Minseok’s POV

I was working on a new project.

It was my dream.

There is where I met Luhan.

We were colleagues.

We became friends.

Eventually, developed into lovers.

We were talking about something and decided to stroll around.

After a few hours, we noticed someone stalking at us.

Luhan grabbed my hand and we tried to run away together.

Someone was trying to hurt us.

Or is it just only me?

Since I saw her eyes glaring at me, not at him.

We run into an abandoned school building.

We hide.

I was scared.

I groaned inwardly since I terribly at hiding.

Eventually, I was found.

No words could describe how startled I am.

Being in a state of shock is an understatement.

She was holding a big knife.

I was surprised since I recognized her.

She was my coworker in a lab!

As she was approaching me, I suddenly hit her with a chair.

It was really big chair.

Talk about adrenaline rush.

She fainted.

And when I was going to run away, her accomplice caught me.

I also did the same to her, and she suffered the same injury.

While I was running away, I could not help but think about Luhan.

I cannot find him.

Was he okay?

As I was approaching the door to call for help, she caught my hand.

“Where do you think you’re going angel-faced baozi?”

She smirked at me as I struggle from her metal-like grip.

She then stabbed me with another knife in my left leg.

I screamed painfully.

Why was she doing this me?

What did I have done wrong?

WHY ME?

Then luckily I had removed myself from her tight grip.

She was surprised.

I tried to run away not caring about my bleeding knee.

She chuckled.

“Do you really think you could run away from me?”

I heard something clicked.

She pointed a gun at head.

I was still trying to scram away from her when she pulled the trigger.

I heard someone screamed my name before my world turns black.

“MINSEOK!”

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When I woke up I found myself in an unfamiliar place.

Where am I?

Am I still alive?

I noticed a group of people around my bed.

“Minseok hyung! I am glad you already woke up.” Tao said while gripping onto me like crazy.

I asked, “W-What h-happened?”

It was Jongdae who bravely speak up.

“You were found bleeding and went on a coma for who-knows-how-long.”

“You better not wander around and put yourself into danger again.” Kris added.

I did not dig in further.

I am just happy being alive.

I am happy being with my friends.

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Before I knew it, a month had already passed.

We were currently hanging out in a park.

All of a sudden, they accidentally mentioned an unfamiliar name.

“Who’s Luhan?” I asked while munching on my food.

“He was -hmmph” Jongdae said but was stopped by Tao.

Silence followed afterwards.

“Do you not remember him?” Kris asked.

I shook my head.

“Well, he is just nobody. You better not be remembering something, just a precaution to prevent you from getting into risk. ”

Oh.

I just agreed even though I find it suspicious.

I know I should trust them.

But why do I observe a glint of guilt and sadness in each and everyone’s eyes?

It was when Yixing came behind me and said, “He deserved to know the truth”.

I looked up to them, confused.

TRUTH. What truth?

“He was your lover.”

I stayed still in shock.

“We did not bring him up again to save you from threat. Your coworker in the lab, which appears to be a psychopath, wants him. She wants Luhan to be her lover, and she wants you dead. She was the one responsible for your condition, leaving you in a comatose state.”

They still did not receive any response from me.

Suddenly, a headache incurred in me.

All memories came rushing back to my head.

All those sweet memories.

The running and hiding.

A gun pointing at my head.

And HIM.

They seem to read my mind cause they said:

“Luhan is going to marry her now. To save you. To prevent her from running after you. He loves you that much to sacrifice his freedom for you.”

Tears formed in my eyes.

I still find it hard to process all the chunk of information I received not a minute ago.

Then, in my peripheral vision, I know I have sensed something from a far peeping at us.

It was a lady.

We exchanged glances.

I stared at her for some time, trying to figure who it was.

She seems familiar.

Then, she smirked.

All the blood came rushing to my head.

IT WAS HER.

Then, all I can hear was someone shouting at me.

“RUN!”

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