❝partners;
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                                  Ordinarily, having a partner would lessen up your suffering but here, let me tell you another story.

KAI's perspective 

I was wide awake, aware of the shuffling movements going down to the living room. I shut my eyes and tried to ignore it. I forced myself to sleep but the shuffling sound bothers me. I decided to go out and check what’s happening.

I was at the top of the stairs, about to go down but stopped. I saw Chanyeol picking up the stones and die. I know the consequences but I just kept silent and did not dare to stop him.

“Fool! I said, don’t touch the die or even go near it.” I whispered to the air.

I just watched him dropped the die and close the board.

“Dumb.” I chuckled. “I regretted why I didn’t stop you.”

I closed my eyes and felt the hotness of the room, Chanyeol heading to the stairs.

“You don’t know how powerful you are.” I whispered then something hit me hard. I collapsed.

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I woke up and saw all the members, lying on the ground, unconscious. I saw Chanyeol, strands of hair have fallen to his face. I put them behind his ears.

“This is the result for rolling those die.” I whispered to him. “You shouldn’t have disobeyed me.”

He moved slightly and opened his eyes. I backed away immediately, pretending that I just woke up.

“Where are we?” He asked me. “Why are they all unconscious?”

“I-I don’t know. When I woke up we are already here.” I answered groggily but I know the answers. You are the reason.

He didn’t bother to ask again. Maybe he remembered what happened. I looked at him solemnly as he wake others up. As the last person open his eyes, the phrases I hated the most boomed from nowhere.

As the ‘Game of Nowhere’ ignite
Six pairs must struggle and fight

Nothing untold shall be done
Nothing unseen shall be gone

Faith is now giving you the most ominous hint
To use other’s weakness is not what the game meant

In facing the greatest treachery
Being defeated is not the key

Everything will start on an eclipse
Using the forgotten, vengeance reaps

And after claiming all those vain lives
One will breakdown because he survives

“The revealing lines aren’t stated.” I muttered under my breath. “I need them to stop the deaths.”

“What did you say?” Kyungsoo asked. “What ‘revealing lines’?”

“No-nothing.” I shook my head. “Don’t mind it.”

Our place shifted. We are now on a place where everything was just a streak of white except for the six wooden doors. Something urged me to move forward. I started walking, about to open a door, when a giant tree falls right in front of me. A moment later, everything went into chaos.

“To the doors!” I commanded and grabbed the nearest person, Luhan. “Find a partner and head to the doors.”

We ran to the nearest door, avoiding all the falling debris. We reac