You cried, until you couldn't breathe. The hole in your heart kept growing, a gnawing sensation that ate you up from the inside. You gasped for air as you clutched your pillow. You tossed the tear stained pillow and fell asleep, burried under a mountain of sheets.In the morning, you stared at your ceiling. You watched for about an hour as dawn bled across it, switching its colors. You closed your eyes and thought about Minseok, how he would love to lay with you and chat about how pretty the colors would be. More tears came with those thoughts. You turned your head, feeling the tears run down your face.

A pair of arms wrapped around you, enfolding you in the coolness of the a summer breeze. "Don't cry over me, sweet heart. Don't ever cry over me." His voice was like a knife ripping through your mind. It shoved aside the depression  and the fear. You turned over, wrapping your arms around him. You cried into his chest as his hand ran over your hair. "Shush now, angel. Stop crying."

"You left me. How could you leave me?" You clung to him, as though you were drowning and he was your life preserver. "You left me!" You screamed, pulling him even closer.

"I never left you. I just... I needed to think for a bit. I needed to figure out how to tell you." He said a your hands finsted in the cloth of his clothes. They felt like real clothes. You rubbed your cheek against his chest, as you looked up at him. These weren't the soft cothes he pulled into reality. These were cotton and leather and very, very real. You looked up at him, gasping for air. He was beautiful, as always, but now his hair was red, his skin pale, but tinged pink. His eyes were black, except for bright, violently green irises. His warmth, seeped into you, almost lighting you on fire with it. He felt... alive.

"What... What is it?" You asked and he bit his lip, a fmailliar, nervous little gesture. He pulled away, sitting up. You followed him, crossing your legs and wiping away the trail of tears. "What's wrong? Is it because of Tao?"

"No, it's not him." Minseok's eyes glowed a dark, firey, jealous green before calming. "I have to tell you something. You have to understand. I never meant to lie to you. I was just too afraid. I was afraid you