Tao continued being cheesy. His romantic side was being revealed to
"I will not take my beloved for granted, but if she wishes so, then who am I to disagree? I shall make love with you and be the happiest man to ever hold you in my arms as we traverse into this passionate day."
Tao leaned in closer, leaving little space between their lips. "Only for you." he whispered softly.
". . . . .Alright then." Tao coughed, blushing also. "I just needed tell you all that. It has been. . . uhm. . . .stuck deep inside my heart. I'm-I'm not a ert, okay."
"It sounded like you were. . . ."
Tao rubbed his nape, sat down on bed, then got a pillow to cover his face to scream. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!"
You guys can actually buy that FRIXION pen. I have a lot of it. Kekeke~ Pilot :)
So if you want to do what the girl is doing, go out and buy from a bookstore or any stores where you can buy ballpens. And the History. . . .___. blame my friends. WTH XD I won't tell. Just figure it out.
Thank you for reading this faaar! I love you guys~ *throws hearts* Vote this Story too :D
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