“Taemin…” Sulli couldn’t speak any other word. She was shocked to hear that from Taemin.

“I-I’m sorry, Ssul,” he said.

“H-H-How?”

Taemin gulped as he looked down. “When we went to the bar… I… put a drug on Minho’s drink. I stole his watch and used it to make you go to his unit…” He couldn’t continue narrating what happened. He was ashamed of what he had done.

“Why?” she asked flatly.

“Because… I like you,” he honestly said.

What Taemin said left a much bigger shock on Sulli. “Taemin, I don’t know what to say. I-I can’t believe you’ve done this…”

“I’m sorry, Sulli,” he said.

“I’m sorry, Taemin,” she said. Her heart doesn’t want to forgive him. What he had done was an act that she deemed unforgivable at that moment. She stood from her seat and left the restaurant immediately.

Sulli looked for Minho in the building. She searched for each room and tried asking some of the employees, but he’s nowhere to be found.

Taemin quite expected it to happen. It was a consequence to what he had done to them. If only he could be given a chance to turn back the time, he would have never accepted Krystal’s plan.

He sat back and drank his glass of water as he looked at the window beside him and watched the different colors of lights from the buildings flash within his eyes.

Suddenly, his phone vibrated. Krystal was calling him. “Yoboseyo?” he said.

Krystal wasn’t responding and was wailing.

“Krystal, are you okay? Where are you?” Taemin asked in concern. Even though they tied up for a plan that was destructive, he admitted to himself that he has grown his concern on Krystal.

“Taemin,” she said in her cracking voice. She sobbed and said, “I’ll never get Minho back again…”

Taemin suddenly had an image in his mind that Krystal was attempting to commit suicide. This made him panic and stand from his seat. “W-W-Where are you Krystal?”

Taemin went out of the restaurant and quickly went to the parking lot. Krystal wouldn’t respond as she continued sobbing. “I-In my bakery…” she said.

“In your bakery?” Taemin reiterated. “Arasseo, arasseo. I’ll be right there. J-Just stay there.”

He was nearing his car when a force pulled him back. He turned around and saw it was Minho. He was mad. He clutched Taemin’s shirt and pulled him closer. “You… you planned it with Krystal?”

“Minho… please,” Taemin said. He was in Minho’s hands and he couldn’t escape from his surprising strength.

“How could you do this to us, huh?” Minho shouted. His right hand clenched into a fist and hit Taemin’s face, making Taemin fall on the ground. Taemin let out a groan as he winced in pain. Minho was surprised on what he had done. Taemin’s left cheek is bruised and his lower lip had a cut and it was bleeding.

Taemin stayed on the ground as he checked his lower lip. He looked at Minho, who got into his car. Minho fired up the engine and quickly left the parking lot.

Taemin felt that he deserved it. But, his thoughts bothered him on where Minho was heading. ‘Could it be?’ he thought. He quickly stood and went in his car. He fired up the engine and drove to Krystal’s bakery.

The bakery was dark and the yellow light from the counter was the only light switched on. Krystal was on a table, and she was crying nonstop as she drank the soju directly from the bottle.

“Never show me your face again.” Minho’s voice kept ringing in her head and it’s bringing her in a state of depression bit by bit. She cringed as she pulled her hair and screamed loudly.

After minutes, a car stopped and a silhouette of a tall man appeared. It went closer to the bakery’s door. Krystal stood from her seat and slowly walked closer to the door to see who it was. The door opened and she was shocked to see that he came.

“Krystal,” he said as he quickly hugged her.

“Taemin…” Krystal said as she cried on his shoulder. Taemin was hugging her tightly and it seemed like he never want to let go of her. He closed his eyes as he slowly brushed Krystal’s hair.

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” he muttered. He suddenly remembered Minho and released his hug. “D-D-Did Minho come here?” he asked in concern.

“H-H-Huh?” she asked in bewilderment.

“N-Nevermind,” he said as he continued hugging and comforting her.

‘If Minho didn’t come here, where did he go?’ he thought.

Minho was driving fast as his anger towards and Krystal and Taemin was on the highest point. He was not thinking of anything but reaching his destination, which was Krystal’s bakery.

His phone vibrated and he was surprised to see who was calling. It was Sulli. “Yoboseyo?” he said.

“Minho, where are you?” Sulli asked. Even if Minho couldn’t see her, he could tell that she was worried.

“I’m going… somewhere. Why?” he asked. The green stoplight flashed in a road intersection where barely cars pass by.

“Minho… I-I was wrong. I should’ve believed you in the first place. I-I-I’m sorry,” she said. “W-W-Would you meet me here in the restaurant inside the building?”

“Okay, okay. I-I-I’ll be there in a few,” he said. He ended the call immediately. As he placed his phone beside him, he pressed the car pedal with his foot.

He accelerated as the car went to the intersection. Suddenly, a light coming from the side of his window became brighter and brighter in a split second. He heard the long sound of a horn and the car, in no time, crashed into his car.

Minho couldn’t do anything but witness what happened to him. The car with a faulty brake slowly pushed Minho’s car with great pressure. Minho’s car was becoming dented as he closed his eyes, hoping that he wouldn’t die. All he was thinking right now was he needed to meet Sulli. A tear fell from his eye as the car reached to one of the houses on the side. The cars stopped and both were dented.

He was left unconscious. Bleeding. Despaired.