｡˚⛓˚｡⋆. ARES

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Blue ceiling. Cream white walls. A king-sized bed. A huge desk. Dior's picture. A big bookshelf. And an I.D. from our university.

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This room was surely Hermés'.

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I know that the tragedy that happened in our group started with the both of us. Yves and Achilles asked us for help first. It stemmed from us but we did not know who fucked it up.

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I did not know who failed us.

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Were Yves and Achilles really to blame? Or were we the ones pulling each other down?

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I was aware that my girlfriend knew so much about our situation. Unlike her, I felt so useless because I knew nothing. They were initiating plans without my knowledge. The line dividing us was clear; no one wanted to overstep it. Why? Because we all had secrets of our own.

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I just know that I did something very wrong to my friend.

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Someone died because of me.

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I decided to wander around Hermés' room because I was thirsty for information. I wanted to stand as their father again. We had to get out of here as fast as we could. No more deaths.

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To be honest, I felt betrayed when I found out that there were murders happening behind my back.

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But who am I to talk to them like that? I was just the same.

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I decided to look at his desk first. He was a highly investigative person and I knew that he would be collecting information about the murder. He was not a law student but he was very curious about the study of it.

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"Bingo," I whispered when I saw that my predictions were right.

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There were tons of news articles relating to Yves and Achilles' death. His laptop was also open and it showed the news of the murder.

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One question rang in my mind.

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Why did he have the CCTV footage of the university?

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I know that he's wealthy to buy this but why did he have to buy it? The university will be the ones to surrender those to the police but why was the footage here? I was raising suspicions already.

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I took the footage and sat on his chair. I inserted the CDs on his laptop which revealed ten videos. I clicked the video file with the name '22:00' as the murder happened around that time.

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The camera recorded different angles but Yves' body was found approximately three kilometers away from the university. It was weird because the place was located quite near the bar we were in that night.

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The video was an hour long and the time Crow gave us to wander in the room was an hour too. I had to be quick. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I had to use to my advantage.

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I scrolled the video to the right because nothing was happening and the CCTV was not getting something that would be significant to our situation.

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"What the fuck..." My eyes widened when I saw a familiar face pass by. She was in a panic.

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What was my girlfriend doing there?

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Tiffany was panicking as she looked around while walking in the university garden. It was like she did not know where to go. She told me her professor asked her to do something before she went to the bar with us.

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What did Tiffany have to do with this?

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Love, what did you do?

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I couldn't function for a few minutes because I was busy trying to answer the questions in my head. This would not do... I needed to find more clues here.

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I stood up and looked around but something caught my eye. My brows furrowed when I saw a small bottle on the bedside table of Hermés.

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"Why does he have this?" I asked myself while looking at the chloroform bottle in my hand.

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Where did he use this?!

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My suspicions towards Hermés heightened when I saw this. But I knew... I needed great evidence to prove my theories correct.

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I know he had something to do with their death and I'm going to find out what.

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Killer or not... the secrets have to stop.

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"Fuck?" I cursed when I saw a dog collar and ball gag in his bed. My cheeks flushed red when I realized what was that for. My hands were shaking as I held it.

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This was used for BDSM!

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Never would I have thought that our friend, who is married to his studies, would have such kinks and fetishes. I would not judge him for that... It was his privacy and personal desires. But, wow, I was shocked.

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I lost my mind more when I saw an R-18 magazine beside it. Did Apollo influence him or what?

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No...

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Fuck.

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"He lied..." I muttered when I realized that Apollo told us that the picture of the Sex Room was his.

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We would often crash in Apollo's house and we memorized each room. It was only small because the house was his only. His parents gave it to him as a gift.

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But Hermés... there was one door in their house that we did not know nor have we entered before. It had a huge lock on it.

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I felt my headache with all this information... Fuck, of course!

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Yves and Achilles lived with Hermés at the time the video went viral. The video was filmed in his sex room!

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If his was the Sex Room... then whose picture was the video recorder?

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Was it possible that there are two pictures for the same person? If that's the case, then there's an innocent among us.

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And I would be damned if the innocent one is already dead.

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I wanted to feel happy because I was slowly knowing what really happened to Yves and Achilles a while ago. But I just got more confused now.

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The detectives said that there were no traces of chloroform on her body but it was confirmed that she displayed signs of defense because of her bruises and wounds.

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Hermés did not cause her death.

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But what exactly did he do?

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And, Tiffany... Why was she running away? Most importantly, who was she running away from?

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- -

FLASHBACK

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"No..." Hades was drunk. "I don't love her anymore!"

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Chanel could not look at Hades in the eyes because of what her ex was saying. Truth be told, it has been five minutes since Hades came here to the bar but he got drunk already! I covered my face out of shame. People were looking at us!

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I was with Hades, Chanel, Zeus, and Apollo in the bar. Tiffany told me that she would just follow us. Her professor just asked her to do something.

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"Bro, she's cold." Zeus casually pointed at Chanel who was hugging herself. She was wearing a halter top so that was the reason why she was shivering. Hades closed his eyes and took a deep breath as if he were hanging on to his thin string of patience.

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"Fuck," Hades groaned and took off his jacket before coolly handing it to Chanel.

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"I'm fine, thank you." Chanel shook her head but Hades insisted for the girl to wear it. The former took a deep breath before putting the jacket on.

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"Hope all!" Apollo exclaimed, getting himself drunk for some reason I do not know. He looked so devastated these days.

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"You can wear this, Apollo." Chanel smiled and was about to take the jacket off. I laughed, making Hades and Apollo glare at me.

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"Don't say bad words, Chanel!" Apollo scolded and placed a finger in front of his lips. "I'll get punched!"

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"So stubborn..." Hades pouted and drank again. After drinking that shot, he passed out.

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"Love!" I smiled sweetly at my lovely girlfriend who looked very tired coming here. She was sweating too much. Maybe she ran?

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"Love." She smiled before planting a kiss on my cheek. "I missed you."

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"Fuck this," Apollo complained and drank from his beer. Was he broken or what? He's been like this since earlier.

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"Hey!" Tiffany greeted our two awake friends and laughed at Hades who was snoring. I bet that Hades was too heartbroken and he was even courageous to cry in front of his ex-girlfriend.

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"You look so tired, love," I said and pulled a chair for her to sit. "How are you?"

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I saw her freeze for a brief moment.

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"Prof just asked me to do something," she said and took a shot.

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But her dirty skirt did not escape my eyes.

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END

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Yes, I went to Hermés' room, but why was I suspecting my girlfriend?

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One thing was for sure.

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They had to do something with the deaths of Yves and Achilles.

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｡˚⛓˚｡⋆. PRADA

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I was so tired. Was there an alarm here? I just want to take a quick nap before I do the challenge. These days drained me too well.

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First, I lost my baby.

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Then, its father.

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Now, even my friends.

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Maybe I will be the next. I just hope it won't be Hades. I managed to live this far so the both of us can get out here alive. We had to do everything to move forward.

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To be honest, I was not expecting that our group's friendship would remain intact. But please, at least, Hades and I would stay the same. He never left my side since we first met and I don't plan to leave his.

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I wonder who went to my room. I think they would know already about my picture. I didn't intend to hide it but Hades got it first! To be honest, I was about to tell them way before but the video and the murders happened.

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We were protecting each other, after all.

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Anyways, I cannot sleep. I have to finish this so I can sleep peacefully in my room. Ever since we ended up here, I never had a dream!

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It was as if I just closed my eyes, then it was already morning.

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It was so frustrating that I had to first, lose my tongue. And now, I lost an eye! It irritates me! But, I know I have to do this challenge.

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But yet...

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I was confused. Whose room was this? This looked like Ares' room... But what was in it was supposedly Dior's.

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Wait...

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There's something wrong.

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There were documents and newspapers related to the theft in our university. I think he planned to help Dior with this? I highly believe that Dior did not steal the money.

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I knew my friend and I am confident that she will never do that.

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She got a scholarship in our university on her own and she is juggling her sideline jobs so why the heck would she turn into a thief? She was a woman of principles and hard work. This was not Dior.

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However, the school blamed her. They concluded she was the theft before she even stated her side. All of them were unfair to her.

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I witnessed how she had to endure tons of judgments and dirty looks on the faces of our schoolmates, the faculty, and the police. It broke my heart to see her not cry.

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I never saw her shed a tear.

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I wanted to hug and assure her that she was safe with us, her friends. I hope she remembers that we still got her back. Even if she did steal those, I know she had a reason.

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Mind you, I would not tolerate her. I just know her struggles in life.

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Ares belonged to a family of lawyers. So he, too, was studying to be a lawyer. I believe he would help Dior with her case since her parents also had an impending case.

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However, what caught my eye was the bag of money on the side. Ares is wealthy but I know that he does not stack his money this way. It did not look like him.

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Ares told me that he has a shared bank account with Tiffany. They told us that they would stash their money to save for their future. Ares will propose to Tiffany right after graduation.

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Bitter.

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But the question is...

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Does this money belong to Ares?

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I took the document on the desk and what I read there shocked me. My knees weakened when I read the document.

This was... impossible! Ares' family was among the richest families in our city so it was impossible that they would be sunk in debt!

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The document said that the Revas Family has had a debt of over 100 million since March last year. Ares never told us about it! I saw how he managed to smile at us even though his problem was this big.

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He managed to deceive us.

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Maybe I just saw it wrong. I squeezed my eyes and read the document but it did not change. Rios Revaz was still written in the document! That was the name of his father.

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My brain cells were reducing.

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This investigation was more stressful and difficult than my course.

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I stopped when I realized something. I was starting to connect all the dots. I knew almost everything about the pictures... but now, it made even more sense!

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Fuck.

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Of course!

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Yves and Achilles first sought help from Ares when they got swamped in debt. Ares never says no. I even witnessed how he and Tiffany fought because of money but I was not aware that that was about this!

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If only Crow gave me my tongue back, I would expose their secrets without delay.

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We were getting nowhere with our investigation. I believe it is time to stop this and start getting out of here. If Tiffany and Chanel didn't tell them, then I'd gladly do it.

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You were protecting yourself all this time.

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I know your secret now, Ares Revaz.

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I just hope that by the time they find out, the crows haven't kissed my death.