"Jihye." My heavy eyes shot open to see Jongin's deep, beautiful brown eyes b with tears. He was kneeling on the floor, his arms plopped onto my bedside, his face inches away from my sleepy one.

"Jongin? Why are you about to cry?" I managed to croak. Jongin rarely cries. Something is wrong. Deathly wrong.

"N-nn-nothing. You just look so b-bb-beautiful love." He stammered with a sad smile, choking back sobs and tears. My cheeks grew rosy, but I sat up on my bed, alarmed, motioning Jongin to come sit next to me. He slowly got into my bed and immediately attacked me with a hug. 

"Jihye-ah." His velvety voice muffled through my hair. "Mmm? What's wrong love? You never cr--umph!" Jongin had swiftly gotten up and ran to his beeping phone on my drawer, letting go of me, so that I fell back onto my pillows.

"Yah! Jongin! What's wrong? What's going on!" I stopped yelling when I saw Jongin stiffen as he checked his phone. His head slowly raised, his hand letting go of his phone. The phone fell to the floor with a loud clatter.

But all I could hear was the quiet sobs from Jongin, his fist at his mouth, his sparkly tears now staining his cheeks, shining in the morning's pale light. He started sobbing louder and louder, until they became screams. He angrily tore at his hair and fell to his knees, crying his heart out."Jongin!" I scrambled down onto the floor next to Jongin, embracing him with trembling arms, my cold hands patting his shaking head.

"Jongin. Look at me baby." He stopped bawling and his face slowly looked up until his eyes met mine. I was startled by the look in his eyes. The unmistakable gloom of hatred and sadness, the dark glow of fear. Staring into my eyes, he peers into my soul then falls to the floor unconscious.

I have never seen Jongin like this. So I shakily grabbed his phone to get a hint of what had unraveled Jongin.

[Restricted] : EXODUS

Exodus. It sounded familiar, had Jongin mentioned it in his sleep before? I do not know.

A mass departure of people.

I do not know what this word means to Jongin that he is like this. But if Jongin is like this, it must be beyond what I can imagine.

But whatever this is, I fear the chaos this is all about to bring.