Jungwon led me away from the others. "You impress me, Hyojun. You could've just kept Minji home and stayed safe. But here you are."

I looked at the hallway I was being led down. The floor was a red carpet that was surprisingly clean, despite all the partying that had taken place. It was probably off-limits to guests.

"Is this really Heeseung's house? Now that I think about it, this seems more like a place that members of Dionysus stay. Also, doesn't it get really confusing to call him Dionysus?"

Jungwon smiled slightly, looking back at me. "You really have a lot of questions, don't you? Well, this is where us seven stay with Dionysus. And yes, it does get confusing. Sometimes, we call the group Wine instead. Wine, lead by Dionysus. Fitting, no?"

At that moment, we stopped in front of a door the color of red wine. "This is where Dionysus is." He opened the door slightly.

There he was, downing a bottle of wine. Jungwon narrowed his eyes. "He won't remember shit, but he's still dangerous."

I stared at the man. "So what's the plan?"

"We kill him. Get rid of the wine. End this stupid mission."

"Why not now?"

"He needs to be drunk if we want him to be an easy target. And he has high resistance."

It seemed impossible, maybe because it was. He led me back down the hallway. "It's a deadly plan. He's probably onto us all by now anyways."

I paused. "What?"

Jungwon turned around to look at me. "He knows. Do you think he got to be the leader of this by being a stupid drunkard? He knows what we're planning, but he thinks that if we all get drunk again, we'll forget and help him. If only he remembered that the more you drink, the higher your resistance is."

At the time, I didn't truly understand what he meant by that last sentence. Now... now I understand.

•••

"So Minji really isn't my twin?"

Jungwon looked down. "So he told you."

I shrugged. "It's fine. I'll still consider her my twin."

We stood in silence, looking over the balcony. Sunghoon sat with Jay and Jake, holding a mug filled with something (it looked like hot cocoa, which made me miss my mom). He stared at the mug, speaking. Probably telling them what made him react in such a way.

In another corner were Sunoo, Minji, and Niki. Minji didn't seem to be having trouble understanding the severity of the situation, which was good. She looked rather calm, in fact.

My eyes went to the corner, where there was Heeseung. He simply stared off into space.

"Heeseung's been doing that for a while. Since he first saw you, actually."

I leaned on my hand, observing him. He seemed frozen in place, his eyes holding so many different emotions at once. "Do you think he's remembering?"

Jungwon turned towards me. "I don't know if you've realized it yet, but we're all remembering. Sunoo was the first to fully remember, Niki- well, he never forgot, and Jay and Jake are starting to remember. You've seen Sunghoon, and you see Heeseung right now. The only ones who don't remember are me and Minji."

"It's strange. I went through the same thing as Minji, yet I didn't forget, and she did."

"There actually was a small detail," Jungwon pointed out. "The last game was different for both of you. And she lasted a little longer than you did. You immediately started hallucinating as soon as your game started. Small detail, but it could've had a larger effect than we think. We wouldn't know, would we?"

As I looked down at my sister, a thought struck my mind.

"Is there a chance that she never forgot?"

Jungwon thought about it. "I mean, if you didn't forget, there's alway the possibility that she didn't forget either. But then why would she pretend that she didn't know?"

"Maybe because if she plays stupid, she can win again Dionysus."

Me and Jungwon whirled around to find Nabi. She leaned on the railing, looking at Minji. The corners of her lips were quirking up.

I nudged her. "You like her, don't you. I don't blame you, Minji is one of the most charming people I've ever met."

Nabi sighed. "You know... we met at the first party. I practically fell for her in, like, 5 seconds."

I looked at her. "You were at the party?" I then remembered Kangmin mentioning that he had a sister. "Wait, are you..."

"Kangmin's sister? Yeah. Yoo Nabi, at your service. I came for the first party, and Kangmin dragged me to the second one. I never drunk any alcohol though. Lucky me, I guess."

Minji looked up, noticing us. She gave a small wave, a tiny smile on her face.

Jungwon sighed. "I felt so guilty, after the first two parties. And now, I can't even remember why Minji is so familiar to me. It kind of sucks."

Nabi nodded. "I'm sure that you'll remember soon. Maybe once we defeat Dionysus, you'll remember."

I nodded. "But first, we need to gather everyone and come up with a plan. I really don't think that we'll defeat Dionysus without one. We might not even beat him with one.

•••

DOUBLE UPDATE???

Two more chapters left guys... IM EXCITED EEK I JUST FINISHED WRITING THIS ENTIRE BOOK I CAN FINALLY PUT ALL MY FOCUS ON U&I AND MY 20+ OTHER PLOTS I HAVE

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