Before we start:
• This is not comedy, romance, or any light-hearted genre. This is meant to be dark. Of course, I may add some jokes here and there, but it's mostly dark. If you don't like this, feel free to leave

• Some chapters may be incredibly short, for reasons that you will soon understand. Don't worry, it's all for a reason

Now that that's been said, please enjoy!

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It's less hazy now. How I got here, I mean. Bit by bit, it's all coming back to me.

I remember clearly why I came here. I just can't remember small details. Like, for example, who sent me the invitation, or any of the names of faces I met while here. It's all foggy. But it's getting clearer as I think.

The problem is, the clearer it gets, the worse the headache.

Exactly like a hangover. But was I ever drunk to begin with?

I can at least remember how this all started though.

It all started with my sister's disappearance.

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"Ya, Minji! Your friend is here!"

Minji came out of her room, a violet dress flowing around her.

"Oooooh~, is little Minji gonna impress some girls?"

"Oh, shut up! At least I'm getting some action, unlike you!"

"Ouch."

She waved to me. "I'll be back probably no earlier than 1 am, okay?"

I nodded, shooing her. "Now go! No drinking young lady!"

She ran out to her friend. I stood at the front door, waving to her.

"Are you ready?"

"Mhm!"

"Oh, your brother is saying bye!"

Minji turned around, waving back to me.

And then they left.

That night, Minji never came back. Nobody knows if she dies or not, she just disappeared.

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After that day, I've had vivid nightmares about a pair of eyes. Dark brown, void of emotion. And every time, right at the end of the nightmare, sadness flashes across them, and a tear falls.

Everyone tells me that I'm just overreacting. Nobody cares that I'm hurting, that something is affecting me. But can I blame them? I'm no different. Maybe I'm really just overreacting.

Maybe...

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2 years after Minji's disappearance
4:25 PM

"Ya, Hyojun!"

I turned around to see my best friend, Lim Junseo. I smiled, stopping to let him catch up to me.

"I don't know how to do the math homework. It was really hard."

I patted his head. "Oh, poor you."

He pouted. "Can you help me with it?"

I sighed, shaking my head. "Do you mean actually help you with it or give you the answers?"

A smile grew on his face. "What do you think?"

"You're so gonna fail the exam. Come on, I'll give you the answers."

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A few days later
2:14 PM

"Hyojun! Guess what?"

I looked up at Junseo, who had just burst into the classroom. "Did you fail the exam as I predicted?"

He slid into his chair next to me. "Well, yes, but that's not the point. We are going to a party tonight, and you can't say no."

"Ya. You know I don't do parties. Do you not remember what happened with my sister?"

His face fell. "But it's been two years. You still aren't over that?"

I stayed quiet. He sighed.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. But I'll be beside you the whole time, okay? So if anything bad happens to you, we both die- ow!"

He rubbed his arm where I slapped him. He pouted. "Fine, I'm sorry. I just... I wanna be able to have fun at a party with my best friend just once. Please? Just this once, I promise."

And who was I to reject that? It was about time that I had let go of Minji anyways.

"...Fine."

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9:41 PM

"Yes bestie, you look hot as fuck!"

I rolled my eyes as Junseo finished playing dress-up with me. However, as I looked in the mirror, I couldn't deny that I did look attractive. A white button-up shirt was paired with black ripped jeans. It was rather simple, but as Junseo knew, I was most comfortable with simple.

Of course, he insisted on putting a black choker around my neck. Attempts to strangle people and fashion sense aren't so different after all.

Finally, we went out, him driving to the party.

That party, it's the cause of this whole thing. The reason of my aching headache now, as everything slowly comes back.

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